Military medals can only be obtained in battles with soldiers. No matter how many civilians you kill, it will be useless, even if they are armed civilians.
The battle ended quickly, and some Marines did not forget to clean the battlefield after the gunfire stopped.
The Japanese deserve to die, but the sword is not guilty, and it is of good quality. This is one of the few expectations that southern African soldiers have for Japan.
Just as every southern African soldier in the last world war wanted a German Luger pistol, Philip also wanted a Japanese saber, preferably one that told a story.
There are many kinds of long knives on the ground at this time, but most of them are of little value. As I have said many times before, Japan has gained a lot from foreign wars in the past half century and has enriched Japan's domestic ruling class, which is not much different from the Japanese civilian class.
Relations, the living standards of the common people in Japan are not even as good as those in the Southern African Union countries.
This is really not black Japan.
In Southern African Union countries such as the Kingdom of Congo, even if ordinary families have nothing, they can at least enjoy the rich Congo River Basin and have enough to eat and drink. Survival is not a problem. They do not have many material requirements and can even live quite comfortably.
Japan's domestic resources are scarce, and the civilian class cannot even support their families if they don't work. On the second day of the Tokyo bombing, Tokyo workers had to risk being burned to death to go to work. It's really not about how much they love their work, but their family.
Without overnight food, if you don’t work for a day, you won’t have anything to eat.
The overall living standards of the Japanese who have immigrated overseas in Kuching are better than those of the civilian class in Japan.
After all, the real people at the bottom have no chance to immigrate overseas. The Japanese government still wants to keep them as social animals in Japan. When everyone has immigrated overseas, who will do the work?
You must be very careful when cleaning the battlefield. Some injured Japanese will not die for a while. Some even lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, looking for opportunities to attack the Marines. Therefore, when cleaning the battlefield, follow the procedure to refill the gun...
This is a bit luxurious.
When the Japanese clean up the battlefield, they use last-minute hits, because bullets are not unlimited for Japanese soldiers, so they have to save them if they can.
Southern Africa has truly unlimited quantities. You can get as much as you want, so you won’t feel any pain when using it.
Philip was carrying a Milner military pistol, which is a self-defense pistol produced in Milner, Rhodesia. It uses double-row ammunition, has a magazine capacity of 12 rounds, and an effective range of 50 meters.
Boom!
The crisp sound of Milner's gunshot echoed on the beach. Philip did not let go of any doubts. Even if there were obvious wounds on the corpse on the ground, Philip had to take a shot first.
Be careful to make a thousand-year ship.
There were indeed Japanese people lying on the ground pretending to be dead.
They never expected that southern Africans would clean the battlefield in this way.
A Japanese who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead suddenly jumped up from the ground, raised his long knife and rushed toward Philip with a scream.
Several marines around him raised their guns at the same time.
The unlucky guy was shot down randomly.
What's even more unfortunate is that with so many guns, none of them hit the vital position.
Philip walked to the struggling Japanese and picked up the knife from the ground. He looked quite satisfied and held the knife in a beautiful pattern in the air. He did not forget to imitate the Japanese soldiers who were quick to behead people and test whether the knife was sharp.
None of the surrounding Marines stopped him.
In the years since the war broke out, Japanese soldiers did not know how many civilians or prisoners were executed in this way.
Not to mention, in the Malay Campaign and the Philippine Campaign, many Allied officers and soldiers were tortured and killed by Japanese soldiers in various ways.
This debt is remembered by southern Africans, especially southern Africans like Philip who have complex backgrounds.
The moment Philip raised his sword, William, a reporter from the New York Times who accompanied the army, captured this scene and quickly raised his camera like a conditioned reflex.
"What are you doing?" Liu Yang, a photojournalist from The Times, quickly pulled down the camera William raised.
"Record, this is our job." William said plausibly, not realizing there was anything wrong with this action.
The media industry in Southern Africa is so developed that there are many reporters accompanying the army. Nyasaland TV even sent many photography teams to various war zones to interview the army. These precious photos and video materials will become relevant for propaganda in Southern Africa and post-war investigations.
Strong evidence of the person responsible.
There are approximately 350 military journalists throughout the Pacific Theater, most of whom are sent by major media outlets in southern Africa.
Of course there are in the United States too.
Now Americans are gradually realizing the role of public opinion propaganda and paying more attention to battlefield interviews. In the vernacular, they are crossing the river by feeling their way through southern Africa.
The public opinion propaganda position in this time and space belongs to southern Africa. In this field, the major media in southern Africa frequently compete with each other for their unique tricks. The media in European and American countries are all younger brothers.
The New York Times is not weak either, with a high circulation in the United States.
Since southern Africa has dispatched war correspondents on a large scale, the New York Times should follow suit.
It’s not just the media. The U.S. government and many U.S. commercial enterprises are also learning from the various operations of the Southern African federal government and Southern African commercial institutions.
"Brother, I can guarantee that if you take this photo, you will definitely not be able to pass the review of the press officer. In serious cases, you will even be disqualified from the battlefield interview." Liu Yang took out a pack of Emperor, pulled out one and handed it to William.
Imperial is a cigarette produced by a South African company. Its name comes from the Imperial flower common in southern Africa. Because of the use of filters, it became a high-end cigarette popular with the Allies.
Stoudemire was very thoughtful when naming this cigarette. The butt of each cigarette has a ring-like pattern that resembles a crown. Stoudemire hopes that smokers can enjoy the same enjoyment as an emperor when smoking the emperor.
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This is obviously nonsense. Smoking is not good for your health, and the same goes for adding a filter.
However, for many smokers, filtered cigarettes at least feel healthier psychologically.
"I just want to record this war truly, and have no other intention." William sighed and sat down, taking off his helmet and holding it in his arms, with a depressed look on his face.
The photos taken by Japanese journalists accompanying the army were seized by the Southern African army and became evidence of the Japanese army's massacre and atrocities. This kind of mistake must not happen in the Southern African army.
Journalists are very noble in various propaganda calibers in Southern Africa, especially The Times, which has always been known for faithfully recording without taking any position. The slogan of The Times is objectivity and neutrality.
This is actually about establishing a persona. You can shout whatever slogan you want. When it comes to work, reporters know their own position very well.
A newspaper may not have a position, but the reporter must have a position.
Therefore, each battlefield in the Pacific Theater has the position of press officer, who not only checks the reports sent back to the country by reporters, but also checks various film and television materials shot by photographers.
"We can't take pictures until they clean up the battlefield. This is for our own good. As you saw just now, some Japanese are pretending to be dead. They don't care whether we are reporters or not." Liu Yang took a hard sip and then spit it out slowly,
But the kind of lungs.
This method of smoking is wasteful. Liu Yang thinks of cigarettes as a way of socializing. Anyway, the military delivers them every day, one pack per person per day.
"Despicable Japanese, every one of them deserves to die!" William shuddered as he thought of the scene just now.
Pretending to be dead is actually normal. You will do anything to win on the battlefield. Pretending to be dead is nothing. Faking surrender is the most hateful thing.
Some Japanese would voluntarily surrender on the battlefield. Once the Allied officers and soldiers relaxed their vigilance, they would be suddenly attacked by Japanese troops who pretended to surrender.
This method soon lost its effectiveness, and the Allies were not stupid. They quickly lost trust in the Japanese army. Even the Japanese soldiers who truly surrendered would be directly shot to death by the Allied forces.
On the battlefield where bullets were flying, no one was in the mood to tell whether the surrendering Japanese were faking surrender, and the Japanese did not sign the Prisoners of War Convention.
The Marines cleared the battlefield very quickly, and soon the gunfire stopped completely.
The Japanese were indeed crazy. More than 400 Japanese were killed, all of them armed civilians, including women and underage children.
Neither William nor Liu Yang were surprised.
What's wrong with minors? The Japanese are willing to let minors go to the battlefield. Once they pick up a knife, they are the enemy.
Since the Japanese are willing to let underage children die.
Then I am willing to bury it here.
When William went to take photos, Liu Yang seized the opportunity to interview Philip.
"The Japanese are indeed uncivilized barbarians. They have learned from civilized society for nearly a hundred years, but they have not become more civilized. We in southern Africa have always sent women and children away during wars, but the Japanese drove their women and children to the battlefield.
I'm sure those women and children didn't pick up the knife on their own initiative, they were all forced to do so." Philip was satisfied. He seized a very beautiful knife with a gold thread wrapped around the handle and a scabbard made of shark skin.
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Liu Yang felt that the gold wire on the handle of the knife was probably copper, but he did not remind Philip.
There is so much gold and precious stones, and there are not many nobles in Japan.
What's more, this is still a battlefield.
"So Japanese government officials, as well as Japanese military officers and soldiers, have all committed crimes against humanity." Liu Yang quickly recorded while interviewing.
"It can be said that the intelligence we have received shows that the Japanese army has looted Kuching, and all valuable things have been sent to Japan. Even the wood has to be sent back to Japan to make gun handles. This country is simply owned by humans.
Parasites, they never produce anything, and the main way to accumulate wealth is by robbing." Philip scolded a large country with these words.
It’s not that the Japanese don’t produce, both “Yamato” and “Musashi” are produced by the Japanese themselves.
Of course, Liu Yang will definitely not argue with Philip about this issue at this time. Don't forget that Kuching is still a British colony. Referring to the way the colony was handled after the end of the last world war, Kuching will eventually be returned to the British.
So even if the British ended up with a worthless Kuching, it was caused by the Japanese.
This is all good. According to the propaganda of the Japanese government, southern Africans are cannibals. All the indigenous people who originally lived in southern Africa were eaten by southern Africans. Otherwise, where would have been the millions of Africans in the Boer era?
Already?
"So we must give the Japanese a punishment that they will remember deeply." Liu Yang is of Chinese descent and hates the Japanese so much.
"Of course, that's why we came here." Philip's expression was firm. His hatred of the Japanese was no less than Liu Yang's.
Later, more troops landed, and an East India force took the lead and set off for Kuching.
Kuching is surrounded by mountains and the terrain is complex. Soon the Allied forces were attacked by Japanese snipers.
This time it was the real Japanese army. They built bunkers on the hillside, laid out minefields on the road leading to the bunkers, and dug anti-tank trenches.
This level of defense is child's play for the Allies.
The anti-tank trenches were quickly bulldozed by explosives. There were minesweepers to deal with the mines. The "Clouded Leopard" tanks were parked next to the anti-tank trenches, and they called out the bunkers built by the Japanese army one by one. There were also many precision shooters in the East Indian Army, and the Japanese army operated machine guns.
The machine gunners suffered heavy losses.
"Eagle, eagle, call the eagle, I am a clouded leopard, and I need your 203mm main gun now." Luo Guoxing, commander of the 17th Marine Corps Major General, called the "Yecheng" immediately.
"Coconut City" is a heavy cruiser on the sea not far away. It belongs to the Changi Squadron and is responsible for providing firepower assistance to the attacking forces.
Heavy artillery is the biggest shortcoming of the Marine Corps. The amphibious tank's cannon is only 75 mm, which cannot have much effect on solid fortifications. The 203 mm main gun of the "Coconut City" finally got a chance to fire.
Of course, Luo Guoxing can also call for air support. The Air Force's dive bombers are on standby at the field airport. Their 1,000 kilogram bombs are more effective against Japanese fortifications, but it will take time for the dive bombers to arrive on the battlefield.
After receiving the request for assistance, the "Coconut City" quickly opened fire.
The Japanese positions were quickly engulfed in flames and smoke.
Under the cover of "Clouded Leopard" tanks, the East Indian troops launched an attack on the Japanese positions.
The Japanese must have dug underground passages under the bunker. After the bunker was destroyed, they still had the power to fight back.
However, the Japanese lacked effective weapons to deal with the "Clouded Leopard" tanks, and soon the "Clouded Leopard" tanks rushed to the Japanese positions.
As more and more East Indian soldiers rushed into the Japanese positions, the Japanese resistance quickly collapsed.
The East Indian army's attack method was exactly the same as that of the southern African army, and they did not engage with the Japanese at all.
Digging a tunnel, right?
The East Indian soldiers did not enter the tunnel at all. When they found the entrance to the tunnel, they directly threw an explosive bag in, or called bulldozers to fill the hole directly.
The Japanese didn't want to be suffocated to death, so they rushed out of the tunnel to fight to the death.
The East Indian officers and soldiers waiting around the entrance of the cave were very happy. Grenades flew over like raindrops, or they were fire dragons created by flamethrowers.
Being blown up, burned to death, or run over by a tank
