() "Who are you? This is the Tada family's plantation, which is protected by the U.S. Army." When Tada was young, he followed his family's freighters to India and other places for a long time, so he learned English fairly well.
"We are the First Mountain Brigade of the Taiwan Army. Now we are taking over your plantation. Because you provided weapons to local militants, you and your family were arrested." An unfamiliar accent that was obviously different from that of the local US military was spoken.
English answered, and then, a dark figure strode up the stairs, grabbed Tada's arm, and pressed him against the wooden wall.
"My family is a businessman and a plantation owner. I have never provided them with weapons. My weapons are all for my own use and have been approved by the U.S. Army..." Tadazuki shouted loudly while struggling hard.
Explaining.
"Ah..." Suddenly, a sharp pain came from Tadazuki's back, and a hard object hit his back hard.
"We are Taiwan's No. 1 Mountain Brigade. We have taken over this place now. If we have sold weapons, we will naturally check it out when we return to our headquarters. If we continue to mess around, it will not do you any good." The voice said again in English. At this time,
Tada was already kneeling in the corner in pain, and there was nothing else in his mouth except a slight groan of pain.
More than ten minutes later, Tadazuki, his wife and children were all put into a car that was much larger than a carriage. Those people from Taiwan's mountain divisions were shouting, asking the people under the car to get into the truck quickly. Tada
Zhu had already recovered a little from the pain. He hugged his 8-year-old son on the fender of the truck and watched the small manor on the plantation that he had run for many years being gradually engulfed by fire. In his ears was his wife.
My eldest daughter and I were sobbing softly, and our noses were filled with the smell of oily smoke.
At the same time that Tadazuki's plantation was raided by the mountain brigade, the Japanese plantations all over Mindanao were basically in the same situation. All the residents in the plantations were taken away on trucks, and most of the people in the plantations were taken away.
Some buildings were burned down, and all those who tried to resist or escape were caught and beaten, or directly shot on the spot.
This raid on Japanese plantations and processing plants lasted for two days. All Japanese plantations and processing plants listed on the list were sealed or burned down, and all captured Japanese people were loaded onto trucks.
, began to be transported to Davao City from various places, and the local farmers who were captured as Japanese people in the plantations were also escorted over. The soldiers of the Mountain Division did not have time to distinguish those who were the real Japanese people and those who were local victims.
The farmers hired are treated as if they were themselves.
Because this operation was sudden and violent, and the communication conditions at the time were very backward, some Japanese people who had not returned home or who escaped the operation due to various reasons returned home from elsewhere the next day or a few days later.
When they discovered that their plantations or processing plants had been sealed or burned to ashes, they all went to the local government or the U.S. garrison to complain, but what greeted them was not government officials or U.S. military officials who enforced the law impartially.
* team, but Taiwanese mountain brigade soldiers. They were arrested directly and then sent to Davao City.
On the south side of the camp of Taiwan's 1st Mountain Brigade in Davao City, near the seaside, the Mountain Brigade's engineering group surrounded several large open spaces with barbed wire. Japanese people and their employees who were arrested from various places were all arrested.
When one is imprisoned in these barbed wire fences, another one is imprisoned. At night, on the wooden towers surrounding these temporary camps, there will be dazzling light beams that sweep back and forth around these barbed wire fences to prevent anyone from breaking through.
Barbed wire escape.
Until five days later, there were basically no people sent from all over the country, and nearly 10,000 people had been detained in the barbed wire fence. The logistics personnel of the mountain brigade roughly counted, and among them, only one-tenth of the Japanese were themselves, and most of the rest were
They are local employees. About half of them are men between the ages of 15 and 50, and the rest are mostly the elderly, women and children.
Seeing that fewer and fewer people were sent, Liu Xiaofu estimated that the operation was almost completed, so he ordered the engineering corps to build wooden houses and simple water supply and drainage facilities in a few empty barbed wire fences, and then the logistics personnel,
A head count began. Healthy men over 15 and under 50 were selected and specially imprisoned in other barbed wire fences. The remaining elderly, women and children were moved into temporary wooden houses based on family units. There were not enough
We live in one unit, so we can move in temporarily if we have enough.
These selected healthy men were told that because the Japanese sold weapons to local militants, their properties were confiscated, their families were imprisoned, and they themselves would be sent to the construction site to exchange labor for food and accommodation for their families.
, after working for 3 years, they will be sent back to Japan. As for the locals, because they were convicted of helping the Japanese, they will have to work for 2 years.
The total number of healthy men captured this time is about 4,000, which can basically satisfy the labor force for the construction of three highways. The cement factory is currently installing equipment, and there is no cement available yet. However, these criminals can start felling trees and digging.
After the cement plant is put into operation, we can then go back to laying the cement.
Liu Xiaofu asked the mountain brigade's logistics personnel and two police companies to take care of the families and relatives of these criminals, and to be responsible for their daily lives. Those criminals who needed labor reform were escorted by three companies to Santiao Final Alliance.
The highways in Wo City began to be renovated through labor. These people will be taught by engineers from the Engineer Corps how to use big saws and axes to cut down trees, how to dig roadbeds, how to screen suitable stones and other basic techniques, and those bulldozers, road rollers, dragging
Large construction machinery such as trucks are still operated by soldiers from the Engineer Corps.
In the first few days of construction, from time to time Japanese or local people who participated in the labor reform tried to escape or resist. After several leaders were publicly shot and killed, everyone began to work honestly, because it was just the start of labor.
, the company and engineer battalion in custody did not require too much speed, I just wanted them to adapt to this kind of work, and then slowly increase the amount.
The Mountain Division made such a big commotion, and the Americans and the local pro-American government were frightened. The first people who came to inquire were several American liaison officers staying in Davao City. They were responsible for staying here as
The liaison between the U.S. garrison in the Philippines and the garrison in Taiwan. These U.S. military officers are very dissatisfied with the Mountain Division's indiscriminate arrest of people, and they are also dissatisfied with the Mountain Division's use of prisoners who have not yet been tried to participate in the competition.
Heavy physical labor is even more criticized.
Brigadier Liu Xiaofu who received them took out Japanese standard rifles and bullets that had been seized in several exchanges of fire with militants, and firmly accused these Japanese people of secretly helping the militants to smuggle weapons, and the agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested
The confessions of several local militants also confirmed that Japanese plantation owners were indeed selling them guns and ammunition.
Faced with this evidence, the US officials had nothing to refute, but they agreed that not all Japanese plantation owners sold weapons to militants, so they could be treated differently. Liu Xiaofu was unable to distinguish between
Taiwan and Japan were at war, so they rejected the suggestions of these US officials.
After the U.S. military officers left, pro-American government officials in Davao City came. These officials did not dare to enter the mountain division camp. They could only wait outside the barbed wire fence and have the sentries bring back the news, asking about the plantations and
What had the owner of the processing plant committed? Moreover, among the locals who were arrested together, there were several local wealthy businessmen and landowners. The officials came to ask if their families could be redeemed with money.
