The British who had their weapons confiscated began to work. Just as Zhang Sixing arranged, they were filling sandbags. Also working together were the military police, Lu Feizhang and others.
The work efficiency of as many as five hundred people is quite high, and everyone else is sleeping at this time. After all, they have been busy since yesterday, and they are already exhausted after fighting for another day.
While carrying sandbags, the British soldiers kept looking in the direction of Lieutenant Morrison's return.
Because when Lieutenant Morrison returns, their hard work ends.
A pair carrying sandbags walked heavily upstairs, and the British soldiers discussed in low voices.
"Do you think Lieutenant Morrison can convince the consul?"
"Who knows, I only know that we were sent here by that bastard, and he sent us into the hands of that devil."
"I really hope Mr. Consul can meet their demands. That damned man must not be a miser."
The British guy with yellow hair carrying a heavy sandbag said,
"Hey, when Will goes out to load sandbags later, maybe we..."
The English guy on the other end of the sandbag had red hair. He shrugged.
"Robin, please stop thinking nonsense. I'm just worried that if I'm caught, I'll be shot. Otherwise...and..."
When he said "and", he subconsciously looked back at the south bank of Suzhou River.
"But...but I heard that as soon as the Japanese find us on this side of the river, they will think that we have brought reinforcements to the Japanese, and in that case they will attack the public concession."
Will, the red-haired Englishman, asked worriedly.
"Fuck the public concession, the security there has nothing to do with us. And the person in charge here, the German who looks like a Chinese, God knows if he will kill us all on behalf of their head of state."
After hearing Robin's complaints, Will still felt that this matter was too relevant, so he tried to ask,
"The Japanese really want to misunderstand us. We assisted the Chinese, and then they used this as an excuse to attack the public concession... There are so many people there."
"Then who told the Germans to detain us and let us do the work that only these hard labor prisoners can do?"
Obviously, Will also thought that trimming the front line was a chore. He wiped the red hair's sweat with his sleeves and grimaced without any hope.
"It's so dark everywhere outside, and there are mines ahead, unless someone leads the way..."
Hearing the meaning of Will's words, Robin on the other side of the sandbag also wiped his yellow hair and whispered in a low voice,
"There are Japanese here, he knows their mines, and he says the people guarding them are very friendly to him."
After he finished speaking, he winked, and Will listened because the meaning was clear.
After placing the sandbag at the shooting hole, Will's eyes rolled around and he quietly observed the surroundings.
"Actually, maybe we don't need to run. Those people who call themselves Lao Ba are very friendly to us."
Robin sniffed contemptuously,
"Bah, it doesn't matter if they are friendly. As long as we escape and tell the commander what happened here, our British army will come and they will be scared like chickens."
Will thought for a moment and nodded slightly,
"Okay, it's up to you."
Although he made up his mind, Will still frowned and asked,
"That Japanese guy, is he reliable?"
Robin nodded,
"Hey, brother, this is war time, and sometimes we have to take some risks. I guess as long as we escape to the Japanese, they will send us back. After all, our two countries are not at war."
After listening to his companion's words, Will felt relieved and approached quietly,
"Okay, let's talk about what we will do. I hope you have a good plan."
The British are not very good at fighting, but I have to say that their ability to escape from prisoner-of-war camps is pretty good. During World War II, many British people escaped from German and Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.
After hearing Will's promise to escape together, Robin looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, then tilted his head to a guy wearing a Japanese Marine Corps uniform.
Seeing his look, the Japanese knew that he had already discussed it, so he immediately approached and whispered in English,
"Hello, gentlemen, my name is Taro Hashimoto, I know the location of their mines, we just need to escape. It's so dark outside, they can't catch us. It's not even a thousand meters away, that's it.
The front of our Imperial Japanese Marine Corps."
"Although he knows the way, these people are keeping a close eye on us. How can we escape?"
As a British guy who has made up his mind and will fight to the end, Will asked. Robin looked confident,
"We have to find two other guys to pretend to crack down on counterfeiting and create chaos. These newcomers are not familiar with us. As long as there is a little confusion, the three of us have a chance to escape. In the London Police Station, my brother and I escaped like that.
Out."
Soon after, taking advantage of the fact that no one understood English, the two British prisoners of war contacted two other prisoners of war.
They met at the place where sandbags were being loaded. While loading sandbags, they said to the other two British soldiers who were loading sandbags,
"Brothers, if you want to escape from danger, you must help with this matter."
The two British soldiers who were assigned to fight and cause chaos exclaimed in a low voice,
"Oh my god, if we help you and you run away, we might be shot."
The Japanese soldier who pretended to be guarding them bowed to the old soldier who was watching them, then came up and said in a stern voice,
"If you two don't help, have you seen the soldier with the gun? I will tell him that you two want to escape."
At this time, the two British soldiers who were arranged to fight fell silent. They did not expect to meet a Japanese who knew English. They wondered whether the guarding soldiers would believe this guy's words.
"Hmph, don't scare people, I will tell them that you are the ones who really want to escape."
Seeing that his escape plan was coming to fruition, the yellow-haired man chuckled and threatened,
"Haha, is that so? Don't forget that they are all yellow people. I heard that they are more willing to trust people with similar skin color."
When he said this, the two British men hesitated and replied,
"But it's just the two of us fighting..."
Robin cursed in a low voice,
"Are you a fool? You told the others that as long as the two of us escape and can return to the other side of the river, we will tell our superiors what happened to you. When we get there, the Japanese will be in front of us and we will be behind you. Are you afraid that they won't let you out obediently?
"
This guy really has the ability to incite. After saying a few words, the two British people opposite him nodded in the dark.
"Okay, let's do it like this. We'll notify the others separately. We don't have much time. We need to get them up as soon as possible."
"Robin boy, I really have you, okay, let's do it, but don't forget to let the people in the brigade come to rescue us."