After Degu discovered that the seven large ships of the Far East Fleet and all the warships of Fleet Z had disappeared from the dock, he thought that the Chinese and British had gone to the ocean for training, so he did not think much about it. At noon that day, he was He was reading in the room when the second lieutenant responsible for guarding him suddenly ran in excitedly and said: "Sir, Commander Wavell, please go to the dock immediately."
"What happened?" Degu asked as he put down his book, but he was thinking: Could it be that the Chinese damaged our warship due to improper operation?
"You'll find out when you go."
Frowning, Degu followed the second lieutenant out, then got into the car and was driven to the dock. Along the way, he saw the British soldiers he met looking very excited, which made Degu even more confused.
When he saw Wavell at the dock, he saw that although his eyes were bloodshot and he looked tired, he was in good spirits. He was wondering whether the Chinese and the British had secretly attacked the Japanese Western Expedition Fleet. It looked like they had won a victory. , but heard Wavell say: "Commander Degu, come on, you and I stand together."
After giving Wavell a cold look, Degu stepped forward and stood side by side with him.
Wavell turned his head and was about to say something to him, when suddenly a British soldier on the watchtower in front suddenly put down his telescope and shouted wildly: "I saw it, they are back."
"Boom," an explosion immediately exploded on the dock.
Wavell didn't care to talk to Degu anymore. He took the telescope from Clary and looked over. After a full minute, he put down the telescope with satisfaction and said to Degu: "Commander Degu, I want to thank you. .”
Degu looked at him without saying a word, but he became more and more certain that the Chinese and the British had won the war.
Wavell was already immersed in great joy at this time, and said to himself: "If it weren't for the seven large ships of the Far East Fleet, we would not be able to transport so many soldiers back at once."
Wavell's words completely negated Degu's guess. Curious, he asked: "What happened?"
Wavell said with a smile: "You will never believe it if I tell you." His tone changed and he was full of pride: "We rescued all the more than 30,000 officers and soldiers captured in Singapore."
De Gu had already decided to remain indifferent no matter how great the victory the Chinese and French had achieved, but when he heard this sentence, he still exclaimed: "What, this is true."
"Yes, it's incredible, but now they have successfully returned."
"It's really unbelievable." Degu said, and then something flashed in his mind, and he quickly asked: "Sir Wavell, this is why you took our warship."
"yes."
"If this is to rescue the captured soldiers of your country, can you just tell me no? We will definitely do better than the Chinese." Degu said, his tone became respectful,
Wavell was startled, knowing that he had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "You can't do this. This can only be done with the help of the Chinese people."
Degu didn't know what he meant by this, and immediately said unconvinced: "It's ridiculous. The Chinese don't even have a decent navy. How can their ship maneuvering skills compare to the young men under me."
Wavell saw that he had completely lost his mind and didn't want to explain any more, so he said: "Let's go and meet our heroes."
Degu had just seen a glimmer of hope of taking back the fleet, so he was not willing to let go easily. He caught up and said, "Why don't we agree to join the sniper fleet? After all, we are better than the Chinese who don't know anything."
Wavell stopped, turned to look at him and said: "We welcome you to join our volunteer army, but I'm sorry, I have handed over the Far East Fleet to the Chinese."
"What, how could you do this?" Degoux shouted: "The Far East Fleet belongs to France, you have no right to deal with it. I, I will accuse you of Marshal de Gaulle."
"Please."
"Wavell, you bastard,."
Because of this incident, when the mixed fleet docked and the British happily welcomed their hero's return, Degu ignored the ensign's dissuasion and left angrily.
Shortly after Degou turned around and left, the "Richelieu" blew its whistle and was dragged by two tugboats and slowly docked at the dock. Immediately, earth-shattering cheers erupted on the dock.
Stimulated by the cheers behind him, Degu's body froze, and then he secretly said in his heart: Even if I go to Hanoi to be humiliated, I will never surrender to the British.
There were nearly three thousand British soldiers on board the "Richelieu". Some of them were so excited that they burst into tears when they saw the dock. When they stepped onto the land, their legs immediately went weak and they knelt on the ground. Then they went crazy.
They started kissing the cement floor as well, and after kissing the concrete floor, these British soldiers raised their hands and shouted loudly, "Long live Great Britain, long live Queen Elizabeth", which immediately triggered a new round of "Long live" shouts from the mountains.
When Wavell was negotiating with Ouyang Yun about the rescue operation in Bangkok, he felt that the matter was too difficult and impossible to achieve, so he didn't take it to heart at all. However, at this moment, when he saw this scene
, I feel that all efforts are worth it,
The rescued prisoners of war were given priority to land. Because there were too many people, this process lasted for more than an hour. During this process, the Jungle Special Operations Brigade and Qi Minghao watched silently, with deep thoughts in their hearts.
touched,
"It seems we have done a great good deed." Lei Tianwei said to Song Yuanzhuang,
Guo Kui heard this and turned around and asked, "Don't you have any other ideas?"
Lei Tianwei scratched his head, and Song Yuanzhuang's eyes flashed: "I have some insights, for individuals, the country is our biggest backing, and it is very important to have a strong country."
Guo Kui nodded approvingly and said: "That's why we must fight to the death to defend our motherland."
Suddenly, military music rang, and everyone followed the sound and saw the rescued British soldiers being asked to leave the dock, and then Wavell walked over surrounded by a group of generals.
Wang Changlong said: "The British have a lot of tricks, but are they a little late?"
Guo Kui glanced sideways at him and adjusted his military uniform and said: "It's prepared for us. The British have some conscience. Let's get off the ship."
Wavell was undoubtedly a conceited person. No matter how powerful the Xuebing Army was in the Battle of Bangkok, he always had prejudices in his heart and did not feel that he should bow his head in front of Ouyang Yun. However, since receiving the invitation from Phillips
After learning about the entire rescue process, his attitude completely changed.
One hundred and fifty people attacked a prisoner-of-war camp defended by 2,000 Japanese troops. Not only did they completely defeat the Japanese troops, but not one of them died. If Phillips hadn't known who he was, he would have thought that the other party was telling a story.
When Wavell decided to welcome Guo Kui and others with the highest standards, he encountered opposition from many of his subordinates. Their reason was that they had already paid enough, and this would encourage the arrogance of the Chinese and would be detrimental to the future of both parties. cooperate,
Wavell silenced them with one sentence, "I will give you 10,000 people, can you do it?"
It feels good to be a hero. Even though the trainees of the Jungle Special Forces Brigade have long developed a calm temperament, many of them still looked very excited with red faces. In this regard, Guo Kui's evaluation of them afterwards was : There is no future, this small scene was shocked,
According to Wang Changlong's later revelations, despite Commander Guo's nonchalant look afterward, in fact, his mouth was grinning all the time at that time.