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 didn't think much about it. This afternoon, he was in the room
While he was reading a book, 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 put down his book and asked, but he was thinking: Could it be that our warship was damaged by improper operation by the Chinese?
"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. The British soldiers he met along the way looked very excited, and Degu became even more confused.
When he saw Wavell at the pier, 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 - and it looked like they had achieved victory?
But he heard Wavell say: "Commander Degu, come on, stand with me."
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--" The dock immediately exploded.
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.
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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--" 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 country and the French had achieved, but when he heard this sentence, he still exclaimed: "What? Is this true?"
"Yes! It's incredible, but now they have returned successfully!"
"It's really incredible!" Degu said, and then something flashed through his mind, and he quickly asked: "Sir Wavell, is this why you took away our warship?"
"yes."
"This - if it is to rescue the captured soldiers of your country, can you just tell me no? We will definitely do better than the compatriots!" Degu said, his tone becoming 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 strength 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 know nothing!"
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!" Degou shouted: "The Far East Fleet belongs to France, and 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 back, Degu ignored the ensign's dissuasion and left angrily.
Shortly after Decourt 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 3,000 British soldiers on board the "Richelieu". Some of them were so excited that they burst into tears when they saw the pier. When they stepped onto the land, their legs immediately went weak and they fell to their knees, acting like lunatics.
They started kissing the concrete floor. 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".
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 ashore. Because there were too many people, this process lasted for more than an hour. During this process, the Jungle Special Warfare Brigade and Qi Minghao watched silently, with their hearts in mind.
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"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. Song Yuanzhuang's eyes flashed and he said: "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, the sound of military music started, 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, adjusted his military uniform and said, "It's prepared for us. The British have some conscience, so 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 held prejudices in his heart and did not feel that he should bow his head in front of Ouyang Yun. However, since receiving Phillips's
After reporting and learning about the entire rescue process, his attitude completely changed.
One hundred and fifty men attacked a prisoner-of-war camp defended by two thousand 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 people and be detrimental to future cooperation between the two parties.
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Wavell silenced them with one sentence - I will give you 10,000 people, can you do it?
The feeling of being a hero is quite good. Even though the trainees of the Jungle Special Forces Brigade have long developed a temperament that is not alarmed by changes, 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.