Men Behind The Sun Page #4

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Cover him!

Put him down here.

Sorry to disturb you!

Urgent telegram from Headquarters, sir!

Nagasaki was bombed.

The Russians have officially declared war.

The Kwangtung Army H.Q. ordered all troops

to retreat if necessary.

Are you coming back, sir?

All troops to retreat?

What do we do, sir?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been bombed

by the Americans.

The cities have been completely destroyed.

Now the Russians have declared war to us.

Our fate has been sealed.

We've received orders to retreat.

But l personally think,

that the work of the 731 Sqdn.

involves top security information.

So l'm now requesting the following:

& destroy this whole facility.

The engineers will be in charge of that

the place must be flattened, l want no traces left.

destroy them at once.

will also commit suicide.

ln other words...

no evidence must be left behind!

Dr. lshii,

Our squadron has a lot of highly qualified people,

isn't it a waste do order them to die?

We shouldn't allow such meaningless sacrifices.

l realize that too Gen. Kikuchi,

but we have to guard the secret of this place.

Dr. lshii, if...

you commit suicide, then l'll join you.

These soldiers & their families have followed you

from Japan to Manchuria.

You should at least,

get them back home.

lsn't that reasonable?

As the head of 731you're responsible for them.

You should be protecting them, not ordering them to die.

l hope you face up your responsibilities.

Gen. Kikuchi is right

We should return to our home land,

and we should take all data with us.

That might be possible,

but we must still prepare for the possibility

of being captured.

No matter what,

we can't allow these secrets to be made known.

How about this?

We issue each one with a bottle of cyanide,

if anyone's captured, then they

commit suicide.

Well...

that's what we'll do.

l will personal be in charge of the retreat,

& arrange the transport.

l'm very happy you made this decision,

l'm sure everybody is grateful to you.

What are you doing?

These are our children's clothes!

The data is important!

Please take this with you, Madame!

You must take it if you are captured.

Mr. Takamura prepared them.

Where are you going at his time?

l'm going to the office to get more data!

The war is over and we are going home!

Shut up! What do you know!

l don't care about anything else

all l know is that we are going home!

You are a woman, you know nothing!

Yes l may know nothing,

and l certainly don't know how to make poison!

How dare you to speak to me like that!

Takamura! Takamura!

This is important data,

We can not destroy it!

lf anyone dares to burn anymore...

Takamura, l just want to go home!

Nothing else is important!

Thats all l want, Takamura!

Burn it! Burn it all!

Takamura! This is an order, burn it all!

l don't want a single piece left.

You can't destroy the data!

This is the whole reason for our being here!

lt represents years of hard work!

& Japan will need it one day!

lf you want to destroy it kill me first!

We're releasing the poison gas! Retreat! Hurry up!

Hasegawa, Miki, come quick!

Miki, go up!

lt's platinum, it's worth a lot of money.

This place is blowing up! Find shelter!

Quick, retreat!

Retreat!

Come on, let's go!

This place is blowing up. Find shelter!

August 15, 1945

Where are you going? Get back!

l'm sorry, quick!

Don't run around!

Hold on, Madame, Hold on!

Sir, Mrs. Takamura is going into labor!

Can't she get in the car?

The car is full of Dr. lshii's personal data.

Sir, the train is leaving in 5 minutes.

Do you want a last look at the squadron?

All right!

Gentlemen! This is just a change in strategy,

The Great Japanese Empire

has still not been defeated,

our base has been destroyed,

but our careers will continue.

Now youre all going back to Japan,

l trust you will safe guard the secrets of this base

and always remember this

no contact is allowed between squadron members

and under no circumstances will you reveal the

nature of work here.

You are disbarred from taking up government posts.

Anyone who contravenes these conditions will be

severely punished.

Madame! Madame!

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