Human bridge

The Japanese army's engineer brigade formed a human bridge across the river in the jungle. They built such bridges to help the army cross the river quickly. The bamboo logs on their shoulders felt heavy whenever the soldiers walked over them. In 55 days the Japanese engineer brigades had repaired or built 250 bridges along 1100 kilometer road from Singora to Johore Bharu. This means that the average repair was 4 bridges per day. That's why Japan's Malayan campaign is said as the battle against jungles and bridges.

Previously in the Western Front in 1939-40, a company of German army's engineer brigade had the ability to improve a 9-meter bridge in a day. In the Malayan front, the Japanese engineer brigade repaired more such bridges and in worse condition. Without the work of these engineer brigades, their advance of 20 kilometers per day would not be possible. The efforts of these engineer brigades was one of the main factors in the Japanese victory in Malaya.