Chapter 8 Military Action (Five)

"Protect the Chief." The Japanese lieutenant, who wanted to flatter but brought the murder of his superiors, was frightened and screamed, snatching his life and suppressing Junji Fujita who was ignorant of life and death under him.

"Protect the Chief." "Protect the Chief." "Counterattack, counterattack." "Catch the assassin." The messy shouts immediately sounded. The Japanese soldiers who were already depressed were either looking for a safe place to hide like headless flies, or picked up machine guns and fired rifles across the river. Not only did they fail to find the sniper's hiding place, but they were beaten to death by the opponent in the chaos and injured several times, becoming more and more embarrassed.

"Off the lights, turn off the lights. We are in the open, the enemy is in the dark, damn, a group of idiots and waste." After all, it was a veteran who was slaughtered from the Kwantung Army. Sakai Gaoming gave the most reasonable proposal based on his rich experience in the army. The Japanese soldiers who were invincible immediately turned their guns and pulled the trigger at the calcium carbide lamp that was only a short distance away. "Table," "Table," "Table," "Table," "Table,"...," "Table," "Table," "Table," "Table," "Table," "Table," soon all the calcium carbide lamps were broken, and the entire camp was hidden in the darkness.

The lost light guide, the "sniper" on the other side of the river could not continue to aim. The deadly shooting sound stopped abruptly. The Japanese soldiers held machine guns and rifles, looking at each other woodenly, and all saw endless fear in each other's eyes.

Just as they were about to cry and tears, a familiar roar suddenly came from the deep camp. The old Japanese Junji Fujita pushed away the loyal second lieutenant pressing on him, struggled to stand up, and shouted at the panicked Japanese soldiers: "Bastard, idiot, a sniper scared you all to death. You are not worthy of being soldiers of the empire, you are all useless."

"Stand up for me and defend the honor of the Imperial soldiers with my life." The surprised and happy Japanese lieutenant climbed up from the ground with a wheel and shouted at the soldiers under his command, "He only has one rifle, but we have more than a hundred shots here. If he..."

"Chee,." A bullet came into the air, rubbed his ears and flew over, stuffing the second half of his morale-boosting words back into his stomach.

The Japanese lieutenant was so scared that he rushed towards the car, his head was stuck under the shriveled tire, and his legs kept twitching outside. Gaoming Sakai, who had been deprived of all his posts and military ranks, was much calmer than him, the lieutenant. He pointed to a dark place across the river and reminded loudly, "Over there, I saw the fire at the muzzle. Over there, please aim at the other side and shoot."

No matter whether you see clearly what was on the other side, the Japanese rifles and machine guns all turned around and concentrated their firepower along the direction of Sakai Gaoming's finger. Soon, a cluster of wild trees on the other side of the river that had been dry for a long time was ignited by bullets. The flames jumped into the air with thick smoke, illuminating the more than 20 meters around the tree trunk.

"Lighting flares, fire flares, and ignite the weeds on the ground." Junji Fujita, who had been hiding deep in the camp, was also reminded, shouting and giving the only correct order tonight. After hearing the instructions of the commander, the Japanese officers and soldiers pressed the flares and tracer bullets, which were much more expensive than ordinary bullets, into the air, and rushed into the air. In an instant, the other side of the river was as bright as day. With the help of this extremely precious light, the Japanese machine gunner aimed at several wild trees near the river on the other side, and The bullets poured over like money. Soon, the wild trees also gradually smoked. Then, scarlet flames jumped out of the smoke. The branches and trunks were ignited one after another, and the autumn grass half-yellow under the tree was burned. Several fire snakes spread from the river bank to the distance with the help of the night wind. They grew stronger. In three or five breaths, they turned from a small snake to a giant python, and then turned from a giant python to a fire dragon, tangled and rolled, burning the area several miles across the river to a scarlet sea of ​​fire.

If the sniper refused to leave, he would be burned into a pile of coke by the wildfire. The Japanese soldiers found that they were finally safe. They held up their guns and cheered loudly. While everyone was not paying attention, Junji Fujita quietly turned around and took out a few broken green tiles from his chest. Then he frowned and looked at him who had never liked Sakai Takamyung and whispered: "Thank you, Sakai Jun, how did you know that green tiles can act as bulletproof?" (Note 1)

"I, I..." Sakai Takamyung, who was suddenly praised by his superiors, was very uncomfortable. His tongue wrapped around his mouth for a while before he stammered, "Report to the chief, I, I have heard from others, and I haven't had time to experiment."

If it were a day before, Fujita Junji would definitely raise his arm and give him a few big slaps. However, tonight, the green tiles that he stuffed in his chest and saved his life were all provided by "Coward Sakai". The tactics of turning the entire team into safety were also made decisively under the reminder of "Gumfu Sakai". Such a crucial contribution was enough to make his view of the previous "waste Sakai" slightly change. He frowned slightly and continued to whisper: "Okay, being able to practice is also an advantage, but how do you know that the sniper definitely did not leave? It seems that he is convinced that his target of attack is me."

"Report to the chief, I, I..." No one could see Sakai Takamy's expression clearly in the dark, but he still felt relieved. The words he reminded Fujita Junji to be careful were completely for the purpose of flattering, not because he was sure that the sniper on the other side of the river had not left yet, but to be honest at this time, it was a choice that only fools would make. Sakai Takamy was not stupid. His long-term career as a soldier has allowed him to master more survival wisdom than his companions around him, and he tried to suppress the tension in his heart. He raised his voice a little and reported solemnly: "Reporting to the Chief, I made the main goal of the enemy based on the following factors. First, the enemy came to attack us in the middle of the night despite the fatigue of the day, obviously to delay the advancement of our army. Second, the enemy's troops were weak and the means to delay our army were limited. Most of the attacks were placed on the destruction of the car. Third, when the degree of damage to the car could not be confirmed, assassinating the core figure of our army became his only choice..."

The more I said, Sakai's mind turned faster and the more sufficient the arguments were. "And the Grand Master is undoubtedly the soul of our army. As long as you are injured..."

"He got what he wanted." Junji Fujita was photographed so comfortable that he took the initiative to add the reasons to Sakai Gaoming. It was so hateful. The sniper from the Military Control Commission was so hateful. He actually used such despicable means to plot against the pillars of the Japanese Empire. He would pull him out and kill him no matter what, and forever eliminated the troubles. Even if he delayed the attack on the Communist guerrillas for this, he would do whatever he could.

Thinking of this, Junji Fujita made a quick decision, "Prince Hatoyama, you take people along the river bank to guard the river bank. When you find suspicious movements, you immediately use firepower to suppress it. Don't give the sniper any chance to attack the camp. Sakai Jun, go and notify all officers above the lieutenant to come to my meeting. Let's find a way to solve the current trouble."

"Hiyi." In an envious look, Sakai Takamyō, who had successfully reversed his image, saluted and trotted to execute the orders. In sharp contrast to him was the Second Lieutenant Hatoyama. This top student from the regular military academy completely lost his power in the eyes of his superiors because of his poor performance just now. He saluted Junji Fujita with a dark face, and took people to act as an external warning in dejected manner.

Two or three minutes later, all the officers above the lieutenant except Hatoyama were summoned to Junji Fujita. Sakai Takamy also brought back a few friends whom he was familiar with. He used sand to build a short wall half a person tall on the bank, protecting all the officers behind the sandbags. This considerate behavior made his image in Junji Fujita's heart instantly taller than one or two percentage points. The latter pointed to the position beside him and whispered: "Saki Kun, sit down, I have something to ask you."

"I..." Smashed by the huge happiness, Sakai Takamy could hardly believe his ears. After repeatedly confirming the envious expressions on his companions' faces, he sorted out his sweat-soaked clothes and walked carefully towards Junji Fujita, "Sir, I'm just..."

"The punishment for you during the day is just a warning." For useful people, Junji Fujita is not stingy with encouragement. "You have proved your determination to correct your mistakes with practical actions, so there is no need to continue to be executed. From now on, will you restore your position as a team leader and your military rank..."

Maybe it was because he felt that he had restored his position to his position a month ago, and it was not enough to thank the green tiles he provided. Junji Fujita thought about it and continued to add, "I will propose to the above to promote you to the spy, Chief of the Spy, Sakai, and I hope you will continue to work hard and not let my trust in you down." (Note 2)

"Thank you, thank you, thank you for your cultivation." Sakai Takamyong was so grateful that tears immediately flowed out and bowed to Junji Fujita.

"Don't thank me, this is the reward you deserve." In order to make the other party work harder to serve the empire and to raise a positive example to boost morale, Junji Fujida waved his hand and continued to emphasize, "The empire will not forget anyone who contributed to her. Even if this person was not outstanding in the past and had a low position, please use all your wisdom and work with me to find a way to find the dangerous destruction element. Our operation was reported to the General Staff of the Kwantung Army. In any case, we cannot fail because of the harassment of one or two destruction elements."

Note 1: Green tiles, old news, are common in Chinese cities. When impacted, they will break into multiple pieces, effectively dispersing the impact force. As early as during World War I, European veterans learned to use tiles to block key parts of their bodies and offset the impact of the enemy's bullets.

Note 2: The spy chief Cao, equivalent to warrant officer, is the starting level of the lieutenant officer of the Japanese army.
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