The dark night shrouded the earth, and except for the sound of wind and the occasional chirping of insects, everything seemed extremely quiet. Sergeant Baichuan clutched the rifle tightly in his hand, and his sleeping face showed a hint of fear from time to time, maybe He was caught in some kind of nightmare, so that the sleeping Shirakawa's whole body was tense, and even the knuckles of the fingers holding the gun turned a little white due to excessive exertion. Shirakawa was not the only one like this, he was lying in various places in the cave. The vast majority of the dozens of Japanese soldiers standing there are in this state now.
Shirakawa was indeed having a nightmare at this time. What was echoing in his mind now was the bloody scene when Asami's team retreated into the woods two days ago. The soldiers with dull faces and blood-stained bodies, and the hysterical wails of pain from the wounded, seemed to be happening again. appeared in his mind. Everything was different from what he had imagined when he first joined the army. Only now did Baichuan realize how ridiculous his original idea of trying to get ahead in the army was.
"They are all damned Chinese!" Shirakawa woke up from a nightmare and cursed fiercely in his heart. He was different from most of the imperial soldiers who had just joined the army. As an admirer of the Bushido spirit, Shirakawa felt very attached to his country. Reverence. Therefore, when he first joined the army and received training, he did not feel anything wrong at all. But now when his life was threatened, Baichuan regretted it!
However, everything is too late now! Now Baichuan can think of no other way except praying to God to bless him to survive until the end of this war. Baichuan, who has woken up, carefully looked around a few times, and found himself in the dark cave. The vision inside was not very clear, and even Baichuan, who had already adapted to the dimness, could only see a few imperial soldiers close to him.
Baichuan belongs to the Black Mountain Squad. When the entire squad was ordered to pursue the defeated Chinese troops, there were still 64 soldiers. However, when the squad went through all the hardships and chased Lieduo through the Mountains of the People, there were only less than 40 soldiers left in the squad. 24 Zhang Ling Baichuan's familiar faces have remained in the vast mountains and jungles forever, including squad leader Kurokawa. Baichuan still remembers that squad leader Kurokawa died in the jungle after accidentally eating poisonous mushrooms.
"Damn Chinese people" Bai Chuan, who slowly stood up and sat up, cursed in his heart again. If it weren't for the broken Chinese soldiers who desperately defended the river bank, maybe he would have led the remaining soldiers in the team into Lieduo. Where? We still need to be able to hide in the cave and linger like we are now. I stretched my head and glanced at the entrance of the cave, but my vision was still dark. Baichuan, who breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, picked up his rifle and walked through the darkness towards the entrance of the cave. The air inside was too turbid, and he wanted to go to the cave to breathe some fresh air.
When he was still a few meters away from the entrance of the cave, Baichuan, who had been stumbling along, suddenly squatted down against the stone wall, leveled the rifle in his hand and pointed it carefully at the outside of the entrance. Something was wrong, something was terribly wrong. Baichuan, who was approaching the entrance of the cave, secretly screamed that something was wrong. Although what he heard in his ears was still silence, Baichuan's heart was beating wildly. The closer he got to the entrance of the cave, the harder his heart beat.
He tried his best to look outside the cave, but it was still pitch black. Bai Chuan couldn't see anything clearly, but his heart was pounding so hard that Bai Chuan didn't dare to take another step, as if the darkness outside the cave entrance was the gaping mouth of a giant beast. , as long as he walks out of the cave, he will definitely be torn apart by the giant beast hidden in the dark night. Baichuan has always not believed the premonitions of the veterans' private discussions, but now he believes it. Baichuan thinks that like him now, It was a premonition of the crisis hidden outside the cave.
Baichuan, who didn't dare to think too much, leveled the rifle in his hand, and slowly stretched out his hand toward the cave, until his foot hit a soldier who was sleeping by the stone wall. "Shh, don't make a sound, cave."
There may be Chinese troops outside, and we may be blocked in the cave by them." Baichuan reached out and covered the mouth of the soldier who had been awakened by him, and then whispered a reminder against the soldier's ear, and the soldier's body immediately stiffened.
Baichuan relaxed slightly and stiffened his body, which showed that the soldier had clearly heard what he had just said.
Baichuan turned his back to the cave entrance, using his open military uniform as a cover, and lit a match in the artificially created backlight environment. In the cave, which was not very big or deep, were more than 50 imperial soldiers who had been withdrawn from the woods on the river bank.
, Baichuan doesn’t know how many of them can continue to fight, and he doesn’t know how many of them are willing to obey the command of his sergeant, but the current situation is still very unfavorable for people like him. If they can’t be united,
If there is no rope, everyone may be blocked in this cave by the Chinese army that may be outside.
The soldier who was stepped on by Bai Chuan began to follow Bai Chuan's instructions and wake up his sleeping companions one by one. Every time he woke up one of them, the soldier would whisper what Bai Chuan had said to him.
After all the soldiers in the cave were woken up, Baichuan lit a match again so that the soldiers who woke up could see their positions clearly. "The situation is a bit bad. There may be an ambush of the Chinese Army outside the cave, but now
These are just my speculations, I need two top soldiers to go out and check the sentry position now."
The soldiers who were looked around by Shirakawa lowered their heads one after another. No one wanted to look at Shirakawa, and no one would look at Shirakawa. It was not just Shirakawa himself who had nightmares, but at least more than half of the dozens of Japanese soldiers hiding in the cave.
They have all had nightmares with almost the same content as Baichuan. Now they just want to return to their hometown alive. Knowing clearly that there may be an ambush of the Chinese Army outside the cave, they still send people out to check the sentry posts. This is not a waste of death, so these
The soldiers who had long since lost their courage could only choose to remain silent.
An angry look appeared on Bai Chuan's face. He didn't expect that among the more than 50 people, no one was willing to serve as a vanguard. If this had happened before, these guys who were greedy for life and afraid of death might have been punished by military regulations. He lit a match again.
, Shirakawa suppressed his anger and said slowly, "We are warriors of the Empire of Japan and His Majesty the Emperor. For His Majesty the Emperor, we can sacrifice our lives. Do you still remember the vows you made when you joined the army?"
Baichuan's inquiry made some of the soldiers subconsciously sit up straight, and their lowered heads were raised immediately, "I only need one of the two leading soldiers, and I will take charge of the other myself. If there is an ambush of the Chinese Army outside the cave,
All we have to do is fight to the death. We are all warriors of His Majesty the Emperor and cannot surrender to the Chinese. If everything is normal outside the cave, we will leave this damn place today. I promise you, I will take all of you with me.
I promise to return to the alliance alive."
The guarantee that even Baichuan himself did not believe gave great encouragement to the other soldiers in the cave. Without Baichuan's appointment, two veterans had already stepped forward and volunteered to be the vanguard. When it comes to the ability to survive, it is the army.
Compared with the new recruits who panic when something happens, the veterans have already adapted to the cruelty and harshness of the battlefield. While ignoring the lives of their opponents, the veterans also tend to ignore their own lives. Bai Chuan didn't know what he meant.
After a meal of encouragement, the veterans regained some of their former madness. At this time, only the blood and madness of fighting were left in their bodies.
Carefully hiding himself behind a raised stone wall at the entrance of the cave, Bai Chuan pointed to the darkness outside the cave entrance and whispered, "After you two go out, don't move quickly. Find a place to hide yourself first. Keep a distance of 10 meters from the entrance of the cave.
, after you have adapted to the outside environment, carefully observe the surrounding environment. I will lead others to provide cover for you. If you find that the momentum is not right, you two don't pay attention to us. If you can survive, leave immediately. We will delay the enemy.
Buy you time."
The two veterans who volunteered to serve as vanguard thought that they would really be sacrificed. However, Baichuan told them to flee for their lives if the situation was bad. This was far beyond their expectations. The two were deeply moved.
After the veteran nodded heavily to Bai Chuan, he crouched and carefully touched the entrance of the cave. No matter what, he had to get out of the cave first, otherwise everything would be in vain.
The two enthusiastic veterans who were encouraged by Bai Chuan moved little by little against the stone wall of the cave. They were less than 2 meters away from the cave entrance. The two veterans immediately squatted down and tried to focus their eyes to look outside.
Just like what Shirakawa had seen before, the two Japanese veterans also saw darkness. They reached out and patted their companions. Koizumi, who was squatting on the left side of the cave entrance, took the first step out of the cave. A breeze blew outside the cave.
, which made Xiaoquan, who had been staying in the cave, feel quite comfortable, as if all the worries in his heart had been blown away by this breeze.
Seeing that Koizumi had already left the cave, the Japanese veteran squatting on the right side of the cave entrance also followed him out of the cave without hesitation. As expected, the veteran who was also swept by the breeze was stunned just like Koizumi, and his face that had been stiff was also
Then a smile appeared. The two of them walked forward slowly a few steps with their rifles in hand, then lay down and looked around outside the cave, but apart from the breeze blowing here, all they saw was darkness.
All I felt was silence and the occasional buzz of insects.
The two Japanese veterans who did not dare to risk their lives continued to lie down outside the cave entrance. It was not until ten minutes later that they were sure that there was no danger outside the cave. Then they stood up in relief. "Chang Shirakawa, come out."
, Everything is normal outside, and no Chinese troops have been found." Koizumi turned around and stood in front of the cave entrance and shouted into the dark cave. In this silent valley, Koizumi's voice seemed particularly clear.