The Japanese sergeant led them in front, and a dozen Japanese soldiers escorted them from behind. Yuesong and the others were sandwiched between the Japanese soldiers. They were not allowed to look around or talk to each other along the way. They just walked in the traffic trench for more than 20 minutes.
Yuesong silently counted the total number of steps taken, and judged the distance traveled based on the number of steps. Although they risked being beaten, Yuesong and Renxian still looked up from time to time and looked around, visually checking the height of the mountain and the distance between the mountains.
The gap between the mountains, the iconic centuries-old trees in the vegetation, and the strange-shaped peaks in the rocks. Although they cannot be as accurate as the surveyors of military maps, after returning, they can roughly outline the outline of the Japanese fortress.
Figure. We have a general understanding of the firepower equipment, but the deployment of troops is not yet clear. There are not many Japs on the ground. Most of the Japs are probably in underground bunkers.
When they reached a relatively large bunker, the sergeant suddenly stopped and was talking to an officer in Japanese. What they didn't know was that Yuesong could easily understand the content of their conversation.
"Captain." The sergeant stood at attention and saluted.
"Who are these people?" the captain asked.
Yuesong didn't look up, but when he heard the sergeant call this man a captain, he should be Captain Manabe, who was beaten to a bloody head by him in Butterfly Spring. This man is the second-in-command of the Matsuyama Fortress garrison, and his status is second only to
Major Jin Guang.
"Report to the captain, the broken Chinese soldiers found at the foot of the mountain were captured and sent to the construction site for fortifications to work as laborers under the orders of Major Jin Guang," the sergeant replied.
"Broken troops. Those are all soldiers, so be careful and don't let them look around on the road." Manabe ordered.
"Hi." The sergeant replied.
Manabe came over. You could tell from the sound of his footsteps. Captain Manabe's footsteps were very heavy. It seemed that Manabe was a strong Japanese.
"Look up." Manabe stood in front of Renxian. Manabe still had some discernment. He probably discovered Renxian's leadership qualities and guessed correctly that Renxian might be the leader of the defeated army.
Renxian raised his head with an indifferent look on his face, and he saw that he was the veteran Youzi.
"Baga." As Manabe scolded him, he slapped Renxian twice in the face. Renxian was filled with anger from the slaps, but he still held back and lowered his head.
Manabe was very satisfied with Ren Xian's reaction, because Manabe did not allow his enemies to hold their heads high in front of him. What he liked was obedience and resignation.
"Military rank, position." Manabe asked Hitoshi in blunt Chinese.
"The rank of sergeant, just squad leader." Ren answered first.
Manabe raised his leg and kicked Renxian again. Renxian pretended to be unstable and fell to the ground.
"Stand up." Manabe shouted.
Ren Xian quickly got up. The weakness of not eating for more than a day was really not an act.
Manabe watched Ren Xian work hard to get up and stand up straight. Although his hands and feet were shaking a little, Manabe was very satisfied with this. This should be what he imagined a Chinese soldier should be like. This was also a collapse.
The soldiers should look tired, hungry and without fighting spirit.
"Yes." Manabe was satisfied and walked a few steps forward. He saw Luo Yuesong and stopped.
Yuesong lowered his head very low and bent his body, like a weakling who couldn't stand straight.
Manabe grabbed Tsukimatsu's hand, and as expected, Manabe was looking at Tsukimatsu's fingers.
"Military rank, position." Manabe asked again.
"Corporal, rifleman." Luo Yuesong emphasized with a trembling tone on purpose, and the crooks of his legs were trembling.
"Shooter," Manabe asked.
"It doesn't count. The old sleeve can't hit far, it can't hit accurately, and it often jams." Yuesong smiled awkwardly, looking unconfident.
"How can China's rifles be compared with the Empire's 38 rifles? It's just because you were born in China, haha." Manabe was very satisfied with Yuesong's answer, and Yuesong was very satisfied that his performance had deceived Manabe.
After Manabe observed and interrogated the six Chinese defeated soldiers, he couldn't feel that they had much military temperament. Compared with the imperial soldiers, Manabe felt that they were simply outrageous. However, this just satisfied Manabe's vanity.
Heart, so Manabe happily ordered the sergeant to take these broken Chinese troops and continue to the fortification site.