Yorio Asano was running desperately in an alley. There were three or four Japanese soldiers beside him, and behind them were mortar shells and whirring bullets that continued to fall.
The battle in Guangzhou has reached its final stage. Yorio Asano and his team originally belonged to the 18th Division guarding the periphery of the city. However, under the leadership of Yorio Asano, he and several of his soldiers repeatedly escaped from the battle that would have resulted in death, and then
He blended into the city's guard troops again.
And there is a saying that goes well, when running away becomes a habit, you will keep running. As the defense line in the city continues to shrink, Asano Yorio led the soldiers to retreat to the city center. Today Asano Yorio is where
The position was unexpectedly lost, and Asano Yoshio started running away as usual.
"Everyone, please work harder. We will soon reach the city center. We will still have our guards there. It will be safe once we get there."
Asano kept cheering for the soldiers around him while running.
"Your Excellency, there is someone in front of us, one of ours!" a soldier at the front suddenly shouted.
"Okay, hurry up!" Asano Yorio was overjoyed. They met one of his own people and they could live again.
"Hey...stop, who are you? Stop quickly, otherwise we will shoot!" the Japanese soldiers in front suddenly shouted.
Asano Yorio quickly waved and shouted: "Hey... don't shoot, we are our own people!" Despite this, Asano and others stopped obediently.
Soon, a group of Japanese soldiers came in front of them, led by a captain. Holding his command knife, he quickly came to Asano Yorio and asked: "Which unit are you from and why are you here?"
Asano quickly stood up and said loudly: "Your Excellency, Captain, we are from the 46th Regiment of the 18th Division. I am Sergeant Yorio Asano. Our troops have been scattered and we are now looking for our commander!"
"From the Eighteenth Division?" The captain's expression changed and he immediately shouted: "Baga Yalu, you are lying. Isn't the Eighteenth Division responsible for the defense outside the city? How come you are here? Oh...
…I understand, you are a group of shameful deserters, come on, arrest them all and shoot them all!”
As soon as the captain finished speaking, more than a dozen soldiers ran over and surrounded Asano and the others. The rifles in their hands were also pointed at them. The sound of triggers being pulled was heard one after another. It was obvious that as long as Asano and the others made the wrong move, things would immediately change.
A hornet's nest.
Asano suddenly broke out in cold sweat. He knew that as long as he answered incorrectly, his life would be in danger. He said angrily with a trembling voice: "Your Excellency, Captain, is this how you treat a warrior who comes off the battlefield?"
?What mistake did we make that you treated us like this?"
"What's wrong!" the captain roared, "Since the position in the outer city has been lost and the entire Eighteenth Division is in pieces, why are you still alive? You say... you say it!"
Asano knew that he must not show weakness now. Otherwise, there would be no way to survive. He also stared at the captain and roared: "The outer city has been lost, and the 18th Division has indeed been shattered, but we survived. That is not because we are afraid
Death, but because we are entrusted by the division commander, we have to rebuild the 18th Division. Do you understand? We retreated from Enping to Jiangmen. Then from Jiangmen to Guangzhou, there was no battle that we did not win.
I was destined to fight with the Chinese, but just because we survived you will say that I am a deserter. Is this fair? If you think that we should not survive, fine, then please hand us over to the Commander.
Convict us in front of all the Imperial warriors!"
"you……"
The captain pointed at Asano and was speechless for a moment. Asano's words were too vicious and the impact was too big. He was clearly trying to make the matter bigger. He was sure that if this matter happened,
Headquarters, these soldiers are destined to die, but they themselves can’t hope for a good harvest. An officer with a vicious personality will not be supported by the soldiers. Look at the surrounding soldiers who also show sympathy, Captain
I know that what Asano just said has touched the hearts of these soldiers. After all, they are all soldiers. They finally saved their lives, but in the end they did not die under the enemy's gun, but they died in the hands of their own people. No matter who
Not willing to give in either.
Seeing that the captain was so angry that he couldn't speak, Asano was very smart and gave up. He continued: "If the captain still doubts our loyalty to the empire, then we are willing to join your team and let us use it."
Prove your love for the empire with your loyalty and bravery!"
Yorio Asano's words immediately forced the captain into a corner. If the captain didn't agree, he would have something in his heart.
Looking at the excited Asano, the captain sighed and said softly: "Okay, just follow us, Second Lieutenant Ryota Makiyama!"
"Hai!"
A young second lieutenant stood up.
"I'll leave these people to your team."
"Hai! I understand!"
The second lieutenant named Ryota Makiyama immediately turned to Asano Yorio and others and shouted: "You, please join my second team immediately, and you must obey my orders from now on, do you understand?"
"Hai, got it!"
Asano breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that his bet was right and he had saved a small life. He breathed a sigh of relief and immediately led a few soldiers to follow the second lieutenant and merged into the team, and the group continued to move forward.
Following the team and continuing to move forward, Asano Yorio walked up to Second Lieutenant Makiyama Ryota and asked with a smile: "Sir, squad leader, can you tell me what mission we are going to perform now?"
Ryota Makiyama glanced at him jokingly and said with a smile: "Weren't you very brave just now? Even our squadron leader Ichiro Teraguchi dared to contradict you. What's wrong now? Are you scared?"
Asano Yorio smiled bitterly and said: "Afraid? Of course, the bastard is not afraid. Our 18th Division originally had nearly 20,000 people, but now the remaining number is less than 200. Do you think I can not be afraid? I am not
It's not that I'm afraid of death, I'm just worried that if I die, my mother, who is nearly seventy years old, will have no one to take care of my wife and unborn child."
Makiyama Ryota sighed softly after hearing this, and patted him gently on the shoulder: "I have also heard about your 18th Division, and I am also very sorry, but as Imperial people, we,
We must always be prepared to sacrifice for His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire. Please don’t say those depressing words just now. That’s because our squadron leader is kind-hearted and we have to carry out an urgent mission. Otherwise, it will be based on what you just said.
It’s okay for you to be shot on the spot.”
Asano Yorio sneered in his heart, but there was a nervous look on his face, "Sir, squad leader, what kind of emergency mission are we going to carry out?" Maki Shanliang looked at the surroundings for a moment before speaking in Asano's ear.
He said softly: "We have piled a lot of kindling and firewood in the city center these days. Commander Guzhuang Qianlang originally wanted to burn Guangzhou to the ground, but later he saw that this plan was difficult to implement, so now the plan has changed. We just need to
Just burn down the city center."
"Nani? Burn Guangzhou Zhongxin to the ground!"
Even though Asano thought he was used to seeing life and death, he couldn't help but be shocked by this plan. Although the city center of Guangzhou is not too big, it is tens of square kilometers and the population is very dense. If it really burns up, all the people who will die will be burned.
There are so many.
Asano stammered and asked: "Then...then...what should we do if the city center of Guangzhou is burned down?"
"What else can we do?" Ryota Makiyama sneered: "Anyway, when the Chinese come in, we will be dead. Once the city center is burned down, we will fight with the Chinese. After we die, we can all enter the Yasukuni Shrine together."
"This damn lunatic." Qian Zhiyong couldn't help but curse the initiator of this plan.
"No, I don't want to die with these lunatics. How can I return to Japan alive?" Asano Yorio thought as he started to look around, trying to find a reason to escape again, but after looking for a while, he sadly discovered that everything around him was
The Japanese soldiers were so densely packed that trying to escape was simply a fantasy.
However, there is a saying that opportunities always come to those who are prepared. Asano followed the team and soon came to a villa with a British country style. This was next to a building complex called Red Garden.
It belongs to the center of Guangzhou, and there are now a lot of firewood and kindling materials piled around here.
After arriving here, the squadron leader Ichiro Teraguchi asked everyone to stop and said loudly to everyone: "As you can see, there are a lot of firewood piled near here. Today's task is to use torches to light all the firewood here.
Burn everything that can be burned. Commander Guzhuang Qianlang said that even if we die, we will be buried with the Chinese people here in Guangzhou. Now everyone should light a torch, and then use all the firewood here.
Light them all up and move quickly!"
"Hai!"
The soldiers responded one after another. Some took out wooden sticks wrapped in cotton from their backs, some took out gasoline, and some were preparing to light a fire. Even Yorio Asano each received a stick wrapped in cotton.
wooden stick.
"Quick, everyone, come over and dip the sticks in gasoline and prepare to light the fire!" Captain Ichiro Teraguchi stood next to a gasoline barrel and shouted loudly.
"Hai!"
The Japanese soldiers walked over one after another, preparing to start preparations for lighting the fire.
At this moment, several dull sounds like a slap in the butt suddenly sounded from ahead.
"Dong dong...swish..."
"Boom boom..."
Soon, several violent explosions sounded around the soldiers, knocking down a large area of the unprepared Japanese soldiers... (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!