Major Akita looked at the endless wilderness in front of him, his face full of depression.
I have been searching for six hours and still found nothing.
The remnants of the temporary 79th Division suddenly disappeared after fleeing to Hejiajiao!
The Navy also reported back half an hour ago, claiming that neither Taihu Lake nor the canal had found anything, not even a small force of more than a dozen people.
After hearing the news, Major Akita became more and more depressed. Could it be that the Chinese had wings and flew away?
Or are the Chinese people turning into loaches and hiding in canals or Taihu Lake?
"Sir, there is an urgent telegram from the Front Army Headquarters!" The communications staff officer hurried over and handed over a telegram.
However, Major Akita didn't even bother to read it. After receiving the telegram, he crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the distance.
Major Akita knew the content of the telegram without even reading it. It was nothing more than scolding him for his incompetence and his delay in finding the remnants of the temporary 79th Division.
However, the communications staff officer ran to a distance to pick up the telegram and handed it to Major Akita again.
Major Akita sighed and was about to reach out to receive the telegram when he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that there seemed to be a faint column of smoke rising into the sky in the northeast.
√dg√diǎn√小√ said,±↖o At that moment, Major Akita could not attend to receiving the telegram and hurriedly raised the telescope.
Through the field of vision of the telescope, Major Akita finally saw clearly that something seemed to be burning in the distance.
Major Akita is not sure whether the fire was caused by the remnants of the temporary 79th Division, but in any case, this is an abnormal phenomenon and should be taken seriously. What's more, he is at his wits' end now, so what's the harm in going over to take a look? At the moment
Major Akita gathered his troops and rushed towards the direction of the fire.
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Let’s talk about Xu Rui and Veteran.
The fire spread quickly, and it was too late to run back. Before they could run out of the reed swamp, the fire would quickly catch up and engulf them both. By then, they would not be able to find a place to hide even if they wanted to.
As long as they move forward, they may still be able to find a puddle. As long as they find a puddle, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Xu Rui and the old soldier knocked aside the reeds and ran forward.
Less than twenty meters after running forward, a scorching heat wave invaded, and a large amount of soot produced by burning reeds was blown by the northwest wind and rolled towards Xu Rui and the veteran. The two of them used towels
Covering their mouths and noses still couldn't prevent a large amount of smoke from being inhaled into their throats, and their lungs immediately felt like burning pain.
However, the burning in the lungs was nothing compared to the pain the skin endured.
Following the scorching heat wave, came the prairie fire. Before the fire reached the two of them, their exposed facial hair, arm hair and even hair were burned and curled. Xu Rui even smelled it.
The smell of burnt hair emitted, and the vision turned red, and the road could no longer be seen.
Fire and water are merciless, even if you are the king of special forces, you will still be burned to death!
However, even at this time, Xu Rui still did not give up!
Before traveling through time, his comrades said that Xu Rui's nerves were made of steel and he would never give in.
Xu Rui's tenacity and accurate judgment as soon as he discovered the fire finally saved the two people.
Just when the fire was about to completely engulf the two people, a small puddle finally appeared in front of them.
Without a trace of hesitation, Xu Rui, who was running in front, dove into the puddle. However, because he was half a step behind, the veteran hit Xu Rui on the back. The flying flames spread over and burned the veteran immediately. With the cotton coat on his back, the veteran immediately felt a burning pain on his back. He quickly turned over and fell into the puddle.
The two tried to submerge their entire bodies below the waterline, leaving only their mouths and noses outside.
After more than ten minutes, Xu Rui and Lao Laobing dared to put their heads out of the water.
When I looked around again, I saw that the dense reeds just now had turned into ashes, leaving only the charcoal still smoking on the ground. In addition, there were scattered small puddles. Farther away, there were It was a large area of water, and a large area of reeds on the other side of the lake had also caught fire and was burning.
The old soldier took out a big lid from the mud, but it was soaked in water.
Xu Rui wiped the mud on his face and said bitterly: "Damn, I was careless this time."
The veteran took off his bayonet and threw away the water-soaked 38 cap. He said bitterly: "This little devil must be hiding in one of the puddles. We will search him one by one. I don't believe we can't find him."
As he spoke, the veteran held the bayonet behind his back and walked towards the nearest puddle.
When they reached the puddle, the veteran stabbed into the water with his bayonet.
After making sure that there was no one hiding in the puddle, the veteran walked to the next puddle.
"Forget it, we don't have time." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "There are more than a hundred small puddles here. Who knows where the little devil is hiding? How long will it take for us to search them one by one?"
"Even if the search lasts until dark, and even tomorrow, I have to find him!" The veteran refused to give up, stabbing the puddles with his bayonet while saying bitterly, "You dare to set fire to me, you are tired of living." Got it!"
"Okay, let's go!" Xu Rui patted his butt, stood up, and said, "Before we could find the little Japs, the Japs' large team arrived first. The fire just now was probably destroyed dozens of miles away. We can see that the Japanese army is definitely heading this way, so we have to leave quickly."
"Then let it go like this?" the veteran asked unwillingly.
"Forget it? Of course not." Xu Rui smiled ferociously and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, when the Japanese army arrives, this little Japanese will catch up. We have plenty of time and opportunity to deal with him slowly and leave. !”
After finishing speaking, Xu Rui winked at the veteran and walked away with the San Ba Gai.
"Damn, you're taking advantage of this stupid little devil!" The old soldier understood, cursed loudly, and walked away.
However, after walking not far, Xu Rui and Lao Laobing quietly turned back and hid behind a cluster of still smoking ashes. In order to hide their presence as much as possible, the two of them also smeared a lot of soot on their faces and bodies.
Xu Rui and Lao Laobing are really cunning. They are obviously trying to lure the snake out of its hole and try to trick the little devil into revealing himself.
However, after waiting for ten minutes, there was still no movement among the hundreds of small puddles dotted in front of them. The damn little devil didn't even fall for it.
After waiting for another five minutes, Xu Rui didn't dare to wait any longer.
After all, Hejiajiao is less than thirty miles away from Baoxing Town. There was no way that such a huge fire would not alert the large group of Japanese soldiers in the Hejiajiao area.
Once the Japanese army arrives, things will be a little troublesome.
With the skills of Xu Rui and the veterans, escaping is certainly not a problem, but the problem is that this place is less than five miles away from Baoxing Town. If the Japanese increase the search area, the independent battalion hiding in the town will have no escape.
Therefore, instead of being chased by the little devils then, it is better to transfer in advance while there is still some time.
"Let's go!" Xu Rui stood up and left with the veteran, but this time he really left.
Nearly ten minutes after Xu Rui and the veteran left, a small puddle about 20 meters away from the reed ashes where they had been hiding opened with a splash, and then a figure covered in mud sat up.
This person is none other than Junsi Okahara.
At this time, Oluhara Junsi was on the verge of shock due to excessive blood loss and long immersion in near-zero icy water. However, this little devil is indeed tenacious, and he was stunned by his spiritual will.
, climbed to a pile of ashes that were still not extinguished, and then rolled into the pile of ashes.
With his whole body wrapped in hot ashes, Oluhara Junsi finally felt better.
After a while, the limbs that had completely lost consciousness due to freezing gradually regained consciousness.
After resting for a while, Okahara Junsi struggled to sit up from the pile of ashes, dug out a bandage from his backpack, and painstakingly bandaged the wound on his right arm. After bandaging the wound, he ate two more chocolate biscuits.
After eating two pieces of high-heat chocolate biscuits, Junsi Xiaoluhara regained some strength.
I have to say that the vitality of the special forces is really comparable to that of a cockroach!
Even though it was like this, Oluhara Junsi still maintained enough vigilance. A burst of chaotic footsteps suddenly came, and Oluhara Junsi's face changed slightly. He immediately turned over and plunged into a pile of ash, and ran as fast as possible.
With such speed, he grabbed the cigarette ash and smeared it on his body and face. In just a moment, his whole body became one with the entire ash pile.
After a while, about a squad of Japanese soldiers arrived near the reed swamp.
More than a dozen Japanese soldiers formed a fighting formation and searched carefully.
Seeing the Japanese troops coming over, Oluhara Junsi breathed a long sigh of relief, turned over and sat up from the ash pile.
The dozen or so Japanese soldiers who were searching and advancing were startled by Oluhara Junsi who suddenly sat up in the ash pile. The two Japanese soldiers walking in front instinctively raised their 38 caps and were about to shoot.
"Don't shoot, we're one of our own." Seeing this, Junsi Oluhara quickly stopped him.
The two Japs immediately froze there. The leading Japs lieutenant drew his saber and strode towards Ogahara Junsi. He put the saber against Ogahara Junsi's throat and asked, "Who are you?"
Okahara Junsi weakly replied: "Trainee staff officer of the Army Ministry, Okahara Junsi!"
As he spoke, Ogawara Junsi took out his military officer's ID card with difficulty from his coat pocket. The Japanese second lieutenant took the officer's ID card and only glanced at it, then immediately put his feet back and stood at attention, saluting to Ogawahara Junsi.
Oluhara Junsi returned the military salute and said weakly: "Take me to see your commander."
"Hai." The Japanese second lieutenant paused again, then turned around and waved. Two Japanese soldiers strode forward to help Xiaolu Yuan Junsi, but Xiaolu Yuan Junsi pushed him away and said, "No need.
