When Squadron Leader Ikeda heard that Chief of Staff Noda was going to be in danger and went down to the tunnel to inspect it, he was so frightened that he quickly rushed out two steps and turned around to block it, and pleaded with a sad face: "General, there is great danger under the tunnel, please stop, and I will report to you carefully." ”

The cunning Ikeda was afraid that Chief of Staff Noda would go down to the tunnel and put his life in danger if he was in danger, and he would be severely punished.

Chief of Staff Noda frowned, looked at Ikeda and asked, "Ikeda-kun, are your soldiers slacking off and not working hard under the tunnel, I'm afraid I'll find out, right?" ”

"No, no, no, I'm worried about the general's safety, the tunnel may collapse at any time, once it ......."

Noda, the bastard, didn't know what he had done today, so he pretended to be a kind of Top Gun and said: "The soldiers of the Imperial Army are working in the tunnels for the benefit of the Great Japanese Empire and in order to establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. ”

"The general is a model for us, but you are the chief of staff of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the famous Imperial Japanese Army, and you have a noble status and cannot be involved in danger, please think twice about the general, and please be considerate of the ...... of your subordinates."

Seeing Ikeda's repeated obstructions, Chief of Staff Noda strengthened his determination to go down to the tunnel to see what was going on, and said with a fierce face: "Lead the way in front, quickly." ”

Squadron Leader Ikeda jumped down the tunnel in fear, stood firm and supported Chief of Staff Noda, who had jumped down, and under Ikeda's leadership, groped his way inside, leaning against the cave wall from time to time to make room for the soldiers carrying soil.

When he walked up to the boulder that had been detonated and fell to block the tunnel, Ikeda said to Noda with a flashlight: "Chief of Staff, look at this boulder, which is nearly 1,000 pounds, the tunnel is so tightly blocked that there is no way to move it, so I have to dig a new passage on the side of the boulder to try to connect with the tunnel inside as soon as possible." ”

Chief of Staff Noda snatched Ikeda's flashlight, carefully scanned the boulder blocking the tunnel, and then carefully examined it again along the edge of the boulder's contact with the tunnel, and he really couldn't find a way to remove the boulder.

He shone the light of the flashlight into the newly excavated tunnel, which was lower than the original passage, and only one person could enter and exit.

Chief of Staff Noda shook his head, and was about to get into it very dissatisfied, but was pulled by Ikeda, and said worriedly: "General, the inside is cramped and poorly ventilated, and it is very dangerous, please stop." ”

Chief of Staff Noda, who had committed a skew today, suddenly shook off Ikeda and got into it when he heard the sound of a lazy pickaxe and shovel digging inside.

Bending 90 degrees and getting less than five meters into it, he was blocked by the soldier who was carrying soil out head-on, and the soldier didn't know who it was, and shouted angrily: "Bastard, get down quickly, and tell me to pass you." ”

Chief of Staff Noda bent down and scolded the soldier while holding his breath, and Ikeda, who was following behind, was so frightened that he just wanted to scold the bastard soldier, but Noda didn't know what action to take in front of him, and put the soldier who was carrying soil on the ground, and walked over with his back on his back.

The soldier who was lying on the ground was trampled by Noda and walked over, already extremely tired, and at this time he was stepped on again, he angrily circled his legs, suddenly kicked out, and kicked the back of Noda's cheek, who was hunched in.

Noda was holding his breath when he entered the freshly dug tunnel, and his whole body was very uncoordinated when he walked forward, and he was kicked on the back of the cheek by this little devil, and the whole person suddenly jumped forward and made a.

Squadron Leader Ikeda, who was following closely behind, saw that Chief of Staff Noda was kicked down by the soldier, and he was so frightened that he raised his foot and kicked the soldier on the head fiercely, only to hear a scream of 'ah', and there was no movement.

Chief of Staff Noda, who was kicked to his stomach, raised his head with his mouth full of mud and saw two soldiers leaning against the cave wall with their eyes closed, not moving.

Angry, Noda knelt down in front of the two soldiers, grabbed one of them, slammed it into the cave wall, and roared and scolded: "Bastard, why do you slack off and don't work, all of them are dead." ”

The two soldiers were suddenly grabbed by their clothes and slammed into the cave wall, instinctively resisting, and the two little devils pressed Noda, the old devil, to the ground, and beat him like a vent.

Captain Ikeda in the back saw that Chief of Staff Noda was beaten violently, so frightened that Ikeda rushed up desperately, snatched Chief of Staff Noda out of the hands of two devils like crazy, hugged him in his arms and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry General." ”

The two little devils saw their Captain Ikeda in the dim light, and held an old devil who had been beaten in his arms and shouted 'I'm sorry' with tears in his eyes, and he didn't know whether the old devil who beat them was a god or a ghost, and asked angrily: "Captain Ikeda, why did this old bastard run into the pit and why did he beat us?" ”

"Bastard, you two wait to die." Ikeda said to Noda, who was in his arms, "Shogun, how are you, shall we go out first?" ”

Noda was not injured, but he didn't expect to be suddenly punched and kicked, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Yanxi, I admire the fearless spirit of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, and I am dissatisfied, even the chief of staff of the brigade and regiment does not pay attention to it, and dares to vent." ”

He suddenly roared: "Pull these two slack bastards out and shoot them, and they will die." ”

When the combat staff officer who came with him saw General Noda's disgraced face, disheveled and injured face, he quickly took off his tweed coat and wrapped the embarrassed Noda in fear.

Squadron Leader Ikeda climbed up from the mouth of the tunnel, trembling in fright, stumbling to Chief of Staff Noda, but Noda grabbed him, slapped him twice, and angrily roared at the guards who followed: "Pull out the bastards who insult and beat the commander and slack off and shoot them on the spot." ”

Noda glared at Ikeda angrily and threw him out, and Ikeda staggered and fell to the ground, immediately crawled and knelt on the ground, quickly crawled in front of Noda, and was kicked down by the enraged Noda again.

The combat staff officer standing beside him, for the first time, saw Chief of Staff Noda, who was not easily angry on the surface, and his crazy sadism revealed his jackal nature, and he would actually take extremely barbaric actions against a squadron leader who had repeatedly made combat achievements, which made him gasp.

Chief of Staff Noda roared angrily: "Relieve the commander of the slack Squadron Ichiro Ikeda from his duties as the commander of the tunnel operation and slack off on the spot, and rush to the camp to cook." ”

The operational staff officer looked at Chief of Staff Noda in surprise, not knowing whether it was to vent his anger or to really give him an incomprehensible and absurd order that was about to be executed, and he was at a loss for a moment.

Chief of Staff Noda walked up to the three little devils who were being pulled up and insulted and beat him, took out his gun and fired three shots in succession, killing the three unlucky little devils on the spot.

When they knew that the three soldiers who had been killed on the spot were insulting and beating the famous Chief of Staff of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade in the tunnel, they were so frightened that they stood upright and waited for treatment.

Chief of Staff Noda was a guy with a deep castle, and when he came to his senses in anger, he walked up to Captain Ikeda and said fiercely: "Captain Ikeda, the troops you lead should be the elite of the Imperial Army, why are you so slack in digging tunnels?" ”

Captain Ikeda, who was standing straight, saw that Chief of Staff Noda's attitude had changed, and reported with sincere fear: "Report to Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the progress of the troops' excavation of the tunnel is not good, damn me, please give me a chance to make meritorious service to the guilt, and I will definitely open the passage to the tunnel inside in the shortest possible time, and eliminate the head of the Tsuchihachi Road hidden inside." ”

"No, no, no, it's not to be eliminated, it's to be captured alive, you have the determination to make meritorious contributions, I, Chief of Staff Noda, will give you another chance, I hope you can work hard, quickly open the tunnel, and arrest all the dirt roads in the tunnel, and send them to the brigade headquarters, can you do it?"

If Ikeda received amnesty, he gave Noda a military salute and said with firm confidence: "I will lead the troops to work hard, open the tunnel, and arrest all the hidden leaders of the Eight Roads inside, but there is resistance to death." ”

"Yaoxi, I am very optimistic about your determination, lead your troops to complete the task well, I will give you this opportunity, you have to grasp it, don't disappoint me."

"Hay, Hay."

Chief of Staff Noda looked at the three unlucky little devils who were killed by his own hands, and said to Ikeda with a hypocrisy: "Your report of the three soldiers as a broken position, don't be lazy, do you understand?" Order your ministry to begin opening the tunnel immediately. ”

(End of chapter)