The darkness of night enveloped the land, and except for the sound of the wind and the occasional chirping of insects, it seemed extremely quiet. Jun Cao Shirakawa clutched the rifle in his hand tightly, and his sleeping face would show a trace of fear from time to time, probably falling into some kind of nightmare, so that the sleeping Shirakawa's whole body was tense, and even the knuckles of the fingers holding the gun became a little white because of excessive force. Shirakawa is not the only one who is like this, but most of the dozens of Japanese soldiers sitting in the cave are now in this state.

Shirakawa was indeed having a nightmare at this time, and now the bloody scene when Asami's team retreated to the woods two days ago reverberated in his mind. The bloodied soldiers, the hysterical wails of the wounded, seemed to reappear in his mind again. This was different from what he had imagined when he first joined the army, and Shirakawa now realized how ridiculous his idea of wanting to get ahead in the army was.

"It's all damn China!" Shirakawa, who woke up from a nightmare, cursed viciously in his heart. Unlike most Imperial soldiers who had just joined the army, as an admirer of the spirit of bushido, Shirakawa had great respect for his country. So, when he first joined the army and received training, he didn't feel the slightest bit wrong, but now when his life is threatened, Shirakawa regrets it!

However, it's too late now! Now Shirakawa has no other way to think of than pray to God to bless him to live until the end of this war. Shirakawa, who had already woken up, looked carefully left and right a few times, and his vision in the dim cave was not very clear, even if he had already adapted to this dimness, Shirakawa could only see a few imperial soldiers approaching him.

Shirakawa belonged to the Black Mountain Squad, and there were still 64 soldiers when the whole squad was ordered to pursue the Shina rout, but by the time the squad went through the hardships of chasing Ledo through the Savage Mountain, there were less than 40 people left in the squad. The 24 familiar faces of Shirakawa have been left in the mountains and jungles forever, including the squad leader Kurokawa, who still remembers that the squad leader Kurokawa died in the jungle after eating poisonous mushrooms by mistake.

"Damn the Zhina people" Bai Chuan, who slowly got up and sat up, scolded in his heart again, if it weren't for those Zhina routs desperately defending the riverbank, maybe he would have taken the remaining soldiers in the squad to kill Ledo, where would he still need to hide in the cave like now. Stretched out his head to look at the location of the cave entrance, his vision was still pitch black, and for no reason he was relieved, Shirakawa walked towards the cave entrance with his rifle and touched the darkness, the air in the cave 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, Shirakawa, who had been stumbling all along, suddenly squatted sideways against the stone wall, and leveled the rifle he was carrying and carefully pointed it at the outside of the hole. Something is wrong, something is very wrong, Bai Chuan, who is about to reach the entrance of the cave, secretly screams that it is not good, although there is still silence in his ears, but Bai Chuan's heart is beating wildly, and the closer he gets to the entrance of the cave, the more his heart beats hard.

Looking hard outside the cave, it was still pitch black, Bai Chuan couldn't see anything clearly, but the wild beating of his heart made Bai Chuan dare not take another step, as if the pitch black outside the cave entrance was the big open mouth of the giant beast, as long as he walked out of the cave, he would definitely be torn apart by the giant beast hidden in the dark night. Shirakawa had never believed in the premonition that the veterans were talking about in private, but now he did, and Shirakawa thought that as he was now, he had a premonition of a hidden crisis outside the cave.

Not daring to think about it, Shirakawa leveled the rifle in his hand and slowly retreated towards the cave until his foot hit a soldier who was sleeping by the edge of the stone wall. "Shhhhh Bai Chuan stretched out his hand to cover the mouth of the soldier who was awakened by himself, and then whispered a reminder to the other party's ear, and the other party's stiff body immediately made Bai Chuan relax slightly, and the stiffening of his body showed that the soldier had heard what he had just said.

With his back to the entrance to the cave, Shirakawa used his open military uniform as a cover, and struck a match in the artificially created backlit environment. The cave was not very large and deep with more than 50 imperial soldiers who had withdrawn from the woods on the riverbank, and Shirakawa didn't know how many of them would be able to continue fighting, nor did he know how many of them were willing to obey the command of his own military officer, but the current shape was still very bad for his own people, if they couldn't twist into a rope, everyone might be blocked in this cave by the Chinese army that might be stored outside.

The soldier who had been stepped on by Shirakawa began to wake up his sleeping companions one by one according to Shirakawa's instructions, and each time he woke up, the soldier would repeat what Shirakawa had said to him in a whisper. When all the soldiers in the cave were awakened, Shirakawa struck a match again so that the soldiers who woke up could see their position. "The situation is a little bad, there may have been an ambush outside the cave, but it's all just my speculation now, I need two spearheads to go out to check the sentry post now."

The soldiers who were staring around by Shirakawa lowered their heads one after another, and no one wanted to look at Shirakawa, let alone look at Shirakawa. Shirakawa himself is not the only one who has nightmares, at least more than half of the dozens of Japanese soldiers hiding in the cave have had nightmares with almost the same content as Shirakawa, and they are now just thinking about returning to their hometown alive. Knowing that there might be an ambush for the Chinese army outside the cave, they had to send people out to check the sentry post, which was not for nothing, so these soldiers, who had long lost their courage, could only choose to remain silent.

Bai Chuan's face was angry, he didn't expect that among the more than 50 people, no one was willing to serve as a spearhead, if it had been placed before, these guys who were greedy for life and afraid of death might have been punished by military regulations. Striking a match again, Shirakawa held back his anger and said slowly, "We are the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, for the sake of His Majesty, we can give our lives, do you remember the vow you made when you joined the army?" ”

Shirakawa's inquiry caused some of the soldiers to subconsciously sit up straight, and their lowered heads were immediately raised, "Of the two sharp soldiers, I only need one, and the other one will be served by me personally." If there is an ambush outside the cave, we will only fight to the death, we are all warriors of His Majesty the Emperor, and we cannot surrender to the Chinese people. If it's normal outside the cave, let's get out of this damn place today, and I promise you, I'll take all of you back to the wing alive, I promise. ”

Even Shirakawa himself did not believe in the assurance, which gave great encouragement to the other soldiers in the cave, and without Shirakawa's designation, two veterans had already stood up and volunteered to be the top soldiers who went out. When it comes to the ability to survive, there is nothing more than the veterans in the army, compared to those who panicked, the veterans have long been adapted to the cruelty and harshness of the battlefield. While disregarding the lives of their opponents, veterans often disregard their own lives. Encouraged by Shirakawa's untold meal, the veterans regained a little of their former madness, and only the blood and madness of battle were left in their bodies at this time.

Carefully hiding himself behind a raised stone wall at the entrance of the cave, Shirakawa pointed to the darkness outside the entrance of the cave 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, and when you get used to the outside environment, watch your surroundings carefully, and I'll take the others to cover you. If you find out that the momentum is wrong, you two ignore us, leave as soon as you can survive, and we'll hold the enemy back and buy you time. ”

The two veterans who volunteered to be the top soldiers thought that they would really be sacrificed, but they didn't expect Shirakawa to tell them that they could run for their lives when they saw that the situation was not good, which greatly surprised them. After the two veterans who were deeply moved nodded at Bai Chuan, they carefully touched the entrance of the cave, no matter what, they had to get out of the cave first, otherwise every qiē would be in vain.

The two enthusiastic veterans who were instigated by Shirakawa moved out little by little against the stone wall of the cave, one left and one right, less than 2 meters away from the entrance of the cave, and the two veterans immediately half-squatted down, trying to concentrate their eyes and look out. Just like what Shirakawa had seen before, the two Japanese veterans saw that it was still pitch black, and they reached out and patted their companions, and Koizumi, who was half-crouching on the left side of the cave entrance, took a step out of the cave first. A breeze blew outside the cave, which made Koizumi, who had been staying in the cave, feel quite comfortable, as if all the worries that had been trapped in his heart had been blown away by this breeze.

Seeing that Koizumi had already left the cave, the Japanese veteran who was half-squatting on the right side of the cave entrance also followed out of the cave with little hesitation, and sure enough, the veteran who was also swept by the breeze was also like Koizumi, and a smile appeared on his face that had been stiff. The two of them took a few steps forward with their rifles in hand, and then they knelt down and looked around the cave, but apart from the breeze that blew through the area, all they saw was darkness, and they felt only silence and the occasional sound of insects.

The two Japanese veterans, who did not dare to joke with their lives, continued to lie down outside the cave entrance, and it was not until ten minutes later that they had determined that there was no danger outside the cave, and the two got up with relief. "Bai Chuan Cao Chang, come out, the outside is normal, and I haven't found the Zhina Army." Koizumi turned around and stood in front of the entrance of the cave and shouted into the dark cave, and in this silent valley, Koizumi's voice was exceptionally clear.