Regardless of whether the command has accurate information or not, as a junior officer, he can only advance according to orders. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Walking in the jungle, Xiao Mubai was advancing with his soldiers, and the indigenous man of Kuah Island, the savage wearing a steel helmet, was the guide to guide the US army.

Originally discovered by the Spanish in the 16th century, Kuah became a British protectorate as part of the British Solomon Protectorate. During World War II, it was occupied by Japanese troops after the outbreak of the Pacific War.

So far, the Japanese army has occupied the area for more than half a year.

Half a year, what this means, means that the Japanese army has enough time to perfect the fortifications, not just the concrete bunkers of the positions, but also the machine-gun pillboxes.

Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean of the Southern Hemisphere, 157 degrees east longitude and 10 degrees south latitude, Kuah Island is an equatorial tropical island with jungles, meadows, trees, and streams.

The U.S. troops landed on the north shore of Kuah Island, and the terrain in this area is relatively flat, and it is relatively easy for tanks and armored vehicles to travel, which is much better than in the eastern, western and southern directions.

The terrain in these three directions is rugged, and most importantly, the primeval forest is dense, making it difficult for not only vehicles but also people to walk an inch.

Xiao Mubai is now marching with more than forty soldiers, and the places he walked on both sides were jungles, and the grass was more than a meter deep, almost reaching people's chests, and it was very easy to hide a person.

There are also coconut trees standing on both sides, and groups of three or five gather together to form a coconut grove.

The grass beneath your feet is so soft that it seems like you're sinking when you step on the ground, not only that, but the grass is too deep to prevent insects and snakes from escaping.

Kuah Island has a tropical rainforest climate, very hot, full of insects, and not long after walking, there are already soldiers who have been bitten by insects on the back of their hands, and they are swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Be careful to avoid being bitten by bugs. As soon as the bite is bitten, apply a little medicine. James, you're in charge. ”

Xiao Mubai shouted, loud enough for all his subordinates to hear. The last sentence was addressed to the platoon sergeant major, whose name was James, and he was George's right-hand man who was responsible for matters other than combat missions.

Like all U.S. Marines, Platoon C has a lieutenant platoon commander, a second lieutenant deputy platoon commander, a technical sergeant, a staff sergeant, a platoon sergeant, and two private heralds.

For the rest, there were three infantry squads, each with fourteen people. Each squad has a squad leader, a staff sergeant, a deputy squad leader, a sergeant, seven riflemen, an automatic rifleman, an automatic rifle assistant, an ammunition man.

George's weapon is the M1 carbine, a self-defense weapon that replaces the standard pistol, which was finalized in October last year, and was equipped with troops not long after it was produced, and was officially put on the battlefield less than a year ago.

Among the remaining soldiers, the riflemen were armed with M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles, the automatic riflemen were armed with M1918A1 fully automatic rifles, and most of the sergeants were also armed with M1 Garand.

There are a total of forty-nine American GIs, and they are now marching in the primeval jungle of Kuah Island, which is all the strength in Xiao Mubai's hands, including himself, of course.

It was only ten o'clock in the morning, the sun had just risen, the climate was already hot, and the soldiers' faces began to be covered with sweat.

Holding guns on guard, the American soldiers advanced in a defensive formation, covering each other and walking in the jungle, and as they continued to advance, the indigenous people of Kuah Island gradually appeared.

These indigenous people of Kuah Island do not seem to have any ill feelings towards the US military, and I don't know if they are used to outsiders entering, from last year's Japanese army to the current US army, it seems that they are not surprised.

The U.S. GIs were moving forward, and the natives of Kuah Island were retreating backwards, passing by the U.S. GIs, they didn't care, and walked away expressionlessly.

The natives of Kuah Island are very short, mostly around the chest of the American army, with bare skin all over their bodies, only wrapping their crotches, and some wearing a woven hat on their heads.

The Japanese soldiers were not dressed like this, so they could be distinguished at once.

Xiao Mubai was very relaxed when he was marching, because according to the relevant materials he had read before, the 1st Marine Division that the US army landed this time had a full strength of 18,000 troops, and the maximum number of troops participating in the battle on Kuah Island reached 60,000.

Compared to the Japanese army, the Japanese army on the island was unprepared because the Japanese intelligence agency did not foresee the landing of the American army at all.

Moreover, although the Japanese troops on the island were engineering troops, they were actually Korean laborers who built the airport, and they did not bring any weapons, and a small number of garrison troops fled into the jungle when they did not dare to resist when they saw the US soldiers pressing the border, so the US troops successfully landed without firing a shot, and by sunset more than 10,000 people had landed on Kuah Island.

It can be said that before sunset, the U.S. military will not encounter large-scale resistance from the Japanese army at all, and there will not even be sporadic captures, so Xiao Mubai is safe during this time and can relax.

The environment on Kuah Island was extremely harsh, and after climbing through the jungle, it was not long before encountering primeval forest, and a stream was running in front of the soldiers, forcing them to wade into the water.

The big tree that the two of them hugged grew like this, and the huge and chaotic roots were exposed to the outside, like spider webs.

The stream flows slowly, barely at all, there is little space between the forks of the trees, and the two people are slightly crowded side by side, and can only be passed by one person.

Forty-nine people lined up in a line and entered the forest one by one, and as they continued to advance, the people in front disappeared into the depths of the forest, and the road was too winding and rugged for the figure to be seen.

By the way, there is also a miasma, which grows stronger the closer to the surface, and the soldiers have to wear drug masks to advance.

The primeval forest is overgrown with trees, and the trees shade the sky and the sun is very lush, and the sunlight shines through the leaves, and the Tyndall effect continues to appear, and pillars of light disperse the darkness.

There was also an unknown cry in the depths of the forest, it sounded like it was coming from the depths of some cave, the voice was not high-pitched but it sounded very clear, it was so strange that people's hairs stood on end, I don't know if it was a mandrill or a ghost.

When I passed by a large tree, I suddenly found a puppet statue, and the statue's eyes were wide open, and its eyes were looking at this side.

The others didn't think it was anything, it was just a little strange, but Xiao Mubai was different, that statue was like a Chinese god statue, it seemed to be very primitive in the southwest Miaojiang area, and it looked particularly strange.

The indigenous people of Kuah Island introduced it in an unknown language, and then someone who could understand it translated, this statue is their shrine, it has been here for a long time, and every time you pass by, you have to worship, and then you will have a safe journey.

So he began a series of pilgrimages, which were very complicated and troublesome, and only when the American soldiers could not bear it anymore did he stop it all, and then continued to pull.

In short, this primeval forest is full of spookiness.

…… (To be continued.) )