Chapter 193: Death Follows
Walking through this primeval forest, I came across a bamboo forest. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The bamboo forest was nothing, but it was extraordinarily lush, and other than that, the meat hanging on it attracted the attention of the soldiers.
"It's their dried fish, and they collect it every once in a while, and if they find out that someone is stealing it, they will kill us." The indigenous guide explained that they were talking about the Japanese troops who had occupied the area.
Xiao Mubai listened to the interpreter's explanation, was silent, took one last look at the fish, and then continued on the road.
The American GIs were very careful, even in the case of marching, they did not relax in the slightest, in the end they were elite divisions.
Yes, it is true, the 1st Marine Division of the US Army was formed in February 1941, and the soldiers were all selected from the National Guard, and it has been a year and six months since now, which means that it has been another year and a half of training after the new formation.
The dense woods are much cooler than in the sun, but because the surroundings are too closed, they are also a sign of danger.
It's good to make traps with these bamboos, if that's the case, the U.S. military will suffer heavy losses, and Xiao Mubai won't crack it himself, but fortunately, little Japan doesn't know how to set traps.
Step out of the bamboo forest, and then the view becomes wide, the sky is blue, the grass is green, and there are reeds and grasses, it is a hilly area with undulating meadows, much like the Alpine meadows in southern France.
However, this is not a vacation, it is not training, this is war, and war kills people.
Xiao Mubai thought it would be easy, but he didn't expect that he would die soon.
After several hours of marching, the soldiers, all a little tired, stopped a little to rest, and then prepared to move on.
The indigenous guide of Kuah Island chewed a piece of gum and kept rolling his lips, looking particularly weird. He was wearing no shoes, no known pants, a pair of khaki shorts, no clothes on his upper body, revealing swarthy skin, and the ribs on his chest were clearly visible.
Xiao Mubai felt uncomfortable when he saw this person, his appearance was too ugly, which reminded him of Friday in Lu Bingson Crusoe, who were all the same savages.
I didn't take a long break to set off again, and in front of me was a small mound, which was not small, estimated to be almost 100 meters high.
A series of soldiers climbed the mountain on foot, walking one after another, holding guns in their hands and carrying equipment on their shoulders, this scene is very similar, just like the Red Army ploughing over the snowy mountains and crossing the grassland, Xiao Mubai always plays.
Climb up the mountain and continue to cross the meadow, the grass is very wet, if you accidentally step on it, people will stumble, and then the military boots will sink in, which is very mistaken for a trap of the Japanese army.
Whenever the soldiers were on alert, thinking that the Japanese army was nearby, they stepped on it and found that it was just mud and nothing, which made a false alarm.
The grass turned over, it was a reed-like jungle, what this plant was Xiao Mubai didn't know, but the plant was replaced with corn, which was roughly what a cornfield looked like.
When I walked in, I found that it was very deep inside, just covering the whole person's body, and the steel helmet was also hidden.
The soldiers were on guard with Garand rifles, keeping an eye out for possible enemies, the jungle was densely planted, but just enough to pass through people and not interfere with their vision.
At this moment, suddenly someone in front of him gestured, and Xiao Mubai noticed it immediately.
When he walked over, Xiao Mubai found that it was Staff Sergeant Parkes, Parks had a slightly strange look on his face, he didn't speak, just pushed aside a bunch of grass, and Xiao Mubai immediately looked over.
It's one corpse, wait, it's two corpses, two incomplete corpses.
The two corpses were both US soldiers, although they were not wearing military uniforms, they had badges around their necks, and Xiao Mubai recognized them at a glance.
This is supposed to be the advance team, the small detachment of American troops that conducted reconnaissance before the landing of the large force, and they died like this.
They were attacked, killed by a bomb, and the first body was the most seriously damaged, breaking from the thigh down, and one leg was blown off, and the other was next to the other.
His upper body was naked, lying with his back to the jungle, his head hanging down weakly, his body was red and smelly blood, and there were small insects devouring his flesh, dense, and it looked terrifying.
The other body was completely naked, now unrecognizable, and no one could see what it looked like on its face.
The soldiers all heard the news that someone had died, and they all came to see it, and then they saw it.
Dead people, the morale of the soldiers was somewhat low, this is conceivable. This is the first battle of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army, and they have never seen blood before, and it is of course difficult to accept this cruel scene now.
However, they will soon get used to it.
"Parks, report the news to the Captain, two advance team members have been found, confirmed dead, please send someone to deal with it as soon as possible."
Xiao Mubai gave the order to the staff sergeant, and then Parks began to make contact by radio.
"You two, stop advancing, wait for the handover of the company, and then make a rendezvous."
Pointing at the two soldiers casually, Xiao Mubai ordered them to guard the corpses and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive. George served in the 1st Marine Division for more than a year, and these soldiers were well acquainted, and no one refused his orders, and they honestly followed.
George's orders were carried out to the letter, which was good news for Xiao Mubai, and the possibility of completing the task was greatly improved.
The soldiers hid their faces and left, and no one felt bad about this scene, and began to face up to this war.
"The Japanese monkeys have set a trap here, and the bomb is likely to be nearby, so everyone should be careful." Xiao Mubai gave a warning.
Just as the soldiers were grieving for the dead, a sudden explosion sounded, not far from here.
The soldiers suddenly raised their vigilance, loaded the bullets and prepared to withhold them, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
Then, within a few seconds, there was a scream, it should have been injured, but it was not dead, and it was not unconscious, so it screamed like this, which was very infiltrating.
"Ahh
The explosion was loud and the screams were very clear, and the explosion site should not be far away, just around here.
Xiao Mubai didn't pray that it wasn't the casualties of the soldiers of the C platoon, because it was either the C platoon or other platoons, after all, it was the soldiers of the 1st Marine Division, and which one of them died was not dead.
"Where are the casualties?" Xiao Mubai confirmed.
"Lieutenant, it was someone from Platoon B who triggered the bomb, which exploded, only one person was injured and one leg was blown off."
Herald Locke ran over panting, shouting from afar.
Platoon B and Platoon B are both under the leadership of the captain, and they are allies of Xiao Mubai's Platoon C, and there are casualties among the friendly troops, which is not good news.
"Stay vigilant and keep going."
Even if there were casualties, the advance could not be stopped, and platoon C continued to advance, and platoon B kept up synchronously.
At this moment, not long forward, suddenly another explosion sounded.
"Boom!"
The explosion was close at hand, and it exploded not far from Xiao Mubai, and the air waves hit Xiao Mubai's body, but fortunately, no shrapnel flew over.
"Who is it?"
Xiao Mubai is sure that this time it is the soldiers of the C platoon, because the distance is too close, and the density of soldiers next to it is large, and the casualties are definitely not low.
Sure enough, the second lieutenant's voice followed.
…… (To be continued.) )