Second Lieutenant Ryosuke Sakagami, the leader of the second squad of the 1st Engineer Squadron, is a native of Kyoto, and only graduated from Lushi last year, although he worked very hard in school, but in the end he did not get the silver pocket watch that was gifted.

At this point, the author would like to mention that the top two (chief and second) graduates of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School can receive a silver-shelled pocket watch given by the Emperor, not the top five as rumored on the Internet. Only the top two Army University graduates will receive the Saber of the Imperial Gift, and the prize of the early Imperial Gift is a telescope.

The top two prizes for graduating from the Army Infant School and the Flying School are the same as the Silver Pocket Watches of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, the graduation prizes of the Japanese Army Artillery School and the Army Cavalry School are Western-style command swords, and the first and second prizes for graduation from the Etajima Naval Academy are the famous short sword.

And all these officers and soldiers who received the imperial gifts were called the "Gift Group" or "Imperial Gift Group", and they were much ahead of their peers in terms of use and promotion.

The topic turned back, Lieutenant Sakagami's family background is quite good, from the famous Yamato country Sakagami clan, there was a general Sakaue Tamura Maro, and there have been many ministers in the ancestors of the past dynasties, although Sakagami Ryosuke is not a descendant of the family, but as a promising soldier, he still gets a little care from the family.

As a rookie who has just graduated for less than a year, he became a squad leader after only half a year of internship, even if it is an engineer unit, which is rare in the Japanese army.

Sakagami knew that his foundation was not strong, which was very dangerous in the army that paid attention to seniority, in order to prove his ability in front of the veterans, he rushed to the front of the team every time he attacked, even if it was some rough and heavy work, he also did it with the soldiers, and he showed generosity and generosity on weekdays, so he quickly won the recognition of his veterans, and was also regarded by his boss as an excellent officer who was good at leading soldiers.

In Sakagami's plan, the engineer squad leader is only the first step on his way forward, his goal is to transfer to the infantry wing after a year of qualifications, and then find a way to get the recommendation of his superiors to take the entrance examination for the army university.

This operation seemed to Sakagami to be a godsend, because the more military merits he had acquired, the closer he was to the threshold of the Army University.

The squad leader is a very self-motivated person, and the soldiers in the squad have long seen that having this kind of commander is both a blessing and a trouble for the soldiers, fortunately this kind of officer is willing to take care of everything in the team, and the trouble is that this kind of officer dares to do anything on the battlefield.

"Ono, Tanaka, you two follow me! Nakamura Caochang, you lead the first and third detachments to cover me, the machine guns are placed here, and the second detachment goes to the left. Sakagami half-knelt on the ground and made tactical arrangements for his men.

The team was hiding on the side of the Bank of China building, a position that could not attack the enemy forces on the south floor of the Chinachem Hotel, nor was it within the range of the opponent's fire.

"I'd better go, squad leader, you should stay in the rear and command the battle." Nakamura Cao Chang is a veteran with some qualifications, although it is the practice of the Imperial Army for the squad leader to take the lead, but the current terrain makes him feel that the squad leader's plan is a little too risky.

"It doesn't matter, the bullets of those British ghost animals can't hit me. That's it.,Take out the spirit of a Japanese man! Although he was almost six or seven years younger than the other party, Sakagami encouraged Cao Chang at this time.

"Do you want to throw smoke bombs? Squad Leader. A soldier probe looked in the direction of the south tower, and at this time a quarter of an hour had passed since the exchange of fire began, but the enemy's fire on the south tower had not diminished at all, and was even more fierce than just now.

"No, it's going to block our view as well, and we have to hit the target with one shot." Sakagami stood up and checked the equipment on his body, and found that there were no stumbles, then drew his saber and handed it to his left hand, and his right hand pulled out the southern pistol from the holster.

"Let's get moving!" The squad leader nodded vigorously at his men.

"I wish you good luck!" The soldiers whispered in response.

"Follow me!" Sakagami waved his pistol and quickly rushed out of cover, followed by the grenadier detachment's main and secondary marksmen.

"Scatter and give!"

The deputy chief of the team, Cao Murakami, held the officer's saber in his hand and commanded the other soldiers of the squad to shoot rapidly at the fire point on the south tower, intending to cover his commander's assault. At the same time, the remaining Japanese soldiers on several trucks trapped in the middle of the road also jumped out of their shelters and opened fire on the South Tower, which for a while allowed them to successfully suppress the enemy fire in the South Tower.

Because of the unique curved trajectory of the grenadier, there are not many options for firing grenades into the second floor window of the building. The grenadier detachment of the engineer squad was only equipped with a Type 89 heavy grenadier canister, leaving only one chance for Lieutenant Sakagami, the enemy would not give him a second chance to fire, and in the event of defeat, both he and the grenadier would be in the middle of the opponent's fire.

Sakamoto stooped diagonally across the road, then quickly pounced behind the sandbag wall that the Ministry of Industry had built on the island.

"Shout, the enemy's fire has been suppressed! Ono, do you see the first window on the left on the second floor? Must hit with one shot! Sakamoto cautiously peeked from behind the half-human-high sandbag wall, then leaned down and turned to the grenadier.

"Huh! Xiao with dumplings Dono, peace of mind playing butterflies, stuffy bag milk! (Yes, Squad Leader, please rest assured, no problem.) Ono confidently set up a grenadier on the ground, then poked his head out and began to estimate the distance between himself and his target. The co-shooter put down the ammunition he was carrying, and half-knelt on the ground and picked up the rifle in his hand.

"Huh? Naniku came .... (Alas?) What is it... Ono didn't know what he had found, he suddenly said in surprise, but before he could finish his sentence, a crisp sound suddenly sounded around him, and then the grenadier's head jerked back, and his body collapsed to the ground.

"Hey!" Sakagami turned his face to look at the grenadier in surprise, not knowing what the other party was doing, but then he noticed that a pool of blood was expanding on the ground next to Ono's head.

A finger-thick bullet hole appeared diagonally above Ono's helmet, and the bullet passed diagonally through the brain, piercing under Ono's occipital bone, and a hole the size of a child's fist appeared in the back of the deceased's head, killing the soldier instantly, without even having time to feel the pain.

"Ono." The assistant shooter, Tanaka, stepped forward and pushed the corpse of his comrade.

"Hey, no kidding, hey, Ono!" Tanaka and Ono are friends who grew up together, they were in the same class from elementary school to middle school, and they were even assigned to a squad after joining the army, and the two of them are like biological brothers on weekdays, and they have always been inseparable.

"He's dead, Tanaka, it's an honorable thing to die for His Majesty the Emperor." Sakagami said as he vigorously broke Ono's fingers clenching the grenadiers, it was obvious that their position had been exposed, and they had to find a way to transfer immediately.

"Nope! He's just hurt, I'm going to bandage him now. Tanaka tossed the rifle aside, dragged it over the glove bag around his waist, and removed the first aid bandage from it.

"Are you crazy? He's dead, red deer! Sakagami angrily punched Tanaka in the face.

"Squad Leader, Ono, he's just injured." Tanaka stubbornly refused to accept the fact that his friend had been killed, and he even yelled at Sakagami loudly.

"What are you doing, you're at war right now, you bastard!" Sakagami finally took the grenadier out of the hands of the deceased.

After a burst of outbursts, the firepower of the Japanese side obviously began to weaken, and the firepower of the counterattack in the south tower became denser. What worries Sakagami even more is that they may be targeted by some enemy sharpshooter.

"Who do you say is a bastard!" Tanaka's emotions were clearly out of control, and he jerked up his rifle on the ground and stood up.

"Hey! Don't..."Sakagami wanted to remind the other party to be careful, but the next moment Tanaka's angry face exploded in front of Sakagami.

The bullet pierced through the brim of the steel helmet and entered the bridge of Tanaka's nose, tearing off almost half of the soldier's face. "Wooh...," Tanaka made a terrifying sound from his mouth, and he raised his hands as if to cover the wound on his face, but then a second bullet arrived, this bullet entered from the top of the helmet, and the secondary shooter's movements paused, and then the whole person collapsed to the ground as if he had lost a bone.

Tanaka's body fell right next to Ono, staring at his dead companion with wide open eyes.

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