The devil who crossed the Snake Ridge was the Inamoto squadron of the Kojima Brigade. It turned out that last night, Liu Hui and Gu Yue each fired five shots, and the guns hit, only to make the devil frightened, lying on the ground and shivering. It stands to reason that the two of them together only fired ten shots, and the devil will not be scared like this, but this is the deterrent power of a sniper, and a gun can break the enemy's courage. After more than ten minutes, Squadron Leader Nakata couldn't bear it anymore, so he dared to crawl to Squadron Leader Inamoto's side, and after discussing with him, he sent an executive officer to report the situation to Kojima Shaosa and ask for a retreat.

Kojima Shaosa hid behind the stone, and suddenly saw that all the soldiers were lying down, and secretly cursed, shouting: "The ...... of the warlord" Takeda Shou hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Excellency Shaosa, you must not shoot." Kojima Shaosa said anxiously: "Takeda-kun, if you can't take the mountain in front of you, and if you delay the military situation, we will be severely punished by Captain Yamazaki, so it's better to take the risk and rush up, defeat the Eighth Road, and take the mountain." Takeda Shou said: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, you are in a hurry, you are in a hurry, there will always be a way." ”

The sky was getting darker and darker, Kojima Shaosa's eyes were hazy, he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, and when he heard someone running in front of him, after putting on his glasses, he saw that it was the executive officer of the Nakata squadron, and asked, "What's the matter if you don't start a charge for a long time?" The executive officer was apprehensive in his heart, and lowered his head and said: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, the ...... of the eight-way sniper" Kojima Shaozo didn't wait for him to finish speaking, drew his battle knife, and said angrily: "Get out." The executive officer saw the knife spitting blue light, and the cold was pressing, so he turned around and scared away.

Kojima Shaoza stared at the back of the executive officer, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to himself: "Abominable sniper, abominable eight-way, I will let you run rampant for a while, and when the sky is completely dark, you will become blind." At that time, I, the Imperial Japanese Army, rushed up the mountains and captured you alive, and I will personally dig out your hearts and pluck your guts. Hey! He simply lay down, looking at the gray sky, hoping that the curtain of night would soon be drawn. But when he saw the moon appear in the sky, his pair of gloomy eyes showed a look of disappointment, heard the footsteps, turned over and sat up, saw that it was still the executive officer of the Nakata squadron, and said, "Damn, why are you here again?" ”

The executive officer said, "Your Excellency, Captain Nakata has sent me to ask for instructions, and he and Captain Inamoto want to wait for the sky to completely darken, and lead the soldiers to crawl up the mountain in front of them and seize the position. Kojima Shaozo said: "The bright moon is hanging high, what are you waiting for?" Ordered Tian Jun and Inamoto-kun to immediately lead the soldiers to crawl forward and destroy the eight roads on the ridge. The executive officer turned around to leave, but Kojima Shaoza stopped him and said, "Tell the two squadron leaders to catch me a few live eight-way." But he was disappointed.

After listening to Kojima Shaosa's report, Yamazaki Osa put his hands behind his back and thought while pacing: "My trip is to eliminate the main force of the Independent Regiment of the First Brigade of the Eighth Route Sect, not the withdrawn blocking force, but where did the main force of the Independent Regiment go?" Suddenly, a thought flashed: "The Eighth Route knows that our Imperial Japanese Army does not like to fight at night, and the withdrawn blocking troops have concluded that I dare not chase after me." So, isn't the route of their withdrawal exactly the route of the main forces of the Independent Regiment? Thinking of this, he sneered and sent reconnaissance personnel to find the whereabouts of the withdrawal of the Eighth Route Blocking Force.

Two hours later, according to the report of the reconnaissance personnel, Yamazaki Osa ordered Kojima to lead four infantry squadrons and one machine gun squadron to pursue along the way, and he himself led the main force back to the southern foot of the mountain, intending to turn southeast and penetrate directly into Xintai to intercept the main force of the independent regiment.

When he chased to the place where the first company and Liu Hui met, he looked at the wolf bones everywhere and the ashes of sparks, and thought: "Judging from the signs, the main force of the Eighth Route Independent Regiment is not far ahead, if you catch up, the soldiers do not like to fight at night, and there is no artillery support, so they will definitely be frustrated." However, if I don't pursue it, Yamazaki Osa may say that I missed the fighter plane and send me to a military court. He pondered for a long time and made an incredible decision, ordering the Inamoto squadron to continue to follow the trail, while he took the others to Maojiawan.

Inamoto thought as he walked: "Judging from the signs, there is at least one battalion on the Eighth Road, why did Kojima Shaozo only send me a squadron to pursue it?" What did he do when he led a team to Maojiawan? "He was a simple man and was not good at figuring out people, so he caught up with the squadron executive officer and told him the doubts in his heart.

The executive officer was thoughtful, and he had already guessed Kojima Shaoza's thoughts, and said: "There are many roads, the terrain is not favorable to us, and there are snipers secretly coveting it, I guess Kojima Shaozo is afraid of being ambushed and suffering heavy losses." And Yamazaki Daisa's order could not be carried out, so he abandoned the Inamoto squadron to protect the other squadrons. ”

Inamoto was very angry when he heard this, and said: "I come from a small mountain village in Osaka with Kojima Shaosa, and although we live in the same village, the Inamoto family and the Kojima family have a deep grudge. The year before last, he was promoted to the rank of Zo and became my immediate superior, and I was worried that he would declare a personal vendetta. But he didn't, and I was grateful to me everywhere, and wrote to my father to praise him greatly. But I never expected him to be so scheming, and he would put me to death as soon as he made a move. "He was so grumpy that he drew his knife and cut down a small tree.

The executive officer secretly glanced at Inamoto and said in a tentative tone: "Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, the situation is not in our favor, why don't we go back?" Inamoto said: "No, death is not terrible, it is glorious to die for the sake of the Great East Asian Holy War, and to die well." When the executive heard him say this, he was so impressed that he could not change his meaning, and he took out his wife's photo, kissed and kissed, and muttered in his heart: "Village, my beloved wife, tonight your husband will die for the holy war." When he walked to the rotten valley, he stumbled under his feet because of his restlessness, fell into the pit, and died in the mouth of the five poisons in an instant. Before he died, he still held his wife's photo tightly in his hand.

Walking through the rotten valley, the Inamoto squadron lost nineteen soldiers. Inamoto counted all the pain and hatred in his heart on Hachiro, urging the soldiers to speed up. The stampede marks left by the soldiers of the company are clearly visible, and the devils follow the traces without worrying about chasing people away. They chased through the forest, built a ladder to climb the cliff, and kept their feet on their feet, chasing them to the bottom of the snake ridge in one breath.

Squad Leader Nakazawa covered his nose with his hands, looked at the poisonous snakes crawling slowly on the hillside, and said, "Your Excellency Squadron Leader, there are too many poisonous snakes, let's retreat!" Seeing that the soldiers were looking at each other, Inamoto had the idea of withdrawing the troops in his heart, but after thinking about it, Yamazaki Daisa was held accountable, and Kojima Shaosa would inevitably put the blame for the fear of war on his head. It was nothing if he was executed, but he was disgraced to his family, and he would not live in peace if he died, thinking of this, he shouted: "How can a few poisonous snakes stop the pace of my Imperial Japanese Army, advance!" ”