The commander of the 7th Infantry Wing, Mototaro Sakai, watched with a telescope the assault of three sappers of the 9th Engineer Wing - in fact, he could see them even without a telescope, quite clearly, because he was in the forward position, only three hundred meters from the third trench of the fortress. Pen~fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Every officer who sees him is worried that he will be a target for Lucia's snipers, but Gentaro Sakai doesn't care at all.

It's disguised.

And it was forced.

He had to do this: An hour earlier, a white man from the United States who claimed to be a columnist for the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun walked into his headquarters and asked to watch the battle of the Seventh Wing. For two reasons, although he wanted to do so, he could not actually refuse or perfunctory: first, the man was holding an order with the seal of General Nozu Michikani asking for the cooperation of all officers and soldiers of the Third Army, and second, he was the author of the biography of Nogi Noshinori that caused a sensation in Japan.

He is a native of the United States, but he is very famous and influential in Japan, and he is not a figure that Osa can refuse or perfunctory, otherwise the "Tokyo Asahi Shimbun" and "Osaka Mainichi Shimbun" will publish articles that are unfavorable to this stupid guy, and of course, before that, he has been severely reprimanded by General Nozu Michiguan and even the base camp.

Gentaro Sakai didn't want his name to be associated with any bad word, so he had to agree to the request of the big man from the country of rice, and, wherever he wanted to go, he would follow by his side.

However, the columnist gentleman wanted to go only to one place, and that was the forward position, and at the very front, with the infantry who were about to charge.

Mototaro Sakai could only come to this dangerous place, which was only one step away from death. Not only that, but he couldn't find cover, and had to stand in a prominent position at the risk of being targeted by Lucia's sniper, because that damned writer of the United States stood in the most conspicuous position of the whole position, and then imitated Nogi Noshinori - the same Nogi Noshinori in his biography - and said to him, "How could a brave and fearless Japanese samurai be afraid of the bullets fired by cowardly, incompetent and untrained Russian soldiers?" ”

However, this sentence is not the one that forced Mototaro Sakai to take risks, and it was the next sentence that really came into play: "I will record everything truthfully and report it to the readers of the Japanese Empire." ”

There is no room for hesitation.

He cursed the hateful Mi Guoyan with every word he could think of, but Gentaro Sakai still had to stand at the front of the line and straighten his body. He could only console himself as best he could, but in any case, his "brave" act inspired the courage of the junior officers and soldiers, and aroused the fanaticism and will to fight in everyone, who seemed to be finally ready to fight the Lucians to the end.

This is the only good news today - the only good news so far. However, if the troops' fanatical will to fight can be used effectively, Gentaro Sakai will feel that his adventure is worth it. However, his small wish was still not fulfilled, and the soldiers of the 7th Wing had to stay in the trenches, patiently waiting as the sappers tested their new weapons and tactics.

That's all there can be. The Lucian machine-gun bunkers were always a serious threat, and if they were not eradicated, the attack would be frustrated. But Gentaro Sakai preferred to let the heavy artillery do the job rather than a three-man team of sappers with only one iron pipe.

God knows if they'll succeed.

"Do you think the sapper's tactics will succeed?" Gentaro Sakai tilted his head to his right.

The officer he asked, a captain of the 7th Wing, Ouchi Mori Nakasa, expressed his pessimistic view with a slow shake of his head.

"The sappers only sent three soldiers, Sakai-kun. We put in at least a few hundred men in each attack, but there were always setbacks due to the counterattack of Lucia's soldiers. I don't think the tactics of the sappers had much effect. Even if they get to the location of that machine-gun bunker, with only an iron pipe, what role can they play? ”

As if to confirm his opinion, the three sappers who were rushing to the machine-gun bunker suddenly turned into two. Mototaro Sakai blinked, there was still one sapper left. He seemed to be a little overwhelmed and didn't know whether to move on or retreat immediately, so he stopped, and then a rain of bullets flooded his position.

Without a moment's pause, the 9th Engineer Wing immediately sent a second group.

The three sappers chose exactly the same route as their colleagues in the first group. Gentaro Sakai immediately had a bad feeling, which was further deepened by the rapid and accurate shooting of the Lucia soldiers. A dense net of fire was already unfolding in front of these soldiers, and he did not think that they could do better than his predecessors.

"They can't wear it!" Ouchi announced with certainty and disappointment.

As soon as his words fell, the names of the three sappers appeared on the list of the dead.

But the third group immediately set off.

It's still the same route.

Still the same result.

A fourth group took the place.

This time, the sappers finally chose a different route. Sakai's heart dropped slightly, and it was only when he saw the three sappers turned into corpses by bullets in the head in an instant: the snipers of the Lucia appeared!

Gentaro Sakai immediately felt the urge to look for cover. But the rice country columnist was still standing straight, he could only give up this plan, and then glared at Ouchi Shoujing, who had already bent his waist.

"Please pay attention to your image, Ouchi Nakasa. Remember, you are a valiant and fearless soldier of the Japanese Empire and cannot be afraid of the bullets of the cowardly, incompetent and poorly trained Lucia soldiers. ”

Ouchi's face turned red, but luckily it was only for a moment, and before the soldier could turn his gaze, his body had straightened again. However, he still could not be reassured, and after thinking about it carefully, he decided to use the sapper as his shield.

"Sakai Daisa, how many assault groups do you think the Ninth Engineer Wing has organized?"

The fate of the fifth group was no different from that of the first four, while the sixth group had already broken into the Lucian fire and was struggling to reach the target in the middle of the crossfire of machine guns and rifles, giving the impression that they could not succeed either. Gentaro Sakai grew a little tired of the new tactics of the sappers.

"I don't know how many assault groups were organized by the sappers." He whispered, being careful not to let his words be heard by people who shouldn't have heard them. "I just know that if they stick to what they are doing, there won't be any progress in today's fight."

He glanced at the columnist. "If things really turn out like that, Ouchi-kun, we can only pin our hopes on the censors."

Ouchi was silent for a moment, then said, "I hope the sappers can make some progress." ”

"I hope so, Ouchi-kun, I hope so."

Gentaro Sakai looked back at the battlefield. The sappers of the sixth group were still crawling in the net of fire, slowly, like three snails - maybe they could hold out longer than the others, but that was pointless. Their speed was so slow that the Lucians could take easy aim, not just with rifles and machine guns, but also with American-made mortars, whose curved trajectory was perfect for bombarding creeping targets.

Half a minute later, as he expected, the artillery fire engulfed the three sappers.

It's the turn of the seventh group - if there is one.

Gentaro Sakai guessed, and then he heard the columnist's voice. "Are your soldiers going to just sit on the sidelines, Mr. Osa? Some heroic Japanese samurai are fighting an uphill battle against their enemies, and your soldiers must do something for them! ”

As far as a Mi native is concerned, he speaks Japanese quite well. Mototaro Sakai thought wildly, and showed a wry smile to Ouchi Shoujing.

"He's right, Ouchi Nakasa, we have to do something, do you understand?"

"I understand." Ouchi replied.

Ouchi turned around and began to give orders to the officers of his brigade. And while he was doing so, the seventh assault group of the sappers was on the way.

The three sappers moved more cautiously than all their predecessors, but not slowly, on the contrary - they were impressed by the death of their comrades, and when they realized that they had to go into battle, they quickly discussed a countermeasure.

Pass quickly, without hesitation, without stopping, without giving Lucia soldiers time to aim.

Maybe it worked, maybe it didn't, and no one could give a positive answer, but whatever the outcome, they did it anyway.

And so it could only be done - when they got caught in the fire that had already claimed the lives of six groups of soldiers, the three sappers immediately realized that thinking had become superfluous - instinct was all they had, and luck was what they needed.

There is also support.

Until now, apart from a few machine guns, only the artillery provided meager cover with scattered artillery fire, but the sappers needed more.

"Damn, can't the guys of the 7th Infantry Wing do something?" One of the sappers complained.

"Concentrate your attention, Egoo First Class!" The sapper in front of him reproached, "If you can't concentrate, we're all doomed." ”

"But—" Private 1st Class Takeji's retort was interrupted at the beginning: a bullet grazed his scalp, causing him to shrink his neck in fright, and then shouted: "Lucia's sharpshooter!" ”

"It's a stray bullet!" The sapper who reproached him said, "If it's a sharpshooter, you're already dead......"

"Shut up!" The sapper at the front suddenly interjected, "Speed up a little faster, Beichuan, Jiangxia, you are lagging behind!" ”

His reprimand had an effect, and both sappers shut their mouths and sped up. But the Russian soldiers in the trenches also picked up speed, grazing more and more bullets around them, and then mortar shells also fell with a screech, and each shot was close.

Sakue Inosuke, the leader of the team, began to suspect that his group would soon turn into a cloud.

Four shells exploded simultaneously around them. The fierce wave made all three sappers despair.

Then they heard new sounds, the neat and rapid salvo of Type 30 rifles, machine gun and artillery fire coming from behind them.

The boisterous 7th Infantry Wing finally broke the silence that had been maintained since the battle began. The three sappers immediately felt that the pressure on themselves was relieved: the 7th Wing attracted most of the Lucian fire. Apparently, they saw it as a prelude to a massive group charge, and in such a tense moment, a group of only three people was certainly no longer a threat to be concerned about.

"Now!" Sakue Inosuke straightened up desperately and shouted, "Run!" ”

Both Takeji Egunder and Kitagawa Cheng were frightened by his movements, after all, even though most of the Lucia's eyes were focused on the 7th Infantry Wing, there were still more than a dozen rifles firing at them, and yet he was standing so straight!

"Crazy!" The idea came to the minds of two people at the same time. They stared at Sakue Inosuke, motionless, forgetting what to do.

"Don't be stunned, run!" The voice came again.

At the same time as he shouted, Sakue Inosuke picked up the blaster and rushed to the machine-gun bunker dozens of meters away.

"What should I do?" Takeji Egunder asked.

"What else can I do? Keep up with him! Kitagawa replied.

The two sappers began to run, and this was something crazy they had never dreamed of: charging against a dozen firing rifles. Although it was only a short distance, it only took a dozen seconds to reach the end, but they always suspected that they could not do it.

Luckily, they did, and before more Lucia soldiers, who felt that something was wrong, turned their guns to them, Takeji Egunder and Kitagawa managed to reach the dead end in front of the machine-gun bunker and immediately lay down.

Sakue Inosuke was waiting for them there.

"Listen, before I go, I set the fuse to ten seconds." He told them, "When I count to five, we'll push the blasters into bunker and retreat." ”

"Is there enough time?" Beichuan Cheng was a little worried.

"It should be enough."

"If the Lucia pushed the blaster out of the bunker......"

"We'd better retreat."

Takeji Eshita glanced at Kitagawa Cheng and nodded. "That's it. We can get started. ”

The three sappers sprang into action, inserted the fuse into the blaster, ignited it, and began counting.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

Then there was "four" - it was supposed to be "four", then "five", but, without warning, Sakue Inosuke, who had been watching the fuse, suddenly raised his head.

"Ahh

The explosion took place right in his hands.

Gentaro Sakai put down the binoculars. The Lucian machine-gun bunker was not destroyed, and the new weapons of the sappers only destroyed its surface, and it continued to be used and posed a threat to his soldiers.

He sighed in disappointment and turned to Ouchi Morijing. "Looks like the sappers need to send an eighth team."

"At least they got to the location of the machine-gun bunker and carried out the blasting." Ouchi Shoujing's expression was relaxed. However, after only a few moments, he could not be relieved.

Because the columnist went crazy and started yelling, "You see? You've seen them all? This is the real Japanese samurai! This is the soul of the Japanese nation! Exchange self-sacrifice for the victory of the country! Hooray, Japan! Long live, fearless warriors! ”

Before Gentaro Sakai and Mori Ouchi could react, he had already rushed towards the dazed infantry, dancing in front of them and shouting, "What are you waiting for? Three Bomb Warriors have set an example! Offensive! Samurai of Japan! Offensive! Advance! Kill all the hateful Russians! ”

Gentaro Sakai and Mamoru Ouchi watched his performance dumbfounded, and then, as they watched, a large group of soldiers rushed out of the trench. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )