But how could the enemy know that he must be in this army?

Could it be that there is any other reason?

The strafing sound of the enemy's Gatling guns at the exit of the village in front kept ringing, as if it was suppressing the direction of another exit from the village. He thought that the Gatling Gun would be a great threat to most of the team no matter where it fired, and he also thought about killing their machine gunners. Now a very important step is to get close to Junichi Takagi and join most of the team. But he didn't know that the odd soldiers had gone for another while, and by this time the other members had begun to retreat under the command of Junichi Takagi, and the enemy, with their guns, rushed to his right hand and along the foot of the hill in the direction of the entrance to the village.

Lin Yiqing knew that the Gatling gun was a threat to many of his own people in front of the village. He was determined that he was going to knock out the hellish thing that had been firing anyway, and relieve the pressure on the other people in front of the house who hadn't retreated yet.

He led the Mochizuki sisters through the open grass to the dull sound of Gatling gunfire, and he approached slowly and cautiously, and when he had passed, he came to a slope where the grass was sparse and there were some trees on it. The enemy's brigade was on his right, and footsteps and shouts rushed along the foot of the hill to chase the retreating odd soldiers. He hid in the bushes and watched and saw the enemy's Gatling gun mount spewing flames down on a higher ground at the front exit. He visually measured the distance, it should be about 100 meters.

He couldn't see anything in the sniper scope, blocked by a swaying leaf. Just as he was about to move the muzzle, suddenly a guy appeared in the grass in front of the slope and fired at him. Bullets flew by. He hurried to the left. Turn the muzzle at the same time. A shot was fired.

After defeating that guy, Lin Yiqing rushed down quickly, and under the cover of grass and bushes, he continued to run forward towards the enemy's Gatling machine gun position. There were footsteps everywhere, gunshots were dense, bullets were flying, and no one could control anyone. Taking advantage of the chaos, Lin Yiqing used a sniper rifle with a silencer to shoot at people. Wherever there is a sound, the sniper rifle coughs incessantly, and the bullets seek out the enemy one after another to drink blood. In this way, he rushed all the way, and soon he directly touched the vicinity of twenty meters in front of the Gatling machine gun position.

After getting out of the grass, he immediately fired a few shots at the enemy who was firing at the machine-gun position, and the enemy's Gatling gun was dumb for a few seconds and then rang out, and he just ran a few steps and fired a few more shots there, and saw that the tongue of fire finally disappeared in the grass, and the sound of the Gatling gun, which had been ringing non-stop, finally fell silent.

Sister Mochizuki chased after her. At this time, Lin Yiqing found an injured member of the Wonder Soldier Tomoya Ikebe, after he threw the Lei Yan Bullet. Rushing down to fight the enemy, he neglected to conceal himself, and as a result, the bullet fired at the enemy pierced his calf and fell to the ground, but he continued to shoot at the enemy.

Kaori Mochizuki opened the way in front, Lin Yiqing and Shiori Mochizuki supported the injured, and several people walked to the front of the house, and Tomoya Ikebe's entire left leg was unconscious, and he could only move with his right leg, which was very slow.

After crossing the courtyard and entering the grass on the edge, several people followed the enemy and slowly withdrew towards the exit of the village in front.

The gunfire was still fierce at the entrance of the village ahead, and the enemy's progress was slow, and stray bullets flew from time to time. It seems that the people who blocked the attack were tenacious, and they effectively delayed the enemy's pursuit, buying precious time for the strange soldiers who had evacuated the war zone.

Although the battle was short, it was extremely tragic, and it was outnumbered, and the new members of the Odd Soldiers suffered considerable losses. Many of the wounded were scattered in the grass, and the veterans were trying to get them out.

When Lin Yiqing and his party arrived in front of the houses in the village, there were three strange soldiers in the nearby grass, and when they heard footsteps, one climbed out of the grass, found them, and gathered together. Lin Yiqing learned some about the battle from them. It seems that there are many people in pursuit of the enemy, and there may be follow-up troops, so it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and it is necessary to leave quickly. These three members of the strange soldier are also new members, all of them were injured, one of them injured his eye, at that time, the team member named Murabian climbed up the ridge with the captain, and was bending down to charge forward, a bullet suddenly shot diagonally from his left front, he hurriedly dodged, but still grazed the bullet in front of his eyes, so that this eye was injured, and he was blind for a while, Lin Yiqing judged that it should be the enemy who climbed the rocks on the edge of the village first to occupy the favorable terrain condescendingly found them charging forward, and one shot at him, The bullet nearly took his eyeball away, and Rao was so in such a sharp pain that he almost fainted. He lunged forward, and a bullet pierced his helmet, leaving a deep groove on the back of his head.

The other two members of the Odd Soldiers, one surnamed Izawa, stepped on a mine, he felt it at the time, but there were no craters or anything to dodge, in the heat of the battle, he told everyone to disperse, and then pounced forward, and the leg was saved, but a piece of shrapnel cut off a small piece of flesh from his calf, making it bloody. Another member of the strange soldier surnamed Ju Yong, he was shot in the abdomen, the bullet came from the sideways, one cut his abdomen diagonally, so that the wound was not deep, if it was a little more inside, his intestines were afraid that they would have to be exposed, he was also charging at the time, and he was shot as a result.

Because it was an encounter and a hasty battle, first, the terrain was unfamiliar, and they could not be allowed to seize the advantageous heights in terms of time, and second, the disparity in strength was too large, so it was inevitable that they would suffer heavy losses. Although they were injured, they were lucky, and many of the team members closed their eyes forever, never to wake up again, to see the world, and to eliminate the pain of their relatives in the rear.

In this tragic encounter, none of the members of the Odd Soldiers flinched from death, and the surviving team members had to hide when they retreated, because they were in a place where the grass and shrubs were extremely luxuriant, and the wounded could not walk fast, and they fell behind, so they had to hide. Fortunately, the three were lucky not to be found and shot by the enemy soldiers who were chasing past, and their lives were saved.

The survivors continued to fight the enemy, but in this case, except for Lin Yiqing and the Mochizuki sisters, it was easy to catch up with the enemy and fire from behind, while the other four were impossible. Most of the remaining men of the Odd Soldiers retreated to the village entrance. Blocked for a while. There are too many enemies. It was impossible to resist at all, and a group of odd soldiers who had to respond had already gone up the mountain, and the battle was a little chaotic. The one in the back yelled and turned around to shoot and run, while the one in front ran all the way forward.

After rushing down the slope at the entrance of the village, Kaori Mochizuki fired two shots from behind, killing an enemy who rushed out of the grass, and immediately turned and ran.

In the valley of the village, some of the odd soldiers were resisting by leaning on the rocks under the cliffs on both sides. Everyone retreated while resisting, taking turns to cover.

After Lin Yiqing and these strange soldiers reunited, they were observing the battle situation and thinking of a way to break the enemy, but there was a sharp howling sound in the sky.

When he looked up, he saw several shells with red tailfires in the sky not far away. The shell flew from the front, it flew very low, it was not good, it fell, almost over his head. Before the shells hit the ground, he screamed and sounded the alarm. Carrying the injured pool, he ran desperately forward for more than ten meters, and then lay down next to a big rock, rolled over, and huddled together with several team members, waiting for the explosion.

Without correcting the impact point, the first few shells landed accurately in the valley and blossomed in the pursuing enemy group. Then several more shells whistled and landed twenty meters in front of them, striking a line of death of 100 meters backwards. The countless stumps and guns of the enemy rose in the flash, blurring into a cloud of blood mist.

The odd men who were hiding looked excitedly at the line of death from the shells in front of them, and they all saw the severed limbs and shattered weapons of the enemy rising from the flash of the explosion.

"Did you snatch the enemy's artillery?" Lin Yiqing immediately judged what was going on, but he was still a little strange, where did these enemy cannons come from? Could it be that there is still an enemy's baggage force here?

But no matter what, Lin Yiqing really admired those strange soldiers who captured the cannon and turned the muzzle of the cannon to attack the enemy at the first time, and seeing the brilliant results they created in an instant, Lin Yiqing's heart was excited. And all the members of the Wonder Soldiers who remained in the war zone were also excited, including some of the other wounded who could not be evacuated.

The death line of more than 100 meters was still flickering with fire, and seeing that the artillery bombardment was so accurate, Lin Yiqing knew that the situation on the battlefield had been reversed in an instant.

Without waiting for him to give the order, everyone immediately took action.

After a round of shelling, the choking smell of gunpowder smoke has not yet dissipated. There were enemy corpses everywhere, and the 100-meter line of death that had just been hit by the shelling had cost all the enemy troops who had chased after them at a heavy price, and almost all of them were killed. After Lin Yiqing led everyone to the foot of the mountain opposite the village, less than three minutes after leaving, the cannonballs whistled and flew over again, and everyone lay tightly on the ground, and one of the cannonballs landed on the dirt slope where they were hiding just now, making everyone break out in a cold sweat. The ensuing flash of shell explosion that fell on the village lit up the night sky, and the village that the enemy had set up to defend turned into a raging fire and destroyed in an instant.

After the second round of shelling stopped, the battle changed from a fierce attack between the two sides to a one-sided pursuit, and in a short time, all the remnants of the surviving government troops in the shelling were annihilated by the strange soldiers.

This extremely tragic battle is finally over.

Lin Yiqing didn't care about resting, he counted the rest of the people, only to find that the strange soldiers had suffered nearly a quarter of the casualties in this battle, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

He never imagined that such a battle would take place in such a place.

Lin Yiqing came to a high ground, re-examined the battlefield and the surrounding terrain that had just experienced a desperate fight, and suddenly realized why there were so many enemy troops here.

Looking down from the high ground, out of the valley, there is a flat land, and there is no dangerous place to defend, no wonder the enemy is fighting so stubbornly here, it is not that it is intended to ambush, but that it must be held here.

Because this passage is an important logistics channel for the government army at present.

This can also explain why the strange soldiers led by Junichi Takagi and Takeshi Nogami just now grabbed the enemy's artillery and launched a counterattack, because at this moment, a small group of government troops happened to pass by, and among the weapons they transported, there were 4 German-made 75mm Krupp camp guns that the Satsuma Army was very familiar with!

And if it weren't for Junichi Takagi and those strange soldiers who were proficient in artillery to counterattack with cannons in time, the results of the next battle could be said to be unimaginable.

After a short break. After arranging the wounded. Lin Yiqing took the strange soldiers to embark on the journey again.

The sound of shells exploding woke Natalia, who was sleeping in a cabin.

"Grace. My dear! Wake up! She woke up Grace, who was sleeping in a bed next to her, "Get up, get up!" ”

"What's wrong? ......" Grace woke up from her nap in a daze.

"Cannon......" Natalia pointed out the window, "like ...... From behind us. ”

Grace jumped to her feet and listened carefully, and she suddenly hugged Natalia with her strong arms, holding her tightly in her arms, and they sat like that. Hugging, with frightened eyes, listening to the indescribable, almost terrifying sound of cannons. When Maria ran into the room, she saw them in such a position.

"Did you hear the cannons?" There was a hint of horror in her voice, "Is there a battle nearby?" Is the enemy coming? ”

"We ...... It's far from the battlefield, right? How could the Satsuma people fight here? Natalia calmed down, broke out of Grace's embrace, went to the window, and pushed it open.

People are running around the village. The white blouses of the female nurses flashed. The voice of the Japanese officer protecting their medical team rang out somewhere: "All ready to fight!" Man your posts! ”

The roses in front of the window were fragrant and the dew was shining, but Natalia didn't notice that. Her eyes were fixed on the direction of the western horizon where the smoke shrouded her.

The cannon roared incessantly. The glass of the weather window trembled like a slight rattle. Natalia and Grace hurriedly got dressed and walked to the edge of the village, where the other doctors, nurses, and hygienists had already gathered.

Here, under a linden tree, Natalia saw two transport carriages and a sedan carriage. The horses were stripped of their harnesses, tethered to their legs, and paced around slowly, nibbling on the tender grass. Some resting soldiers slept in the open next to the transport wagons. There were blankets and bedding on the floor, but no one was sleeping. People looked out at the western horizon and talked uneasily.

Next to this carriage stood a beautiful girl with pale yellow hair. Her blue eyes widened and she looked intently to the west. The girl sighed loudly and turned back to meet Natalia's staring gaze. So she looked at Natalia attentively, too, as only a woman would look at each other with such attention and scrutiny—while assessing, and at the same time paying a slight reckless and slightly satisfied gaze at the other.

Apparently, she found nothing wrong with Natalia, and she recognized the beauty of other women and smiled. Natalia smiled at her as well. They immediately developed a crush on each other, and the girl pointed her finger at the West,

Natalia nodded slightly and asked, "Where are you from?" ”

"Holland." She replied.

At this time, a Japanese soldier ran over and conveyed the order to prepare for departure. Natalia gave the carriage one last glimpse, nodded cordially to the pretty Dutch girl, and prepared to go.

That's when the cannonade stopped. Only a few gunshots rang out occasionally. The medical team began to prepare for the road in order to slowly and calmly follow the Japanese army.

Natalia and the others had come here a few days ago, far from the battlefield and in a beautiful location for a medical camp. Despite being behind the battle line, it did not seem to be as safe as the Japanese officers had assured, and they could often hear gunfire here, and there were constant rumors of a Satsuma breakout. Of course, such rumors should not be listened to. There are so many Russian and Japanese troops here, so many artillery! But cautious people decided to stay away. And one night there was a fire in a nearby village. Who set the fire? No one knows. Rumoured to be enemy saboteurs or collaborating villagers, Natalia saw the Japanese army tie some villagers together with ropes, drag them to the side of the road, and cut off their heads one by one with long knives, the bloody scene made her extremely uncomfortable.

She is tired of such killings.

If these people were killed on the battlefield, she could understand, after all, it was a matter of life and death for the two armies to fight, but such a killing of unarmed civilians was simply that they could be saboteurs or arsonists, which was really difficult for her to accept.

In the medical camp, she also treated many Japanese officers and soldiers, and these people, like General Oyama Iwa, who had undergone surgery, treated her with great courtesy and respect, but these people, after leaving her eyes, became fierce beasts that slaughtered civilians.

She now only hopes that the war will end soon, and after she gets the funds from the Russian government, she will go to the countryside to live a peaceful life.

But she didn't know that the biggest crisis of her life had arrived.

When the preparations were finished, the women sat in the carriage and began to sing. They sat next to each other and sang songs from their hometowns, and the soft voices of the women rippled in the warm air, and although they could not understand what they were singing, they still aroused nostalgia in the hearts of the wounded Japanese soldiers. (To be continued......)

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