Two pheasants with long colorful tails were wandering in the woodland, but they didn't know that there was a black hole behind a tree not far from them, and the muzzle of the gun slowly moved with the pheasant, and the gun was held by a Japanese soldier in an earthy yellow military uniform, and behind him lay several Japanese soldiers in the same costume. "Bang" a gunshot, the two pheasants more than ten meters away fluttered their wings and struggled in the woodland, and the bullets that shot out actually hit one shot or two, and the 38 rifle's Arisaka rifle ejected through the first pheasant and hit the other pheasant again.

"Wei Qijun, you are really a good hunter, you are too accurate" The Japanese soldiers who were lying on their stomachs rushed over to collect the loot, and two of the veterans kept boasting at the soldier Cao who was bending down to look for bullet cases. "These two pheasants are enough for us to have a good meal, Koizumi, you and Ikeno go back to find some dry firewood, let's go back when we are full" The veteran Yamashita drew his bayonet and began to clean up the spoils, and the two Japanese soldiers who watched the younger Japanese soldiers excitedly carry bayonets to find dry firewood. After landing in Yangon, the 18th and 55th Divisions did not march along the Yunnan-Burma Highway like the 22nd Division, but crossed the Siddang River and the Salween River and went straight to Taunggyi. It was impossible for the long-distance march of more than 30,000 people to be silent, so the 18th and 55th Divisions chose to go out day and night, and the routes they chose were mostly mountains and jungles with mountain roads.

The Burmese Dispatch Army Command believed that such a tight plan would not be known to the thunder, but they were wrong, and by the time the extremely tired 18th and 55th Divisions arrived at Inlai Lake, which was still more than 10 kilometers away from Taunggyi, Taunggyi, which had only about 1,000 households, had become an empty town. When the Japanese troops who had taken a brief rest at Lake Inlai the next day arrived at Taunggyi, the whole of Taunggyi could not be seen by anyone, leaving only the mess and empty houses all over the ground, but the food and drinking water that the Japanese army wanted were empty.

The 30,000 soldiers were not a small number, and in order to take on the task of surprise soldiers, the 18th and 55th Divisions gave up all trucks and motorcycles, and all heavy weapons and supplies had to be carried on the backs of men and horses. The mules and horses could eat grass first, but the 30,000 soldiers of the 18th and 55th Divisions needed food to fill their stomachs, so the Japanese army had no choice but to rest in Taunggyi and arrange for a large number of search teams to go out to collect food.

One of the search teams was one of the search teams that went out to collect food, and in two days, they searched the mountains and jungles within a radius of dozens of miles around Taunggyi. Originally, Taunggyi was an important place in Chan State, and even if the Burmese natives in Taunggyi fled for their lives, they would be able to find a place where Burmese people gathered around Taunggyi, and according to the Japanese army's understanding of the Burmese natives, as long as there were Burmese people, they would definitely find food. But the tail Qi team has been wandering around for two days, but not a single Burmese village has been found, and they are hungry and have to hunt in the mountains and forests with weapons to fill their stomachs.

The speed of the veterans was very fast, and the cleaned pheasants had already been set up on the bonfire, without salt and seasonings, and the military Cao Weiqi brought a few strange-looking wild fruits to squeeze out the juice and smear them on the pheasants, and the fragrance emitted after roasting caused everyone's saliva to flow. "This fruit can be eaten as is, but the taste is sour, and hunters often use it as a reminder and barbecue," said Juncao Weiqi as he flipped the roast chicken on the triangular branch and explained the wonderful use of this wild fruit to his curious companions.

The bonfire became darker and darker, and the pheasant inserted in the branches began to emit a rich fragrance, "Aoqi senior, the chicken is roasted, please taste it" The youngest Ikeno tore off a chicken thigh and handed it to Guncho Weiqi. The two pheasants had four chicken legs, exactly one for each of the four veterans, and Ikeno and Koizumi ate the four chicken wings separately, and the six people ate two roast chickens that looked a little less, but they were much better than those who stayed in Dongggyi to drink rice soup.

"Ah, it's so comfortable, Senior Weiqi, let's go hunting again when we go down the mountain, the roast chicken is so delicious" Chi Zhi smashed his oily mouth with satisfaction, wiping his oily hands with leaves. Although the harvest of hunting is not very much, it is better than the rice soup that can see the lunch box clearly, and Ikeno and Koizumi are both young people, and they are at the age when they can eat, so it is too difficult to endure just two meals of rice soup a day.

Jun Cao Weiqi was just about to answer Ikeno's joke, only to see two black lights suddenly flash from the bushes, Weiqi is a veteran for many years, especially rich in battlefield experience, he only had time to subconsciously dodge his body diagonally to the right. "Poof" and "poof" The sound of two sharp weapons piercing into the flesh sounded, and the two iron crossbow arrows shot from the bushes had already hit the two veterans on Tail Qi's side. "Hidden, enemy attack" Wei Qi reacted the fastest, grabbed the rifle with his hands and feet and dodged behind the big tree, the crossbow bolt came too suddenly, and the remaining three people were still stunned by the campfire.

"Poof" "Poof" Two more crossbow arrows were fired, Koizumi wailed and clutched his neck and fell to the ground twitching, but the other veteran was lucky to dodge the crossbow arrow that shot at him, and the whole team was now left with Ikeno still stunned. "Pop" Tail Qi who was hiding behind the big tree fired a shot at the bush where the crossbow arrow was fired, "Ikeno, quickly find shelter, don't stay where you are, it's dangerous" "Pop" "Pop" Tail Qi and another veteran shot one after another, trying to buy Ikeno time to hide and a chance to survive.

The two veterans who were hit by the arrow in the first round were no longer breathing, but Koizumi who was hit by the arrow in the neck was not dead, at least in Ikeno's opinion, Koizumi was not dead, because he saw with his own eyes that Koizumi's hands and feet were still moving. A bullet shot at Ikeno's feet, and the muzzle of the gun shouted at the military Cao Weiqi on this side, "Bastard, they are dead, pick up your gun and hide quickly, do you want to die in this forest like them?" I don't know if it was the bullet that worked or Aki's scolding, Ikeno, who was sitting in place, moved, but instead of grabbing the gun, he dragged Koizumi's arm, seeing that the posture was to take off Koizumi who had not yet lost his breath to a safe place.

"This bastard" Tail Qi scolded Ikeno who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, but a hint of comfort flashed in his eyes, "Boom" In order to cover Ikeno's recklessness, Tail Qi had to throw a grenade. It's not that Oki is reluctant to provide cover for Ikeno with grenades, but it's dangerous to use grenades in such a forest, and the ubiquitous rattan and branches may bounce back your thrown hand. The smoke from the grenade and the splashes of dirt and scattered grass branches provided Ikeno with the best cover, and he was safe until Ikeno dragged Koizumi to Oniki's side.

"Koizumi-kun, you will be fine, you will be fine" Ikeno didn't dare to pull out the crossbow arrow from Koizumi's neck, so he had to wrap the wound with the gauze in the first aid kit first, and it was important to stop the bleeding first.

"Okay, he's dead, just don't die now, and he'll still die when the blood runs out in a while" Tail Qi, who had a straight face, dragged Koizumi away from Ikeno's arms, picked up a rifle on the ground and stuffed it into Ikeno's hand. "If you want to save them, you have to save yourself first, if you don't find out the people who attacked us and kill them, none of us can go back to Dongggyi, we can't leave this forest, and the injured Koizumi can only be a dead end" Looking at Ikeno's slightly sluggish reaction, Tail Qi hardened his heart and bewitched Ikeno. In order to find out the location of the attacker, Aki must throw a decoy, and between the veteran and Ikeno, Aki chooses Ikeno as a burden.

Tail Qi's words somewhat made the panicked Ikeno find a little confidence, and he trembled and leaned against the trunk of the tree with his rifle, "Sato, I'll shoot first in a while, and then Ikeno will go behind the tree at three o'clock behind you, and after he shoots to cover, you start to retreat, and I'll be the last to retreat" Tail Qi, who was secretly thinking, shouted loudly to Sato, a veteran behind the tree on the left, most of these veterans have survived several battles, and they already have a tacit understanding with each other, and the purpose of Tail Qi's shouting is to tell Sato, Ikeno was the bait that attracted the attackers.

Ikeno, who didn't know it, was still excited by Tail Qi's words and wanted to cry, if he knew that Tail Qi and Sato had used him as bait, I don't know how he would feel. "Nani?" After Aki's shot, Ikeno smoothly rushed behind the big tree behind Sato, but the expected attacker didn't make a move, and Aki and Sato, who had a ghost in their hearts, were puzzled, and couldn't think of what the attacker hiding in the shadows meant. "Poof" According to the order agreed before, after Ikeno retreated, it was the turn of veteran Sato to retreat, and as soon as Sato rushed out of the big tree where he was hiding, he was shot through his left chest by a crossbow arrow and fell to the ground.

The sudden change made Ozaki break out in a cold sweat, and the severity of the situation made him dare not act rashly, and he didn't know why the attacker would let Ikeno go and shoot the veteran Sato. "Are you looking for me?" Just as Tail Qi cautiously poked his head out from behind the tree for the third time to look for the attacker, a playful voice sounded behind him, Tail Strange's body stiffened but he didn't dare to turn back to resist, he already felt a hard object on the back of his head, it was a gun.

"Don't look for it, your companion has been captured by my people, congratulations on you two becoming my captives" At the prompting of the man behind him, Wei Qi, who was holding his hands high, slowly turned around. What appeared in his sight was a slightly younger face, with a strange outfit draped in grass-green fishing nets like grass branches and leaves, and if it weren't for the fact that this man was baring his white teeth, he might have thought of him as a shrub.

"I'm Xie Xun from the Scout Detachment of the Thunder Mercenary Force, now I can report your troop number and name" The bushman kicked away the rifle that Wei Qi threw at his feet, smiled and smashed Wei Qi to the ground with the butt of the gun, and then stepped on one foot on Wei Qi's chest, the murderous aura in his eyes was undisguised, and Wei Qi knew that if he dared to refuse to answer the question, this guy who could speak Japanese would definitely kill himself here.