Jiro Koizumi was a commander of the Japanese army.

In the two years since he joined the army, he has experienced several major battles, fought bravely, and was not injured at all - interestingly, it is precisely because he was not injured at all that others thought that he was afraid of death, so although he had military achievements, his promotion speed was as slow as a snail crawling. No, he was Cao Chang a year ago, and now he is still Cao Chang.

When he heard the propaganda, he thought it would be easy to defeat China. Later, after joining the army, he saw that his own weapons were indeed better than China's, so he was even more confident in the fallacy of 'destroying China in three months'. Since the invasion of China, it has indeed been basically a victory in the big wars, so he is also convinced of the occupation of the entire territory of China.

However, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of China after the July 7 Incident, he gradually had doubts about this belief: although the Japanese army won the Battle of Songhu, it directly made the fallacy of "destroying China in three months" a big joke, and even made him feel that although the Chinese army was poorly equipped and poorly trained, it was bloody, and it dared to face a strong enemy and dare to die.

In the following major battles, although they all won the final victory, the problem is that the Chinese army has slowly changed from the initial discomfort to the stubborn resistance. Especially in terms of being good at scheming, the Chinese army began to show the resourcefulness that had been precipitated by its long history. For example, the Battle of Pingxingguan is the best proof of this.

Of course, although the illusion of "destroying China in three months" was shattered, Jiro Koizumi was still confident in defeating the Chinese army.

However, he could never have imagined that when he and his comrades-in-arms were extremely confident and confident, they even joked with each other, satirizing the cowardice of the local garrison troops, and were driven and killed by a group of rabble who had no robbery, no artillery, no training, and no food and clothing—in their eyes, the so-called garrison troops were all second-line troops, and they knew that they were not even second-line troops, and they were definitely not comparable to their main forces, not to mention that they were all veterans who had survived several wars.

Therefore, when they set off, the commander said that they were now here to let this group of Dirt Eight Roads see the power of the real imperial army, as if as long as they walked over, those Dirt Eight Roads would be scattered, and victory would be within reach. He and his comrades-in-arms were convinced of this.

However, when the two sides exchanged fire, this group of so-called dirt eight roads who were not looked at by them at all gave them an education lesson, or rather, directly gave them a resounding slap in the face with reality. Such a blow was inflicted on them: the opponent was not only well-trained, but also combat-ready, no worse than any army they had ever known.

Although this group of people is not much better dressed than Hanako, and the weapons are indeed inferior to theirs, they all die when they start a battle, and the fierceness of the rush is like going to the death, and the heroism of going to death can be described as generous.

Moreover, the commanders of the opposing side showed extremely high command ability in terms of frontal combat, flank deployment, defensive formation, and temporary formation change, etc., coupled with the soldiers' fearlessness to death, they repelled their six attacks.

Up to now, not to mention Jiro Koizumi, even his comrades-in-arms around him have been a little shaken in their confidence in this victory. At the very least, they all understood that they had encountered a 'hard bone' that was poorly equipped, but not worse than them in other aspects. In this regard, they know that there is still a fight in this battle, and they must distinguish the winner and loser to prove that they are stronger than the other party.

And Jiro Koizumi is starting to worry a little about everyone now, not to mention anything else, just morale, look at the surviving soldiers under his command, all of them are veterans, but at this time they are frowning, their eyes are low, and there is no longer the high spirit of the past, you can know how everyone's morale is.

If this continues, I am afraid that the situation will gradually turn unfavorable...... It's just that the Japanese army has strict military discipline levels, and the system of superiors and subordinates is particularly strict, and they absolutely do not dare to retreat without the order of their commanders. Coupled with the long-term victory, they have cultivated their arrogance and make them unwilling to admit defeat. In addition, although most of their weapons and ammunition have been consumed, more than half of the main force has been damaged, and they can still fight. So, they're still gritting their teeth and holding on.

And now, each of them is exhausted, their stomachs are empty, and they all think that after they have eaten and drunk, they will fight the assault regiment again, and they must win and regain the honor that they are about to lose, otherwise, the shame of defeat will make them unable to raise their heads.

However, Jiro Koizumi was even more worried.

Because he vaguely felt from the command ability of the other party's commander that the other party would definitely find that they were demoralized at this time, and their physical strength was low, and they would never watch them make up for their physical strength.

However, fortunately, Yamaguchi Naoi's keen insight and command ability are also very powerful, and he discovered these and made corresponding arrangements, at least, taking turns to eat and rest, so that everyone can rest at ease.

I hope that those respectable opponents on the other side will not take advantage of this opportunity to have a big counterattack...... Jiro Koizumi was queuing up to eat, his head down, his eyes were a little dazed, but he was thinking a lot in his head.

"Koizumi-kun...... Koizumi-kun......"

Hearing someone in front of him calling him, Jiro Koizumi said "Ah!" and looked up. It turned out that it was his turn to eat, but he stood more than a meter away and was stunned.

Jiro Koizumi hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his head and bent down to apologize, and handed over the lunch box......

Suddenly!

"Whoosh!whoosh!whoosh......"

The first reaction of all the little devils who were cooking or around them was to look up blankly, with an unbelievable look in their eyes.

Jiro Koizumi was the first to react, and directly yelled "Shelling!", and then fell to the left, holding his head in his hands, clenching his teeth, waiting for the cannonball to fall, ready to feel the power of the cannonball, and his heart sank directly, but the bad premonition became stronger and stronger.

His hunch didn't disappoint him!

"Boom, boom, boom!"

In the blink of an eye, he heard the explosion, felt the tremor of the ground, and heard the screams and screams of his comrades in his ears...... However, at this moment, Koizumi Jiro no longer has the vigor of the past, the belief in the invincibility of the past, and the fanaticism for war. Even, at this time, he didn't think about anything else at all, his mind was empty, and his only thought was - to live!

He subconsciously held his head tightly with his hands, covered his ears with his arms, and his body curled up into a ball, still trembling faintly, trying to avoid being grazed by stray shrapnel. I didn't dare to see the fate of my comrades-in-arms around me, I didn't dare to listen to the piercing screams, I didn't dare to imagine what the results would be for my comrades-in-arms under such a close explosion, the only thing I could do was to grit my teeth, endure it, and wait for the end of the shelling.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but he felt like he was in the end of the world, and the sky was falling apart!

Suddenly!

He felt something slam down on his left arm.

He thought it was a cannonball, screamed in fright, and instinctively waved the thing away with his left hand, but suddenly felt that the weight was wrong.

Confused, he instinctively opened his eyes to look, only to find that it was a thigh that was quickly cut off by shrapnel.

looked at the screams again, but saw that the cook who was about to cook for himself just now had his right thigh gone, and blood was pouring out one by one, which was very bloody. The cook, on the other hand, rolled on the ground with his wounds in his arms, and his unusually sharp screams never stopped...... Jiro Koizumi wanted to go over and help, but found that his whole body was so weak that he couldn't even move his fingers. In the end, he could only press down with guilt and fear and watch the cook die.

He couldn't bear to witness the death of the cook, but also to cover up his fear, he looked farther away, and then looked not far away, but was shocked to find that his comrades-in-arms at this time were either like headless flies, some were rescuing the wounded, some were lying on the ground with their heads like him to avoid the shells, and even, some people were holding guns but did not know where to shoot.

And the ground was full of screams, casualties, and flesh...... He felt that as far as the eye could see, the whole world was a blood-red, strange and cold.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

I don't know if I'm used to it, but at this time, Jiro Koizumi feels that both his energy and physical strength are quickly returning to his body.

And he listened to the explosion of the shells, felt the power of the shells, and the shaking of the ground. But suddenly and inexplicably, he found that the enemy's shells were different from the previous ones, at least, he felt that the enemy's shells were not coming from one direction, and the place of explosion was also different. What's more, he felt that one of the explosions was very different from the explosion of a cannonball, and it was extremely prominent.

I don't know if he felt a huge shame for his evasive behavior, or because his mental and physical strength had returned, he brushed the ground and got up, and took the gun behind his back in his hand.

Then, he looked around for the first time, only to find that the previous temporary canteen had long been blown up, and there was food spilled everywhere, and there were many corpses and wounded, but more of them were blood-red. And in this blood red, some of the white spots of the rice grains are dyed red, and some are still white, which looks very glamorous and dazzling, but it makes him want to vomit.

Even, he keenly discovered that there was a shell not far away, and a large pit was blown out, and the black pit wall was extremely dazzling in this blood red.

"Boom!"

There was another explosion sound that was different from that of a cannonball, causing Jiro Koizumi to subconsciously look at the source of the sound.

Only then did I realize to my horror that the abnormal explosion sound was nothing else, but a more huge explosion after the car was hit by a shell, and even the fire and smoke produced by the explosion were much stronger than elsewhere.

And what attracted Jiro Koizumi's attention the most was that with the explosion of the car, the people who were shooting on it were directly blown into the air, although they all died directly, but the body was blown apart......

Jiro Koizumi couldn't hold back the nausea in his heart anymore, didn't suppress his nausea, squatted on the ground and vomited......

It was in the vomiting that he felt for the first time: war is so cruel, so ruthless, it should not be chased, but avoided!

But at this moment, the sound of "rush!" and "kill!" came from his ears, although he did not know Chinese, but these simple words, he had heard them countless times from the Chinese army, understood its meaning, and knew its meaning!

Assault regiment, launched a general offensive......