"Now that we have understood the opponent's situation, we have to do some training on a cloudy day, even if it is unlikely to meet a dark horse, but in any case, after all, it is a team that has won a game, no matter what the level of the opponent, we must go all out, only then will the victory belong to us."

"Yes!" The first army of the people responded with a loud voice.

Superintendent Kataoka nodded and continued, "Next is the list of starting lineups, pitchers: Tanba; Catcher: Miyuki. ”

"Yes!" Koichiro Tanba and Yukiichi also nodded their heads in response.

"First Baseman: Yuuki; Second baseman: Tojima; Third Baseman: Masuko; Shortstops: Fukuda; Left fielder: Fujii; Nakatsunoka: Murakusuke; Right outfielder: Izzoshiki. ”

After hearing Superintendent Kataoka's arrangement of the starting lineup, everyone in the first army began to talk in a whisper, as if they didn't expect the first battle, Superintendent Kataoka not only did not let Dongqingguo, who was a strong fighter, play, but also arranged several substitutes in the second year to the starting position.

"The importance of the first match is self-evident, but every next match is just as important, and I will adjust the schedule to each player so that everyone can play in the best possible condition." Superintendent Kataoka said as he looked at the group in front of him: "Let me repeat that baseball is a sport that can only be completed through teamwork, and the players on the court must do their best, and the players off the court must also be ready to play at any time, do you know that?" ”

"Yes, Overseer."

"It's all for our ultimate goal, no matter what kind of difficulties we encounter, we have to overcome it and surpass it, can you do it?"

"Yes!"

"We will win in one fell, and then we will enter Koshien and realize our dreams...... "Supervisor Kataoka finally said, "The goal is to win Koshien and dominate the country!" ”

The people of the first army stood up and shouted: "National hegemony!" ”

……

On the morning of 16 July, after the assembly of the first army, at the request of Kataoka's superintendent, they formed a circle, and under the leadership of the Eastern Qing Kingdom, the people of the first army shouted the slogan of Wang Zhiqingdao. After that, they each grabbed their backpacks and equipment and walked onto the school bus to the Hachioji Civic Stadium, where their second round was playing.

At 10:55 a.m., the school bus of Seido drove into the parking lot of Hachioji Civic Stadium with the supervisors, coaches and players of the Seido Baseball Club.

At the same time, several buses with the Qingdao school emblem drove in, and when the doors opened, the members of the second and third armies of the Qingdao Baseball Club, as well as the students of the wind team and cheerleading team, also stepped down from the school bus behind them, took the items that came to support, and walked towards the entrance of the grandstand of Hachioji Civic Stadium.

After Superintendent Kataoka led the players of the First Army into the court through the exclusive passage of the players, he first went to the staff to register and sign in, and then led the members of the First Army to the rest area on the third base side of the court according to the instructions of the staff.

After putting down their backpacks and equipment, they walked to the edge of the field with their bats or ball covers and began to warm up.

The students who came to support also found a place in the stand on the side of third base, ready to start their support.

Compared to the lively scene in the stands on the third base side, there were not so many people in the stands on the first base side, not only did there be no wind team and cheerleading team, but there were not many students wearing baseball uniforms, and more people from the community came to watch the game.

As for the other positions in the stands, there were even fewer people who came to watch the game, but there were many people wearing different school uniforms behind the stands, and it was obvious that they had come to scout the enemy.

Yukiichi quickly put on the catcher's protective gear with the help of his teammates, and went to the cowshed next to him to pitch and warm up with Koichiro Tanba, who had been waiting for him early.

"Miyuki, you kid must come on, don't you hear!"

The shouting from the stands brought Miyukiichi to a halt in his action to catch the ball, and he perfectly missed the baseball thrown by Tamba senior.

Miyukiichi had no choice but to get up and pick up the baseball rolling behind him, then looked up towards the stands, and found Kenta Maezono holding the microphone with a fierce gaze looking straight at him.

This was not an encouragement to him, but rather that he was frightened by the front garden.

"I really envy these strong schools." The players of Du Xiaopingnan looked at the Qingdao people opposite and couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't envy them, just do our own thing."

"If we can beat Qingdao in a while, maybe the school will organize students to come and watch our game." Du Xiaopingnan's captain said with anticipation.

"Then you have to be able to defeat Qingdao." Immediately, some team members complained.

"How do you know if you don't try? After all, we also won against other schools...... "Of course, there are also players who are not convinced.

"That's right, it's all about having this kind of momentum!" Du Xiaopingnan's supervisor immediately said to their players: "The game hasn't started yet, how can you give up easily?" ”

……

"The next thing that will be played is the second round match of the national high school field ball player Quan Nishi Tokyo Conference, Seido VS Tokohei Minami match, first base side, Tokohei Minami High School, third base side, Seido High School. The game will officially start at 10:00 a.m., and now the real-time temperature is xx degrees, and the highest temperature will reach xx (too lazy to find the specific temperature at that time) degrees......

The stadium's radio repeatedly announced the upcoming fixtures, and at the same time reminded the spectators of the various things to be aware of during the game.

After the warm-up, everyone in the first army lined up, and with the referee's order, they rushed to the field together, bowed to each other with the players on the opposite side, and then the nine players who started on the Qingdao side stayed on the field, and the other players withdrew and returned to the rest area on the Qingdao side.

"It seems that the pitcher sent by Qingdao is not their trump card Yagami Yagami? And Jinguji in the third grade did not play. ”

"Look at the roster, it's a second-year bench pitcher."

"The catcher is a first-year student, and the Qingdao overseer is really bold enough."

"Aren't they afraid of losing the first battle?"

The audience took the pamphlet they got when they entered the stadium and listened to the list of people broadcast on the radio, and there was a lot of discussion about it.

In the rest area on the side of first base, the players of Du Xiaopingnan looked at the Qingdao Pitcher who was doing the final pitching warm-up on the field, and there was no envy in his eyes in addition to the annoyance and unwillingness to do this.

Du Xiaopingnan's supervisor stood at the entrance and exit of the rest area, frowning and watching the situation on the field. Although they won the last game, they were not so arrogant that they thought that Qingdao was an opponent that could be easily defeated, but they were so careless by the opponent that they arranged several substitutes to play, and even the most important pitchers and catchers also let the substitutes play, which really made people feel very angry.