Rear Admiral Daiaki Shigedo observes the battlefield from the artillery mirror left behind by the Marine Corps.

For some reason, he always smelled a faint stench. The smell of the battlefield was not a strange thing, but the stench of the soldiers' mutilated, wounded, discarded food or rotting corpses was nothing.

But the smell of this battlefield is very unique, and he has the feeling of walking on the fields of his hometown.

Yes, it smells of compost before sowing, but there are no plants here, and it smells sweet in the spring breeze.

The wind that came from the battlefield was more bloody and the unseemly stench. It was at this moment that the adjutant came to the command post and brought him new news.

"General, we have some news from the wounded."

"Hmm"

Major General Shigetsu straightened up without speaking, and there was no extra expression on his face.

The expression was not tense and remained tenacious and resolute, an expression that an officer or a samurai should always have, no matter how desperate the situation he faced.

"The enemy used a mine that the medics called the 'Cripple Makers'. It's crafted from our steel helmet, and it will cause a large number of ejections to shoot at attacking troops. ”

"Cripple Maker", Shigedo Daiaki recalls the name in his mind, feeling that the name itself is synonymous with cruelty. But he is a soldier, and the cruelty itself should be faced by people like him.

And he kept calm and asked,

"With steel helmets, their mines are improvised on the battlefield?"

"Yes general, and ......"

frowned unobtrusively, and his tone was heavier and urging,

"What else."

"General, they have a lot of manure in their mines, so many wounded soldiers are in danger of amputation."

Major General Shigedo nodded secretly, and he already understood in an instant why adding manure to the mines was just to increase the chance of infection for the wounded.

"What else?"

"General, in the last attack of the naval red deer, they originally relied on the cover of artillery fire on the artillery position to gain an advantage, but they were blown up by the other side with kites and bombs."

"With a kite, are you sure?"

This time, Shigedo Daiaki, who has always had a tough face, couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"Yes, generals, they are using triangular kites, carrying bombs to blow up the artillery positions of the naval red deer. It's a pity that the location of the Sihang warehouse is too close to the public concession, so our artillery fire can't destroy those kites. ”

Shigeto Daiaki understood this, because if he used a cannonball against those kites, unless it was an air-burst bomb, he would fly over his head and fall into the public concession, which would cause big trouble in the world.

"No wonder the naval red deer will be defeated in their hands, I don't know who came up with these methods in the Four Elements Warehouse, he is a respectable samurai."

His adjutant apparently also brought good news about this,

"General, I found someone who is willing to tell us more about it, but he won't tell anyone else, and he won't say it until he sees you."

When he saw me, he would say, doesn't he want to be in the Navy and want to be transferred to the Army?

Shigedo Daiaki had some doubts in his heart, why a naval officer would not say anything when he saw him. But more inside information is exactly what he needs, and although his military is strong enough, knowing more about the battlefield will definitely be beneficial for future attacks.

"Okay, you call him in, let's talk alone, it's ......"

In a blink of an eye, he hadn't taken care of tidying up, Xiong Chuan Yong's small office.

"Right in the office, you bring him in."

"Hi"

A moment later, Rear Admiral Shigedo Daiaki met the visitor in his office, and it was only now that he knew why Rear Admiral Isamu Kumagawa had entered the small office when he came.

There was a white cloth underneath it, and there were other things that might be used for seppuku.

When looking at those things on the ground, Shigedo Daiaki felt a touch of compassion in his heart.

The army and navy do not deal with each other, it is a dispute between the branches of the service. Looking down on the generals of the defeated army, that is due to the samurai spirit. However, stopping a samurai's seppuku is not a glorious thing.

Despite these thoughts, I didn't pack those things.

The person who entered the small office was a young lieutenant, and especially seeing the bandages on his body and his pale face, I couldn't help but worry a little about whether his body could hold up.

"You...... Sit down and talk. ”

"General, my name is Yohei Higashikawa, and I am the commander of the Higashikawa unit of the Marine Corps Sniper Unit."

Sniper...... The Dongchuan troops, don't think that Major General Shigetto is a general, but he doesn't know much about sniper units, but he has heard that some junior officers who have studied in Germany have proposed the establishment of such a unit.

And as an old-school army officer, I don't think much of the sniper unit, and I feel that it is a kind of thief-like combat style, which is not tolerated by the spirit of bushido.

Kiyokawa Yohei knew what these old-school officers thought, and he now had a sniper unit in his hands, and although three buildings were blown up by the teacher, there were no more than thirty people left.

But this is the seed of the sniper unit of the Japanese army, and he firmly believes that in the later operations, the military department will gradually understand the role of the sniper unit.

After all, in the Pacific War, snipers were used to deal with the US military, and although the tactics were wrong and the training was wrong, there were really a lot of results in the Lin operation.

Seeing that he had reported his troops, the army general in front of him looked disapproving, and Higashikawa Yohei further said,

"General, I know who gave so many ideas to the Chinese army in the Sixing Warehouse, especially I want you to understand that if you don't understand him, no one can attack the Sixing Warehouse."

"Anyone?"

Hearing this, Shigeto Daiqiu wanted to laugh, after all, the Chinese army had been defeated on the battlefield of Songhu, how could it be impossible to capture such a four-element warehouse.

But after thinking about it, he understood the meaning of the young lieutenant in front of him.

In other words, there is a person in the warehouse of the four elements, who is very good at giving full play to his own advantages. Maybe that person is not as useful as the second lieutenant in front of him said, but now he lacks knowledge of the enemy.

Thinking of this, the tenacious look on his face relaxed slightly, revealing some curiosity.

Even asked with a slight smile,

"Why, Second Lieutenant Dongchuan, you also came back from studying in Germany, so please tell me who the most important person in the Sixing warehouse is."

Sure enough, his words aroused the interest of Major General Shigeto, but Higashikawa Yohei didn't want to say his information so early.

He knew that the Marine Corps' intelligence department would definitely not tell the Army useful information.

Then he will have the opportunity to exchange the news of his principal for a better future.