In a quarry north of Qiqihar City, on the inclined surface of the huge hillside, a man in a tattered military cotton suit was igniting the fuse. The fuse was inserted into the hole of the gun, only half a meter long. The man's hands were trembling slightly, and he carefully brought the match that was about to burn.

This man is of medium figure, with a garlic and a focused expression. A large group of young men gathered a few hundred meters below the mountain. He looked at the man squatting there lit the fuse on the side of the mountain, talking nonsense.

The workers in this quarry were all former Japanese officers and soldiers who were sentenced to hard labor for various reasons. As for why they did not put these "shams of the army" and did not put these "scums" into the front-line punishment camp, the Kanto Army general Mijiro Umezu said: These pigs are not worthy.

The person who lit the fuse was Yutaro Watanabe, the captain of the 35th Brigade of the 8th Division of the Kanto Army. Watanabe participated in the "Nei Jun Investigation" in Changbai Mountain last year and suffered consecutive defeats. What made Noi Jun Investigation the most unwilling tolerate was that this guy ran into Yang Jingyu twice and escaped from the encirclement by Yang Jingyu who was at an extreme disadvantage twice, which laid huge hidden dangers on the empire and caused irreparable losses. Such a person should torture him to death with cruel punishment.

As soon as the Changbai Mountain crusade ended, Yutaro Watanabe was arrested and sentenced to five years of hard labor. Due to his involvement, about a hundred officers and soldiers of all sizes of his subordinates were also sentenced to death. They were sent to the extremely difficult quarry of Qiqihar North Mountain in winter.

The former Watanabe brigade's Wansuke, Yoshida Shigeru, Kojimatsu and other squadron leaders were not spared and were sentenced to hard labor. They were all sentenced to hard labor. They were now standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, waiting for Watanabe to ignite the fuse and run down the mountain. They could meet this colleague. The former captain of the first squadron, Toyota Wansuke's expression was different from the other two colleagues. He wanted Watanabe to ignite the fire but exploded to death on it. Mom, he had been following this cowardly commander for eight lifetimes. Black smoke came out of the graves of the eight generations of ancestors, which made me, an elite officer with a promising future, implicated by Watanabe. He went to this ghost place where the birds could not shit and could not eat enough to eat, and he was ruined for the rest of his life.

"Watanabe, why didn't it ignite the fire?" Toyota Wansuke cursed in a low voice, and the other two who heard his curses looked at him with contempt. Toyota has been blaming Watanabe for his misconduct, causing him to be punished by his superiors, but Shigeru Yoshida and Matsu Kojima knew that Toyota was not just implicated. With this guy's performance in that battle, he could be sentenced to being shot by his actions. Now he is just a hard labor, and he is not satisfied? There is no team spirit at all! He slanders Watanabe everywhere and reports to supervisors. He is really a scumbag.

The defeat is fought together, and of course we have to take responsibility together. But as the commander, Watanabe has to bear more. Who dares to say that there is no responsibility for other people? Ineffective command, retreating in the face of war, timid and afraid of death, etc. Who dares to say that he really fully demonstrates the spirit of Bushido?

Yutaro Watanabe's hands have been trembling for a long time. He has to do the job of litting the fuse every day, but it has never been as dangerous as today. Today's gun hole is halfway up the mountain, with a safe distance of more than 400 meters. According to his calculations, it takes at least 2 minutes to run outside the safe distance after ignition. However, it depends on the length of the fuse inserted in the gun hole, and it cannot support burning for two minutes. This requires him to run to a safe distance today before the rocks after the explosion catch up with him. However, that is only possible, because the rocks on the hillside are rugged and he can't run that far away.

Haga! Someone must have wanted to mess with me today! This is my life! Watanabe lets the matches in his hand be extinguished. Instead of lit the fuse, he stands straight and turns back, looking at the supervisor's station in the distance with anger. The fuse was taken from a supervisor. It was originally given 1 meter long, but only half a meter today. Isn't this trying to plot or something?

In the dormitory of the supervisor's garrison, two officers wearing crisp military coats held telescopes and observed Yutaro Watanabe on the hillside through the window glass.

"I think he's already aware of it." One of the men said softly.

"Yes," the second man nodded quietly, still staring at Watanabe's movements through the telescope.

The anger in Watanabe's eyes gradually disappeared, and a ray of despair climbed up to the face. He turned his eyes to the sky, glanced at the clean and flawless blue sky greedily, then suddenly squatted down and resolutely stroked the match, lit the fuse. After igniting the fuse, he did not run away. He sat next to the gun hole, looked at the original subordinates who were jumping anxiously below, and sighed deeply.

He had enough! Under the secret protection of his uncle, he should have been shot immediately to serve as a warning to You, but he was sentenced to hard labor and saved his life. He thought that he could still serve the Emperor after his service period, but unexpectedly, someone would not let him go and asked him to die today. Just die. It is meaningless to live like now.

The fuse burned until it reached the eyebrow. Watanabe closed his eyes and waited for a long time...**No explosion. Watanabe opened his eyes in surprise and looked at the place where Qingyan disappeared, at a loss.

"I think he has passed the test." One of the two officers in the supervisor dormitory, the officer who shoulders the rank of captain, slowly reminded.

"Yeah", another officer nodded as usual, and then pushed the door first and walked out.

The "hard-serving criminals" were quickly gathered, including Yutaro Watanabe who "received death as if he were home". Two majestic officers walked in front of them...

After only two officers read the words "You have been released and re-entered into the Tokyo United of the 28th Division", Yutaro Watanabe could no longer hear other words, his heart was filled with ecstasy, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

They secretly asked the commander Mijiro Umezu, and after Umezumi Mijiro's consent, they re-enlisted the troops. However, Mijiro Umezumi did not allow them to draw from other troops or local garrisons. They wanted to add thousands of soldiers and find a way for themselves.

In addition to recruiting some 16-year-old pioneer troupe youths who were over 16 years old, Sasaki Tochika also focused on various Japanese criminals detained in the "Manchukuo". These people were either imprisoned in various hard labor camps for various crimes or because of defeat. It should be no problem to select 2,300,000 people from among them, and they will not attract too much attention.

He was in a hurry to seek medical treatment. Sasaki Sasaki wanted to select some hard-core traitors from the "Manchu Army" to supplement it. He was rejected mercilessly by the Noble Deputy Masato Masato. The Noble Deputy Masato Masato despised him, how could "Manchu" be able to enter the noble main force of the Japanese army? He asked them to lead the way and thought they were too pug. Although the Tokyo United lacked people, they could not want anything.

As a consolation prize for Sasaki Tochi, Nobuya Masato agreed to recruit some Korean-Japanese youths into the Tokyo United because they are Japanese and are a little more reliable than the traitor army.

Watanabe Yutaro's name was re-referred, and Nobita Masato gave Watanabe uncle a face, saying that as long as Watanabe has the determination to die, he could make Watanabe re-enter the army and serve the emperor as a loyalty, and the past was written off.

When the recruiting officers came to this quarry, the recruitment work had come to an end.

"Watanabe, Watanabe." Someone whispered in the ears of Yutaro Watanabe.

Watanabe was awakened and recovered from his surprise and ignorant state. He straightened his body tightly and showed the quality of a veteran.

One of the recruiters continued to whisper: "Let you ignite that short fuse means above. He wants to see your courage. It is said that you always defeated the battle because you are timid, so..." He glanced at the other recruiter who was talking to the supervisor with a stern face. "Fortunately you passed the test, if you don't have the consequences, you will be worried!"

Watanabe understood that if he had disobeyed today and did not lit the fuse, he would have been a dead body now. Thinking of this, Watanabe was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat.

"I know your uncle." The recruiter added with a smile.

"Just like this, my uncle saved me?" Watanabe was disappointed. The test was too lingering. My uncle didn't reveal any information about him.

"Well! Don't blame your uncle, he has no choice. He told me, either you pass the test and he will find you a good position, or you will die. He really can't embarrass you any more!"

Nani? Uncle, you are too cruel! Watanabe blamed his uncle in dissatisfaction. What if I... would you let me die?

At noon, Watanabe and his former subordinates put on military uniforms again and ate the soy sauce soup that they hadn't eaten for more than a year. When the familiar smell entered their mouths, everyone couldn't help but burst into tears.

At 8 o'clock the next morning, all the officers and soldiers of the "Tokyo United" who had breakfast gathered in a barracks camp outside the city to listen to the teachings of the division commander Sadato Ishiguro.

Finally, Sadatsu Ishiguro pulled out a small lieutenant with a gloomy look from behind and kindly gave the small lieutenant the rank of captain.

"Do you know who he is?" Ishiguro Sadazusa praised the mob, including the scumbag standing underneath, and said: "He is Captain Sano-Rae-Baji who vowed to protect the flag of the United Nations in the last battle. It is because he spared no effort to protect this flag that you can join this glorious Tokyo United. I hope you all will learn from him, and don't forget your sense of honor and responsibility, and don't forget your loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor."

Shale Baji took out the brigade flag from his arms, shook the flag with a wooden face and grabbed one side of the flag with both hands, allowing the cold wind to pull the flag straight.

The broken flags were covered with dense bullet holes, silently telling the cruelty of the battle.

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Chapter completed!