The country is broken

In the huge office of the Garrison Headquarters of the Japanese Mengjiang Garrison, although the outside is sunny, the room still looks a bit cold and murderous.

There is a wakizashi (among the two samurai swords often carried by Japanese samurai, the short one is the wakizawa, which is specially used for suicide) pressed on the snow-white silk. The Bushido spirit will be relieved by the seppuku suicide, but unfortunately there is no kendo master as an intermediary, and everything has to be done by yourself.

"Kudo Jominin, are you ready? This is a special honor for you, an honor only a samurai can enjoy." The security commander Xiaochai's thin face was full of fear. His plan to assassinate the new chief of the Eighth Route Army failed, and he lost all his money. It was serious, and it aroused the vigilance of the opponent, and a large number of troops were sent to guard the arsenal. The chance of doing it again in the future is very slim.

Standing against the wall in the office were a few major officers with their heads held high and expressions on their faces.

Since the Meiji Restoration ended the era of shogunate rule in Japan at the end of the 19th century, major reforms have taken place in the military, politics and culture. Ninjas are no longer valued due to changes in arms, and their numbers have been greatly reduced. As a traditional special arm, only A small number of families have been preserved in order to maintain the tradition. Usually, ninjas appear in the form of bodyguards, and sometimes as monitors of high-level pro-Japanese people in China. They usually wear modern clothing and weapons. It is difficult for anyone to be able to It can be seen that they are ninjas, and they rarely have the opportunity to carry out missions armed with traditional ninja equipment. Because of the particularity and rarity of ninjas, they rarely perform assassination missions. Since there are special assassination missions, they are usually However, in the execution of the assassination mission this time, only one of the elite ninja teams dispatched from various places was injured and escaped back. This made the already thin ninja team worse, and it was a big loss. The face of the Japanese empire. [

Thinking of this, the security commander Xiao Chai gritted his teeth in hatred, his eyes were full of anger, "Damn the Chinese people!~".

"It's the subordinate who can, and the subordinate is willing to take all the responsibilities!~" Kudo Kazuro picked up the wakizashi with a calm expression, wiped it with white silk, and raised the blade aimed at his abdomen. Wei and the others let him go, and his superiors would not let him go. He was originally a ninja produced through life and death elimination.

"Please wait a moment!~ Commander Koshiba, I have something to say!~" A major officer stood up, and Kudo Kazuo looked up, and saw that it was Neiji Koda, his fellow villager.

"What's the matter?! Major Koda!~" Xiaoshiba's expression was very bad. As a samurai, he should die with honor and no one should disturb him.

"Please give Kudo-kun one more chance!~" Major Koda Ningji showed determination in his eyes. It is also a fate to meet his fellow countrymen when he went abroad to fight. The fellow townsman fought for some opportunities, and at the same time, he also thought it was too wasteful for such a Jonin to let him commit suicide in vain.

"Commander, please think twice!~" Several other minor rank officers looked at each other, and also took a step forward to stand with Major Koda, they still remembered the friendship of comrades.

Commander Xiao Chai was taken aback, which surprised him, but he didn't say anything, he just paced back and forth with a cloudy expression on his face, and the faces of the standing officers were disturbed, they were ready to be reprimanded by the commander It was bloody preparations, but Kudo Kazuro next to him still didn't say a word, kneeling with his eyes straight ahead, still holding Wakizawa in his hand, as long as Xiaoshiba said a word, he would do it without hesitation, Disembowelment like a true samurai.

"Hmph!~" It took a long time for Commander Xiao Chai to break the almost suffocating atmosphere in the room, "Then give me a chance, the only chance!~"

"The death of Lieutenant General Norihide Abe has brought great adverse effects to our army. In order to avenge the Chinese army and save the face of the imperial army, Kudo-kun, the officer of the Chinese army who killed Lieutenant General Abe will be entrusted to you. , if you fail again, you don’t have to come back.” Commander Koshiba’s face twitched, looking very ferocious. The death of Kihide Abe at the end of last year almost shocked the Japanese government and the public, and Neiji Okamura almost stationed Mengjiang in the village. The senior officers of the army scolded him severely.

"Hi!~ This subordinate swears to die to complete the task." Kudo Kazuro let go of his heart, and he didn't have to die for the time being.

"Thank you, Commander!~" Major Kota Ningji was still quite happy in his heart. Although this time it is still a very dangerous mission to escape from death, it is always good to be alive now. In addition, for a Jonin, the assassination mission should always be There was a chance of survival, and that was all he could do.

"Kudou-kun, rest for a few days first, pick a few people you like, and go!~" Commander Xiaoshiba waved his hand, signaling for Kudo Kazuro to leave first.

"Hi!~" Kudo Kazuo put down Wakizawa, bowed and retreated.

When Li Wei came out of the arsenal this time, he did not bring guards, because it was no longer necessary. After the ninja attack last time, the Eighth Route Army headquarters specially strengthened the security work for the outbound traffic of the No. [-] Arsenal in Huangyadong. Squads and militia squads patrolled near the road, and immediately issued an alarm as soon as they found an enemy situation, and the nearby teams immediately surrounded them after hearing the news.

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Wangjiayu, except for the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushing to and fro and the occasional cavalry galloping past, the local people lived leisurely as before, even more comfortably, because some soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were staying here I often come to help in my spare time, such as chopping some firewood, fetching some water, taking care of children, feeding chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and pigs, and sometimes even weeding in the fields together to water and fertilize.

The tense atmosphere of the war did not spread from the soldiers to the people of Wangjiayu at all. It seemed that there were two different worlds. Except for occasional warm greetings or greetings from both sides, there was no atmosphere of war at all. In the eyes of ordinary people when they saw the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, they could clearly see a kind of trust and stability, as if with the Eighth Route Army, the flames of war would never burn here.

This is the second time for Li Wei to come to Wangjiayu, and the enthusiasm of the local soldiers and civilians is still unbearable to him. The common people stood at the door for a while, without saying or doing anything, and someone in the inner room immediately pulled a bench and asked for water. Let Li Wei come in to rest, and even persuade him to have lunch together.

Li Wei was really moved by the hospitality of the people in the mountains. He didn't sit down and rest, and didn't drink water. He just asked the address of the training class and continued to move forward. Perhaps the influence of the surrounding environment, in his mind, The Eighth Route Army's three disciplines and eight points of attention have almost become his code of conduct. The so-called modern sophistication of the world has no place to play in this atmosphere.