【Gao Gui】The Glorious Years

1945.4 Toshiro Hijikata

Among the new recruits who have just joined the army, Gui Xiaotaro is the most conspicuous existence.It's not because of how good-looking he is - when it comes to the beauty of his face, the bastard Okita may not lose to him, even though the little bastard looks forward to his death every day by stepping on a landmine, I have to admit this.What sets Katsura Kotaro apart is his joyful energy. I have never seen any soldier go to the battlefield so happily, as if he is on a long-awaited date.

These Okinawans who have temporarily joined the army have not received special combat training. Most of them may be reduced to cannon fodder before they are formally incorporated into the army, and their names and appearances are not even remembered.If it were two or three years ago, I might still feel sorry for it, but in the countless times of bloody battles, I have long been numb. Every second, I have to beware of the gap between artillery fire and bullets. Who has the strength to worry about it? other people's lives.

Kondo handed over a group of young rookies to me. He said that it was too unfair for these young people to die early, so let me cover them.He always has an untimely soft heart, but if it weren't for this, Okita and I might not have followed him wholeheartedly from the beginning.

That day, the little ones stood in a row to listen to my lecture, all of them were nervous, as if they were afraid that if they lost their minds, I would take out a ruler and hit their palms like a teacher.Only Katsura Kotaro blinked and looked around.I stopped and stared at him for a while, but he didn't respond, until everyone's heads turned to him, and he scratched his head embarrassingly.This kind of absent-minded guy will definitely die several times if he throws it into the flames of war.

"Captain, have you ever met a man named Shinsuke Takasugi?" He asked me such a stupid question without knowing what to do.The strange thing is that he doesn't have a Ryukyu accent, but a pure Tokyo accent.

"You, come out and do fifty push-ups." No matter who he is, it's still necessary to kill chickens and scare monkeys.

Katsura Kotaro was fairly obedient, and obediently obeyed my orders with the most standard posture.When he stood up again, his face was flushed, and a few drops of sweat trickled down his bangs.

It still looks good that way.

After assigning military uniforms and equipment to the recruits, and instructing them to change into clothes and familiarize themselves with the rifles first, this guy stuck to it relentlessly.

"Captain, Shinsuke Takasugi has a strange hair color, a little purple, a poker face, and is much shorter than me. Have you really never seen him?" He gestured for the height difference with his index finger and thumb as he spoke.

I stared at him again, this guy was really not afraid of me at all, he called me the captain, but acted as if I was not his boss but a familiar partner.

But when he described it like this, I actually saw a soldier who was similar to his description. That man's fierce aura stood out among the newcomers, so I had an impression.

Katsura Kotaro's expectant gaze softened my heart for some reason.Few people in the army dare to look me in the eye. I know they are afraid. They have seen me kill people without batting an eye on the battlefield, or heard some bloody and brutal legends. Everyone secretly calls me ghost ten Four.But Katsura Kotaro didn't show the slightest flinch in his eyes, he was so straightforward that I was not used to it.

Or maybe he's just born weak.

At last I, the devil, backed down, and I told him that whenever he bumps into a silver-haired brute, he'll probably see whoever he wants to see.

The recruits quickly entered the battle, and the Americans pushed the defense line of Mugang with full horsepower. We can no longer hold back, and every bit of defensive force that can be used must be guarded.I accidentally placed Katsura Kotaro in a position where I could see him, because I had some unexplainable emotions towards him, maybe I was curious about his future performance, maybe I wanted to spy on the changes that the war would bring to him.Every soldier undergoes some sort of change, from demeanor to personality, usually more pronounced the younger he is.I have witnessed countless pairs of pupils fade from enthusiasm to decadence.The moment of war robs some people of their smiles, and they never come back.

Gui Xiaotaro's youthful and bright face made me place some inexplicable expectations on him, and I still don't quite know what it is.

Anyway, it's not such a goosebump wish of "wanting to protect him".

Frankly speaking, Katsura Kotaro exceeded my expectations in some aspects, such as calmness.Although most of the little devils who used guns and cannons for the first time were also full of ambitions, the tension and bewilderment that flickered between their actions could not escape my eyes.Katsura Kotaro didn't have these worries, he was very calm, and his way of pulling the trigger was far more skillful and precise than others.His hands never trembled, and he almost completed every procedure with perfection and confidence.A natural fighter, perhaps, though that doesn't match his effeminate form.

The United States had nothing to do with the tunnel warfare for a while, and we were in a stalemate for three days.When I was eating in the middle, I said to Katsura Kotaro, "It's not bad", and several soldiers immediately choked out the compressed biscuits.

"The boss actually praised me, did you hear that just now?" Yamazaki whispered to the little soldier next to him, and shut up immediately after I stared at him.

"But your hair is too long, and you can easily be caught by the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. Cut it off." I ordered him.

He resisted the order.Absolutely no obedience punished for doing push-ups.

"This one doesn't work. I'm sorry Captain, but no one will forgive me if I cut my hair." He seemed to say "the weather is really nice today" with ease.

"And I won't give the Americans this chance, don't worry."

The soldiers stared at him dumbfounded. "I'm going to die, I'm going to die." Yamazaki made a gesture to run away, "The boss is going to kill someone, please hide."

Of course I didn't kill Gui, I didn't even get angry, but naturally believed that he had his reasons.But in order to protect Ghost Fourteen's face, I fined him a third of his compressed biscuits.

He almost smiled and broke off the biscuit and handed it to me. "Thank you," he said.

Mugang failed to hold in the end, and the Americans used four divisions to attack in a roundabout way. On the fifth day, we had to retreat.

The morale of the entire army is low. Apart from the loss of equipment and troops, what makes people even more disturbed is the momentum of retreat.There are many people who are still calm and composed, and Katsura Kotaro is one of them.He didn't seem to care about the battle itself, only when he would rendezvous with other teams.I can't stand his old mother's pestering again and again, so I have to deal with him indiscriminately. It should be in the past few days, and maybe I have to re-program.He was very happy to hear that.

What a strange person.

Two days later, the silver-haired beast and his party really showed up.The little bastard Okita came along with him, and the beginning was "It's a pity that Mr. Hijikata is still alive and unscathed".grass.

Silverfur still looked at me with his nose, and I naturally returned the salute with my nose. "Hmph." It was a greeting.

Only Katsura Kotaro rejoiced.From the moment he saw Silver Feather, he rushed over in a rage. "Jin Zhu!" He couldn't wait to use his eyes to search for the existence of the other party, so he yelled.

Everyone stopped to look at him strangely. This liveliness was obviously not suitable for the current battle situation. He was so happy that he could almost arouse dissatisfaction and even resentment.

Only one person continued on without looking back.The dark purple hair is very conspicuous.

"Jin Zhu, wait for me!" Gui Xiaotaro must have seen him, and ran in that direction even more happily.

The man settled his steps and finally turned around.

I have never seen such an expression of astonishment and grief on Katsura Kotaro's face. Looking back on that expression many years later, it still makes me breathless.The war has made me used to seeing all kinds of heart-piercing, but Katsura Kotaro's happy face suddenly collapsed is beyond my expectation.He was not defeated by the battlefield, what made him defeated in an instant was the man in front of him named Shinsuke Takasugi, who roughly took away his usual big smile and pointed at him in front of everyone broken.I found that I could not bear it slightly, and even felt sorry for him.

Gao Shan's left eye was covered with a thick bandage, and the fresh blood stains on the white snow were shocking.

"Are you... okay?" Gui Xiaotaro's usually clear voice suddenly became hoarse.

"Who asked you to come." Gao Shan's cold eyes fell on his face, "Get lost."