Beacon 1937

November [-], [-], evening

Koji Ito, who led the army to step into Shanghai again, had not had time to take a sip of tea when Hideichi Tanaka walked in suddenly.

"Report to Colonel! The western area of ​​the public concession has been cleaned up. We found a traditional Chinese medicine shop that is almost intact, and the buildings near it can also be used for living. I think there can be temporary accommodation for our troops."

The Songhu area has become their pocket. Although the Chinese soldiers who were stranded here due to the chaotic retreat are still resisting stubbornly, they are not enough to pose a substantial threat.China's general situation is gone, even if it takes longer than expected to win Shanghai, it will not change the result.

He got up, put on his white gloves, and walked out of the tent with his head held high.

Sweeping coldly over the corpses of several soldiers lying in the Chinese medicine shop... Their deaths did not touch Ito Koji.

There has clearly been an exchange of fire here: "Give me a careful search inside and out."

"Yes!" A small team was ordered to search the entire Chinese medicine shop in case there were Chinese soldiers hiding in the dark.

At this time, Koji Ito found more corpses lying in front of the room on the right.He raised his hand to make a gesture, and the soldiers ran there immediately, and he and his adjutant followed closely.

There had been an explosion in this room, but it was vaguely recognizable as a cooking room.He looked around and soon noticed a strange spot on the floor.

"Boss! Except for this guy, a whole squad of our army was wiped out! We also found the bodies of two Chinese soldiers!" A military policeman ran up to him, stood at attention and saluted and reported to him.

"Bring it up."

"Yes!"

They brought forward a distraught soldier and threw the bodies of two Chinese soldiers straight to the ground.

Koji Ito walked over unhurriedly, stretched out his head to look at the two corpses with thousands of nostrils stabbed by bayonets, raised an eyebrow immediately, but quickly lost interest.

"You guys run away!" He cast his eyes on the trembling soldier.

Just such a sentence made the other party pee his pants in fright, kneel on the ground with a plop, begging for mercy repeatedly.

"Please spare me, Colonel! Please spare me!"

Humph……

Koji Ito played with his favorite gun, looking so careless, but his gloomy eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Our army does not need deserters!"

Hearing this, the soldier desperately begged for mercy, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, making the floor thump: "Please forgive me, Commander! I beg you to forgive me..."

However, Koji Ito's tolerance for deserters was almost zero, and he never thought about keeping alive from the beginning to the end, so he raised his gun and aimed, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

There was a sudden silence all around.The crimson blood of the corpse lying in a pool of blood kept gushing out from its head.Several gendarmes immediately carried it out.

"Stand back!" Ito Koji ordered, and all the soldiers ran out of the kitchen in unison, "Tanaka, you stay."

"Yes!"

When he and Tanaka were alone in the room, he winked at the adjutant, suggesting that Tanaka pay attention to the area that was pressed by the broken cupboard...a floor that was deformed by the explosion.

Obviously there is another space below here, the two Chinese soldiers did not choose to escape, but exchanged fire with a squad of our army, probably to protect the people hiding below.It can be seen that the possibility of civilians hiding inside is very high.

He doesn't like killing civilians, as long as they don't resist and leave here obediently, he will naturally order them to go.

Tanaka Hideichi tried his best to move away the cupboard that was in the way, and kicked open the door leading to the basement: "The people below come out for me." He ordered loudly in Chinese.

But the people below remained silent, as if they thought Tanaka was bluffing.

"Come up! I don't want to say it a third time, or I'll blow up this place!"

This time, the people below finally responded.When the figure in the white coat and the red cross armband on his arm appeared in front of him, it was as if a ray of sunlight illuminated the whole room.His haunting blue eyes stare nervously at the pistol Tanaka holds, and the bandaged American looks haggard.

"Doctor, long time no see!" How long has his heart really been beating?However, every time I see this person, I feel a certain joy, "Put the gun down, Lieutenant Tanaka, Dr. Ivan Abel is our important doctor."

Tanaka Shuichi was shocked when he heard the name "Ewen Abel" and immediately put away his gun.

"...I don't remember that I told you my name." The United States frowned, looking very unhappy.

"Doctor, you seem to be unaware of the fact that you have long been famous." Ignoring the existence of another Chinese boy, Ito Koji smiled very friendly, but stared at the doctor's eyes like an eagle, "Mr. Not to mention who you saved three months ago, just because one of your tricks caused our army to suffer an unexpected defeat in a battle, it is worth letting us remember you."

"Sorry, I'm just a doctor who doesn't know how to lead soldiers to fight, how can I let you lose the battle?"

Koji Ito already felt that this American was not willing to talk to him at all, which made him want to control this person even more, looking forward to what kind of expression he would see.

"Gas bombs, doctor! Do you remember gas bombs?"

"...Of course I remember." When the doctor said these four words, it seemed that he had exhausted all his strength.

Koji Ito admired his reaction, and continued to praise: "Your 'lime' has killed many of us."

"I didn't figure out what to do with your gas bombs by myself."

"That's right, there is also a German doctor...Christian Friedrich." He raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Immediately, the American doctor cast him a look of astonishment.I don't know why, it seems that every change in the other party's relationship will make Ito Koji more and more excited.

"Doctor, you don't need to be shocked. Our intelligence network is much better than those of the Chinese. And we appreciate talents very much. We pay more attention to attracting talents than blindly useless recruiting."

"Yes, Doctor Abel, our Empire of Japan values ​​people like you the most!" Shuichi Tanaka said suddenly, forgetting that he was just an adjutant, "Master Ito has always been a very strict officer, but he I’m full of praise for you. As long as you are willing to join our imperial army and help us unify Greater East Asia as soon as possible, you will definitely be honored and favored, and we will never treat you badly.”

Koji Ito had no time to reprimand his adjutant for breaking the rules, when he found that the American doctor was shaking suddenly. If the Chinese boy beside him had not held him up in time, he would have almost fallen to the ground.

... The unexpected reaction of this person instantly attracted all his attention.