章節 60: A Plausible Plan (8)

"Fuck, Daisuke, what does that look like to you?"

"Long stretched barbed wire and low 1.5m fortifications. For some reason, I feel like artillery is waiting behind that mountain-"

BOOM- KABOOM-

"-they are. Then under the feet of our men rushing there, there must be mines-"

KABOOM!

"...and mines too."

"These crazy higher-ups. The enemy is retreating? We're winning? Then were these defensive positions made overnight? Anyone can see they're luring us in!"

However, with the bankruptcy timer ticking, Imperial Headquarters pressured field commanders, and commanders in turn ordered their troops to charge to their deaths, so farmers-turned-soldiers had to rush forward whether they lived or died.

Still, making their winter failures look pale in comparison, the Japanese army steadily pushed forward.

Though casualties accumulated.

Though the enemy was carefully retrieving even damaged gun barrels as they retreated.