Early the next morning, Kitahara Hiroyuki took his men to Hupigou.

Although theoretically, he is now the highest commander here. In fact, he thought it was impossible to command Sato and Takahashi.

Fortunately, his teacher gave him such a sharp sword, otherwise he would have come to reinforce Sato and Takahashi's brigade, and it would be strange if these two people were not treated as cannon fodder.

Moreover, after Sato Brigade and Takahashi Brigade annexed Yamada Brigade and a logistics brigade, the total number of people is still more than 1,600.

This is more than four times the number of people he brought.

Therefore, in the battle with the Harujiang Hoguerrillas, Kitahara Hiroyuki still relied on Sato and Takahashi.

But unfortunately, no matter how Kitahara Hiroyuki flattered Sato and Takahashi, these two people just didn't buy it.

He didn't know that just last night, Colonel Sato and Colonel Takahashi had already thought of a countermeasure. No matter how clever Kitahara Hiroyuki was, they just perfunctorily agreed, "Yeah" and "Ah".

This made Kitanohara Hiroyuki feel extremely headache. He knew that these two old foxes must be dissatisfied with the orders of their teachers, and they would not really cooperate with them.

But, he can't do nothing, right? So what did he do when he came to the front line?

So he tentatively issued an order, ordering Sato's scouts: "You go to the burned woods with a slight blue smoke to investigate and see if the overfire jungle can pass. Our goal is to catch up with the Harujiang Haoguzhe, and we must not let them run away!"

The captain of the reconnaissance team did not rush to respond, but looked at Colonel Sato.

Colonel Sato thought for a while and nodded.

The Japanese team leader took the order and led more than thirty people into the jungle.

Kitahara Hiroyuki stayed in place with Colonel Sato, Colonel Takahashi and others waiting for news.

Kitahara Hiroyuki still tried to get close to Colonel Takahashi and Colonel Sato. After all, if they cannot work together in this battle, it will be difficult to win.

But Sato and Takahashi have made up their minds: Grandma, isn’t you Kitahara Hiroshi? Then you can command it! We don’t say anything anyway, it depends on how you command it.

Kitahara Hirotsuki had no choice but to wait quietly, hoping that the reconnaissance team could bring back good news.

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At the same time, the Japanese reconnaissance team.

On the edge of the jungle in Husie Gully, the Japanese reconnaissance team carefully stepped into this jungle that had just experienced the burning fire.

The air in the jungle was filled with the smell of burnt and smoke, and every step you took, a large amount of black smoke would rise.

The Japanese choked and coughed, while some Japanese choked and complained.

However, at this moment, a strange feeling suddenly came from the feet of a Japanese man. Before he could react, he fell into a seemingly plain ground.

It turned out that it was a fire pit covered by ashes. Although the surface was extinguished, there was still burning charcoal hidden inside.

"ah!--"

With a shrill scream, the Japanese scout was swallowed by the flames.

His clothes burned instantly, and his skin quickly turned black in the flames.

The Japanese around were stunned by the sudden change. They watched their companions struggling in pain in the fire pit, but were helpless.

"Help! Save me!"

The Japanese in the fire pit shouted desperately, but the Japanese around them could not get close.

The heat of the flames discouraged them, and they could only watch their companions' lives disappear little by little in the flames.

At this moment, the grenades on the Japanese scouts in the fire pit were detonated due to the high temperature. A loud bang was deafening, and the fire was splashing everywhere, and the entire jungle seemed to be shocked.

The shock wave generated by the explosion overturned the surrounding Japanese soldiers to the ground. They got up in horror and looked around. The Japanese scout who fell into the fire pit had turned into ashes in the explosion.

The remaining Japanese were frightened by this sudden change and fled from the scene in panic.

After returning to the position, they stuttered to Hiroki Kitahara, Colonel Sato and others reported the situation.

The captain of the Japanese Reconnaissance Team said in a trembling voice: "In the jungle, there is still dark fire,... one of our scouts,... was burned to death,..."

After hearing this, Hiroyuki Kitahara and Colonel Sato's faces changed suddenly. They realized that they would face great risks when they traveled through the jungle.

However, at this moment, Panasonic said something out of place: "Your Excellency, I don't know which bastard burned this forest, otherwise we would have passed through it and wiped out the Chunjiang Hao Guerrillas."

When the old Japanese devil heard this, his face turned green, because he was the one who ordered the burning of the tiger skin ditch jungle.

Takahashi on the side also looked at Panasonic coldly. After all, he also recognized the burning of the tiger skin gorge jungle.

Kitahara Hiroyuki saw that Takahashi and Sato looked bad. He was about to explain, but he didn't expect that Sato had already spoken:

"Young people, you have to go through your brain when talking. Do you think someone is as stupid as you, and you just burn the forest in the tiger skin ditch?"

Kitahara Hiroyuki smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't be surprised by yourselves. Panasonic is indeed young and has a very naive view of many things. Please forgive him."

Sato snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, what if I don't forgive me? As the supreme commander here, Kitahara Jun, what should you deal with me?"

Kitahara Hiroyuki was angry and said to himself: "You old man, if it weren't for the sake of my teacher, I would have to hit you hundreds of military sticks."

But on the surface, Kitahara Hiroyuki still wanted to laugh and said: "Sato Jun is so good at joking. How dare I blame Sato Jun? It's all my subordinates who can't speak. I'll apologize to you for him here, sorry for Sato Jun."

When Panasonic saw that his idol was going to apologize for him, he immediately stopped him and said, "Your Excellency, you should not lower your noble head because of me. I want to apologize, I will do it myself."

As he said that, Panasonic stood at the sight in front of Sato, bowed heavily and said, "I'm sorry, Lord Sato, I'm too young. Please forgive me. If you don't forgive me, I'm willing to apologize in front of you."

"snort!"

Sato sneered and thought to himself: Just septate if you have septiles, it’s all my business?

But Takahashi was afraid that things would get worse and both sides would not be able to deal with it, so he started a peacemaker and said, "Pandaso is not the case, and Sato Jun is also angry. It was because the guerrillas set up a large number of traps in the forest and we could not pass through the tiger skin ditch, so we ordered the burning forest."

"I'm sorry, I was reckless. Please forgive my ignorance, two commanders."

Panasonic bowed again at this time because he also felt that he was too hasty just now.

But Sato saw that Panasonic apologized twice, and Takahashi was working as a peacemaker on the side, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, these are all small things. What we need to do now is how to pass through this forest and continue to pursue the guerrillas."

Speaking of this, Sato looked at Kitahara Hiroshi again and said, "General Takeda sent you to take over the command, and he must have his intention. If you have any orders, please issue them. Don't think we will make things difficult for you.

We are all veterans on the battlefield. We know which one is more important and will not ignore your orders just because of personal emotions.

Of course, we also hope that you can bring victory to the Imperial Army, rather than wasting the Imperial Army's life in vain, do you understand?"

"Hi! I will ensure the safety of each Imperial Army to the greatest extent. Please rest assured of this!"

Kitahara Hiroyuki bowed slightly again, giving Sato and Takahashi full of conscientiousness.

Otherwise, as the highest commander here, even if his rank is lower than the two in front of him, they would have to bow their heads to him.

However, Kitahara Hiroyuki has bowed his head to Sato and Takahashi many times, which is enough to show his sincerity in cooperation.
Chapter completed!