Philippines, San Romano.

Here, the war continues.

The Japanese troops were still resisting there.

Although most of the Japanese troops were driven into the deep mountains and forests, the fierce fighting never stopped for a day.

Especially at night.

Those Japanese soldiers who were seriously short of food often regarded night as their best cover.

When night falls, they will appear from the deep mountains and forests like a group of ghosts.

They will quietly approach the U.S. military positions. Once exposed, they will yell crazily and completely ignore the firepower charge without the commander's orders.

It's not that they are not afraid of death, but they know that they will die of hunger or illness sooner or later if they hide in the mountains and forests.

Perhaps, the process of waiting for death is even more painful.

Therefore, they would rather bet everything!

At this time, the Japanese army went completely crazy.

At the beginning, the US military suffered a lot from such a raid.

Those stationed around the city are all second-line troops with a serious lack of combat experience.

By the time they discovered it, the Japanese troops had often already rushed into position.

These Japanese soldiers have already lost their humanity.

For those American troops who still have breath, the bayonet will be directed at them without hesitation.

Of course, these Japanese troops had no intention of controlling the position and holding on to it.

Their only purpose is to find food and medicine.

U.S. military corpses are often stripped naked.

Then, these locust-like Japanese troops would roar back into the mountains and forests.

However, this style of play is easy to use at first.

When the US military began to pay attention to this issue, everything changed.

They brought in a large number of high-power searchlights to illuminate the night like daylight, making it impossible for any locusts to escape.

Moreover, weapons also began to increase.

The Japanese army wanted to attack rashly again, but under the almost torrential rain, they could do nothing but leave corpses on the ground.

During the day, the U.S. military's artillery would aimlessly bombard the mountains and forests opposite.

They don't care at all if they can blow up people.

It's as if the cannonballs are completely free of charge.

Stationed in San Romano is Major Garland of the US Army.

He was extremely disgusted with the locusts hiding in the mountains and forests across from him.

If possible, he would even order his men to kill all Japanese prisoners.

These people are always locusts, and they are all moths.

"Major, Mr. Crater is here."

"I know, please invite him in."

Crete came to San Romano a few days ago. He is an American businessman and holds a cooperation agreement issued by the Philippine Provisional Government.

Development of San Romano.

Major Garland couldn't understand: "Mr. Crater, there are still a lot of Japanese here, and the war is far from over. What are you going to develop here?"

"In my eyes, there are treasures everywhere here." At that time, Crater said with a smile: "Timber and minerals can all be developed. As for why should I take the risk now? Major, wait until the war is completely over.

, everyone will smell the money here. By then I will be facing many competitors."

Major Garland shrugged.

These businessmen, as long as there is profit to be made, danger is nothing to them.

Only money is the only thing.

However, as the contact deepened, Major Garland still became very fond of this young American businessman.

Because he can always get some scarce supplies.

Especially wine.

Of course, the U.S. military does not lack other supplies, but it is hard to say how much wine they have.

In view of the bad habit of drinking among many soldiers in the US military, the US Department of Defense has implemented strict controls.

Those navies can still make their own "torpedo cocktails", but the army is in dire straits.

Therefore, wine is extremely popular among the military.

Crater's gift to Major Garland was a whole box of whiskey.

This made Major Garland fall in love with this young man immediately.

And, it's not just that.

Crater was also able to acquire a large number of books with sexy American soldiers on their covers and illustrations, as well as a variety of records.

He even gave Major Garland a record by the popular jazz singer Cab Calloway in the United States.

You know, after the war broke out, these records became relatively rare.

Major Garland himself is also a fan of Calloway, and this record is the best gift for him.

Therefore, from that moment on, the major's view of Crater completely changed.

He thinks Crater is a trustworthy person.

Seeing Crete walk into his office, the major immediately poured two glasses of wine: "Hey, how's it going?"

"Oh, it didn't go as smoothly as expected." Crete took the drink and said, "Just yesterday, a group of Japanese attacked my construction site. Fortunately, the people I hired discovered it in time and fought back.

Got them."

Major Garland knew that there were many armed members stationed there as workers at the Crater construction site.

You can also think of them as mercenaries.

Those European and American businessmen who returned to the Philippines would hire some mercenaries to ensure the safety of their property.

Of course, the U.S. government does not want the interests of its own businessmen to suffer losses, so it has adopted a tacit attitude towards this.

The same is certainly true of Major Garland.

"So, why did you come to me today?" Major Garland asked casually.

Crete put down the wine glass in his hand, came to the map, pointed to a place and said: "Look, Major, my construction site is here, but there are locusts everywhere nearby. Every night, they will

The 'buzzing' noises are coming out, which really annoys me.

According to my judgment, there are about three hundred Japanese troops near this area. If they are not completely cleaned up, it will be difficult for my construction site to operate normally. Major, I need your help."

Of course Major Garland understood what he meant: "Crete, it's not that I'm unwilling to help you, and getting rid of these locusts is also one of my tasks. The problem is that they hide in the mountains and forests and only come out at night, and

If my soldiers enter the mountains and forests rashly, do you know what they will face?

Attacks, and then attacks, non-stop attacks. At the same time, there are God knows what kind of terrible diseases. Among the Japanese soldiers we killed and captured, our military doctors found that almost all of them had malaria.

Crete, I understand your feelings very well, but I can't make fun of the lives of my soldiers. This is extremely irresponsible. The war has come to an end. Those young men all want to return to their hometowns alive and well on the eve of victory.

Letting them fall is not what a good commander should do!"
Chapter completed!