Chapter 266: Heavenly Maiden Scatters Flowers
Kitano Chuji led a force of over ten thousand men, escorting the supplies of the sweeping army, and arrived at Luoxue Slope.
Taking a look through the telescope, the terrain here was indeed exactly as Fujita Ichi had described, not a bit off.
The rear was a cliff face, a natural barrier.
The left and right sides were rivers in flood, also natural defenses.
This front had plenty of rocky high ground, perfect for building fortifications to hold the high ground, easy to defend and hard to attack.
Kitano Chuji smiled faintly: “Mr. Fujita, you’ve found a really good spot here.”
Fujita Ichi pointed at the river in flood and said, “Colonel, look at that muddy water with weeds—there are plenty of fish stirring in it. Perfect, we’ve just run out of raw materials for raw fish sushi, so we can restock here.”
Fujita Ichi’s raw fish sushi skills were quite good; not only did the Kumamoto Division Commander like it, but Kitano Chuji appreciated it greatly too.
“Yoshi, good, very good.” Kitano Chuji nodded and said to Fujita Ichi, “The task of placing the supplies has plenty of logistics manpower. For constructing fortifications, there are soldiers in the troops. Your task is to go catch fish for me.”
“Got it, got it.” Fujita Ichi nodded happily.
And so, Kitano Chuji directed the logistics personnel to set up tents and unload supplies, while the combat troops hurried to construct the fortifications.
Fujita Ichi really took some men to go catch fish.
On the cliff, Cheng Xiazi and Liu Weidong both held telescopes, observing while taking notes with a pen on paper.
In the tents the Japanese invaders were setting up, roughly what things were being placed there.
Especially the tents holding arms, record those in detail.
“Damn, this old pen is too crappy.” Cheng Xiazi grumbled while recording.
That damn logistics Old Zhang had tricked him out of his new pen.
Liu Weidong turned to see Cheng Xiazi’s notes were quite messy and said, “How about this, Regimental Commander Cheng: you observe, and I’ll do the recording.”
Originally, the two had divided the work: Cheng Xiazi recorded the right side, Liu Weidong the left.
But Cheng Xiazi’s pen really looked no good.
To avoid delaying things, Liu Weidong decided to handle all the recording himself.
The Japanese invaders’ logistics supplies were numerous, but precisely because there were so many, they were easy to observe and record.
“Alright then.” Cheng Xiazi nodded and tossed the old pen aside.
But Cheng Xiazi picked it back up.
We couldn’t produce pens ourselves; this old pen was better than none.
Cheng Xiazi and Liu Weidong coordinated very tacitly. Cheng Xiazi even had spare time to notice the riverbank, saying, “This bunch of little Japanese invaders looks pretty capable. Not long, and they’ve caught so many fish already. Huh…”
Cheng Xiazi let out a huh and immediately observed one Japanese invader closely, then made a suspicious sound: “This seems off. Did I see wrong?”
“What’s up? Did you spot something?” Liu Weidong looked up at Cheng Xiazi.
“That Japanese invader catching fish looks just like Fujita Ichi.” Cheng Xiazi muttered.
Fujita Ichi?
Liu Weidong was no stranger to the name upon hearing it.
Back then, he had snatched a batch of military industry parts—that was Fujita Ichi’s bait.
For this Fujita Ichi, Liu Weidong had specifically reviewed the information and knew that the 386th Brigade wanted to keep him alive.
Such a stupid Japanese invader showing up here?
This didn’t seem reasonable.
He was in the management of the Japanese invaders’ gendarmerie—how could he be with the Kumamoto Division’s logistics troops?
Liu Weidong immediately picked up the telescope and looked over quickly. Finally, Liu Weidong nodded: “No mistake, that’s Fujita Ichi.”
Cheng Xiazi was puzzled: “How could this Fujita Ichi be with the Kumamoto Division’s logistics troops? Shouldn’t he be with Sato Jino?”
Liu Weidong cut straight to the point: “I guess Sato Jino probably kicked Fujita Ichi out. After all, with all the stupid things Fujita Ichi did, no intelligence officer with a normal brain would keep him around easily.”
“Yeah, that makes sense.” Cheng Xiazi agreed, saying, “Then when we launch the Hell Missiles later, we’ve got to be careful not to blow up this Fujita Ichi too early.”
“Of course.” Liu Weidong nodded, saying, “Not sure why, but I keep feeling like these Japanese invaders’ supply troops moving here has something to do with Fujita Ichi.”
“Haha.” Cheng Xiazi chuckled lowly twice, nodding: “I have that feeling too, haha.”
Down the cliff, the Japanese invaders set up tents quickly, and unloading the supplies, ammunition, and arms was fast too.
Though the Japanese invaders’ work wasn’t done, Liu Weidong already knew the placement of their important arms.
Liu Weidong immediately started finding suitable spots on the cliff based on those positions.
Including Liu Weidong and Cheng Xiazi, twenty people began carefully digging pits along the cliff edge.
The soil on the cliff was a bit hard but badly weathered, so digging wasn’t tough.
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Down the cliff, Fujita Ichi had already caught quite a few fish.
He let the others keep catching and selected the fattest black fish among them.
He personally gutted the black fish, removed the fish bones, and sliced the fish meat into thin pieces.
Finally, he paired it with sushi and dipped it in a bit of secret sauce.
Having made a plate of raw fish sushi, Fujita Ichi brought it before the resting Kitano Chuji: “Colonel, try this quick—it’s a black fish I just caught.”
The fortifications were proceeding in an orderly manner, logistics supplies were being unloaded methodically, and Kitano Chuji’s emotions were very stable.
Seeing Fujita Ichi bring raw fish sushi, he smiled: “Mr. Fujita, you really went out of your way.”
With that, Kitano Chuji picked up one piece of raw fish sushi and put it in his mouth.
Soon, Kitano Chuji’s expression showed admiration: “Mr. Fujita, excellent. Your secret sauce’s umami complements the fish meat’s freshness perfectly—rich mouthfeel, simply too delicious.”
“Heh heh.” Fujita Ichi chuckled and said, “As long as you like it, Colonel.”
“I like it, I like it, I love it.” Kitano Chuji laughed while continuing to savor more raw fish sushi.
Meanwhile, on the cliff, Liu Weidong, Cheng Xiazi, and the others had finished digging the dirt pits.
The dirt pits were tamped down, and all twenty Hell Missiles were placed into them.
The soldiers carefully aimed their Hell Missiles according to the method Liu Weidong taught.
Liu Weidong finished aiming his own Hell Missile, then personally checked everyone else’s, including Cheng Xiazi’s, confirming all the Hell Missiles were aimed at their targets.
Everyone had matches in hand, waiting for Liu Weidong’s order.
Liu Weidong took the telescope and observed again.
The important ammunition and arms weren’t fully moved into the tents yet, but no big issue.
So close, as long as they hit, it would still cause detonation.
“Uncover the cap and pull out the fuse.” Liu Weidong returned to his Hell Missile and gave the order.
Everyone followed suit, unscrewing the cap on the back of their Hell Missiles by hand and pulling out the fuses inside.
Once everyone had pulled out their fuses, Liu Weidong ordered again: “Light it!”
Liu Weidong struck his match on the striker, igniting it, and the flame touched the fuse.
The fuse hissed to life with a puff of smoke.
Sizzle!
Sizzle!
Sizzle!
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At the same time, the others lit their fuses too, and all twenty Hell Missiles’ fuses were ignited.
No need for Liu Weidong’s order—everyone, including him, immediately scattered to the sides.
According to the manual Li Muzhi left, Hell Missiles were dangerous on launch like rockets with backblast—if not avoided, you’d get burned.
Everyone stared at the shortening fuses, hearts surging with excitement.
Cannonballs that flew out on their own without a cannon barrel—was this rumor or another miracle from Factory Director Li? Wait and see!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
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As the fuses burned out, the twenty Hell Missiles shot out from the dirt pits, trailing long smoke, streaking toward their aimed targets.
Seeing this, Liu Weidong and the others were all dumbfounded: these cannonballs really flew out on their own, really no cannon barrel needed—Factory Director Li’s genius was no exaggeration!
As the twenty Hell Missiles launched from the cliff edge, Kitano Chuji had just finished the last piece of fish sushi, expression full of enjoyment: “Mr. Fujita, your skills must rival even the Emperor’s imperial chefs.”
“Colonel, you’re too kind…” Fujita Ichi’s happy words cut off suddenly.
As if sensing danger, he whipped his head toward the high cliff.
At the same time, Kitano Chuji’s enjoying expression froze, and he turned with Fujita Ichi toward the high cliff.
What they saw was a scene they’d never forget.
Twenty cannonballs were shooting down from the cliff.
Both men were instantly stunned, brains short-circuiting.
Eyes wide like they’d seen a ghost—this scene simply couldn’t happen.
Such a high cliff—no way to get artillery up, not even people could climb it.
It looked like someone had hauled cannons up the cliff to fire—this was pure fantasy.
At the same time, many other Japanese invaders and traitors seemed to sense danger too, all turning to look.
Everyone’s expressions were the same shock.
Though they had no time to comment or talk, their expressions exploded silently, speaking volumes:
“Baka, hauling cannons up the cliff—how’d they do it?”
“Oh my god, cannonballs firing from the cliff—is this a joke?”
“People can’t even get up—how’d they move cannons up?”
“Firing cannons from the cliff—too absurd.”
“We’re done for—these are all arms. One detonation and we’re all gone.”
“I miss my mom. I want to go home.”
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