Chapter 218: Republic of China: Starting from the First Class of Whampoa Chapter 218 Everyone Appreciate Music

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

The remnant soldiers around him stared blankly at their commanding officer's madness; someone tried to step forward and grab Yamamoto, but was driven back by a slash of his blade.

At this moment, every swing of Yamamoto's blade was aimed at the air, at that tune named "Hometown" drifting there.

After a few slashes, a shell falling from the sky ended it all directly.

Battalion Commander Yamamoto and his pitiful sword dance, along with his obsession of being unable to return to his hometown, vanished into nothingness in the explosion......

Third Division Command Post, late at night.

The old devil Fujita Susumu was resting on a camp bed, deploying battle plans through the night; Fujita Susumu had only just lain down when the melody of "Hometown" drilled into his ears.

The high-power loudspeaker installed by Lv Muzhi was indeed stunningly effective; the little devils in the camp woke up one by one from their beds, looking dazed as they tried to identify the source of the sound.

At first, the Japanese soldiers in the camp thought it was an auditory hallucination, or that a homesick comrade was humming in his sleep.

"Hmm? What sound?" A sentry pricked up his ears.

【15 "It seems... to be a song?" another sentry said uncertainly.

"It seems... to be a song?" the other Sentry said uncertainly.

As the melody grew clearer and the lyrics became vaguely discernible, the whole camp gradually became agitated.

Soldiers crawled out from campaign tents or crude covers, bleary-eyed, their faces full of confusion.

"Bastard... those lunatics in the military band, not sleeping in the middle of the night and doing this?" a Japanese private cursed.

The atmosphere in the camp changed; the emotion of homesickness quietly spread. Although it diluted the tension of the battlefield, it stirred up the weakness in these devils' hearts.

Playing this kind of song that easily stirs homesickness in the middle of the night was no less than playing "Military Green Flowers" in Xia Guo's future army.

Some Japanese officers sensed something was wrong. Colonel Ying Sen Xiao came out and cursed: "Hurry up and find out which bastard is playing this kind of music, hurry up and stop it!

Everyone go back to sleep! Sentinels, focus on alert duty!"

But once the emotion had spread, it was not so easy to control.

【When will I be able to return】

【To my hometown of green mountains and clear waters】

Some little devils even started humming along; this kind of short song and melody was easiest to remember and sing by word of mouth.

"I seem... I seem to see the persimmon tree in front of my home..." a Japanese veteran from the countryside said, his eyes somewhat vacant, muttering to himself.

"Mother..." another recruit, obviously not fully awake, cried out with a sobbing voice, then realized the surroundings were wrong, his face turning red with embarrassment.

Japanese veterans with families felt it even more deeply; a few huddled together began to have red-rimmed eyes.

"That fellow Da Xiong... he should be able to walk by now..." a sergeant major sighed, his voice somewhat choked.

"Shut up! No thinking allowed!" a squad leader next to him shouted loudly, this could easily trigger a camp howl.

"Report to the officer, the sound is coming from the frontline, it seems the enemy is playing songs!" a sentry reported to Colonel Ying Sen Xiao.

Ying Sen Xiao realized something was wrong; at this critical juncture, this was undoubtedly Lv Muzhi's scheme, and besides, he couldn't plug his soldiers' ears.

If this continued, there might really be trouble; historically, army camp howls often started from just such unexpected trivial matters.

Inside the command post, Fujita Susumu also had two heavy dark circles under his eyes; he had just been woken from light sleep by his adjutant, who reported the abnormality outside.

As soon as he heard that repetitive "Hometown," Fujita Susumu understood this was Lv Muzhi's conspiracy.

"Lv Muzhi is too despicable and vicious! Shameless! Low! Actually launching psychological warfare against us!" Fujita Susumu threw off the military blanket on himself and jumped off the camp bed.

He strode out of the command post and saw the noisy scene outside in the camp; Colonel Ying Sen Xiao was maintaining order and inspiring troop morale.

But the soldiers gathered in twos and threes, with various expressions; where was there any semblance of the elite Locust Army division?

"Your Excellency Division Commander, if this goes on, the soldiers' morale..." the Chief of Staff said worriedly.

Late at night, Fujita Susumu had no ideas either; to boost troop morale, unless there was a brilliant victory to solve it.

But victory wasn't so easy; Battalion Commander Yamamoto on the frontline had been thrown out by himself as cannon fodder, and now it seemed he was beyond saving; he himself would have to have other troops go up to fill the line later.

Colonel Ying Sen Xiao thought of a good idea, stepped forward and said: "Your Excellency Division Commander, the enemy wants to use songs to depress our will? We can also use songs to inspire morale!"

Division Commander Fujita Susumu, after hearing this, hurriedly said: "Good! It's up to you!"

Colonel Ying Sen Xiao summoned the military band and shouted: "Play 'Song of Seeing Off Soldiers on Expedition' for me, to inspire everyone's morale!"

The military band began to play that nuclear little tune.

As soon as the tune sounded, the Japanese soldiers at the scene were attracted by the military band's music again.

Division Commander Fujita Susumu saw the time was ripe, stepped forward and ordered: "Everyone sit down, enjoy the music!"

Fujita Susumu walked to a slightly higher dirt slope in the camp, took a deep breath, and accompanied by the military band's melody, began to sing:

"We are all summoned by imperial decree

Splendid life thus faces

One hundred million souls sent off on expedition

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The camp gradually quieted down; the soldiers looked at their division commander at a loss.

"What are you standing there for? Sing with me!" Colonel Ying Sen Xiao urged loudly.

The officers below were stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed along singing.

After a brief daze, the soldiers were also urged by the officers with kicks and blows, beginning to sing along unevenly.

Thus, late at night, on the Japanese side of the Wufu Defense Line, a strange scene appeared: on one side, the lingering and sorrowful nursery rhyme "Hometown"; on the other, over ten thousand Japanese soldiers shouting at the top of their lungs to sing the stirring "Song of Seeing Off Soldiers on Expedition."

Fujita Susumu stood on the dirt slope, eyes closed, waving his arms with abandon, intoxicated in his own singing: 【Even outside the battlefield there is no need to worry】【Our Yamato Spirit is unshakable】.

However, just as the devils rose to sing, a small black shadow, like a true ghost, silently approached a sentry post near the outer perimeter of the Japanese camp.

This was precisely the small elite night-attack unit Chu Yunfei dispatched after receiving Lv Muzhi's instruction, its purpose being to keep the little devils constantly in a state of high tension.

The devils inside the camp were singing, while on the defensive line outside the camp, small units of the Youth Army were infiltrating.

The news quickly reached Fujita Susumu here; he was singing with the greatest fervor when the adjutant interrupted him in a hurry. After hearing the report, the expression on his face instantly changed from forced elation to a furious sauce-purple.

"Baka yarō!!!" Fujita Susumu kicked over an empty ammunition box beside him with one foot, "The enemy actually dares to be so arrogant! Killing people right under our eyelids! This is provocation! Naked provocation!"