Lost and Spy

Chapter 3510 American Businessman

San Romano, Philippines.

Here, the war continues.

The Japanese army is still resisting there.

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

Especially at night.

The Japanese troops who were severely short of food often regarded the night as the best cover.

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

They would quietly approach the US military positions, and once exposed, they would charge without any orders from the commander, shouting wildly and completely ignoring the firepower.

It’s not that they are not afraid of death, but they know that if they hide in the deep mountains and forests, they will sooner or later starve to death or die of disease.

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

So, they would rather bet everything!

At this time, the Japanese army was completely crazy.

In the beginning, the US military suffered a lot of losses in such raids.

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

By the time they discovered it, the Japanese army had often already rushed onto the position.

These Japanese soldiers have long lost their humanity.

For those American soldiers who are still alive, the bayonets will be aimed at them without hesitation.

Of course, these Japanese troops had no intention of holding their positions.

Their only purpose is to find food and medicine.

The bodies of American soldiers were often stripped naked.

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

However, this style of play is useful at the beginning.

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

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

Moreover, weapons began to increase.

If the Japanese army tried to attack again, they would be unable to do anything under the almost torrential attack except leaving behind a pile of corpses.

During the day, the US artillery would indiscriminately bombard the deep mountains and forests on the opposite side.

They don't care whether they can hit anyone or not.

It's as if the shells are free of charge.

Stationed in San Romano was Major Garland of the U.S. Army.

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

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

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

"Major, Mr. Krete is here."

"Got it, please let him in."

Crater arrived in San Romano a few days ago. He is an American businessman holding a cooperation agreement issued by the Provisional Government of the Philippines.

Development of San Romano.

Major Garland couldn't understand: "Mr. Krete, 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, Krete smiled and said, "Timber and minerals can all be developed. As for why I want to take the risk now? Major, when the war is completely over, everyone will smell the scent of money here. By then, I will face many competitors."

Major Garland shrugged.

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

Money is the only thing.

However, as their contact deepened, Major Garland began to feel a liking for this young American businessman.

Because he can always get some scarce supplies.

Especially wine.

Of course, the US military has no shortage of other supplies, but the same cannot be said about alcohol.

The U.S. Department of Defense has implemented strict control over the bad habit of alcoholism among many U.S. soldiers.

The navy could still make their own "torpedo cocktails", but the army was in a terrible situation.

Therefore, alcohol is extremely popular in the military.

The gift that Crater gave to Major Garland was a whole box of whiskey.

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

And that’s not all.

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

He even gave Major Garland a record of Cab Calloway, a jazz singer who was very popular in the United States.

You know, after the outbreak of the war, these records became relatively rare.

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

So, from that moment on, the major's opinion of Kret completely changed.

He thought Crait was a trustworthy person.

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

"Oh, it's not as smooth as I thought." Krete took the wine and said, "Just yesterday, a group of Japanese attacked my construction site. Fortunately, the people I hired discovered them in time and fought them off."

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

They can also be considered mercenaries.

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

The US government certainly does not want the interests of its own businessmen to be harmed, so it has adopted a tacit attitude towards this.

The same is certainly true of Major Garland.

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

Krete put down the wine glass in his hand, walked to the map, pointed to a place and said, "Look, Major, my construction site is right here, but there are locusts everywhere nearby. Every night, they will fly out with a buzzing sound, which really annoys me.

According to my judgment, there are about 300 Japanese soldiers in this area. If I don't clear them out thoroughly, it will be difficult for my construction site to operate normally. Major, I need your help. "

Major Garland certainly understood what he meant: "Kret, it's not that I don't want 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. If my soldiers rashly enter the mountains and forests, do you know what they will face?

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

"Kret, I understand your feelings very well, but I cannot joke about the lives of my soldiers. This is extremely irresponsible. The war has entered its end. Those guys all want to return home alive. Letting them fall on the eve of victory is not what a good commander should do!"

"I know, of course I know, and I won't allow this to happen!" (End of this chapter)