Chapter 978 The Japanese are looking for death again

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In February of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Sado Island, Japan.

The weather in February is actually very cold, with the north wind blowing constantly, bringing a strong chill. Especially on lonely islands like Sado Island, which are very close to Siberia, a stream of cold currents keep moving south, making Sado Island freezing like ice.

The north wind kept rolling up the waves, beating the reefs on the shore, splashing out waves of white waves. The sea water around Sado Island is purer than the sea water along the coast of Shandong. The waves being beaten are spotless. If you are not afraid of saltiness, you can even bow down and drink the water in the sea.

In fact, many civilians do this. The most lacking thing on Sado Island is probably freshwater. The area of ​​Sado Island is too small, and the rain-causing area is naturally not large. The terrain is high in the middle and low around, so it is impossible to hide water. Therefore, in the past, drinking water from the indigenous people of Sado Island has always been a headache.

Fortunately, the arrival of the Hu Ben Army changed this situation. The Hu Ben Army Marine Corps decided that the first thing to solve after garrisoning on Sado Island was naturally the problem of drinking water. Through careful investigation and research, the Hu Ben Army successively used cement and stone to build three small reservoirs near Aikawa Castle, each reservoir could store a considerable amount of fresh water. In this way, the problems of drinking water and bathing were completely solved.

Subsequently, the Hu Ben Army recruited a certain number of civilians and built five reservoirs of different sizes in other places on Sado Island to meet the drinking water problems of other people on the island. At this point, the drinking water problems of Sado Island were solved by Zhang Zhun. Local people no longer need to drink sea water directly.

February 15th was just a very ordinary day for the indigenous people of Sado Island. However, what made them feel strange was that from the afternoon of that day, the sound of drums beating and cheering came from the base of the Tiger Army Marine Corps on Sado Island, and the sound of cheers one after another, as if it was more lively than the New Year.

"Lions! Come on!"

"Tigers! Come on!"

"Lions! Come on!"

"Tigers! Come on!"

...

Various slogans resounded throughout Sado Island.

Some Japanese natives who could understand Chinese curiously put down their work and quietly arrived at the Huben Army camp to see what happened. During the Chinese New Year, the Huben Army was not so lively. What happened today? Such a big stir broke out? Could it be that the legendary Chinese king Zhang Zhun came?

Many civilians who were mining couldn't help but stretch their ears quietly and listen to the movements outside. Their faces showed a look of envy. There was no way, being a soldier was much better than mining. None of these civilians on Sado Island didn't want to be the Hu Ben Army. Unfortunately, every time the Hu Ben Army recruited soldiers, they had very strict requirements on physical fitness and the competition was very fierce, which was difficult for ordinary people to be selected.

Most of the civil servants actually know very well the source of cheers. Some of the more capable civil servants have long asked for leave and went to the Hu Ben Army camp to watch the fun. Because the first football final of Sado Island is in full swing near the military camp. For most people in this era, a rather formal football match has definitely never been seen before, no wonder they are curious.

In fact, those participating in the football matches are all teams organized by the Hu Ben Army Marine Corps. After a period of group matches and knockout matches, today is the final. Early in the morning, the Hu Ben Army announced that the people on Sado Island can go to watch as long as they have time, and no tickets are charged.

Sado Island is a very special place. The indigenous people on the island belong to the Japanese in name, but in fact, they are very xenophobic and do not welcome Japanese from other places to come here at all. Foreign Japanese come to dig gold mines. Due to mining reasons, outsiders and indigenous people often have conflicts.

How serious is this conflict? If an alien Japanese accidentally put a single place in the indigenous places, they basically have no chance to survive. Therefore, there is no need for an alien to move alone, unless they live impatiently and want to die.

There is no entertainment activity on the island. Even the most primitive entertainment activity of mankind cannot be found here. On Sado Island, there is no living space for other women except indigenous women. In such a depressed environment, the original indigenous people were not very cooperative, so Zhang Zhun naturally had to vigorously promote various movements to relieve the loneliness of the soldiers.

Since the Tiger Army Marines stationed in Sado Island for a long time, sports on Sado Island have become colorful. Football and volleyball are the most activities they have conducted. There are more than a dozen football fields and volleyball courts around the barracks. There are a little fewer people playing basketball, and there are only eight basketball courts.

Needless to say, sports activities such as football, volleyball, and basketball were all stolen by Zhang Zhun from later generations. In this era, it was not difficult to make volleyball and football. The one that was more difficult was basketball. Of course, the balls mentioned here were all primitive balls, which were incomparable to those of later generations.

Some of the Hu Ben Army were skilled craftsmen. After Zhang Zhun explained the characteristics of football and volleyball in detail, they used raw materials such as pig skin or cowhide to fill them with pig urine bubbles to make the balls full of elasticity. Although it was far from the elasticity of later balls, it was basically enough for sports activities.

Under Zhang Zhun's conscious guidance, various ball activities quickly became popular within the Hu Ben Army. This collective activity is very conducive to enhancing the affinity and cohesion between the soldiers of the army. Therefore, officers at all levels are also vigorously promoted. Especially in the Marine Corps, ball activities are even more popular.

After all, both psychologically and in space, the Marines are far away from the mainland and always fight in places with few people. For example, Sado Island is now an isolated place. Sado Island is indeed very far from the Central Plains. Marine soldiers basically wandered on the sea for a full month before they safely arrived at Sado Island.

Even the bravest soldiers would miss homesick when they were stationed overseas thousands of miles away. Brave and homesickness were originally two different concepts. However, due to the need for combat, it was impossible for the Marine Corps to let their soldiers go back to their hometown at will. In this case, the best way is naturally to distract them.

The biggest difference between this day and later generations is that they have a small population and a large area. If they want to find a place to play football in the future, they are rarely killed and the size of their palms have been used. However, in this era, there is no problem at all, and there are open spaces around them.

It seems that around the Marine Corps's base is a large area of ​​pasture. As long as you sort it out, you can easily dig out a dozen of the rough football fields. In other words, it is to provide two or three hundred people to play football at the same time. The same is true for volleyball courts and basketball courts. Everyone has enough places to vent their feelings, and the idea of ​​homesickness is not that strong.

After the beginning of spring, the Tiger Army Marines organized a football match, with a total of 32 teams participating. After the previous knockout match, it is now the final moment. As the finale, it naturally attracted a large number of audiences, and cheers naturally rose and attracted the attention of many people.

The two final teams, one led by Zhang Yin and the other led by Gao Yu. After a fierce competition in the first half, the two sides tied one-to-one. The second half of the game was about to begin. At this time, there were more spectators around the football field.

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

Suddenly, a rapid sound of gongs rang out.

Fang He, Liu Dong and others hurriedly stood up to see what was going on.

The sound of the gong means that an enemy is approaching, but it is still unknown which direction the enemy is from, who is the person, and how many troops are there.

"Bang!"

A crisp gunshot came.

The gunshots came from the direction of Aikawa Castle Port, which was an enemy attack from Aikawa Castle Port. Following Zhang Zhun's warning measures in Fushan Castle, the Tiger Army Marine Corps arranged a warning post and a lurking post at an important location on Sado Island. When abnormal situations were found, a gun was fired immediately to warn.

"The officers gathered their respective teams!"

"Prepare for the fight!"

Fang He and Liu Dong looked at each other and calmly ordered.

Immediately, the two of them rushed to the port. The gunshot came from the direction of Aikawa Castle port, indicating that the enemy had appeared in the direction of the port.

The soldiers of the Hu Ben Army who were watching the fun hurriedly gathered. The two teams in the competition also ended the competition and returned their own systems. Under the leadership of the officers, they hurriedly returned to the military camp to prepare for war. At this time, the combat duty troops had already run towards the port.

"Is it the Japanese here?"

Some people watching the fun asked in confusion.

Actually, this is nonsense. The only one who has the courage and ability to come to attack Sado Island is naturally the Japanese shogunate army. Before, the Japanese shogunate army launched several tentative attacks on Sado Island, but in the end, they were easily repelled by the Tiger Ben Army Marines. This time, the Japanese didn't know what they were getting angry about and were going to attack Sado Island again.

"The Japanese are here again!"

An officer yelled loudly.

No one had any questions anymore, it was indeed the Japanese who came.

"Another Japanese?"

"Damn it! Trouble us to play football!"

"***They! Let's come again after the war!"

The optimistic Tiger Army soldiers shouted carelessly.
Chapter completed!