Chapter 152

In an instant, the silent valley transformed into a living hell. Mortar shells whistled as they plummeted into the ranks of the Japanese army. Bullets from the Type 56 Weapon Family swept down like a rainstorm, while 40mm rockets detonated intermittently. Caught completely off guard, the Japanese troops descended into chaos, falling over one another in a state of total disorder. Japanese Regimental Commander Sato Kenichi was thrown from his startled horse, his cap falling to the ground. He scrambled desperately behind a dirt mound, his face ashen.