Seeing that Scarface Li and his men were already in position, Leitao stood up from the bushes, raised his Thompson submachine gun, and crept down toward the valley. Using the terrain for cover, he silently closed in on Mui Tenta and the others. At that moment, Mui Tenta was running through the valley in a panic with a few guards. Having completely lost their composure, they had no idea danger was closing in step by step.
Leitao quickly pulled a grenade from his waist, deftly yanked the pin, and swung his arm. The grenade carved an arc through the air toward the Japanese Army. Hearing the commotion, Mui Tenta looked up to see the grenade flying at them. His face drained of color in an instant, and he barked in Japanese, "Enemy attack! Take cover!" He and his guards scattered immediately, some diving flat to the ground while others scrambled behind nearby boulders.
The grenade exploded right in their midst, the blast wave and shrapnel devouring everything around them. The shock wave flipped one guard completely over, slamming his body hard against the ground as blood gushed from his wounds. Although Mui Tenta had managed to dodge the fatal blow, the shock wave left him dizzy and disoriented. Stumbling back to his feet, he saw Leitao, Scarface Li, and the others charging forward, and he shouted in Japanese to the guards around him, "There are no cowards among the Empire's warriors! The time has come to give our lives for His Majesty the Emperor! Fight the enemy to the death!"
Chapter 390