Kill Crazy by Len Levinson

Author:Len Levinson [Levinson, Len]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781620648513
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 2013-04-30T23:00:00+00:00

TEN . . .

In another part of the jungle, Sergeant Cameron woke up. He blinked his eyes and listened to the jungle. Amid the chirping of insects and calls of night birds, he thought he heard somebody laughing far off in the distance. It was an inhuman, insane, hysterical laugh, and it sounded almost as if it had come from the throat of Sergeant Butsko.

Sergeant Cameron shook his head. I must be dreaming, he said to himself. It must be some jungle animal, or one of them parrots that live in the trees.

Sergeant Cameron closed his eyes and rested his cheek on the back of his hand. The sound of the laughter echoed around in his mind as he dropped off to sleep again.

The laughter made Captain Shimoyama's blood turn to ice as he led the remnants of his company toward the part of the jungle where the Americans were. The sound came from the jungle straight ahead. It wasn't the laughter of a Japanese man; Captain Shimoyama knew that. It was an American who was laughing out there.

What is that crazy American laughing about? he asked himself. The sound was horrible and made shivers run up and down his spine. Why was the American laughing? Didn't he know he was surrounded and about to be slaughtered? What could he be happy about, or was he just mad?

He must have gone insane. The pressure of being in continual danger must have destroyed his mind, and everyone knows that Americans don't have very strong minds to begin with. They are a weak, cowardly people, accustomed to comfort and afraid of fighting at night. We will kill them all soon.

Bushes rustled in front of Captain Shimoyama. He stopped, his heart beating wildly, and raised his samurai sword in the air, expecting a crazy American to rush out at him, but instead the leaves parted and he saw a Japanese soldier stand at attention in the moonlight and salute him.

“Sir,” said Pfc. Chiba, “the Americans are just ahead.”

“They are? You're quite sure of that?”

“Yes, sir. We have them under observation.”

“What is that American laughing about?”

“He's evidently gone insane, sir.”

“That's what I thought.” Captain Shimoyama turned to Sergeant Atsugi. “The Americans are straight ahead. Tell the men to form four skirmish lines. When I give the order, everyone will attack at once, in waves, behind me. Is that clear?”

“Yes, sir.”

Sergeant Atsugi turned around and marched back to the men, telling them what to do. They lined up in the jungle, tripping over branches, pushing each other, and cursing, but Captain Shimoyama didn't mind. The Americans were trapped and couldn't go anywhere. He didn't care what they knew in advance. He looked at Pfc. Chiba.

“You say you have the Americans under observation?”

“Yes, sir.”

“That means you can lead me directly to them?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Do you know how many of them they are?”

“Approximately six, sir.”

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