The Rat Bastards #1 by Len Levinson

Author:Len Levinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: world war 2, us army, platoon, war novels, oliver stone, japanese army, piccadilly publishing
Publisher: Piccadilly

Less than twenty miles away, General Hyakutake stood with Colonel Tsuji on a hill near his field headquarters. They held binoculars to their eyes and watched the spectacular conflagration on the horizon. Behind them were aides and staff officers, also gazing with awe at the bombardment. The sky over the American lines was bright as day, pulsating with explosions. General Hyakutake estimated it was the most intense bombardment he’d ever seen in such a small concentrated area.

He smiled, his face alight with the light of the bombardment. “Excellent,” he said. “Superior.”

Colonel Hodaka led his regiment through the jungle toward the American positions aflame in the distance. He carried his samurai sword in his hand and waved it through the air every several paces, urging his men on. Soon the bombardment would stop and his attack would begin. Soon he’d have the honor of leading his regiment in the first assault against the Americans. American blood would drench his sword and his regimental flag would be raised victoriously over Guadalcanal.

The regimental flag was being carried a few feet to his right by Sergeant Kazu, the most decorated enlisted man in his regiment. The flag had red, green, and purple stripes running horizontally across the cloth. In the center was a circle showing crossed swords. That very flag had preceded the Hodaka Regiment into battle in the Philippines and had flown over fields strewn with American corpses. Tonight it would do the same. The Americans were afraid of the dark. Everybody knew that. They’d break and run as soon as the Hodaka Regiment appeared at their barricades.

Hodaka looked at his watch. He would reach his jump-off point in fifteen minutes, and the bombardment was scheduled to stop in forty-five minutes. Everything was proceeding magnificently. He raised his sword in the air and screamed, “Banzai!”

“Banzai!” echoed the men of his regiment behind him.

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