"Sir! Sir..." Seeing a Japanese officer approach, I quickly took out the cigarettes prepared by the head of education, bowed and scraped, and offered them to him, lighting them for him.
The Japanese officer skillfully took a few puffs, glanced at us warily, and then mumbled a series of questions at me. Just as I was secretly relieved that I didn't understand Japanese and didn't have to answer, a translator suddenly appeared from behind the Japanese officer and asked me, "Major Tanaka asks you... which unit are you from? Who ordered you to reinforce us?"
Hearing this, I broke out in a cold sweat. Zhang Zizhong had only told me the unit number, but not who ordered him! What if I answered incorrectly, or what if the person I mentioned didn't even exist... wouldn't that give me away!
But I
