April 18th. After several days of basic training, the security forces began forming squads to cooperate with the US military in sweeping out the remaining Japanese soldiers hiding in the rainforest, thereby gaining combat experience in tropical jungle warfare.
"Damn it, it's finally my turn to wipe out those Japs…"
Rolling up his sleeves, Sun Chendong—a former army colonel who had been dismissed last year—couldn't hide his excitement. Could you blame him? In eight years of war against Japan, he'd spent six years leading his men in guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, always hiding and dodging Japanese search-and-destroy missions. Now, at long last, it was his turn to hunt down the Japanese. How could he not be excited?
