Chapter 87 First Operational Objective: Neutralize the Chinese Sniper (Part 1)
Word Number:171
Author:丹枫书生
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Release Time:2025-12-23
At Taiyang Temple, located between Shilipu and Miaozhi Town, Lieutenant General Matsuura Junkurō of the Japanese 106th Division received a report from Major General Yamachi Wataru, commander of the 111th Brigade. The report stated that the 8th Company of the 113th Regiment had gone missing near Shilipu, and Yamachi requested instructions on whether to dispatch additional troops to search for them. The news left Matsuura stunned. The 6th and 8th Companies together had comprised over 300 soldiers—could they all have been eliminated by a single Chinese sniper? If so, this sniper was nothing less than a "Shadow of Death," a lethal threat to the Imperial Japanese Army. Matsuura denied Yamachi's request. He would not recklessly send more soldiers to their doom. From Yamashita Yukio and Yamashita Michiko to Shinozuka Saburō and Matsuura Taro, all had been renowned marksmen of the Empire. Shinozuka Saburō, in particular, had been a world bronze medalist in shooting at the 1936 Olympics. Yet even a marksman of such global stature was no match for this Chinese snip