Chapter 88 First Operational Objective: Neutralize the Chinese Sniper (Part 2)
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Author：丹枫书生
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Release Time：2025-12-23
Lieutenant General Matsuura Junkurō requested instructions from General Okamura Neiji on whether to make the neutralization of the Chinese sniper the primary operational objective. Okamura Neiji delivered his response the following day, personally authorizing a capture-or-kill operation. The plan was to use Imperial sniper Matsuura Taro as bait to locate the Chinese sniper, then employ concentrated artillery bombardment and a heavy troop encirclement. The objective was to capture the sniper alive if possible; if not, to eliminate him on the spot Dong Sanshao, Dong Yaoting, Zhang Facai, and Gouzi made their way along the mountain trail toward Miaozhi Town. Traveling via the remote paths allowed them to avoid the Japanese forces—the Potan Brigade and the 106th Division—which were both stationed at Taiyang Temple. After the fall of Jiujiang, Lieutenant General Li Hanhun, commander of the 29th Army Corps, had complied with orders from the Military Commission to withdraw his troops to defensive lines at Shilipu, Miaozhi Town, Zhangjiashan, Shamao Hill (a correction from the earlier “Green Hat Hill”), and Jinguan Bridge. Unexpectedly, the 8th Army under Li Yutang, alongside the 155th and 128th Divisions, had been routed after merely a day of combat against the Potan Brigade at Shilipu, forcing the corps headquarters to retreat to Miaozhi To
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