Chapter 90 First Operational Objective: Neutralize the Chinese Sniper (Part 4)
Word Number:207
Author:丹枫书生
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Release Time:2025-12-23
In approximately two hours, Dong Yaoting—carried the entire way by Dong Sanshao—arrived with the company at the left flank entrance to Miaozhi Town. The entrance was marked by a ceremonial archway. In fact, Miaozhi Town had three such access points: the main gate and the left and right flanks. Directly in front of the left flank entrance ran two approach paths: one a narrow goat trail and the other a main road. A security cordon had been established roughly five kilometers outside the town, forming a defensive line in front of all three entrances. Confident that this tactical disposition could withstand an assault by the Potan Brigade, General Li Yutang had consequently assigned only one regiment to defend each entrance. The remainder of his forces were deployed in a linear formation along the town's secondary line of defense. When General Li Yutang received Division Commander Zhao Dingchang’s report that the beachhead position had been overrun in a surprise Japanese attack, it occurred to him that the enemy might attempt to infiltrate from other directions as well. Accordingly, he dispatched Dong Yaoting’s special operations company to defend the left flank of Miaozhi Town, specifically the narrow goat trail. If the Japanese did not atte