The blood-red rising sun flag slowly rose over the top of Baoying City amidst the beast-like howls of the Japanese. The Japanese journalists accompanying the army pressed the shutter and recorded this meaningful moment with their cameras.
Baoying changed hands several times in a short period of time. Many places in the city with numerous shops were bombed into ruins by Japanese planes, and were now shrouded in a cold drizzle.
Compared to the excited and howling Japs, the common people who were driven by the Japs to watch the flag-raising ceremony stood soaked in the drizzle. On the contrary, they were lifeless. =.
The atmosphere was silent and somewhat depressing, and the mood of the people at the moment was as low as the cold drizzle.
Although these common people were holding the Japanese flags distributed by the traitors and dancing them mechanically, some were numb, some had empty eyes, and some had hatred for the Japanese hidden in their eyes.
The bombings of Japanese planes a few days ago reduced many people's homes to rubble, and many relatives died under the bombs with their bodies still cold. They hated the Japanese.
But now the whole of Baoying has been occupied by these ferocious devils. The unarmed people dare not speak out in anger, but secretly pray in their hearts, hoping that the Jiangsu North Corps can fight back as soon as possible and eliminate these two-legged beasts.
Under the rising Japanese sun, the Japanese detachment leader Hisashi Watanabe was wearing a raincoat and surrounded by a large group of Japanese officers with a smile on his face.
"Your Excellency, detachment leader, please look over here."
More than a dozen Japanese army reporters were standing not far away, preparing to take photos of these Japanese officers.
The faces of the Japanese officers showed the arrogance of the victors, and with a click, the photo was frozen.
In the photo, above the heads of the Japanese officers are flags soaked by rain. Behind them is a large city that was blackened and damaged after being bombed. The attitude of the invaders is clearly revealed.
"Your Excellency, detachment leader, this time the Imperial Japanese Army captured Baoying and achieved a huge victory. Is there anything you want to say?"
After the photo was taken, reporters quickly gathered around, wanting to interview the Japanese detachment leader Shouichi Watanabe who commanded the troops to capture Baoying.
The Japanese detachment leader Hisashi Watanabe faced an interview with a Sui reporter. He paused, thought for a while and replied: "I want to warn those Chinese soldiers who are still resisting the Imperial Japanese Army that the Imperial Japanese Army is invincible.
, I ask them to lay down their arms, surrender immediately, and work with us to build a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, otherwise they will suffer a devastating blow!"
"Your Excellency, detachment leader, now that the Imperial Japanese Army has captured Baoying, what is the next attack target?"
"Sorry, this is a military secret and cannot be shared."
"Your Excellency, detachment leader, how were the casualties among the troops during this attack on Baoying?"
"Our troops annihilated thousands of Na troops with very few casualties and won a huge victory."
"Then can we think that the main force of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps has been destroyed?"
"Yes, the main force of the China-Subei Guerrilla Corps has been eliminated by us, but there are still small groups of remnants that have escaped. We will take encirclement and suppression operations to completely eliminate them!"
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When the Japanese officers were interviewed at the top of the city as if they were victors and spoke loudly, little did they know that they were already in danger.
Outside Baoying City, in a dense bush only a few hundred meters away from the city wall, a sniper team from the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps was lurking here.
This sniper team of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps is affiliated to the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade. The observer is special forces member Han Er, and the sniper is sharpshooter Li Shoujiang.
Now the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade has finished its training and has begun to carry out scattered combat missions, waiting for opportunities to strike at the enemy.
The several special operations squads under the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade all operate dispersedly and their whereabouts are erratic, while the sniper team has always been a solitary one, often missing its head and tail, making it even more mysterious.
Han Er and Li Shoujiang, both of whom were brave men of skill, went to the vicinity of Baoying City to see if they could use cold guns to kill the Japanese.
But they were lucky enough to encounter the Japanese holding a flag-raising ceremony at the top of Baoying City, so they decided to take action.
It has been raining for several days. The paddy fields and wilderness are all wet, and the view is greatly restricted.
Han Er and Li Shoujiang were wearing camouflage clothes made of coir raincoats and weeds. They lay down on the ground like two savages. Unless the enemy passed by them, it would be absolutely difficult to spot them.
Han Er, who was in charge of serving as the observation post, captured Cao Changjing, a Japanese soldier, and was currently holding Cao Changjing to observe the Japanese situation at the top of the city.
"There are so many high-ranking Japanese officials."
Although the drizzle made his vision somewhat obstructed, the group of Japanese officers in raincoats at the top of the city were still particularly conspicuous, which made him very excited.
Because the Japs standing guard around were all carrying long guns, and this group of Japs in raincoats were taking photos and being interviewed, so it goes without saying that they were also officials.
Sharpshooter Li Shoujiang uses a captured Japanese 97-modified sniper rifle. This sniper rifle is also equipped with a scope. He is also looking for targets.
"There are so many Japs serving as officials, which one is the biggest?" Looking at the Japs in his sight, Li Shoujiang was in trouble.
Han Er watched for a long time and frowned, because it was difficult for him to judge which Japs were the biggest officials. The Japs were wearing uniform raincoats, which made it difficult for them to judge.
If one could snipe and kill a high-ranking Japs official, it would undoubtedly be a strong counterattack against the Japs' capture of Baoying, but now if one sniped and killed an insignificant person, the effect would be greatly reduced.
Just when Han Er and Li Shoujiang were in trouble, the Japanese on the city wall also completed the flag-raising ceremony and accepted interviews, and were ready to leave.
"The Japs seem to be leaving, have you seen which one?" Li Shoujiang asked Han Er hurriedly as he watched the Japs preparing to leave.
"Mom, you can just aim at one, it just depends on your luck."
Unable to determine the rank of the Japanese, Han Er had to let Li Shoujiang choose his target at will.
"Then it just depends on luck."
Li Shoujiang said, loading Qi Chao's bullet, aiming at the group of chatting and laughing Japanese officers on the city wall, and pressed his finger on the trigger.
"Restore order in the city as soon as possible, let plainclothes teams go deep into every place, and arrest suspicious people immediately if they are found."
The Japanese captured Baoying easily. The detachment leader Watanabe Shouichi felt that there must be guerrilla lurkers hidden in the city, so he did not dare to take it lightly.
"Hiyi!"
"Immediately send out a search force to detect the fleeing China guerrillas. Once their foothold is determined, large forces will immediately be dispatched to wipe them out!"
"Your Excellency, detachment leader, it's raining now and the road is muddy and difficult to navigate. Should you wait until the weather clears before sending out a search force?" a Japanese staff officer suggested.
Detachment leader Touichi Watanabe shook his head: "No, we cannot give them any chance to breathe. We must attack immediately. Once they catch their breath, the war will be unpredictable..."
"Hiyi!"
"boom!"
When the Japanese staff officer agreed, a dull gunshot suddenly rang out, and with a pop, a large stream of warm blood sprayed on the face of the Japanese detachment leader Shouichi Watanabe.
The Japanese staff officer who spoke shook his body, and then fell to the ground limply.
"There are enemies!"
Someone screamed in terror, and the Japanese officer next to him reacted quickly and threw the Japanese detachment leader Shouichi Watanabe to the ground.
The Japanese officers, who had been so proud just now, all looked for cover and lay down on the spot. Screams and curses rang out one after another, and the scene suddenly fell into chaos.
"boom!"
When the city wall was in chaos, another Japanese officer paused, a stream of blood spurted out, his foot slipped, and he fell down the city wall.
The Japanese soldiers who were on alert all around felt like they were facing a formidable enemy and rushed over with guns in hand to protect the officers.
"Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta!"
The Japanese machine gunner quickly raised his machine gun and swept out of the city where the bullets were coming.
"Let's go!"
Seeing that sharpshooter Li Shoujiang wanted to fire another shot, Han Er saw that the Japanese had discovered their location and hurriedly dragged Li Shoujiang away.