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"Haha, it seems Mr. Shen is quite satisfied with this battle!"

The brigade commander breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Shen Wang's smile was harder to suppress than a machine gun.

We've received so much powerful equipment; it would be a shame not to fight a brilliant battle in return!

Shen Wang chuckled and said with a smile, "Satisfied! Very satisfied!"

The group chatted and laughed.

Just then, Zhang Dabiao directed several soldiers to carry in a rather heavy-looking wooden box.

"Reporting to the brigade commander and regimental commander! These are spoils of war captured from the ruins of the Japanese regimental command post! They're full of valuables!"

Although Shen Wang blasted the command post of the Xiaopu United Team to smithereens, silver and gold were completely undamaged.

The crowd gathered around to take a look and couldn't help but marvel.

The box was packed full of large, golden yellow croakers!

A rough count revealed that there were more than a dozen!

There were several cloth bags next to it. When you opened them, they were full of silver dollars, probably no less than tens of thousands of dollars!

"Those damn Japanese devils, they're really rich, they've plundered the people's wealth!" Li Yunlong picked up a gold bar, weighed it in his hand, and cursed.

But it must be said that the county town is indeed richer than the mountains!

The brigade commander exclaimed, "This is just the initial clearing; we've already found so much just in the Japanese regimental headquarters!"

"Don't forget, we killed or captured over 6000 enemy soldiers in this battle. Even if we found an average of two silver dollars on each of them, that's still over ten thousand..."

Everyone was marveling at the abundance of the spoils.

Suddenly, Shen Wang's gaze sharpened, and he took a step forward.

Then, he picked up a long object wrapped in fine silk from the corner of the box, which was half-hidden by gold bars!

One end of the object was a magnificent flagpole inlaid with gold!

Upon seeing this, Zhang Dabiao quickly explained, "Mr. Shen, we don't know what this thing is. We just saw that the flagpole is inlaid with gold, so we figured it must be a treasure and took it with us."

Shen Wang did not answer. His breathing became rapid, and his hands even trembled slightly as he carefully untied the silk ribbon.

When the brigade commander saw Shen Wang's unusually agitated behavior, he was first taken aback, and then seemed to think of something extremely terrifying and impossible.

Immediately afterward, the brigade commander also took a step forward, his voice trembling with disbelief:

"Mr. Shen...this...this...could it be...?"

The two looked at each other and saw the answer in each other's eyes!

Each of them stood on one side, slowly unfurling the flag completely before the crowd—

It was a Rising Sun Flag!

However, unlike the usual Rising Sun Flag, this flag is decorated with gorgeous purple tassels around its perimeter, and there is a blank space in its lower left corner.

Right there in the blank space, the words "36th Infantry Regiment" were written.

"The regimental flag!!!"

Shen Wang and the brigade commander shouted out these three words almost simultaneously!

Japanese regimental flag!

Awarded personally by the Emperor, it is the highest honor and spiritual symbol of the Japanese organized forces!

The team lives as long as the flag; the team dies when the flag falls!

Since the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan, we have never captured a single Japanese regimental flag!

And now, this flag, which symbolizes the glory and existence of the 36th Infantry Regiment (Oura Regiment) of the Japanese army, has actually... actually fallen into their hands intact?

Although Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao, and the others did not know the exact weight of the flag, seeing the brigade commander and Shen Wang, two men who had seen many storms, lose their composure, they immediately realized that this was definitely an extraordinary treasure!

"Brigadier General, Mr. Shen, what's so special about this... this tattered flag? Isn't it just a Japanese military flag?" Li Yunlong stepped forward, stared at the flag, and scratched his head as he asked.

The brigade commander took several deep breaths to barely suppress the turmoil in his heart. Pointing to the flag, he explained to the crowd in an extremely serious tone:

"This is no ordinary Japanese military flag! This is a regimental flag! It was personally awarded by their Emperor to the infantry regiments under their standing army divisions!"

"In the eyes of the Japanese devils, this flag is the soul and highest honor of their entire regiment! It symbolizes the organization of this unit and the Emperor's favor!"

"The Japanese army had an ironclad rule—the unit lives as long as the flag; the unit dies when the flag falls!"

"If the battle situation becomes critical and the regimental flag is at risk of being captured, the flag-bearing company must spare no effort, even burning it at the last moment, to prevent it from falling into enemy hands!"

Koura Jiro probably never imagined that the regimental flag he had treasured and intended to burn at the last moment would be captured!

There was nothing we could do; he died too quickly!

In less than a minute, Shen Wang fired five shots in a row. How could he have time to deal with the regimental flag?

Shen Wang added from the side, his tone tinged with coldness: "If the Japanese find out that their regimental flag is in our hands, they will definitely spare no expense to mobilize a large force to seize it!"

"It might even... trigger a large-scale operation by the Japanese throughout Shanxi province!"

After listening to the brigade commander and Shen Wang's explanation, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and the others suddenly realized what was going on and gasped in shock!

"Damn it! So this tattered flag is that important!" Li Yunlong clicked his tongue.

The brigade commander's expression was extremely grave. He immediately ordered Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, "This matter is classified as top secret! Everyone present must keep it strictly confidential! The existence of this flag must not be known to anyone other than those of us here!"

The brigade commander knew this was a serious matter!

The significance of capturing the regimental flag even surpassed the capture of He County itself!

Once this news gets out, it will definitely cause a huge uproar!

He had to report this earth-shattering situation to headquarters immediately.

"I'll contact headquarters right away!" the brigade commander said, then turned and left.

However, just as the brigade commander turned around, the system notification sounded in Shen Wang's mind again:

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have captured a regimental flag. Military merit points +10000]

[Ding! System Diamond-level quest series triggered – "The Shame of the Imperial Army"!]

[Mission Requirement: Capture a total of ten Japanese regimental flags (1/10)]

[Mission Reward: 10-pull Diamond-level lottery (guaranteed SSR)]

……

Shen Wang was instantly dumbfounded!

It wasn't because of the extra 10,000 military merits, but because of that diamond-level ten-pull!

Diamond level! That's a higher-level lottery, above Gold level!

Each lottery draw requires a full 10,000 military merits!

The corresponding prizes are weapons and supplies at the division and brigade level!

As for the guaranteed SSR reward at the diamond level... Shen Wang simply couldn't imagine what kind of heaven-defying thing that would be!

If I draw a Synthetic Brigade...

Just thinking about it makes his blood boil!

However, after the excitement came immense pressure.

Capture ten regimental flags? That's no small feat!

Shen Wang looked at the golden mission prompt in his mind, and a battle-ready smile appeared on his lips.

"Ten... regimental flags, right...?"