The War of Resistance Against Japan: Special Operations Battalion Traverses Shanghai and Slaughters

Commander Tang immediately wrote out an order by hand and handed it to his adjutant, Wang.

"You shall immediately convey this order in the name of the Garrison Command: from this moment forward, all the civilians in the city shall be evacuated to the north bank of the Yangtze River."

After Lieutenant Wang left, Long Fei also bid farewell to Commander Tang, as he still had many things to do.

Before leaving, Long Fei solemnly reminded him: "Commander Tang, if you receive the National Government's order to retreat, be sure to leave enough time for the front-line troops to retreat, and do not abandon them."

"Rest assured, I, Tang Shengzhi, will never abandon the troops and leave alone."

At this point, Long Fei had no way to expose Commander Tang's disguise and reveal his true colors. He could only smile bitterly and turn to leave.

Upon arriving outside the headquarters, Long Fei instructed Xie Qiang to immediately drive to Hedingqiao and Matian.

Previously, Long Fei left the field hospital, which was a reward from the system, there to help treat the wounded soldiers of Wang Yaowu's 51st Division.

Moreover, after Gan Honglie and Gan Yini arrived, Long Fei arranged for them to temporarily help out at the field hospital.

Long Fei has now decided to move the field hospital into Nanjing, since the outer defense line is facing a fierce attack from the Japanese, which is very dangerous.

However, this matter needed to be informed to Wang Yaowu first, so Long Fei went to the 51st Division headquarters.

Wang Yaowu was in a state of utter distress. Facing an enemy force several times larger than his own, the 51st Division fought tenaciously, but also suffered heavy casualties.

Left with no other option, Wang Yaowu twice called Commander Tang, requesting reinforcements.

But Commander Tang had no spare troops to send, so he could only repeatedly encourage him to hold on as much as possible.

Just as Wang Yaowu was preparing to lead the guard company to the front line as reinforcements, Long Fei arrived.

Upon learning of Long Fei's purpose, Wang Yaowu simply nodded in agreement.

"Commander Long, my defenses here are in grave danger, and there are no troops to protect the field hospital right now. The sooner you leave, the better."

Just as Wang Yaowu finished speaking and was about to turn and leave, Long Fei called out, "Commander Wang, please wait."

"What?" Wang Yaowu turned around and asked.

"Commander Wang, which Japanese unit are you facing?"

"The 115th Regiment of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army." Long Fei nodded, picked up his binoculars, observed for a while, and then said to Wang Yaowu.

“You are the division commander, how can you lead the guard company to fight on the front line?”

"Sigh, Commander Long, I had no choice."

"Commander Wang, don't worry. Let the troops hold out for another half hour. I'll teach that damn 115th Regiment a lesson for you then."

"Half an hour... Okay, I'll give the order right away."

While Wang Yaowu was ordering his regiments to hold their ground for half an hour, Long Fei was also sending a telegram using the radio station of Wang Yaowu's division headquarters.

The Second Company of the Special Operations Battalion was ordered to arrive within half an hour.

Although the Wespe self-propelled gun has run out of ammunition, the Tiger tank still has more than 200 rounds of ammunition left.

Most importantly, the ten BM-132mm Katyusha rocket launcher vehicles, which had only been used once before, still have 160 rockets left, enough to launch another salvo at the Japanese.

After receiving Long Fei's order, Sun Haitao, the company commander of the Second Company, immediately led the soldiers of the Second Company onto a Gimxi truck and rushed over at full speed.

While waiting, Long Fei had already found the launch position and moved out all ten Katyusha rocket launcher vehicles and Tiger tanks.

As a result, Sun Haitao and his Second Company arrived ahead of schedule in just over twenty minutes.

"Company Commander Sun, your company's mission is to aim the Katyusha rocket launcher vehicles at the 51st Division's position, and then, on my command, give the Japanese a salvo."

"After the rockets were launched, we immediately drove ten Tiger tanks to cover the brothers of the 51st Division and launched an attack on the Japanese."

"Yes, Commander, just you wait and see."

The soldiers of the special operations battalion were extremely excited whenever the Japanese were fighting.

Sun Haitao accepted the order with a smile and left.

"Xie Qiang, go and tell Commander Wang immediately to order his troops to retreat and abandon the position, allowing the Japanese to occupy it."

"Hey, good."

Although Wang Yaowu was somewhat puzzled by Long Fei's request for him to abandon the position, he knew that Long Fei must have his reasons, so after only a few seconds of hesitation, he nodded in agreement with Xie Qiang.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Second Company had finished adjusting the Katyusha rocket launchers, and all ten Tiger tanks were started up. At a single command, they would roar and charge towards the Japanese.

"Company Commander Sun, initiate launch."

"Yes, all artillery vehicles, take note: sixteen rounds at once, fire!"

"Whoosh whoosh..."

In less than ten seconds, 160 rockets, trailing flames, flew toward the Japanese troops and then all landed on the defensive positions of the 51st Division.

"Boom boom boom..."

When the Japanese 115th Regiment's regimental commander, Setsusan Yazaki, saw that the Nationalist 51st Division had abandoned its positions and was retreating across the board, he urgently ordered his three battalions to immediately occupy the positions abandoned by the 51st Division.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese 115th Regiment had only been in position 51 for a short time when they were subjected to a powerful artillery barrage.

The Japanese soldiers, who were waving their flags and shouting slogans on the battlefield, had only been happy for a few minutes before they suffered a devastating defeat.

More than a hundred rockets covered the defensive positions of three regiments of the 51st Division.

The three battalions of the Japanese 115th Regiment, which had just occupied these positions, were bombed to death on the spot, with most of them killed.

Before the dust and smoke from the rocket explosions had even dissipated, the surviving Japanese soldiers heard the rumbling sound of engines.

Soon, the Tiger tank suddenly burst out of the smoke and appeared right in front of the Japanese soldiers.

"Rat-a-tat-tat..." The two machine guns on the tank fired wildly at the Japanese soldiers.

The soldiers of the 51st Division, who were right behind the tanks, were not about to let go of such a good opportunity for revenge.

The Japanese soldiers had never seen such a behemoth as the Tiger tank, and they were all so frightened that their legs went weak.

The slightly bolder and quicker Japanese soldiers were preparing to throw pumpkin grenades or pick up grenade launchers to fire.

As a result, they were either blown into the air by a tank shell or riddled with machine gun fire.

The officers and soldiers of the 51st Division had no idea what infantry-tank coordination was, and in addition, they were already bloodthirsty, so many of them actually ran in front of the Tiger tanks.

This left Sun Haitao both angry and amused.

He could only order all tanks to open fire at full speed, trying to quickly eliminate the Japanese light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars.

Seeing the fierce offensive of the 51st Division and the fact that his regiment was unable to withstand the heavy casualties, Yazaki Setsumi hurriedly ordered an immediate retreat.

But now it was obviously too late to retreat. The officers and soldiers of the 51st Division launched a fierce attack, and with the cover of Tiger tanks, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties.

Now, not only have all the positions that the 51st Division had voluntarily given up been recaptured, but eight or nine tenths of the Japanese 115th Regiment have also been wiped out.

During his retreat, Setsuzo Yazaki was hit by a high-explosive shell from a Tiger tank at his feet, which blew him to pieces.

Seeing the remaining three or four hundred Japanese soldiers fleeing for their lives, how could the officers and soldiers of the 51st Division let them go? They continued to pursue and attack relentlessly.

In the end, the few hundred surviving Japanese soldiers were not able to escape and were all wiped out.

Wang Yaowu was in the command post, holding binoculars, observing and shouting excitedly.

"The 115th Regiment never dreamed it would suffer such a devastating blow. Haha, you damn Japanese devils, let's see how arrogant you can be now."