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

Seeing that Xiaobaibai was about to leave, Longfei hurriedly called him back.

"Little Whitey, wait a minute."

"Stop rambling on, what do you want now? Just say it."

"You seem to have forgotten about the winter clothes I mentioned at the beginning."

"Didn't I reward you with three thousand sets of Japanese military uniforms before? Those were all winter uniforms."

"You yourself said it's a Japanese military uniform, we only wear it when necessary."

Xiao Bai paused for a moment and asked, "So, do you want uniforms from the National Revolutionary Army, the Eighth Route Army, the Hans, or the United States?"

"I don't want any of these for now, but could you give me this military uniform?"

After Long Fei finished speaking, he took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket and opened them.

Little Whitey couldn't help but click its tongue in amazement upon seeing it.

"Wow, I didn't realize you designed such a cool military uniform. It's even better than the one from the Hans country."

"Hehe, I have pictures of the army, navy and air force, and each season's uniforms. But right now, I urgently need winter uniforms for the army."

Xiao Bai was silent for a few seconds: "How many sets do you want?"

"Of course, the more the better. To be honest, I want to expand the army. Otherwise, with only a little over a thousand men in Shanxi, we won't even be able to fight in Taiyuan."

After thinking for a moment, Xiaobai replied, "Your uniform is a new style, the helmet material is very special, and the tactical vest is also very novel, so the system needs time to process it on the spot."

"Here's what we'll do. I'll give you 20,000 sets first, but they won't be stored in the system warehouse for another eight hours."

The 20,000 sets of military uniforms far exceeded Long Fei's expectations, so he quickly thanked him and then went into the system warehouse to check them out.

As a result, Long Fei discovered a strange phenomenon: although the rewards announced by Xiao Baibai had already been placed in the system warehouse.

However, all weapons and ammunition were displayed in gray with a 72-hour countdown timer.

Long Fei asked, bewildered, "Little Bai, can these weapons and ammunition only be used after 72 hours?"

"Yes."

"why?"

Xiao Baibai explained, "The reason is simple. If you use these weapons and equipment now, the Japanese will be beaten to a pulp."

This explanation left Long Fei even more confused.

"Wouldn't it be better to use it to fight the Japanese devils right now? Wouldn't it be better to prevent the Japanese devils from occupying Nanjing?"

As a result, Long Fei's words were immediately met with a rebuttal from Xiao Baibai.

"Of course it's not good. Don't you think about it? If you do that, you'll be changing history. You've traveled from the future. If you change history, many things in the future won't have a basis for existence, and you, Long Fei, might not even exist."

"Holy crap, Little White, your logic is just too amazing."

Unexpectedly, Xiaobaibai wasn't angry at all, but instead calmly replied.

"You can't rely on logic. Logic is the law of objective things. It is the inherent, essential, necessary, and stable connection between things."

"Therefore, you cannot change the major historical outcome, but you can change some of the details in between."

"For example, Nanjing was occupied by the Japanese in history and a brutal massacre was carried out. The outcome of Nanjing being occupied by the Japanese cannot be changed, but you can prevent the massacre from happening."

"For example, the outcome of the Japanese surrender cannot be changed, but why the Japanese surrendered, what events, people, countries, and methods prompted the Japanese to surrender, can be changed."

Upon hearing this, Long Fei seemed to understand what Xiao Baibai was trying to say, and so he asked.

"For example, the Battle of Taierzhuang, which happened not long afterward, could not be changed in terms of the National Revolutionary Army's victory, but the fact that the National Revolutionary Army suffered 50,000 casualties could be changed, right?"

"That's right, you have good comprehension skills, you're a promising student."

"Sigh, fine, the initiative is now in your War God System's hands, I can't refuse."

"It's alright, I'm out of here. Good luck."

Long Fei was somewhat annoyed. Currently, apart from light weapons, the heavy weapons were temporarily rendered useless due to a lack of ammunition.

Fortunately, you only need to wait three days. After three days, all heavy weapons will be available again, and all rewards except for weapons and ammunition can be used immediately.

On the evening of the 8th, Commander Tang actually received a phone call from a high-ranking official of the Nationalist government.

The other side told Commander Tang that if the battle went badly, they could consider abandoning Nanjing and withdrawing the entire army to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

However, Commander Tang did not tell everyone this news. He wanted to wait and see. If they really couldn't hold out in the end, he would then notify all troops to retreat.

However, in the following days, the defending troops reported a less than optimistic situation, especially as each unit suffered heavy casualties.

Moreover, the outer defense forces of Jinling City, due to insufficient manpower, had no choice but to move their defensive line back.

The Japanese attacking forces have now begun a fierce assault on several city gates of Nanjing.

The current situation indicates that Nanjing is in grave danger. If the Japanese army breaches any of the city gates, the consequences are predictable.

Not long after, Xu Peng also came to report to Long Fei that the troops of Chen Yiding, Zhu Ci, Wang Yaowu, Ding Zhipan, Zhou Zhengqiang, Zhou Weiguo and others were now fighting fiercely with the Japanese.

The position changed hands repeatedly, and the fighting between the two sides had reached a fever pitch.

The worst news is that the Japanese 10th Army has captured Niushou Mountain and General Mountain and is currently launching a fierce attack on Yuhuatai.

Yuhuatai is the gateway to Nanjing, and its location is of paramount importance. If the Japanese invaders were to breach it, it would only be a matter of time before the entire city of Nanjing fell.

Long Fei looked solemn and glanced at his watch; it was already past 11 a.m.

"Xu Peng, you stay and command the troops. I'm going to see Commander Tang."

Long Fei suddenly stood up, gave instructions to Xu Peng, waved to Xie Qiang, and the two got into the truck and sped away.

Commander Tang's headquarters has now been moved to the Ministry of Railways on Zhongshan North Road.

Upon seeing Long Fei enter, Commander Tang hurriedly invited him into his office.

"Commander Long, have all the residents of the city been evacuated?"

"Commander Tang, don't worry, everyone has been safely evacuated to the north bank of the Yangtze River."

After hearing this, Commander Tang breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, Commander Long, you've come at the right time. I'm afraid Nanjing can't be held anymore. The National Government has already agreed to my abandonment of the city and retreat."

Long Fei nodded without saying anything.

Commander Tang continued, "I think we should hold an emergency meeting at 2 p.m. to announce this decision and assign a unit to cover the retreat of the entire army."

Long Fei spoke up at this moment: "Commander Tang, I think you definitely won't assign the Central Army to provide cover, because they are the direct subordinates of the Nationalist government's high command."

Commander Tang smiled awkwardly and said, "Even if I wanted to assign someone, the higher-ups in the Nationalist government wouldn't agree. Why would I want to make trouble for myself?"

"So, you want the 57th Army of the Northeast Army to be used as cannon fodder."

Long Fei's words startled Commander Tang.

"how do you know?"

Long Fei smiled and calmly said, "I guessed. Well then, since Commander Tang has already made his decision, I don't want to interfere. Nowadays, Nanjing is practically a ghost town except for foreigners."

"My Longyan troops are willing to be cannon fodder and share the heavy responsibility of covering the retreat of the entire army with the 57th Army."

Long Fei's decision completely surprised Commander Tang, who couldn't understand why Long Fei was willing to be cannon fodder.

"Commander Long, there's really no need for that. The 57th Army is enough. You are a meritorious unit that has made outstanding contributions. I don't want you to make unnecessary sacrifices. It would be better to retreat sooner rather than later."