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

Now that we've suddenly become family, we feel even closer to each other.

Because of the joy, everyone drank quite a bit of alcohol, but Wang Yaowu now felt somewhat out of place.

So, after a short while, he got up and said goodbye to Long Fei.

Long Fei did not try to stop him, and personally saw him off.

"Commander Wang, don't feel pressured. I believe that although we are in different units, our determination to kill the Japanese is the same."

Wang Yaowu nodded emphatically: "Commander Long, I have been deeply nurtured by the National Government, so I cannot choose to leave. Please understand."

"I understand, I understand. Please take care, Commander Wang. Let's keep in touch. If there's anything I, Long Fei, can help you with, please don't hesitate to ask."

"Okay, thank you, Commander Long. Take care, and we'll meet again."

After shaking hands with Long Fei, Wang Yaowu turned and left.

The drinking session lasted until after 3 a.m., when explosions echoed from the city across the river, at which point everyone stopped, and the effects of the alcohol wore off somewhat.

"Have the Japanese invaders entered the city?"

Chen Yiding stood up and gazed at the opposite bank, muttering to himself.

"Yes, it must be the Japanese entering the city. The explosion just now was because the Japanese stepped on a landmine."

"Landmines?" Chen Yiding and the others asked in unison.

Long Fei chuckled and explained, "That's right. Before retreating, I set up two to three thousand anti-personnel mines near each city gate."

"If the Japanese devils want to enter the city, they must pay the price."

The Japanese attacking forces were not originally scheduled to launch a night battle tonight.

However, in the afternoon, they suffered a great loss due to Long Fei's "closing the door and beating the dog" tactic.

Therefore, after receiving the report, General Matsui also resorted to stratagem.

General Matsui decided to launch a surprise night attack, hoping to break through the city's defenses in one fell swoop.

Moreover, the night raid was scheduled for 3 a.m., which is the time when people are most tired and have the worst concentration during the day.

As a result, the Japanese troops encountered no resistance whatsoever and easily occupied the Nationalist army's positions before entering the city.

Just as the Japanese soldiers were overjoyed, they began to step on landmines.

These landmines are scattered throughout the city ruins and streets, and are not easily spotted even in broad daylight, let alone in the pitch black of night.

Moreover, the Japanese never dreamed that the National Revolutionary Army would possess such advanced landmines, and that they were laid at such a high density.

Therefore, within a short time, thousands of Japanese soldiers entering the city were injured by landmines.

Seeing this, the other Japanese soldiers dared not advance rashly. The Japanese front-line commanders had no choice but to ask their respective regimental commanders for instructions.

The Japanese regimental commanders were also confused and consulted with their brigade or division commanders.

But these division commanders were all eager to be the first heroic unit to break through the city.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he ordered his subordinates to advance at all costs.

However, considering the threat of landmines, the engineering corps of each unit was ordered to clear the mines.

But something even more baffling happened: the Japanese engineers had no choice but to clear the mines in the dark, but before they could even find any, they were injured by the mines themselves.

This terrified the Japanese soldiers, making them even more hesitant to make any rash moves.

Finally, left with no other choice, the commanders of the Japanese divisions reported to General Matsui.

General Matsui, true to his reputation as a cunning fox, ordered his troops to use grenades and grenade launchers to blast open the way.

Moreover, some of the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were not completely destroyed, and they were used to participate in mine clearance.

The situation has improved significantly. Although this method of mine clearance cannot completely eliminate all mines, most of them were still detonated.

However, even so, quite a few Japanese soldiers were still injured by the landmines that had not been detonated.

After daybreak, the Japanese finally occupied the entire city at the cost of nearly two thousand wounded soldiers.

Immediately, Japanese flags were raised throughout the city.

However, after their initial excitement, the Japanese soldiers quickly realized something was wrong, as the city was now almost deserted.

General Matsui didn't sleep all night; he was already fantasizing about how to gain domestic praise and recognition, and how to receive commendation from His Majesty the Emperor.

Just as General Matsui was feeling triumphant, he received a report that the city was completely deserted.

For Admiral Matsui, this was not a matter of losing face, but an indelible disgrace.

After calming down a bit, General Matsui quickly realized that the enemy had left him an empty city.

"Order all fighter jets and bombers at the surrounding airfields to immediately take off and conduct a thorough search for Chinese troops and civilians to the north. Once they are found, launch an attack immediately."

This order from Admiral Matsui is the only form of revenge he can think of and carry out at the moment.

Driven by anger and a desperate desire to remedy the situation and seek revenge, Admiral Matsui forgot the painful lessons of the past and once again issued a foolish order.

Meanwhile, Long Fei had already set up dozens of air defense points on the north bank, ready for action.

Around 8 a.m., a dense formation of Japanese aircraft appeared in the sky, numbering over a hundred.

To facilitate the search, the Japanese planes flew very low.

"Let the planes in front pass, leave the air defense points behind to deal with them. You just focus on shooting down the Japanese planes flying at the very back."

To prevent the Japanese planes flying behind from turning and fleeing when things went wrong, Long Fei promptly issued the order.

"Buzzing..."

When the last Japanese plane came into range, the team immediately launched the missile.

The Japanese planes in the air were hit one after another, and then they exploded violently.

The Japanese soldiers in the city witnessed all of this, and they could not believe what they were seeing.

General Matsui received the report quickly, and the news infuriated him so much that he spat out a mouthful of blood on his desk.

General Matsui clutched his chest, screaming hysterically, "Baka! Baka! How could the Chinese army have become so powerful?"

Chen Yiding and the others, standing beside Long Fei, asked in unison after witnessing this shocking scene.

"Commander Long, what kind of weapon is this? How come it's so effective at shooting down Japanese planes? One shot, one kill."

Long Fei could only explain, "These are anti-aircraft missiles that we purchased abroad before returning to China."

Long Fei referred to anti-aircraft missiles as anti-aircraft bullets, so that he could save himself the trouble of explaining it to everyone slowly.

Long Fei thought to himself that the Japanese had suffered two major losses and would certainly not dare to send planes again in the short term.

The evacuated civilians and Nationalist soldiers were temporarily spared from the Japanese air threat.

Just as Long Fei was about to announce the next move, Xu Peng came to him with a telegram.

"Commander, this is a coded message we just received from frequency 8.15."

Long Fei took the telegram, walked to the side, took out the book "Rebecca" that he had bought in Jinling City, and quickly began to decipher the telegram.