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

Xie Qiang's eyes widened.

"Commander, oh no, Legion Commander, you're moving too fast! In just over a month, we've gone from a special operations battalion to a legion."

Sun Haitao exclaimed in amazement, "Commander, at this rate, our special operations battalion will be able to grow to 100,000 or even 200,000 troops in less than a year."

Long Fei looked at his two subordinates and deliberately shook his head and sighed.

"Look at you two, so naive and unsophisticated. You're already surprised by this?"

"My plan is to command a million soldiers, drive the Japanese devils out of China, and then have the red flags fluttering over the Undying Mountain, and the sword dance in Kyoto to slay the Japanese emperor."

At this moment, Long Fei exuded overwhelming power and domineering aura.

Unexpectedly, while giving a thumbs up, Sun Haitao asked a question in a weak voice.

"Commander, I've discovered you're incredibly talented. You can come up with such powerful verses so easily."

"But I understand Kyoto and the Japanese Emperor. What's the meaning behind this Immortal Mountain?"

"Pfft..." Long Fei rolled his eyes in exasperation at Sun Haitao.

“I told you, could you read more books? Mount Fuji was originally called Mount Undying, and also Mount Fuyou.”

Xie Qiang then asked, dumbfounded, "Commander, why didn't you just say Mount Fuji, a word that everyone can understand?"

Long Fei was really going to be driven crazy by these two clowns.

He gave Xie Qiang a sharp rap on the head.

"Being more tactful makes me seem more sophisticated."

After Long Fei finished speaking, it was Xie Qiang and Sun Haitao's turn to roll their eyes.

At daybreak, the Nanjing Military Police Headquarters learned that a team of military police sent out for night patrols and inspections had not returned.

So they hurriedly notified all troops to search the entire city, but after a whole day they couldn't find a single hair.

The military police commander suspected that they were likely assassinated by the Chinese in the city.

The military police commander felt this was a serious matter, so he personally went to General Matsui to report it.

"General Matsui, do you think we should postpone tomorrow's celebration? I'm afraid that if Chinese spies infiltrate the event, it could threaten your and the Prince's safety."

After thinking it over, General Matsui rejected the suggestion from the military police commander.

"Tomorrow's celebration is His Majesty the Emperor's instruction, and we must comply with it."

"As for your concerns about security, I will immediately order a citywide curfew, and any suspicious persons will be shot dead on the spot."

"I will also increase the number of guards at tomorrow's celebration. The Chinese army has long since fled, and there are hardly any Chinese left in the city. Even if they wanted to cause trouble, they wouldn't have the ability."

"In addition, continue to send more personnel to continue searching for the whereabouts of this military police team."

Seeing that General Matsui had said so, the military police commander no longer insisted.

"Hai, I'll make the arrangements immediately. Tomorrow I will order the entire military police force to be on-site to ensure the safety of His Excellency the General and His Highness the Prince."

It's no wonder that General Matsui made such a decision; he never dreamed that dozens of cannons were waiting in full force just a few kilometers away on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

At 9:30 a.m. the next day, General Matsui and Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, one as the Supreme Commander of the Central China Area Army and the other as the Commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army, appeared together on the stage of the celebration.

According to the agenda of the celebration, General Matsui and Prince Asaka Yasuhiko will take the stage to speak one after the other.

Then there will be a so-called entry ceremony, where the two will inspect the troops entering the city from the platform in the square.

The Japanese troops participating in the parade were selected from various attacking forces and consisted of a battalion of more than 10,000 men.

The troops participating in the parade had already assembled on one side of the square, including infantry, cavalry, and armored units.

At 10 o'clock sharp, after a colonel presiding over the meeting gave an opening speech, General Matsui began to speak on stage.

"Gentlemen, our Imperial Army came to China not to invade them, but because their country is too backward. That's why we came here to help them develop and improve."

"The occupation of Nanjing by the Imperial Army was a moment of great historical significance, signifying that the Chinese nation had effectively perished."

"And we will do our best to help them and work together to build a prosperous and strong Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere."

The scene was filled with Japanese soldiers and Japanese reporters. Although General Matsui extended invitations to foreigners and reporters in Nanjing, not a single foreigner came to attend.

However, this does not stop these scoundrels from talking to themselves and boasting.

Next, Prince Asaka Yasuhiko took the stage to speak, but he rambled on and on with nonsense from beginning to end.

Next came the inspection of the troops entering the city, watching the armored units drive over from a distance.

General Matsui and Prince Asaka both wore smug expressions.

Following closely behind the armored units was a Japanese cavalry battalion.

These Japanese devils rode their big Japanese horses, swaggering and showing off their power, acting like they were invincible.

At the same time, Long Fei's twenty-four Wild Bee self-propelled artillery pieces had already adjusted their firing parameters to Xinjiekou Square.

The other thirty-two 105mm howitzers were aimed at other targets in Nanjing.

Long Fei could have deployed all twenty Katyusha rocket launcher vehicles at once for the artillery barrage.

However, Long Fei believes that having the Wild Bee self-propelled artillery and the 105mm howitzer is sufficient, and adding the Katyusha rocket launcher is just icing on the cake.

Therefore, it was decided to keep the Katyusha rocket launcher vehicle for when it is needed more in the future.

All the cannons are now loaded and ready to fire, awaiting Long Fei's command.

Just as General Matsui and Prince Asaka Yasuhiko raised their hands, preparing to call out to the troops...

At the same time, Long Fei issued the order to bombard Nanjing.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

A single salvo consisted of 56 shells, which, with a piercing whistle, were fired from the cannon barrels and flew toward Nanjing.

The Japanese soldiers standing guard beside General Matsui and Prince Asaka Yasuhiko.

Upon hearing the whistling of the shells, he reacted swiftly, leaping forward to tackle the two men to the ground and protect them.

But the other Japanese soldiers in the square fared much worse.

Twenty-four 150mm shells crashed onto the square in an instant, creating deafening explosions almost simultaneously.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

The Japanese armored forces' tanks and armored vehicles were immediately destroyed by bombs.

The bomb explosion not only created dozens of craters on the ground, but the shrapnel and shockwave also injured a large number of Japanese soldiers in the surrounding area.

In the blink of an eye, the square was filled with smoke and filled with the remains of Japanese soldiers, as well as the shattered remains of Japanese horses. The Japanese infantry suffered heavy casualties.

The 32 shells fired by the 105mm howitzer landed at various important locations in Nanjing.

Xie Qiang strolled around Nanjing that night, having already noted down the important Japanese targets he had discovered.

For example, the Japanese army's temporary barracks, supply depots, armories, and headquarters.

Even the Xiaguan Wharf was shelled, and the Japanese ships and dock facilities moored on the riverbank were blown to pieces by the artillery fire.

Long Fei and others conducted twenty rounds of shelling, firing more than a thousand shells, before calling a halt.

The Japanese artillerymen in the city also wanted to fire back.

However, firstly, they couldn't find any targets to fire at, and secondly, most of their artillery consisted of Type 92 infantry guns with a range of just over two kilometers.

So even though the Japanese soldiers were so angry that they screamed and yelled, they were helpless.