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

Seeing the tragic state of the two soldiers, Ge Dahai was filled with immense grief.

But now was not the time to be sad, so Ge ​​Dahai could only grit his teeth and pick up his binoculars to quickly observe.

More than forty Japanese tanks temporarily halted their advance after discovering that the enemy was attacking them.

The Japanese tank machine gunners immediately aimed their machine guns at the surrounding suicide squad members and opened fire.

Meanwhile, the Japanese infantry following behind the tanks fired at the suicide squad members as they rapidly approached.

In a short time, more than 100 of the 500 daredevils organized by Ge Dahai were killed or wounded.

Faced with this situation, the machine gun units providing cover could not fire at all, because they would accidentally injure their own men.

Fortunately, the deputy regimental commander who stayed behind to take command came up with a quick idea.

He led a company of soldiers, divided into two teams, and quickly outflanked the Japanese infantry from the left and right.

The Japanese soldiers had no choice but to divide their forces to deal with attacks from the left and right flanks.

Meanwhile, some of the Japanese tanks also turned their guns to the left and right to fire.

After assessing the situation, Ge Dahai decided to change the plan and ordered the suicide squad to retreat immediately and rendezvous with the light and heavy machine gun units that were providing cover.

After seeing Ge Dahai lead the suicide squad to a successful retreat, the deputy regimental commander hurriedly ordered the troops flanking to the left and right to fight and retreat simultaneously.

The two sides clashed for less than half an hour, and Ge Dahai's 710th Regiment suffered nearly 300 casualties, while the suicide squad suffered more than half of its casualties.

"Order: Deploy troops in echelons and retreat while fighting towards Linting Town."

Ge Dahai knew that with their weapons and combat strength, it was impossible for them to inflict serious damage or even stun the Japanese.

The Japanese are launching a full-scale attack now, so why not take advantage of the situation and lure them towards Linting Town?

Ge Dahai's decision was undoubtedly correct.

Relying on the tanks leading the way, the Japanese soldiers completely disregarded the 710th Regiment and launched a continuous and fierce attack.

Meanwhile, the 710th Regiment, following Ge Dahai's latest orders, was gradually leading the Japanese troops toward Linting Town.

After arriving in Linting Town with his special operations battalion, Long Fei immediately retrieved the MG34 machine gun, Tiger tank, and Wespe self-propelled artillery from the system's inventory.

The troops were deployed, with all ten Tiger tanks parked in the woods not far from the training ground.

Twelve Wild Bee self-propelled guns and two ammunition transport vehicles were parked at the rear to form an artillery position.

Long Fei divided the 300 MG34 machine guns into four groups: 80 each on the east, west, and north sides, and 60 on the south side.

Because the south side was reserved as a place to let the Japanese invaders in.

Long Fei ordered that once all the Japanese soldiers entered Linting Town, the southern part of the town should be blocked to encircle and annihilate them.

To ensure the success of the blockade, Long Fei dispatched an additional forty soldiers, who would assist in the operation with 191 and 192 assault rifles, as well as 171 submachine guns and 201 squad machine guns.

Finally, Long Fei selected twenty warriors with superb marksmanship and organized them into a sniper team, each equipped with a high-precision sniper rifle.

Long Fei had only one requirement for them: to find good cover and eliminate valuable and threatening enemy targets once the fighting started.

Long Fei assigned the remaining personnel to serve as communicators and observers.

This is to enable timely transmission of orders to various combat units and to report the coordinate parameters of artillery targets.

Before long, the entire special operations battalion was in position, ready for battle.

At this time, Chen Defa also brought his brigade headquarters to Linting Town.

Long Fei sent someone to welcome him to the temporary command post.

Behind Linting Town, on a small hillside, Long Fei set up his temporary command post in a house.

Standing here, you can see the entire town of Linting, making it an excellent vantage point.

As for Chen Defa's brigade personnel, Long Fei ordered them all to hide on the other side of the hillside.

Because this place is relatively safe, not only can it not be hit by Japanese bullets, but it is also a blind spot for Japanese artillery and tank guns.

However, if the Japanese mortars were to fire with precision, they could reach this spot.

But Long Fei wasn't worried, because he believed that once the fighting started, the Japanese mortars would be destroyed quickly.

On his way to the command post, Chen Defa discovered that Long Fei's troops not only carried strange weapons, but also possessed hundreds of identical machine guns.

Although Chen Defa had never seen this MG34 machine gun before and couldn't name it, he finally understood why Long Fei was confident that he could annihilate the Japanese 13th Regiment.

Of course, if Chen Defa saw the Tiger tanks in the woods and the Wespe self-propelled guns mounted behind them, his jaw would probably drop in astonishment.

Long Fei was observing with a low-light telescope when he saw Chen Defa arrive. He smiled and saluted to welcome him.

"Battalion Commander Long, your troops are equipped too well. With only seven or eight hundred men, you have two or three hundred machine guns. You'll be able to cut the Japanese devils like leeks in no time."

Long Fei smiled calmly: "Commander Chen, you flatter me. Actually, these weapons are not the most powerful."

"What? This isn't impressive? If these weapons were given to my 37th Brigade, we wouldn't have had to sacrifice so many brothers."

Seeing Chen Defa's tragic tone, Long Fei nodded in agreement.

"Brigade Commander Chen, what you said is not wrong. Good weapons can indeed greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops."

"But this is only one aspect of ensuring victory. In addition, fighting spirit, logistical support, strategy and tactics, intelligence gathering, and so on are also very important."

Long Fei spoke eloquently, leaving Chen Defa, a graduate of the first class of the Whampoa Military Academy, secretly feeling inferior.

He couldn't help but ask, "Commander Long, not only are your troops' weapons peculiar, but their equipment is also quite strange."

In response, Long Fei could only fabricate an excuse.

"After learning that Japan and China were fighting in Shanghai, we purchased a batch of the latest weapons and equipment from abroad."

Chen Defa clearly believed Long Fei's explanation and nodded: "No wonder."

"By the way, your binoculars look really good, can I take a look at them?"

Long Fei chuckled, took off his binoculars, and handed them over.

Chen Defa picked up the binoculars and looked inside, then couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"My goodness, this telescope is amazing! It not only has a scale, but it can also see far and clearly."

Long Fei chuckled to himself, thinking, "It's a good thing it's broad daylight. If it were night, you'd be shocked."

Just as Long Fei was about to say that he would give him the binoculars after the battle, the sound of gunfire suddenly came from afar.

Chen Defa subconsciously used his binoculars to look in the direction from which the sound came, but unfortunately he saw nothing.

He returned the binoculars to Long Fei, looking nervous.

"Commander Ge must have gotten into a fight with the Japanese. Hopefully, he can lure them over here."

"Brigade Commander Chen, don't worry, I believe that Regiment Commander Ge will be able to complete the mission."

Chen Defa nodded emphatically and then said, "Battalion Commander Long, my brigade headquarters also has a guard company that can participate in the battle. You can make the arrangements."

Long Fei initially wanted to refuse, but then he thought that Chen Defa meant well, so he couldn't very well turn him down.

So the order was given: "Brigade Commander Chen, your guard company will lie in ambush at the southern entrance of the town to provide cover for Regiment Commander Ge's troops."

"Alright, I'll give the order right away."