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

Hata Shunroku had secretly dispatched the 12th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Brigade of the 11th Division to the Japanese barracks and supply warehouses in Shahe Town.

Meanwhile, lurking outside Longteng Manor was the 22nd Regiment of the 10th Brigade, personally led by Brigade Commander Amakani Jiro.

Because Hata Shunroku gave Amaya Jiro a death order: he must take over Ryuten Manor and annihilate all the bandits inside.

Around 9 p.m. that night, Chen Huating led two thousand men to the west gate of Shahe Town.

They began to anxiously wait for the hundred-odd brothers to open the city gate.

Chen Huating and everyone waited anxiously for two hours before finally seeing the west gate of Shahe Town slowly open.

Then a dozen or so brothers came out, one of whom held up a lantern and started drawing circles.

This was a signal agreed upon by both parties beforehand. Upon seeing it, Chen Huating immediately ordered everyone to rush in.

Then, led by these hundred-odd brothers, everyone headed straight for the Japanese supply depot.

Because the Japanese barracks were right next to the supply warehouse, Chen Huating immediately ordered the barracks to be surrounded and an attack to be launched as soon as he arrived.

When the Japanese sentries spotted Chen Huating and his men, they raised their guns to fire, but were immediately killed by a hail of bullets. The machine gun positions outside the barracks were also destroyed by mortars.

"Brothers, charge in immediately and kill all the Japanese devils."

Chen Huating held a Thompson submachine gun and shouted loudly.

Just as they were about to rush into the gate of the Japanese barracks, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from behind them.

"Da da da... bang bang bang..."

The bandits behind them fell one after another as the gunfire rang out.

Chen Huating looked back and exclaimed in alarm, "Oh no, there's an ambush!"

He reacted quickly, realized something was wrong, and immediately gave the order.

"Brothers, the Japanese have laid an ambush. We must break out immediately and evacuate Shahe Town."

Half of the two thousand men Chen Huating led were armed with equipment given to them by Long Fei, and their firepower was still much stronger than that of the Japanese.

Therefore, even though the Japanese had occupied a favorable position, the encirclement was quickly breached.

"Brothers, cover each other and retreat in stages."

After breaking through the Japanese encirclement, Chen Huating ordered everyone to set up a defensive line on the spot, and then retreat to the west gate in stages.

Fighting and retreating in this manner, Chen Huating's side finally reached the west gate after losing four or five hundred men.

At that time, at least one squad of Japanese soldiers was guarding the west gate.

This squad of Japanese soldiers set up four Type 92 heavy machine gun positions at the west gate.

As soon as Chen Huating led everyone to this place, the Japanese opened fire immediately with four heavy machine guns.

Caught off guard, a large number of Chen Huating's brothers fell down.

"You little devils, I'll fuck your grandma."

At this moment, Chen Huating glared angrily, his eyes turning bloodshot, and his whole body was filled with rage.

"Suppress the Japanese with machine guns, and immediately take out their machine gun positions with mortars. Hold off the pursuing Japanese over here and use grenades to deal with them."

"Boom boom boom... Rat tat tat... Bang bang bang..."

Right here at the West Gate, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle to the death.

"Boss, the west gate has been captured. You take the brothers and retreat first. I will take a hundred brothers to cover you."

Li Dayong shouted to Chen Huating as he fired his MG34 machine gun at the pursuing Japanese soldiers.

"Good brother, I'm the boss, I can't leave the brothers behind and run away first. You take everyone and I'll stay behind to cover you."

While responding, Chen Huating kept firing at the Japanese soldiers with his Thompson submachine gun.

It was nighttime, and visibility was poor. Both sides could only try to spot each other and aim and fire by relying on the faint light from the explosions and the flashes from the gun barrels.

So, although the game was exciting, the accuracy rate was actually not high.

Nomura Kiya, the commander of the 12th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese army, fearing that Chen Huating's troops might escape, ordered all the artillery of the regiment to be brought up.

"Boom boom boom..."

The Japanese army unleashed a barrage of fire on Chen Huating's position with twelve Type 92 infantry guns, along with mortars and grenade launchers.

On Chen Huating's side, there were only five mortars given to him by Long Fei, and one of them had already been destroyed in the battle.

Therefore, Chen Huating's side was at a complete disadvantage in terms of artillery fire, and was bombarded by the Japanese shells, resulting in heavy casualties.

Seeing many of his comrades falling to the Japanese artillery fire, Chen Huating grew anxious.

"Li Dayong, are you not even listening to me anymore? I told you to take the brothers and leave, did you hear me?"

"Boss, I..." Li Dayong was extremely conflicted; he really didn't want to abandon Chen Huating.

"Brother, hurry up and leave, or we'll all die here. If I don't come back, you and the second-in-command will avenge me."

Seeing that Chen Huating had put it this way, Li Dayong could only nod in reluctance and agree.

Immediately, Li Dayong quickly arranged for about a hundred men to stay behind and act as a blocking force with Chen Huating. Then, he led the other brothers and, braving the Japanese artillery fire, quickly withdrew from the west gate.

After Li Dayong and his men left, Chen Huating shouted to the brothers who remained.

"Brothers, we are facing Japanese devils today, so we must not disgrace the Chinese people, and we must not be cowards."

"Boss, none of us are cowards. Today, we'll fight the Japanese to the death."

"That's right, at worst we'll just die. Killing one is enough, killing two is a bonus."

"I'll be a hero again in eighteen years, and I'll continue to kill those Japanese devils then."

"You little devils, come on, grandpa's waiting for you, I'll send you to the Western Paradise."

Seeing his brothers' fearless expressions, Chen Huating burst into tears, his heart aching.

He was filled with regret at that moment, regretting that he had acted so rashly, resulting in falling into the Japanese trap, being surrounded, and losing so many good brothers in vain.

Seeing that the shelling had been nearly stopped, Nomura Kiya immediately ordered a halt and then commanded his Japanese soldiers to charge towards Chen Huating's position.

After repelling three Japanese attacks, Chen Huating's side also ran out of ammunition.

Chen Huating knew that the final moment was approaching.

"Brothers, fix bayonets, let's fight the Japanese devils!"

Everyone's faces were grim as they silently fixed their bayonets.

While the Japanese were reorganizing their attack, everyone lit cigarettes and began to enjoy the last moments of their lives.

Soon, the Japanese launched their fourth attack.

A dense swarm of Japanese soldiers charged toward the west gate, but this time the Japanese soldiers found that the enemy did not fire their guns.

Just as the Japanese soldiers were secretly delighted and yelling, about to rush towards Chen Huating and his men...

Suddenly, Chen Huating and his sixty or seventy brothers stood up, raised their guns, and charged towards the Japanese soldiers.

"Brothers, kill the Japanese devils! Fight them to the death!"

As Chen Huating charged, he shouted, then used his bayonet to knock down a Japanese soldier who was rushing towards him.

The others also fought bravely, engaging the Japanese soldiers in close combat, their bayonets clashing.

Unfortunately, the Japanese soldiers had an overwhelming numerical advantage, and their bayonet fighting skills were also quite good.

So after only a few rounds, although Chen Huating's side had assassinated several dozen Japanese soldiers, they were ultimately outnumbered and most of them died heroically in battle.