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

Finally, the gate of Longteng Villa collapsed under the bombardment of dozens of Japanese artillery shells.

Watanabe Yuichi immediately ordered his first battalion to storm the villa and kill everyone on sight.

The battalion commander, Kawashima Kuriaki, raised his sword and shouted, "First and Second Company, kill them all... take Dragon Soaring Manor for me!"

At this moment, the Japanese light and heavy machine guns immediately provided cover fire, and four or five hundred Japanese soldiers charged forward with shouts.

Wan Qingfang remained very calm at this moment, because she knew that panicking would only lead to further confusion.

"Don't panic, everyone. Use your submachine guns to fire first. If the Japanese keep getting closer, use grenades to kill them."

Fortunately, Chen Huating left behind a hundred submachine guns; otherwise, Wan Qingfang and her men would not have been able to stop the Japanese attack at all.

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

"Boom boom boom..."

Seeing that the Japanese soldiers were less than a hundred meters away from the gate of the manor, Wan Qingfang shouted, "Fire!"

The Japanese soldiers at the front fell in droves, but they were brave enough to keep charging forward.

Finally, after leaving behind two or three hundred corpses, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers still rushed to the gate of the villa.

Just as the Japanese soldiers were about to rush into the villa, hundreds of hand grenades suddenly fell from above.

"Boom boom boom..."

All of the more than one hundred Japanese soldiers fell outside the gate of the villa.

Two companies were lost in a single charge, which infuriated Kuriaki Kawashima, who let out a series of strange howls.

"Baka, you damned Chinese bandits."

Kuriaki Kawashima had no choice but to request artillery support.

Soon, the Japanese infantry guns, mortars, and grenade launchers began to bombard the area near the gate of the villa.

Under the fierce shelling of the Japanese, hundreds of people in Longteng Villa were killed or wounded.

Even Wan Qingfang's arm was injured by shrapnel.

"Brothers, we're going to fight the Japanese devils to the death today. If you want to live, you must hold the gate of the manor."

Ignoring her arm injury, Wan Qingfang shouted to everyone.

"Let's fight the Japanese devils..."

Wan Qingfang's words encouraged the somewhat panicked bandits, and they all raised their arms and shouted.

Immediately afterwards, the Japanese launched their second attack. This time, Longteng Villa, armed with submachine guns and grenades, once again repelled the Japanese offensive.

Seeing that both attacks had ended in failure and heavy losses, Watanabe Yuichi gave Kawashima Kuriaki a thorough dressing-down.

Then, Watanabe Yuichi ordered the Second Battalion to take over from the First Battalion and continue the attack.

Meanwhile, Wan Qingfang's submachine guns had almost run out of bullets, and she had very few grenades left.

It was obvious that if the Japanese attacked again, it would be difficult to stop them with the old rifles and Hanyang rifles in everyone's hands.

While helping Wan Qingfang bandage her arm, Gou Sheng offered his advice.

"Second Master, the Japanese are coming on strong. Why don't we retreat into the mountains? We have the Dragon Flame Legion behind us. They are well-equipped and might be able to repel the Japanese."

"No, if we abandon Longteng Cave, this natural stronghold, once the Japanese invaders enter the mountains, I'm afraid even Commander Long and his men won't be able to stop them."

Wan Qingfang had clearly underestimated the Longyan troops. Not to mention a Japanese regiment, even if they sent a division into the mountains, Long Fei was fully capable of fighting them.

The Japanese army's third attack resulted in an exceptionally fierce battle for Wan Qingfang's side.

Lacking the advantage of weaponry, the Japanese soldiers quickly stormed into the manor gate.

Wan Qingfang could only order her brothers to rush forward and fight the Japanese soldiers in close combat.

However, the bandits of Longteng Mountain Villa were clearly much worse at bayonet fighting than the Japanese soldiers, and they needed two to one or even three to one to fight against them.

After a fierce hand-to-hand battle, although Longteng Manor relied on its numerical advantage to kill all three hundred-plus Japanese soldiers who rushed into the manor, more than a thousand of its own men also died tragically under the bayonets of the Japanese soldiers.

Wan Qingfang leaned against the corner of the wall, her whole body stained red with blood. Looking at the mountain of corpses of her brothers, she bit her lip tightly, tears streaming down her face.

At this point, the Japanese clearly did not want to give Longteng Manor any breathing room, and the fourth attack began.

Wan Qingfang had already killed seven or eight Japanese soldiers and was completely exhausted. She forced herself to stand up and shouted to her brothers with all her might.

"Brothers, let's be good brothers again in the next life, drink and eat meat together, and kill the Japanese devils together."

Although she was exhausted, Wan Qingfang still managed to pick up a Japanese Type 38 rifle after shouting, and stood like a javelin with the gleaming bayonet facing the gate of the villa.

Wan Qingfang's fearless and resolute actions inspired all the brothers in the manor.

Those with guns and bullets would stand on the wall to block the Japanese soldiers; those without bullets or guns would pick up their guns from the ground and stand next to Wan Qingfang.

Just as the Japanese were about to launch their fourth attack, a series of whooshing sounds suddenly rang out in the sky.

Then one shell after another landed and exploded among the Japanese troops.

Seeing the Japanese soldiers being blown to pieces, Gousheng hurriedly climbed up the wall to observe.

Then he excitedly ran to Wan Qingfang and reported it.

"Second Master, the Japanese have been shelled and are now in complete chaos."

"what……"

After thinking about it, Wan Qingfang concluded that the most likely scenario was that Long Fei's Dragon Flame Legion had attacked the Japanese.

"Brothers, we might be saved. Let's grit our teeth and hold on a little longer."

Wan Qingfang had regained some strength by then. After shouting something to everyone, she hurriedly directed her brothers to carry all the Japanese soldiers' corpses to the gate of the villa to block it.

At the same time, she ordered some logs to be brought in to reinforce the gate of the manor.

After Long Fei led the remaining hundred-plus members of the Special Operations Division down from Motuo Ridge, they marched rapidly toward Longteng Manor.

As Long Fei walked, he pondered in his mind that Longteng Manor should not be able to hold out for more than an hour.

Therefore, when they reached a suitable location, Long Fei immediately decided to set up an artillery position there and bombard the Japanese with artillery fire to support Longteng Manor.

The artillery fire revealed the coordinates of the Japanese positions. Long Fei instructed Xie Qiang to contact the observation post team members and have them immediately confirm the coordinates and send them over.

Because of limited manpower, and because Long Fei did not want to bombard the enemy too heavily, he was willing to drive them away.

Therefore, Long Fei only deployed five Wild Bee self-propelled guns, allowing his team members to fire ten rounds first, and then await further orders.

Then Long Fei continued his forced march. Fortunately, Ding Zhipan of the Fourth Army called to report that he had set off from Xiaofeng Mountain and was now at most twenty minutes away from Longteng Mountain Villa.

Long Fei was slightly relieved. With artillery support, he believed that Longteng Manor should be able to hold out for another twenty minutes without much trouble.

Although only fifty shells were fired, they were 150mm caliber shells after all, and their explosive power was astonishing.

This round of shelling not only caused heavy casualties among the Japanese soldiers, but also stunned Amaya Jiro.

Amaya Jiro roared in anger, "Baka! Where did such a powerful cannon come from?"

The chief of staff hurriedly reminded him, "Brigade commander, Longteng Manor certainly doesn't have such large-caliber artillery. Could it be that the Longyan troops have joined the battle?"