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

Long Fei learned about the latest battle situation between the Nationalist government and the Japanese through Zheng Yaoxian.

A route was drawn up, and the places along this route were still under the control of the Nationalist Army.

Because Longteng Manor was now under the control of the Japanese, Long Fei led eleven team members under the cover of night to quietly circle around to the back of Longteng Cave, descend from Baizhang Cliff, and then leave the Langya Mountain area directly.

Upon arriving at the highway, Long Fei summoned a Gimli truck. After the twelve people got in, Xie Qiang personally drove, and they sped off along the route set by Long Fei.

The vehicle first headed north, bypassed Chuxian County, then turned east, bypassed Lai'an and headed straight for Tianchang City, then Gaoyou and Dongtai, and finally arrived at a seaside town called Haidi Town.

The vehicles didn't have a moment's delay, except for refueling and using the restroom together.

Xie Qiang drove for over 500 kilometers overnight, and finally arrived safely at Haidi Town at eight o'clock the next morning.

Long Fei did not intend to enter the town because he did not want anyone to see them sailing out to sea in a torpedo boat.

Long Fei understood that the Japanese would definitely send many spies in advance to infiltrate the Nationalist government's controlled areas to gather intelligence.

There's a saying that things are accomplished in secrecy and ruined by leaks; any negligence can lead to extremely serious consequences.

If there were Japanese spies in the seawall town, and they happened to be spotted and reported, it would likely alert the Japanese.

The twelve men circled the town and went straight to the seaside. Long Fei looked around to make sure no one was there, and then immediately dispatched the S100 torpedo boat.

After everyone quickly boarded the boat, it was started up. The torpedo boat's engine roared loudly, and then it headed towards the depths of the ocean.

Zheng Yaoxian had already informed the Japanese ship, the Shanghai Maru, of its route by telegram.

Now, all Longfei needs to do is drive his torpedo boat to the vicinity of the route the Shanghai Maru must take and wait quietly.

The distance from the seawall town to the designated location is less than 200 kilometers. The torpedo boat arrived in just over two hours, and now all that's left is to wait patiently.

Although, according to intelligence, the Shanghai Maru will not depart from Shanghai until tomorrow, heading to Japan.

However, Long Fei decided to immediately monitor the shipping lanes on the sea ahead.

He set up three observation groups, two people in each group, working in shifts of four hours, while the others went back to their cabins to rest.

Despite driving all night, Xie Qiang was still in high spirits and couldn't fall asleep even as he lay there.

So Xie Qiang started chatting with Long Fei.

"Commander, if we succeed, that's six thousand tons of gold and three thousand tons of silver. What should we do with it?"

Long Fei lay on the bed and said quietly, "First of all, it's definitely not going to the National Government. You know how corrupt the National Government is."

"After all, we came from the future and know a lot about the situation. During the War of Resistance against Japan, the Nationalist government's annual military expenditure was only 0.52 billion US dollars, but the Nationalist government leaders had as much as 1.5 billion US dollars in deposits in an overseas bank."

"This money was enough to support the National Army in the War of Resistance for three years, but it was embezzled and stolen by someone else."

"At that time, China's annual GDP was only six billion US dollars, but the wealth of the four major families was as high as three to four billion US dollars."

Xie Qiang was unaware of this information. Upon hearing it, he jumped out of bed and cursed angrily.

"What? This...this is too corrupt! With the country in crisis, these people are simply traitors."

The other team members, who hadn't fallen asleep to begin with, were all filled with righteous indignation after hearing this and sat up.

Long Fei nodded in agreement: "You're right, they are hypocrites who harm the country and its people."

After Xie Qiang finished cursing, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked.

"Commander, Huayuankou shouldn't have been blown up yet, right? Should we try to prevent this tragedy from happening?"

Xie Qiang's question really stumped Long Fei, reminding him of Xiao Bai Bai's reminder that history cannot be changed.

Seeing that Long Fei was not speaking, Xie Qiang misunderstood and said, "Commander, the Huayuankou dike has breached, killing hundreds of thousands of people and displacing millions. Shouldn't we go to rescue them?"

Long Fei hurriedly shook his head: "Xie Qiang, you misunderstood. Xiao Baibai said that history cannot be changed. I was just thinking about how to save her."

Xie Qiang grinned apologetically and said, "Hehe, I see."

At this point, Long Fei decided to ask Xiao Bai Bai for clarification, because the system's rule was somewhat rigid and would restrict Long Fei's actions in the future.

"Little Whitey, are you there?"

"Of course I was there, I heard your conversation."

"I just want to ask, is it wrong for me to intervene and change things like the Huayuankou tragedy?"

"Ahem... I think you guys are really out of your minds. System rules are rigid, but people are flexible..."

"Little Bai, you mean..."

Little White sighed and said in a serious tone.

"Then let me give you some more pointers. The War God System stipulates that it cannot change the major historical outcomes."

"For example, you can't change the breach of the Huayuankou dike, you can't change the fall of Nanjing, you can't change the victory of the National Revolutionary Army at Taierzhuang, you can't change the defeat and surrender of the Japanese, and so on..."

"But before Nanjing fell, didn't you evacuate as many soldiers and civilians as possible from the city?"

"Why are you so stupid when it comes to the Huayuankou dike breach? Why don't you reduce the amount of explosives and just blast a small hole?"

"In that case, the Huayuankou dike has indeed breached, but you haven't changed history. In reality, the Yellow River hasn't changed its course, and the people downstream won't suffer."

Finally, Little White asked meaningfully, "Now that I've explained it this way, you should understand, right?"

Long Fei burst into laughter: "Thank you, Little White, I understand. In other words, the defeat and surrender of the Japanese is a major historical outcome, but how to get the Japanese to surrender and how to deal with them after surrender is up to me."

"That's what I mean. I'm glad you understand. I'll leave now if there's nothing else."

Xie Qiang immediately became happy.

"Commander, this is great! We're no longer tied up and have plenty of room to maneuver."

Long Fei smiled, lit a cigarette, and then said.

"Let's continue our previous topic. This wealth cannot be given to the Nationalist government, but it can be given to Yan'an."

"However, given the current situation, it would be quite difficult for Yan'an to keep it safe."

"So my opinion is that we should keep it safe for now and hand it over to the other party when the time is right."

It must be said that Long Fei's considerations were quite comprehensive; with the overall situation still uncertain, now is indeed not a good time to deliver.

So everyone nodded in agreement with Long Fei's decision.

Now that Xie Qiang was relaxed, he immediately felt sleepy and started snoring within a minute.

Long Fei told everyone to rest well and conserve their energy, then he opened the hatch and went up to the deck.

"Did you find anything?"

"Reporting to the Legion, the sea is completely empty; not even a seabird has been spotted."