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

After landing, the Japanese soldiers were so cold that they kept jumping around on the spot.

Once it warmed up a bit, the Japanese soldiers put on their trousers and shoes as quickly as possible.

Goro Iizuka naturally took the lead and set an example. After going ashore, he endured the biting cold, put on military trousers and boots, and looked so calm.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Goro Iizuka impatiently gave the order.

"Order the entire army to continue advancing and capture Dongtai County before nightfall."

Long Fei and Jia Yunshan saw the Japanese soldiers' actions clearly through their binoculars.

"Commander Long, the Japanese will soon enter the minefield you set up. The sky is about to fall."

"Yes, Commander Jia, don't rush. We'll detonate it after the Japanese have completely entered the minefield."

Five team members lay prone not far from Long Fei, each one with their ears perked up, waiting for Long Fei to give the order.

The area around Liangduo is a wetland. Just as the Japanese soldiers were trudging forward for several dozen meters, they all entered the pre-set minefield.

Long Fei shouted in a murderous tone, "You five, each of you, detonate at two-second intervals."

The five team members looked serious as they took turns pressing the buttons on their controllers.

The reason Long Fei made them pause for two seconds was quite simple.

That means if they were detonated simultaneously, they would only cause direct damage to the Japanese soldiers in front.

The Japanese soldiers in front would unwittingly become human shields for the Japanese soldiers behind them, thus reducing or even eliminating the harm to the Japanese soldiers behind them.

Five hundred M18 Claymore anti-personnel mines were detonated sequentially within ten seconds as the electric current triggered them.

A single Claymore mine contains 700 steel balls, so 500 mines would contain 350,000 steel balls, not even counting the shrapnel from the explosion.

Even if these 350,000 steel balls were evenly distributed among the Japanese soldiers, each soldier would have more than a hundred balls.

Driven by the explosion of C4 high explosive, these steel balls flew out like bullets, forming five waves of dense steel ball rain.

Any Japanese soldiers within fifty meters were riddled with bullets and instantly killed.

Those at a greater distance were not pierced or penetrated by the steel ball.

But the uniforms, skin, and muscles of these Japanese soldiers were torn apart in an instant.

This caused the Japanese soldier to be seriously wounded and fall to the ground, losing his fighting ability. If he did not receive timely treatment, he would die soon.

More than two thousand Japanese soldiers had no idea what was happening; they only heard the explosion and then fell in rows and rows.

Goro Iizuka also paid a heavy price for his arrogance.

As the regimental commander, he was not wearing a helmet, so even though he was walking in the middle of the column, he was about a hundred meters away from the landmine.

However, the steel ball ripped open his scalp and dislocated his jaw.

Not only were his uniforms torn to shreds by steel balls, but his skin and muscles were also shattered by the steel balls.

Goro Iizuka lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground with a thud. His skin was patchy, either peeling off or broken into pieces, and blood was flowing freely.

In about ten seconds, more than two thousand Japanese soldiers were mangled and lying on the ground, most of them already lifeless.

The Japanese engineers and armored soldiers who were building the pontoon bridge were completely stunned by the sight.

Before they could even react, Tiger tanks, which had been aiming from the woods, began to bombard them rapidly.

The 101st Regiment initially had twenty tanks and a dozen armored vehicles, but after several battles, some were lost and were not replenished in time.

When they launched their attack on Dongtai County, they had only eight tanks and seven armored vehicles left.

As a result, several more vehicles were lost during the attacks on Fu'an Town, Xixi Town, and Dingxi Town.

In the end, only four tanks and three armored vehicles made it to the beam stack.

After the Tiger tank quickly destroyed three Japanese tanks and two armored vehicles.

The remaining Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, seeing the situation was not good, immediately prepared to flee.

This infuriated the five crew members operating the Tiger tank.

"Damn it, not only do the Japanese devils refuse to surrender, they even dare to run away. We must blow them to bits."

But the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles had only traveled a little over a hundred meters when they were hit by two armor-piercing shells with two loud bangs and came to a stop in place.

The Tiger tank was afraid the Japanese soldiers would escape, so these two armor-piercing rounds were aimed at the tracks of the Japanese tanks and the tires of the armored vehicles.

The team members had a simple idea: break your legs first, see how you run, and then take your life.

While Tiger tanks were destroying Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, the 194th Regiment began bombarding the Japanese engineers building a pontoon bridge on the other side of the river with mortars.

Although these dozens of engineers were running wildly behind the tanks and armored vehicles, how could they outrun mortar shells?

After dozens of shells landed, the dozens of Japanese soldiers fell silent.

Jiang Yunqing then volunteered, "Commander, Commander Long, can our regiment launch an attack now?"

Jia Yunshan chuckled and said, "Attack? Do we even need to attack? The Japanese have all been wiped out. You'd be better off cleaning up the battlefield."

Jiang Yunqing smiled sheepishly: "Yes, clean up the battlefield."

Just as Jiang Yunqing was about to order the 194th Regiment to attack, Gao Wangshuhou suddenly appeared and stopped him.

Seeing that the Japanese were so easily defeated, and with the 194th Regiment stationed in front, Wang Shuhou figured that Jia Yunshan wouldn't assign any combat missions to his 193rd Regiment.

So I took the initiative to come over and make a request.

"Commander Wang, what's wrong?" Jiang Yunqing asked, frowning.

Wang Shuhou nodded to Jiang Yunqing, then turned to Jia Yunshan and said.

"Commander, when we were blocking the Japanese in Xixi Town, one of our positions was lost, and more than a dozen wounded soldiers were captured by the Japanese."

"I never expected that these beasts would actually behead all these wounded brothers and then stand their heads up high on bamboo poles to intimidate us and break our fighting spirit."

"Therefore, I request that my 193rd Regiment be allowed to clean up the battlefield. I want to get revenge for my brothers."

Jia Yunshan gritted his teeth and glanced at Long Fei. Seeing that Long Fei nodded solemnly, he then announced.

"Commander Jiang, did you hear what Commander Wang said? Let the 193rd Regiment go."

"Okay, I agree. Commander Wang, you can go now."

"Thank you, Division Commander; thank you, Commander Long; thank you, Commander Jiang."

Wang Shuhou nodded repeatedly in thanks, then shouted to the brothers of the 193rd Regiment.

"Brothers, the division commander and Commander Jiang of the 194th Regiment have given us the chance to clean up the battlefield. Gather all the Japanese soldiers who are still alive."

Half an hour later, the 193rd Regiment carefully cleared the battlefield—or rather, the minefield.

Not only did they bring back more than a hundred Japanese soldiers who were still alive, but they also brought back a corpse wearing the rank of colonel.

Goro Iizuka's face had been smashed by steel balls, making it impossible to recognize his original appearance. The only way to identify him was by his rank insignia on his collar, which led to the conclusion that he was Goro Iizuka, the commander of the 101st Regiment, whom the Japanese called the God of War.

After Wang Shuhou ordered someone to place Iizuka Goro's corpse in front of Jia Yunshan and Long Fei.

Carrying a large knife, he menacingly approached the hundred or so Japanese soldiers who were still alive.

"Get them up here! I'm going to chop off those Japanese devils' heads and avenge my brothers."