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

Chen Huating had previously told Long Fei that they had dug a secret passage in the vegetable garden of Longteng Villa, leading directly outside the villa.

In addition, Long Fei had just received intelligence from the observation post that it was currently guarding Longteng Manor.

It was the 43rd Regiment of the 22nd Brigade of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, and the 11th Mountain Artillery Regiment directly under the division.

In the middle and at the end of each month, the Japanese supply convoy would deliver supplies to the Japanese troops stationed at the mountain villa.

Coincidentally, today is the day the Japanese are transporting supplies at the end of the month, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Japanese transport convoy will appear around three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

Long Fei does not want to eliminate the Japanese soldiers stationed at Longteng Manor immediately, since the troops are not yet fully trained.

If the Japanese are pushed too far now and forced to mobilize a large force to encircle and annihilate them, although Long Fei is not afraid, it will disrupt his plans and inevitably cause losses to his troops.

Having a free watchdog to help guard Longteng Manor, isn't that great?

According to Long Fei's plan, when all the troops have completed their training and are ready to leave the mountains...

The Japanese troops stationed at Longteng Manor will be the first targets for practice; for now, let them live a little longer.

Therefore, Long Fei decided to use multiple methods to force the Japanese to give way.

The first step was for Long Fei to directly order the First and Second Armies to immediately set out and surround the Japanese battalion that was positioned at the forefront, but to surround it without attacking.

The second step was to order Xu Peng to select fifty snipers to quickly lie in ambush at high points around Longteng Villa, and then act according to his hand signals.

In addition, Xu Peng was instructed to move the fifty mortars that Long Fei had left behind before his departure to a location not far from Longteng Villa.

The artillery coordinates were calibrated to include the Japanese battalion in front, Longteng Mountain Villa, and the Japanese Mountain Artillery Regiment that had not entered the villa.

Third, Long Fei instructed Xie Qiang to lead ten team members, disguised as Japanese soldiers, to enter Longteng Manor through a secret passage and provide support from within.

The fourth step was for Long Fei to lead one regiment of the 33rd Division to march quickly outwards, find a favorable location, and ambush the Japanese supply convoy, while the remaining two regiments remained in place to await orders.

According to Long Fei's plan, the Japanese army's supplies would be used as a bargaining chip to get the 43rd Regiment of the Japanese army to clear the way.

If the Japanese don't agree, then fire artillery at them.

If the Japanese remain defiant, then let Xie Qiang and his men find an opportunity to capture the Japanese regimental commander alive as a hostage.

After Long Fei led the 194th Regiment of the 33rd Division forward for five or six kilometers, they finally found an ambush site.

At 3:30 p.m., the Japanese transport convoy appeared.

After all, it was to deliver supplies to almost two regiments for half a month, so there were more than thirty trucks.

The escort was handled by a Japanese company, which was equipped with four Type 92 heavy machine guns, eight Type 11 light machine guns, and more than a dozen grenade launchers.

For a squadron to have such firepower is already quite formidable.

Unfortunately, compared to the heavily armed 914th Regiment, they were simply no match for them.

Two hundred MG42 machine guns, six hundred Thompson submachine guns, plus twenty mortars.

With the firepower of the 194th Regiment, it could hold its own against an entire Japanese regiment.

Moreover, the Japanese only had one company.

So the battle ended in less than ten minutes. Long Fei had no intention of leaving any of these Japanese soldiers alive.

A company of Japanese soldiers, including the driver, nearly three hundred in total, were all killed and their bodies were left by the roadside.

Then, Long Fei personally drove a truck, taking Jiang Yunqing and dozens of soldiers back to Longteng Manor.

The other personnel quickly cleaned up the battlefield and marched back.

Long Fei drove his truck to the gate of Longteng Villa, not far from the Japanese mountain artillery regiment's garrison, and then honked the horn repeatedly.

The Japanese soldiers initially thought a supply convoy had arrived, but then they discovered there was only one truck.

Immediately, the Japanese sent two soldiers forward to question them.

When the two Japanese soldiers arrived at the truck, they found that Long Fei, who was sitting inside, was not wearing their military uniform.

Just as the two Japanese soldiers were about to raise their guns to question them, Long Fei's dark gun barrel was already pointed at them, and he spoke in Japanese.

“Go back and tell your corps commander that I have hijacked your supply convoy, and tell him to send someone to negotiate with me immediately.”

"A word of caution: do not act rashly, or you will bear the consequences."

The two Japanese soldiers were clearly terrified and ran back as fast as they could, fearing that if they were slow, they would be killed by Long Fei.

The commander of the 43rd Regiment, Takeshi Kazuo, had just received a report from the two Japanese soldiers and was preparing to send his deputy commander out to investigate and negotiate.

Suddenly another telegram arrived; the caller was the captain of the brigade on the front lines of the alert.

The battalion commander called to report that his battalion had recently been surrounded by tens of thousands of Chinese troops, but the enemy had not launched an attack. He called to ask for instructions on how to respond.

After reading the telegram, Takeshi Kazuo quickly realized that the hijacking of supplies and the encirclement of the battalion had occurred almost simultaneously.

This shows that these two events were not isolated. In addition, the fact that the other side surrounded them but did not attack, and asked him to send someone to negotiate, indicates that the other side did not want to start a war.

Takeshi Kazuo then decided to first understand the other party's intentions before making a decision.

Just as the deputy regimental commander was rushing over, the regimental commander of the mountain artillery regiment outside the villa was getting anxious.

Seeing that Long Fei only had one truck, he decided to fire a few shots at him first.

"Order: Fire mortar shells at the trucks and kill these Chinese."

Upon receiving the order, the Japanese artillerymen hurriedly began adjusting the firing parameters.

Before the Japanese could finish adjusting their aim, more than a dozen gunshots rang out.

As the gunfire rang out, more than a dozen Japanese artillerymen were immediately hit and fell to the ground.

Upon hearing the gunshot, Long Fei's lips curled into a slight smirk as he inwardly mocked himself.

"I told you bastards not to make any rash moves, but you insisted on courting death. You deserve it."

The Japanese artillerymen were terrified and lay prone on the ground, not daring to move.

Just as the commander of the Guizishan Artillery Regiment was furious and preparing to order the artillery to open fire immediately...

The deputy commander of the 43rd Regiment has arrived.

After seeing all this, he demanded that no cannons be fired, and then quickly walked towards Long Fei.

"Sir, I am the deputy commander of the 43rd Regiment..."

Before the Japanese soldier could finish his self-introduction, Long Fei raised his hand to interrupt him.

“I don’t want to know who you are. Go back immediately and tell your regimental commander to open the gates of the mountain villa and let my troops into the mountains.”

"I will return your supplies to you. If you refuse, I will wipe you out."

The Japanese deputy regimental commander, of course, would not be so obedient; instead, he arrogantly retorted.

"Your Excellency, Longteng Manor is easy to defend and difficult to attack. You are welcome to give it a try."