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

"Commander, the Japanese armored forces and a regiment have begun their advance."

After receiving Xu Peng's report, Long Fei grunted in response and asked.

"Any news from the reconnaissance team?"

"not yet."

Long Fei's most pressing task is to destroy the Japanese heavy artillery, remove the fangs of the Japanese Third Division, and eliminate the biggest threat to the Longyan Legion.

"Order the First Army defending Guiyun Cave to remain calm. The Japanese will not arrive for at least another half hour. Do not fire without orders."

"Yes……"

Xu Peng immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and relayed the order to Chen Yiding.

"Yes, understood. Stay calm. Do not fire without orders." Chen Yiding repeated the order into the walkie-talkie.

Just then, a voice came from another walkie-talkie.

"Report, this is the third reconnaissance team. We have confirmed the coordinates of the Japanese artillery position."

Long Fei hurriedly picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered, "Very good, immediately tell Commander Xie of the 1st Special Operations Division the exact coordinates."

Soon, Xie Qiang received the precise coordinates of the Japanese artillery positions.

Behind Xie Qiang was an artillery position consisting of twenty-four Wild Bee self-propelled guns and thirty-two M2A1 howitzers.

The gunners immediately calibrated the firing parameters, and with Xie Qiang's order, the fifty-six large-caliber cannons began firing salvo after salvo.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh... Boom boom boom..."

The Japanese 6th Regiment, which was advancing forward, heard a piercing whistling sound coming from above.

They all looked terrified, instinctively lying down on the ground and cautiously looking around.

Immediately afterwards, Fujita Susumu set up artillery positions outside Longteng Villa, and countless shells rained down like hail.

"Boom...Boom..."

On the Japanese artillery position, a violent explosion immediately occurred, and the incoming shells also detonated the shells on the artillery position.

More than a hundred cannons of various calibers were instantly blown to pieces.

An entire regiment of Japanese artillery was also wiped out at the same time.

The sudden artillery barrage not only deterred the advancing 6th Regiment, but also stunned the other units of the 3rd Division and its commander, Fujita Susumu.

"Nani, what... what's going on?"

Fujita Susumu and Takeshi Kazuo, who was stationed at Longteng Manor, were outside Longteng Cave monitoring the advance of the Sixth Regiment.

Upon discovering they were under artillery fire, they cried out in bewilderment and helplessness.

Takeshi Kazuo, of course, knew what had happened, and said with a heavy heart.

"General, this must be an artillery barrage launched by the Dragon Flame Legion. Their artillery fire is extremely powerful. Our 22nd Regiment was completely destroyed by their artillery fire earlier."

"Hey……"

Fujita Susumu closed his eyes tightly, tilted his head back, and sighed deeply.

He had heard that the Dragon Flame Legion was very powerful, and he tried his best to deal with them with caution.

Unexpectedly, they suffered such a heavy blow right at the start.

However, Fujita Susumu reacted quickly. Now that the artillery was gone, it was necessary to protect the other regiments from artillery fire.

He hurriedly ordered all troops to leave Longteng Manor and disperse in all directions, while he was pulled into Longteng Cave by Zhu Xia Yi Nan.

Xie Qiang's side only fired five rounds of artillery fire before immediately stopping, because the reconnaissance team reported that the Japanese artillery positions had been completely destroyed.

Firing another shell would be a complete waste of ammunition.

According to Long Fei's plan, the next step is to bombard Longteng Manor.

However, the main purpose of this shelling was to provoke them, not to kill as many Japanese soldiers as possible.

After receiving the order, Xie Qiang instructed the parameters to be adjusted and the gun muzzle to be aimed at Longteng Villa.

This time, only three rounds of shelling were carried out, with more than a hundred shells landing in Longteng Mountain Villa.

The bomb destroyed most of the houses that the Japanese had renovated after their last shelling, while also causing a small number of Japanese casualties.

Fujita Susumu had expected the Dragon Flame Legion to launch a fierce bombardment of Dragon Ascension Manor, but to his surprise, the enemy went silent after three rounds of attacks.

Fujita Susumu then thought he was being clever.

"Commander Takeshita, have you noticed that the Dragon Flame Legion's artillery bombardment ended very quickly this time, and the number of shells fired was not as many as before?"

"General, what do you mean...?"

Fujita Susumu revealed a sly smile and said, "The Dragon Flame Legion has been trapped in Langya Mountain for three months, and they certainly haven't received any ammunition or food supplies."

"So, I guess that's all they've got. They must be out of shells, otherwise how could they have stopped shelling so quickly?"

Although Takeshi Kazuo had doubts about Fujita Susumu's judgment, the other party was, after all, a division commander. How could he, a regimental commander, refute or deny it? So he agreed.

"General, your judgment is absolutely correct."

Fujita Susumu suddenly became excited again, as if he had been injected with chicken blood. The disheveled look he had just been given a good beating vanished instantly.

"Order: Armored units continue to cover the advance of the 6th Regiment; other units shall keep their distance and follow."

After saying that, Fujita Susumu left Longteng Cave, as he was going to the front to command the troops.

Fujita Susumu's current thinking is simple: although there is no artillery support, the other side is also out of shells, so the two sides are even.

Therefore, Fujita Susumu decided to rely on the assault capabilities of the armored forces to cover the infantry's advance, find the Dragon Flame Legion, and fight them to the death.

After receiving orders, the Japanese armored units and the 6th Regiment found that the enemy's artillery had been silenced, so they continued to advance.

Under normal circumstances, a Japanese Class A division was only assigned one tank company, consisting of eight tanks and six armored vehicles.

However, Hata Shunroku knew that the Dragon Flame Legion possessed very powerful tanks.

Therefore, it was decided to temporarily transfer the armored units of the 11th Division to the 3rd Division.

Therefore, Fujita Susumu now possesses sixteen Type 89 tanks and twelve armored vehicles.

Fujita Susumu had never fought against the Dragon Flame Legion. Although he had heard that the other side had a powerful tank force, he was confident that with two tank squadrons, he could definitely hold his own.

As soon as Fujita Susumu's armored units and the Sixth Regiment were deployed, the reconnaissance team immediately reported the situation to Long Fei.

Long Fei had only six Tiger tanks that the Special Operations Division had laid in ambush beforehand.

Because if all the Tiger tanks were brought out, the dragon would be so afraid that it would scare the Japanese to death.

In addition, Long Fei ordered that after the Tiger tanks went into battle, they should pretend to be short of ammunition to mislead the enemy.

As for how to confuse them, it's very simple: the Japanese tanks fire three or four shots, and we return fire with one shot.

After destroying all the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, they immediately turned around and fled, finding a place to hide.

When the Japanese armored forces were about to reach the Tiger tanks that were lying in ambush.

Six Tiger tanks suddenly emerged from their hiding places.

No, it should be said that it was opened.

Upon spotting the Tiger tank, the Japanese armored forces immediately concentrated their firepower to bombard it.

However, the Japanese tank guns had too small a caliber and no armor-piercing shells, so when the shells hit the Tiger tanks, it was like scratching an itch.