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

At this time, a former subordinate of Sun Haitao, a platoon leader in the special operations battalion, is now the regimental commander of the reserve team.

He approached Sun Haitao and handed him two swords and two sets of major general's insignia.

"Company Commander, these are the swords and collar insignia of the two brigade commanders of the 5th and 29th Brigades of the Japanese 3rd Division. Please hand them over to Company Commander Xie."

As Sun Haitao reached out to take it, he casually asked a question.

"You little brat, you killed them?"

"Sigh, I wanted to kill them with my own hands, but when I saw them, they were already dead."

Sun Haitao patted his old subordinate on the shoulder: "Don't regret it, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to kill Japanese devils in the future. Quickly tell everyone to clean up the battlefield."

Just as the reserve team continued to quickly clear the battlefield, the 1st and 2nd Special Operations Regiments arrived here from the entrance and exit of Wolonggou.

Upon seeing Xie Qiang, Sun Haitao waved to him hurriedly and then strode over to him.

"Here, we saved them all especially for you, but the Japanese Third Division's flag was burned."

Xie Qiang smiled and took it, saying, "Thanks! I'll treat you to a drink later."

Just as the two were about to continue their conversation, they saw Long Fei approaching with Xu Peng and the others.

"how is the situation?"

Upon seeing Xie Qiang and Sun Haitao, Long Fei asked.

"Reporting to the corps commander, not a single Japanese soldier was spared; they were all killed. The battlefield will be cleaned up soon."

After hearing this, Long Fei looked around and nodded, saying, "Alright, you guys continue, I'll wait here."

Sun Haitao and Xie Qiang understood what Long Fei meant: after cleaning up, Long Fei had to put all the spoils into the system's storage room.

Then, Long Fei said to Xu Peng, "Old Xu, have the communications company contact 8.15 immediately and tell them that we are about to head north to Shandong to inquire about the latest enemy and friendly situation near Chuxian."

Long Fei calculated the time and realized that the Battle of Taierzhuang would begin in half a month, so it was time to leave Langya Mountain and head north.

More than an hour later, the battlefield was cleaned up. Looking at the mountain of spoils in front of him, Long Fei told everyone to leave Wolonggou immediately and gather at the entrance.

After everyone left, Long Fei immediately put all the spoils into the system.

Although the Japanese soldiers' weapons and equipment were outdated in Long Fei's eyes, they could be exchanged with the system for many new weapons.

As for the more than 20,000 Japanese corpses, let them lie exposed in the wilderness.

When Long Fei walked out of Wolonggou and met up with everyone, it was already past three in the afternoon.

Because they had to wait for Zheng Yaoxian's intelligence, and everyone was so busy that they didn't even have lunch.

So Longfei decided to let everyone rest on the spot and fill their stomachs first.

Around 5 o'clock, Zheng Yaoxian sent a telegram, which Xu Peng hurriedly gave to Long Fei.

After personally deciphering the message, Long Fei carefully read through its contents and then began studying the map.

Soon, based on the latest intelligence provided by Zheng Yaoxian, Long Fei determined the route to the north and then immediately convened a meeting of officers at the division level and above.

"I've gathered everyone here to announce something."

"According to the latest intelligence we have received, after the Japanese occupy Nanjing and Jinan in Shandong, in order to realize their invasion plan of quickly destroying China, they must connect the northern and southern battlefields."

"Therefore, the Japanese have decided to use Nanjing and Jinan as bases, and mobilize about 24 troops from eight divisions and five brigades to attack Xuzhou, a strategic location, from the north and south along the Jinpu Railway."

"Meanwhile, the Nationalist government mobilized approximately 29 troops and appointed General Li as the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, responsible for directing the Battle of Xuzhou."

"Currently, the Japanese Fifth Division on the eastern front and the Tenth Division on the western front on the northern front have begun to advance southward, with their target being Linyi."

"As for the Japanese troops on the southern front, due to the valiant resistance of the National Army, they have not yet been able to cross the Huai River, resulting in a standoff between the enemy and ourselves across the river."

At this point, Long Fei paused intentionally, wanting to see the reactions of the attendees.

Chen Yiding, smoking a cigarette, asked directly, "Commander, do you mean you want to lead the Dragon Flame Legion north to participate in the war?"

Long Fei smiled and countered, "Does everyone think we should head north to join the war?"

Before Chen Yiding could answer, Zhu Cijian replied.

“I think we should go and join the war, and once we get to Shandong, it will be easier for us to enter Shanxi.”

Zhou Zhengqiang also replied decisively: "We have 40,000 troops, and they are well-trained and well-equipped. They can definitely help the National Army fight the Japanese."

Zhou Zhengqiang's viewpoint was agreed upon by everyone.

While supporting going north to participate in the war, Zhou Weiguo also expressed his views.

"I believe that although the Japanese have 240,000 troops, based on the intelligence obtained by the corps commander, the greatest threat to Xuzhou at present is the Japanese 5th and 10th Divisions on the northern front."

"Therefore, we can cooperate with the National Revolutionary Army to repel the Japanese on the northern front, cut off one of their arms, and thus shatter their strategic plan of attacking from both the north and south."

Zhu Ci, Ding Zhipan, and Liu Anqi, while agreeing to participate in the war, believed they should cooperate with the Nationalist army on the southern front to attack the Japanese forces attacking from the rear.

Everyone was eager to fight, especially Zhou Weiguo, whose views were completely consistent with Long Fei's.

But in Long Fei's view, Zhou Weiguo was not confident enough, nor did he have enough courage.

Therefore, after everyone, including Long Fei, had finished speaking, he concluded by saying...

"First of all, everyone was in agreement that we should go into battle and give the National Army a boost."

"I think so too, so we agree on this point."

"There are disagreements about how we should fight after we join the war."

"I agree with Commander Zhou's point of view: to head north and strike the Japanese Fifth and Tenth Divisions."

"The reason is simple: there are hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in the south, and the rear of the Japanese attacking forces is occupied territory."

"If we launch an attack from the rear, the Japanese can withdraw a large number of troops from the occupied areas to reinforce us, and we will likely be surrounded by the Japanese forces."

"This will not only fail to disrupt the Japanese strategic plan, but will also put our Dragon Flame Legion at great risk."

"Since the National Army is now relying on the Huai River to block the Japanese advance, let's just let them maintain the status quo."

"We will quickly head north, circle around to the rear of the Japanese 5th and 10th Divisions, and cooperate with the Nationalist troops to annihilate these two Japanese divisions."

"The Japanese Fifth Division is known as the Steel Teeth Unit, and their division commander, Seishiro Itagaki, is always extremely arrogant. This time, I'm going to beat him so badly he'll be left with nothing but teeth."

After Long Fei finished speaking, everyone was stunned by his imposing manner. Zhou Weiguo only proposed to defeat the two Japanese divisions, while he said he wanted to annihilate them all.

It should be noted that the Japanese 5th and 10th Divisions had more than 50,000 troops, and their firepower was extremely strong, making them very powerful in combat.

Perhaps no one here, except Long Fei, has the audacity to make such a bold claim.

Seeing that everyone was shocked by his words, Long Fei teased them.

"What, you think we can't do it?"

"I'll tell you frankly, I not only want to annihilate these two Japanese divisions, but also minimize the casualties of our Dragon Flame Legion."

Long Fei didn't want to explain further, because this time he was going to go all out and unleash his full power.