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

Under the cover of night, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Special Operations Division quickly dispersed in Xuyi City, just after Jianren returned to his company's base.

At the Japanese and puppet troops' garrison, the sentries on duty were all ambushed, knocked unconscious, then tied up tightly, and had rags stuffed into their mouths.

In the county town, a patrol team composed of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops, including the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops guarding the city gate, was quickly taken down by the soldiers using sniper crossbows and silenced pistols.

Because Long Fei ordered them all to be captured alive, none of the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops were hit in vital areas.

Next, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Special Operations Division immediately infiltrated the Japanese and puppet troops' positions.

They dispersed and surrounded the barracks of the Japanese soldiers and their puppet troops.

Although it was still early, most of the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops had not yet rested.

But because of the cold weather, most of the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops huddled in their beds.

Some Japanese soldiers were writing letters, while others were smoking and chatting.

The puppet troops' side was quite lively, as many people were gathered together gambling.

As arranged by Xie Qiang, the First Special Operations Regiment was responsible for dealing with the Japanese, while the Second and Third Special Operations Regiments were responsible for dealing with the puppet troops.

Once the first regiment was in position, it immediately contacted the second and third regiments via walkie-talkie, and then both sides took action at the same time.

Two thousand tear gas grenades were thrown into the rooms of all the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators.

These tear gas grenades have a delay of three to five seconds, and after exploding, they instantly produce a blinding flash of light, followed by thick white smoke.

The Japanese soldiers and their collaborators had never seen anything like it before, and they were all stunned when the gas grenade was thrown in.

A few who reacted quickly immediately lay down on the ground.

But the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators only heard a "bang," and then a blinding light appeared in the room, causing them to close their eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators smelled a strong, pungent odor, which caused extreme discomfort in their noses and lungs, and they couldn't help but cough violently.

Moreover, the smoke irritated my eyes, causing unbearable pain and causing tears to stream down my face.

Because there were two thousand gas grenades, distributed among more than a hundred rooms, each room had more than a dozen grenades.

With such a high density of smoke, plus the fact that a gas grenade can continue to emit smoke for more than ten seconds, the entire room was soon completely enveloped in white smoke.

The Japanese soldiers and their collaborators were in extreme pain, covering their mouths and noses with one hand and rubbing their eyes, which they couldn't open, with the other.

At this point, the Japanese soldiers and their puppet troops had completely lost their fighting capacity.

The soldiers then opened the doors and windows, and after the smoke cleared, they rushed in and used the leg wraps of the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops to tie them all up.

As for the Japanese company commander, Kenjiro, five tear gas grenades were thrown into his room.

The fumes nearly suffocated him, and the two soldiers who entered later knew he was the mastermind behind the Xuyi massacre.

Instead of immediately tying him up, they first gave him a severe beating.

If it weren't for Long Fei's order to capture him alive, these two soldiers wouldn't have dared to use lethal force, and Jianren would definitely have been beaten to death.

A few minutes later, Jianren was beaten into a shapeshifter and lay on the ground like a dead pig.

After the two soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, they tied him up and dragged him out of the room.

After Xie Qiang received the report and confirmed that all the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops in the entire county had been captured alive without exception, he immediately reported to Long Fei.

Long Fei then ordered all troops to enter Xuyi County.

After finding an open space, Long Fei ordered a fire to be lit, and then brought all the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops over.

It was past 10 p.m., and Long Fei knew that there were still a few people living in the county town.

So he ordered that people be sent to bring all the surviving civilians here.

Long Fei wants to hold a public trial so that these survivors can witness firsthand how he avenged his compatriots who died tragically in Xuyi.

An hour later, the four or five hundred surviving residents of Xuyi County were brought to the scene.

When these civilians saw that Long Fei and his men were not Nationalist troops, they all stood there with their heads down in fear, and some even trembled uncontrollably.

Upon seeing this, Long Fei hurriedly explained loudly.

"Fellow villagers, don't be afraid. We are the Dragon Flame Army, which specializes in killing Japanese devils."

"We learned that after the Japanese occupied Xuyi, they carried out a massacre in the county town, so we came here today specifically to avenge the dead villagers."

"Look, all the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops have been captured by us."

After hearing this, the locals looked in the direction Long Fei was pointing and saw that several thousand Japanese soldiers and puppet troops were indeed all tied up there.

Now, the people were no longer afraid, and instead began to cry out their grievances.

An elderly man stepped forward, tears streaming down his face, and said emotionally.

"Sir, you've come at the perfect time! You don't know, when the Japanese attacked Xuyi, County Magistrate Zhong fled at the mere sight of them."

"Only one company of the 66th Army of the National Revolutionary Army was stationed in Xuyi. Company Commander Huang led his troops to resist for a while, but they couldn't hold out at all, so they retreated."

"After the Japanese devils entered Xuyi, they killed people indiscriminately, looted property indiscriminately, and pounced on women indiscriminately. In just a few days, they killed more than two thousand people."

"I……"

At this point, Lao Tzu choked up and couldn't continue.

Long Fei stepped forward, took the old man's arm, and had someone bring him a stool to sit down.

"Old man, please sit down. Don't worry, we've come here today specifically to avenge our fellow villagers."

The old man was still very agitated and couldn't sit down.

Then he pointed at the puppet troops and accused them, saying, "Sir, these puppet troops are even more hateful. They are Chinese, yet they are aiding and abetting evil, helping the Japanese to harm our fellow villagers."

After saying that, the old man turned around, pointed at the crowd, and continued shouting.

"Zhang Daoyi, Zhao Dazhi, Mo Jiujing, Fan Xiaomang, step forward."

The four people who were called out by the old man appeared extremely guilty, and they walked out of the crowd with their heads down.

"You four have truly disgraced Xuyi by waving the Rising Sun flag to welcome the Japanese invaders into the city."

"You traitorous dogs, you've forgotten your ancestors, you've recognized the enemy as your father, you've willingly become the running dogs of the Japanese devils, you never thought this day would come, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Long Fei glared at Xie Qiang and immediately gave him the order.

"Tie up all four of them and take them away."

Upon hearing this, the four traitors' legs went weak, and they immediately knelt down before Long Fei.

"Sir, spare our lives! We are just ordinary people. The county magistrate and the Nationalist army have all run away. We are unarmed and how can we fight the Japanese? We welcomed the Japanese into the city just to save our own lives."

Long Fei scoffed, "I can understand saving your life. If you want to save your life, you can run away. Why would you willingly become a traitor?"

Seeing that kneeling and begging for mercy was hopeless, the four had no choice but to devise a plan to atone for their sins.

"Sir, we can report and expose them. In return, could you spare our lives?"

Long Fei despises these spineless, spineless opportunists the most.

These kinds of people will follow whoever feeds them to save their own lives. If the Japanese come back as soon as Long Fei leaves, these guys will definitely become traitors again.

However, upon hearing that they were going to report them, Long Fei thought it was still worth letting them speak, but ultimately he would definitely not let them off the hook.

"Tell me first, and I'll see what you're reporting."

Long Fei did not agree to spare their lives, but instead gave an ambiguous attitude.