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

Xie Qiang gathered all the captured bandits together and then announced his decision to them.

"You have all defected to the Japanese and become their accomplices. You all deserve to die, but our corps commander is willing to give you a chance."

“Those who haven’t taken a life, step forward.”

As a result, after Xie Qiang finished speaking, not a single puppet soldier stood up.

"Hiss..."

Xie Qiang was secretly alarmed, wondering if every one of these puppet soldiers had killed someone.

However, Xie Qiang didn't have time to check them one by one, so he gave the order to his subordinates.

"Since they've all taken lives, it wouldn't be wrong to kill them all. Let's execute them all."

With death looming, the puppet troops immediately became agitated.

They never expected there would be someone even more ruthless than them, who could execute five or six thousand people with just a single sentence.

At this moment, many of the puppet soldiers raised their hands and shouted.

“Sir, we used to kill people when we were bandits, but we were forced to do so because we had to kill someone as a pledge of loyalty to join the gang.”

“Sir, I did kill people when I first joined the gang, but I killed the village bully.”

“Sir, my brother and I are the same. Our parents were forced to death by the landlord. In a fit of anger, my brother and I broke into the landlord’s house and killed him. With no other way to survive, we became bandits.”

After listening, Xie Qiang thought for a moment and decided to let the puppet troops go.

"Alright, as long as you're not killing poor civilians, step forward."

As soon as Xie Qiang finished speaking, more than two hundred people came out with a clatter.

Xie Qiang wouldn't believe them so easily, so he made them all stand aside and gave them orders.

"Okay, you go up and point them out, tell us how many lives these people have on their hands."

Xie Qiang did this to give the puppet troops an opportunity to expose each other. If these people lied, they would definitely be reported by the puppet troops on the other side.

Because the puppet army commander Liu Guitang had not been captured, Xie Qiang became more cautious.

"Furthermore, you can also report crimes and earn merit. If the report is verified, I may spare your lives."

This Liu Guitang was not only cruel, but also very cunning.

At the beginning, he made every bandit who joined cut his finger, drink blood wine, and swear a poisonous oath.

I will never betray my brothers, and I will never betray the boss.

Moreover, in order to further control his subordinates, Liu Guitang also threatened that if anyone betrayed his brothers or him, he would kill the entire family of the betrayer as revenge.

Most people at this time were illiterate, which made them seem somewhat ignorant.

Liu Guitang was wearing a leather hat and had deliberately covered his face with mud, but even so, a few people still recognized him.

However, these individuals still lacked the courage to stand up and report the incident.

These two hundred-plus people quickly identified more than one hundred notorious criminals.

"Bang bang bang..."

After a burst of gunfire, all of the more than one hundred former bandits, now puppet soldiers, were executed on the spot.

This had an enormous deterrent effect on the remaining puppet troops.

After exchanging bewildered glances, these men, eager to earn merit and save their lives, no longer cared about much else.

Then he stood up abruptly, pointed at Liu Guitang, and shouted.

"Sir, we want to report him, we want to earn merit. He is our commander, Liu Guitang."

Xie Qiang waved his hand, and several soldiers immediately rushed into the crowd and dragged Liu Guitang out.

"Commander Liu, you're quite good at dodging."

After saying that, Xie Qiang instructed one of the soldiers beside him: "Go and invite the corps commander over. Tell him we have captured the puppet army commander."

A moment later, Long Fei strode over.

"Xie Qiang, what are you babbling about? Just catch the bandit leader and kill him. Did you call me here so I'd have to do it myself?"

Xie Qiang hurriedly explained, "No, Commander, I was thinking of handing this guy over to the National Army, then holding a public trial and executing him in public, to deter those traitors and collaborators who betray their country."

In front of so many people, Long Fei couldn't bring himself to give Xie Qiang a sharp rebuke, but he did give him a stern lecture.

"There's no need for such trouble. After the execution, just hand the body over to the Nationalist army. They will take photos and publish them in the newspaper, which will have the same deterrent effect you mentioned."

"Yes, understand."

When Liu Guitang was a bandit, he was not only extremely cruel to the common people, but he also beat and scolded his subordinates.

Now that he is about to die, many people can't help but start making accusations.

As a result, the heinous crimes committed by Liu Guitang were made public one by one.

Long Fei grew increasingly furious as he listened. This guy wasn't human; he was worse than an animal.

Seeing that Liu Guitang seemed completely unfazed, Long Fei gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"Alright, that's enough. Xie Qiang, let this beast personally experience the crimes he committed against the people."

As Liu Guitang was being led away, he spoke fiercely to Long Fei.

"You fucking ruthless. I'll be a hero again in twenty years."

"boom"

Long Fei delivered a powerful punch to Liu Guitang's face, breaking his nose.

"Hero, you dare call yourself a hero...!"

While Liu Guitang was taken aside to experience all the crimes he had committed, the identification process continued.

After all two hundred-plus people had identified themselves, Long Fei spoke.

As the saying goes, "Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins are unforgivable."

"Traitors and sellouts deserve to be killed by everyone, so your deaths are not unjust at all. Before you go on your way, I'll give you a piece of advice: remember to be a good person in your next life."

Of the more than 5,000 traitors, apart from the few who had just reported Liu Guitang, they were all executed shortly afterward.

After having a good experience, Liu Guitang was also shot dead.

Then, Long Fei made an announcement to the remaining two hundred-plus people.

"Alright, you can all leave now. Remember, don't do anything wrong again, or next time you'll be caught and killed without mercy."

These two hundred-plus people dared not look Long Fei in the eye, trembling with fear at the righteousness and murderous aura emanating from him.

So as soon as Long Fei finished speaking, they immediately started running as fast as they could, afraid that if they were a step too slow, Long Fei would change his mind.

However, there were two exceptions: the two brothers whose parents were forced to death by the landlord, and who then killed the landlord and became bandits.

The two brothers then knelt down before Long Fei and kowtowed.

"Sir, we were forced into becoming bandits and puppet troops, but we know we were wrong and we want to make amends. Could you please accept us?"

Long Fei glanced at Xie Qiang, and seeing him nod, he asked.

"What's your name?"

"Sir, I am the elder brother, my name is Hua Wen, and this is my younger brother, Hua Wu."

"They are indeed two good names, both scholarly and martial, and they are destined to serve China. I hope you will be ashamed and strive to improve, and not let your parents down in the future."

Hearing that Long Fei meant he was willing to take them in, the two brothers were overjoyed and kowtowed to Long Fei again to express their gratitude.

"Get up! Why are you kowtowing to me? Remember, as men, we kneel to heaven, earth, and our parents. But even if a knife is held to our throats, we must not kneel."

The two brothers immediately stood up and said, "Yes, sir, we understand."

"Xie Qiang, I'm entrusting these two talents, both academic and martial, to you. Train them well."