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

"Alright, that's enough. Commander Wang, please bandage your wound first. I'll treat you to a good show."

After replying to Fukuei Shinpei, Akashiba Yaezo immediately ordered his 10th Regiment to launch another fierce attack on the Sichuan Army's 124th position.

He believed that as long as the 124th Division was defeated, the entire Chinese army's defense line would collapse, and then they could easily attack Tengxian City.

Unexpectedly, the 124th Division also displayed a fearless attitude and managed to block the attack of the 10th Regiment.

It should be noted that the 10th Regiment was reinforced and had a force of 4,500 Japanese soldiers.

Only a few hundred heads were lost in the initial battles.

But even with these four thousand or so Japanese soldiers, they couldn't break through the 124th Division's defenses.

Just as Akashiba Yaezo was getting anxious and furious, he received another report that the Right Wing 63rd Regiment, which had been fighting fiercely just moments before, had now fallen silent.

Although Yaezo Akashiba was arrogant, he was not brainless.

He knew that Fukuei Shinpei's 63rd Regiment was most likely finished.

The only thing that Yaezo Akashiba couldn't understand was where the Chinese army that appeared from behind him came from, with such powerful combat strength and artillery.

In just over an hour, the central and right flank forces were annihilated by the enemy.

Yaezo Akashiba no longer expects to break through the Sichuan army's defenses and advance all the way to Teng County.

He couldn't care less about saving face for the Oni-Akashiba Demon Army and hurriedly sent a telegram to Division Commander Isogai, requesting a breakout and hoping that the division would arrive at Liangxiadian as soon as possible.

Actually, this was also Seya Kei's fault. If he hadn't been so eager to make a name for himself and hadn't looked down on the Sichuan army's fighting strength, he would have advanced all the way and penetrated deep into enemy territory alone.

That way, the Setani Detachment wouldn't lose the division's cover.

After receiving the telegram from Akashiba Yaezo, Isogai Rensuke was truly panicked.

Because the Oni-Akashiba unit has always only known how to attack and has never taken the initiative to retreat.

"Reply immediately, agree to Akashiba Yaezo's request, and order them to break out to the rear immediately. I will order the division to speed up the march and reach Liangxiadian before dark."

It was just afternoon, and there were still a few hours until dark.

Upon receiving the reply from Division Commander Isogai, Akashiba Yaezo immediately ordered his troops to break out of the encirclement.

But it was too late, because Xu Peng's side had already begun shelling.

For this artillery barrage, Xu Peng added ten BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher vehicles.

When they parted, Long Fei gave Xu Peng 480 rockets, enough for three salvos.

In addition to the Wild Bee self-propelled guns, howitzers, and mortars, there was enough to give Yaezo Akashi's 10th Regiment three carpet bombings.

Yaezo Akashiba was very confident of a successful breakout, after all, his regiment had more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles.

He believed that as long as the tank force could quickly create an opening, the entire regiment could then break through smoothly.

However, the tank units of the 10th Regiment had just begun to activate.

The sound of shells whistling through the air filled the air.

Then came a deluge of artillery shells.

"Boom boom boom"

The first round of shelling consisted of 160 rockets, along with shells from Wespe self-propelled guns, howitzers, and mortars.

The positions of the Japanese 10th Regiment were quickly engulfed in artillery fire.

Not only were more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles destroyed on the spot, but more than a thousand of the four thousand Japanese soldiers were also killed or wounded.

While the Katyusha rocket launcher was loading rockets, the other artillery pieces continued firing.

Less than ten minutes later, the second salvo of Katyusha rockets began.

In less than half an hour, all 480 rockets were launched, along with thousands of shells fired by other artillery.

When the Setani Detachment launched its attack on the 22nd Army in Liangxiadian, it thought it would soon defeat the enemy.

In addition, the enemy had no air support or large-caliber heavy artillery, so they did not dig or build any solid field fortifications.

Now, the Japanese soldiers, facing artillery fire, had nowhere to escape except to jump into trenches for cover.

This maximized the destructive power of the artillery fire.

When the shelling ended, more than half of the once invincible Oni-Akashiba devil unit had been killed.

Only a little over a thousand remained alive, half of whom were severely injured, leaving only six or seven hundred still capable of fighting.

Yaezo Akashiba was also injured in the right leg by shrapnel from the shell, and medics were bandaging him.

At that moment, a loud bugle call sounded.

"Beep beep... tap tap tap tap... beep beep... tap tap tap tap..."

Fifteen Tiger tanks and twenty-five or twenty-six Greyhound armored vehicles, dispersed, launched an attack from the northeast and west.

The Dragon Flame Legion, together with the 125th and 127th Divisions of the Sichuan Army, launched the final annihilation battle.

Led by acting division commander Shui Tiqing, the 124th Division of the Sichuan Army also rushed out of their positions and attacked the 10th Regiment.

"Da da da... bang bang bang..."

The sounds of gunfire rose and fell, creating quite a spectacle.

The hundreds of Japanese soldiers who put up a stubborn resistance had to dodge the crushing and firing of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as the attacks of soldiers surging in like a tide. In no time, they were almost all killed or wounded.

The soldiers of the Dragon Flame Army have long adhered to the ironclad rule of not accepting prisoners.

Therefore, not only wounded Japanese soldiers, but also corpses would be finished off with shots.

This left Wang Shijun, Shui Tiqing, and Chen Li, the commander of the 127th Division, dumbfounded.

The three of them thought to themselves, "Isn't this too wasteful? Don't they know ammunition is free? Is the Dragon Flame Army really that wealthy?"

Wang Shijun couldn't help but sigh, "If our Sichuan Army had some weapons and equipment, so many brothers wouldn't have died."

Chen Li nodded in agreement, saying, "Yeah, look at the shelling just now. Their cannons have good calibers and lots of shells. They even have shells with fire coming out of their asses. I've really learned something new today."

Shui Tiqing continued, "Commander Sun said in his order that we should cooperate with the Longyan troops in combat."

"I had only heard that the Dragon Flame troops were very good at killing Japanese soldiers, but now I can finally see it with my own eyes."

Just as the three were discussing, Xu Peng walked over.

"Three division commanders, the commander of the Japanese 10th Regiment, Yaezo Akashiba, has been captured alive. Do you want to go and see him?"

"Yes, we must go and see that bastard."

"Yeah, I want to see what this bastard looks like."

"Isn't he called Ghost Red Chai? I'm going to see what kind of ghost he really is today."

The three of them hurriedly followed behind Xu Peng.

After Yaezo Akashiba was injured in the leg, he was carried by several Japanese soldiers to a relatively secluded place.

When the Longyan troops and the Sichuan army arrived, the Japanese soldiers responsible for protecting them fought desperately, but were quickly killed.

Just as Akashiba Yaezo was about to commit seppuku, he was shot in the right wrist.

Still unwilling to give up, Akashiba Yaezo picked up his sword with his left hand and prepared to commit seppuku again, but was shot in the left wrist by a spear.

Now, unless Yaezo Akashiba bites his tongue and commits suicide, it is impossible for him to kill himself.

A short while later, Xu Peng arrived before him with three division commanders.

Xu Peng took a closer look and found that Akashiba Yaezo had a thin face, a hooked nose, and fierce eyes that were staring intently at Xu Peng.

Wang Shijun was furious to see the Japanese soldiers still so arrogant at this time, and cursed them.

"What are you yelling about, you little bastard? Believe me or not, I'll chop your head off with one stroke."

Although Akashiba Yaezo understood that Wang Shijun was definitely cursing him, he didn't know what the cursing was about.

He immediately retorted, "You Chinese pigs, don't be too smug. Once our Commander Isogai arrives, you'll all be dead!"

Although the three division commanders couldn't understand it, Xu Peng could understand Japanese.

"What is that bastard cursing about?"

"He called us Chinese pigs and said that if their division commander, Isogai, came, we would all die."

"Damn you, you dare to curse us even when you're about to die!" Chen Li kicked him in anger.

Xu Peng bent down and picked up Chai Bazhong's sword from the ground, then slowly said.

"You little devils, I swore before that I would turn all the Oni Akashiba devil troops into wandering ghosts."

“We Chinese are people of the highest moral character and always keep our word, unlike you Japanese bastards who appear virtuous on the surface but are actually worse than pigs and dogs.”

After saying that, Xu Peng plunged his knife into Akashiba Yaezo's abdomen and then slashed horizontally.

The other person's internal organs and intestines immediately slid out.

Akashiba Yaezo screamed in agony from the unbearable pain.

Before he breathed his last, Xu Peng swung his sword and beheaded him in one stroke.

Xu Peng's decisiveness and ruthlessness truly astonished the three Sichuan Army division commanders beside him.