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

After killing Akashiba Yaezo, Xu Peng wiped his sword clean on the soldier's uniform, then sheathed it and handed it to a soldier next to him.

"Keep this knife safe and hand it over to Commander Xie later."

At this moment, another soldier from the former special operations battalion, now the battalion commander of the reserve team, walked over carrying a military flag that had been blown to pieces.

“Deputy Corps Commander, this is the regimental flag of the Japanese 10th Division. I also have the regimental flag of the Seya Detachment.”

Xu Peng grinned and pointed to the soldier beside him, saying, "Give it to him, and we'll give it to Commander Xie together later."

After the battle ended, Commander Sun rushed to the front line and saluted Xu Peng.

"Deputy Commander Xu, your appearance not only turned the tide of the battle for our Sichuan Army and held the front line at Liangxiadian, but also annihilated the Japanese Seya Detachment."

"I...I don't even know what to say..."

Xu Peng waved his hand and said, "Commander Sun, fighting the Japanese is the duty of every Chinese soldier. There is no need for thanks."

Then, Xu Peng pointed to the corpse of Akashiba Yaezo and spoke to Commander Sun and the three division commanders of the Sichuan Army.

"I know that your Sichuan Army has suffered a lot of humiliation before, but this time you showed your courage and spirit in blocking the Japanese Seya Detachment."

"This Japanese devil is yours now. You will annihilate the Setani Detachment and behead the devil Akashiba Yaezo of the Akashiba Demon Unit. This time, your Sichuan Army can finally hold its head high and become famous in one battle."

Although Commander Sun knew that Xu Peng's willingness to relinquish his military achievements was purely out of good intentions.

But he couldn't accept it easily, after all, this brilliant battle wasn't fought by his 22nd Army Group, nor did they have the strength to achieve such a remarkable result.

“Deputy Commander Xu, we dare not claim this merit for ourselves; we would be unworthy of it.”

"Alright, Commander Sun, don't be so polite. Please clean up the battlefield. All the spoils are yours. I have some errands to run."

Just as Xu Peng was about to leave, Commander Sun hurriedly called out to him, "Deputy Corps Commander Xu, may I ask what business you're going to take care of?"

Xu Peng readily replied, "Bomb the railway, bomb the airport, slow down the Japanese advance, and weaken their air power."

"Ah..." Commander Sun stared blankly at Xu Peng's departing figure.

In fact, given the strength of the Dragon Flame Legion and its possession of the Hidden Blade anti-aircraft missile,

There was absolutely no need to bomb the Jinpu Railway and the Japanese airport.

However, both Long Fei and Xu Peng knew that the Japanese were determined to take Xuzhou.

Only by capturing Xuzhou could the Japanese invaders continue their southward advance and seize Wuhan and Changsha.

Therefore, Xu Peng planned to add fuel to the fire for the Japanese, further enraging them and forcing them to take Taierzhuang at all costs.

Xu Peng only took a reserve regiment and twelve Wild Bee self-propelled guns with him.

He ordered the rest of his troops to remain behind and temporarily assist the 22nd Army Group in defending Liangxiadian.

After setting off, Xu Peng divided the reserve force into two teams: one battalion was responsible for destroying the Jinpu Railway, while the other two battalions headed straight for Dawenkou.

According to Xu Peng's recollection, before the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Japanese secretly built a frontline airfield in Dawenkou.

Back then, the 81st Division of the National Revolutionary Army launched a night raid and destroyed eight Japanese warplanes at the Dawenkou Airport.

However, this attack by the National Revolutionary Army did not have a significant impact on the Japanese air force.

Because the Japanese quickly mobilized a large number of aircraft from other places to continue covering the troops' attack on Taierzhuang, it posed a great threat and caused casualties to the National Army, which had no air superiority.

Therefore, Xu Peng decided that this time he would not only blow up the planes at Dawenkou Airport.

They also wanted to destroy the airport runway so that the Japanese could no longer use the airport for a short period of time.

Dawenkou Airport is less than 100 kilometers from Liangxiadian, and Xu Peng was also using mechanized marching.

So it only took a little over two hours to get to the vicinity of Dawenkou Airport before dark.

The battalion responsible for destroying the Jinpu Railway detonated the artillery shells given to them by Xu Peng after advancing several kilometers.

The Japanese bombed several hundred meters of the Jinpu Railway, and it would take them at least ten days to half a month to repair it.

After completing their mission, the battalion quickly returned to Liangxiadian.

On the other side, Long Fei led his troops to annihilate the Sakamoto Detachment, and then led his troops on a forced march toward the Taierzhuang area.

Long Fei's strategic plan was to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Fifth and Tenth Divisions in the Taierzhuang area.

Furthermore, given that I am scheduled to meet with Commander Li the next day, there is no point in staying in Xiangcheng any longer.

On the march toward Taierzhuang, Long Fei received a report from Xu Peng that the entire Seya Detachment had been annihilated.

Long Fei held the telegram, feeling extremely pleased.

With these two achievements, Long Fei was confident that when he met Commander Li tomorrow, the latter would definitely agree to his plan.

Before 10 p.m., Long Fei led his troops to the outskirts of Taierzhuang.

Taierzhuang is heavily guarded now, so unnecessary trouble is unavoidable.

Long Fei told everyone to camp outside the city and get a good night's rest.

Although Dawenkou Airport was on the opposite bank of the Dawen River, it was well within the firing range of the Wild Bee self-propelled artillery, so Xu Peng decided to let the artillery take the lead this time.

He dispatched a reconnaissance team to cross the Dawen River, conduct reconnaissance of the Dawenkou Airport, and send back the accurate location coordinates.

Around 11 p.m., the reconnaissance team reported to Xu Peng using a backpack walkie-talkie.

It is said that a Japanese squadron is stationed at Dawenkou Airport, and there are currently 36 aircraft of various types parked at the airport.

Then, the reconnaissance team accurately told Xu Peng the specific coordinates of each target.

The SCR-300 backpack walkie-talkie awarded by this system is a frequency-hopping walkie-talkie developed and manufactured by Motorola in the United States.

It is a tunable high-frequency FM communication device, weighing sixteen kilograms, with an effective communication distance of nearly thirteen kilometers.

Although Xu Peng considered this thing to be an outdated communication device, it was unique at that time, after all, it was only introduced in 1940.

With this communication equipment, the Dragon Flame Legion was able to fight more quickly and conveniently than the Japanese.

After obtaining the accurate location coordinates, Xu Peng ordered the twelve Wild Bee self-propelled guns to immediately adjust the firing parameters and then begin shelling.

The Wild Bee self-propelled howitzer can fire four shells per minute, but Xu Peng requested that ten rounds of shelling be fired.

So in less than three minutes, 120 150mm howitzers were unleashed on the Japanese army's Dawenkou Airport.

The Japanese barracks, oil depots, and aircraft were instantly destroyed. In addition, dozens of large bomb craters were left on the airport runway.

A short while later, the reconnaissance team reported the results of the artillery bombardment.

Xu Peng was very satisfied after hearing this and ordered the reconnaissance team to return immediately.

After the reconnaissance team returned safely, Xu Peng led everyone back to Liangxiadian without stopping.