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

Long Fei did not make any adjustments to the specific combat plan, and still deployed it in the same way as encircling and annihilating the 13th Regiment.

The only minor change was that Long Fei replaced the weapons and equipment of the officers and soldiers of the 37th Brigade, allowing them to participate in the battle together this time.

Considering that they would need time to familiarize themselves with the new equipment, Long Fei only reissued them M1 Garand rifles and M24 wooden-handled grenades.

In addition, Long Fei kept his promise and gave them fifty MG34 machine guns.

Meanwhile, Long Fei said that the Japanese soldiers would not arrive for at least another hour, and that they should quickly familiarize themselves with the firearms and practice with live ammunition.

Long Fei instructed Ge Dahai to select 500 soldiers and give each of them four M24 wooden-handled grenades.

These soldiers were seeing these long-handled grenades for the first time, and they held them in their hands and studied them for a long time.

Long Fei patiently explained it to them.

"Brothers, this is an M24 wooden-handled grenade produced in Hans. The wooden handle is relatively long, which increases the leverage and makes it much farther to throw."

"You can try throwing it and see if it's as I described."

The soldiers immediately began throwing them, and sure enough, they threw them at least ten meters farther than the short-handled grenades.

Then Long Fei personally demonstrated and explained the M1 Garand rifle to them.

"Brothers, this gun is called the M1 Garand rifle, also known as the 'Big Eight' because its magazine can hold eight bullets at once. After the bullets are fired, the magazine will be automatically ejected from the magazine by the magazine ejector."

"When the magazine ejects, it makes a crisp 'ding' sound, which is the soul of this gun."

"Think about it, while the Japanese are still pulling the bolt back and firing single shots, you can fire eight bullets in a row. Both your rate of fire and firepower can completely suppress the Japanese."

"And this MG34 machine gun, also made in Germany, can be used as a light machine gun with a bipod and as a heavy machine gun with a tripod. Moreover, the barrel of this gun can be quickly changed."

"It can be fed by a 50-round belt or a 75-round drum magazine."

"This is much better than the 20-round magazine of the Czech light machine gun and the 30-round magazine of the Japanese Type 96 light machine gun."

"Let's talk about the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun. This gun is not only bulky, but it also uses a 30-round magazine, so it can't be compared to this gun."

"Alright, that's all for my introduction. Now you can try live-fire shooting to get familiar with the firearms as soon as possible. Don't be stingy with the bullets, there's plenty."

Next, Long Fei ordered the soldiers of the Special Operations Battalion to serve as instructors and ensure that the brothers of the 37th Brigade mastered and became familiar with these two firearms in the shortest possible time.

Chen Defa and Ge Dahai stood aside, their hands itching to fire, and they actually lay down on the ground with their soldiers and fired fifty rounds from each of the two guns before stopping.

Seeing that the two were still not satisfied, Long Fei ordered his men to give each of them another two hundred bullets so that they could have a good time.

Moreover, during their shooting, Long Fei would occasionally provide on-site guidance.

As Long Fei had expected, the Japanese reconnaissance planes immediately reported the findings after returning.

When Gu Shoufu learned that both regiments had been wiped out by the enemy and that the 11th Brigade was effectively defunct, he was so enraged that he took his sword and chopped a perfectly good desk into firewood.

"Baka... When did the Chinese army become so powerful? They managed to wipe out two of my regiments in just two days. It's an utter disgrace."

After venting his anger, Tani Morio couldn't swallow his pride. Such a defeat would make him lose face in front of all the division commanders and the Emperor.

He immediately issued an order to Ushijima Daiman, the commander of the 36th Brigade.

“Ushijima-kun, the 13th Regiment of the 11th Brigade has been completely wiped out. I order your brigade to immediately dispatch a regiment to Linting Town.”

"You must catch up with the Chinese army and kill them all to avenge the warriors of the empire."

"Hai, please rest assured, Division Commander, I will immediately dispatch the 45th Regiment, our strongest unit, to avenge our defeat."

Thus, Tani Morio made a very foolish decision that would deal them another heavy blow.

Ushijima Daiman immediately telegraphed Colonel Kanda Masanaka, commander of the 45th Regiment, to assemble his troops and head towards Linting Town.

In order to ensure that they could catch up with Lin Ting's Nationalist troops, Ushijima Daiman specially transferred a cavalry battalion from the 6th Cavalry Regiment to supplement the 45th Regiment.

More than an hour later, Kanda Masanaka appeared outside Linting Town with his 45th Regiment and the cavalry battalion of the 6th Regiment.

Kanda Masanaka, mounted on his horse, picked up his binoculars to observe the situation in the town.

Apart from that towering, eerie Jingguan (a mound of stones) that was over ten meters tall, there was nothing else to see.

Seeing his own soldiers who had died in battle, piled up haphazardly, Kanda Masanaka was so angry that he cursed.

"Damn it, those damned Chinese army! How dare they insult our imperial warriors! They are utterly despicable!"

Despite his anger, Kanda Masanaka did not order his troops to immediately charge into the town.

"Order the artillery to fire on Linting Town, but be careful to avoid the mountain of corpses in the town."

Kanda Masanaka was always suspicious in battle, and to prevent any ambush in the town, he decided to scout it out with artillery fire first.

Soon, the Japanese infantry guns began to bombard the town with a series of "booms".

Fortunately, the Japanese didn't have a lot of artillery shells.

So after firing more than twenty shells without any abnormalities, Kanda Masanaka ordered a halt to the shelling.

After conducting a reconnaissance mission, Kanda Masanaka was able to dispel his doubts.

He raised his sword and gave the order to attack.

"Kill them all! Charge! Annihilate every single Chinese soldier you encounter, leave no one alive!"

The swarming Japanese soldiers began to rush rapidly into the town.

Not to be outdone, Watanabe Yu, the cavalry battalion commander who came to reinforce, immediately ordered his cavalry to charge.

Long Fei observed all of this through his binoculars.

When the Japanese were conducting reconnaissance with artillery fire, several shells landed in the middle of the ambush, killing eight soldiers from the 37th Brigade and one special operations battalion.

In addition, five soldiers from the 37th Brigade and three soldiers from the Special Operations Battalion were injured.

Although Long Fei felt heartbroken, in order to allow the Japanese to enter the encirclement and be completely annihilated, he had no choice but to reluctantly order everyone to stay put and not expose themselves.

Chen Defa stood beside Long Fei, his teeth grinding in anger.

Ge Dahai's eyes were blazing with fury. Two of his fallen comrades were not far from him, and he witnessed the entire process.

Ge Dahai's right index finger was on the trigger of the MG34, and he almost couldn't resist firing.

As the Japanese soldiers entered the town, Long Fei raised his right hand and brought it down heavily, shouting something as he did so.

"Blow these sons of bitches to death!"

Immediately afterwards, the bugle call to charge sounded again on the battlefield.

Ten Tiger tanks, like tigers unleashed from their cages, suddenly emerged from the woods and fired high-explosive shells at the Japanese soldiers.

The Wild Bee self-propelled guns also located their coordinates and began firing.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

Although the Japanese soldiers realized they had been ambushed, they were already disoriented by the intense artillery fire.

Some Japanese soldiers even lay on the ground and instinctively fired at the Tiger tank.

However, none of this could harm the Tiger tank in the slightest. Seeing that the troops were suffering heavy casualties under the artillery fire, Kanda Masanaka hurriedly gave orders.

"Retreat immediately, exit the town and establish a defensive line."

Watanabe Yu witnessed dozens of cavalrymen, along with their horses, being blown to smithereens.

He couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, "This is not a war, it's a one-sided crushing and massacre."

Watanabe Yu was terrified. He pulled hard on the reins, turned the horse around, and led the remaining cavalrymen at breakneck speed out of the town.

At this moment, not only the troops that were lying in ambush in the southern part of the town began to launch an attack.

Troops in other directions also opened fire almost simultaneously.

The Japanese launched several assaults toward the south of the town, but wave after wave of soldiers fell, unable to break through the dense barrage of fire. Within minutes, their retreat was cut off.

Then the bugle call for the second charge sounded.

Ten Tiger tanks lined up and charged toward the Japanese.

Not only did they charge forward while firing high-explosive shells, but they also used the machine guns on their tanks to mow down the Japanese soldiers.

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

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

The Japanese soldiers of the 45th Regiment felt they had no way out and exhausted all means to resist.

Light and heavy machine guns, mortars, grenade launchers, pumpkin grenades, and infantry guns.

But these weapons are no match for the steel behemoth, the Tiger tank.