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

Although Xu Peng was furious, he did not intend to kill Ding Mingnan, after all, he did not deserve to die.

However, Xu Peng had always looked down on Commander Tang, who was known as the "Runaway General".

Moreover, this Commander Tang later did something extremely shameless: he betrayed Chen Yi, his benefactor who treated him like his own son.

Xu Peng truly loathed this spineless person who only cared about getting promoted and making money, and even committed the shameless act of informing on others.

"Take him away and let Commander Tang negotiate in person."

Xu Peng spoke with extreme arrogance, and besides, the Dragon Flame Legion had the right to be arrogant.

Ding Mingnan was surprised that Xu Peng had both cursed and hit him, but still showed no intention of letting him go.

Ding Mingnan noticed that the other person's military uniform was different from what he was wearing, so he asked a question.

"Which unit of the National Revolutionary Army do you belong to?"

Xu Peng smiled dismissively: "We are not the Nationalist Army, we are the Dragon Flame Army."

Ding Mingnan of the Dragon Flame Legion had certainly heard of it, but he suddenly spoke up.

"Since you are not part of the National Revolutionary Army, what right do you have to arrest National Revolutionary Army officers? What military law did I violate?"

"Besides, even if I broke the law, it's the country's army that will arrest and deal with me."

Just as Xu Peng was about to respond, Long Fei's voice came through.

Commander Li and Bai Chongxi were extremely excited to see such a great victory, so they took Long Fei and drove around to check on the results of the battle.

They happened to arrive at the 125th Division and witnessed this scene.

“Deputy Commander Xu, you have done a good job. However, since he is a member of the National Army, it is best to leave the handling of the troops to Commander Li. We will not overstep our bounds.”

Xu Peng had actually seen Long Fei and the others arrive long ago, but seeing that Long Fei was just standing to the side, he didn't greet them.

Now that Long Fei had spoken, Xu Peng nodded to the soldiers.

Immediately, Ding Mingnan and his companions were taken away.

Long Fei had his reasons for doing this. During the Battle of Taierzhuang, Commander Tang's 20th Army Corps had been avoiding battle.

This put Commander Li in a very passive and angry position, and he even personally called the Nationalist government leaders to say that he wanted to execute Commander Tang.

Now that Long Fei has handed over Commander Tang's nephew to him, it's a perfect opportunity for him to give Commander Tang a warning.

Commander Li looked at Ding Mingnan and sighed, "Your 20th Army Corps didn't contribute to the battle, but now you're jumping out to show your strength."

"I could easily label you a traitor and have you executed for your words and actions. Whether or not I actually execute you depends on how your Commander Tang negotiates with me."

After saying that, Commander Li waved for the guards to take Ding Mingnan away, and then said to Bai Chongxi.

"Jiansheng, call Commander Tang later and ask him to come to Taierzhuang."

Upon seeing the two theater commanders and Long Fei arrive, Wang Shijun hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.

After everyone got to know each other, Commander Li praised Wang Shijun and the 125th Division for a few words before turning and leaving.

Long Fei was originally planning to talk to Xu Peng about the situation, but he noticed that Wang Shijun was standing there looking like he wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Commander Wang, do you have something to say to me?"

Wang Shijun nodded hurriedly, then walked up to Long Fei and Xu Peng.

"Commander of the Dragon Legion, it's a pleasure to meet you, I..."

Long Fei offered him a cigarette and said with a smile, "Commander Wang, please speak frankly."

Wang Shijun glanced around, then lowered his voice and said.

"Alright, then I'll be frank. Commander Long, Deputy Commander Xu, since our Sichuan Army left Sichuan to fight against the Japanese, we have been disliked and ostracized by various war zones. My brothers and I have always felt very uncomfortable about this."

"At Liangxiadian, our 22nd Army Group was actually prepared to fight the Japanese to the death."

"As a result, Deputy Commander Xu arrived with the Longyan troops, not only saving our Sichuan army but also helping us eliminate the Japanese invaders."

"Today's battle was incredibly exhilarating. I now have the utmost respect for your Dragon Flame Legion."

At this point, Long Fei had already guessed what Wang Shijun was going to say next, and he glanced at Xu Peng.

Xu Peng nodded and smiled at Long Fei.

Long Fei then half-jokingly said, "Commander Wang, do you perhaps want to lead your troops to join my Dragon Flame Legion?"

Wang Shijun immediately nodded in affirmation, "That's right, that's what I was thinking. Also, I'd like to invite the other division commanders for drinks tonight and see how they react."

Long Fei immediately extended his right hand, expressing his sincere commitment.

"On behalf of the Dragon Flame Legion, I sincerely welcome Commander Wang to join us. My troops are stationed outside the north gate of Taierzhuang. You can come to me anytime if you need anything."

Wang Shijun was overjoyed: "Great! Haha, our 125th Division can fight the Japanese alongside the Longyan Legion from now on. That's wonderful!"

The Nationalist Army units quickly received Commander Li's orders.

Each unit set up camp on the spot. Tonight, a grand victory banquet will be held to reward the three armies. All officers above the regimental level from each unit will enter the city to gather with Commander Li and drink the victory wine.

Upon the victory at Taierzhuang, Commander Li immediately sent a report of good news to the leaders of the National Government.

Upon receiving the telegram, the Nationalist government leaders were initially extremely excited, knowing that this was an unprecedented victory.

In his telegram, Commander Li said that the Fifth War Zone had lost only more than 8,000 soldiers, but had annihilated more than 80,000 Japanese soldiers in total.

This is a 1 to 10 kill ratio, which cannot be described as a victory. It should be called a great victory, no, a crushing victory.

The victory at Taierzhuang gave the Nationalist government leadership even greater confidence in besieging Xuzhou.

But when the current director rushed over and handed a secret telegram to the Nationalist government leaders, the commander's expression immediately changed drastically.

The Military Intelligence Bureau's influence is now ubiquitous, so the acting director would naturally have intelligence personnel stationed in the Fifth War Zone.

This coded telegram was sent back by the intelligence personnel, reporting every detail of what they had discovered.

"Damn it, it's that Dragon Flame Legion again! They actually used a secret weapon in Taierzhuang, killing over 50,000 Japanese soldiers in just twenty minutes... This..."

"Principal, the students think this is truly shocking, sensational, and terrifying."

"Sigh, Yu Nong, I now feel like I've raised a tiger to my own detriment. If I had known that the Dragon Flame Army could grow this powerful in such a short time, I should have dealt with them sooner."

"Principal, now that we have won the Battle of Taierzhuang, Xuzhou is out of danger. Should I immediately order the execution of the secret operation?"

After a moment of contemplation, the leaders of the Nationalist government nodded emphatically.

"Yu Nong, remember, only success is allowed, failure is not an option."

"The students understand, please rest assured, Principal."

The acting director had been planning this for a long time. He weighed the options carefully and formulated several action plans, but in the end, he rejected them all.

He believed that these solutions had at most a 50% chance of success.

But Director Ke wants 100% success. If it fails, Long Fei will definitely increase his vigilance, making it even more difficult to strike again.

However, the acting director dared to make a promise to the Nationalist government leaders today because he had come up with a method that, although extremely ruthless, had a very high success rate, to get rid of Long Fei.

Furthermore, the acting director gave this operation a very imposing name—Operation Dragon Slayer.