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

Just as Xie Qiang turned to leave, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out.

There was a platoon of guards outside the tent. As soon as the gunfire rang out, the platoon leader immediately ordered everyone to prepare for battle and sent a squad in to cover Long Fei's retreat.

However, the gunfire stopped quickly.

"Commander, I'll go see what's going on."

After Xie Qiang finished speaking, he quickly left the tent and, once outside, gave orders to the guard platoon leader.

"Immediately transfer the surrounding troops over, and absolutely guarantee the safety of the legion commander."

As a result, Xie Qiang returned in less than twenty minutes.

"Commander, it's the Japanese."

Seeing that Xie Qiang was out of breath from running, Long Fei handed him a cup of tea.

"Don't rush, have a sip of water and tell me slowly."

Xie Qiang gulped down a cup of tea, even swallowing a lot of the tea leaves.

Xie Qiang then spat out the tea leaves and continued speaking.

"Gan Honglie and Xin Jiang have made contributions this time."

"Not long ago, the two of them were bored, so they made an appointment with a platoon of soldiers to go hunting in the nearby mountains and practice their marksmanship."

"Not long after we entered the mountains, we encountered a group of local people."

"Commander, guess what?"

Long Fei glared at Xie Qiang: "Stop keeping me in suspense, just tell me."

"Hehe, well, they didn't pay much attention at first, but they vaguely noticed that something was wrong."

"Gan Honglie said that the villagers in the nearby villages had already fled, so how could so many people suddenly appear?"

"In addition, Gan Honglie said that these people were not tall, and they were all strong men, and they were all wearing cotton-padded clothes."

"Most importantly, most of these people had bowlegs, and one of them was very strong, so we suspected that they were Japanese soldiers in disguise."

"So Gan Honglie immediately gave Xin Jiang and the soldiers a look, and they deliberately pulled these people aside to chat."

"Gan Honglie is very clever. He deliberately said that they were the Longyan Legion and had recently won a great victory, annihilating tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers in Taierzhuang."

"They even deliberately revealed that the legion's base was nearby."

"Unexpectedly, when these villagers heard this, they took the initiative to ask if they could go to the army's camp and get something to eat since they had run out of rations."

Xie Qiang rambled on and on, and Long Fei grew impatient.

"Did Gan Honglie take them all to the Special Operations Division's base and then get them food?"

"Finally, when they were about to arrest and interrogate them, the group pulled out guns and resisted, and were all shot dead."

Xie Qiang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's it."

"Let's go and take a look at the scene."

After saying that, Long Fei strode away from the tent, with Xie Qiang following closely behind.

The Special Operations Division's base was less than a kilometer away from Long Fei's location, so the two of them arrived in no time.

Upon seeing Long Fei arrive, the soldiers who had been surrounding him immediately parted to make way for him.

As Long Fei approached, he discovered that there were about fifty people dressed in civilian clothes, all of whom had been beaten to death and were lying haphazardly on the ground.

Moreover, the outer pants of the corpses had been removed, and each corpse was wearing a loincloth.

Clearly, these people pretending to be ordinary citizens are Japanese devils.

Moreover, the baskets and boxes that these so-called ordinary people carried with them had already been opened.

Inside, there was not only a radio, but also weapons such as pistols, submachine guns, bullets, and grenades.

As Long Fei examined the items, he asked with concern.

"Are any of our brothers injured or killed?"

Gan Honglie hurriedly replied, "Commander, three of our soldiers were slightly wounded, but we killed fifty-two Japanese soldiers."

Upon hearing this, Long Fei was relieved and immediately ordered a thorough search of the Japanese soldiers' corpses.

A short while later, a soldier found several telegrams in the inner pocket of a Japanese soldier.

Long Fei took a look and immediately understood what was going on.

Long Fei turned to Gan Honglie and said, "You did a good job this time, but you were still a bit reckless."

"Because the Japanese soldiers had to disguise themselves as civilians, they hid many of their weapons, and they didn't have time to take them out after your attack."

"They are a professionally trained mainland commando team. With their weapons and combat capabilities, they are not so easy to eliminate if they are really in a fighting stance."

As soon as Long Fei finished speaking, Xie Qiang realized something was wrong.

"Commander, what are the Japanese mainland advance troops doing in Taierzhuang? And they sent more than fifty of them at once?"

"It's very simple. These Japanese devils were sent by Hata Shunroku. Their purpose is to assassinate me. They plan to launch a sneak attack at night."

"What?! Holy crap, another assassination attempt! The Nationalist government sent people to kill you, and the Japanese sent the Mainland Advance Team to kill you too! I can't take this anymore, I have to retaliate!"

Long Fei patted Xie Qiang on the shoulder: "Of course we should retaliate, but not now."

"Gan Honglie and Xin Jiang made a keen observation and handled the situation properly this time, and they deserve praise."

"I have decided to appoint you as platoon leaders and award you and the accompanying soldiers a third-class merit."

Long Fei paused, then pointed to the corpse on the ground and gave the order.

"The Japanese mainland advance team carried out assassinations, sabotage, and sneak attacks in our rear, killing not only our soldiers but also harming our civilians."

“Cut off their dog heads and hang them on the trees outside the city. It won’t be long before the Japanese devils come back.”

"Then let the Japanese devils have a good look at these dog heads and tens of thousands of corpses lying exposed in the wilderness."

"What about the remaining fifty-two corpses?" Gan Honglie asked.

“These Japanese devils committed heinous crimes. Drag them to that field and crush them into mincemeat with a tank to make compost.”

Hata Shunroku's mainland expedition team searched around and soon discovered the Dragon Flame Legion's whereabouts.

They followed them all the way to Taierzhuang.

Originally, this squad was divided into four detachments. After the Battle of Taierzhuang, they discovered that the Dragon Flame Legion was stationed outside the city.

They quickly assembled and prepared to capture the prisoners after dark and find out Long Fei's exact location.

Then, they launched a sneak attack on Long Fei.

After the Japanese soldiers assembled, they hid in the mountains, preparing to take action after dark.

They never expected that Gan Honglie and Xin Jiang would lead a platoon of soldiers into the mountains to hunt.

In order not to expose themselves, the Japanese did not launch an attack after discovering Gan Honglie and his men, attempting to slip through unnoticed.

Unexpectedly, Gan Honglie and Xin Jiang saw through their plan. The Japanese soldiers had intended to use their scheme to infiltrate the military camp, but instead, they walked right into a trap.

After handling the matter, Long Fei immediately convened a meeting of all army commanders.

At the meeting, Long Fei told everyone that he would infiltrate Nanjing and blow up the Japanese army's bacteriological research base.

To ensure success, we need to find some professional talent scouts. We hope that all army commanders will immediately return to their units to recruit them.

Because of the urgency of the situation and the need to depart the next day, Long Fei demanded that all armies send the recruited personnel to the legion headquarters before midnight tonight.

As Long Fei had predicted, in the end, more than two hundred soldiers who had previously worked as miners were recruited.

They also recruited eight people whose ancestors were descendants of tomb raiders and tomb raiders. The key point is that these eight descendants have all received the true teachings.