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

Seeing that the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops who had fled from Lai'an County had been completely annihilated, the battalion commander ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up immediately.

Just as the New Fourth Army soldiers were excitedly collecting all the spoils of war.

Deputy Commander Luo and Long Fei arrived with their troops.

After capturing Anxian County, Deputy Commander Luo and Long Fei immediately entered the city.

Although he was pleased to have successfully captured Lai'an County, he was now worried that the Japanese would send reinforcements.

After all, he only had one regiment of soldiers with him, and with an absolute disadvantage in terms of weapons, equipment and ammunition, he was unable to engage in direct combat with a large Japanese force.

Long Fei clearly saw Deputy Commander Luo's concerns, so he took the initiative to speak.

"Deputy Commander Luo, now that Lai'an County has been captured, what are your plans next?"

Deputy Commander Luo looked at Long Fei and suddenly asked, "I'd like to hear what your thoughts are?"

Long Fei laughed and said, "Deputy Commander Luo, I asked you a question, and you actually asked me one in return. Well, my thoughts are very simple."

Deputy Commander Luo smiled and waited with great interest for Long Fei to continue.

"If the Japanese were to reinforce Lai'an County, the closest troops would be those in Chu County."

"As far as I know, there is currently a large battalion of Japanese soldiers in Chuxian County, plus a regiment of puppet troops."

"I judge that the Japanese will at most send a company, plus all the puppet troops, to rescue Lai'an County."

“It would be against the natural order not to kill the Japanese soldiers. Therefore, I think we can continue to expand our gains and wipe out this enemy force from Chuxian.”

Originally, Deputy Commander Luo's idea was that they could successfully capture Lai'an County, and Long Fei's troops would also capture Zhuzi Town.

This was already a major victory, so Deputy Commander Luo was inclined to stop while he was ahead.

But now Long Fei has proposed to eliminate the Japanese reinforcements sent from Chuxian County, which has greatly tempted Deputy Commander Luo.

Moreover, Deputy Commander Luo witnessed firsthand how powerful the weapons and equipment of the Longfei troops were; the Japanese were nothing but chickens and dogs in front of the Longyan troops.

"Commander Long, how do you plan to fight? My New Fourth Army will fully cooperate."

Long Fei smiled mysteriously: "Deputy Commander Luo, about ten miles west of Lai'an, there's a place called Bailong Valley, which is a necessary route for the Japanese troops traveling from Chuxian to Lai'an."

“When I was fighting in Chuzhou County before, I passed through this White Dragon Valley. According to local legend, a long time ago, a white dragon and a black dragon fought in the sky. As a result, the white dragon was defeated and fell into this valley, hence the name White Dragon Valley.”

Upon hearing this, Deputy Commander Luo's brow furrowed: "You mean to ambush the Japanese in Bailong Valley?"

Long Fei nodded and continued, "In Chinese history, there are many classic battles fought with fire, such as the Battle of Red Cliffs, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Yiling, and the Battle of Xinye."

"When Zhuge Liang led his southern expedition, he also used a fire attack strategy, burning down Panshe Valley and defeating the rattan armor army."

"So I want to emulate Zhuge Liang and burn down White Dragon Valley to annihilate the Japanese devils."

Although Deputy Commander Luo thought Long Fei's plan was good, the biggest problem was what to use to burn down White Dragon Valley.

"Your plan is good, but what are we going to use to burn the Japanese to death? We can't just use firewood, can we?"

Long Fei smiled and shook his head: "Of course not, we are more advanced than the ancients, this time we will use incendiary bombs."

"Incendiary bomb?"

Deputy Commander Luo was completely baffled; where did these incendiary bombs come from?

Long Fei turned to Gan Honglie, who was standing behind him, and gave him instructions.

"Platoon Leader Gan, take your water bottle to the Tiger tank and get a can of gasoline."

"Yes……"

Gan Honglie immediately ran over.

Soon, Gan Honglie ran back and handed the water bottle filled with gasoline to Long Fei.

"Give me one of your grenades."

"Deputy Commander Luo, could you please have one of your soldiers remove a section of his leg wrap for me?"

Next, Long Fei used leg wraps to attach the grenade to the water bottle, but left a safety pin opening.

Then Long Fei picked up the water bottle with the grenade strapped to it and said to Deputy Commander Luo.

"This is an incendiary bomb. Let's test its power."

After the group arrived at the city wall, Long Fei chose a quiet, deserted spot and looked at Deputy Commander Luo with a knowing smile.

"Deputy Commander Luo, now is the moment to witness a miracle."

After saying that, Long Fei pulled the safety pin off the grenade and then threw the incendiary bomb he had made down.

With a loud "boom," the grenade exploded, blasting the water bottle open and igniting the gasoline inside, which then splashed and spread in all directions.

Within a radius of ten or twenty meters, it instantly became a sea of ​​fire.

Deputy Commander Luo stared wide-eyed, giving Long Fei a thumbs-up in amazement.

"Commander Dragon, your incendiary bomb invention is amazing!"

Long Fei didn't want to waste too much time, so he spoke directly.

"Deputy Commander Luo, I will provide gasoline, grenades, and water bottles. Have the New Fourth Army soldiers help fill the bottles with gasoline, attach the grenades, and then set off for Bailong Valley immediately."

"You mean your troops won't participate in the battle?"

Long Fei nodded and said, "With this incendiary bomb, your New Fourth Army will take the lead this time, and my Longyan troops will support you from the sidelines."

Deputy Commander Luo immediately understood Long Fei's good intentions.

Long Fei didn't want to be the only one to stand out, lest he have trouble explaining himself to Commander Chen when Deputy Commander Luo led the team back later.

Are you suggesting that Deputy Commander Luo go back and report that the attacks on Zhuzhen, Lai'an, and the elimination of the Japanese and puppet troops were all done by the Longyan troops, and that they were just bystanders?

"Okay, thank you."

Deputy Commander Luo expressed his gratitude and then immediately issued the order.

Long Fei immediately went to the rear of the Tiger tank and quietly retrieved two thousand military water bottles, two thousand hand grenades, and ten barrels of gasoline from the system.

A can of gasoline holds 200 liters, and a water jug ​​can hold about one liter of water, so ten cans of gasoline are enough to fill two thousand water jugs.

However, water and gasoline have different densities, so their masses are different for the same volume. A water bottle filled with gasoline will be lighter than one filled with water.

Within an hour, all two thousand incendiary bombs were completed. Immediately afterwards, Deputy Commander Luo ordered the entire army to march rapidly toward White Dragon Valley.

Before setting off, Deputy Commander Luo left a company for Political Commissar Jiang to handle the follow-up matters in Hou'an County.

Ten miles is a distance that can be covered in a short time of about twenty minutes by marching.

When Deputy Commander Luo arrived at Bailong Valley with his troops, he immediately ordered them to set up an ambush along both sides of the valley.

At the same time, Deputy Commander Luo ordered that upon hearing the bugle call to charge, incendiary bombs should be thrown at the Japanese troops below the valley.

Just as Long Fei had predicted, the Japanese troops in Chuzhou County responded immediately after receiving a distress telegram from the garrison of Lai'an County.

He immediately dispatched a company and all the puppet troops, ordering them to set off immediately to reinforce Lai'an County.

When the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops arrived at Bailong Valley, exhausted and out of breath, the New Fourth Army had already been waiting there for more than an hour.

After the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops had all entered Bailong Valley, Deputy Commander Luo glanced at Long Fei and then gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"Blow the charge."