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

In fact, Chen Yiding had considered this idea before.

However, seeing how straight and smooth the cliff was, he didn't believe the soldiers could climb it with their bare hands.

As expected, all ten carefully selected warriors ended in failure.

They came before Long Fei with their faces flushed, all bowing their heads, feeling too ashamed to face him.

"It's alright. It's not that you're not skilled enough. It's just that this cliff is really difficult to climb. You've worked hard. Go and take a rest."

To everyone's surprise, when the mission failed, Long Fei didn't say a single harsh word, let alone scold them.

Xie Qiang had previously arranged for Gan Honglie and Xin Jiang to protect Long Fei closely, so they were standing not far behind Long Fei at this moment.

After exchanging a glance, the two of them volunteered to walk up to Long Fei.

"Commander, can we try again?"

Seeing the unwavering determination and confidence in their eyes, Long Fei nodded silently.

"Okay, you guys go ahead, be careful."

"Yes, I promise to complete the mission."

Gan Honglie and Xin Jiangcong picked up ropes, carried them on their backs, and headed towards the cliff.

The two of them were carefully observing the ten soldiers as they climbed.

Moreover, they discovered that the reason the ten soldiers failed to climb was because they were all fighting individually and did not cooperate with each other.

In some places, it is impossible to climb up by one's own ability alone; one must help each other and work together to get up.

Having learned from their experience, the two decided to give it a try.

The first half of the climb went smoothly, but once we got to the middle of the cliff, the climb became increasingly difficult.

“Xin Jiang, you wait here. See that tree stump over there? I’ll put the rope on it, then you pull yourself up to the stump first, and then drop the rope down to pull me up.”

"Okay, brother, I'll listen to you."

Following Gan Honglie's plan, the two worked together and successfully reached the tree stump.

At this point, they were less than ten meters from the top of the cliff.

Gan Honglie took out a grappling hook, tied it with a rope, and then threw it forcefully towards the top of the cliff.

Unfortunately, the force was a little insufficient, and the grappling hook fell straight down.

After retrieving the grappling hook, Gan Honglie threw it upwards again, but failed once more.

"Damn it, good things don't happen more than three times."

Gan Honglie muttered something under his breath, then focused all his attention and used all his strength to throw the Flying Tiger Claw up for the third time.

This time, Gan Honglie succeeded. After throwing the grappling hook up the cliff, he firmly grasped the rock.

Gan Honglie pulled hard on the rope and felt it was very secure.

"Xin Jiang, I'll go up first."

After saying that, Gan Honglie gripped the rope tightly with both hands, pushed off the cliff with his legs, and nimbly climbed to the top of the cliff.

"Xin Jiang, it's your turn. The Flying Tiger Claw is very reliable, so you can come up without worry."

Xin Jiang nodded, took a deep breath, and then successfully climbed up as well.

Seeing the two reach the summit safely, Long Fei's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

The rest was easy. Gan Honglie and Xin Jiang lowered two ropes, and several soldiers easily climbed up using the ropes as support.

Then several more ropes were lowered, and the soldiers began to climb up one by one.

Seeing that they had successfully reached the summit, Chen Yiding excitedly asked Long Fei.

"Commander, what's the next step in dealing with the Japanese?"

Long Fei calmly said, "Go up five hundred men and line them up along this path. Transport all the grenades from your First Army up here."

The First Army had three to four thousand men and was equipped with more than ten thousand grenades.

This path is only three or four kilometers long, and each meter can cover at least four or five grenades.

An hour later, more than 10,000 grenades were transported to the top of the cliff, and 500 soldiers lined up in a row, a few meters apart from each other.

Just as Long Fei was about to give the order to attack, gunshots rang out in the distance.

Soon, Xie Qiang reported via walkie-talkie that the Japanese soldiers had just come out of the side path when they were driven back by the Yunnan Army.

Long Fei sneered and told Chen Yiding to relay the order.

Chen Yiding immediately used a walkie-talkie to give orders to the soldiers on the cliff.

"Delay throwing all grenades by two seconds to ensure they explode in the air. Each soldier is responsible for a ten-meter radius, and must ensure that no one is missed."

Next, all everyone could hear was the sound of grenades exploding in quick succession along the valley path.

All of these grenades exploded before landing, thus maximizing the damage to the Japanese soldiers.

Five hundred soldiers, each with only thirty or forty grenades, could throw them all in a few minutes.

After Yoshio Shinotsuka led four infantry regiments into the secret path of Yangjiao'ao, he ordered his troops to pass through quickly.

However, this kind of path is not like a normal road; there are no traces to be found, and you can only follow the cliff to move forward.

During the march, many Japanese soldiers, with their bowed legs, would slip or misstep, falling dozens of meters off a cliff and being smashed to pieces.

Although the trail was only a few kilometers long, it took Yoshio Shinotsuka and his troops more than two hours to traverse it.

When the Japanese finally reached the exit of the path, before they could even celebrate, they were met with a barrage of bullets from the Yunnan Army.

After Xie Qiang brought his fellow villagers to the Yunnan Army.

Commander Lu immediately ordered Fan Tianxi to lead his 184th Division and follow the villagers to the exit of the path.

They were instructed to defend the area at all costs and block the Japanese invaders.

To this end, Commander Lu also transferred twenty machine guns and ten mortars from the 182nd and 183rd Divisions to reinforce the 184th Division.

Fan Tianxi's favorite thing was machine gun formations, so he gathered all the light and heavy machine guns together.

At the exit of the alley, a dense array of machine guns was deployed.

In Xie Qiang's view, this was a real waste. The exit of the alley was so narrow that a few machine guns would have been enough, but now there were fifty or sixty machine guns.

However, Xie Qiang could understand that the Yunnan Army had suffered heavy casualties in the two days of bloody fighting with the Japanese, and had also been suppressed by the Japanese artillery.

Now that they've finally managed to vent their anger, they'd better give the Japanese devils a proper welcome.

The hundreds of Japanese soldiers who rushed out of the alley exit were instantly mowed down by the Yunnan army's machine gun fire.

Upon seeing this, the remaining Japanese soldiers immediately retreated and hid around the corner, firing a few shots every now and then, not daring to show their faces again.

Yoshio Shinotsuka was now in a dilemma. The path was so narrow that even with more than 10,000 troops, he could only send soldiers out one by one.

At this moment, Yoshio Shinotsuka was filled with regret. He had planned everything, but he never expected that his trick would be exposed.

Now that the enemy is on high alert, his plan to launch a sneak attack has clearly failed.

However, Yoshio Shinotsuka also knew that if the other side tried to rush in and launch an attack, they would not gain any advantage.

So he ordered two soldiers to set up machine guns and guard the exit, then urgently ordered the rear guard to become the front guard, abandoning the original battle plan and immediately returning along the same route.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, countless grenades suddenly fell from above and exploded in mid-air.

Fortunately, the two Japanese soldiers in charge of guarding him reacted very quickly. Upon realizing the danger, they immediately tackled Yoshio Shinotsuka to the ground and shielded him with their bodies.

This is what prevented Yoshio Shinotsuka from being hit by shrapnel from the grenade.

However, these two Japanese soldiers were hit by dozens of shrapnel bullets and died instantly.

After the grenades were thrown from the cliff, the Japanese soldiers of the four battalions were almost completely wiped out.

Only three or four hundred Japanese soldiers survived by using the corpses of their comrades as cover.

At that moment, a Japanese regimental commander standing next to Yoshio Shinotsuka had a sudden inspiration. He ordered the surviving soldiers around him to untie their leg wraps and tie them together.

Next, he tied the leg wraps around Yoshio Shinotsuka's waist and ordered the other end to be tied to a huge rock.

Immediately afterwards, he summoned several Japanese soldiers, who together lowered Yoshio Shinotsuka off the cliff.

After Yoshio Shinotsuka was safely lowered down, the regimental commander quickly grabbed the leg straps and slid down the cliff.

Seeing this, the other Japanese soldiers followed suit.

However, one leg strap was definitely not enough, so these Japanese soldiers immediately untied the leg straps of their comrades who had been killed in the explosion and tied them together into long strips of cloth.

Then they tied one end of the cloth strip to a tree trunk or a rock and slid down the cliff to escape.

Of the more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers, only three or four hundred managed to escape.