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

This was also a concern for Long Fei, because Fan Tianxi's identity was special. Although Commander Lu and Commander-in-Chief Long didn't know, Long Fei was fully aware of it.

Long Fei didn't want Commander Lu and Fan Tianxi to be implicated because of this, which would affect their subsequent roles.

At this moment, Fan Tianxi took the initiative to say, "Commander Long, please rest assured, Commander Lu and I have already discussed this."

"Our Yunnan Army will certainly suffer heavy casualties in the destruction of two Japanese divisions this time."

"Therefore, when Commander Lu reports, he will say that the 30th Army Corps, with 40,000 soldiers, fought a bloody battle against the Japanese 5th and 10th Divisions. Although they annihilated the Japanese, they also suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and now there are less than 5,000 left."

"We fought fiercely with the Japanese for two days and indeed suffered several thousand casualties. We will take all the wounded and sick back with us, and the remaining 30,000 troops will all join the Dragon Flame Legion."

Long Fei nodded repeatedly: "Yes, the method you came up with is good. As long as we keep it a secret, we can definitely fool everyone."

After seeing that Long Fei had fully accepted it, Commander Lu hurriedly added.

"Commander Long, when the time comes, I will bring the wounded back to the unit, and then Division Commander Fan will lead the troops to join you."

Upon hearing this, Long Fei exclaimed, "How can this be? Fan Tianxi is Yun Que, sent by Baota Mountain. How can he play his proper role with the Longyan Legion?"

"Commander Lu, I think we should do this: Commander Fan has a few valiant generals under his command, such as Bao Dagang, Pan Suduan, and Zeng Zesheng. Let them lead their troops to join the Dragon Flame Legion."

"Commander Fan will still lead his troops back with you. He can assist Commander Lu and Commander-in-Chief Long and play a greater role."

To be honest, Fan Tianxi was burdened with a mission and certainly didn't want to join the Dragon Flame Legion, but he couldn't refuse Commander Lu's offer.

Now that Long Fei has taken the initiative to return him, this is a wonderful thing that we couldn't have asked for.

After a moment's thought, Commander Lu nodded in agreement with Long Fei's suggestion.

"Alright, we'll do as Commander Long says."

At this moment, Long Fei said to Fan Tianxi.

"Commander Fan, I've also brought two of your old acquaintances with me this time."

"An old acquaintance, who is it?" Fan Tianxi asked urgently.

"Deputy Commander Luo of the First Detachment of the New Fourth Army, and Wang Nujiang."

"Ah...they're here too? That's great..."

The Yunnan Army, along with the Longyan Legion, now numbers nearly 100,000, while Long Fei's side only has twelve self-propelled cooking vehicles, which is definitely not enough to handle the workload.

So Long Fei had no choice but to ask Xiao Bai Bai for another fifty self-propelled cooking vehicles as a reward.

That's how they managed to prepare meals for 100,000 people before 2 p.m.

At the same time, Long Fei saw that the Yunnan Army had several thousand wounded soldiers, so he mobilized all the field hospitals and field hospitals and provided them with enough penicillin and anesthetic drugs to do everything he could to treat the wounded.

Seeing Gan Yini working up a sweat, Long Fei couldn't help but offer some words of advice.

"Take care of yourself. Take a break when you need to. Don't overwork yourself."

Gan Yini looked at Long Fei, nodded silently, and then turned around and went back to work.

Long Fei was still somewhat uneasy, so he hurriedly gave orders to Gan Honglie.

"You will personally arrange the meals for the field hospital later. You must watch them eat in batches before you are allowed to continue working."

"Yes, Commander, rest assured, I will personally supervise."

At this time, Zhou Weiguo also led his troops back from Liwei Village.

Upon meeting Long Fei, Zhou Weiguo immediately reported that he had gone directly to Liu the landlord's house after arriving at Liwei Village.

With the weapons given to him by the Japanese, Liu the landlord built a guard team of several dozen men.

However, the guards were just a motley crew. They were good at bullying ordinary people on ordinary days, but when they saw that Zhou Weiguo's side had brought several hundred people to besiege Liu the landlord's mansion, they were completely different.

The dozens of guards were trembling with fear and had no courage to resist. They immediately opened the gate and surrendered.

Zhou Weiguo then held a public trial in the village and executed Liu the landlord directly.

The guards were all traitors who committed all sorts of evil deeds and had lives on their hands, so Zhou Weiguo ordered them all to be shot.

The villagers applauded and cheered, as this was tantamount to avenging them.

Next, Zhou Weiguo ransacked Liu the landlord's house, taking everything he ate, used, and including his money.

They were distributed to the villagers.

After finishing all this, Zhou Weiguo hurriedly led his troops back.

"Commander Zhou, well done, you've worked hard. You should go and have a meal and rest."

After saying that, Long Fei went to Commander Lu's headquarters, ready to drink a celebratory drink with them.

Upon entering the command post, Long Fei saw Fan Tianxi chatting animatedly with Deputy Commander Luo and Wang Nujiang.

When Commander Lu saw Long Fei enter, he hurriedly said something.

"Commander Long, I have already sent a report to the National Government Military Commission. The Military Commission replied that they were extremely shocked. They did not expect the Yunnan Army to be so powerful. A corps of 40,000 men actually wiped out two Japanese divisions."

"The Military Commission also congratulated and expressed its condolences to the Yunnan Army, and ordered us to set off immediately for Ezhou to replenish our troops and weapons and equipment to participate in the next battle to defend Wuhan."

Long Fei nodded: "Okay, let's eat first, and then we'll set off together."

"Setting off together? Is your Dragon Flame Legion also going to Wuhan to participate in the war?"

Long Fei shook his head and said, "We are not going to Wuhan, but to march into the Central Plains."

Fan Tianxi thought for a moment and asked, "Commander Long, are you going to lead your troops to participate in the Battle of Lanfeng?"

These individuals were unaware that, soon afterward, the Nationalist government leadership, in order to prevent the Japanese invaders from rapidly advancing westward in the Central Plains and to buy time for the defense of Wuhan, decided to...

They will be so ruthless as to blow up the Yellow River dike at Huayuankou, using water as a weapon to stop the Japanese advance.

Although Long Fei knew about these circumstances, he couldn't tell everyone directly at the moment, so he could only speak about them vaguely.

"The leaders of the Nationalist government always clamored to protect this place and that place, but they couldn't protect any of them."

"Shanghai was like this, Nanjing was like this, and Xuzhou was like this. I really don't believe that the National Revolutionary Army can hold Wuhan."

"As far as I know, the Japanese 14th Division of Doihara, with more than 20,000 troops, has penetrated deep into enemy territory near the Longhai Railway in the First War Zone, with its advance aimed directly at Lanfeng."

"I'm worried that if something happens to Commander Cheng of the First War Zone, and we're powerless to stop the Japanese, what crazy decisions will the Nationalist government leaders make?"

"So I led my Dragon Flame Legion to be a fire brigade."

Long Fei's humorous words drew laughter from everyone.

Then, everyone sat together and began to drink celebratory wine.

During the meal, everyone drank and chatted. Long Fei reminded Commander Lu and Fan Tianxi that they must speed up the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Road.

Long Fei said that as the Japanese invaders accelerated their pace of invasion, Yuezhou would soon fall as well.

Without a sea outlet, China would be unable to receive international aid.

The only lifeline was the Burma Road.

Because they would be marching soon, everyone drank in moderation, and the victory celebration ended in less than an hour.

Then, Commander Lu announced his decision to the Yunnan Army.

The Yunnan Army soldiers already had grievances against the Nationalist government, and they were further impressed by the fact that they had witnessed firsthand how advanced the Longyan Legion's weapons and equipment were and how formidable they were at fighting the Japanese.

Therefore, no one raised any objections.

Considering that neither the Yunnan Army nor the several armies that joined later received systematic training.

Long Fei decided to first disperse the 30,000 Yunnan troops into the First and Fifth Armies, with each army receiving 6,000 men to form a separate division, which would also serve as a reserve force for these armies.

After we arrive in Shanxi and establish a base, we will conduct rigorous training for everyone.

With the addition of 30,000 troops from the Yunnan Army, the Longyan Legion now boasts a strength of 90,000, just one step away from its goal of becoming a 100,000-strong army.

The number of Japanese soldiers annihilated by the Dragon Flame Legion increased from 200,000 to over 250,000 after this battle, directly reaching level 25.

You only need to eliminate another 40,000 Japanese soldiers to reach the Gold level.