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

"Little White, you should have heard everything we said, so I'll just get straight to the point."

"Okay, tell me, what do you want?"

"Currently, our tanks and armored vehicles are sufficient to deal with the Doihara Division in Lanfeng, but in terms of artillery, I think it is far from enough."

"Currently, the entire legion has only twenty-four Wespe self-propelled guns, thirty-two M2A1 howitzers, twenty BM-13s, and twenty-four BM-21 rocket launcher vehicles."

"Little White, the legion now has 90,000 men, which is enough to fight a major battle, but isn't this amount of artillery too childish?"

Before Long Fei could continue, Xiao Baibai interrupted him.

"Alright, I get it. You've got a fear of not having enough firepower."

Xiao Bai's words almost choked Long Fei to death.

"Damn, you're the one with a fear of not having enough firepower. I want to rub those little devils hard and turn them into ashes."

"Hehe, alright. Most of your recent achievements haven't been converted into rewards, and they're even accruing interest in the system."

"Here's what we'll do: as a reward, we'll give you 120 SFH18 150mm 32-caliber heavy field howitzers produced in your country. This gun has a range of 18 kilometers, which is 5 kilometers longer than the 13-kilometer range of the 30-caliber version."

"This is the configuration of five artillery regiments. We will provide you with 10,000 shells and 120 diesel off-road heavy-duty tractors."

"In addition, we will add 80 BM-13 rocket launcher vehicles and 10,000 rockets."

"Are you satisfied now?"

"Also, we are a mechanized army, now with 90,000 men, and the previous 500 GMI trucks are clearly not enough."

"Alright, here's another 2,000 Gimsi trucks, 500 tons of gasoline, and 500 tons of diesel as a reward."

"In addition, I know that your food supplies are almost running out. I will store them in the system warehouse according to the monthly supply of 90,000 people."

"I know you've also lost a lot of ammunition, and we'll replenish it in the system's warehouse. There are too many types and quantities, so let's not waste time explaining them one by one."

"Anyway, you're almost at the Gold level now, just let me know if you need anything."

"Okay, straightforward, thank you."

"Yes, by the way, Little Dragon, you are indeed a talented person. I really like your innovative interpretation of Doihara. I hope you will keep your word."

Long Fei rolled his eyes and ignored Xiao Bai Bai.

After checking, Long Fei confirmed that all the rewards had been stored in the system warehouse.

Immediately mobilize all Gimsi trucks and order the entire army to board them and march towards Lanfeng.

Kenji Doihara's 14th Division crossed the Yellow River and advanced westward in a lone force.

They were quickly surrounded by 150,000 troops mobilized by the First War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army.

However, Kenji Doihara was not afraid and decided to take Lanfeng to break the encirclement of the Nationalist army.

Kenji Hohara originally thought that attacking Lanfeng would be a tough battle.

As a result, the defending commander, Gui Paopao, continued the bad habits of the Battle of Nanjing, and abandoned the city with his troops in less than a day.

This delighted Kenji Doihara, who, after capturing Lanfeng, hurriedly dispatched half of his troops to attack Shangqiu.

To Kenji Doihara's even greater surprise, the Nationalist troops stationed in Shangqiu, led by their commander Huang Paopao, abandoned the city and fled.

After successfully capturing Lanfeng and Shangqiu, Kenji Doihara immediately set his sights on Kaifeng.

He ordered the troops that occupied Shangqiu to leave one company to garrison the area, while the rest of the troops immediately rushed to Lanfeng to join them, and set off to attack Kaifeng the next day.

What Kenji Doihara didn't expect was that the Dragon Flame Legion had already laid out a trap overnight and was on high alert.

The next morning, after the Japanese soldiers had breakfast, Kenji Doihara ordered his troops to leave the city immediately and head towards Kaifeng.

Like in Shangqiu, Kenji Doihara left only one squadron to garrison Lanfeng.

More than 20,000 Japanese soldiers marched out of Lanfeng City and rapidly advanced towards Kaifeng.

Lanfeng is fifty kilometers away from Kaifeng. After receiving a report confirming that the Japanese had left Lanfeng and gone far away, Long Fei ordered the First Army to immediately surround Lanfeng, but temporarily surround it without attacking.

The Second Army moved to Shangqiu last night and surrounded it.

The Third Army was responsible for cutting off the Japanese retreat, the Fourth Army was responsible for outflanking the Japanese left flank, and the Fifth Army was responsible for outflanking the Japanese right flank.

Long Fei led the Special Operations Division and reserves to set up artillery positions about 20 kilometers from Kaifeng City on the Japanese front, and set up all the cannons.

The main reason Long Fei did not choose to surround and eliminate the Japanese soldiers in the city was because he did not want to harm the civilians in the city.

As the Japanese troops entered the designated shelling range, several reconnaissance squads dispatched by Long Fei immediately reported using SCR300 backpack walkie-talkies.

This walkie-talkie has an effective communication range of up to about sixteen kilometers.

Therefore, Long Fei was able to react immediately after receiving the intelligence.

This time, Long Fei deployed all his artillery and established five artillery positions.

One 24-gun Wildbee self-propelled howitzer, one 32-gun M2A1 gun, one 100-gun BM-13 rocket launcher vehicle, one 24-gun BM-21 Hail rocket launcher vehicle, and one 120-gun SFH18 field howitzer.

This sight would frighten the Japanese soldiers and the Nationalist army to death on the spot.

Even the members of the Dragon Flame Legion were dumbfounded.

Xu Peng couldn't help but question: "Commander, is it necessary for us to use so many artillery pieces to deal with a mere division of Japanese soldiers?"

Long Fei smiled calmly and said, "We have a system. We only need to exchange battle points. It doesn't cost money, we don't need to build an arms factory, and we don't need a huge logistics team to support us."

"I have three objectives for setting up an artillery barrage against the Doihara Division today. First, I want to use artillery fire to eliminate as many Japanese soldiers as possible and reduce casualties in our troops."

"Secondly, let the brothers who have just joined our legion see the strength of the Dragon Flame Legion and boost their confidence."

"Third, let the Japanese devils and the Nationalist army see what it means to fire ten thousand cannons at once and what true firepower coverage is, so that they will feel awe or even fear towards my Dragon Flame Legion."

After hearing this, Xu Peng couldn't help but give a thumbs up in praise.

"Commander, how come I never noticed you had so many tricks up your sleeve before?"

Long Fei rolled his eyes at Xu Peng: "Are you praising me or belittling me?"

Xie Qiang then interjected, "Deputy Corps Commander Xu, of course I'm praising you, Corps Commander. To be honest, I like this kind of domineering aura."

"We really admire the saying: Dignity lies only on the edge of a sword, and truth lies only within the range of a cannon."

Long Fei raised his head, looked up at the sky, and said loudly.

"That's right. Today we want to let the Japanese devils and all the foreign powers know that anyone who dares to offend China, no matter how far away, will be punished."

"I order all artillery to fire rapidly at once and open fire on the Japanese devils..."