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

More than a thousand soldiers stood solemnly, their hearts filled with grief.

Suppressing his grief and anger, Xie Qiang gave the order, his voice choked with emotion.

"Brothers, let's bury our fellow villagers first."

The soldiers nodded silently and immediately sprang into action, some taking down their entrenching tools to start digging holes.

Other soldiers carried the bodies of the murdered villagers out of the pond one by one and laid them neatly on the ground.

Just as everyone was focused on burying their fellow villagers, the sentry on guard suddenly ran over to report.

"Commander, Commander Qin and Political Commissar Lai of the Eighth Route Army guerrilla force have arrived. They said they want to see you at the village entrance."

Upon hearing this, Xie Qiang dropped his entrenching tool and said, "Okay, take me there quickly."

Xie Qiang followed the sentry to the village entrance.

After the two sides met, Commander Qin from the other side saluted first and introduced himself.

"I am Qin Jiwei, the commander of the Qin Lai Detachment of the Eighth Route Army's Heshun Area Guerrilla Force. This is Lai Jijifa, the political commissar of the guerrilla force."

"Hello Commander Qin, hello Political Commissar Lai, I am Xie Qiang, the commander of the 1st Special Operations Division of the Longyan Legion."

After the introduction, Commander Qin continued.

“We received news that the Japanese troops stationed in Xiazhuang had sent a company to sweep through Yangjiao Village. We were afraid that our fellow villagers would be in danger, so we rushed over.”

"I didn't expect you to arrive before us. How are the villagers? Have all the Japanese devils been wiped out?"

Xie Qiang gritted his teeth and answered painfully.

"We killed all the Japanese soldiers, but unfortunately we were too late; all the villagers had been killed by the Japanese."

"What... sigh..."

Commander Qin stomped his foot, looking very annoyed.

"Come with me and take a look..."

After saying that, Xie Qiang turned around and led the way, with Commander Qin and Political Commissar Lai following closely behind with the guerrillas.

When Commander Qin and Political Commissar Lai saw that all the houses in the village had been burned down by the Japanese and all the villagers had been brutally murdered by the Japanese, they were deeply saddened.

Commander Qin said with grief and indignation, "Those Japanese devils are truly inhuman; they actually dared to harm unarmed civilians."

Seeing that Xie Qiang was burying the fallen villagers, Political Commissar Lai hurriedly gave orders to the guerrillas.

"You all go and help."

Commander Qin and Political Commissar Lai brought about 500 guerrillas. After the political commissar gave the order, everyone immediately ran forward to help.

At this moment, Xie Qiang noticed that many guerrillas were carrying large knives on their backs, so he walked up to one of them.

"Brother, lend me your big knife."

The guerrilla fighter readily took off his broadsword and handed it over.

Xie Qiang took the broadsword, walked a few steps to the Japanese company commander who had been killed, swung the broadsword, and with a "crack," chopped off his dog's head.

Then Xie Qiang kicked the Japanese soldier's head so hard it landed in front of the graveyard where the villagers were buried.

"Brothers, cut off the heads of the Japanese devils and offer them as a sacrifice to these villagers who died tragically."

"it is good……"

None of the soldiers had broadswords, so they all borrowed them from the guerrillas.

Soon, the heads of an entire Japanese company were chopped off and neatly piled up in front of the graves of the fallen villagers.

The Eighth Route Army Qinlai Detachment was established less than half a year ago and currently has only a little over 500 people.

Moreover, it was composed of miners from Yangquan coal mines, textile factory workers, young students, farmers, and some scattered soldiers from the National Revolutionary Army.

They were all shocked to see Xie Qiang and his men beheading Japanese soldiers as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

Many of them couldn't bear the bloody scene and vomited violently.

Xie Qiang expressed his understanding and ordered all the knives to be cleaned and returned to the guerrillas.

Then, Xie Qiang walked up to Commander Qin and asked him.

"Commander Qin, your guerrilla unit operates in this area. Are you aware of the Japanese garrison in this vicinity?"

Commander Qin immediately nodded and said, "Of course I know. The Japanese 114th Division is stationed in the Heshun County area."

"The 66th Regiment of the 127th Brigade under its jurisdiction was stationed in Liaoyang Town (Note: now Zuoquan County), and the company stationed in Xiazhuang was one of its subordinate companies."

"What?" Xie Qiang immediately lost his composure upon hearing this.

"Commander Qin, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Commander Qin was somewhat bewildered by Xie Qiang's reaction.

"Everything I said is true, absolutely true, Commander Xie. Why are you reacting so strongly?"

After receiving a definite answer, Xie Qiang replied.

"Commander Qin, you don't know, but the 127th Brigade under the 114th Division of the Japanese army was completely annihilated by our Longyan troops after the Battle of Shanghai, down to the brigade commander."

"Later, its 115th Regiment of the 128th Brigade was also completely annihilated by us during the Battle of Nanjing."

"In other words, the Japanese 114th Brigade was already crippled by us, so how come the 127th Brigade and the 66th Regiment have suddenly appeared?"

After listening, Commander Qin thought for a moment and then offered a reminder.

"Commander Xie, is it possible that the Japanese replenished their troops in time and restored the original structure of the 114th Division?"

Commander Qin's explanation was the only reasonable possibility, so Xie Qiang stopped dwelling on the issue.

Instead, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Since the Japanese 114th Division has been resurrected, then this time I will make it completely annihilate its soul."

After saying that, Xie Qiang thought that Long Fei and the others hadn't gone too far and should still be within the range of the walkie-talkie.

So he immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and began to consult with Long Fei.

Sure enough, Long Fei quickly established a connection with Xie Qiang.

"Reporting to the commander, a Japanese company did indeed come to sweep through Giethoorn, but we have wiped them all out."

"Unfortunately, we arrived too late; all the villagers had been killed by the Japanese."

"When we were burying the bodies of our fellow villagers, the Qin Lai Detachment of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas arrived."

At this moment, Xie Qiang lowered his voice and said, "Commander, do you know who their commander is? It's Qin Jiwei..."

Xie Qiang's sudden remark really startled Long Fei.

"What? Really?"

"Hehe, Legion Commander, of course it's real, more real than pearls."

Long Fei thought for a moment and said, "Then why don't I come over right away and meet this fierce general who fought the bloody battle of Shangganling?"

Xie Qiang hurriedly added, "Commander, there's something else. The Japanese 114th Division, which we decimated before, has somehow been resurrected."

"Commander Qin said that this division is currently stationed in Heshun County, and the company that we wiped out today was a company of the 66th Regiment of its 127th Brigade."

Upon hearing this news, Long Fei was somewhat surprised.

"Damn it, the Japanese have actually reinstated this division's organizational structure. Xie Qiang, do you have some ideas about this?"

Long Fei knew Xie Qiang all too well; he must have a purpose in rambling on like this.

"Hehe, Commander, nothing can be hidden from you. I was thinking that since we've just entered Shanxi, we must give the Japanese a little gift."

"Furthermore, when I heard it was the 114th Division, I thought we should completely annihilate it this time, so that it wouldn't be able to come back to life."

"You stay put and wait for my orders."

Long Fei did not agree immediately. After all, dealing with an entire Japanese division was no small matter and required some planning.