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

After Xie Qiang left, Long Fei spoke to Commander Qin and Political Commissar Lai.

"Commander Qin, Political Commissar Lai, given the current situation, a direct assault is definitely not the way to ensure the safety of these girls and rescue them."

"Therefore, I believe the only solution is to exchange hostages. What are your opinions?"

Commander Qin and Political Commissar Lai exchanged a glance and then nodded to Long Fei together.

“We completely agree with your point of view. Do whatever you want, we have no objection.”

When the Japanese reinforcements from Kuriki entered the ambush zone, the second regimental commander ordered to open fire without hesitation.

The second regiment ended the battle in just over ten minutes.

If the Second Regiment Commander hadn't relayed Long Fei's order to spare as many prisoners as possible, these Japanese soldiers would definitely have been killed.

Even though the soldiers of the Second Regiment held back and tried not to hit the Japanese soldiers' vital points, only fifty-three Japanese soldiers were still not killed.

These Japanese soldiers were all still alive, but they were all wounded.

The second regimental commander ordered the medics to quickly provide emergency treatment to the wounded Japanese soldiers, and then led a company to bring the Japanese prisoners over to Long Fei's side.

The remaining troops were ordered by the Second Regiment Commander to immediately go and join the two battalions of the First Regiment to surround Chestnut City.

On Long Fei's side, the Japanese company commander, seeing that the ten-minute deadline had passed, hurriedly began to shout, saying that he was giving them one last minute, and if they did not withdraw, he would start shooting these women.

Now, the Japanese company escorting supplies has only eighty or ninety animals left, and more than a dozen of them are wounded.

All the remaining Japanese soldiers had now huddled behind the dozen or so women.

Long Fei would certainly not order a retreat, and he was prepared to take a gamble, betting that the Japanese would not dare to throw away their last remaining chips.

"Order: Sound the charge! No firing! Surround these sons of bitches!"

Xie Qiang, who had already returned, blinked, completely unable to understand.

"What? Commander, did I hear that right? You're telling us not to fire, and to charge..."

"Thank you, Commander. I will carry out the order."

Long Fei looked at Xie Qiang with a stern face and spoke coldly.

"Yes, sound the charge! No firing! Surround these sons of bitches!"

"Beep beep... tap tap tap tap... beep beep... tap tap tap tap..."

The Japanese soldiers were completely terrified. What was going on? Weren't they ordered to retreat? Why were they launching an attack instead?

The Qinlai Detachment has more than 500 men, the Special Operations Regiment has 1,600 men, and the First Battalion has more than 500 men, totaling more than 1,000 men.

When the Japanese soldiers saw that their numbers were ten times greater than theirs, charging towards them like tigers, they were all terrified and panicked.

At that moment, the Japanese soldiers were caught in a dilemma: whether to fire or not.

Open fire! There are so many of them, let's riddle them with bullets.

If we don't fire, what if they rush at us? Should we kill these women? But then we'll lose our leverage against them, and we'll still end up being killed anyway.

The Japanese company commander saw that although the enemy had launched an attack, they had not fired their guns.

He knew that the other party was still very wary and concerned about these dozen or so hostages.

So he immediately ordered: "You just point your guns at these Chinese women. If the Chinese army dares to fire, kill these women. We'll just have to serve the Chinese people."

So the Japanese soldiers all raised their guns and aimed them at the women's backs.

In less than a minute, the Japanese soldiers were completely surrounded.

The Japanese company commander was still somewhat panicked, but he pretended to be calm and shouted in Japanese.

"Don't come any closer, or I'll kill these women."

Just as the Japanese soldier was about to translate, Long Fei strode forward and said.

"No need for translation, I understand. I'm surrounding you because I want to make a deal with you."

The Japanese company commander, seeing that Long Fei could speak Japanese, asked with a hint of surprise and doubt.

"Deal? What deal?"

Long Fei took out a cigarette, lit it, and said casually as he exhaled the smoke.

“You little devil, you only have sixteen chips, while I have three times more chips than you.”

"What do you mean? Three times more?"

Long Fei sneered: "Don't worry, you'll understand soon enough."

The two sides remained locked in a stalemate until, half an hour later, the commander of the Second Regiment arrived with over fifty Japanese prisoners.

During this time, Xie Qiang also received a report from the First Regiment that they had surrounded Licheng together with the Second Regiment.

The Japanese soldiers in the city, seeing that they were not attacking the city, did not fire at them.

"Reporting to the Legion Commander, I have brought the prisoners you requested, a total of fifty-three."

Long Fei nodded slightly and said, "Well done, bring them all up."

Soon, fifty-three wounded Japanese soldiers were brought before Long Fei.

At this moment, Long Fei spoke to the Japanese company commander.

"These are the bargaining chips I was talking about. You have sixteen hostages, and I have fifty-three. Three for one, you won't lose out in this deal, will you?"

Upon seeing this, the Japanese company commander immediately began to think.

If it were a one-for-three exchange, he would definitely have the advantage. But the problem now is that he is surrounded by the enemy's heavy forces. How can he escape safely after the exchange?

After thinking for a long time, the Japanese company commander couldn't come up with a good solution, so he hesitated and didn't respond to Long Fei.

Long Fei didn't have that much patience. Seeing that the other party hadn't spoken for a long time, he gave an order to Xie Qiang.

"Go, drag out those three Japanese devils and chop off their heads."

Xie Qiang knew, of course, that Long Fei was putting pressure on the other side. Besides, he was more than willing to do the job of beheading Japanese soldiers.

So Xie Qiang casually pointed to three Japanese soldiers: "Bring these three Japanese soldiers out for me."

After saying that, Xie Qiang borrowed a large knife from one of the guerrilla fighters next to him.

The Japanese company commander hurriedly tried to speak up to stop them.

"Baka! What are you trying to do? I'm still considering it, and you're already going to attack?"

Xie Qiang, wielding a large knife, answered loudly and imposingly.

"You little devils, you only have sixteen hostages, while we have fifty-three. A three-for-one exchange only requires forty-eight. Are you going to keep these extra five as a waste of food and air?"

The Japanese company commander was speechless after being confronted by Xie Qiang, and could only anxiously say...

"No, no, no, don't kill, don't kill..."

Xie Qiang retorted defiantly, "You think you can just say you won't kill me and that's it? Who the hell do you think you are? If I listen to you, wouldn't I lose face?"

After saying that, Xie Qiang raised his knife and chopped off the head of a Japanese soldier with a "snap".

"Ah, do you want it, or don't you..."

Seeing that the Japanese company commander still did not agree, Xie Qiang sneered and swung his broadsword down again.

Then, Xie Qiang said jokingly, "Little devil, you can keep thinking about it. I'll just keep chopping away."

After saying that, Xie Qiang swung his broadsword for the third time.

"No, please stop cutting..."

Xie Qiang ignored the Japanese soldiers' pleas and decisively chopped off the head of the third Japanese soldier.

Finally, the Japanese company commander made up his mind.

"Okay, I agree to the exchange. However, I would like to ask, after the exchange, how can I trust that you will let us go and allow us to leave safely?"

“If we can’t leave, then there’s no point in exchanging anything. We might as well kill these sixteen women and then serve the Heavenly Locusts.”

Long Fei then spoke up: "We Chinese value promises and credit the most. As long as you release these women, we will let you go, but you have to leave your weapons behind."

The Japanese company commander hurriedly confirmed, "Are you telling the truth? Will you really keep your promise?"

Long Fei nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, we keep our word."

The Japanese company commander stared intently at Long Fei for a long time before finally deciding to trust him.

In fact, the Japanese had no choice but to believe it; the situation was beyond their control. They had previously held leverage through coercion, but now the other side had even more leverage.

"Release these Chinese women, and everyone lay down your weapons."

After being captured by the Japanese, the sixteen girls were already in despair and had even prepared to commit suicide.

Overjoyed and terrified, the girls' legs gave way and they collapsed to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Long Fei hurriedly ordered, "Help them to the side and hand over the Japanese prisoners to them."

Xie Qiang then leaned close to Long Fei's ear and whispered, "Commander, are we really going to let the Japanese leave?"

Long Fei's lips curled slightly, but he did not respond.

The Japanese company commander hurriedly ordered his men to take the wounded and prepare to leave.

Long Fei did not stop them, but instead waved his hand, ordering the troops to make way.

At this moment, the Japanese company commander's anxious heart finally calmed down a little.

Judging from Long Fei's behavior, he shouldn't go back on his word.

"Order to speed up the return to Liaoyang Town."

After the Japanese soldiers had walked several dozen meters away, Long Fei shouted loudly.

"You little devils, wait a minute..."

"What? Wait a minute, what do you mean?"

The Japanese company commander muttered to himself, then quickly turned around and looked at Long Fei.

"Is there anything else you can do?"

"Of course something's wrong. Don't go back to Liaoyang Town. Just go to your deaths."

"Nani...baka...Chinese man, you are a liar, you go back on your word...you..."

Long Fei laughed wildly, "You little devils, I didn't finish what I was saying. We Chinese are indeed very trustworthy and keep our promises, but it depends on who you're dealing with."

"As a soldier, you actually used women to blackmail us. It's utterly shameless. Therefore, you don't deserve my trust and commitment."

"You bastard, you Chinese, you're shameless..."

"Heh, so what if I'm shameless? What can you do about it?"

"You bastard, you cunning and despicable Chinese, die, die..."

"So what if I'm cunning and despicable? What can you do to me?"

"Ah...ah..."

Because Long Fei spoke Japanese, not only the Japanese company commander, but all the Japanese soldiers felt they had been tricked and began to roar hysterically.

"Order: Kill all these sons of bitches, leave no one alive."

"Da da da... bang bang bang..."

In less than a minute, all of the last hundred or so Japanese soldiers were shot dead in a hail of bullets.

These Japanese soldiers were riddled with bullet holes; they were beyond dead.