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

Long Fei glanced at Xie Qiang and said seriously, "You're talking nonsense again. Do you think I'm joking?"

"Have you forgotten the numerous mass graves discovered in Shanxi coal mines? Have you forgotten how the Japanese treated our prisoners of war and civilians?"

"We will repay the Japanese invaders tenfold for how cruelly they treated our ancestors."

Xu Peng excitedly chimed in, "The legion commander is right. This isn't torture, nor is it a game. It's revenge."

As the political commissar, Liu Wei couldn't help but express his opinion: "A nation that likes to kneel, a nation that even eats shit, I don't believe they have any backbone or backbone. Look at these sons of bitches, aren't they all obedient?"

Long Fei and the others were surprised by the Political Committee's words and gave him a thumbs-up. They all gave him a thumbs-up.

The team then continued its march towards Maling Pass.

During the journey, the radio set up on the truck received a call from Commander Liu of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

After Yamamoto Ichiki led his Yamamoto Special Forces, they secretly infiltrated the Eighth Route Army's base area.

They moved around and, by sheer coincidence, discovered the headquarters of the 129th Division.

After nightfall, Yamamoto Ichiki led his special forces team and quietly sneaked into Yangcun, where the headquarters of the 129th Division was stationed.

Yamamoto Ichiki originally planned to sneak into Yangcun, find the exact location of the division headquarters, and then launch a surprise attack to destroy the command headquarters of the 129th Division in one fell swoop.

To Yamamoto Ichiki's surprise, the operation suffered a severe setback right from the start.

The 129th Division set up several hidden sentry posts in Yangcun. These sentry posts were so well hidden that Sanben Ichiki and his men did not discover them at all.

After Sanben Ichiki's special forces team took out the visible sentries at the village entrance, they were just about to enter the village when the hidden sentries decisively opened fire to warn them.

Now, the sneak attack was forced to become a full-scale assault, but Yamamoto Ichiki still believed that with the combat skills of these special forces members and their advanced weapons, the Eighth Route Army guards in the village would be completely unable to stop them.

But reality once again slapped Yamamoto Ichiki in the face.

After Yamamoto Ichiki led his special forces team into Yangcun, they were met with a powerful barrage of firepower.

Yamamoto Ichiki discovered that the weapons used by the Eighth Route Army were actually more powerful than those used by his special forces.

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

As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, more than a dozen special agents on Yamamoto Ichiki's side were shot and fell to the ground.

"What?! This is impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could the Eighth Route Army have so many submachine guns and machine guns?"

But when he saw the powerful firepower network built by the Eighth Route Army's weapons, Yamamoto Ichiki was stunned.

But Yamamoto Ichiki didn't want to give up the opportunity he had finally managed to seize.

Therefore, he ordered some team members to fight back with all their might, and then ordered others to launch a flanking attack.

Although the 129th Division's guard battalion was equipped with advanced weapons donated by Long Fei, the soldiers had not received special operations training.

Therefore, although they are not at a disadvantage in terms of weaponry, there is still a considerable gap in individual combat capabilities.

Therefore, when Yamamoto's special forces launched their attack, a breach was quickly torn in the guard battalion's defenses.

Taking advantage of the situation, Yamamoto Ichiki led more than a dozen team members and broke into Yangcun through the breach.

Fortunately, as soon as the battle began, Division Commander Liu immediately ordered the division staff to evacuate.

Therefore, when Yamamoto Ichiki found the division headquarters, he discovered it was completely empty.

Unable to determine the exact direction of the enemy's retreat, the furious Yamamoto Ichiki, despite his reluctance, had no choice but to order a retreat in the face of the current situation.

However, the commander of the Eighth Route Army's guard battalion, seeing that more than twenty of his men had been killed or wounded, was unwilling to let Yamamoto Ichiki's special forces go.

He left a platoon behind and sent the deputy battalion commander with the rest of the troops to protect the division headquarters personnel.

He then led his platoon to continue tailing and pursuing Yamamoto Ichiki's special forces team.

The battalion commander of the guards was clearly overestimating his abilities. After pursuing them for several kilometers, he was ambushed by Yamamoto's special forces.

After a fierce battle, the battalion commander and the entire platoon of soldiers were killed in action.

Yamamoto Ichiki finally regained some balance from the disappointment he felt.

When Commander Liu received the report that the guard battalion commander had led a platoon of soldiers to pursue the Japanese, he immediately sensed something was wrong.

Therefore, an emergency order was issued to the New 1st Regiment and Independent Regiment under the 386th Brigade, which were closest to Yangcun, to immediately rush to Yangcun overnight.

Upon receiving the telegram, Li Yunlong, commander of the New First Regiment, and Kong Jie, commander of the Independent Regiment, did not delay at all and immediately led their troops on a forced march toward Yangcun.

Yangcun is located southwest of Yangquan. After Yamamoto Ichiki eliminated the guard battalion commander and his platoon of soldiers.

Instead of rushing towards Yangquan, they took advantage of the cover of night and headed south towards Yangcun.

Yamamoto Ichiki believed that the 129th Division headquarters was highly likely to move from this direction.

Unfortunately, Yamamoto Ichiki made a wrong judgment. Instead of leading the division headquarters to move south, Commander Liu chose to move east.

However, the Independent Regiment led by Kong Jie came from the south of Yangcun.

As a result, Kong Jie's independent regiment unexpectedly encountered Yamamoto Ichiki's special forces.

It was still dark when the two sides engaged in fierce fighting.

Kong Jie's Independent Regiment is no match for Li Yunlong's New First Regiment.

Although the weapons and equipment that Long Fei gave to Division Commander Liu were enough to re-equip the entire division.

But Commander Liu was not one to keep everything to himself. He gave half of it to the 120th and 115th Divisions, and also replaced all the headquarters guard units with new equipment.

Before the establishment of Kong Jie's Independent Regiment, he was a battalion commander, just like Li Yunlong.

At that time, Kong Jie's battalion had only received half of its new weapons and equipment.

Later, the battalion expanded into an independent regiment, and new weapons and equipment became even scarcer.

Therefore, although Kong Jie's independent regiment had more than a thousand men, it was still at a disadvantage when facing Yamamoto's special forces.

Under Kong Jie's command, the Independent Regiment fought bravely and fiercely against Yamamoto's special forces.

Ultimately, after suffering heavy casualties of two companies, they forced Yamamoto's special forces into a village called Shima Village.

After being surrounded, Yamamoto's special forces chose to enter the village's Shima-ji Temple and put up a stubborn resistance from the fortified temple.

Moreover, Yamamoto Ichiki went so far as to take thirty or forty monks from the temple hostage and threaten them, saying that if the attack continued, he would kill the monks.

Shima Temple in Shima Village is very famous locally. It was formerly called Luoying Temple. After the Northern Wei Dynasty grottoes were built, it was renamed Shifo Temple.

According to legend, Emperor Taizong of Tang bestowed a pair of stone horses upon the temple, which was then renamed Shima Temple (Stone Horse Temple). It was subsequently expanded multiple times during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, gradually increasing in size and becoming a popular place of worship.

Although Kong Jie was eager to eliminate the Japanese soldiers, he dared not launch an attack rashly because he could see that the other side had so many hostages.

So he hurriedly reported to Commander Liu.

After receiving Kong Jie's report, Commander Liu ordered Li Yunlong to lead the New First Regiment on a forced march toward Shima Village to reinforce the Independent Regiment.

He also led the political commissar and chief of staff to Shima Village as soon as possible.