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

Long Fei remained expressionless, gently shook his head, and then raised his hand to call out in Japanese, "Continue forward."

Hiroo Ida and several soldiers stood aside, respectfully watching the so-called 17th Regiment leave quickly.

Because we were still several kilometers away from Beixinjing, we had no idea about the Japanese troops' troop deployment along the way.

Therefore, for safety reasons, Long Fei arranged for Xie Qiang to lead the first company to continue serving as the vanguard.

The sudden appearance of a marching column of several thousand people in the middle of the night was quite a sight. Fortunately, they did not encounter any Japanese troops halfway through the march.

Long Fei thought to himself, "It seems that the Japanese have advanced very quickly after crossing the river, and this area has already fallen into Japanese occupation territory."

When they were about 700 or 800 meters away from Beixinjing, the people ahead gestured for them to stop.

Soon, Xu Peng sent someone to report that a large number of Japanese troops had been spotted resting behind their fortifications, and asked for instructions on the next course of action.

Long Fei actually devised two plans; it just depends on the actual situation to decide which one to use.

After thinking it over, he decided that implementing the first plan was more reliable.

So Long Fei summoned Chen Defa, Ge Dahai, and Sun Haitao, the second company commander.

"Brigade Commander Chen, you and Regiment Commander Ge, along with the entire brigade, are to immediately proceed to the west side of Beixinjing and lie in ambush."

"After I start the attack here, you wait ten minutes before attacking inwards to support the 261st Brigade's breakout."

"After the 261st Brigade successfully breaks through, you and your men should not linger. Continue to retreat westward. Once you reach Panlong Town, establish defenses on the spot and wait for us to come and join you."

“None of you speak Japanese, so I’m sending the Second Company to accompany you. This is the Second Company Commander, Sun Haitao.”

Sun Haitao immediately smiled and nodded to Chen Defa and Ge Dahai.

Long Fei's orders were simple and clear, and Chen Defa had no objections whatsoever.

The two said in unison, "Understood. Be careful, we'll meet in Panlong Town."

Long Fei nodded and added, "Okay, see you in Panlong Town. When you set off, go to Deputy Battalion Commander Xu Peng and exchange the Japanese fire sticks for M1 Garand rifles. Each of you will also receive three hundred rounds of ammunition."

"Take fifty more MG34 machine guns with you, and I'll provide you with 300,000 rounds of ammunition, plus 500 M24 hand grenades."

Unexpectedly, Chen Defa shook his head after hearing this.

"Brother, I want the gun and the bullets, but forget about the grenades. You gave us two thousand before, and I had my men count them before we crossed the river. There are still more than twelve hundred left."

Since the other party still had so much left, Long Fei decided not to force the issue.

"Alright, Commander Chen, you can contact us via radio if needed during this period."

"Okay, got it."

Chen Defa smiled and nodded, then turned and left with Ge Dahai.

Long Fei stopped Sun Haitao and instructed him, "I'll give you two more Tiger tanks. They can be used as a strike force to quickly break through the Japanese encirclement and ensure the successful rescue of the 261st Brigade."

"Hehe, that's great, thank you, Battalion Commander."

With the Tiger tank, Sun Haitao felt even more confident.

"Okay, go get ready, and be careful."

"Understood, promise to complete the task."

Sun Haitao immediately stopped smiling, saluted Long Fei with a serious expression, and then turned and left.

Excluding the Second Company and the wounded, the Special Operations Battalion now has more than 600 men left. Long Fei first assigned a platoon to take care of the wounded.

Then another hundred people were selected, five people in each group, to form twenty machine gun teams.

They were ordered to establish twenty machine gun positions along the retreat route, taking advantage of favorable terrain, to create overlapping and suppressive fire to block the Japanese troops from covering their retreat.

Next, Long Fei arranged for thirty snipers to freely find ambush positions and be responsible for killing the Japanese grenade launcher and mortar operators to ensure the safety of the machine gun position.

Now there are less than 500 people left. Long Fei equipped 300 of them with Thompson submachine guns and formed a commando team.

This gun system is equipped with a 100-round drum magazine. Once these 300 men launch an attack, the sheer density of their firepower will be enough to keep the Japanese soldiers pinned down.

Long Fei arranged for the last hundred-plus people to be transported here, with two Tiger tanks parked and ten soldiers assigned to operate them.

Once all personnel have evacuated, they will be the last line of defense, absolutely stunning the pursuing Japanese troops.

In addition, fifty men were assigned to form an artillery group, equipped with ten M2 mortars and one hundred rounds of ammunition, to provide strong artillery support for the assault team.

Then, arrange thirty people to form a grenade launcher team, equipped with twenty M1 Garand rifles, with M9 rifle grenade launchers mounted on the rifle muzzles, and another ten people to carry two hundred grenade launchers.

Long Fei assigned the remaining personnel to serve as a mobile force.

With everything arranged, Long Fei glanced at the time and realized it was almost 5 a.m.

After Chen Defa led his troops away, Long Fei estimated that it would take them about fifteen to twenty minutes to reach their designated location. Therefore, he decided to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese troops south of Beixinjing at 5:20.

Time passed by, and although the soldiers of the special operations battalion hadn't rested much, they were still in high spirits and even seemed somewhat excited.

For them, the ability to travel here and brutally defeat the Japanese invaders was something they could only dream of before.

Now that the dream has come true, who wouldn't want to wash away the shame and kill those damn Japanese devils?

Long Fei stared at his watch with a serious expression. At 5:20, he raised his hand and waved it forcefully forward, muttering something under his breath.

"Start the attack."

Three hundred soldiers armed with Thompson submachine guns were the first to be charged as assault troops.

They charged quickly toward the Japanese positions that surrounded the south side of Beixinjing.

This time, Long Fei didn't order the bugle to sound the charge. This was a surprise attack, and the goal was to catch the enemy off guard. Sounding the bugle would just be sending a message to the Japanese.

Although the Japanese soldiers behind the fortifications slept like logs, they had stationed quite a few sentries.

The sentries kept yawning, exhausted, but still tried their best to remain vigilant.

It was still pitch black when the three hundred assault team members rushed to within a few dozen meters of the Japanese soldiers, at which point the Japanese sentries noticed the commotion.

The Japanese sentry saw a large group of people rapidly approaching, immediately raised his gun, and shouted loudly.

"Stop, who is it?"

The response from the Japanese sentries was a burst of bullets.

"Da da da……"

The Japanese sentry fell to the ground, but the gunshot was unusually jarring in the quiet early morning, immediately waking the sleeping Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers, still half asleep, immediately picked up their guns and looked around.

Those who reacted quickly were already preparing to raise their guns and fire in the direction from which the gunfire came.

Leading the 300 assault team was Company Commander Xie Qiang, who hurriedly shouted, "Fire!"

Three hundred Thompson submachine guns immediately erupted in a cacophony of "rat-a-tat-tat" shots.

The assault team launched their attack from behind the Japanese lines, while the Japanese fortifications were defended by the Nationalist troops in front of them.

Therefore, the Japanese soldiers, without any fortifications for cover, were completely exposed to the guns of the assault team.

As the assault team charged, they fired as they went, and before large numbers of Japanese soldiers could even figure out what was happening, they were riddled with bullets.

When the Japanese soldiers who hadn't been hit reacted and prepared to climb over the sandbag fortifications to the other side to avoid the attack and retaliate,

The assault team had already rushed in front of the Japanese soldiers and wiped them all out.

Then the assault team arrived at the fortifications and, relying on the Japanese fortifications, resisted the Japanese troops who were closing in from the east and west.