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

Although Grandpa Liu is illiterate, he has a pretty good memory.

Long Fei took a pencil and a piece of white paper, and while asking Grandpa Liu questions, he drew and marked on the paper.

According to Mr. Liu, the stone horse faces west. After being rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, a stone archway, the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Great Buddha Hall, and the hexagonal pavilion were built in sequence from west to east along the central axis.

The north and south sides are the bell tower, drum tower, side halls, and stele corridor.

In the northwest corner is the Descendants Hall, and to the northeast of the Descendants Hall is a group of courtyards. Along the central axis from west to east are the Stele Hall and the Lord's Temple.

The north and south sides are the Guanyin Hall, the abbot's room, and the side rooms. In the northeast corner of the courtyard is the Ksitigarbha Hall with five rooms.

In addition, there are three natural sandstone blocks in the east and south of the temple, each carved with more than 1300 stone statues.

Before long, a complete and clear plan of Shima Temple appeared on the paper by Long Fei's hand.

"Okay, Uncle Liu, thank you."

Seeing that Long Fei had finished questioning him, Li Yunlong hurriedly called in two soldiers and instructed them to escort Grandpa Liu home.

Now, Long Fei decided to take immediate action, so without further ado, he stood up and said.

"Commander Liu, Political Commissar Deng, it's past nine o'clock now. I'm taking some men to scout ahead. If all goes well, I plan to take action promptly at one o'clock in the morning."

Division Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng also hurriedly got up.

"Okay, just tell us how you want us to cooperate."

Long Fei thought for a moment and said, "I trouble the Eighth Route Army to guard the encirclement well and make sure not a single Japanese soldier escapes."

Commander Liu nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, the two regiments have set up three encirclements. Even if the Japanese turn into flies, they won't be able to get out."

Long Fei smiled and nodded, then turned and left.

Upon arriving in front of the fifty team members, Long Fei ordered the car lights to be turned on, and then had everyone gather around to read the floor plan.

Before long, everyone had finished reading it and had memorized the internal layout of Shima Temple.

Then, Long Fei began to issue orders.

"Everyone took turns getting into the truck bed and putting on their special operations gear."

"Then we went outside Shima Temple and used the thermal imaging function of the helmet to scout and mark the exact location of the Japanese soldiers."

"Yes."

A few minutes later, all fifty special forces members, plus Xie Qiang and Long Fei, a total of fifty-two people, were completely transformed.

"Initiate reconnaissance and marking."

"Yes."

The fifty-two men quickly moved toward Shima Temple and then formed a circle around it.

At this moment, many fiery red human figures appeared in everyone's binocular night vision goggles.

Based on the poses of the people in these thermal images, everyone then began to identify and label them.

A dozen minutes later, the marking was completed, and Long Fei then ordered a withdrawal.

Upon arriving at the truck, Longfei asked everyone to summarize the marked information, while he marked the locations and numbers of the Japanese soldiers, hostage monks, and others on the map.

After marking was completed, Long Fei began to divide the combat teams and carry out pre-battle deployment.

"Based on the reconnaissance results, Yamamoto's special forces are currently holding the hostages in two locations: the Great Buddha Hall and the Heavenly King Hall."

"Yamamoto's special forces still have fifty-two members, distributed in five locations. After entering the mountain gate, the bell tower and drum tower on the left and right sides are the high points. The Japanese have arranged one sniper and three Japanese soldiers on each side."

"There are twenty Japanese soldiers and twenty hostages in the Mahavira Hall, and eighteen Japanese soldiers and sixteen hostages in the Heavenly King Hall."

"Finally, there are still six Japanese soldiers in the Descendants Hall. This place is in a special location, with the Heavenly King Hall and the Great Buddha Hall within sight. If there is any movement in these two places, the Japanese soldiers in the Descendants Hall can provide fire support."

With the clear markings on the map and Long Fei's explanation, everyone now has a more intuitive understanding of the distribution of the Japanese soldiers and hostages.

Xie Qiang pointed to the floor plan and asked, "Commander, I think we can divide into five groups and first use sniper crossbows to quietly take out the Japanese snipers on the clock tower and drum tower."

"Then the five teams acted simultaneously, first throwing flashbangs to blind the Japanese soldiers and instantly incapacitate them, and then, with lightning speed, mowing them all down."

Xie Qiang's suggestion coincided with Long Fei's, since, given the current situation, this was the only feasible and most likely successful course of action.

Seeing that no one raised any objections or new suggestions, Long Fei made the announcement.

"I agree with Commander Xie's action plan, but I need to emphasize that we haven't conducted CQB tactical training for a long time."

"Therefore, when taking action, team members must cooperate well and take quick countermeasures for any unexpected situations that may arise."

Immediately afterwards, Long Fei divided the personnel into five groups. He and Xie Qiang each led a group of fifteen people to deal with the Japanese soldiers in the Great Buddha Hall and the Heavenly King Hall and rescue the hostages.

The other three groups, one with eight people and two groups with six people, were responsible for dealing with the Japanese soldiers at the Zisun Hall and the Bell and Drum Towers.

Long Fei has tentatively set the operation time for 1 a.m., which is still more than two hours away.

Long Fei sent four team members to the outside of Shima Temple to continue surveillance and reconnaissance, to see if there were any changes in the distribution of the Japanese soldiers and hostages.

If significant changes occur, Longfei will definitely need to reassign personnel.

Long Fei told the others to rest in the truck bed and recharge.

The Independent Regiment formed the first encirclement around Shima Temple. Li Yunlong's New First Regiment, with a strength of over two thousand men, set up a second and third encirclement around it.

The soldiers of the Independent Regiment couldn't help but whisper among themselves when they saw that Long Fei's attire was very unusual.

"Look, the clothes of these people in the Dragon Flame Army are so strange. What are those things on their heads? And why are there two cylinders in front of their eyes?"

"I don't know, I've never seen it before. Did you see their guns? They're really nice. If I had one, I'd sleep with it every night."

"I think their military uniforms are incredibly good-looking, and everyone is wearing gloves. Wow, I wish I had a set of those."

"Hey, look at what they're carrying. It looks like a shield. Aren't shields for blocking arrows? Can they really stop bullets?"

At this moment, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, out of curiosity, also came forward to observe.

Having witnessed Long Fei and his men's equipment firsthand, and overheard the soldiers' discussions, the two men felt a surge of anxiety.

"Old Kong, why don't we go and have a chat with my brother Long Fei? Anyway, they're still a ways off."

"Alright, Lao Li, I'll go thank him in person. If it weren't for you, my regimental commander would definitely have been dismissed by the division commander this time."

Li Yunlong turned his head and glanced at Kong Jie, teasingly.

"Hey Kong Erlengzi, are you just going to say thank you with a few words? That's so insincere."

Kong Jie thought about it and agreed, so he said, "I don't have any valuable gifts to give you. How about I salute him? That should be alright."

Li Yunlong chuckled inwardly and shook his head: "I don't think a salute is enough, you should bow."