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

As the three chatted, it became 12:50 a.m. before they knew it.

Seeing that the time set by Long Fei for the operation was approaching, Xie Qiang stepped forward to remind him.

"Commander, there are only ten minutes left before the operation begins."

Long Fei immediately responded, "Go find the brothers in charge of reconnaissance and find out if there have been any changes in the distribution of the Japanese soldiers in the temple."

After Xie Qiang left, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie, being quite sensible, immediately took their leave.

"Brother, be careful later. We'll guard the outside, so don't worry. Those little devils won't be able to escape."

Soon, Xie Qiang returned and reported that the distribution of the Japanese troops had not changed.

On the contrary, there was good news: thermal imaging revealed that most of the Japanese soldiers had already rested on the spot, with only a few remaining on guard.

Long Fei immediately gathered everyone together and then gave the order.

"Everyone proceed according to the original plan. After taking out the two Japanese snipers at the Bell and Drum Towers, each group should immediately take their respective attack positions and await my orders to proceed simultaneously."

"Yes……"

As night fell, the five groups quickly approached Shima Temple.

Two team members carrying military sniper crossbows stepped on the shoulders of two other team members and slowly emerged from the high wall of the temple.

Two Japanese snipers stood guard by the windows on the rooftop of the Bell and Drum Towers, each holding a 98K sniper rifle equipped with a 4x scope.

The two Japanese soldiers would occasionally use a 4x scope to monitor the temple gate.

The two special forces soldiers peeked out from a position that avoided the angle from which the two Japanese soldiers were watching.

They gently picked up their sniper crossbows and quickly aimed them using the 8x scope.

At that moment, the two team members were only a few dozen meters away from the Japanese sniper.

With an 8x scope, this distance becomes less than ten meters.

With the night vision goggles on their FAST helmets, shooting down those two Japanese soldiers with a single arrow would be a piece of cake.

After taking aim, the two men lightly pressed their left feet against the shoulders of the team members below.

After receiving the signal, the team members below made a hand gesture to Long Fei.

Long Fei then decisively gave the order through his tactical headset: "Fire."

With two sharp "whoosh" sounds, two crossbow bolts flew out and instantly struck the foreheads of the two Japanese snipers.

Because the sniper crossbow was so powerful, the bolt entered the Japanese soldier's forehead and went straight through his brain, with the arrowhead even piercing the back of his skull.

Caught completely off guard, the two Japanese soldiers let out a soft "humph" and collapsed onto the windowsill, falling silent.

The two team members immediately raised their left hands and made an OK sign.

Upon seeing this, Long Fei swiftly ordered: "The Japanese sniper has been taken out. Each team, immediately enter the temple and take your respective attack positions."

In less than a minute, all five groups entered Shima Temple and quickly went to their respective attack positions.

Long Fei was leading one group, and soon received reports from each of the other groups.

Because the FAST tactical helmets are equipped with face shields, the sound will not be transmitted even if the team members speak softly.

"Group Two in place"

"Three teams in place"

"Four teams in place"

"Five groups in place"

Without hesitation, Long Fei gave the order: "Count down three, three... two... one... move!"

The team members had already prepared their flashbangs. When Long Fei counted down to one, they all pulled the safety pins and waited for Long Fei to shout the word "action."

Dozens of flashbangs were thrown into five places: the Mahavira Hall, the Heavenly King Hall, the Descendants Hall, and the Bell and Drum Towers.

Although some Japanese soldiers were lying down to rest, they did not relax their guard.

Upon hearing the noise, they opened their eyes and heard a series of loud "bangs" as well as blinding flashes of light.

The Japanese soldiers who were hit by the flashbangs experienced temporary blindness.

Moreover, the loud bang of the flashbangs caused the Japanese soldiers to suffer from deafness and tinnitus.

Even those Japanese soldiers who reacted a little slower and didn't open their eyes immediately were not spared.

To understand this, we need to know that the light produced by a candle has a brightness of 1 candela. In normal weather, the brightness of the outdoor sky is 2 candela, and the brightness experienced when looking directly at the sun is 12 candela.

A flashbang can instantly unleash a burst of light with a intensity of 600 to 800 million candela.

Thin eyelids are simply not enough to protect the eyes from the damage caused by such strong light.

In addition, flashbangs produce noise levels as high as 170 to 180 decibels when they explode, while the engine noise of a jet aircraft is only 140 decibels.

Under noise levels of 170-180 decibels, the human body will quickly face temporary deafness, tinnitus, and damage to the inner ear fluid. Just being able to stand still is already quite an achievement, and combat effectiveness will definitely be reduced to zero in a short period of time.

After the flashbangs exploded, the five teams rushed into the building and began firing at the Japanese soldiers with QCQ-171 submachine guns.

All five groups finished their battles within ten seconds.

Immediately afterwards, each group began to tally up their results.

According to reports from each group, of the fifty-two Japanese soldiers, forty were killed and the remaining twelve were wounded by gunfire.

However, since the Yamamoto Special Forces wore combat uniforms without rank insignia, it is impossible to confirm whether Yamamoto Ichiki has been killed.

Long Fei was very satisfied with the hostage rescue operation and was about to order everyone to take the monks out immediately.

Suddenly, Long Fei noticed that all the monks in the main hall were wearing kasayas.

"what……"

Long Fei's first reaction was that this was very abnormal; as the saying goes, anything abnormal is a sign of trouble.

"Each group should leave members to guard the wounded Japanese soldiers. The remaining members, Group 3, go to the Hall of Heavenly Kings to provide support, and Groups 4 and 5, go to the Hall of the Great Buddha to provide support."

After giving the order, Long Fei gestured to the team members holding bulletproof shields to move forward and provide cover.

At this moment, several team members shouted loudly at the monks.

"The Japanese devils have been wiped out, you are safe now. Take off your robes and we will take you away."

The monks were also affected by the flashbang, and were temporarily blinded.

Moreover, due to the loud noise, they experienced temporary deafness, so they couldn't hear the team members shouting at all.

Long Fei said through the tactical headset: "Stop shouting, they can't hear you now. Use your bulletproof shields for protection, go up and tear off their robes one by one. Be careful, there might be Japanese soldiers mixed in."

After Yamamoto Ichiki's negotiations with the Eighth Route Army failed, he followed the structural layout of Shima Temple.

The hostages and team members were specifically assigned and arranged.

He knew very well that these monks in his hands were their life-saving talismans.

He concluded that the Eighth Route Army would certainly not dare to launch an attack indiscriminately in order to protect the hostages.

Therefore, he was confident that he could hold out for a few days and wait for General Shinotsuka to send troops to rescue him.

However, after Yamamoto Ichiki had the radio operator contact General Shinotsuka, he suddenly had a bad feeling.