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

When Kong Jie saw that Li Yunlong had successfully volunteered for the mission, he could no longer sit still.

Although Long Fei promised to give him a big gift that could help him quickly build up the new Second Regiment.

However, compared to the current war, the formation of troops can be postponed for a while.

However, Kong Jie knew that he was a criminal and dared not bring it up.

So this time it was his turn, and he winked at Li Yunlong.

Seeing Kong Jie's comical appearance, Li Yunlong secretly found it amusing, but still decided to say a word for Kong the Fool.

"Division Commander, Political Commissar, Brigade Commander, could you let Kong Jie come with me this time? Changing generals on the eve of battle is a major taboo in military strategy. We can go back to our positions after this battle is over."

When the three saw Kong Jie, they stared at him expectantly, and finally agreed to Li Yunlong's request.

Upon arriving outside, Long Fei immediately summoned his team members to assemble, while Li Yunlong and Kong Jie quickly went to gather the troops.

Long Fei decided to head straight for Taiyuan. Once he took Taiyuan, Yangquan would be a piece of cake.

Moreover, Long Fei had already come up with a way to deal with the Japanese.

After Li Yunlong and Kong Jie assembled their team, Long Fei spoke to them.

"You all follow me behind me, we'll go straight to Taiyuan."

"Okay, no problem."

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie instantly became excited.

They sensed immense confidence in Long Fei's tone and guessed that he must have a solution.

Long Fei didn't stand on ceremony, told his team members to get in the car, and then sped away.

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie had no choice but to order the troops to march towards Taiyuan at full speed.

Shima Temple is about 200 kilometers away from Taiyuan, which is about 400 li according to the measurement units at that time.

If we walk, it would take several days.

In fact, Long Fei had already checked the system and found that there were more than two hundred Gimxi trucks inside.

It's just that it's inconvenient to transfer it in front of Li Yunlong and the others.

After driving for several kilometers, Long Fei called the vehicle to a stop.

Then, fifty trucks were retrieved from the system.

Almost no one in the Eighth Route Army knew how to drive, so Long Fei had to use the fifty members who were participating in this operation as drivers.

After Li Yunlong and his men arrived, Long Fei made up a story for them.

"Our corps' logistics supply unit has sent us fifty trucks. Let all the Eighth Route Army brothers get on the trucks."

Currently, the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment together have nearly three thousand people, and fifty trucks are clearly not enough.

Long Fei had no choice but to ask everyone to squeeze in as much as possible and try to make do.

Several hours later, the convoy arrived safely outside Taiyuan city.

The First Army and the Second Army were responsible for capturing Taiyuan.

Upon seeing Long Fei arrive, Chen Yiding, commander of the First Army, Liu Yuqing, deputy commander of the First Army, and Zhou Weiguo, commander of the First Division, arrived.

Along with Zhu Ci, commander of the Second Army, Yi Anhua, deputy commander, and Zhong Chongxin, chief of staff, they all came up to greet him.

After nodding to everyone, Long Fei introduced Li Yunlong and Kong Jie to them.

After the two sides got to know each other, they went to the temporary command post together, and Long Fei immediately asked questions.

"What's going on now?"

Chen Yiding immediately reported: "After our two armies surrounded Taiyuan, we began our attack."

"The city gates had already been blown open by cannons, but before our army could break in, the Japanese forced the civilians in the city onto the city gates and walls to serve as human shields."

"Forced into a corner, our army had no choice but to stop the attack. As a result, during the retreat, the Japanese actually started sniping and firing cannons. We lost more than a dozen soldiers and more than thirty were wounded."

"Then we reported to you immediately that the Japanese have now sealed off the city gates, and the two sides are locked in a stalemate."

Upon hearing the number of casualties, Long Fei felt a pang of pain in his heart.

He gritted his teeth and didn't blame the people in front of him.

Long Fei knew very well that if the attack suddenly stopped, the soldiers would definitely be caught off guard.

Therefore, some panic was inevitable during the retreat, and the Japanese sniping and artillery fire would certainly cause casualties.

"These sons of bitches, none of them will live."

Long Fei couldn't help but curse under his breath, then picked up the binoculars to observe.

Zhou Weiguo then came to Long Fei's side and asked in a low voice.

"Commander, how is your operation going?"

"Yes, it went very smoothly. The entire Japanese special forces team was wiped out."

Zhou Weiguo nodded, then asked with concern, "We're in a very passive position right now. What do you think we should do?"

Long Fei put down the binoculars, turned his head and said fiercely.

"It's very simple, an eye for an eye. The Japanese devils are inhuman, they have no martial ethics, and they play dirty tricks, they are shameless and despicable when they play with us."

"Then we'll be even more ruthless, shameless, and despicable than them."

"what……"

Everyone heard Long Fei's words clearly, and they all showed expressions of surprise and confusion.

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Long Fei gritted his teeth and continued.

"When we set off, I had already ordered all the Japanese prisoners captured at Junji Pass to be brought to Taiyuan City."

"In addition, I also ordered all troops to search for Japanese people in the various places they occupied and bring them here along with the prisoners they captured."

Liu Yuqing seemed to understand Long Fei's meaning: "Commander, do you want to exchange hostages with the Japanese?"

Long Fei shook his head: "The Japanese in Taiyuan will not agree. The people in the city are their lifeline. After the exchange, they will lose their lifeline and be doomed."

Zhu Ci and Yi Anhua asked in unison, puzzled.

"Commander, then what's the point of bringing the prisoners here?"

Long Fei took out a cigarette, lit it, and took two deep drags in response.

“The prisoners are our bargaining chips, meant to restore balance to the current one-sided situation.”

The group of people still seemed confused, thinking to themselves, "You've balanced the scales."

But the major problem of taking Taiyuan and rescuing the people in the city was still not solved.

At this moment, Long Fei slowly revealed his plan.

"I want to use these Japanese prisoners to force the Japanese soldiers in the city to surrender, and I want to use this opportunity to set some rules for the Japanese."

"If the Japanese devils dare to use ordinary people to save their own lives in the future, they will not only die, but they will die a terrible death."

Zhong Chongxin then reminded him with some concern: "Commander, what if the Japanese realize they can't escape death and then, in desperation, resort to desperate measures and kill civilians?"

Long Fei confidently replied, "This problem is easy to solve: give them hope, make them reluctant to die."

Zhong Chongxin asked anxiously, "Hope? What hope?"

"You guys come with me..."

After speaking, Long Fei took the lead and walked out of the command post, leading everyone to a high-powered off-road radio vehicle.

Seeing a soldier fiddling with something inside the vehicle, Long Fei gave the order.

"Turn the volume down a bit and play the song I arranged."

Soon, music started playing from the car's roof speaker.

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned.

"Commander, why are you playing Japanese songs?"

Long Fei chuckled and said, "That's right. This song is a very popular and well-known children's song in Japan. It's called Red Dragonfly."

Zhou Weiguo reacted quickly and blurted out his debut.

"Commander, this is a psychological tactic. You want to use this song to evoke the Japanese soldiers' homesickness and then undermine their fighting spirit."

"Haha, correct answer, here's a bottle of Maotai as a reward."

With Zhou Weiguo's prompting, everyone immediately understood Long Fei's intention.

Chen Yiding sighed, "Back then, when Xiang Yu's army was trapped at Gaixia, the Han army sang the Chu Song from all sides, which ultimately caused the morale of Xiang Yu's 100,000 Chu soldiers to collapse and lose all fighting spirit. In the end, the great overlord committed suicide at Wujiang."

Long Fei chimed in, "That's right. When the Japanese hear this song, those with children will miss their children, and those without children will miss their families and hometowns."

"If we can arouse the Japanese soldiers' homesickness, I believe that the vast majority of them would rather die than return to their hometown alive."

"However, I will not let those sons of bitches go back alive. Letting them return to their hometown in spirit is the greatest mercy I can do for them."