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

The Japanese 55th Regiment was stationed here. The regimental commander, Tokumasa Nono, received a report that they were under attack from the rear by the Chinese army.

"What?! The Chinese army has either been defeated or surrounded by us. Did this Chinese army just fall from the sky?"

Faced with the corps commander's questioning, the soldier who reported quickly reaffirmed his statement.

"Commander, it's absolutely true. There are about three or four hundred of these Chinese. They are not only wearing our uniforms, but they are also all carrying submachine guns. Their firepower is very strong, and our soldiers have suffered heavy casualties."

Nofuku Tokusho's eyebrows furrowed almost together as he squinted and thought to himself.

"Three or four hundred people impersonating our imperial soldiers, and they're all carrying firearms, that's unbelievable."

"No unit in the Chinese army, apart from the German-equipped divisions, would have so many submachine guns."

In the pitch black, the reporting soldier couldn't actually see what kind of gun the special operations battalion soldiers were holding.

All he knew was that the gun the other person had could fire dozens or even hundreds of bullets in a row.

In his mind, only machine guns and submachine guns could do that.

As is well known, the Chinese army was poorly equipped. It was only heard that the German-equipped divisions were equipped with a certain number of advanced weaponry, so the report was based on the author's own imagination and speculation.

"Flower Machine" is a common name for the Hansold MP18 submachine gun.

At the time, German-equipped divisions were indeed equipped with this submachine gun, and only squad leaders and above were issued this weapon.

Based on the German-equipped divisions of the 88th, 87th, and 36th, which adopted a structure of two brigades and four regiments, each brigade had more than 4,000 men and more than 300 squads.

Therefore, a division is equipped with six or seven hundred firearms.

However, Nofutoku Masaharu understood that now was not the time to explore this issue; the urgent task was to find a way to annihilate this heavily armed Chinese army.

Furthermore, Nofutoku Masaharu judged that the other side's goal was definitely to rescue the 261st Brigade.

"Order: Leave half of the soldiers to hold the encirclement, and the rest of the soldiers to assemble in the southern direction of Beixinjing."

"Transfer half of the regiment's light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenade launchers to them. We must annihilate these Chinese troops."

After the assault team launched their attack, Long Fei followed closely behind them with his grenade launcher team and artillery team.

After the assault team relied on the fortifications and engaged in a standoff and firefight with the Japanese troops.

Long Fei ordered the grenade launcher team to move closer and locate the Japanese mortars, light and heavy machine guns, and grenade launchers for targeted elimination.

As for the artillery group, Long Fei ordered them to immediately bombard the attacking Japanese troops.

"Bang... bang... bang..."

"Whoosh...whoosh...whoosh..."

One after another, rifle grenades and mortar shells fell over the heads of the Japanese soldiers with a whistling sound.

After several rounds of firing, most of the Japanese light and heavy machine guns were destroyed, and the grenade launcher operators were killed.

As for the Japanese mortar positions, their exact location was unknown due to the distance, so Long Fei's side was unable to launch an artillery barrage against them.

Therefore, the Japanese mortar shells caused some casualties to the assault team.

Seeing several assault team members fall to the Japanese mortar shells, Long Fei felt as if his heart was being torn apart.

In Long Fei's heart, every soldier in the special operations battalion is a treasure.

They underwent brutal and rigorous training, and each of them was an elite soldier capable of taking on a hundred enemies.

If possible, Long Fei would love for them to be invulnerable and unharmed in every encounter with the Japanese.

But this was clearly just wishful thinking on Long Fei's part.

After all, they are all made of flesh and blood; after all, the battlefield is a cruel and bloody hell; after all, no army can achieve victory without sacrifice.

Although Long Fei understood this principle, he still wanted all the special forces members to be able to escape unscathed.

Fortunately, after the battle began on Longfei's side, Chen Yiding, who had already prepared to break out, did not hesitate at all and immediately led the remaining more than 1,000 men of the 261st Brigade to launch a westward assault.

Among these more than 1,000 people, there were more than 200 wounded. Chen Yiding knew that this was their only chance. If they failed to break through again, there would only be one outcome: all of them would die heroically for their country.

Fortunately, the resistance from the Japanese was significantly weaker this time, but even so, their assault speed was still slow due to the presence of wounded and sick soldiers.

Originally, the more than 200 wounded soldiers volunteered to stay, saying they didn't want to be a burden to everyone. They were given a grenade each and were willing to die with the Japanese soldiers.

But Chen Yiding did not agree. He was previously the commander of the 521st Regiment of the 261st Brigade of the 87th Division.

After joining the battle in Shanghai, he fought the Japanese for more than two months, and the earliest soldiers of his regiment were all killed.

In the past two months, the 87th Division has been replenished with troops four times, and Chen Yiding has been promoted to commander of the 261st Brigade on the spot because of his leading by example and his repeated meritorious service.

Chen Yiding had seen too many soldiers fall before him, so he couldn't bear to abandon the wounded and try to escape alone.

So he made careful arrangements; for the fifty-odd seriously wounded, he sent people to carry them on stretchers or on their backs.

Those who were lightly wounded and unable to walk were helped and carried, and all the wounded were gathered in the center of the group for protection.

Moreover, Chen Yiding told everyone that if the breakout failed, they would fight the Japanese to the death rather than be taken prisoner.

Although people fell and sacrificed themselves during the breakout, everyone was mentally prepared to die, so they continued to fight and charge forward without hesitation.

Breaking through was still extremely difficult; after ten minutes of fighting, they had only advanced a little over a hundred meters.

Long Fei instructed Chen Defa to wait ten minutes before launching the attack in order to give the Japanese a chance to redeploy their troops.

Once some of the Japanese troops in the west are transferred to the south, the pressure on Chen Defa and Chen Yiding will be reduced, thus increasing their chances of a successful breakout.

When the ten minutes were up, Chen Defa glanced at Sun Haitao, and the two nodded emphatically at the same time.

Sun Haitao then ordered the two Tiger tanks to start and depart.

Following the Tiger tanks was Sun Haitao's Second Company, and then Chen Defa's Thirty-Seventh Brigade.

The Japanese were defending the west side with a battalion. After two companies were transferred to the south side, there were still seven or eight hundred Japanese soldiers left.

It wouldn't be difficult for these seven or eight hundred Japanese soldiers to stop Chen Yiding and his more than a thousand men from breaking through.

After all, Chen Yiding's 261st Brigade was breaking out and couldn't carry heavy weapons, while the Japanese side had a full range of light and heavy weapons.

This is also why the 261st Brigade, despite its all-out breakout attempt, only advanced a little over 100 meters.

Chen Yiding was puzzled. He couldn't understand why the 37th Brigade, which was launching an attack in the south, was ordering him to break through to the west.

Shouldn't the breakout be achieved by coordinating efforts from both inside and outside, with everyone attacking in the same direction to make it easier to break through the Japanese encirclement?

But now there was no time for Chen Yiding to think things through, because under the Japanese firepower, they were no longer able to advance.

Chen Yiding sighed inwardly, thinking that perhaps this time he really couldn't escape alive and could only die for his country.

Just as he was sighing to himself, he suddenly heard a series of explosions on the Japanese position, with flames shooting into the sky.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

Then, Chen Yiding saw two huge tanks break through the Japanese defenses and rampage through the enemy lines.

Now, hope rekindled in Chen Yiding's heart, and he immediately shouted.

"Friendly troops have arrived. Let's continue our breakout."