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

Not long after Li Yunlong and Kong Jie returned to their base.

In view of the great victory achieved by the Longyan Army Corps in Shanxi, and based on the latest situation of the War of Resistance against Japan in Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters decided to take action.

He ordered the 129th Division to send a portion of its troops to the Jin-Northwest region to establish a new base area.

After a meeting, Division Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng, along with other division leaders, decided to transfer the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment to Northwest Shanxi to carry out the headquarters' orders.

After receiving a large quantity of weapons and ammunition from Long Fei, Kong Jie quickly assembled a new Second Regiment of seven or eight hundred men in just over ten days.

Both Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, who had just taken office, provided great assistance to Kong Jie.

With Brigade Commander Chen's approval, Li Yunlong transferred several of Kong Jie's capable subordinates from the former Independent Regiment to the New Second Regiment.

Ding Wei then transferred all of Li Yunlong's key men from the former New First Regiment to the Independent Regiment.

A month later, the total strength of the three regiments had expanded to over 10,000, along with advanced weaponry and equipment.

They not only established a firm foothold in northwestern Shanxi, but also opened up a vast base area.

The Japanese troops in northwestern Shanxi, following orders from their superiors, abandoned their outer strongholds and retreated to a few cities and counties to put up a stubborn resistance.

In the past month or so, Long Fei was not in a hurry to occupy the entire territory of Shanxi.

His idea was to first consolidate the already liberated eastern Shanxi region, continue to expand the troops, and conduct training.

Because Long Fei's next plan is to take over Hebei and then advance into Shandong and the three northeastern provinces.

With two main armies and the troops remaining in Shanxi, the current force of over 100,000 is clearly insufficient.

Moreover, the War God system has now been upgraded to Platinum Level 65, which not only allows you to set up two subsystems, but also grants you a large number of more advanced rewards.

Therefore, in addition to determining the candidates who possess the two subsystems, Long Fei also needs to...

We also need to upgrade the entire Dragon Flame Legion into a mechanized force, and at the same time, establish an air force.

However, what Long Fei found slightly regrettable was that he had to reach the Supreme level to obtain modern weapons and equipment such as satellites, phased array radars, aircraft carriers, destroyers, nuclear submarines, fighter jets, bombers, early warning aircraft, armed helicopters, various missiles, drones, and main battle tanks.

Therefore, a heavy combined arms brigade capable of overwhelming most opponents cannot be formed at present.

The situation in Shanxi was quickly learned by Terauchi Hisaichi, commander of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army, and Hata Shunroku, commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army.

The two commanders immediately spoke by phone and then reported back to their headquarters at home.

This news was undoubtedly a bombshell dropped on the Japanese headquarters.

It made these fanatical warmongers' heads buzz.

He was furious, especially about the locusts, and immediately convened an emergency meeting with relevant personnel.

"Gentlemen, I think you have all heard the news that the Empire's 300,000 elite troops were all killed in Shanxi."

"That good-for-nothing Yoshio Shinotsuka has let us down and caused the Empire's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere plan to suffer an unprecedented setback."

"Now that the entire eastern part of Shanxi has fallen into the hands of the Dragon Flame Legion, what do you think we should do now?"

After Tianhuang finished speaking, the room fell silent. The attendees looked somber and all kept their heads down, not saying a word.

Tianhuang slammed his fist on the table in anger and shouted, "I called you here for a meeting to offer your advice and suggestions, not to come here with long faces and mournful expressions!"

Army Minister Sugiyama Gen hurriedly responded, "Your Majesty, given the current situation, our military strength in China is stretched thin. In order to eliminate the Dragon Flame Legion and continue our advance into the southwest of China, we must transfer at least one million troops from our homeland."

Army Chief of Staff Prince Jai-in immediately objected, saying, "Although we currently have more than two million troops trained and in reserve on our own soil."

"But we must not only guard against the threat from the Rakshasa Kingdom, but also prepare to march on the Jade Kingdom and Annam Kingdom to cut off the supply lines of the Huaxia Kingdom to the outside world."

"Therefore, if one million troops were to be transferred to reinforce the Chinese battlefield, it would affect the overall strategic layout."

Army Vice Minister Shun Tada and Army Vice Chief of Staff Kiyoshi Imai felt that both sides had their reasons and were unsure which side to support.

Just as Ame-ko was feeling troubled, his attendant came in to report that the Chief of the Naval General Staff, Fushimi Hiroyasu, was requesting an audience.

This military commander was Tianhuang's cousin, and Tianhuang knew that his sudden visit must have something important to discuss.

Tenko immediately ordered that Fushimi-no-miya Hirokane be brought in.

When Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu entered the venue and saw these high-ranking army officers from the General Headquarters, he let out a sneer.

Then, Fushimi-no-miya Hiroyasu took out a document and handed it over with both hands.

"Your Majesty, I have come today to submit a strategic operational plan."

"Oh, a strategic operational plan?" Tianhuang asked, gesturing to his attendant.

The attendant hurriedly stepped forward, took the document from Fushimi-no-miya Hirokane's hand, and placed it in front of Ame-no-Kage.

Tianhuang immediately started reading, but as soon as he opened the first page, everyone heard him hiss.

After glancing through a few pages, Tianhuang closed the strategic operation plan and looked up to ask.

"Your plan is closely related to what we discussed in today's meeting. Why don't you explain your plan to everyone in detail?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Heavenly Locust..."

Fushimi-no-miya Hiroyasu then began to explain the details of the plan.

"As everyone knows, we have always relied on importing strategic materials such as oil from the United States."

"But not long ago, the United States announced that it would significantly reduce the export quota of various goods to our country."

"In this way, we will be unable to continue to sustain the current war expenditures."

"And the United States needs a large amount of strategic material, rubber, which is produced in Southeast Asia."

"Therefore, our Navy Department recommends to Tianhuang that we immediately launch an invasion of Southeast Asian countries and occupy all of them."

"We must control rubber, this crucial bargaining chip, and then use it as a bargaining chip to force the United States to agree to continue exporting various strategic materials to our country."

Fushimi-no-miya Hiroyasu's words were like a thunderclap, greatly frightening these high-ranking army officers.

They already have a severe shortage of troops to deal with China, and now they want to march into Southeast Asia.

Without a large fleet and hundreds of thousands of troops, it would have been impossible to succeed.

Seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of these high-ranking army officers, Fushimi Hiroyasu questioned them with disdain.

"What? Has our navy's plan scared your army to death? Let me tell you, this is only aimed at Southeast Asia. If the United States does not agree to our conditions, we will declare war on the United States."

"boom……"

"They've gone mad... mad... the navy has gone mad..."

These revelations are getting bigger and bigger, making the Army wonder if the Navy has taken the wrong medication and gone mad.

But to everyone's surprise, Tianhuang actually greatly admired the plan.

However, Tianhuang still raised a question: "But our current troop strength is very tight. If we want to implement such a huge strategic operation plan, what will happen to the battlefield in China?"