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

After leaving Black Cloud Village, Long Fei originally planned to visit the troops that were attacking Shuozhou.

After Long Fei led a battalion to Heiyun Village, the rest of the troops split into several routes and advanced towards northwestern Shanxi.

One of the troops has now rapidly advanced and surrounded Shuozhou City.

However, the Japanese troops in the city refused to surrender and put up a stubborn resistance.

In order to avoid accidentally harming the civilians in the city, the troops fought cautiously, and the offensive was not very successful.

After learning about the situation, Long Fei planned to go to the front line to take command.

Just as they were about to set off, Long Fei received a secret telegram from his sixth brother.

In the telegram, Sixth Brother told Long Fei that the Nationalist government had received information that Japan had launched an attack on the United States and Lion Country's colonies in Southeast Asia, namely Luzon and Malaya, a few days earlier, and had quickly occupied Borneo and Sulawesi.

Furthermore, the Japanese army is massively increasing its troop presence in Southeast Asia, with the intention of completely invading the region and the Indochina Peninsula.

This news immediately made Long Fei sense something was amiss.

Based on the intelligence recently sent back by Song Xiaoan and Zhao Jianzhi, Long Fei initially judged that Japan's strategic plan had undergone a major adjustment.

According to the historical timeline, Japan would not have marched into Southeast Asia and gone to war with the United States until two years later.

Long Fei thought to himself that the intervention of the Dragon Flame Legion must have caused such a huge change in the game.

Previously, after Song Xiaoan and Zhao Jianzhi were summoned back by Long Fei, they had a private talk with them for more than two hours.

Long Fei ordered them to shift the focus of their intelligence work to Hebei, Shandong, and the three northeastern provinces.

They also sent a large force of the Jiaolong Commando Unit to infiltrate the aforementioned three regions.

Long Fei also spoke frankly to the two, saying that the Longyan Legion would soon march into Hebei and then take over Shandong and the three northeastern provinces.

After receiving their orders, Song Xiaoan and Zhao Jianzhi decided to split up and carry out their work separately.

Song Xiaoan was in charge of Hebei and Shandong, while Zhao Jianzhi infiltrated the three northeastern provinces to establish an intelligence network.

Not long ago, both of them sent messages to Long Fei, saying that their intelligence network had discovered an anomaly.

That is, Japan is withdrawing troops from the various occupied territories of China back to Japan.

Therefore, based on the information from Sixth Brother, plus news from Song Xiaoan and Zhao Jianzhi, Long Fei...

After comprehensive analysis, it was concluded that Japan changed its strategic plan and took action in Southeast Asia ahead of schedule.

Therefore, Long Fei made a quick decision to return to Taiyuan immediately.

He then issued an emergency order to all units, instructing them to end the battle as quickly as possible and then report to Taiyuan.

Since Japan has made a major strategic adjustment, Long Fei must also change his original strategic plan accordingly.

On the Nationalist government side, the acting director was happily reporting to WYZ.

"WYZ, according to intelligence from various sources, Japan's strategic goals have changed, and it has abandoned the idea of ​​completely occupying China."

"Moreover, Japan attacked Southeast Asia and the Indochina Peninsula, which were colonies of the United States and the Lion Country."

"This means that Japan is ready to go to war with the United States and the United Kingdom. In this way, we will have two more powerful allies, while Japan will have two more powerful enemies."

"In addition, Japan withdrew many troops from the Chinese battlefield. With this shift in power, our war of resistance against Japan came to a major turning point."

"I believe that it won't be long before we achieve the final victory in the War of Resistance."

Although WYZ was secretly delighted, his joy was overshadowed by the thought of the Dragon Flame Legion, and a sharp pain shot through his head.

"Alright, Yu Nong, I think we shouldn't be too happy yet. Do you think my biggest enemy right now is the Japanese?"

The acting director was taken aback: "WYZ, are you referring to the Eighth Route Army and the Dragon Flame Legion?"

WYZ nodded and continued, "The Japanese are just a minor nuisance to us, while the Eighth Route Army and the Dragon Flame Legion are our real threats."

"Didn't you receive intelligence that the Dragon Flame Legion is getting very close to the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi? That's not a good sign."

The acting director nodded in deep agreement, but then another wicked plan suddenly popped into his head.

“WYZ, I have a plan here that can eliminate the New Fourth Army and at the same time serve as a warning to the Eighth Route Army.”

Although WYZ didn't have high hopes for the acting director's plan, he was still prepared to listen and see what happened.

"Oh, what plan?"

"The Dragon Flame Legion is currently operating in Shanxi. Commander Yan's previous attempt to 'Hongmen Banquet' ended in failure. Therefore, we currently do not have the strength to confront them in Shanxi."

"However, we can target the New Fourth Army, but the Longyan Legion is too far away to help them."

"After eliminating the New Fourth Army, not only will the strength of Yan'an be greatly weakened, but it will also have a deterrent effect on the Eighth Route Army."

"Most importantly, if the Dragon Flame Legion disregards difficulties and travels thousands of miles to rescue the New Fourth Army, then we can lay in ambush along the way with heavy troops in advance."

"Even if we can't annihilate the Dragon Flame Legion, we can still inflict heavy damage on them, and the Dragon Flame Legion's forces in Shanxi will be greatly reduced."

"Commander Yan's Jin-Sui Army, along with our Nationalist Army troops, will be able to seize territory from the Longyan Legion, thus forcing the Longyan Legion into a multi-front war."

"I believe that we will be able to reverse the current unfavorable situation for us."

After hearing this, WYZ did not immediately express his opinion, but instead fell into deep thought.

After all, we are currently on a united front, in a period of cooperation against the Japanese invasion. Doing this would be going against the will of the world.

After a long while, WYZ asked quietly, "Yu Nong, what excuse do you plan to use to take action against the New Fourth Army?"

The acting director already had a plan for this problem.

“WYZ, we can issue a false order to have them assemble at a certain place, and then declare them to be rebels on the grounds that they disobeyed orders and acted without authorization, so that we can carry out a legitimate encirclement and suppression.”

WYZ seemed quite satisfied with the acting director's plan, and gave him instructions with a smile.

"Yu Nong, your plan is good, but you must pay attention to one thing: absolute secrecy is essential."

Subsequently, with WYZ's approval, the acting director's malicious plan was approved and entered the intensive preparation stage.

Seven days later, the entire territory of Shanxi was liberated, and immediately all personnel at the division level and above rushed to Taiyuan to attend an important military conference convened by Long Fei.

Long Fei said directly, "The reason I'm in such a hurry to call everyone together for a meeting is because the situation has changed dramatically."

"Because of the intervention of our Dragon Flame Legion, Japan's war of aggression against China has fallen into an extremely passive and unfavorable situation."

"Therefore, Japan adjusted its overall strategy and extended the war to Southeast Asia and the Indochina Peninsula."

"In fact, Japan made an extremely wrong decision, because by doing so they would drag the United States into this war."

"And I judge that Europe is already sitting on a powder keg. The Hans country is now focused on developing its economy and military, and it should soon start a war."

"Therefore, we must assess the situation and make timely adjustments."