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

Finally, Kita Seiichi decided to send Lieutenant General Motohiro Masaharu, commander of the 27th Division, as a negotiator to negotiate with Ryubi regarding the surrender.

Honmei Masaharu succeeded Yamashita Tomoyuki as commander of the 27th Division for only a few months.

He had just led two regiments stationed in Tangshan back to Tianjin.

Although he did not want to be the negotiator, unfortunately, after Terauchi Hisaichi's suicide, the supreme commander was Kita Seiichi.

Even though they were both lieutenant generals, the other held a higher rank, so he had no choice but to obey orders.

So Benwen Yaqing, accompanied by a staff officer and two guards, arrived at Tanggu Port by car.

After Xie Qiang was promoted to deputy corps commander, Long Fei handed over his concurrent post as commander of the 73rd Army to Xie Qiang.

Long Fei appointed Sun Haitao to take over Xie Qiang's previous position as commander of the Special Operations Division.

The reserve force commanded by Sun Haitao was handed over to Xu Kelai, the former deputy commander of the 1st Special Operations Division.

At this moment, Sun Haitao was inspecting the port's defenses. Although the Japanese attack had been repelled, they had to be on guard against another attack.

As a result, the outermost defensive unit reported that a Japanese car had arrived with a white flag flying on the front, and the Japanese demanded to meet with Ryufei for negotiations.

Sun Haitao couldn't make the decision on this matter, so he hurriedly reported to Long Fei via walkie-talkie.

Long Fei simply ordered, "Commander Sun, bring the Japanese soldiers here."

Sun Haitao ordered Ya Qing to get out of the car and told them to walk to meet Long Fei.

Furthermore, Sun Haitao searched them and confiscated the weapons they were carrying.

After verifying that everything was correct, Sun Haitao personally led the four Japanese soldiers to Long Fei.

Upon seeing Long Fei, Sun Haitao hurriedly introduced him.

"Commander, this is the Japanese negotiator, Lieutenant General Honma Yaharu, commander of the 27th Division."

"You little devil, this is Long Fei, the commander of our Dragon Flame Legion."

Long Fei's face was cold and stern as he stared at Ben Wenyaqing with a cold gaze.

Honma Yaharu immediately said, "Commander of the Dragon Army, I have been sent by General Kita Seiichi to negotiate with you regarding the surrender."

"Wait a minute..." Long Fei raised his hand to stop him.

"What?" Ben asked Yaqing, puzzled by Long Fei's meaning.

"Aren't you Japanese devils supposed to be very polite to everyone? What, don't you need to bow to me?"

Long Fei was deliberately teasing the other party.

After hearing this, Ya Qing was slightly stunned, and then bowed deeply to Long Fei.

"I apologize, Commander of the Dragon Legion, it was my oversight."

"Now we can talk about surrender, right? We are willing to surrender, but there are three conditions..."

Before Benwen Yaqing could continue speaking, Long Fei raised his hand to interrupt her again.

"Don't rush me. I'm puzzled. Why were you assigned by Kita Seiichi instead of Terauchi Hisaichi? Did that bastard Terauchi Hisaichi run away or go into hiding?"

Honma Haruhiko replied with a pained expression, "Commander Terauchi refused to surrender and has already committed seppuku to the Heavenly Locust."

"Your Chinese people often say that the dead are the greatest, so please stop using words to insult Commander Terauchi. He is a respectable commander."

"Bullshit! I insulted him, so what?"

"Our nation of Huaxia does indeed follow the ancient precept of respecting the dead, but are you Chinese?"

"Besides, you can't even be considered human; you're nothing but beasts, worse than pigs and dogs. I can insult you however I want."

"You...you've gone too far..." Benwen Yaqing said helplessly in the face of Long Fei's angry rebuke.

"Am I being unreasonable? You fucking want to surrender and dare to make demands of me? Let me tell you, you bunch of sons of bitches only have two paths in front of my Dragon Flame Legion: either die or surrender unconditionally and accept labor reform."

“You can go back now. Tell Kita Seiichi that I’m giving you one last hour. If you don’t surrender unconditionally by then, I’ll order an attack and kill you all.”

Ben Wenyaqing never expected that the negotiations would end this way. He had thought that he would bargain with Long Fei and eventually reach a satisfactory surrender agreement.

But the reality was a cruel slap in the face. Long Fei didn't even let him state his conditions before forcefully expressing his stance and bottom line, and unilaterally ending the so-called negotiations.

Ben Wenya stood there blankly, unsure whether to continue expressing his demands or turn away.

Just then, the head of the telecommunications department came to Sun Haitao with a telegram.

Sun Haitao took the telegram, glanced at it, shook his head, and reported to Long Fei.

"Commander, Li Bin, deputy commander of the 1st Special Operations Division, has reported that they have captured Qinhuangdao and annihilated the 3rd Regiment of the 27th Japanese Division. The regimental commander, Miyazaki Tomio, has been killed."

"More than two hundred Japanese soldiers surrendered, and we also captured more than three hundred wounded Japanese soldiers. Li Bin asked for instructions on the next steps."

Sun Haitao is deliberately reporting this in front of Benwen Yaqing. Aren't you the commander of the 27th Division? Let's see how you feel when you hear with your own ears that your 3rd Regiment has been annihilated.

Of course, Yaqing was in great pain. How could he not be heartbroken to lose an entire regiment?

But Long Fei was furious on the spot after hearing the report.

"What does Li Bin mean by this? Two hundred or so surrendered Japanese soldiers are one thing, but how come there are also more than three hundred wounded soldiers and prisoners of war? Doesn't he know our rules?"

Sun Haitao and Li Bin had a good relationship when they were both company commanders in the special operations battalion, so he defended him.

"Commander, Li Bin has only been the deputy division commander for a short time. He must have been too happy today and made a mistake. I will send him a telegram immediately."

Long Fei was actually acting in front of Ben Wenyaqing, and Sun Haitao cooperated very well.

Long Fei looked at Ben Wenya Qing and deliberately gave her a harsh lesson.

"Tell Li Bin that a robber broke into his house, killed and burned people, but was injured by him. Would he spend precious medicines and resources to treat the robber's injuries and treat him well?"

Sun Haitao immediately replied loudly, "Of course not! This is the robbers' own fault. I will immediately order Li Bin to kill them all."

Long Fei nodded and added, "One last thing: our medicines and food are for human use. The Japanese devils are worse than pigs and dogs; they don't deserve to use them."

"Yes, understand."

With just a few words, the two men decided the fate of hundreds of wounded Japanese soldiers, and Yaqing could not detect a trace of hesitation or pity in their tone.

This deeply shocked Benwen Yaqing, who knew that what Long Fei had just said was no exaggeration.

Benwen Yaqing glanced at Long Fei, then turned and quickly left.

"Nani, you're telling us to surrender unconditionally and only giving us an hour? Baka, that's too much!"

After hearing Motoya Haru's report, Kita Seiichi stomped his feet in anger.