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

Just when everyone was dumbfounded, the acting director reacted quickly.

“WYZ, in my opinion, given the current situation, the best course of action for the National Government is to distance itself from the situation.”

Seeing that someone had finally given advice, WYZ hurriedly pressed for details.

"Yu Nong, please explain in detail how we can sever ties."

“WYZ, this telegram was issued by the Dragon Flame Legion. Although they have recovered Shanxi and Hebei, including major cities like Yanjing and Tianjin.”

"In reality, the Dragon Flame Legion is not under the command or control of the National Government. In other words, all their actions and words are unrelated to the National Government."

"We can simply play the game of tai chi with these countries and let them deal with the Dragon Flame Legion on their own. Even if military intervention is necessary, that's their prerogative."

"Of course, in order to continue to receive aid from these countries, we can generously promise that if they want to send troops to fight against the Dragon Flame Legion, we will not stop or oppose it."

The suggestion put forward by the acting director is, at present, a rather appropriate solution.

Foreign Minister Guo Taiqi was the first to express his agreement.

“WYZ, I completely agree with the acting director’s suggestion. Diplomacy is actually the art of lies, full of lies and deception.”

"The Dragon Flame Legion has offended so many Western powers at the same time; I think they're courting death."

Chief of Staff He also chimed in, saying, "The Dragon Flame Legion is growing stronger every day, and its prestige among the people of the whole country is also rising higher and higher."

"If we can really teach them a lesson or even severely damage them with the help of the Western powers, it will be absolutely beneficial to our government."

Seeing that everyone agreed, WYZ readily nodded in agreement.

Soon, seven countries besides Japan, including the United States, Lion Country, France, and the United Kingdom, received a reply from the National Government.

Although these countries were extremely dissatisfied with the government's response, they could not find fault with it.

Left with no other choice, the seven nations immediately notified the citizens of the Tianjin concessions, instructing them to comply with the demands of the Dragon Flame Legion.

This caused even more chaos within the foreign concession.

Five thousand silver dollars is no small sum; many foreigners simply couldn't raise that amount in such a short time.

As a result, John and the representatives of the concessions from several other countries had no choice but to approach Long Fei and request an extension of time.

Long Fei, of course, would not back down: "Mr. John, do you think I'm talking nonsense? I am the commander of the Dragon Flame Legion, how could I change my mind so easily?"

“Mr. Long, we really can’t raise that many dollars in such a short time.”

Seeing the dejected look on these foreigners' faces, Long Fei chuckled inwardly.

"How about this, if you really can't come up with that many silver dollars, I can make an exception and let you use goods as collateral, but the price of the collateral will be determined by us."

"I'm very busy and don't have time to waste with you. Go back and pay the money and leave at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. This is already my biggest concession."

Seeing that Long Fei was adamant, John knew that further discussion would be futile, so he led everyone away dejectedly.

The concession has now been sealed off by the Dragon Flame Army, and these foreigners don't even have a chance to sneak away.

The next morning, a very funny scene unfolded in the foreign concession.

The foreigners in the concession, men and women, carrying their luggage, began to line up to hand over their silver dollars.

Foreigners who couldn't afford the full amount of silver could only offer various items as a discount.

These items are incredibly diverse, including various jewelry, gold and silver bars, as well as various works of art such as oil paintings and sculptures.

What stung Long Fei the most was that quite a few foreigners brought out a lot of Chinese cultural relics, such as porcelain, jade, ancient paintings, and ancient calligraphy works.

Of course, under Long Fei's instructions, the personnel in charge of counting the artifacts deducted all of these cultural relics, which originally belonged to China, at extremely low prices.

This naturally led to serious dissatisfaction among these foreigners, because many of these items were purchased with their own money, and now the discounted price was less than one-tenth of the original purchase price.

Some foreigners expressed their dissatisfaction on the spot, and Long Fei immediately responded.

"Fuck, don't push your luck. I've already made the biggest concession by agreeing to let you settle for goods. If you're not satisfied and want to push for a higher price, then take your stuff back."

Taking the goods back won't result in any loss, but if you can't pay the silver dollars, you'll be detained. These foreigners aren't stupid.

Long Fei looks fierce and menacing; he certainly won't have an easy time in his hands.

Besides, for these foreigners, freedom is the most important thing right now.

So these foreigners immediately gave in.

"Alright, we'll go with your offer of a discount. We have no objections."

Finally, the more than 5,000 foreigners in the concession paid more than 15 million silver dollars, as well as a large amount of jewelry, art pieces and cultural relics, and were able to leave smoothly.

Many of the foreigners boarded their own country's cruise ships docked in Tanggu Port.

Cruise ships from a few countries have not yet arrived, so these foreigners can only wait in the port.

Long Fei didn't make things difficult for them and agreed to let them wait at the dock and port, but they weren't allowed to move around freely.

In addition, Long Fei also arranged for them to have three meals a day, but the cost of the meals was definitely not cheap, so take it or leave it.

These foreigners were restricted from the port and didn't have much food with them, so they had no choice but to buy meals from the Dragon Flame Legion at high prices.

The funniest thing is that these foreigners, while eating, were cursing Long Fei as a complete swindler.

Long Yan's previous recapture of Shanxi had already provoked the National Government, and now that he has recaptured the entire Hebei region in such a short time, the National Government is as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Therefore, the plan proposed by the acting director to deal with the New Fourth Army was immediately put into practice.

WYZ's plan is to first wipe out the New Fourth Army, and then deal with the stronger Eighth Route Army. Moreover, the Longyan Legion has not yet marched into Central China, so this is a rare opportunity.

Although the Nationalist government's conspiracy was carried out in great secrecy, it was still discovered by the resourceful Zheng Yaoxian.

Given the urgency of the situation, Zheng Yaoxian found Lu Hanqing and instructed him to inform Yan'an of the intelligence as quickly as possible.

However, the telegraph station that Lu Hanqing set up in Shuangxi City had already been targeted by the Legion. The telegraph operator had only sent a little over half of the message when the Military Intelligence Bureau broke in and interrupted him.

The radio operator also died a heroic death during the resistance.

Left with no other choice, Zheng Yaoxian decided to take a risk and personally send a telegram to Yan'an. At the same time, he also sent this intelligence to Long Fei.

After several failed operations in a row, the acting director had long suspected there was a mole within the organization.

Zheng Yaoxian was also listed as a suspect by the acting director, who sent people to conduct a secret investigation into him.

Unfortunately, Zheng Yaoxian's telegram was intercepted by the Military Intelligence Bureau's communications department.

Although the Military Intelligence Bureau could not decipher the contents of the telegram, it is a fact that Zheng Yaoxian sent a telegram to Yan'an.

However, in order not to alert Zheng Yaoxian, the acting director ordered that no action be taken against him for the time being, and that they continue to play the long game.

But Zheng Yaoxian was no ordinary man. He quickly sensed something was amiss. Whether inside the Military Intelligence Bureau or outside his residence, he felt that someone was following and monitoring him.

Zheng Yaoxian was very familiar with the acting director's style of doing things and knew that he was trying to set a trap.

Moreover, it is highly likely that these details have not been leaked yet, because the acting director is afraid of leaks.

Then a bold idea emerged in Zheng Yaoxian's mind: to strike first and gain the upper hand.