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

Seeing that Chu Yunfei was being questioned by Jin Bihui, Pu Yi was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so she comforted him.

"Commander Chu, Commander Jin has always been like this—cold and aloof. Please don't take offense. From now on, you will both be my right-hand men. Let's work together to build Manchukuo into a better place."

Chu Yunfei felt a wave of disgust. "You son of a bitch, in order to restore the Qing Dynasty, you've betrayed your country and made me collude with you, living in your delusions!"

However, he said against his will, "Of course, I will do my best to serve the Emperor."

After the banquet, Dumen Jiro sent his guards to escort Chu Yunfei out of the city and back to his residence.

Meanwhile, a small squad was left behind, ostensibly to accompany Chu Yunfei to Jinzhou the next day, but in reality, it was sent by Duomen Erlang to monitor Chu Yunfei's troops.

The fact that this squad carried a radio made its meaning all too clear: in case of any situation, this squad would report to Jiro Tamon immediately.

After arranging things for the Japanese squad, Chu Yunfei returned to his temporary command post.

Then he sent his new adjutant to inform Sun Ming to send a telegram to Long Fei.

According to Long Fei's plan, the operation was scheduled for midnight tomorrow night, but the Japanese sent him to Jinzhou instead. This situation must be reported to Long Fei immediately.

After receiving the order from his adjutant, Sun Ming immediately took out his hidden radio and began sending a message to Long Fei.

Long Fei had already led Xie Qiang and 50,000 troops into Liaoning Province.

In order to avoid being detected by the Japanese, Long Fei decided to bypass the town and hide during the day and go out at night.

Fortunately, apart from tanks and armored vehicles, the rest were all off-road trucks.

So although the journey was bumpy, it was still relatively smooth.

After the troops arrived near Jinzhou, Long Fei left a division behind, instructing them to take Jinzhou and Huludao when the time came.

As for the rest of the troops, Long Fei divided them into five routes. One route, led by him, consisted of 10,000 troops and headed straight for Shenyang.

The other four routes were: one led by Xie Qiang with 10,000 troops, heading straight for Lushun and Dalian; another led by Sun Haitao with 8,000 troops, heading straight for Liaoyang and Benxi.

Finally, two routes were formed: one led by Ren Huazhi with 8,000 troops to take over Panjin and Yingkou, and the other led by Li Bin with 8,000 troops to capture Dandong.

If all the troops make good progress, they will be able to cut off the Japanese forces in Liaoning from their retreat by sea and northward to Korea.

Of course, among these various units, Long Fei's unit actually had the heaviest mission.

Because Shenyang was home not only to the headquarters of the Japanese 2nd Division, but also to the 4th Regiment of its 3rd Brigade and a battalion of the Independent Garrison.

In addition, Shenyang was the capital of Manchukuo, where Jin Bihui's Anguo Army of more than 5,000 troops and Yu Zhishan's garrison of more than 10,000 troops were stationed.

In addition to dealing with the garrison in Shenyang, Long Fei was also responsible for resolving issues in surrounding cities such as Xinmin, Fushun, and Tieling.

When Sun Ming sent the telegram to Long Fei, Long Fei had already led his troops across the Liao River and arrived at a place thirty or forty kilometers west of Shenyang.

Long Fei learned that although Chu Yunfei had successfully feigned surrender, the Japanese did not station his troops in Shenyang, but instead sent them to Jinzhou.

This would prevent Long Fei from carrying out his planned scheme.

While Long Fei was considering countermeasures, he ordered that the exact location of each unit be immediately inquired.

Soon, reports came from all the units that, except for Xie Qiang's group which was still more than 100 kilometers away from the designated location, all the other units had arrived.

After thinking it over, Long Fei decided to act ahead of schedule, because once Chu Yunfei's troops arrived in Jinzhou, he would have no choice but to lead his troops to launch a strong attack on Shenyang.

This would not only cause considerable casualties, but if the Japanese forces in various locations could not be dealt with quickly, the Japanese troops in North Korea and Jilin, as well as the Japanese navy, would come to reinforce them.

At that time, the blitzkrieg turned into positional warfare and offensive and defensive warfare, even though the Dragon Flame Legion had an absolute advantage in weaponry and individual combat capabilities.

They will eventually be able to defeat the Japanese and Manchukuo forces, but this is not the result Long Fei is hoping for.

Long Fei wanted to wipe out the 70,000 to 80,000 Japanese soldiers and puppet troops in Liaoning with lightning speed.

After making his decision, Long Fei immediately issued the order: "Order the troops to set off overnight to surround Shenyang. At the same time, send out a regiment of blocking troops in the directions of Xinmin, Fushun and Tieling."

"Issue the other units to prepare for battle and await my orders."

"Send a telegram to Chu Yunfei's troops, instructing them to fire into the air during our attack, and to make his troops do the same. The more intense the fighting, the better. Then, feign defeat and retreat towards Shenyang."

"The final order was given to the air force to immediately load weapons and ammunition and refuel, and to be ready to take off for combat at any time."

Long Fei had his reasons for deciding to act ahead of schedule. While Chu Yunfei's troops were still outside Shenyang, he surrounded Shenyang overnight and launched a feigned attack.

This was intended to force Duomen Erlang to withdraw Chu Yunfei's troops into the city.

Around 1 a.m., Long Fei's entire force was in position, and with his command, Shenyang was subjected to a fierce attack.

After receiving Long Fei's reply, Sun Ming immediately sent his adjutant back to report.

After listening to his adjutant's report, Chu Yunfei immediately issued a secret order to the troops.

The poor Japanese squad sent by Jiro Tamon was now fast asleep, like dead pigs.

They were awakened by the sound of gunfire and artillery. The Japanese soldiers ran out in a panic, shouting loudly.

"What?! Where's the fighting going? What's going on?"

Chu Yunfei was currently directing his troops to fight back and was completely ignoring the Japanese soldiers.

Chu Yunfei's troops pretended to resist for less than half an hour before they began to retreat.

"Reporting to the division commander, the enemy's situation is unclear, their attack is extremely fierce, and our troops have suffered heavy casualties."

"Hold on tight! If anyone can't hold on, I'll kill him!"

Chu Yunfei held up his pistol and deliberately shouted loudly.

"Yes."

A short while later, another report came from the front: "Commander, the brothers are really not going to be able to hold on any longer. We should retreat, or we will be wiped out."

The Japanese squad sent by Jiro Tamon had already sent him a telegram, reporting that Chu Yunfei's troops outside the city were under fierce attack.

After being awakened by the sound of gunfire, Jiro Tamon rushed to the command post.

He soon received reports from various places that a large number of enemy troops had suddenly appeared outside Shenyang and were launching a fierce attack.

However, the reports all stated that it was too dark to see clearly and they did not know the specific identities of the enemy troops.

Therefore, when Dumen Jiro received the report about the team assigned to Chu Yunfei, he did not find anything unusual.

Instead, he telegraphed back to order Chu Yunfei's troops to hold their ground as much as possible.

However, soon after, Dumen Jiro received another report from the squad that Chu Yunfei's troops could not withstand the enemy's attack and were about to begin their retreat.

After thinking it over, Duomen Erlang decided that since the enemy situation was unclear and Chu Yunfei's troops numbered in the thousands, it would be better to have them withdraw back into the city to strengthen its defenses.

Upon receiving the order, the Japanese squad immediately notified Chu Yunfei to lead his troops back into the city.