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

Without being attacked, the Japanese soldiers swarmed into Panlong Town.

Long Fei ordered Sun Haitao, who was beside him, "Get ready."

"Yes, it's ready."

A dozen seconds later, Long Fei shouted again, "Start!"

More than 100 soldiers from the Second Company, along with the retreating assault team, immediately rolled the 100 overturned gasoline barrels forward with all their might.

Because the terrain to the north is higher than to the south, the gasoline drums rolled towards the town, and their speed increased.

When Fujita Saburo saw so many oil drums rolling towards him, he didn't react for a moment.

He thought the Chinese army had run out of ammunition and food and had no choice but to roll oil barrels down to stop his side's attack.

After observing through his binoculars, Nofumi Tokusho became suspicious and hurriedly offered a reminder.

"Fujita-kun, how come the Chinese army has so many oil drums? And I found oil drums piled up everywhere after entering the town."

Although Saburo Fujita now looks down on Tokumasa Notomi, his reminder still had an effect.

Fujita Saburo quickly weighed the options and, for the sake of caution, decided to have a portion of his troops withdraw from Panlong Town.

"Order the Third Battalion to immediately withdraw from Panlong Town and establish defenses immediately."

The commander of the third brigade had just received the order and had not yet had time to pass it on to his subordinates.

Long Fei positioned his mortars in the north, and immediately began shelling the town upon receiving the order.

The sound of shells slicing through the air came quickly through the sky, followed by explosions in the town.

The shells not only caused the Japanese soldiers to scream in agony, but also shrouded the town in dust.

However, this was not the purpose of Longfei's shelling; rather, he intended to use mortar shells to detonate the gasoline barrels.

Sure enough, the oil drums that rolled into the town were repeatedly detonated by the mortar shells.

After several rounds of shelling, Panlong Town was engulfed in flames.

The Japanese Third Battalion was the last unit to enter the town. After receiving orders from Fujita Saburo and witnessing this horrific scene, they arrived.

The captain wished he had more legs, and led the way, running south at top speed, wanting to escape the town as quickly as possible.

But as soon as they ran out of town, two assault teams and grenade launchers lying in ambush to the south immediately opened fire to intercept them.

The sniper team also freely sought out and eliminated valuable targets.

The Japanese Third Battalion was first wiped out by Thompson, and then more than a hundred were killed by grenades.

Then, the Japanese machine gunners, grenade launcher operators, flag bearers, squad leaders, company commanders, and others were taken out one after another by the sniper team.

The captain of the Japanese Third Battalion saw that the oil drums near him had also been detonated, and the burning flames scorched his face and hands, causing him excruciating pain.

So, holding up his pistol, he relentlessly forced the Japanese soldiers below to continue their breakout attempt.

How could they possibly break through? There were Thompson submachine guns on both sides, making a "rat-a-tat-tat" sound.

Every Japanese soldier who charged out of the town was killed on the spot.

The Japanese battalion commander was on the verge of a breakdown, stomping his feet and shouting wildly.

"Charge... Charge!"

Just then, the sniper spotted him. The captain had been hiding behind a wall, and the sniper couldn't even see him, let alone kill him.

But at this moment, the captain, due to his emotional state and fear, actually had half of his body sticking out of the wall.

Such a good opportunity was not to be missed by the snipers; at least three of them aimed and fired at him almost simultaneously.

Three gunshots rang out, and the Japanese battalion commander was shot twice in the head and once in the chest, dying instantly.

Even if Fujita Saburo wasn't thinking straight, he would realize at this point that he had fallen into a trap and was surrounded.

Watching his unit being burned by raging flames in Panlong Town, which was like a purgatory, Fujita Saburo was utterly desperate.

After Longfei's side began shelling, Nofu Tokusho hurriedly pulled Fujita Saburo and ran to the low-lying ditch on the east side to lie down.

He discovered that although the ditch was only three or four meters wide, the water flow was very rapid, and if you jumped in, you would be swept away quickly.

The key issue is that this ditch runs south, and if you go downstream, you'll become easy targets for the Chinese who are trying to block you from the south.

Nofuku Tokumasa, quick-witted, ordered the soldiers around him to untie their leg wraps and then have them tie five Type 38 rifles together side by side.

Next, tie the three bundles of Type 38 rifle bayonets together, with the bayonets close to the handles.

The Type 38 rifle, with its barrel alone measuring 1.2 meters long, reached an astonishing 1.6 meters when fitted with a bayonet.

After the three bundles of guns were tied together, they immediately became a small wooden board, about 20-30 centimeters wide and more than 3 meters long.

Then, Nofu Tokusho had his soldiers set up on the canal and walk over it.

Seeing that several soldiers had successfully crossed the canal, Nofu Tokusho was overjoyed, proving that his method was feasible.

Nofutoku knew that as long as he retreated eastward across the canal, the Chinese army would not dare to pursue him, because a large number of their troops were advancing westward in that direction.

Fortunately, Long Fei noticed this through his binoculars.

"The Japanese aren't stupid; they actually came up with this way to get through the canal, but they can't escape."

After Long Fei finished speaking, he handed the binoculars to Chen Defa and then ordered his men to give the order to the Tiger tank.

Send two Tiger tanks down to eliminate the Japanese soldiers crossing the canal and block the canal on the east side, ensuring that not a single Japanese soldier escapes.

At the same time, Long Fei also ordered the 37th Brigade to split into two teams and surround the east and west sides of the canal.

He then led the remaining members of the special operations battalion down from the north.

Chen Yiding noticed that Long Fei had not assigned any combat missions to his 261st Brigade.

He hurriedly pulled him aside and asked, "Battalion Commander Long, are we just going to be spectators in the 261st Brigade?"

"It's not Brigade Commander Chen. Your brigade has been fighting the Japanese for over two months and needs rest, so..."

Chen Yiding interrupted Long Fei before he could finish speaking, gritting his teeth and speaking excitedly.

"It's because we fought for more than two months and suffered heavy casualties that we have to avenge our fallen brothers."

Long Fei sighed. Since Chen Yiding had already said that, how could he possibly refuse?

"Alright, Brigade Commander Chen, you can arrange the personnel for your brigade to fight alongside me."

"it is good……"

Chen Yiding then ran up to the soldiers of the 261st Brigade and shouted loudly.

"Those who can still walk and still hold a gun, come with me to kill the Japanese devils and avenge our fallen brothers."

With a "whoosh," all the lightly wounded soldiers of the 261st Brigade, except for the seriously wounded, stood up without hesitation.

They were either bandaged on their heads and bodies or wounded in their hands and legs, but when they heard about killing Japanese soldiers, they immediately became fully revitalized.

This scene brought tears to everyone's eyes.

Long Fei raised his arms and shouted, "Let's go, kill the Japanese devils, and avenge our fallen brothers!"

Nofuku Tokumasa secretly rejoiced that he had found a way to break through the encirclement, and saw that the soldiers who had crossed the canal had set up a temporary defensive line.

So he called on Fujita Saburo, and together they prepared to cross the canal and break through.

Before they could even stand up, two Tiger tanks rushed over at high speed.

They charged forward while simultaneously firing cannons at this location.

Several shells hit, blasting more than a hundred soldiers who had already crossed the canal into disarray.

They even blew up the Type 38 rifle that was placed on the irrigation canal.