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

Two more hours passed, and the encirclement had been reduced to a diameter of only about one kilometer.

The encirclement at this moment resembles a large sheep pen.

The area was surrounded by tanks and armored vehicles, while inside stood more than 400,000 prisoners of war from the Russian army.

Xu Peng then used a loudspeaker vehicle to announce that all prisoners should sit down on the spot and that all officers of division rank and above should come out.

Before long, the remaining fifty-odd officers of division level or above from the Russian side, excluding those who had already died in battle, voluntarily came forward and were brought before Xu Peng and Xie Qiang.

Xu Peng glanced at the group with disdain before fixing his gaze on Malinovsky, the highest-ranking officer, and spoke in Russian.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Xu Peng, the deputy commander of the Dragon Flame Legion of China. General, please tell me your name."

Malinovsky looked at the young general in front of him, who was only in his twenties but already held the rank of lieutenant general, and felt a mix of emotions.

He couldn't understand how he, leading an army of 500,000, could be so quickly defeated by this inexperienced young man.

Malinovsky sighed deeply, instinctively straightened his back, and then answered in a deep voice.

"General Xu, hello. I am the commander-in-chief of the Transbaikal Front of the Far East Region of Russia. My name is Malinovsky."

Xu Peng nodded and said jokingly, "General Malinov, welcome to become prisoners of our army along with your men."

Upon hearing this, Malinovsky's face instantly turned bright red.

After a long pause, Malinov shook his head and asked.

"May I ask how many troops you have?"

Xu Peng smiled and said, "My troops number eight thousand, and with the reinforcements from the north, the total is fifteen thousand."

"What? This... how is this possible? Fifteen thousand men annihilated my entire army of five hundred thousand..."

If Malinov had a gun right now, he would definitely shoot himself without hesitation.

As a general, not only were 500,000 troops defeated by a mere 15,000 enemy soldiers, but they were all taken prisoner.

This shame will stay with you for life and can never be washed away.

Moreover, this defeat has completely destroyed Malinov's will and confidence.

"Alright, if you still can't figure it out, you'll have plenty of time to think about it later."

Xu Peng has more important things to do now, so he doesn't want to waste time with this defeated general.

Although the original battle plan was greatly altered due to the Russian invasion, it is now located near Ulaanbaatar.

Therefore, Xu Peng decided to stick to the original plan, take Ulaanbaatar, and then see what the next step was.

Then, Xu Peng used a loudspeaker vehicle to announce to all the prisoners that anyone who dared to escape or resist would be crushed into mincemeat by tanks and armored vehicles and made into fertilizer for the grasslands.

After all, Xu Peng and Xie Qiang's combined forces only numbered a little over 10,000.

The enemy has over 400,000 prisoners; if they were to riot, it would be quite troublesome.

Slaughtering more than 400,000 pigs and sheep is no easy task.

Xu Peng ordered that the fifty-odd officers at the division level or above be placed under separate custody.

After discussing it with Xie Qiang, he decided that Xie Qiang would be responsible for staying behind to guard the prisoners.

He then led four heavily armed combined arms battalions to capture Ulaanbaatar.

Although the Kingdom of Horseback now has a population of one million, they are scattered across the vast grasslands.

Moreover, its military strength is not strong; in fact, a single heavy combined arms battalion would suffice.

The reason for taking four troops is that Ulaanbaatar currently has at least tens of thousands of residents, and troops are needed to maintain order.

Seventy or eighty kilometers, for the 99A, only takes an hour.

The army of the Horseback Kingdom, being a steppe nation, was primarily composed of cavalry.

The National Army of the Horseback Nation currently has a total of 80,000 cavalry, of which 50,000 are stationed in Ulaanbaatar.

When Xu Peng led four heavy combined arms battalions to appear not far outside Ulaanbaatar.

He ordered a halt to the advance and found a soldier who knew the language of horseback riding to broadcast to the other side using a loudspeaker.

The broadcast stated that the Dragon Flame Legion would represent the Huaxia Kingdom today to reclaim sovereignty from the Horseback Kingdom, and hoped that they would not put up futile resistance. As long as they laid down their weapons, their personal safety and property would be guaranteed.

The current leader of the Horseback Kingdom is named Qiao Bashan. After receiving the report, he was terrified, but it was absolutely impossible for him to order his troops to lay down their weapons and surrender.

Therefore, Qiao Bashan ordered the city's garrison to come out in full force, hoping to defeat the enemy with a cavalry charge.

Soon, the eastern gate of Ulaanbaatar was opened, and 50,000 cavalrymen emerged from the gate, immediately forming ranks and charging towards Xu Peng's position.

Xu Peng couldn't help but blurt out when he saw this ridiculous scene through his binoculars.

"What the hell is going on? Using cavalry to fight armored forces? Isn't that just asking for suicide?"

Joking aside, Xu Peng didn't actually want to wipe out the enemy's 50,000 cavalry; he simply couldn't bear to do it.

But not eliminating the opponent doesn't mean not teaching them a lesson or making them back down.

Xu Peng then ordered all tanks and armored vehicles to line up in a row and charge forward face to face, and ordered them to fire on the enemy cavalry from a distance of two or three hundred meters ahead.

These cavalrymen from the horseback nation were also stubborn; despite the constant explosions of cannonballs falling from the front, they did not stop their attack.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, Xu Peng had no choice but to order a halt to the shelling.

Then, Xu Peng ordered the tanks and armored vehicles to advance at full speed toward Ulabato.

The enemy cavalrymen were terrified when they saw the steel behemoths charging towards them. If they and their horses were to crash into them, they would immediately meet their maker.

So the cavalry of the horse-riding kingdom could only pull on the reins to change the direction of their warhorses and slip through the gaps between the tanks and armored vehicles.

The soldiers on the tanks and armored vehicles fired warning shots at them using their machine guns.

When the cavalry of the horseback nation turned around, they found that the tanks and armored vehicles had already charged toward the city gate, and had blown it open with just a few shots.

This put them in an awkward position; the 50,000 cavalrymen of the Horseback Kingdom were now at a loss for what to do.

They realized that the other side didn't seem to want to harm them; otherwise, the shells and bullets they had just fired could have easily slaughtered them.

While they were still in a daze, Xu Peng had already led a heavily armed combined arms battalion into the city and headed straight for the location of the Horseback Kingdom's headquarters.

The three heavily armored combined arms battalions left outside the city were responsible for monitoring the cavalry of the Horseback Kingdom not far away.

A dozen minutes later, Xu Peng led his heavy armored battalion to surround the building where Qiao Bashan was located, which was also the highest-level headquarters of the Horseback Kingdom.

The guards outside the building opened fire to protect Qiao Bashan, but they were quickly taken down by the machine guns on the tanks and armored vehicles.

Then, the infantrymen mounted on the infantry fighting vehicles quickly disembarked and, providing cover for each other, immediately established a defense.

The loudspeaker van that followed closely behind, at Xu Peng's instruction, then broadcast messages toward the building.

"You have three minutes. Everyone, raise your hands and come out to surrender. Otherwise, we will launch an attack and kill without mercy."