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

At this moment, Qiao Bashan was completely at a loss in his office.

The broadcast from the other side made it very clear that they were there on behalf of the Chinese nation to reclaim sovereignty.

In this situation, Qiao Bashan can't escape, and if he surrenders, he definitely won't have a good ending.

Left with no other option, he sent a telegram to Comrade Stalin of Russia seeking help.

Before the Rakshasa Kingdom could reply, Xu Peng issued an ultimatum.

Qiao Bashan was filled with despair. He opened a drawer and took out a TT-33 pistol made in Russia.

This gun was a gift that Stalin had personally given him when they met before.

Qiao Bashan picked up the gun and pointed it at his temple, but no matter what he did, he didn't have the courage to pull the trigger.

At that moment, his secretary suddenly entered, saw what was happening, rushed forward, and snatched the gun from his hand.

"General Secretary, no! As long as we live, we can always make a comeback. Why not surrender first, save our lives, and then plan for the future?"

Qiao Bashan never intended to commit suicide. After hearing his secretary's advice, he sighed deeply and gave the order.

"Go out and talk to them first. Even if you surrender, you should try to get some favorable terms."

Although the secretary knew in her heart that under such circumstances, the other party was unlikely to agree to any conditions, she still nodded and turned to leave.

The secretary raised his hands, walked outside the building, and shouted loudly.

“I am General Secretary Qiao’s secretary, and I have been sent by him to negotiate with you.”

The secretary's words made Xu Peng laugh.

"I was speaking a foreign language just now, didn't you understand? You're trying to negotiate? Your only option is to surrender unconditionally. There are only 30 seconds left."

Seeing Xu Peng's resolute tone, the secretary could only plead.

"Could you please give me a few more minutes?"

Xu Peng thought about it and agreed: "Okay, I'll give you three more minutes."

Upon hearing this, the secretary hurriedly returned to Qiao Bashan's office.

"General Secretary, the other side demanded our unconditional surrender, but I managed to buy them three more minutes."

The secretary's words almost choked Qiao Bashan to death: "I asked you to fight for the terms, and all you got was a three-minute grace period."

However, Qiao Bashan didn't have time to argue with his secretary at this moment.

He thought for a moment, then slowly stood up.

"Alright, now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to agree to their terms for now."

Qiao Bashan walked out of the building and stood in front of Xu Peng, saying defiantly.

"Although I have surrendered, it does not mean that you have won. Behind me is the powerful Rakshasa Kingdom, which you cannot contend with."

Qiao Bashan's words greatly displeased Xu Peng. He sneered and slapped Qiao Bashan across the face.

"Snapped"

Qiao Bashan was caught off guard by Xu Peng's sudden attack. The sharp pain on his face made him instinctively raise his hand to cover it.

"You...you hit me..."

"Shouldn't you, a short-sighted person, be beaten? Shouldn't you, a traitor who sells out his country for personal gain, be beaten? Shouldn't you, a treacherous and ungrateful person, be beaten?"

Xu Peng's barrage of three questions left Qiao Bashan completely bewildered.

He covered his face, looked at Xu Peng blankly, and asked weakly.

Am I short-sighted? Am I a traitor to my country? Am I a betrayer of my teacher and ancestors?

Xu Peng sneered and pointed at him, beginning to recount his experiences.

"The Russian Kingdom is instigating and manipulating your independence from behind the scenes, just to use this place as a strategic buffer zone."

"Have you ever thought about what a strategic buffer zone is? In reality, the Russian Kingdom is just using you as a shield and cannon fodder."

“If a conflict or war breaks out between China and Russia, you will be the first to suffer, which is why I say you are short-sighted.”

Qiao Bashan had considered Xu Peng's words, but under the immense temptation of power, he chose to ignore them.

Xu Peng continued, "You originally belonged to the Huaxia Kingdom, but in order to become the so-called leader, you were willing to become a slave and lackey of the Russian Kingdom and betray your country. What is this if not selling out your country for personal gain?"

Qiao Bashan was hit where it hurt by Xu Peng's words. He looked ashamed and slowly lowered his head.

"Back then, your Genghis Khan was so invincible, sweeping across Eurasia, conquering vast territories, and establishing a powerful empire."

"Genghis Khan's mother's hometown was in the Hulunbuir Grassland, but once you became independent, you divided the grassland in two. Isn't this betraying your master and ancestors?"

Seeing that Qiao Bashan was speechless after being rebuked by him, Xu Peng gave the order.

"Since you have chosen to surrender, then immediately order your troops to cease resistance and surrender. My patience has its limits. If you dare to resist again, you will be wiped out on the spot."

At this point, Qiao Bashan dared not utter a word of dissent. After being taken to the loudspeaker vehicle, he immediately ordered all troops inside and outside the city to surrender.

Subsequently, Xu Peng took over the temporary rule of the Horseback Kingdom, ordering all its troops to return to their camps and forbidding them from leaving, and dispatched troops to guard them.

Afterwards, Xu Peng hurriedly sent telegrams to Long Fei and Xie Qiang to report the victory.

Just as Xu Peng and Xie Qiang were engaged in a fierce battle with the 500,000-strong army of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Long Fei also led his heavily armed combined arms brigade to surround Khabarovsk.

Although Khabarovsk is the location of the Russian Kingdom's headquarters in the Far East.

However, only one division of the First Army was stationed in the city to guard it.

The other units of the First Front Army were stationed in the area surrounding Khabarovsk.

Because Khabarovsk has two natural barriers, the Ussuri River and the Amur River, the Japanese army on the Heilongjiang River had to build a pontoon bridge before launching an attack.

By the time the Japanese army had erected the pontoon bridge, it had already been spotted by patrol boats of their Amur River fleet.

Then they could quickly mobilize surrounding troops and drive the Japanese army into the rivers to feed the fish.

In order to prevent the Russian army around Khabarovsk from sending reinforcements, Long Fei ordered the air force to not only destroy all the warships of the Amur District Fleet, but also bomb the railways and highways leading to various parts of Khabarovsk.

To prevent high-ranking generals like Zhukov from Khabarovsk from escaping by plane, Long Fei also ordered the air force to bomb Khabarovsk's airport.

Khabarovsk is now an isolated city, and a piece of fat meat that is about to be devoured by Long Fei.

After the Transbaikal Front mobilized 500,000 troops, Zhukov kept a close eye on the progress at headquarters.

When he received the telegram from Malinov saying that his vanguard, the 6th Guards Tank Army, had encountered the Dragon Flame Legion after leaving Ulaanbaatar, the two sides immediately went to war.

This startled Zhu Kefu, who had deliberately chosen an unexpected direction in his plan to launch a surprise attack on Shenyang.

But the fact that he has encountered the Dragon Flame Legion's forces here can only mean that they have also chosen the same path as him.

After careful consideration, Zhu Kefu boldly speculated that the troops that had appeared in the Dragon Flame Legion were likely planning a surprise attack on his Far East region.

Just as Zhukov was about to ask Malinov for more information, he received a report that Khabarovsk had been surrounded.

In fact, Zhu Kefu is now extremely wary of the Dragon Flame Legion and Long Fei.

Ever since he sent Lieutenant General Rokossovsky to warn the Dragon Flame Legion and Dragon Flight, he has found that one misfortune after another has befallen him.

First, the air raid on Liaoning failed, with almost all the aircraft involved in the raid being wiped out. Then, the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok suffered a devastating blow.

Following closely behind, various military targets in the Far East suffered heavy losses from relentless bombing.

Zhu Kefu had actually had a bad feeling for a while.

Upon hearing that Khabarov was surrounded, Zhukov suddenly had a strong feeling that the end of the world was coming.

However, they still had the 66th Infantry Division, which was under the 35th Army Group of the First Front Army and had extremely strong combat capabilities.

Zhukov decided to take command personally, ordering them to defend Khabarovsk at all costs.

However, in the face of a modern, heavily armed combined arms brigade, the 66th Division was nothing more than a bunch of chickens and dogs.