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

After Long Fei led his troops to surround Khabarovsk, it would only take a few words to storm the city.

What puzzled everyone was that Long Fei did not give any orders, but instead told everyone to hold the encirclement.

Long Fei issued this order not because he didn't want to take Khabarovsk quickly.

Today, the airport, armory, supply depots, tanks, and artillery in Khabarovsk have all been destroyed.

Having lost its heavy weapons, the 66th Infantry Division is now just a light infantry division.

Therefore, Long Fei's side can easily eliminate the opponent.

However, Long Fei's goal was to capture alive all the leaders of the opposing Far East Command, including Zhu Kefu.

These leaders and over 400,000 prisoners will be important bargaining chips for Long Fei in negotiations with the Russian Kingdom.

Therefore, living people are definitely more valuable than corpses and are more likely to force the other party to make concessions.

Although Zhukov was determined to fight to the death, he knew that he would most likely not be able to hold out with only his one infantry division.

Therefore, in addition to ordering the troops stationed in the surrounding area to quickly reinforce, he also ordered the 66th Infantry Division to leave behind a regiment to defend the city, while the rest of the troops broke up and retreated into the city to prepare for street fighting.

What puzzled Zhukov was that after the enemy surrounded Khabarovsk, they did not launch an attack immediately, but remained silent for a while.

As darkness was approaching, Zhukov wondered if the enemy was planning to launch another attack under cover of night.

At this point, Zhukov not only ordered the reinforcements to speed up their march, but also adopted the suggestion of Chief of Staff Zakharov to move the entire headquarters into the basement.

In response to air raids, the Russian Empire built an exceptionally sturdy basement at its Far Eastern Command Headquarters in Khabarovsk.

Now, Zhukov believes that even if the 66th Infantry Division cannot stop the Dragon Flame Legion's attack, it can still delay the enemy for several hours through street fighting.

These precious few hours are when reinforcements will arrive, and once they arrive, they will be able to encircle the enemy in Khabarovsk.

After dark, Long Fei called Sun Haitao over, preparing to send him on a special mission.

"Commander Sun, I know you all want to ask me why I didn't immediately order an attack after besieging Khabarovsk."

Sun Haitao nodded: "That's right, Legion Commander, everyone is very confused."

"I'll tell you now, the reason is actually very simple: I want to capture Zhukov alive, as well as all the leaders of the Far East Command."

"Capture them alive? Commander, then we can just storm in, wipe out their guard, surround the headquarters, and force them to surrender."

Long Fei shook his head: "You're thinking too simply. Zhu Kefu and his men are veterans of countless battles and are not afraid of death at all. If it's as you say, and they are surrounded and forced to surrender by us, they might very well choose to commit suicide."

"After all, a soldier's honor is paramount. Besides, if they surrender voluntarily, even if we release them in the end, do you think Comrade Stalin would spare them when they return?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Haitao finally realized what was going on.

"Commander, how do you plan to capture them alive?"

Only then did Long Fei begin to give orders to Sun Haitao.

"I'll give you twenty helicopters. You take two hundred commandos and carry out a pig-catching operation."

“I asked Xiaobai for a monitoring device that can monitor radio and telephone signals.”

"You will fly into the city under cover of night, and then use the monitoring equipment to quickly locate and find the enemy's command headquarters."

"I don't need to teach you what to do next, do I?"

Sun Haitao immediately smiled, stood at attention, and saluted, saying, "Commander, please rest assured, I guarantee the mission will be completed."

"But could you please change the code name for the operation? 'Operation Pig Capture' sounds awful."

Long Fei smiled mysteriously and said, "Alright, let's give it a fancy code name: Operation Thunderbolt."

"Okay, okay, this name sounds fancy... Wait a minute, Commander, Pig just means pig, so it's like we didn't change it at all..."

Long Fei then said seriously, "Now is not the time to joke. Go and prepare immediately. We will depart in ten minutes. As you set off, I will order an attack on the city to draw the enemy's attention and cover your actions."

"Yes, understand."

Ten minutes later, twenty UH-1s took off and flew towards Khabarovsk.

Long Fei then ordered the besieging troops to launch an immediate attack.

"Boom boom boom..."

Shells fired from the 99A tank, along with a barrage of shells from various large-caliber artillery pieces, rained down on the walls of Khabarovsk.

The loud explosion drowned out the roar of the helicopter's engines.

The defending troops were so focused on fighting back that they didn't even notice the helicopters flying overhead.

Moreover, in just a few minutes, the heavy combined arms brigade broke through the enemy's first line of defense and rushed into Khabarovsk from all directions, and then continued to advance rapidly.

Soldiers from the 66th Division, scattered throughout the city, were carrying incendiary devices, ready to throw them at approaching enemy tanks.

At this time, the Russian army had not yet developed anti-tank rifles and anti-tank cannons; their only weapon against tanks was Molotov cocktails.

What terrified them was that the enemy tanks seemed to know they were behind that wall, in that room, in that building.

The enemy tanks didn't even get close; instead, they went straight for the high-explosive shells.

And so, countless soldiers of the 66th Infantry Division were killed by enemy tank shells before they could even fire a shot or throw a Molotov cocktail.

The Russian soldiers, of course, did not know that the Type 99A tank was equipped with advanced thermal imaging equipment.

No matter where they hide, they have nowhere to hide in front of the 99A thermal imaging equipment.

Meanwhile, on Sun Haitao's side, the helicopter squadron began its search after entering Khabarovsk.

This detection device has a detection range of three kilometers.

So, a dozen minutes later, the detection device suddenly lit up a red light, and the screen also displayed the specific location of the signal source.

Sun Haitao immediately ordered the aircraft group to approach the target.

At this time, apart from the guards outside the Far East Command building, all the personnel inside the building had moved into the basement.

When the helicopter approached, the personnel of the command guard force, although unable to see it, still fired into the air based on the direction from which the sound of the helicopter's engine was coming.

However, this shooting was completely inaccurate and was quickly met with a counterattack from the machine guns on the helicopter.

The headquarters guard force consisted of only one guard company, more than a hundred people, which were all wiped out in just a few minutes.

Then the twenty helicopters split into two groups: ten rappelled down while the other ten provided air cover.

After all two hundred assault team members had safely rappelled to the ground.

The twenty helicopters did not fly away, but dispersed in the air to continue serving as sentinels and provide cover.

At Sun Haitao's signal, two hundred commandos quickly split into several action teams and stormed into the headquarters from various directions outside.

To the surprise of the assault team, the building was brightly lit but completely empty.

Sun Haitao looked around, wondering if they had all escaped.

However, he quickly shook his head in denial, because the signal monitoring equipment was located here, indicating that a large number of radios and telephones were still in frequent use.

Sun Haitao suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Each team shall immediately begin searching for secret rooms or basements."