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

Song Xiaoan quickly recounted Zhuang Shiping's situation in detail.

"Commander, this Zhuang Shiping was born in Puning County, Chaozhou in 1911, and is 28 years old this year."

"He graduated from the Department of Economics at Yenching University. During his studies, he actively participated in the anti-Japanese resistance and national salvation movement."

"During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he risked his life to travel between Southeast Asia and the southwest of China, continuously transporting aid supplies donated by overseas Chinese to China. It can be said that he made great contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japan."

Long Fei listened and nodded repeatedly.

Song Xiaoan continued, "He currently has his own company in Hong Kong and has been supporting the war effort in China. I heard that he has always wanted to invest in and establish a bank."

“We thought he was a true patriotic businessman, so we approached him to negotiate and asked him to help us buy the island.”

"After hearing this, Zhuang Shiping immediately said no problem, but he asked to meet you."

Long Fei immediately said, "Such a patriotic businessman is admirable. I would also like to get to know him. After we finish dealing with things in Shanghai, we will go to Hong Kong to see him."

Zhao Jianzhi then asked, "Commander, what business are we going to Shanghai for? After all, it's Japanese-occupied territory, and for your safety, I must make proper arrangements in advance."

Since he had asked them to accompany him, Long Fei had no reason to hide anything from them, so he told them the truth.

"I'm going to meet two people and assign them tasks. I'm going to set fire to the United States so they can't stand idly by and make a fortune from the war."

Song Xiaoan and Zhao Jianzhi sensed a strong killing intent in Long Fei's words.

Unfortunately, the two knew very little about the United States, let alone understood it, so they could only nod in agreement.

Anyway, now that they're Long Fei's subordinates, they'll just do whatever their leader decides.

Moreover, Long Fei trusted them greatly and entrusted them with important responsibilities, so the two of them had sworn in private that they would never betray Long Fei and would follow him to the death.

Before Zhao Jianzhi could even state his arrangements, Long Fei spoke first and gave the order.

"You will deploy ten Jiaolong Action Teams to enter Shanghai in batches, and they will be assigned tasks accordingly."

Upon hearing this, Song Xiaoan and Zhao Jianzhi immediately became excited. It was clear that Long Fei was planning something after meeting with people in Shanghai.

"Commander, mobilizing ten 'Jiaolong Action Teams'—that's over a hundred people! Do you really intend to...?"

Long Fei nodded and said, "You should know that not long ago at No. 76, Jisifeier Road, Shanghai."

"Under the instructions of the Japanese, traitors Ding Mocun and Li Shiqun recruited traitors from the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, as well as local thugs and other social scum, to establish a secret service agency serving the Japanese, which was publicly known as No. 76."

Zhao Jianzhi immediately understood and hurriedly replied, "Commander, do you want to wipe out Unit 76?"

Long Fei smiled and shook his head slightly: "Not only will I wipe out No. 76, but I'm going to cause a huge scene in Shanghai and then leave triumphantly."

Song Xiaoan and Zhao Jianzhi immediately began to rub their hands together in anticipation.

“Great! The Japanese are occupying less and less territory in China now. If we cause trouble in their rear, it will make them even more terrified.”

Two days later, Long Fei, along with Song Xiaoan and Zhao Jianzhi, successfully entered Shanghai.

After arriving in Shanghai, Long Fei and his two companions came to the outside of a three-story building in the French concession.

Long Fei gestured for Song Xiaoan to go up and knock on the door.

"dong dong dong"

The door was soon opened, and a young man in his twenties appeared in front of the three.

With a smile, Long Fei asked, "Hello, my name is Long Fei. I've come from Hong Kong to Shanghai to see Mr. Shen Nantu and Mr. Lan Weiyou."

The young man carefully looked Long Fei up and down and said, "Hello, Mr. Long, I am Lan Weiyou. Mr. Shen Nantu is inside. Please follow me."

Led by Lan Weiyou, everyone arrived at the living room on the first floor. Long Fei saw a man in his thirties sitting on the sofa. He was well-dressed, shrewd and capable.

Lan Weiyou hurriedly introduced, "Mr. Shen, this is Mr. Long Fei."

"Mr. Long, this is my teacher, Mr. Shen Nantu."

Shen Nantu quickly stood up, smiling as he extended his hand.

"Welcome, Mr. Long. Please have a seat."

After shaking hands, the two sat down, while Lan Weiyou stood next to Shen Nantu's sofa.

Long Fei observed the two of them carefully again, and suddenly chuckled.

“Your aliases are quite interesting. Shen Nantu—Shen Tunan, Lan Weiyou—Wei Ruolai, and you also have another name, don’t you, Lone Goose and Lone Sail?”

Long Fei's words shocked the two men opposite him.

Shen Nantu asked suspiciously, "How do you know all this? The organization only told us to follow orders temporarily, but they didn't say you knew our background."

That's right, the two people in front of you are Shen Tunan and Wei Ruolai from "The Wind Chaser".

These were the two people that Long Fei requested to be borrowed from Yan'an.

"You don't need to worry about how I know your background, because I have no ill intentions towards you and will never harm you."

Seeing that Long Fei spoke sincerely, the two were somewhat relieved.

Shen Tunan then asked, "Mr. Long, let's get straight to the point. What do you want us to help you with?"

Long Fei lit a cigarette and said coldly, "I want you to go to Wall Street in the United States and help me short US stocks. I want to stir up a bloodbath in the US financial market."

Shen Tunan was not frightened by Long Fei's shocking words, nor did he think that Long Fei was mentally unstable.

He simply said calmly, "Mr. Long, before the Great Depression began in the United States in 1929, the market value of Wall Street stocks was over 80 billion US dollars."

"The stock market continued to fall until 1933. Although the economy stabilized and the stock market rebounded somewhat under a series of government measures."

"But the rebound has been very limited, and the US economy is still far from what it was before the Great Depression."

"Even so, with a stock market value of two to three hundred billion yuan, the amount of funds needed to short sell would be astronomical."

Long Fei asked calmly, without changing his expression, "Mr. Shen, how much funding do you think is needed?"

Shen Tunan replied quickly and professionally, "That depends on how far you want to short it."

Without a second thought, Long Fei replied, "What I meant by 'bloodshed and chaos' is that the US stock market should hit new lows."

Shen Tunan's mind immediately began to work quickly, and he soon came up with an answer.

"I've roughly estimated that it will require between one and two hundred million US dollars."

Keep in mind that this was in 1939, when the US dollar was an absolute hard currency.

According to statistics, based on the living standards of 1937, the economic losses of the entire country during the War of Resistance against Japan amounted to one hundred billion US dollars.

Therefore, at that time, one or two hundred million US dollars was, without exaggeration, enough to make someone incredibly wealthy.

American legend Jesse Livermore made a staggering $100 million during the 1929 stock market crash by using short-selling strategies.

That one hundred million dollars back then would be worth over one hundred billion dollars today. Keep in mind that the US government's fiscal revenue at the time was only 42 billion dollars.

Unexpectedly, Long Fei waved his hand and said, "They say that a poor family should travel with plenty of resources. What I need is absolute success, so I've decided to give you five hundred million US dollars."

Even someone as worldly-wise as Shen Tunan was not able to resist being captivated by Long Fei's charisma.