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

After the United States declared war on Japan, the most excited and happiest person was undoubtedly WYZ.

The plot to annihilate the New Fourth Army failed, and upon learning that it was the Longyan Legion, they made a long-distance raid from Shandong to rescue the New Fourth Army from the encirclement.

WYZ was so enraged that he not only flew into a rage, but also nearly killed Liu Bingze, the commander of the 52nd Division who had been defeated by the Longyan troops.

However, thanks to the pleas of Commander Gu and Commander Shangguan, he was spared death.

What keeps WYZ up at night is the rise and expansion of the Dragon Flame Legion.

Today, the Dragon Flame Legion controls Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, and the three northeastern provinces, and its forces have rapidly grown to over a million in size.

Moreover, they not only maintained close ties with Yan'an, but also established a household name and a reputation that was praised by everyone.

WYZ worried that if the Dragon Flame Legion joined forces with the Yan'an side, his days would be numbered.

Now, every time WYZ goes to sleep, he feels like he can hear Long Fei snoring next to him.

As the saying goes, "If you're sleeping soundly in your own bed, how can you tolerate others snoring?" But what pains and dreads WYZ is that he currently has no way or means to change this situation.

Just when WYZ was in despair and on the verge of collapse, news came that the United States and Japan had gone to war, which excited him greatly.

After all, as of now, the government of China is recognized worldwide as the National Government.

WYZ decided that they must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to turn the tide and firmly cling to the United States.

For the United States, the enemy of its enemy is its ally, so after the representatives of both sides made contact, they hit it off and began comprehensive cooperation.

As a result, large quantities of weapons and equipment provided by the United States began to be continuously transported to China.

In addition, the United States also sent a large number of military instructors to help the government train its troops.

Chennault, who had previously been in contact with the Nationalist government, began recruiting a large number of aviation volunteers to go to China with the consent of the U.S. government.

In order to gain the trust of the United States and demonstrate its stance, WYZ decided to showcase the strength of the National Revolutionary Army.

So they assembled their troops and launched a counterattack against the Japanese-occupied territory.

The counterattack was originally planned to involve more than 100 divisions, but in the end only 71 divisions, totaling 550,000 men, were deployed.

This counterattack achieved some results and was known as the Winter Offensive or the Battle of the Hundred Divisions.

Of course, this campaign earned the trust of the United States, which then agreed to increase its aid to the Nationalist government.

After successfully securing a partnership with the United States, WYZ felt confident that he was back in the game and ordered his troops to intensify their training, preparing for the opportune moment.

With overwhelming military strength, we will annihilate the Dragon Flame Legion and the army in Yan'an.

After receiving Long Fei's order to attend a meeting in Yanjing, Liu Wei immediately began preparations.

So when Long Fei and Zhou Weiguo arrived in Yanjing by plane, most of the attendees had already arrived.

After all, the Dragon Flame Legion now has an air force and a large number of airports, so even if they are thousands of miles away, the planes can deliver the goods in two or three hours at most.

Long Fei was also very happy to see everyone looking so radiant.

So Liu Wei and Xu Peng were instructed to secretly notify the special operations battalion personnel in Yanjing to come for a secret meeting.

Because Long Fei needs to first determine the candidates to be bound to these six new subsystems.

Currently, Longfei has a main system plus eight subsystems, totaling nine systems.

Therefore, Long Fei's idea was to assign a subsystem to both the Air Force and the soon-to-be-established Navy.

Long Fei believes that even if the army has to face wars on multiple fronts at the same time, these seven systems are sufficient.

The veterans of the special operations battalion are now scattered across various units, making it extremely difficult to reunite them.

There were only a few dozen people in total in Yanjing this time.

After everyone arrived, Long Fei offered them cigarettes and tea, and then they got down to business.

After recent discussions, the candidates for binding these six new systems have been determined.

They are Chief of Staff Gao Hong, Deputy Chief of Staff Ma Xu, and the previous four company commanders Sun Haitao, Xu Ke, Ren Huazhi and Li Bin.

Next, Long Fei told everyone his current ideas about the legion's restructuring, personnel appointments, the post-restructuring troop setup, the expansion of the air force, the establishment of the navy, and so on.

Everyone shared their opinions and pooled their wisdom, ultimately reaching a unified decision.

The next day, after everyone had arrived, Long Fei immediately convened a meeting.

"I'll skip the pleasantries and get straight to the meeting agenda."

"There are many important matters that need to be discussed and decided upon immediately when we call this meeting together."

"First of all, we already have a million-strong army, so continuing to use the Dragon Flame Legion is obviously not appropriate."

"So, everyone, let's discuss what we should call each other from now on?"

Chen Yiding blurted out, "I suggest calling it the Dragon Flame Revolutionary Army."

Zhu Ci also suggested, "I think we could call it the Dragon Flame Protectorate Army."

Other army commanders also actively offered their own suggestions.

Zhou Zhengqiang suggested calling it the Dragon Flame National Defense Army, while Ding Zhipan suggested calling it the Dragon Flame Self-Defense Army.

Liu Anqi, Jia Yunshan, Chen Defa, Sun Zhen, Bao Dagang, Song Ken, and others also mentioned the names they preferred.

However, since these army commanders were originally from the Nationalist Army, they didn't think too much about their names when choosing them.

None of the names they proposed were in agreement with those that Long Fei and his group had discussed.

Finally, Long Fei concluded by saying, "I think the names suggested by everyone are all quite good, but I don't think they are impressive enough or reflect the essence of our army."

At this moment, everyone stared at Long Fei, anticipating what kind of impressive title he would utter.

Long Fei paused for a moment, then continued, "How about we call ourselves the Longyan People's Army from now on?"

"The people are the foundation of the nation, and every member of the Dragon Flame Legion comes from the people. This also shows that our army is the people's army, an army that serves the people."

Everyone immediately began to silently recite it in their hearts and aloud.

"Dragon Flame People's Army..."

"This name is good; it's simple, direct, and powerful."

"Yes, I think it's good too, I completely agree."

"I agree...I agree too..."

Finally, the title "Dragon Flame People's Army" was approved by a show of hands.

Long Fei then moved on to the second topic.

"Next, let's discuss the organization of the Dragon Flame People's Army. My idea is to set up five army groups for the army, one army group for the air force, and two fleets for the navy."

"The five army groups are the Northeastern Army, the Northwestern Army, the Southeastern Army, the Southwestern Army, and the Central Army."

"Each army group has a strength of about 150,000 men, which is divided into two army groups, each army group is divided into three corps, and each corps is divided into three divisions."

"In addition, I would like to clarify that all units, besides being mechanized, must also have an airborne division and a special operations division."

"This air force group has a total strength of about 10,000 people and five air force divisions under its command. It will have 300 to 500 aircraft of various types."

"As for the navy, I plan to establish two fleets, namely the Eastern Fleet and the Southern Fleet. The specific number and type of warships will be discussed later."