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

Then, Long Fei ordered Ding Zhipan to issue an order for the entire army to temporarily suspend the attack.

At the same time, Long Fei ordered Liu Anqi of the Southwest Army to overcome fatigue and difficulties and launch a pursuit attack on the Japanese overnight.

At the same time, Long Fei instructed Liu Anqi to not only make a show of attacking the Japanese in Anhui with the Southeast Front Army, but also to take advantage of the situation to advance into Hubei.

Long Fei's goal was to instill panic in the Japanese troops who were voluntarily retreating from Henan, and then accelerate their retreat towards Jiangsu.

In addition, it could also shake the confidence of the Japanese troops in Anhui to resist, forcing them to retreat to Jiangsu as well.

That evening, Long Fei also received calls from Zhou Weiguo and Xie Qiang, informing him that the Southern Fleet and the Eastern Fleet had arrived at the designated sea area.

The Japanese soldiers who were retreating from Henan originally wanted to get a good night's rest, but they did not expect that the Longyan troops would launch a pursuit overnight.

The panicked Japanese soldiers could only continue their retreat through the night, while Liu Anqi ordered his troops to pursue them relentlessly.

After receiving the retreat order from the General Headquarters, Hata Shunroku ordered all units to retreat and regroup in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

He also ordered the troops stationed in Jiangsu and Anhui to stop the Longyan troops' attack at all costs.

At the same time, Hata Shunroku requested the General Headquarters to quickly gather enough ships to transport the more than 300,000 troops.

Because of the intense air raids, many ammunition depots and supply warehouses were destroyed, in addition to airfields and warplanes.

The remaining ammunition and supplies can only sustain these 300,000 troops for four or five days at most.

The next day at dawn, the Northeast Army from the Korean Peninsula advanced relentlessly towards Pyongyang from the directions of Sinanju and Kaechon.

However, just as the vanguard regiment was about to reach the Daedong River, it was suddenly ambushed by the Japanese 73rd Regiment.

However, although the regimental commander, Shimizu Kiyoshi, led these more than three thousand Japanese soldiers to fight back fiercely.

But how could they possibly stop the mechanized forces from attacking?

The vanguard, consisting of a tank battalion of over thirty Type 59 tanks, charged forward and tore through the 73rd Regiment's defenses.

After nearly a thousand soldiers were killed or wounded, the 73rd Regiment could no longer hold its defensive line and had to retreat.

But behind them was the Taedong River, leaving the Japanese with nowhere to retreat.

The commander of the vanguard regiment was Luo Yukun, who used to be a company commander under Liu Yuqing.

The Longyan People's Army now has a million soldiers. If we calculate that each regiment has about a thousand men, then at least nine hundred regimental commanders are needed.

Even if all eight hundred or so men in the special operations battalion were to become regimental commanders, it would clearly not be enough.

Not to mention that many of them have already been promoted to higher military ranks such as division commander and army commander.

Therefore, many military commanders at the regimental level are not from special operations battalions.

This leads to these regimental commanders having slightly less experience and skill, making unavoidable mistakes.

Seeing countless Japanese soldiers forced to the banks of the Datong River with nowhere to retreat, Luo Yukun, feeling smug, immediately ordered a shout, demanding that the Japanese surrender or they be driven into the river to feed the fish.

Upon hearing the shouts, the Japanese soldiers put down their guns, knelt on the ground, and surrendered.

Luo Yukun was unaware that this was a conspiracy orchestrated by Qingshui Guiju; he didn't think much of it or suspect anything.

He brazenly ordered his soldiers to rush forward, seize the Japanese soldiers' guns and ammunition, and tie them up and keep them under guard.

The soldiers, emboldened by their easy victory, lost their vigilance and completely underestimated the brutality and cunning of the Japanese invaders.

While Luo Yukun and his group were busy collecting spoils of war.

Suddenly, everyone heard a hissing sound from all around them and smelled gunpowder.

Just as everyone sensed something was wrong, they saw these Japanese soldiers who had been kneeling on the ground with their hands raised in surrender.

Suddenly, the Japanese soldiers lunged at the soldiers of the Dragon Flame Unit beside them. Some soldiers reacted quickly enough and shot the Japanese soldiers dead. Those who reacted slowly were held tightly by the Japanese soldiers.

All of this happened so suddenly that even Luo Yukun was a little dumbfounded.

But now there is no time left for Luo Yukun and these soldiers to think and regret.

Seconds later, the bodies of these Japanese soldiers exploded violently, with explosions continuing and blood and flesh flying everywhere, a truly gruesome sight.

The two thousand-plus Japanese soldiers who surrendered, along with Luo Yukun and his regiment of soldiers, were all blown to pieces on the spot.

The soldiers of the tank battalion, who were inside the tanks, escaped the tragedy, but after witnessing this bloody and cruel scene...

They immediately climbed out of the tank and ran wildly towards Hebei.

The riverbank, which was just a moment ago crowded with people, is now deathly silent.

Aside from the strong smell of gunpowder and the nauseating stench of blood in the air, the armored soldiers found no survivors, not even a single intact body.

The tank crewmen clenched their teeth so tightly they bled, their eyes filled with hatred.

The tank battalion commander then shouted in a choked, hoarse voice.

"That damn Japanese are faking their surrender! Get back to the tanks right now! Crush all those Japanese soldiers over there, whether they're corpses or wounded, into a pulp!"

More than thirty tanks immediately started up and charged toward the defensive line previously constructed by the 73rd Regiment.

The Japanese positions were littered with corpses, but at least a hundred of them were wounded.

Upon seeing the tanks charging towards them, the wounded Japanese soldiers frantically pulled the fuses.

But how could the tanks be afraid of the explosives strapped to the bodies of these Japanese soldiers? They continued to charge forward at full speed.

More than a hundred wounded soldiers were blown to bits before they were crushed into mincemeat by the tanks.

The tank battalion's thirty-odd tanks rolled back and forth across the Japanese positions several times, leaving no inch of ground untouched.

Upon receiving the report from the tank battalion, Chen Yiding slammed his fist on the table in anger, then roared in grief.

"More than a thousand people, just like that, blown up by the Japanese. Who the hell told you to take prisoners? Commander Long has repeatedly told us that our Longyan troops don't need prisoners when fighting the Japanese."

"Oh no, how am I going to explain this to Commander Long? How am I going to explain this to the families of these brothers?"

No matter how painful or regretful he was, Chen Yiding had no choice but to immediately report the matter to Long Fei and voluntarily request that he be punished.

When Long Fei received the telegram, he felt a pang of pain in his heart, but so many people were already gone, and there was no point in complaining now.

In five minutes, Long Fei smoked three cigarettes in a row, then said hoarsely.

"Our soldiers are too kind, which is why they suffered such a great loss this time."

“Reply to Commander Chen: Mercy to the Japanese is the greatest cruelty to oneself. I hope you will turn grief into strength, eliminate the Japanese on the Korean Peninsula, and avenge the fallen brothers.”

"Another reminder: if you encounter Japanese soldiers surrendering again in the future, while they lay down their weapons, you should also make them take off their clothes for inspection. If they refuse, eliminate them directly."

Chen Yiding was surprised that Long Fei's reply was not harsh at all.

This moved him deeply, but also made him feel incredibly guilty.