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

Soon, fifty UH-1 helicopters took off and flew towards the Imjin River.

The Longyan troops on the north bank of the Imjin River did not know the exact location of the Japanese artillery positions.

But they didn't just sit idly by and wait to be bombarded; all the artillery and tanks extended their bombardment towards the south bank.

Just then, two soldiers who were hiding behind the shelling received orders from their company commander.

The company commander said that the regimental commander ordered his company to send two men to immediately determine the depth of the river.

The regimental commander's name is Zheng Heping, and he was previously just a soldier in the special operations battalion.

Zheng Heping grew up by the sea, so he is very familiar with the ebb and flow of the tides.

He knew that Kaesong was close to the sea, so the depth of the Imjin River would definitely be affected by the ebb and flow of the tide.

However, he was not familiar with the tide times in this area, so he had to send someone to explore it himself.

If it's currently low tide and the river isn't deep, then given the Type 59 tank's ability to wade through water up to 1.2 meters deep, it could easily cross the river.

Once they cross the river, the Japanese artillery positions will be flattened.

The two soldiers immediately accepted the order and set off, quickly arriving at the riverbank.

They discovered that although this section of the river was two to three hundred meters wide, the current was very gentle.

So the two quickly went into the water and headed towards the center of the river.

When the two reached the middle of the river, they found that the water only reached their waists.

Overjoyed, the two decided to continue their journey to the other side.

A few minutes later, the two successfully crossed the river to the south bank and reported directly to the regimental commander via walkie-talkie.

In fact, the regimental commander Zheng Heping could see their every move clearly from the makeshift command post in the back.

"Reporting to the commander, the river is at most one meter deep, and we have successfully crossed the river."

"Very good, I saw it all. You've worked hard. Stay put and be careful."

Before the two men could even report, Zheng Heping had already informed the division commander, who immediately ordered all tank units to cross the river.

At this moment, Tachibana Ryoubu is on the artillery position, ordering the artillery to fire wildly.

An armored corps of over a hundred tanks was destroyed in just a few minutes. How could this not break him and make him furious?

Therefore, Tachibana no Oki can only retaliate with artillery.

Just then, one of the Japanese soldiers who was responsible for observing from the front ran back in alarm.

"Reporting, Colonel... the Chinese army's tanks... have already..."

"Already what?"

"They've already...they've already crossed the Imjin River, and they'll be here soon."

"What?! The Chinese army has already built a pontoon bridge?"

"No, the Chinese army's tanks drove directly across the river."

"Baka! How is this possible..."

"Colonel, let's get out of here quickly, or we won't be able to leave later."

Although Tachibana Ryoube was unwilling to believe it, he had no choice but to accept this reality.

"Alright, retreat to Seoul immediately."

The Japanese soldiers no longer cared about dragging the cannons; they immediately drove their Type 94 trucks and fled at full speed.

At this point, Tachibana ordered the tank crew to destroy the tank and then transfer to a truck.

Because he knew very well that the Type 89 tank had a top speed of only 25 kilometers per hour, and it was definitely not suitable for escaping.

However, the Type 94 truck can reach a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, which is beyond the reach of ordinary tanks.

Indeed, the Type 59 tank has a top speed of only 50 kilometers per hour, which is definitely not enough to catch up with the Type 94 truck, which has a top speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

However, at this critical moment, fifty helicopters flew over the Imjin River and, after contacting ground troops, began to pursue them from the air.

All fifty UH-1 helicopters were equipped with M2 heavy machine guns.

When the helicopter squadron spotted the more than 300 Japanese Type 94 trucks, they immediately began a ruthless operation to destroy them.

"Da da da……"

The air was filled with the piercing sound of gunfire as Type 94 trucks were destroyed under a hail of bullets.

The M2 heavy machine gun has a caliber of 12.7 mm. If a Japanese soldier is hit by a bullet, not only will his hands and feet be severed, but his body may even be broken off by the bullet.

More than 300 trucks and 50 helicopters were all destroyed in just over ten minutes.

The scene was littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers and burning cars. Those Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were physically eliminated by the ground troops that arrived later.

The truck that Tachibana Ryoube was riding in had its fuel tank hit by a bullet, and the gasoline leaked out and then caught fire.

He was shot in the abdomen and died instantly. He was then engulfed in flames and burned to a crisp.

Chen Yiding received the battle report from the front immediately and ordered the advance to continue and surround Seoul.

At the same time, Chen Yiding ordered the air force that had been transferred to Pyongyang to immediately launch a high-density bombing raid on Seoul.

In Seoul, Sonobe Kazuo first received a telegram from Otaka Kamezo saying that Kaesong had fallen and that the 19th Division was determined to die for the Amagi.

Not long after, he received another call from Tachibana Ryoubu, saying that all of his tanks had been destroyed by the Chinese army.

Moreover, the Chinese army had already crossed the Imjin River, and he was leading his troops in a retreat.

When Sonobe and Ichiro called again to inquire about the situation, Tachibana Ryobe had already given no response.

Although Sonobe Ichiro sensed that the 25th Armored Regiment was in dire straits, he had little confidence that he could stop the Chinese army's attack.

However, he did not consider abandoning Seoul, because he knew very well that once Seoul fell, it would be impossible to build an effective defense line, and the Chinese army would march all the way to Busan.

Sonobe Kazuo then convened a meeting of all officers of major rank and above, telling them that the time had come to serve the emperor and ordering them to defend Seoul to the death.

Not long after Kagenbe and Ichiro finished their meeting, countless bombs rained down on Seoul.

These bombs included aerial bombs, incendiary bombs, and even a considerable number of thermobaric bombs.

After the bombing, most of Seoul's houses were destroyed, and the entire city was engulfed in flames.

The numerous fortifications built by the 7th Division were also destroyed, and the remaining three hundred or so tanks, along with artillery and trucks, were almost entirely wiped out in the bombing.

What terrified Sonobe and Ichiro even more was that the area hit by the thermobaric bomb was completely reduced to ruins, and the three or four thousand soldiers seemed to have vanished into thin air, with not a single body to be found.

The enemy's air strike alone possessed such astonishing power.

At this moment, Kazuro Sonobe finally understood why they had been retreating again and again in the Chinese Congress, and even now they wanted to withdraw back to their homeland.

He finally admitted that the Dragon Flame Army, with its hundreds of thousands of Rakshasa Kingdom troops, was definitely stronger than the enemy.

However, these insights are now meaningless to him, because his life is counting down in minutes.

Without the city's fortifications and with thousands of comrades vanished in an instant, the remaining Japanese soldiers had lost all will to resist.

Although a few Japanese soldiers were willing to die for the locusts, most were not.

So these Japanese soldiers secretly discussed and decided to surrender to the Longyan troops when the time came.