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

The Japanese 7th Division originally had only 14,000 troops. Apart from the 25th Regiment sent to reinforce and the 5,000 to 6,000 troops lost in the air raid, the remaining troops were less than 40%.

With tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and trucks mostly destroyed, the Japanese soldiers have no chance of escaping now, even if they wanted to.

Therefore, when the Northeast Area Army completely surrounded Seoul, the Japanese soldiers inside the city were already trembling with fear at the sight of the endless armored forces outside the city.

Sonobe and Ichiro were prepared to die for each other, so they appeared quite calm at this moment.

He gathered together the remaining dozen or so tanks and armored vehicles of the 7th Division and assembled a group of suicide squad members.

Then, he led the last armored units of the 7th Division in a suicidal charge from the north gate towards the armored units of the Northeast Area Army.

To be honest, Kazuo Sonobe was really committing suicide, because the main gun caliber of the Japanese Type 89 and Mini tanks was too small, and the shells they fired could not cause any damage to the Type 59 Kai tank.

Moreover, Sonobe Kazuichiro's idiotic actions amused the armored troops of the Northeast Area Army outside the city.

The brigade commander of the tank brigade gave the order: "Brothers, today we'll play a game of cat and mouse with the Japanese devils."

"I order the regiment to go out and meet the enemy, with five tanks in a group, and to split up to surround the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles."

Then, with maximum power, they squeezed the Japanese soldiers' metal coffins into a meat sandwich – that's like being struck by lightning.

"Yes, as ordered."

A swarm of tanks roared and launched a counterattack against the Japanese.

When Sonobe and Ichiro saw their tank shells hitting the Dragon Flame Force's tanks like a tickle, they roared hysterically in anger.

"Baka! Keep firing! Make sure to destroy the Chinese army's tanks!"

A few minutes later, Sonobe and his dozen or so tanks and armored vehicles were divided and surrounded one by one.

Then the tanks of the Dragon Flame Army collectively rotated their turrets 180 degrees backward.

Immediately afterwards, the tank drivers pushed the throttle levers to the maximum and rammed them hard into the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles.

With each deafening roar, the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were struck.

It must be said that the steel plates of the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were too thin, and the outer shells were constantly deformed and dented under repeated impacts.

In no time, the dozen or so Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were smashed beyond recognition.

The Japanese commandos inside the tanks and armored vehicles were also crushed to death by the deformed tanks.

Sonobe Kazuo was not spared either; he was snapped in half by the deformed steel plate, and even the dog's head was flattened.

Equivalent to the Dragon Flame Squad, they beheaded and cut in half at the waist of Sonobe and Ichiro.

After the Five Thunderbolts were completed, just as Chen Yiding was preparing to order a general offensive.

The Japanese soldiers in Seoul, however, raised a white flag on the city wall and announced their surrender first.

This infuriated not only Chen Yiding, but also all the officers and soldiers below him.

These sons of bitches have already surrendered?

How can we kill them then?

Didn't Commander Chen give the order that there should be no prisoners and no surrenders accepted?

Just as everyone was hesitating, Chen Yiding's order came: Shoot down the white flag raised by the Japanese and tell these bastards that we will not accept their surrender.

Chen Yiding's order was met with great enthusiasm, and the frontline commanders and soldiers cheered.

After the Japanese soldiers in the city raised the white flag, they had already gathered up their weapons, opened the city gates, and lined up in formation, waiting for the Longyan troops to enter the city.

Unexpectedly, tanks and artillery outside the city opened fire, shattering all the white flags erected on the city walls.

Immediately afterwards, the Longyan troops broadcast in Japanese using a loudspeaker.

"Listen up, you Japanese devils in the city! We do not accept your surrender. Now we order you to take up arms and continue to resist. We assure you that we will kill you all without exception."

"What?! Even surrendering isn't allowed?"

"Baka! What kind of rules does the Dragon Flame Army have? How can they refuse our surrender?"

"What should we do now?"

"It seems that we have no choice but to die to serve the Tian Tianhuangs even if we want to."

The thousands of Japanese soldiers in the city were truly on the verge of collapse. They could smell the scent of death and knew that they were doomed to die today.

These Japanese soldiers thought they were going to die anyway, so they picked up their weapons and went back to the city wall for a final stand.

But the Japanese resistance seemed so weak and powerless. The fierce artillery fire that followed blew the Japanese soldiers to pieces.

Immediately afterwards, the Northeast Area Army poured into Seoul from all directions.

In less than half an hour, all the Japanese soldiers in the city were wiped out.

After capturing Seoul, Chen Yiding ordered one division to be left behind to handle the aftermath and maintain order, while the rest of the troops continued their advance southward.

South of Seoul, the Japanese had no longer set up any defensive lines.

The Northeast Area Army, with over 100,000 troops, crossed the North Han River and the Han River with overwhelming force, quickly occupying Incheon, Suwon, Chuncheon, and Cheongju.

Most of the Korean Peninsula is now under the control of the Northeast Army.

Over the next two days, the Northeast Area Army continued its southward advance, capturing Daejeon, Jeonju, Mokpo, Boseong, Daegu, Gyeongju, and other places.

They surrounded the remaining 100,000-plus Japanese troops in the Busan area.

The Japanese soldiers who fled to Busan were filled with anxiety and kept asking back home when the ships that would come to pick them up would arrive.

Since the General Headquarters confirmed that all troops from the Korean Peninsula and China had been withdrawn to their homeland, it has been doing everything in its power to gather ships.

But now the Pacific is embroiled in a fierce battle with the United States, and Southeast Asia has also sent a large number of naval forces there.

Therefore, it was extremely difficult to mobilize ships, and in the end, the headquarters was even forced to requisition a large number of civilian ships.

So hundreds of ships of different sizes sailed from all directions toward Busan.

However, after these ships passed through the Tsushima Strait and Tsushima Island, they suddenly discovered a large number of warships ahead.

Without saying a word, these warships opened fire directly on the hundreds of Japanese ships.

Xie Qiang's Eastern Fleet received half of the warships awarded by the system.

The five 50,000-ton battleships were equipped with three triple-mounted main guns, each with a caliber of 16 inches (406 mm) and a range of over 30 kilometers.

In addition, the battleship also had ten twin-mounted, 38-caliber 127mm dual-purpose guns.

This main gun can easily penetrate 9-meter-thick concrete fortifications, and when it lands on the ground, it can create a huge crater with a diameter of 15 meters and a depth of 6 meters.

Therefore, the civilian ships gathered by the Japanese could not withstand such a massive bombardment from naval guns.

With one shot, smaller ships were blown to pieces, and larger ones were sunk.

As for the six Japanese cruisers and destroyers leading the formation, Jun Xieqiang directly assigned them to the other four, 6,000-ton missile destroyers to deal with.

After the fire control radar locked onto the six Japanese warships, the missile destroyer directly launched YJ-18 anti-ship missiles.

For a guided-missile destroyer to deal with these outdated warships from World War II is a complete game of cat and mouse.

Six YJ-18 missiles accurately hit the six Japanese warships, resulting in massive explosions.

The six Japanese warships were not only rendered combat ineffective on the spot by the bombing, but also began to sink.

The five battleships then began what they called live-fire target practice against the hundreds of Japanese ships.

The army eliminates an enemy with a single bullet, while the navy sinks a Japanese ship with a single cannonball.

In less than an hour, the sea area, which had just been filled with ships, became unusually quiet again.

This was the first naval battle since the formation of the Dragon Flame Navy, and it completely met Xie Qiang's requirement of winning the first battle.

Xie Qiang was extremely satisfied with the results achieved. He immediately praised all the ships and said that they would be rewarded after the battle.