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

Then, Long Fei pointed to the glass bottle of beverage on the table and introduced it.

"This glass bottle contains a beverage from the United States called Coca-Cola. You should try it."

Although Coca-Cola has been around for many years and is a common beverage in the United States, it was a rare commodity in China at that time.

Apart from the soldiers of the special operations battalion, no one else had ever seen or tasted it.

Chen Yiding picked up a bottle of cola, examined it carefully, and couldn't help but question it.

"Cola? It's so dark, does it taste good?"

Long Fei smiled and said, "Anyway, I really like drinking it, but I don't know if it suits your taste."

After saying that, Long Fei picked up two bottles of cola, bit the caps together, and with a little force, opened one of the bottles with a "bang".

Then he put the Coke bottle in his mouth and gulped it down.

With Long Fei's example, everyone immediately followed suit.

"What is this thing? It looks like a medicinal soup."

"Ugh, what's that smell...?"

"This drink tastes completely weird and is not good."

Seeing everyone's exaggerated reactions, Long Fei couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Alright, you've had your Coke, let's officially begin the meeting now."

The once noisy venue suddenly fell silent.

"Now the Japanese devils of China have been completely wiped out. Our Longyan People's Army has not only successfully taken Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island, but also gained control of the entire Siberian region of Russia."

"Given that the goal of expanding the army by three million has been achieved and the newly expanded troops have completed their training, I have decided to launch an attack on the Japanese mainland immediately."

Everyone clapped and shouted.

"Good... good... good..."

Long Fei gestured for everyone to be quiet and continued, "This time, I plan to lead a million troops to land on the Japanese mainland. In addition to forcing Japan to surrender unconditionally, I also intend to militarily occupy the entire country."

"The specific plan is as follows: the Eastern Fleet will depart from Vladivostok, leading 500,000 troops, to encircle Sapporo, Aomori, Akita, Kanazawa, Shimonoseki, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima in the sea direction of Japan."

"The Southern Fleet departed from Busan Port, leading 500,000 troops, bypassing Kyushu Island, and then encircling Sendai, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, and Shikoku Island in the eastern and southeastern directions of the Japanese mainland."

"The newly established Pacific Fleet departed from Qingdao Port and sailed south to establish a maritime defense line along the Ryukyu Islands to the Southern Islands."

"Once the Japanese fleets in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific return to reinforce their homeland, we will resolutely annihilate them all."

"After encircling Japan from the east and west, we will not launch an attack for the time being, but instead announce that the Longyan People's Army will conduct live-fire military exercises."

"After we take care of Japan, our next strategic goal will be the entire Southeast Asia, the Indochina Peninsula, and the African continent."

"That's the general battle plan. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to share them."

Most people had no objections to the plan announced by Long Fei, but they were all puzzled as to why, after encircling Japan, they would not launch a direct attack but instead announce a live-fire military exercise.

Li Yunlong was an impatient person, and given his special relationship with Long Fei, he was the first to stand up and raise a question.

"Commander Long, we've already surrounded Japan, shouldn't we be launching a direct attack? Why are we announcing a military exercise?"

Li Yunlong was very clear about how to address people in different situations.

Long Fei sneered: "Because I want to disgust the Japanese."

"Disgusting Japanese devils?"

Li Yunlong was genuinely baffled, standing there dumbfounded, staring blankly at Long Fei.

Long Fei gestured for Li Yunlong to sit down, then lit a cigarette and smoked half of it in one go.

No one dared to utter a sound; everyone waited quietly for Long Fei's explanation.

"Everyone knows about the July 7th Incident. Back then, the Japanese troops stationed at Lugou Bridge did not inform the local authorities of China, but instead arbitrarily held so-called military exercises near the Chinese troops stationed there."

"They then falsely claimed that a Japanese soldier had gone missing and demanded to enter Wanping County to search for him, which was of course firmly rejected by the Chinese army."

"So the Japanese used this as an excuse to launch an attack, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, which opened the prelude to Japan's full-scale invasion of China and also fired the first shot of China's full-scale resistance against Japan."

At this point, most people had already guessed the purpose of Long Fei's announcement of military exercises surrounding Japan.

Xie Qiang then guessed, "Commander Long, are you going to tell Japan that a soldier is missing and request permission to enter Japanese territory to search?"

"Japan will definitely not agree, so it will be a matter of course to open fire and attack."

Long Fei nodded to Xie Qiang: "You're half right."

"Ah... I only guessed half of it... My goodness, Commander Long, don't beat around the bush so much..."

Seeing Xie Qiang's exaggerated expression, Long Fei pointed at him and continued to explain.

"Announcing live-fire military exercises is just to annoy the Japanese; the Japanese certainly won't agree."

"However, we can still launch an attack immediately because there are still at least two million troops in Japan and a large number of fortifications have been built."

"Furthermore, we are the Dragon Flame Kingdom, not a member of the Allied Powers. From a certain perspective, our attack on Japan is not legitimate and can even be considered an invasion."

"Therefore, I will first send the air force to bomb the Japanese capital and other cities. Since the buildings in Japan are mostly made of wood, I will use a lot of incendiary bombs."

"If the Japanese still put up a fierce resistance under heavy bombing, then I will use the big sweet potato."

"If Japan can't hold out and agrees to unconditional surrender, the first troops to land will be the 100,000 troops sent from Yan'an."

"They are the Chinese army. No one landed on Japanese soil without their permission, and no country would object."

"After Japan signs the surrender document to the troops in Yan'an, we will land on Japanese soil at Yan'an's request to assist them in handling the follow-up matters."

In fact, Long Fei's explanation was somewhat far-fetched. When they took Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island before, the Longyan People's Army directly announced that they represented the Chinese nation. So they could make the same announcement this time.

However, everyone was more concerned with how to teach the Japanese a lesson and how to force them to surrender, so no one bothered to examine the loopholes in Long Fei's explanation.

Of course, no one would understand Long Fei's good intentions. By having Yan'an force the Japanese to surrender, he could gain unprecedented international prestige for Yan'an.

At that time, Yan'an will have a strong voice in the international arena.

After Long Fei finished explaining, everyone became curious and interested in the strategic goals after dealing with Japan.

Zhou Weiguo then asked, "Commander Long, you said that after dealing with Japan, the next step is Southeast Asia and the Indochina Peninsula. I have no doubt about that."

"I'm just curious, why is Africa ranked ahead of Europe and the Middle East?"