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

Long Fei walked slowly along the way, chatting with the vendors every now and then.

This made the monk extremely nervous. Although he had arranged for many guards to be disguised and mingled around the area, he still dared not be careless in the slightest.

Finally, we arrived at the port safely, with the Dragon Flame People's Army guarding it. Once inside, we were absolutely safe.

The monk finally breathed a sigh of relief, though his back was already soaked through, though he was completely unaware of it.

Just as Long Fei was inspecting naval training at the naval port, the US intelligence agencies received a secret telegram.

With the spy detector, it became impossible for spies to infiltrate the Dragon Flame People's Army.

Therefore, countries had no choice but to settle for second best and plant spies among the civilians around the Longyan People's Army's garrison.

Although this method cannot obtain the most core classified intelligence, it can still yield some surface information. After analysis and refinement, it can ultimately produce some valuable intelligence.

However, the intelligence we received today didn't require any analysis or refinement, because the intelligence officer was a street vendor outside Busan Port.

Long Fei chatted with him for a few minutes. Based on Long Fei's marshal's uniform and the presence of many plainclothes officers around him, Long Fei deduced that the person he was talking to was definitely a big shot.

After Long Fei left, the spy arranged for his accomplices to continue surveillance, while he immediately returned to his residence, took out a radio transmitter, and reported the situation in detail to the US intelligence agency.

After receiving the intelligence, the US intelligence agency determined that this person was Long Fei, the supreme commander of the Longyan People's Army.

In less than ten minutes, the intelligence was personally delivered to President Ross's desk by Donovan, the director of the Office of Strategic Services.

"What do you mean by giving me this intelligence?" After reading the telegram, President Ross did not understand Donovan's intentions.

“Mr. President, I think this is a rare and excellent opportunity to eliminate Long Fei.”

"What? Eliminate Long Fei?" President Ross exclaimed in surprise.

“That’s right, Mr. President. This Long Fei, along with his Longyan Kingdom and Longyan People’s Army, poses a great threat to us.”

"They have not only forced Japan to surrender first, but have also occupied the entire territory of Japan. They now control 20 million square kilometers of land."

"The key issue is that they don't take the United States seriously at all, and they have humiliated us more than once."

"Another situation is that our scientists Estein and O'Haim have suddenly disappeared. According to our intelligence department, they were most likely kidnapped by intelligence agents from the Longyan Kingdom who infiltrated our country."

"Estein and O'Haymer are developing a super powerful weapon. Once they succeed, the United States will be able to dominate the world."

"Therefore, my suggestion is to capture the leader first. Immediately take off a transport plane from Sulu to transport the airborne troops to Busan for airdrop, and then capture Long Fei alive while the enemy is unprepared."

"Then we will force them to agree to our conditions and return Estein and O'Haim to us."

President Ross couldn't process Donovan's words at all. He interrupted, "Director Donovan, stop for a moment. I want to ask you, what conditions did we offer them?"

Donovan confidently replied: "First, withdraw from Japan; second, return Howland and Baker Island to us; third, return Siberia to Russia, and Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island to the Lion Kingdom; fourth, recognize the independence of the Horseback Kingdom; fifth, the Korean Peninsula will be divided according to the 38th parallel north, with the area north of it belonging to them and the area south of it handed over to us for management; sixth, pay us one billion US dollars in compensation."

President Ross stared at Donovan, thinking to himself, "You really dare to ask for the moon."

"Director Donovan, do you think they will agree?"

“I know that this Long Fei is definitely the soul of the Longyan Kingdom and the Longyan People’s Army. As long as we capture him alive, we are not afraid that they will not agree.”

"Mr. President, hesitation will only lead to more trouble. I hope you will give the order decisively."

President Ross fell silent at this point, because Donovan's plan was, frankly, a huge gamble.

"Director Donovan, what if the operation fails?"

"If the operation fails, the worst that can happen is that we offend Long Fei and all the personnel involved are wiped out. It's not like we haven't offended them before."

After careful consideration, President Ross adopted Donovan's suggestion and decided to implement his plan immediately.

The two also named the operation "Operation Dragon Capture" and put Donovan in full command of it.

Soon, General Ridgway, commander of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division stationed in Sulu, received orders.

At this time, the United States had just converted the 82nd Infantry Division into an airborne division, and it had not yet actually participated in airborne operations.

After receiving the order, Ridgway decided to entrust the operation to the best-trained 505th Regiment.

At this time, the 82nd Airborne Division had nearly 7,000 troops, consisting of three paratrooper regiments (505th, 507th, and 508th) and one reinforced detachment.

The commander of the 505th Regiment was Lieutenant Colonel Gavin, who immediately reported to Ridgway after receiving orders.

After Gavin clarified the specific mission, he suggested to Ridgway that 500 soldiers be selected from the 505th Regiment to carry out the mission.

Ridgway agreed to Gavin's suggestion, instructing him to immediately return to confirm the personnel, make preparations, and then take off at once.

Manila in the Sulu Sultanate is 2300 kilometers from Busan, while the longest range of American transport planes at that time was only 2650 kilometers.

Therefore, Donovan instructed Ridgway that after dropping off the paratroopers over Busan, the plane should immediately fly to a Japanese airport and land.

Donovan believes that although Japan is currently under the control of the Dragon Flame People's Army, the plane and pilot will definitely be detained by the other side after landing.

But that doesn't matter, because as long as we can capture Long Fei, the problem will be solved. Even if the operation fails, we can just give up the planes and pilots.

Soon, twenty-five transport planes took off from Sulu Island, each carrying twenty paratroopers.

Based on a flight time of more than six hours, it arrived over the target area in Busan at around 1 a.m.

This is when the body is most tired and at its lowest level of alertness.

Moreover, American spies were stationed outside Busan Port. After Long Fei left the port, he spent the night at the command post not far away, which was completely known to the spies who had been following him.

The continuous travel had left Long Fei somewhat exhausted, so he went to bed to rest around midnight. The next morning, he would convene a meeting of commanders from various units to issue the order to set off.

The monk was also sleeping fully clothed in the outer room. He didn't dare to enter a deep sleep at all; to put it bluntly, he was just resting with his eyes closed.

As a result, Long Fei had only rested for a little over an hour when he suddenly received a phone call.

"Who the hell is calling so late?"

The monk muttered something under his breath, quickly got up, picked up the receiver, and was afraid of waking Long Fei.

"Report: Radar has detected 25 aircraft heading towards Busan. They are currently more than 100 kilometers away. Request instructions on how to respond."

"Do we need to ask for instructions on how to deal with this? What are you all doing? Don't disturb Commander Long's sleep."

"Yes, I understand."

The radar station staff immediately ordered the on-duty fighter jets to take off and investigate the situation, in accordance with regulations.