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

There are still many guns and ammunition that the system rewarded us with, enough to equip the 600 or so men of the 26th Division.

Besides, since others have come to join your ranks without hesitation, how can you not offer them a welcoming gift?

Furthermore, upgrading their outdated and obsolete weapons immediately would make them believe that their decision was absolutely correct.

"Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, you and the New First Battalion wait here for me. I will reissue you new guns and ammunition right away."

Military discipline must be strict, so Long Fei no longer addressed Liu Yuqing as Division Commander Liu.

"Yes, Captain."

Liu Yuqing seemed genuinely subservient to Long Fei, immediately switching roles and standing at attention to salute as a subordinate.

Long Fei raised his hand in return, gave a military salute, and then quickly walked towards the front of the convoy.

After seeing that he was about a hundred meters away from Liu Yuqing and the others, Long Fei got directly into the back of a truck.

Then, Long Fei checked the system inventory. After equipping Chen Defa's 37th Brigade, there were still nearly a thousand M1 Garand rifles left, along with 500,000 rounds of ammunition.

So Long Fei began to deploy weapons and ammunition.

In no time, the truck bed was filled with five hundred M1 Garand rifles and one hundred thousand rounds of ammunition.

Ten M2 60mm mortars and one hundred rounds of ammunition.

Five hundred M24 wooden-handled grenades, fifty M1A1 Thompson submachine guns, and twenty thousand rounds of ammunition.

Thirty MG34 machine guns and 300,000 rounds of ammunition.

In the end, Long Fei brought out several hundred sets of Japanese military uniforms.

Then Long Fei jumped off the vehicle and waved to the Sichuan Army brothers.

"Brothers, come and get your weapons and equipment."

Hundreds of Sichuan Army soldiers rushed over in a flurry.

Following Long Fei's instructions, Xie Qiang and his men arrived at the truck and immediately began distributing the goods.

Long Fei pulled Liu Yuqing aside, handed him a cigarette, and then took off his own holster and handed it to him as well.

"Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, this gun is for you."

Liu Yuqing saw that it was Long Fei's sidearm, so of course she didn't want it. She quickly pulled the sidearm out of the holster on his waist and said.

"Commander, I have a flower-shaped pistol."

Long Fei smiled and casually said, "This gun is not bad, but it can't compare to the Colt M1911."

"Oh, really?" This was the first time Liu Yuqing had heard of the model of this gun.

Long Fei pushed the holster in his hand forward: "Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, this is a silenced pistol. When needed, attach the silencer, and the sound of firing will be very quiet."

"Oh..." Driven by curiosity, Liu Yuqing finally took it and began to examine it.

"Should we attach a silencer and fire a shot to test it?"

“Great idea…” Liu Yuqing couldn’t have been happier with Long Fei’s suggestion.

You should know that men, especially soldiers, have an innate love for guns.

After attaching the silencer, Liu Yuqing fired a shot into an open area. The sound was so faint it was unbelievable.

"Commander, this gun is amazing, it's so quiet."

Long Fei smiled and said, "Do you still want the gift I gave you?"

"Yes, yes, of course, thank you, Commander."

Liu Yuqing gripped the gun tightly in her hand, clearly already very fond of it.

"Okay, I'll take you to see the weapons we've given you."

Looking at the brothers who used to be carrying old-fashioned rifles, now they've been upgraded to new weapons, each one tightly clutching their newly issued firearms, their faces beaming with joy.

Even though Liu Yuqing was a graduate of the third class of the Whampoa Military Academy and was considered well-informed, he knew nothing about the weapons in front of him.

Long Fei then explained everything to him in detail, and even had the special operations battalion soldiers teach the Sichuan army brothers how to use it one-on-one, step by step.

After listening to Long Fei's introduction, Liu Yuqing's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly.

"Commander, these weapons are much more advanced than the Japanese devils'. If we had equipped ourselves with them earlier, we wouldn't have suffered such a terrible defeat."

Long Fei patted Liu Yuqing on the shoulder and changed the subject.

“Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, your new First Battalion has more than 600 men. I think we should set it up into four companies, each company with three platoons, each platoon with three squads, and each squad with twelve men.”

"Ten mortars form a 30-man artillery group, fifty submachine guns form a 50-man submachine gun group, and thirty machine guns form a 90-man machine gun group."

After listening, Liu Yuqing immediately nodded in response: "You are the commander, so you can set it up however you want. I have no objection."

After saying that, Liu Yuqing asked, "Commander, where do we go next?"

"We are heading west towards Nanjing. Right now, the Japanese army of 200,000 is advancing towards Nanjing in three routes at full speed, with the aim of taking over the capital of the Nationalist government."

Liu Yuqing said worriedly, "We only have a little over a thousand people. Although our weapons and equipment are advanced, I'm afraid we can't stop so many Japanese soldiers, can we?"

Long Fei said confidently, "Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, the Japanese are currently only concerned with their own interests and are rushing forward relentlessly. They will be blocked by the National Army from time to time along the way."

"Moreover, the Japanese have just occupied Shanghai, and with 200,000 troops rushing ahead, supplies are definitely not keeping up."

"Commander, do you mean you're planning to steal the Japanese supplies?"

Long Fei nodded and said, "Cut off the Japanese supply lines is only one aspect. We'll all disguise ourselves as Japanese soldiers, drive trucks behind them, and give them a good beating whenever an opportunity arises."

"If we can eliminate one more Japanese soldier, the defensive pressure on Nanjing will be reduced."

Next, Long Fei instructed Liu Yuqing to deploy the new battalion, and then gathered all the officers above the company level from the special operations battalion together to explain his next steps.

The regiment's special operations battalion has been upgraded to a regiment, and everyone's position has been promoted accordingly.

As the former battalion chief of staff, Gao Hong is now naturally the regimental chief of staff.

He raised a question: "Commander, although we are all wearing Japanese military uniforms, our weapons are different from those of the Japanese. The key is that these trucks are not produced by the Japanese or the Nationalist government. I'm afraid that if we encounter a Japanese checkpoint, they will become suspicious."

Long Fei had actually thought about this long ago. If everyone were to march on foot, it would not only tire the troops out, but also be inefficient.

Besides, it would take at least ten or twenty days to get from here to Jinling City.

Now that we have a car, why not make use of it?

Of course, Gao Hong's concerns were not without merit, so Long Fei explained.

"The Gimsi 10-wheel truck wouldn't be invented in the United States for several years, so nobody knew about it at that time."

"If you encounter Japanese soldiers on the road, just lie and say that you captured equipment from a German-equipped division of the National Revolutionary Army."

"If you really can't fool us, the machine gun mounted on the roof isn't just for show, and we're not pushovers either."

Soon, everyone was ready to depart and began their journey westward.

The Jimsy truck can travel nearly 400 kilometers on a full tank of fuel and can reach a speed of 70 kilometers per hour.

The convoy traveled for more than an hour without encountering any Japanese soldiers along the way.

Xie Qiang was assigned to sit in the driver's seat of the first truck by Long Fei. He was always on guard and kept looking around.

Suddenly, he saw thick smoke rising into the sky about three or four kilometers to his left.