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

All personnel were in place as quickly as possible, and then patiently waited for the Japanese to arrive.

Inoue Shiro's First Battalion served as the vanguard of the regiment throughout the journey, responsible for clearing the way ahead.

When Taiping Town came into view, Inoue Shiro fawned over Miyoshi Kihei.

"Sanhao-kun, we're almost at Taiping Town. Since you've decided to camp here tonight, I'll go and catch two pretty girls for you."

Rather than trying to please the regimental commander, Inoue Shiro's bestial nature was simply resurfacing.

Miyoshi Kihei, mounted on his horse, picked up his binoculars and observed for a while before nodding to Inoue Shiro.

"Inoue-kun, go ahead, but the situation is unclear, so be careful."

Inoue Shiro grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellowed teeth.

"Thank you for your concern, Commander, but the Chinese army has long since fled like stray dogs."

"I will sneak into the village quietly, without firing a shot, so as not to scare away the Chinese people."

In Inoue Shiro's hometown, the drinking water had excessively high fluoride levels, which caused him to develop yellow teeth in his teens.

Adding to his ugly appearance and short stature of 1.62 meters, he was still unmarried at the age of thirty-three.

Because he was often ridiculed by those around him in his hometown, he developed an inferiority complex, extreme, distorted, and abnormal personality.

Therefore, after joining the army, his personality and mental flaws led him to vent all the grievances and dissatisfaction that he had suppressed for many years on the Chinese people.

Under normal circumstances, Inoue Shiro or Miyoshi Kihei, as the regimental commander, should first send a reconnaissance team into Taiping Town to investigate the situation.

Once it is confirmed that it is safe, the entire main force will then enter.

However, just as Inoue Shiro said, they did not encounter any resistance from the Nationalist army along the way, so they completely relaxed their vigilance.

After marching all the way, the Japanese soldiers were already starving and couldn't wait to enter Taiping Town, rob the chickens, ducks, and even fat pigs from the villagers' homes, and have a good feast that night.

So when Inoue Shiro led a large group and swaggered into Taiping Town from the east side of the town, he found it deserted and unusually quiet.

But they assumed that the townspeople had seen them and all went back to their homes to hide.

After all, I've encountered similar situations on the road these past few days.

"Everyone scatter immediately and break down the doors of each house. Remember, everyone except the pretty girl must be dead."

With the battalion commander giving the order, the entire battalion of Japanese soldiers, fearing they would fall behind, immediately dispersed and began banging on the doors of every household in groups of three or five.

Seeing that Inoue Shiro had led a large group into Taiping Town and nothing unusual had happened, Miyoshi Kihei raised his hand and waved forward.

"Kill them all! Take Taiping Town immediately!"

The captain of the second and third battalions of the Japanese army had long been dissatisfied with Inoue Shiro.

They were always at the front of the way, so they always managed to grab the most and the best items.

Especially among the pretty girls, Inoue Shiro always kept the most beautiful ones.

How could it not cause dissatisfaction if the first brigade ate meat while the second and third brigades only got soup?

Now that the regimental commander had given the order, the second and third brigades all wanted to get in and get a share of the spoils as soon as possible, so they all rushed into the town as fast as they could.

Miyoshi Kihei understood the feelings of his subordinates in the Second and Third Battalions and followed behind on horseback.

Just as the Second and Third Battalions entered Taiping Town, several explosions suddenly rang out from the town.

Kihei Miyoshi reacted quickly, immediately dismounting and lying down, and shouted.

"All personnel on alert. Immediately determine what has happened."

But before Miyoshi Kihei could finish speaking, several more explosions rang out.

Moreover, after the explosion, the Japanese soldiers could vaguely hear mournful and chilling wails.

Miyoshi Kihei immediately sensed something was wrong and hurriedly ordered the Second and Third Battalions to retreat along the original route and establish defenses outside the town to maintain vigilance.

Long Fei saw all of this clearly through his binoculars.

He quickly ordered the two Tiger tanks, which were positioned on the east side of the town, to charge out and block the Japanese retreat.

Two enormous vehicles, unlike anything I'd ever seen before, came rumbling towards me from a distance.

Kihei Miyoshi hurriedly ordered the regiment's anti-tank gun company to pull out six 37mm anti-tank guns and fire at the Tiger tank.

However, when faced with such heavy tanks, the Japanese 37mm anti-tank shells could hardly budge them.

The tank crews wouldn't let the Tiger tanks be bombarded for nothing, even though the Japanese shells couldn't do any damage to the Tiger tanks' thick protective armor.

However, there is no guarantee that it will not cause damage to some external devices of the tank.

As a result, each of the two Tiger tanks fired a high-explosive shell, directly blowing the six Japanese anti-tank guns and twenty or thirty Japanese artillerymen into the air.

"What? How could this be? When did the Chinese army acquire such powerful tanks?"

This scene left Yoshihira speechless with shock, a series of questions swirling in his bewildered mind.

Two fearless Japanese soldiers, carrying explosives, crawled towards the Tiger tank, intending to blow up its tracks.

As a result, when they were still more than 100 meters away from the Tiger tank, they were riddled with bullets by the tank's machine guns.

Left with no other option, Kihei Miyoshi ordered the 92mm infantry guns of the regiment to be brought in to see if they could destroy the Tiger tanks.

As a result, it only fired one round before being blown to smithereens by Tiger tank shells.

Meanwhile, explosions continued to erupt throughout the town, creating quite a scene.

Kihei Miyoshi realized he had been ambushed. After quickly assessing the battlefield situation, he made a decision that he believed to be absolutely correct.

Miyoshi Kihei ordered all troops to enter Taiping Town and then use the town's buildings for defense.

To Miyoshi Kihei's surprise, the enemy stopped firing when they saw that they were not attacking, allowing them to calmly enter Taiping Town.

However, Miyoshi Kihei doesn't have the chance to slowly think about the answer now.

He received a report that a large number of landmines had been planted in the town, and that a large brigade had suffered two to three hundred casualties.

Since the Chinese army hadn't launched an attack, Miyoshi Kihei thought it best to deal with the landmine problem in the town first.

"Order the engineers to clear the mines immediately, and you take me to see Captain Inoue right away."

After Long Fei saw that the Japanese soldiers had stopped attacking outwards and had all retreated into the town,

He ordered everyone to remain on high alert, trapping the Japanese soldiers in Taiping Town, and slowly enjoying the carefully prepared minefield for them.

After receiving Long Fei's order, the sniper team leader ran over to ask for instructions.

"Commander, our sniper team has spotted Japanese engineers clearing mines. Should we take them out?"

But just as the sniper team leader finished speaking, several explosions were heard.

Long Fei chuckled and said, "Take a look first."

The sniper team leader raised his sniper rifle, looked through the scope, and grinned foolishly at Long Fei.

"Hehe, Commander, we didn't even need to lift a finger, the Japanese engineers were blown up."