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

Asahi Shiro led his 7th Regiment on a rapid march and finally arrived at a place a little over one kilometer west of Taiping Town.

Logically, if a firefight were taking place in Taiping Town, the sounds of gunfire should be audible from this distance.

Even though Asaseki Heishiro held his breath, he didn't hear a sound.

Even the usually cautious Asakura Heishiro couldn't help but feel suspicious.

"Has the 35th Regiment already repelled the Chinese army?"

However, Asakura Heishiro quickly dismissed this idea.

He believed that if the 35th Regiment were truly capable of repelling the Chinese army and breaking out of the encirclement on its own, it would not have sent a distress telegram to the brigade commander.

"Could it be that the 35th Regiment was wiped out by the Chinese army?"

As he thought of this, a chill suddenly ran through Asahi Shiro. Always cautious in battle, he hurriedly sent several Japanese scouts to investigate.

Meanwhile, a scout squad that Long Fei had assigned to a location west of Taiping Town discovered the presence of the 7th Regiment and immediately sent someone to report to Long Fei.

Forty minutes later, several Japanese scouts returned, their faces filled with terror and panting.

"Reporting to the regimental commander, after entering Taiping Town, we saw corpses of the 35th Regiment everywhere, but found no trace of the Chinese army."

"What... Could it be that the entire 35th Regiment has been wiped out?"

Asahi Shiro was completely shocked by the news and remained stunned for a full minute or two.

After regaining his senses, Asahi Heishiro confirmed it again.

Are you sure there are no traces of Chinese troops in Taiping Town?

"Report: After entering the town, we split up to scout and confirmed that there are no Chinese troops in the town."

After thinking for a moment, Asahi Shiro concluded that the Chinese army must have annihilated the 35th Regiment and then quickly withdrew.

"Order: Enter Taiping Town immediately to collect the remains of the 35th Regiment and handle the aftermath. They were all warriors of the Empire, and we must take their bodies back so that their souls may return to their homeland."

"Hai..."

No matter how careful Asahi Shiro was, he would never have imagined that Ryufei had already laid a trap, just waiting for the Seventh Regiment to fall into it.

After all the Japanese soldiers from the 7th Regiment entered Taiping Town, the reconnaissance squad reported to Long Fei again.

To the east of Taiping Town, Long Fei had already set up the so-called deadly artillery array.

Ten BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launcher vehicles were lined up in a row.

Ten Tiger tanks were lined up in front of the rocket launcher vehicles.

Behind the rocket launcher vehicle were twelve "Wild Bee" self-propelled artillery pieces.

All the cannons were pointed at Taiping Town, and the soldiers had already adjusted the firing coordinates as Long Fei had instructed.

Judging from this posture, Long Fei was determined to blow the entire Japanese 7th Regiment into the air and reduce them to ashes.

When Long Fei received the report that the entire 7th Regiment of the Japanese army had entered Taiping Town, he gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and shouted.

"fire."

Asahi Shiro rode his horse into Taiping Town and saw his own troops lying dead everywhere, most of the bodies still incomplete. He gritted his teeth in hatred.

"The first battalion is responsible for guarding the area, while the second and third battalions are responsible for collecting the remains of the warriors."

After giving the order in grief, Asakura Heishiro continued forward and soon saw the body of Miyoshi Kihei.

He hurriedly dismounted and strode forward.

The two had a very good relationship and a deep friendship.

When Asahi Shiro saw that Miyoshi Kihei had been brutally murdered with his throat slit, he was filled with extreme grief and indignation.

After saluting the body of Miyoshi Kihei, he hysterically shouted at his subordinates.

"Listen up, everyone! The blood of our Imperial soldiers must not be shed in vain. I hereby order that from now on, any Chinese soldiers or civilians you encounter must be killed without mercy."

"Hai..."

Just as the Japanese soldiers bowed and accepted their orders, a piercing "whoosh" sound suddenly rang out in the sky.

"Oh no, enemy attack! Take cover immediately!"

Just after Asakura Heishiro gave everyone a warning, a barrage of rockets rained down, followed by a violent explosion.

The BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher has eight launch rails and can carry 16 132mm rockets.

A single salvo takes only 7-10 seconds, and reloading takes only 5-10 minutes.

The explosive power of the Katyusha rocket is extremely astonishing, with a huge kill area.

So when the first salvo was completed, 160 rockets turned the entire town of Taiping into a fiery hell.

"Boom boom boom..." The deafening explosions followed.

Of the more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers in the 7th Regiment, more than 1,000 were sent away at that time.

During the few minutes that Katyusha was reloading its ammunition, Long Fei had Tiger tanks and Wespe self-propelled guns fill the gap.

Those Japanese soldiers who weren't killed by the bombs were still in shock and didn't breathe a sigh of relief. Tiger tanks' 88mm high-explosive shells and Wespe self-propelled guns' 150mm shells came one after another, "whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

The explosions continued, turning the entire town of Taiping into ruins, and most of the Japanese 7th Regiment perished alongside the 38th Regiment.

By the time the second round of ammunition for the Katyusha rocket launchers was completed, there were very few Japanese soldiers left in Taiping Town.

Asakura Heishiro was perhaps lucky, as many of his subordinates stood in front of him, forming a human shield to protect him to the death.

Therefore, he was not injured in the shelling.

When Asahi Shiro saw his regiment being blown to smithereens in an instant, he shook his head and sighed, preparing to commit seppuku.

Just then, Katyusha's second volley began.

This time, Asakura Heishiro wasn't so lucky; a rocket landed right next to him.

Now, even if his subordinates continue to protect him with their bodies, it's useless.

Because the rocket was so close, the explosive force was enough to turn everything around into dust.

Asahi Shiro was instantly blown to pieces, and his battle sword was also blown off.

The broken blade, propelled by the blast wave, flew and embedded itself in a crack in a section of broken wall some distance away.

After the second round of Katyusha rockets was launched, Long Fei estimated that the Japanese 7th Regiment should have been wiped out.

Therefore, he did not intend to have Tiger tanks and Wespe self-propelled guns provide supplementary artillery fire.

The system rewards are not plentiful right now, so every little bit of ammunition we can save is precious.

"Special Operations Battalion, listen to my orders. Enter Taiping Town immediately, wipe out the remaining enemy forces, and clean up the battlefield."

Although the new battalion did not receive orders from Long Fei, under Liu Yuqing's leadership, they followed the special operations battalion and rushed in together.

Long Fei did not allow the new battalion to carry out the order because he considered that they had not yet received special operations training, and it was already late, so sending them in would be dangerous.

It was clear that they couldn't resist rushing in after him, and he didn't stop them. After all, with the special forces battalion leading the way, there was virtually no danger.

Liu Wei stood beside Long Fei, looking at the town of Taiping, engulfed in flames in the distance, and said regretfully.

"Commander, what a pity to waste such a good town."

Long Fei lit a cigarette and denied it, saying, "I don't think it's a pity at all."

"Why do you say that?" Liu Wei asked.

Long Fei exhaled a long puff of smoke: "Even if we don't bomb Taiping Town, the Japanese will burn it down. Can you guarantee that the people in the town won't secretly run back?"

"Now that the town is destroyed, even if they manage to sneak back, they won't be able to stay. In the end, they will have no choice but to leave Taiping Town, and thus they won't die tragically at the hands of the Japanese devils."

"There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching: 'Misfortune is the foundation of fortune; fortune is the harbinger of misfortune.' Although the people in the town lost their homes, they saved their lives. Only when people are alive can life have meaning, and only then can there be hope."

Liu Wei had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Commander, you're absolutely right. Now, just as you said, Taiping Town has become the Japanese morgue."

Long Fei still felt a pang of regret and couldn't help but say something.

"I hope that Taiping Town, after experiencing the baptism of war, will live on forever in the flames of war."