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

As the convoy slowly drove into Tangshan Town, Long Fei saw that the streets on both sides of the town were full of refugees and defeated soldiers.

These refugees and defeated soldiers sat or lay down, their faces revealing sorrow and helplessness.

Long Fei ordered everyone to get out of the vehicles and instructed the drivers to move dozens of trucks to the outskirts of town.

Long Fei's idea was that it would take some time to familiarize himself with the situation in Tangshan Town, and the Japanese were still far away from Tangshan Town, so he could take advantage of this gap to provide relief.

Long Fei told Liu Yuqing and Zhu Ci to lead the new battalion and the 528th Regiment to rest on the spot.

He then led all the personnel of the special operations battalion and followed the convoy to the outskirts of town.

Next, Long Fei retrieved five kitchen trucks, rice, pork, vegetables, various canned goods, and silver dollars from the system warehouse.

Finally, Long Fei began to issue orders.

"Xu Peng, Gao Hong, and Company Commander Xie Qiang, along with a platoon, came with me to learn about the terrain of Tangshan Town."

"Liu Wei, Ma Xu, you take a few company commanders and soldiers and be responsible for providing relief to refugees and defeated soldiers in Tangshan Town."

"The kitchen should prepare more food so that our soldiers, as well as all the refugees and defeated soldiers, can have a hot meal."

"Then each refugee and defeated soldier was given five boxes of compressed biscuits and three cans of food, plus two silver dollars each."

"Tangshan Town is only about 20 kilometers away from Nanjing City. At most, these refugees and defeated soldiers will be able to enter the city in two days."

"When distributing food and silver dollars, be sure to maintain order and avoid chaos and looting."

Liu Wei, now the political commissar of the regiment, immediately nodded and confidently assured him.

"Commander, I understand. Don't worry, we will complete the mission well."

As Ma Xu saluted to receive his mission, he complained to Long Fei.

"Commander, please rest assured, we guarantee to complete the mission. However, it's like we're stealthily accessing things from the system every time, like we're doing something illegal. Shouldn't we find a way to solve this problem?"

Long Fei had considered the question raised by Ma Xu, but he couldn't think of a good solution at the moment, and there wasn't time to think about it slowly under the current circumstances, so he could only leave it for later.

“Ma Xu’s reminder makes sense, but we don’t have a good excuse right now. Let’s discuss this issue later.”

Immediately, Liu Wei and Ma Xu directed the soldiers to load the supplies onto the trucks, and then drove them back to town along with the kitchen truck.

Long Fei then led Xu Peng and Xie Qiang to wander around the area around Tangshan Town.

"Commander, why do you need to familiarize yourself with the terrain of Tangshan Town? Do you intend to launch another annihilation campaign against the Japanese here?"

The intelligence that Zheng Yaoxian told Long Fei had not yet been passed on to the officers of the special operations battalion.

So it's no wonder Xu Peng had this question.

"Yes, it is indeed an annihilation battle, but this time the main players are not our special operations battalion, nor the Tiger tanks and Wespe self-propelled guns, nor the Katyusha rocket launchers."

"what is that……"

Upon hearing this, Xie Qiang thought to himself that if these weapons and equipment didn't match, then there must be something even more powerful, so he anxiously pressed for more information.

Long Fei lit a cigarette, exhaled smoke, and slowly revealed the answer.

"BM-30 Tornado rocket launcher, equipped with sixty cluster rockets."

"Wow, the Russian Tornado Rocket Launcher, hahaha, that's awesome."

Xie Qiang could only exclaim in amazement, but Gao Hong, as the chief of staff, thought much more deeply.

"Commander, Tangshan Town is such a tiny place. Are you using Tornado rocket launchers to deal with the Japanese? Isn't that like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, or a cannon to kill a mosquito?"

Long Fei rolled his eyes at Gao Hong and pointed to Tangshan Town to explain.

"According to reliable intelligence, this Tangshan Town will soon become a material storage base for the Japanese. The Japanese will store a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies here to provide to the troops attacking Nanjing City."

"Most importantly, the Japanese will also store 10,000 poison gas bombs here, so we must destroy this place."

Upon hearing this, Xu Peng immediately cursed, "Those little devils actually used poison gas! They're so shameless! Commander, you're right, we must wipe out Tangshan Town!"

At this moment, Gao Hong suddenly had a flash of inspiration and made a suggestion.

"Commander, I have an idea. Could we find a way to smuggle out these 10,000 poison gas bombs and then bomb Tangshan Town flat?"

"I want the Japanese devils to suffer the consequences of their own actions and taste the poison gas bombs they developed and produced themselves."

"Chief of Staff Gao's suggestion is good, I agree. We should let the Japanese shoot themselves in the foot." Xie Qiang immediately chimed in.

"Hiss..."

Long Fei glanced at Gao Hong and thought that the suggestion was not bad, but it would be difficult to succeed.

"Alright, since we still have time, Gao Hong, think it over carefully and come up with an action plan. Then we can discuss its feasibility."

"Yes, I will write the plan within two days."

Long Fei patted Gao Hong on the shoulder and shook his head, indicating that he would continue to survey the terrain.

As they continued walking, Gao Hong drew a topographical map of Tangshan Town in his notebook, occasionally marking key coordinate parameters.

Just then, several gunshots rang out.

Xie Qiang reacted quickly, shouting, "Commander, you guys stay hidden, I'll take some men to check it out."

After saying that, Xie Qiang waved his hand and said, "Class One, come with me."

Long Fei turned to look at Xu Peng and Gao Hong and asked, "Should we hide here or go with them to see what's going on?"

Xu Peng chuckled: "I don't want to hide."

Gao Hong also said, "Commander, why don't we follow them and take a look?"

"Okay, let's go."

Long Fei waved his hand and led everyone to follow Xie Qiang's retreating figure.

After walking two or three hundred meters, we heard voices coming from the woods ahead.

A gruff voice said, "You fucking dare to shoot? You really think life is meaningless."

A man who appeared to be injured responded, panting heavily.

"You, as members of the National Revolutionary Army... actually dared to rob me on the road and even tried to take advantage of my young lady... I... will definitely fight you to the death."

Then another woman's voice came through.

"Sir, I have a dozen or so silver dollars left. I'll give them all to you. Please, have mercy on us and let us go."

"Hehehe, I'll let you go. I fought the Japanese in the Battle of Shanghai. I risked my life to protect you civilians. Shouldn't you serve me a little now?"

"Kill this man to avenge Hu San, who died by his gun. Drag this woman aside."

To avoid alerting the enemy, Xie Qiang approached quietly and saw a clearing in the woods.

Standing on one side were three officers in Nationalist Army uniforms, one of whom was a colonel, and the other two were a major and a second lieutenant.

A lieutenant officer who had been shot dead was lying on the ground.

On the other side, a man in his thirties was lying next to a girl of about seventeen or eighteen.

The man was clearly shot in the shoulder. The girl helped him squat on the ground, her beautiful face streaked with tears of fear.

At this critical moment, Xie Qiang decisively pulled the trigger.

However, Xie Qiang showed mercy and did not kill the major who was about to shoot the wounded man with one shot, but only hit his wrist.

With a "bang," the Nationalist Army major was shot in the wrist, letting out a scream as his gun fell to the ground.

The Nationalist Army colonel and lieutenant hurriedly tried to raise their guns to return fire, but then they heard Xie Qiang shout.

"Don't fucking move, or I'll kill you all."

Then a squad of soldiers charged forward with their guns raised.

Upon seeing this, the Nationalist Army major and lieutenant dared not move and immediately raised their hands, saying something under their breath.

"Don't shoot, we won't move."

The soldiers rushed up to them, pointed their guns at them, and then disarmed them.