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

Seeing the soldiers' excited anticipation, Long Fei continued with a smile as he announced.

"You're so happy about 300 MG34s? You're pathetic."

"I haven't finished yet. The system also rewarded us with ten Tiger tanks from the Hans country, each fully equipped with ninety-two rounds of various types of shells, as well as five thousand five hundred rounds of tank machine gun ammunition."

"boom……"

The soldiers immediately erupted in cheers.

"Damn, the most awesome Tiger tank in World War II."

"Haha, the Japanese tanks are just toy cars in front of Tiger tanks. Don't even mention firing the cannons, we can just smash them to pieces."

"With the Tiger tank's 88mm main gun, one shot can destroy the Japanese tanks. We'll make those Japanese cry and not find their graves."

"Everyone, please be quiet, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Seeing everyone so excited, Long Fei thought he might as well let them have the blast.

"What? Does the system offer rewards? Battalion Commander, tell me quickly..."

Long Fei cleared his throat: "Hmm, in addition to the luncheon meat and braised pork canned food you're eating now, there are also three thousand first aid kits and ten sets of radio communication equipment."

"Finally, the system also rewarded us with twelve Hans' Wild Bee self-propelled guns and two ammunition transport vehicles, equipped with 432 rounds of ammunition."

The entire battalion was now extremely excited.

Many soldiers familiar with this artillery piece enthusiastically introduced it to everyone.

"Did you know that the Wild Bee self-propelled gun is based on the Panzer III and Panzer IV tank chassis of the Hansin Empire, with a 150mm howitzer mounted on it, and each vehicle is equipped with eighteen rounds of ammunition?"

"In addition, there is an MG34 vehicle-mounted machine gun mounted on the roof, with 600 rounds of ammunition."

"As far as I know, this kind of howitzer is incredibly powerful; a single shell can create a crater four or five meters in diameter."

"Haha, the Japanese Type 92 infantry guns, mortars, and rapid-fire guns are nothing but underlings in front of Nowa."

Once everyone had finished discussing it, Long Fei signaled for everyone to quiet down.

"Now that we have these powerful weapons, we can give the Japanese devils a run for their money."

Then Long Fei turned to look at Gao Hong and asked.

"Gao Hong, you're the battalion chief of staff. Now that we have these weapons and equipment, how do we teach the Japanese devils a lesson?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Hong immediately picked up the map and began to think about it seriously.

At this moment, Long Fei turned to ask Ma Xu, the deputy chief of staff of the battalion.

"I asked you to take stock of the ammunition consumption; have the results come back yet?"

Ma Xu saluted and reported: "Battalion Commander, after inventory and statistics, the Special Operations Battalion has only used half of its ammunition. The remaining ammunition can be used for one or two more operations."

Long Fei was still somewhat anxious after hearing this. He worried that if the entire battalion ran out of ammunition and could not be replenished, the soldiers' weapons would become scrap metal.

Long Fei lowered his head and thought to himself, "Fortunately, we still have half of the ammunition left, and we've also replenished three hundred machine guns, so we don't have to worry about weapons for the time being."

"But next time we'll have to ask the system if they can replenish the ammunition for our existing weapons."

At this moment, Gao Hong had already formed a plan in his mind.

"Battalion Commander, I've just thought about it and come up with a battle plan."

Long Fei chuckled and handed Gao Hong a cigarette, saying, "Alright, tell us all about it."

"Yes, I just looked at the map. Our battles at Sunjiatan last night and Zhangnian today have crippled the Japanese 17th Regiment. That regiment has almost no fighting capacity left."

"I judged that the Japanese would definitely mobilize other units to replace the 17th Regiment immediately."

"In view of this, I intend to turn my attention to the Japanese 13th Regiment."

"The 17th and 13th Regiments of the Japanese army both belonged to the 11th Infantry Brigade under the 6th Division of the Japanese army."

"After suffering such a devastating blow, they must be eager for revenge, which is exactly what we can take advantage of."

At this point, Gao Hong had two soldiers carry a blackboard from the classroom and then drew a simple topographical map on it with chalk.

"Battalion Commander, look, about five kilometers behind us is a town called Linting."

"This town is not big, but the terrain is very flat. The key is that there is a vacant lot of more than 10,000 square meters in the town, which used to be the training ground for the local garrison."

"So my plan is to launch an attack on the Japanese 13th Regiment, then pretend to be defeated and retreat to Linting, lure the Japanese here, then surround them and send them to their deaths with three hundred machine guns."

Although Gao Hong's battle plan was well-designed, Long Fei believed that it still had some flaws.

"Gao Hong, I generally approve of your proposed battle plan, but it needs some refinement."

"First of all, your plan cannot be completed by our special operations battalion alone, especially the tactic of feigning defeat to lure the enemy deep into our territory."

“With our equipment, the Japanese will definitely be suspicious and won’t necessarily fall for our tricks. So I want to cooperate with the 37th Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army and let them put on a good show of luring the enemy deep into our territory.”

After Long Fei completed the operational plan, he received enthusiastic applause from all the officers and soldiers of the special operations battalion.

Long Fei raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then continued.

"Our objective in this operation is to annihilate at least one Japanese infantry regiment, otherwise these three hundred MG34 machine guns will be a waste."

"In order to achieve the operational objective, ten Tiger tanks will be deployed to support this operation and will be ambushed in Linting Town in advance."

"If the Japanese deploy tank units, they will be destroyed by Tiger tanks. The Type 89 and Type 94 tanks equipped by the Japanese are not in the same league as Tiger tanks and cannot withstand the destruction of Tiger tanks at all."

"If the Japanese don't send tanks to support them, then kill their infantry."

"Many of you should know that the Japanese troops are generally only equipped with 70mm Type 92 infantry guns and 37mm anti-tank guns."

"The Tiger tank's frontal armor was 160mm thick, and even its side armor was 90mm thick. With the power of Japanese artillery, hitting the Tiger tank was just like tickling it."

Long Fei's humorous language, coupled with his contempt for the Japanese, drew laughter from everyone.

Then, Long Fei gave the order to Deputy Battalion Commander Xu Peng.

"Xu Peng, after you finish eating, redistribute all the soldiers in the battalion. There are 300 machine gunners, and each of them will be assigned an ammunition handler."

"Each Tiger tank was assigned five men, and the remaining hundred-plus men were divided into sniper teams with sniper rifles, while the rest were kept on standby and ready to be deployed into battle at any time."

"Once we are ready, we will set off immediately for the 37th Independent Brigade's defense zone."

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away."

After saluting, Xu Peng immediately turned around and began making arrangements.

That morning, the Nationalist troops on the Shanghai-Nanjing battlefield discovered a strange situation.

The number of Japanese planes that should have been flying everywhere to bomb the area suddenly decreased significantly.

Coupled with the occasional loud explosions coming from the sea at night, this made Commander-in-Chief Gu of the National Revolutionary Army uneasy.

He immediately ordered the air force to conduct reconnaissance of the Japanese fleet on the sea.

After more than two months of fighting against the Japanese air force, the National Revolutionary Army's air force had been reduced from more than 300 aircraft to only about 80.

Even so, the air force still mobilized its entire force.

Shortly afterward, the Air Force reported that the formation of aircraft had not been intercepted or attacked by Japanese planes.

Instead, they dropped bombs on the Japanese warships at sea, severely damaging three Japanese destroyers.

Meanwhile, the Air Force also reported that the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle suddenly disappeared, leaving only several floating oil slicks on the sea surface.