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

Zhou Weiguo was studying maps at the regimental headquarters. The army group had assigned them the task of deploying the entire regiment to the front-line positions of Qixia Mountain in two days.

Zhou Weiguo was considering how to rationally allocate the three battalions when Xu Hu suddenly came in to report.

"Commander, a commander surnamed Long requests an audience?"

Zhou Weiguo didn't look up and casually asked, "Didn't you ask him what he wanted to see me about?"

"He didn't say, so are you going to see him or not?"

Zhou Weiguo pondered for a moment, then looked up and said, "Please invite Commander Long in. Since he has come all this way, it would be too much to refuse to see him."

Before long, Xu Hu brought Long Fei and the other two to the regimental headquarters.

Upon seeing Zhou Weiguo, Long Fei took the initiative to introduce him.

"Commander Zhou, hello. I am Long Fei, the commander of the Longyan Unit. This is Deputy Commander Xu Peng, and this is my Company Commander Xie Qiang."

Zhou Weiguo looked at Long Fei suspiciously and replied politely.

"Commander Long, Deputy Commander Xu, Company Commander Xie, hello, please have a seat. May I ask what brings you here?"

After Long Fei readily sat down, he decided to adopt a deterrent strategy.

"I know that Commander Zhou once studied at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany for two years, specializing in special operations tactics."

"Your instructor is Otto Skorzeny, who should be considered the founder of special operations tactics worldwide."

As Long Fei said this, Zhou Weiguo showed a smug look on his face.

Being selected by the National Government to be among the twenty students sent to study in Hans, and graduating with top honors, was something Zhou Weiguo was always proud of.

However, at this moment, Long Fei suddenly changed the subject.

"However, I think the special operations tactics created by your teacher Otto Skorzeny were very rudimentary and not comprehensive, so the special operations tactics you learned were just so-so."

"What……"

Zhou Weiguo's brows furrowed suddenly, and his expression turned somewhat angry.

"Did Commander Long come all this way just to belittle my teacher and what I have learned?"

Long Fei smiled and shook his head: "Commander Zhou misunderstood. I didn't mean to belittle anyone. I was just stating the facts."

Zhou Weiguo then retorted dismissively, "Judging from Commander Long's tone, you have a deep understanding of special operations tactics?"

Long Fei took out a cigarette, handed one to Zhou Weiguo, lit it himself, and then slowly said.

"Let's not talk about your skills for now. I'd like to ask Commander Zhou, how about equipping you with advanced weapons and equipment when you lead eight hundred men?"

"Could you sink four Japanese aircraft carriers, three destroyers, and annihilate nine Japanese regiments, two brigade headquarters, and a brigade-sized detachment, totaling nearly 50,000 Japanese soldiers, within half a month?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Weiguo's first thought was that Long Fei had gone mad, asking such an idiotic question. No one, let alone him, could have achieved such a record.

"Commander Long, are you kidding me? Let alone eight hundred men, even eight thousand or eighty thousand men probably couldn't do it."

Long Fei deliberately downplayed it, saying, "That's why I said the special operations tactics created by your instructors are very rudimentary."

Zhou Weiguo then angrily said, "Commander Long, watch your words. I will not allow you to slander my instructor, nor will I allow you to belittle what I have learned."

Long Fei raised his head confidently and said, "Commander Zhou, I have no intention of slandering or belittling you, because the question I just asked you has already been answered."

Zhou Weiguo asked indignantly, "What answer?"

Long Fei then stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray made from an empty can, and then stood up.

"The answer is that the question I just asked you was about the achievements of my Dragon Flame unit in the last half month. We only have eight hundred men."

"Alright, I know Commander Zhou is busy with military affairs, so I won't bother you any longer. Farewell."

After saying that, Long Fei turned around and beckoned Xu Peng and Xie Qiang to prepare to leave.

He had only taken two steps when Zhou Weiguo hurriedly called out, "Commander Long, please wait a moment."

Long Fei turned around with a smile and asked, "Commander Zhou, is there anything else you'd like to say?"

At this moment, Zhou Weiguo and Xu Hu looked at each other with completely different expressions, filled with surprise, although they still couldn't quite believe it.

"Commander Long, please wait a moment. I'd like to have a proper talk with you, is that alright?"

"Of course, the purpose of my visit today is to have an in-depth discussion with you."

After Long Fei sat down again, Zhou Weiguo quietly confirmed.

"Commander Long, your eight hundred men really achieved such a brilliant victory in just half a month, eliminating so many Japanese soldiers?"

Long Fei nodded firmly: "That's right. If you don't believe me, you can ask Brigade Commander Chen Defa of the Independent 37th Brigade. By the way, his brigade has been expanded into the 194th Division, and Brigade Commander Chen has been promoted to division commander."

"You can also ask your 261st Brigade Commander of the 87th Division, Chen Yiding. He has now been promoted to Deputy Commander of the 87th Division."

"Also, you can ask Zhu Ci, the commander of the 528th Regiment of the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division, because they all fought alongside me."

After Long Fei revealed the identities of the three men, Zhou Weiguo had essentially come to believe them.

Because there were rumors circulating within the National Revolutionary Army that a mysterious unit called Longyan had suddenly appeared on the Shanghai-Nanjing battlefield.

They not only sank the Japanese aircraft carrier, but also annihilated a large number of Japanese troops.

However, the high command of the National Revolutionary Army knew very little about this Dragon Flame Unit.

Now that Long Fei has mentioned Long Yan's name and his achievements, and specifically asked that these three people be contacted for verification, he is now asking Long Fei to provide further details.

This forced Zhou Weiguo to believe it.

What Zhou Weiguo was more interested in now was not how many Japanese soldiers Long Fei's troops had eliminated or how brilliant their achievements were, but how their few hundred men had managed to do all of this.

"Commander Long, since you've asked me to verify this with them, I believe what you're saying must be true."

"I'd like to ask you, how did you manage to have only eight hundred people?"

Long Fei replied casually, "Besides relying on advanced weaponry, we also rely on our advanced special operations tactics."

Zhou Weiguo immediately offered Long Fei a cigarette respectfully, and then asked, "Please explain in more detail, Commander Long. I'm all ears."

Long Fei saw that Zhou Weiguo was completely stunned at this moment, and was also full of curiosity and admiration for the Longyan Army.

So he pressed on while the iron was hot, saying, "Let me first tell you what you learned at the Berlin Military Academy."

"Otto Skorzeny, in addition to training your physical fitness, will also teach you how to use various infantry weapons produced in the Hans and how to operate various artillery pieces."

"In addition, we taught you combat, diving, and skydiving, as well as driving motorcycles, cars, armored vehicles, tanks, and even airplanes."

"But in terms of special operations tactics, he probably only taught you how to raid, ambush, sabotage, camouflage and infiltration, and close-quarters combat techniques in indoor and outdoor environments."