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

The adjutant immediately grabbed him and loudly reminded him.

"Reporting to the commander, it wasn't the Japanese who launched a night attack on us, but rather the Japanese troops surrounding us who were subjected to heavy artillery fire."

"Hiss... What's going on? Could it be that Commander Tang's reinforcements have arrived? Are they that fast?" Wang Yaowu gasped and asked in surprise.

The adjutant shook his head blankly: "Commander, I don't know the specifics. I'll go and find out right away."

Before the situation was confirmed, Wang Yaowu dared not rashly order his troops to break out, so he ordered them to remain on guard and be ready to break out at any time.

The unit surrounding Wang Yaowu's 51st Division was the 36th Regiment of the 18th Brigade of the Japanese 9th Division.

Although the headquarters of the 6th Brigade of the 9th Division of the Japanese army, as well as the 7th and 35th Regiments under its command, were annihilated by Long Fei.

However, this did not affect the advance of its subordinate 18th Brigade towards Nanjing.

Moreover, the complete annihilation of the 6th Brigade drove Division Commander Yoshizumi Ryosuke into a state of extreme madness.

He issued a death order to the 18th Brigade and the rest of the troops, demanding that they advance towards Nanjing at all costs and strive to be the first unit to enter the city.

Because he wanted to use this to wash away the setbacks and humiliation he had suffered.

Therefore, the 36th Regiment, together with the main force of the division, successively occupied Kunshan, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and other places. Although they suffered some casualties, they were victorious all the way.

Upon arriving in Chunhua Town, they encountered fierce resistance from Wang Yaowu's 51st Division.

When the commander of the 18th Brigade, Jing Shuxuan, and the commander of the 36th Regiment, Wakisaka Jiro, immediately surrounded Chunhua Town and launched a fierce attack, vowing to annihilate the entire 51st Division.

Before Ryūhi gave the order to bombard, Wakisaka Jirō was in the command post, discussing the next day's attack with Brigade Commander Ishō Nobuyuki.

"Wakisaka-kun, after two days of fierce fighting, the 51st Division of the Chinese Army has suffered heavy casualties. Tomorrow at dawn, I will assign you all the tanks and armored vehicles of the brigade."

"You lead your 36th Regiment and attack from the south. You must break through the Chinese army's positions."

"In addition, I will order the other units of the brigade to launch a flanking attack from the east and west to draw the fire of the Chinese army."

"I have only one request: after breaking through the defenses of the 51st Division of the Chinese Army, kill them all, leave no one alive, to avenge the Sixth Brigade."

"Hai, please rest assured, General, I will personally oversee the battle tomorrow and we will definitely wipe out the 51st Division of the Chinese Army."

The two then began to discuss some specific details, at which point Long Fei's Wild Bee self-propelled artillery began firing.

"Boom... Boom..."

Intense artillery fire continuously exploded on the Japanese positions.

"What... what's going on? Why are we being attacked by artillery fire...?"

Startled, Jing Shuxuan instinctively lay down on the ground and shouted at Wakisaka Jiro.

"General, I don't know, I'll go right away..."

Before Jiro Wakisaka could finish speaking, a shell landed in the command post.

With a deafening roar, the command post of the 18th Brigade was destroyed.

All the Japanese soldiers inside the command post were instantly killed by the bomb.

As for Ishō Nobuyuki and Wakizaka Jirō, they were very close to the point of impact and were blown to bits by the bomb.

In twenty minutes of shelling, twelve Wild Bee self-propelled guns fired at least two or three hundred shells.

Not only did it destroy the command post of the Japanese 18th Brigade, but it also caused heavy casualties to the Japanese 36th Regiment and the brigade headquarters.

When the troops on the left and right flanks, led by Tiger tanks, launched an attack on the Japanese, they encountered only extremely weak resistance.

Despite their best efforts to fight back, the remaining Japanese soldiers were quickly wiped out one by one by the Tiger tanks' artillery fire.

After the two flanks launched their attack, Long Fei led Xie Qiang and the First Company into Chunhua Town.

When the soldiers of the 51st Division saw that Long Fei and his men were wearing Nationalist Army uniforms, they inquired about the situation and immediately took Long Fei and Xie Qiang to Wang Yaowu's command post.

Upon seeing Wang Yaowu, Long Fei saluted and said, "Greetings, Commander Wang. My name is Long Fei, and this is Xie Qiang, the company commander of my Longyan unit. We are troops sent by Commander Tang to reinforce you."

After returning the salute, Wang Yaowu shook hands warmly with Long Fei, his face beaming with joy.

"Thank you, thank you. I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly. Let's start the breakout now."

Long Fei then laughed and said, "Commander Wang, I think we don't need to break through now."

"What... we don't need to break through..."

Wang Yaowu seriously doubted whether there was something wrong with his ears and that he had misheard.

Based on the sounds of gunfire, Long Fei determined that the Japanese soldiers were almost wiped out, which is why he was so certain of it.

Long Fei took out a cigarette and handed it to him: "Commander Wang, please be patient. Let's have a smoke. We should have news soon."

Seeing Long Fei so calm and composed, Wang Yaowu took the cigarette, lit it with some doubt, and silently smoked it.

"Cough cough... This cigarette is strange, but it tastes really good."

Wang Yaowu took a few puffs and couldn't help but praise it.

"Commander Wang likes to smoke, so I'll give you a pack."

As if by magic, Long Fei suddenly produced a cigarette in his hand and handed it to Wang Yaowu.

Wang Yaowu accepted it without hesitation.

"Thank you, I won't stand on ceremony."

The two men had just finished smoking most of their cigarettes when Wang Yaowu's subordinate came in to report.

"Reporting to the commander, there are soldiers claiming to be from the Dragon Flame Unit who want to see their commander."

Wang Yaowu waved his hand dismissively: "What are you reporting for? Bring him in right now."

The person who entered was a special forces soldier. Upon seeing Long Fei, he immediately saluted.

"Reporting to the regimental commander, Deputy Regimental Commander Xu asked me to report to you that the Japanese troops outside Chunhua Town have been annihilated. Please provide the next action order."

Before Long Fei could speak, Wang Yaowu asked excitedly in a gruff voice.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. My division fought the Japanese for two days and suffered heavy casualties. You have only been fighting for a short time. How could you possibly have annihilated all the Japanese?"

Long Fei explained with a wry smile, "Commander Wang, I originally planned to launch a night attack on the Japanese and take advantage of the chaos to help you break through."

"I didn't expect the Japanese to be so weak. The surprise attack turned into an annihilation battle. If Commander Wang doesn't believe me, why don't we go to the scene and see for ourselves? Seeing is believing, how about that?"

Long Fei's suggestion was approved by Wang Yaowu, who hurriedly got up.

"Okay, I have to see it with my own eyes before I'll believe it."

But after walking around, even Wang Yaowu, a tough general who had experienced bloodshed, was still impressed.

When he saw the Japanese soldiers' corpses and severed limbs scattered all over the ground through the firelight, he couldn't help but feel his stomach churning violently and vomiting.

Wang Yaowu covered his mouth and asked Long Fei, "Judging from these shell craters, the caliber of the artillery must have been quite large. I've never heard of any Nationalist army unit having artillery of such a large caliber."

Long Fei did not deny it: "Commander Wang is right, my cannons have a caliber of 150mm, but we are not under the command of the National Army."

Wang Yaowu stood there stunned for a long time after hearing this before he finally sighed.

"The Japanese devils took advantage of our lack of heavy artillery, so they didn't build any fortifications. As a result, they had no way to hide under your heavy artillery fire and suffered heavy casualties."

Long Fei smiled slightly and ordered Xie Qiang, "Go and convey my orders: quickly clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded."

"Yes."