The commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army, Yan Junliu, was well aware that in order to support the battles of Wuhan and Guangzhou, the forces at his disposal were actually limited.

The garrison divisions from various regions had all been sent to the front lines. Even in a major metropolis like Shanghai, he had only entrusted security to the patrolmen organized by the puppet government.

The Imperial Marines stationed in Shanghai were its most elite combat force. Tonight, the Marines had lost twelve tanks and a mechanized battalion.

This was somewhat unbearable for him. This prompted him to constantly urge the Japanese troops in the surrounding areas to immediately go to the racecourse to encircle and suppress that force.

Shanghai was large and prosperous, known as the "City That Never Sleeps of the Orient." Even in the dead of night, the news that the 76th Division had been breached by unidentified individuals spread like wildfire.

Well-informed sources also learned that the force was driving tanks seized from the Japanese and had already occupied the airport, which pointed a direction for a large number of reporters.

The reporters arrived at the scene even earlier than the Japanese troops, after all, reporters often traveled alone or in pairs, and their movements were much faster.

The special operations brigade warriors moved even faster. Fighters, transport planes, and bombers taking off from Guangde were already en route when the sky had just begun to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

The Japanese warships docked at Wusong Port suddenly discovered that along with the morning light, there was also a large formation of warplanes. A large number of fighters and bombers roared through the sky.

Most of the warships of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet were deployed upstream of the Yangtze River to participate in the war. Now, only a few small-tonnage auxiliary ships remained in Wusong Port. This time, they were completely caught off guard by the sudden attack.

Not far from the Japanese fleet, there were also British and American warships docked. They stared dumbfounded as a large group of planes dropped bombs and fiercely bombarded the Japanese fleet.

A shrill alarm sounded over Wusongkou. Shiino Yuto was the Japanese commander of Wusong Port. When he was awakened by the sudden explosion, he jumped up from the ground and asked, "What's going on?"

He hadn't closed his eyes all night. The attack on the 76th Division and the occupation of the racecourse made him afraid to be careless. He spent the entire night arranging for the Japanese troops and puppet soldiers in the port to strengthen their land defenses, closing all roads into the port.

They directly blocked the roads with sandbags, set up defensive firepower, and were busy for most of the night. Only when dawn was approaching did they have some time to doze off. He didn't expect that as soon as he closed his eyes, an explosion would sound, and the ground was still shaking slightly.

This indicated that the explosion point was not far from him.

His question was quickly answered: "Planes! Planes are dropping bombs!"

Commander Shiino Yuto could hear the roar of the planes, and now he could hear it even more clearly. He just asked in disbelief, "Planes?"

"I don't know whose planes they are, a lot of bombers, they are bombing our warships, docks, and oil depots," the reporting Japanese soldier said loudly.

Shiino Yuto strode out of the room and immediately saw a dense mass of planes circling in the sky: "Counterattack! Counterattack immediately!"

He shouted orders to the signalman, and also ordered these Japanese soldiers in front of him: "Call! Let the air defense positions and warships counterattack!"

Soon a Japanese soldier reported: "The air defense position's phone is not working,"

Company Commander Funahara Yoto had spent most of the night directing the Japanese soldiers to completely block the road, so that even tanks would not be able to pass through for a while.

While he was lying in the trench resting, he heard the low rumble of airplane engines.

The sound was so disturbing to his dream that he opened his eyes and saw a bomber with a fat tiger painted on its belly diving down. "Enemy attack!" Company Commander Funahara Yuto could only shout such a warning.

It was considered a warning to his subordinates to prepare for being bombed. However, he was obviously overthinking it. The diving bomber did not drop bombs on them.

They completely ignored the Japanese soldiers hiding in the trenches and instead strafed and bombed those warships and gunboats docked at the pier first.

The Japanese soldiers on the warships had obviously not made any preparations. Although they also knew last night that the airport had been attacked, it really had no impact on these warships.

Therefore, while the Japanese soldiers in the port were busy, the Japanese soldiers on the warships were still carefree.

Now suddenly subjected to a fierce bombing, these warships and gunboats could not fight back and could only silently endure this round after round of bombardment.

Just as the Japanese soldiers of Funahara Yuto's company were easily standing by watching the excitement, a plane swooped down on them. This time it was really coming for them.

Several tongues of fire swept towards them at the same time. The bullets fired were like a pillar of fire, connecting the ground and the plane, which made the entire company of Japanese soldiers unable to withstand it.

This time, the bombing of the Japanese troops, the Special Operations Brigade used all the planes, and even added dozens of ground attack aircraft.

While this side was bombing the Japanese naval base at Wusongkou, the other side, Hongqiao Airport, was also being bombed. All of this was in the plan.

At the same time, another group of planes was circling over the racecourse airport. First, the ground attack aircraft lowered their altitude. After they circled the airport, transport planes landed.

More soldiers rushed out of the newly landed transport planes, leaving Lin Jue, Gui Shiyun, and others who had been rescued speechless with surprise for a long time.

Then the warriors who had protected them all night urged them to get on the plane quickly.

These people who were rescued from the 76th Division's dungeon finally saw a chance to escape from the sea of suffering. Once they got on the plane and left Shanghai, they would really be safe.

That night, especially during the time they were waiting at the airport, they were uneasy and worried: Would the plane come? How would it come?

After all, this was a Japanese-occupied area, the Japanese home field. What kind of person had the ability to land at a Japanese airport and then transport people away?

Now they saw the strength of the Special Operations Brigade. One plane was specially used to transport them, these wounded.

Other planes were having cars driven onto them. "Are you going to transport these cars away too?"

Lin Shiyun asked in surprise: "Of course! Those are our spoils of war. The planes you see are just a small part of our plan. We have dispatched so many soldiers and planes. If we can get some back from the Japanese, why not?"

This reasoning seemed to make sense. Those who were lining up to board the plane saw the warriors who had just rushed off the plane, charging in an orderly manner in four directions, without any crowding or confusion.

"What are they doing?" Lin Jue asked.

"They are here to help defend the airport."

"Aren't you retreating immediately?"

"There are so many supplies in this airport, we have to transport them all away, and there is still oil in the oil depot, we have to transport it away too. You go back first, we will empty this airport, and then we will come back."

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The crowd lining up to board the plane were all speechless.

The landed transport planes soon flew back into the blue sky, flying towards Guangde. There was also a team of fighter planes escorting these transport planes.

In order to protect this route, the Special Operations Brigade not only attacked the Japanese airport in Shanghai, but also bombed all the Japanese airports in Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, and Nanjing.

In Lin Fan's words: Let the Japanese airports be busy cleaning up their own messes first, so that they will not have the time and energy to make trouble.

The commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army, Yan Junliu, never imagined that one day eleven of his airports would be bombed at the same time. This was something he could never have dreamed of.

He could only order again and again: "Take off! Let the planes take off! Counterattack! Counterattack fiercely!"

Issuing orders was easy, but completing them was very difficult. This was mainly because they had lost too many planes recently. The planes on the Guangzhou side were gone, and the planes on Wan Island were completely gone.

These places all needed the Central China Expeditionary Army to send some planes to replenish them. In addition, they had lost hundreds of planes when they supported Wan Island a few days ago, which made the entire Central China Expeditionary Army have even fewer planes.

With so few planes, they still had to ensure the front line was using them, which meant that the airports in the rear had at most seven or eight planes deployed, and the airports with fewer planes even had only one or two planes.

One or two planes were only used as reconnaissance planes and did not have much combat power. Commander Yan Junliu's counterattack order had no effect at all.

Although Lin Fan was still at the racecourse airport, still in the heart of the Japanese-occupied area, he received news very quickly.

The reports of the attacks on the various Japanese airports were all summarized, and he had a clear understanding of the Japanese air force strength in Central China at this time.

This gave him a new plan: the Japanese military wharf at Wusongkou must be completely destroyed, especially their oil depot, it must be blown up. There was no need to bomb the runways of the various airports, because they could be repaired quickly after they were bombed.

The main thing was the oil depot, and the buildings at the airport must be bombed properly.

The ground attack aircraft, which were specially used to deal with infantry, swept across the Japanese troops at Wusongkou. The eight machine guns and two Gatling guns were really like sweeping across the battlefield. Wherever they went, only one out of ten of the Japanese soldiers of Funahara Yuto's company survived.

Company Commander Funahara Yuto was also unable to escape by luck. He stared with wide eyes at the plane still circling in the sky, his eyes fixed, he really died with grievances.

Thinking that he had been busy for most of the night, just to prevent tanks from ramming, but tanks did not come, but planes came, using so many machine guns to arm the planes without martial ethics.

The attack on Wusongkou Port ended in less than half an hour. The American warships docked on the Huangpu River were equipped with seaplanes, and their planes had just been lowered from the warships into the water.

They immediately received a clear telegram from the Special Operations Brigade: "Kent" warship, do not take off your planes, do not take off, otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences.

They originally wanted to fly the planes into the air to observe the entire situation in Shanghai. Now they really didn't dare to move.

Although the American military really wanted to see what the Special Operations Brigade was doing at the racecourse airport.

A few days ago, the Special Operations Brigade occupied and then abandoned Taoyuan Airport. Today, they occupied the racecourse airport again. The Americans just wanted to know: how was this done?

It was a pity that the Special Operations Brigade was too domineering and did not allow the planes to take off at all.

Lin Fan, who was still at the racecourse, had already arranged for the four newly arrived companies to have two companies assist in establishing the outer defense line, and the other two companies were busy transporting supplies onto the transport planes.

More than forty cars, all of which had to be transported away, and the captured anti-aircraft guns also had to be transported away. Only seven tanks were too heavy and could not be taken away.

But the oil in the airport oil depot also had to be transported away. Today, the Special Operations Brigade's method of operation was similar to the last time in Taoyuan.

Ground attack aircraft flew past at low altitude, guarding the area within ten kilometers of the airport.

If they discovered Japanese troops, they would immediately begin to attack.

Commander Numata Taichi personally led the remaining three battalions of the Marine Corps on this operation.

They had begun to depart last night. Although there were no troop carriers, he still had the sedan he was riding in, and the battalion commander still had the warhorse he was riding on.

The long line formed by more than two thousand Japanese soldiers could be seen very clearly even from the air.

The discovery of so many Japanese soldiers made Zhao Liang, Wan Fei, and the other pilots of the ground attack aircraft very happy.

They had not been involved in the previous two operations, and this time they finally had a share.

Zhao Liang reported: "A large group of Japanese infantry has been discovered, marching towards the racecourse. The Japanese position is in the suburbs, with few houses on both sides of the road. It is about thirteen kilometers away from the racecourse, please advise."

Mao Wenxing immediately ordered: "Ground attack aircraft team, attack! Bombers are not allowed to drop bombs."

There were civilian houses on both sides of the road, and dropping bombs could easily cause accidental injury. Although the use of machine guns could not completely avoid accidental injury, it could greatly reduce accidental injury.

Zhao Liang immediately replied: "Received!"

He was piloting a Longteng third-generation ground attack aircraft. Even at the slowest speed, it had a speed of 110 kilometers per hour. The plane flew past at low altitude along the road.

Commander Numata Taichi's sedan was riddled with Gatling fire, and the entire roof of the car had cracked open. None of the Japanese soldiers in the car survived. Instead, it was the Japanese soldiers marching on the road.

When the machine guns swept over, some who were quick to react quickly pounced on both sides of the road and managed to escape this wave. However, then came the second plane, the third plane, until the fifth plane swept over.

Of this team of more than two thousand Japanese Marines, there were fewer than three hundred who could still stand up and flee into the distance.

None of these Japanese soldiers stood up to command. Although more than two thousand Japanese soldiers had been eliminated, Zhao Liang, Wan Fei, and the others continued to chase and strafe those fleeing Japanese soldiers.

The Longteng third-generation ground attack aircraft, when it really wanted to chase and kill, even if there was only one Japanese soldier on the ground, that Japanese soldier would not be able to escape.

The firepower of the ground attack aircraft was too strong. When designing this type of aircraft, it completely abandoned flexibility and only pursued firepower and defense.

If there was any shortcoming in this type of aircraft when attacking the ground, it was that it flew too fast.

Lin Fan listened to the report and quickly understood: It was dawn, and the role of the planes was fully reflected. It was impossible for Japanese infantry to sneak into the airport on a large scale.

So Lin Fan ordered: "Leave a platoon on each position to guard, and the rest of the warriors immediately return to the airport, quickly load goods and search for airport supplies."

The Special Operations Brigade was the best at cleaning up the battlefield. According to Lin Fan's words: It was good to capture one more copper coin or one more bullet from the Japanese.

He wanted to ensure that after the Special Operations Brigade had passed, they would not leave any supplies for the Japanese, not even a scrap of cloth.

The Special Operations Brigade was still familiar with Shanghai. This time, the Japanese Marine Corps garrison in Shanghai and the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters did not escape being bombed.

After thinking it over and over again, Lin Fan ultimately did not order a bombing of the puppet government's office in Shanghai. It was not that the Special Operations Brigade did not have this ability, but Lin Fan did not want to accidentally injure ordinary people.

That morning, the people of Shanghai could see planes circling in the sky, and the cute fat tiger on the belly of these planes could be seen very clearly.

Shanghai at this time was the most prosperous metropolis in the entire Orient, and there were many Western embassies here.

These ambassadors and ministers were seeing the Special Operations Brigade asserting its sovereignty in the air like this for the first time. This situation made some of them happy and some worried.

The British Empire and its allies still liked to see this scene, after all, the Japanese actions in this country had greatly infringed on their interests.

If the Special Operations Brigade could suppress the Japanese offensive, it would indirectly defend the interests of these countries.

Similarly, the countries that had already signed alliance agreements with the Japanese were filled with unease when they saw how vulnerable the Japanese fighting power was: Was it really worth it to form an alliance with such a country?

Ito Hisaji was not guarding inside the Military Police Headquarters, he was also personally leading the military police to the racecourse.

The news that his headquarters had been bombed had now reached him, and at the same time, he had also received the news that Commander Numata Taichi's Marine Corps had been completely wiped out.

He even knew the detailed battle situation when they were wiped out. This shocked Commander Ito Hisaji and caused him to break out in a cold sweat.

He quickly stood against the wall on the side of the street and loudly ordered all the military police to disperse and not to gather together.

Shanghai was a prosperous place, which also meant that information spread very quickly, so quickly that Lin Fan did not expect it: The Japanese had received the news from five minutes ago while they were marching.

When Numata Taichi's team was attacked, a reporter was nearby and saw the whole thing and even filmed it. While his team was still struggling to survive, the reporter had already called the news agency to report the news.

Then, among those who received the news, some people specially reported to the Japanese military to claim credit. This news really saved the life of Commander Ito Hisaji and his military police.

The military police had now changed to groups of three and groups of five, mingling in the crowd and heading towards the racecourse.

Their speed of advance was like taking a walk. In the words of Commander Ito Hisaji: They must not attract the attention of those planes still circling in the air.