A magazine of 30,000 rounds, you call it Hanyang

Ten minutes ago.

The Japanese 20th Division, Division Command.

Kawagishi Fumisaburo frowned.

Inoue Aoto's telegram for help made him immediately realize the seriousness of the matter.

"The Eighth Route Army has even appeared in Longquanyu. This is unbelievable."

Originally, only the old village was under siege, and he did not take it too seriously. But now, two Eighth Route Army troops appeared in the rear of the 20th Division, and Kawagishi immediately began to panic.

"If we want to successfully pursue the 129th Division, we must eliminate the work of these teams that appear behind us."

"Orders: Send an infantry battalion of the Locust Army from the Jingxing stronghold to Longquanyu."

"Go and ask if there are any other locust troops in the Niangzi Pass area, closest to the old village and Longquanyu."

The communicator of the Japanese 20th Division immediately made calls one after another and soon got the results.

"Reporting to the General, the Matsui Regiment of the 4th Independent Brigade is currently in the Niangzi Pass area, but they should be on their way to Heiyunkou now."

"Some time ago, the Sakata Regiment of the 4th Brigade was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army's Zheng Kaixuan's troops at Heiyunkou. The entire Sakata Regiment was almost completely destroyed. The Regiment Commander Sakata Nobutsu led the remaining several hundred men and fled in panic from eastern Shanxi. This Matsui Regiment came here to avenge the Sakata Regiment."

"Zheng Kaixuan? This person is so powerful?"

Kawagishi Fumisaburo frowned even more tightly.

"I'll send a direct call to the headquarters of the 4th Independent Brigade. The most urgent task is to pacify the rear. They can put Zheng Kaixuan's work at Heiyunkou aside for now."

Kawagishi immediately picked up the phone and called the 4th Independent Brigade.

The Japanese Fourth Independent Brigade then contacted the Matsui Regiment.

"Nani?"

More than 30 kilometers east of Heiyunkou, the Matsui Regiment suddenly stopped its advance.

The captain of the regiment, Matsui Nara, was so angry that he couldn't help but curse.

"Baka! There's trouble in the rear of their 20th Division, and what does it have to do with the work of our 4th Independent Brigade? This is outrageous and totally unreasonable."

Although Matsui Nara cursed, he had to give up the Heiyunkou which was already within reach, and instead led his troops back to the northeast and rushed to Longquanyu.

After all, he dared not offend either Fumisaburo Kawagishi's face or the order of the commander of the 4th Brigade, nor could he afford to offend either.

Weizhuang station.

Wang Fugui, who was ready to defend Wei Zhuang to the death, and the remaining soldiers of the Sharp Knife Regiment all breathed a sigh of relief when they received the news of the withdrawal of the Matsui Regiment.

"Our commander is truly amazing! Everything is developing according to his predictions. The Japs from the Matsui Regiment have been led around like dogs by our commander."

"But if this happens, the commander will most likely be trapped by a large number of devils in the area around Jiuguan Niangziguan. I hope they can escape successfully and return safely as soon as possible."

At the 386th Brigade headquarters, the brigade commander's expression also began to grow serious.

"Good boy! Zheng Kaixuan has really poked the enemy in the lurch this time! The enemy's reaction is quite big this time!"

He had just received news from the division's intelligence network.

This time, the Japanese actually dispatched four groups of troops, preparing to encircle the old village and Longquanyu.

The eastern route was a Japanese infantry battalion from the Jingxing stronghold, and the western route was the Matsui Regiment of the Independent 4th Brigade.

In the south, there were two groups of troops, a total of two infantry battalions, all of which belonged to the Japanese devils of the 20th Division of Kawagishi Fumisaburo, turning towards Longquanyu from the southeast and southwest respectively.

"Immediately notify the 769th Regiment and Zheng Kaixuan to evacuate before the enemy encirclement is formed."

"Order Li Yunlong to lead the New 769st Regiment and Kong Jie to lead the Independent Regiment to block the two Japanese th Division infantry battalions from advancing northward, buying time for Zheng Kaixuan and the th Regiment to retreat."

The two regiments led by Li Yunlong and Kong Jie originally had their own tasks to complete.

But at this point, the brigade commander didn't care about anything else and pushed the two teams forward.

Li Yunlong led all the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment, detoured from the flank to the front of the Japanese infantry battalion, and set up an ambush position.

"Brothers! The Sharp Knife Regiment is full of veterans from our New 1st Regiment. Today, the Sharp Knife Regiment is in trouble. We can't just sit there and do nothing. Everyone, buck up and hold off the Japanese for two hours!"

"Zhu Zi, where's your fucking Triumph mortar? Pull it out and hit the Japs on the head with it!"

On the other side, Kong Jie and Xing Zhiguo also led the independent regiment to stop another Japanese infantry battalion.

"The Sharp Knife Regiment is our brother unit. Without the help of Lao Zheng and the brothers of the Sharp Knife Regiment, our Independent Regiment would not be what it is today!"

"Today, no one cares about ammunition consumption. Just hit the Japs hard!"

On the hillside of Longquanyu, Zheng Kaixuan and Wang Xikui started arguing at this moment.

"Kaixuan, let's retreat! The brigade has given the order. It will be too late if we don't retreat now."

"Four groups of devils! Three infantry battalions and one regiment, totaling seven to eight thousand people. And there's a devil stronghold not far away. Their number can exceed ten thousand at any time. We only have three hundred people. We can't fight them head-on. We must retreat."

At this time, Zheng Kaixuan had no intention of retreating.

This time he went east to Longquanyu not just to eliminate a Japanese security battalion and a puppet army unit. There was no challenge and he felt it was not satisfying enough.

"Then you should reply to the brigade commander and tell him that we have completed the mission assigned to the Sharp Knife Regiment this time. The Sharp Knife Regiment plans to exercise autonomy and begin free operations. Please don't worry."

Wang Xikui was suddenly shocked.

"Freedom of movement? Kaixuan, where are you going?"

Zheng Kaixuan's mouth curled up slightly.

"We can't come here in vain. The sharp knife group hasn't drunk enough of the devil's blood yet. Now that we're here, we must kill those devils and turn them upside down!"

Wang Xikui showed a bitter smile.

He now finally understood why Li Yunlong had made Zheng Kaixuan the battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion and only made him the deputy battalion commander.

It seems like these two old brothers are the same kind of people, equally stubborn and simply won't listen to anything.

"Kaixuan, you are disobeying orders."

Wang Xikui still tried his best to dissuade him.

"Disobeying orders? Wang Xikui, then let me ask you, who is the commander of the Sharp Knife Regiment?"

Zheng Kaixuan widened his eyes in front of Wang Xikui for the first time.

Wang Xikui is much older than him and has helped him a lot in the past, so Zheng Kaixuan has always respected him.

When he was in a good mood, he would usually respectfully call him Brother Xizi. Even when he was in a bad mood, he would just call him Xizi at most. He had never gotten angry at him.

But today, Zheng Kaixuan directly called out Wang Xikui's full name.

Of course Wang Xikui was not afraid of him.

"Kaixuan, you are the leader, and I am also the leader. You are the chief, and I am the deputy."

"Then let me ask you again, who has the higher rank?"

"Of course you are the higher-ranking official."

"Well, Deputy Commander Wang, as the commander of the Sharp Knife Regiment, I order you to call back to Brigade Headquarters immediately and tell them that the Sharp Knife Regiment is planning to break out to the east. Please don't worry, and don't send anyone to rescue them."