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

The headquarters of the Japanese 20th Division.

"Dingling Bell Bell ..."

A quick phone call suddenly rang, waking up the Japanese division commander Kawagishi who had been guarding the table.

Kawaishi had been guarding the phone for most of the night, but he couldn't bear it any longer and took a nap in a daze.

"General, I've received a report that Zheng Kaixuan suddenly appeared in the Jingxing mining area..."

"Nani!"

When he heard the words "Jingxing Mining Area", Chuan'an stood up suddenly and all sleepiness disappeared immediately.

Zheng Kaixuan did not advance westward to Niangzi Pass, but instead advanced northeast along Qujia'an Station, which once again greatly exceeded his expectations.

He knows better than anyone how important the mining area is.

If problems occurred in the mining area due to their 20th Division, he would be held accountable even though he was the division commander.

Cold sweat immediately broke out on Chuan'an's forehead.

"Immediately order all locust army units surrounding the mining area to rush to the mining area for support. Make sure the coal mine is protected..."

An urgent order was quickly issued to the Japanese command posts at all levels near the mining area.

After a while, Kawagishi, who had come to his senses a little, stood next to a huge military map with a pencil in his hand, and began to predict Zheng Kaixuan's marching route again with the Japanese chief of staff.

"Zheng Kaixuan has always acted boldly and unexpectedly, and he absolutely cannot be judged by common sense..."

"Although Longquanyu and Niangziguan are the shortest routes back to Heiyunkou, we might as well follow Zheng Kaixuan's line of thought and make our inference..."

The Japanese division chief of staff rubbed his temples pretentiously.

"Perhaps we have fallen into a misconception. We have always believed that Zheng Kaixuan would return to Heiyunkou."

"But I think that from the moment he left Longquan Valley to the east, he probably had no intention of returning to Heiyunkou. Their position has always been heading north and north..."

Kawagishi felt that the Japanese chief of staff's analysis made sense and couldn't help but nod.

"So, where do you think Zheng Kaixuan and the Sharp Knife Group are really going?"

The Japanese chief of staff picked up the pencil in his hand and drew a long arc on the map.

"North! North again! Then west, and enter Shanxi from the north."

"I heard that the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army has already established several bases in Wutai and other places near Xinkou, and has basically become a force to be reckoned with. I estimate that this time Zheng Kaixuan is likely to advance along northern Hebei and into the Eighth Route Army's base in northwestern Shanxi..."

Kawaishi couldn't help but have his eyes light up.

"Yoshi! Yoshi! Hearing your words, I've suddenly gotten to work. Judging from Zheng Kaixuan's past style, your judgment should be over 90% accurate. Immediately order the remaining troops to the route that Zheng Kaixuan must take in northwest Hebei and set up an ambush in advance..."

The Matsui Regiment of the Japanese 4th Independent Brigade.

After being treated like a dog and walked around for more than a day without even seeing the shadow of a soldier from the Sharp Knife Regiment, the old Japanese soldier Matsui was about to collapse.

Chuan'an asked him to go to Longquanyu, and when he went there, he didn't even see a hair of Zheng Kaixuan.

Chuan'an asked him to go to Niangzi Pass, and he went there, but still didn't see anyone.

This time, Chuan'an actually asked him to go to northwest Hebei and set up an ambush on the road leading to northwest Shanxi.

This is a long journey, much farther than the journey from Heiyunkou to Niangzi Pass!

"Baga Yalu! Chuan'an kid, one incompetent general exhausted the entire army. I won't go to Northwest Hebei..."

"Tell the brigade commander that we are the Independent 4th Brigade and are not under the control of the 20th Division. There is an old saying in China: once, twice, but not three times. Even helping someone has its limits. This Kawaichi has no idea about the ways of the world..."

Although Kawagishi is the division commander and a Japanese general, and Matsui is only a colonel, the two do not belong to the same unit. If Matsui really ignores him, Kawagishi really has no way to deal with it.

This time, the old devil Matsui Shunsho rejected Kawagishi without hesitation.

Matsui then prepared to act alone.

"I don't believe Zheng Kaixuan would choose the longer route instead of returning to Heiyunkou. To return to Heiyunkou, he must go through Longquanyu..."

The Matsui Regiment immediately set out and rushed to Longquanyu to set up an ambush.

The old devil Matsui had already made up his mind. If he couldn't wait for Zheng Kaixuan in Longquanyu after daybreak, he would lead the entire regiment to Heiyunkou again and sweep the Sharp Knife Regiment's base...

Inside the mining area, shouts and gunshots were heard everywhere, and the battle was still going on.

It is called a battle, but in fact it is basically a one-sided hunt.

The four garrisons of the Japanese and puppet troops were uprooted at the same time, and all thirteen artillery towers were destroyed by Yang Wanli and the soldiers of the third battalion. The remaining ones were all small groups of Japanese and puppet troops.

These people were now so frightened that their claws were numb. Some of them were running around in panic, trying to escape from the mining area.

Others didn't even dare to show their heads and hid in deep rat holes and nooks.

Those who were running around were quickly discovered by the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Regiment and eliminated one by one.

The terrain in the mining area is quite complex, and it is indeed difficult for the spearhead regiment soldiers who are unfamiliar with the terrain to find those who are hiding in the corners.

However, the soldiers were not familiar with the terrain, but the miners were very familiar with it.

The miners were all outraged. Led by Liu Daqiang, they were looking for the Japanese and the puppet army mining police like crazy.

They were bullied so badly on a daily basis that the Japanese never treated them as human beings.

In the eyes of the Japanese, they are just money-making machines and mules and horses for obtaining resources.

They kill people at will, without any human rights at all.

Even they themselves believed that they were doomed to die and that there was no hope for them to leave here alive.

But no one expected that Zheng Kaixuan and the Sharp Knife Group would suddenly arrive, and they would actually be rescued one day.

There were as many as two or three thousand people searching for the Japanese and puppet troops in the mine. From time to time, the Japanese were discovered and executed on the spot, and torn to pieces by the crazy miners.