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

"Nakagawa-kun, we can't just sit there and wait for death. Let's break out while the Sharp Knife Regiment is resting and not taking precautions."

Deep in the Taihang Mountains, in a hidden valley, the commander of the Japanese 20th Division, Kawagishi Fumisaburo, looked pale and terrified.

The Japanese division chief of staff, Nakagawa Mototaka, who was sitting on the rock next to him, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"General, where should we break out now?"

"According to Commander Shinozuka's plan, we will break out to the south. The Locust Army is heavily armed in the Jiuli Mountains. As long as we can reach Jiuli, the Sharp Knife Regiment will be annihilated."

Nakagawa Sutaka smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"General, it's too late."

"If we had fought tooth and nail to break out to the south a few days ago, when Zheng Kaixuan had just eliminated our outposts, we might have had a chance of survival. But now, it's too late to say anything."

"The mountains of southeastern Shanxi are now filled with troops from the Sharp Knife Regiment. Although they didn't attack at night, their defense must be extremely tight. Zheng Kaixuan is always cunning, and this might be a trap he's set for us. We must not act rashly."

"Then, Nakagawa-kun, should we inform Yamamoto-kun of the current situation and inform him to cancel the plan to attack the Sharp Blade Group?"

Nakagawa Suxiao shook his head again.

"No."

At this moment, Kawagishi Bunzolang was on the verge of collapse.

The defeats over the past few days have already caused his psychological defenses to collapse.

It also made it impossible for him to calm down and think.

Now he looks haggard. If he takes off the uniform of the Japanese lieutenant general, he will not look like a soldier at all. He looks like an old farmer working the land.

"Nakagawa-kun, this won't work, and that won't work. Are we just going to stay in this rat hole and wait for death? What should we do?"

Nakagawa Sutaka sighed.

"Now that things have come to this, I don't have any better solutions, but I do have a worst-case scenario."

"Tell me about the work."

"Regarding the current situation of our division, Yamamoto Ikki must not be informed of anything. I've heard that Yamamoto Ikki is not a good person."

"Not only did Yamamoto exaggerate and suffer repeated defeats, but he also abandoned his subordinates and acted according to the wind."

"But there's nothing we can do. Our only reinforcements right now are the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade led by Yamamoto Ikki."

"We must keep Yamamoto steady. We can't mention the current situation at all. We just need to tell Yamamoto to let the 9th Brigade proceed according to the original plan."

"If Yamamoto leads a large army in the north to attack the rear of the Sharp Knife Regiment, Zheng Kaixuan will inevitably withdraw most of his forces to deal with Yamamoto. At that time, when the Sharp Knife Regiment is in a state of panic, it will be our best opportunity to escape..."

Kawagishi Fumisaburo frowned.

"Nakagawa-kun, I'm afraid it's not a good idea for us to do this. Even if we can escape, the 9th Mixed Brigade will be finished. If Commander Shinozuka blames us later, I'm afraid both you and I will be blamed..."

Nakagawa Sutaka stared into Kawagishi's eyes and sneered.

"General, there's an old Chinese saying, 'It's better to die than to die than to die as a friend.' If the person sitting in your position today was Yamamoto Ikki, or the commanders of the 108th and 109th Divisions, Yamagata Houshige and Shimomoto Kumamiya, I believe they would have adopted my suggestion without hesitation."

"As for Commander Shinozuka's reproach and investigation, so what? As long as I can save my life, what is there to be afraid of?"

After much persuasion from Nakagawa Motoko, Kawagishi Fumisaburo finally agreed to his suggestion.

Afterwards, Kawagishi began to order people to send telegrams to the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade.

The Kawagishi Division's radio transmitter hadn't been used for two days.

It’s not that I don’t want to use it, but I don’t dare to use it, and there is no need to use it.

Especially after dozens of troops of the spearhead regiment had penetrated into the Taihang Mountains, the Japanese small troops were basically divided and surrounded.

Even if a telegram was sent, those small Japanese troops would probably not be able to break through the blockade of the spearhead regiment.

If multiple Japanese troops gathered towards them, it would arouse the suspicion of the spearhead regiment and expose their position.

In addition, Kawagishi is still haunted by the intelligence war with the Spearhead Regiment.

He couldn't be sure whether the password of their radio channel had been cracked by the Sharp Knife Group.

If their code had been cracked and the radio station was being monitored, summoning their subordinates at this moment would undoubtedly be courting death.

Once Zheng Kaixuan learns his location, he will immediately execute the decapitation plan.

Even before sending a telegram to Yamamoto Ikki, Kawagishi hesitated for a long time before making the decision.

They carefully selected a secret radio band that had not been used for a long time, and then sent the telegram with great trepidation.

After sending the telegram, Kawagishi Fumisaburo and Nakagawa Mototaka began to wait nervously.

Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes...

Cold sweat streamed down the foreheads of both men.

It was not until the 30th minute that the two devils finally showed relieved expressions on their faces and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They weren't waiting for a call back from Yamamoto Ikki.

They were waiting for the spearhead group's action.

If the spearhead group intercepted this telegram, they would definitely be attacked by the drone special forces within half an hour.

However, judging from the current results, they are safe for the time being.

Western Hebei, east of Niangzi Pass, and the Jingxing area.

A Japanese army of more than 10,000 people was setting up camp next to a railway.

This Japanese unit was the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was originally stationed in the Xinkou area and is now temporarily led by Yamamoto Ikki.

Xinkou is located north of Taiyuan and is the northern gate of Taiyuan.

It was impossible for the 9th Mixed Brigade to rush from Xinkou to southeastern Shanxi through the mountainous roads in Shanxi Province.

Yamamoto Ikki chose to advance eastward to Hebei Province. At that time, most parts of Hebei Province were under the control of the Japanese.

Compared with the Shanxi region, Hebei Province does not have so many mountains.

There are still many railway lines left over from the past in the province, as well as roads and railways built by the Japanese in recent years.

Relying on the powerful transportation capacity of the transportation lines, Yamamoto Ikki led the Independent 9th Brigade and some temporarily mobilized troops of nearly 10,000 people, and arrived at the area east of Niangzi Pass within two days.

"Report to the Colonel, General Kawagishi has sent a telegram."

Soon, Yamamoto Ikki received a telegram from Kawagishi Fumisaburo.

"General Kawaichi is truly formidable. Of the three armies, he's the only one who has persisted until now, and he's evenly matched the Sharp Knife Regiment..."

After receiving Kawagishi's telegram, Yamamoto Ikki was still very convinced.

After all, when the three armies besieged the Sharp Knife Regiment, only the Kawagishi Division was able to hold out until now.

Although their unit had the largest number of people, Yamamoto felt that even if he were to lead so many people, he might not be able to hold on until now.

"Order all Locust Army soldiers to rest for five hours. After five hours, immediately dispatch troops to cooperate with the Kawagishi Division to annihilate the Sharp Knife Regiment."

"Hi!"

The Japanese messenger ran down quickly.

At this moment, the temporary chief of staff of the 9th Brigade, Nagao Yokoyama, who had a small mustache, suddenly walked over.

"Wait a minute, Colonel. I feel like something is amiss."