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

"Has the Japanese supply train really arrived? How many people are there?"

Upon hearing the news about the Japanese invaders, Zheng Kaixuan and Wang Xikui immediately became alert and excited.

The soldiers of the entire Fourth Battalion had just gotten up and had not yet had time to go to the mountains for training.

"There are over forty vehicles, over two hundred mules and horses, and I estimate there are over a thousand people. I estimate it should be the strength of a transport brigade."

"Great! Kaixuan, the food we captured a while ago is running low. I was just worried that our camp would have no food to eat soon. I didn't expect the Japanese to send us food right away. It's damn timely."

Wang Xikui was very excited.

In fact, the Fourth Battalion had seized quite a bit of food some time ago, especially the food seized in Dazhai Town, which was enough to feed the entire battalion for several months.

But Zheng Kaixuan is kind-hearted. He knows very well how poor the lives of ordinary people are and how difficult it is to survive in this chaotic world.

In addition to donating as much food as possible to the families of the fallen martyrs, he also asked the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion to continuously provide assistance to local poor families who had no food to eat.

It is also because of this that Zheng Kaixuan has established a very good mass base in this area.

"Yes, this is also a good opportunity to test the results of your Deputy Battalion Commander Wang's training during this period."

Zheng Kaixuan didn't even bother to eat the breakfast on the table and stood up immediately.

"Communicator! Notify the entire battalion to assemble immediately!"

Zheng Kaixuan attaches great importance to this battle.

This is not just a question of how many Japanese devils to kill or how much food to obtain. It is related to the brigade's strategic layout in the Xiyang area.

After continuous training by Wang Xikui, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion became very efficient.

In less than ten minutes, all the soldiers in the battalion had gathered in Zheng Kaixuan's battalion headquarters compound.

"Brothers! As the saying goes, you train your troops for a thousand days but deploy them only for a moment. I have good news for you all. The long-awaited Japanese food and supplies unit is here!"

"Whether you've trained well enough during this period will be revealed on the battlefield! Everything depends on your performance!"

"I only have one thing to say! If we fight well in this battle, we'll all drink damn foreign liquor and eat damn canned Japanese beef when we get home tonight! If we don't fight well, including Deputy Battalion Commander Wang and I, we'll all be standing in the snow at night!"

"Pack your equipment! Leave in ten minutes!"

The military situation was urgent, so Zheng Kaixuan simply did some combat mobilization work without saying any unnecessary nonsense.

Ten minutes is more than enough.

In fact, just five minutes later, most of the soldiers had arrived at the assembly point with their weapons.

As a soldier, the commonly used weapons and equipment and the necessary ammunition are prepared at all times. Once a combat situation occurs, it can be guaranteed that we can quickly engage in battle in the shortest time possible.

"set off!"

This time, Zheng Kaixuan drove directly into the truck seized from Liujiaao.

This truck has excellent off-road performance, can carry a lot of weapons and ammunition, and is very convenient to use.

Most of the other soldiers also mounted their horses and followed Zheng Kaixuan's carriage.

The two modified self-propelled Hanyang-made fully automatic rifle motorcycles and self-propelled mortar motorcycles were also driven out by the soldiers of the 9th Company Transport Company under Zheng Kaixuan.

During this period, Zheng Kaixuan did not forget to teach the soldiers of the transport company how to drive.

It’s not that easy to learn how to drive a truck, but it’s very quick to get the hang of this modified motorcycle.

Many soldiers in the Ninth Company have learned to drive this small motorcycle.

About twenty minutes later, Zheng Kaixuan led the soldiers to the exit of Heiyunkou Canyon.

The Heiyunkou Canyon runs from north to south, and there is a loess road running from east to west at the exit of the canyon.

This time, if the Japanese supply troops wanted to transport food and supplies to the Xiyang area, they had to move forward along this east-west loess road, heading diagonally to the northeast, and bypass the mountains in this area.

The overall route is actually basically the same as the one Zheng Kaixuan led the Fourth Battalion to Liujiaao some time ago.

However, this east-west loess road in front of the valley entrance is the only way for the Japanese troops.

"All companies quickly enter the pre-set positions."

Following Zheng Kaixuan's order, all the soldiers in the fourth battalion quickly took action.

During these few days, Zheng Kaixuan and several company commanders had observed and studied this area many times in advance, and the positions of each company had been arranged in advance.

The soldiers only need to enter the position and they can fight at any time.

Victory does not come by chance, it comes from adequate preparation.

For example, the positions of the first and sixth companies were located more than 100 meters south of the loess road.

This distance is very suitable for the Hanyang-made fully automatic direct fire, and is also very suitable for launching a charge.

The trenches here had been dug long ago and were covered with thatch and thick snow. Unless you were close enough, the soldiers hiding in the trenches would basically be impossible to find from the road.

The Eighth Company was scattered in a ditch more than 200 meters away from the loess road, and set up more than 30 light and heavy machine guns.

Yang Wanli's third company directly set up the mortar on the top of the hillside on one side of the canyon.

Zheng Kaixuan's own Triumph mortar and command post were also set up on the top of the canyon.

The view here is wide and very convenient for observation.

Wang Xikui personally led the second and seventh companies, as well as the fourth and fifth companies, and ambushed a few hundred meters away on the north side of the road. Once the Japanese entered the ambush circle, they could go around to the enemy's rear at any time and attack them in a desperate situation.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese convoy slowly drove along the loess road.

It is said to be a loess road, but in fact it has been snowing heavily for so long that the snow on the road is as deep as knees!

Zheng Kaixuan had already prepared a trap on this road.

Just a few days ago, he sent Chen Shengli and his soldiers to dig several large holes on the road, and covered the holes with some dead branches and dry leaves.

After being covered with snow for several days, the roads here look no different from those anywhere else.

The Japanese convoy relied on its powerful off-road capabilities to move forward on the slippery snowy road.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the road collapsed, and the front of the Japanese's first transport vehicle instantly fell into the big pit dug in advance by the Fourth Battalion.

"Boom!"

On the top of a mountain not far away, Zheng Kaixuan fired a clean and efficient shot into the Japanese convoy.

This was also the signal and order for the entire Fourth Battalion to launch an attack.

"Brothers! The Japs have entered the ambush circle. It's time to close the door and fight the dogs! Kill them!"