Almost all the troops and half of the mine protection teams were gathered on the temporary defense line of the Japanese army.

Once they were defeated, the remaining 200 mine protection teams in the mine lost their command.

Although every Japanese in the mine protection team is elite, with very strong individual soldiers and very ruthless in killing people. Without command, these scattered soldiers and stragglers at most cause some trouble to the first regiment and cannot stop them from entering the mine.

Then the Second Battalion began to clear out the members of the Japanese mine protection team in the mine based on squads.

An hour later, the messy gunfire stopped. Zeng Quan, who rushed into the mine in person, could only fight, was very happy to rush out.

"Old leader, the mine has been taken down! But the casualties are a bit large."

"The main attack on the first battalion suffered nearly 300 casualties, and the second battalion also had more than 200 casualties. The third battalion was the smallest, with only more than 100 people. Together, the entire regiment suffered more than 700 casualties, including nearly 400 soldiers who died, and many of them were finally killed by bayonets with the Japanese Mining Protection Team. Those mine protection teams were indeed a group of old Japanese who killed people without blinking. We were not able to gain much advantage by fighting each other!"

At the end of his speech, Zeng Quan started to curse, which shows how heartache these casualties were for him.

If Wang Ping was still the leader of the regiment, such a large casualty would be enough to make him thunderous.

But Wang Ping was not angry this time. As the director of the military arsenal, although Wang Ping's level has not been upgraded, his vision has been much higher.

From the beginning, only responsible for one acre and three-point land for yourself to now looking at the entire military region.

Although the casualties of more than 700 people were very large, the things in the copper mine were worth more than these casualties to the military region.

Not to mention anything else, Zhou Wu alone is worth more than a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, or even a brigade.

"Go in and see what good things are in the mine. Then you will know if the casualties of more than 700 people are worth it!" Wang Ping gave an astonishing answer, and then walked towards the mine.

When you enter the mine, the first thing that comes into Wang Ping's vision are two copper smelting furnaces that are still emitting black smoke.

"Good thing, the arsenal must build at least one such copper smelting furnace!" Wang Ping shouted with his eyes lit up.

Then his eyes were attracted by the pile of copper ingots next to the copper smelting furnace.

"There are at least two hundred copper ingots here, at least ten thousand kilograms of copper!"

"Do you know what this means? The Japanese 38th-large bullet that covers a bullet only requires more than four grams of copper. A pound of copper can make at least one hundred bullets. If so many copper ingots are all made of bullets, it will be one million bullets."

Although the Independent Brigade had sufficient ammunition, it was only for other Eighth Route Army units. Compared with the Japanese who had complete logistics supplies, the logistics reserve was only enough for them to fight a medium-sized battle.

Therefore, one million bullets are still a number that Zeng Quan dared not even think about.

On the battlefield, even if one hundred bullets destroy one enemy, ten thousand bullets can destroy at least ten thousand enemies.

Seeing Wang Ping's expression of affirmation, he didn't seem to be lying to him. Zeng Quan immediately reacted and shouted happily: "Old leader, let's not talk about anything else, just these copper ingots, we'll be worth it here, and we've made a lot of money!"

"Also, the number of copper ingots here is definitely more than 200 yuan, I estimate that there are 300 yuan, or even more."

At this moment, the platoon leader of the guard brought by Wang Ping from the arsenal suddenly rushed over with a smile on his face.

"Long, I found it, Professor Zhou found it. Student Wang An who came with him was comforting them. In addition, there are many students with Professor Zhou, many of whom are known to Wang An. Some are Professor Zhou's students, those who study chemistry, and some are Wang An's classmates, those who study machinery!"

"Take them all back, by the way, you just said that there are Wang An's classmates here!" Wang Ping was stunned at first and asked immediately.

"There are more than a dozen people, and they are all Professor Li's students!" The guard platoon leader replied immediately.

"I understand. There are also a lot of equipment here, and mechanical talents are needed to maintain it. Lao Zeng, it seems that we have really made a lot of money this time!" Wang Ping suddenly reacted.

Then he stared at the platoon leader of the guard in front of him and ordered: "Since there are mechanical talents and we have someone, the equipment in the mine can definitely be removed. Go and tell Wang An and ask him to organize his classmates to dismantle all the equipment in the mine. After dismantling one, we will move one away!"

"Lao Zeng, you sent someone to organize all the absenteeism in the mine and ask them to help us transport equipment and supplies. As for the seized weapons, ammunition and important supplies, we transport them ourselves. Now there are still three hours before dawn, so we will try to empty the entire mine before dawn!"

After the order was issued, Wang Ping led the guards and Zeng Quan to continue searching for valuable seizures in the mine.

In the end, he really found a lot of useful things.

It can be used to produce ammunition with 6,000 kilograms of strong explosives, nearly 10,000 yuan in the ocean, more than 50 small yellow croaker, and a large amount of food and other materials.

"Old leader, we really made a lot of money this time. Not to mention the food seized alone is enough for us to eat in a ball for nearly two months. Not to mention the gold and silver we seized in the mine owner's room. If the commander knew about this, he would definitely be so happy that he couldn't sleep all night!" Zeng Quan, who had not expected that the Japanese had actually hoarded so many things in a mine, couldn't help but sigh in pleasure.

Then he continued to report: "By the way, the copper ingots that the Japanese hoarded in the warehouse have been counted clearly. It is not 200,000 kilograms, but 500,000 kilograms."

"We are so lucky. We learned from absenteeism that in three days the Japanese will transport the copper ingots accumulated for ten days to the Northeast, and now it's just cheaper for us!"

"Take all back, and you can't leave a piece of copper ingot for the Japanese." Wang Ping ordered happily.

At this moment, some middle-aged man with silver wires could already be seen on his head being brought to Wang Ping by Wang An.

"Professor Zhou, if I remember correctly, you should be Professor Zhou, whom Professor Li Xuebin often mentioned, an expert in chemistry!"

It is obvious that Wang An had introduced Wang Ping's identity to Zhou Wu. Zhou Wu quickly said modestly: "The expert dare not be a teacher. He is just a teacher. Unlike Director Wang, he is a hero who kills Japanese devils on the battlefield. When he arrives in the arsenal, he also makes achievements and contributes to the anti-Japanese cause!"

Seeing Wang Ping wanting to speak, Zhou Wu waved his hand directly and continued, "I know Director Wang's purpose of attacking here. I am familiar with Li Xuebin. If you can keep him, it means that you really touched him. I have more than 60 years old, and one leg has entered the coffin. I have taught books for most of my life and have been quiet. Now that the Japanese are here, I want me to teach too much, so I will be passionate!"

"Director Wang, Wang An told me a lot of things, I agree to join your arsenal!"

"As for those students, I will take them to your arsenal. But how many people you can leave in the end depends on your ability. After all, they all have parents, and even my teachers can't force them to do things they don't want to do!"

Wang Ping did not expect the whole process to go so smoothly, and he agreed before he could speak.

However, this also made Wang Ping see that the intellectuals of this era have all had a passion for love, but they just didn’t find a way to leak it!
Chapter completed!