Outside the vast dry and cold Shanhaiguan, the dense gunfire between the sky and the earth has gradually stopped, and only the direction of Dongdaying in the north is still sporadic gunfire.

"Boom!"

From time to time, there are a few crisp shelling back and forth.

This is the only remaining 78 artillery guns of Song Zhanbiao's battalion, which is still fighting to the death with the Japanese small artillery on the Great Wall.

Just as it was difficult to find the last grain of tares in the rice warehouse, the Japanese small artillery bombarded for a long time, but it did not knock out the 78-caliber gun that began to move around.

On the contrary, because of the direct observation line of sight of the observers of the 78th Artillery Battalion, this artillery can always obtain the most accurate trimming data in a short period of time and bombard the small cannons on the Great Wall of the Japanese army.

Up to now, the Japanese army only has 2 35 caliber and 45 caliber small guns left, and the 78 guns of the anti-Japanese army are firing blindly.

East Daying.

The battle outside the Qing-Japanese Pass was temporarily calmed down, and only the remnants of the Japanese army on the Dongdaying Heights were left, and the final annihilation was about to be carried out.

The more than 00 Japanese troops who had previously been on the southern front of Dongdaying, plus the more than 300 Japanese troops who survived the hill shelling, had fought less than 300 people so far.

At this time, these Japanese soldiers were compressed on the top of the hill of Dongdaying, and they all squatted in groups of four or five into deep craters, raising their guns and resisting stubbornly.

Nearly 3,000 anti-Japanese troops were surrounded by iron barrels, waiting for the final attack order.

"Report!"

Liu Gangzhi, who was in charge of the attack on the East Battalion, and Nie Pengcheng trotted up the city wall, and at this time both of them were full of questions, and they didn't understand why the commander-in-chief suddenly gave the order to pause.

"Very well done!"

He Changying first praised it, and then ordered: "Leave two battalions to establish a defense at the foot of the mountain to prevent the remnants of the Japanese army from escaping, and the rest of the battalions will return to the city for repairs." ”

He Changying's order made everyone stunned.

"Commander-in-chief, give orders; We promise to take this Dongdaying Heights within ten minutes and annihilate all the Japanese troops! ”

As soon as Liu Gangzhi wanted to speak, he was preempted by Nie Pengcheng on the side with an excited face.

"Obey orders!"...

He Changying didn't want to talk nonsense with Liu Gangzhi anymore, but focused on the line of the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan. - Now that the battle has been fought, it is estimated that the Japanese army in Shanhaiguan is not much, so how will they choose?

Whether to continue to defend Shanhaiguan or retreat to Yongping Mansion.

Or continue to retreat and flee?

For each option, the anti-Japanese army had to come up with a corresponding plan, because even if the Japanese army suffered heavy losses at this time, they still had good combat power.

Moreover, in this fierce battle for three consecutive days, the anti-Japanese army also suffered great damage, especially in today's siege and annihilation battle of Dongdaying, which is estimated to be no less than 500 casualties by visual inspection of Dongdaying.

This is also the fundamental reason why He Changying forcibly ordered the suspension of the attack on the Dongdaying Heights, in his opinion, even hungry and cold, plus there will definitely be a lot of Japanese troops who have been shocked by artillery fire and bleeding internally, and waiting until the middle of the night to fight again, can always reduce dozens of casualties.

He Changying is now thinking about whether to suspend all offensives first, and the troops will rest for two days before making plans?

"Report! The confessions of several captured Japanese officers have been sorted out. ”

Ni Lingfeng, a captain officer of the intelligence department of the army, handed over a confession with a strange expression, He Changying took it and looked at it twice, his face began to change color, and he looked nervously in the direction of the sea to the east.

"Anzhi, what is it?"

Seeing He Changying's face, Li Jingfang and a group of generals looked at the confession in He Changying's hand in surprise, curious about what was written in it, and how could it make He Changying change color in the case of a great victory?

"Immediately convene a combat meeting, we must take Shanhaiguan today!"

He Changying handed the confession to Li Jingfang, changed his hesitation just now, and gave a categorical order to continue the attack and expand the results of the battle.

"The Japanese Combined Fleet is coming to Shanhaiguan? There is also a mixed brigade of more than 10,000 people! Arrived yesterday on a date! ”

Li Jingfang exclaimed, one voice higher than the other, and all the generals on the city wall changed color in unison.

Joy Ridge.

Under the golden noon sun, Yamaguchi Sutomi and Okubo Toshisada went up to the Great Wall in the southeast corner of Weiyuan City with several Japanese staff officers, looking at the sea in the southeast direction, looking hard.

The battle under the mountain has gradually stopped, and Yamaguchi Suchen just took a special look at the Dongdaying Heights four miles away.

Just one glance, a shocking 'black scar' in the snow-white outside the pass made Yamaguchi Suchen's throat sweet, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

He quickly moved the camera away, not daring to continue looking north.

Today's bloody battle can be regarded as allowing the surviving generals of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army to truly understand the forbearance and horror of the anti-Japanese army, an army that has made a far-reaching statement.

Now Yamaguchi Suseni was really frightened, and he only prayed for the combined fleet to arrive soon and bombard the demons crawling in the three cities with heavy artillery.

Or drive them out of the Three Cities and starve to death in the ice and snow, freezing them to death!

At this time, in the main city of Shanhaiguan in the west, the boring and tragic solid artillery bombardment between the Qing and Japanese sides finally stopped completely.

Except for the occasional gunfire in the direction of Dongdaying in the north, there was silence between heaven and earth.

The sun is just right, and it is warm and comfortable on the body.

In the three cities outside the customs and the main city of Shanhaiguan, the defensive positions of the Great Wall breaks, all rose curling smoke.

No matter how good or bad the battle is, you have to fill your stomach.

Nakaki Noki, Fukushima Yongzhi, and Hayashi Yoshitaro hurriedly ran up to Joy Ridge, and Hayashi Yoshitaro reported the battle situation to Yamaguchi Sochen with a heavy face.

"Report to the commander, none of the 9th Wing and the 5th Cavalry Brigade in this battle have withdrawn to the pass; The 1st Wing lost 759 people and 5 seriously wounded, the 4th Wing lost 328 people and seriously wounded 2 people, and the artillery squadron lost 53 people and seriously wounded. Former Changshi Daisa, Fujimoto Taishaosa-"

With Yoshitaro Hayashi's mouth, the top of the mountain was silent.

Captain of the 9th Wing, Tsuneyo Kuriahara, Captain Fujimoto Taishosa, Captain Taichiro Hayashi, Captain of the 3rd Army, Tomizaburo Oysaki, Staff Officer of the 1st Army, and Tatsunosuke Kobayashi, the new Captain of the 5th Cavalry Brigade,——

In the blink of an eye, people and ghosts have different paths, and the smoke is gone!

"In just this battle, the 9th Wing and the 5th Cavalry Brigade were wiped out, plus the losses of various departments, since the three days of fierce fighting, more than 3,000 warriors of the empire have died!"

Okubo Toshisada's face was gloomy, and his eyes were full of anger as he looked at the empty blue sea in the southeast, and shouted: "But why didn't the fleet that said that No. 0 should arrive? ”

"Could it be the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing Kingdom——, impossible! The Empire's navy had already inflicted heavy losses on the Beiyang Naval Division, and they did not have the ability to stop the Imperial ship group. ”

Yoshitaro Hayashi immediately denied his 'uninhibited' assumption, now whether it is tonnage, speed, firepower, ship performance, the combined fleet is completely crushing the Beiyang Naval Division, how can there be an accident!

"Yo Xi, is it possible that the Imperial Ship Group has encountered the provocation of the Beiyang Naval Division that does not know whether it is alive or dead, so it is delaying time to annihilate them?"

Yoshitaro Hayashi's words immediately inspired Yamaguchi Sutomi, and he shouted with an undoubted luster on his face:

"It must be like this! Troops, perhaps, wait until it is dark to-night, and by this time tomorrow at the latest, the whole coast will be full of chimneys and cannons; Put these Qing troops—"

Yamaguchi Suchen's eyes were full of resentment, and he pointed to the three cities outside the gate to the west of the mountain: "All of them were blown to pieces!" ”