East Daying.

The commander of the 19th Wing of the Japanese Army, Kuriihara Tsuneyo Osa, was in the Japanese garrison camp in Higashidaying, watching the Qing-Japanese confrontation line 250 meters ahead.

On the 300-meter front facing the northward arc, the 19th Wing invested nearly 700 soldiers from four infantry squadrons, and nearly 1,000 soldiers from two battalions of the anti-Japanese army.

The 19th Wing East Battalion in the rear was built on a small mound with a radius of about 70 or 80 meters and a height of about 20 meters.

Covered by snow, it looks like a big white-flour steamed bun from a distance.

Halfway up the mountain, the Japanese army followed the example of the anti-Japanese army and built a circular horse-resisting post, on which sharp shrapnel and jagged sharp wires were also smashed in.

The three strongholds of the Japanese army outside the pass were all built on the undulating slopes, and the slopes around the mountains were also obstructed by horse-blocking piles, which were inlaid with sharp shrapnel.

It's just that only 800 Japanese troops are stationed in the eastern stronghold, 1,000 Japanese troops are stationed in the western stronghold, and the remaining 800 infantry of the 16th Wing are all stationed in the gaps in the Great Wall on both sides of the main city of Shanhaiguan.

Therefore, the Japanese strongholds in the east and west, which were weak in strength, did not set up a blocking line in front of them like the Dongda Battalion.

Instead, they were directly inside the stronghold and fired at the attacking anti-Japanese army.

Whether it is Yamaguchi Suchen in the main city of Shanhaiguan or the Japanese soldiers who hold on to the strongholds outside the pass, they all confidently believe that these three strongholds are three insurmountable walls for the weak Qing army.

"Want to fight with the Empire?"

Kurifahara said in a cold voice: "When the 11th Brigade of the Imperial Army arrives today, it will be the end of you dogs!" ”

Thinking about the humiliation suffered in Cockscomb Mountain, there are also heavy casualties.

Kuriihara's eyes began to turn red, and he roared viciously: "I will hang your corpses all over the city wall, and this will be a tragic end for daring to oppose the Empire!" ”

"Tick Tick Tick Tick-"

"Rush!"

"Kill the Woyi!"

At this time, from the north of the East Camp, a loud military horn suddenly sounded, which shook the Japanese soldiers in the East Camp.

"Yaga, so daring!"

Kuri Ihara Changshi immediately knew where this Qing army came from, and his eyes, which were already red, were so red that they could drip blood at this time.

He shouted the order: "The 14th Squadron immediately left its stronghold and marched 130 meters to the south to establish a central blocking position to cover the rear of the attacking troops on the southern front; Order Fujimoto Tai not to retreat from the position ahead! The cavalry immediately entered the bullet shelter and prepared to pursue at any time, and the rest of the troops met the enemy in all directions in the stronghold! ”

"Baga, go to the position, go to the position!"

"Wait for the aim and shoot to kill these clear dogs who don't know whether they are alive or dead!"

"Kill them all!"

Suddenly, on the hill stronghold of the 19th Wing in the East Battalion, there was a roar everywhere, and nearly 1,000 Japanese infantry and cavalry all ran into action.

"Bang, bang, bang—"

"Shoot, Kill!"

In the midst of the snowflakes, a large number of soldiers of the independent battalion, Lu Dongjun and Lu Yong, roared south with rifles, and raised their guns and shot fiercely with 'bang, bang'.

"Shoot!"

"Bang, bang, bang—"

With the loud orders of the Japanese commanders, the Japanese also condescended to fire a salvo of guns.

"Stretch left and right, and surround them with the brothers to the south!"

At this moment, Mei Dongyi's excited voice was trembling,—— this time he surrounded this group of grandsons, and finally had to repay the shame of the Nine Gates!

On the position of Dongdaying, nearly 4,000 combined troops of the Qing army soon bordered Nie Pengcheng's two battalions, and surrounded the hills of Dongdaying, the 14th Squadron of the Japanese Army in the middle section, and the 700th Japanese Army Inner Arc Front on the Southern Front.

"Bang, bang, bang—"

Nearly 5,000 allied troops and more than 1,300 infantry of the Japanese army launched fierce fire.

"Brothers, the reinforcements in the city are coming, kill the Japanese people!"

At this time, the Qing army, which bordered the southern line of the anti-Japanese army, saw a large number of anti-Japanese troops rushing out of the north gate of the northern wing of the city, and they were so excited that they yelled and cheered.

"Zhou Xiangyang, you take a battalion, go to the group of Japanese soldiers in the middle of them, and pinch them into two sections!"

Wang Liansan, who led two battalions of the Ludong Army and attacked in the west, immediately saw this 'weakness' of the Japanese army and ordered his battalion officers to attack the 14th Squadron of the Japanese army.

"Brothers, come with me and kill the widows!"

With Zhou Xiangyang's shouting, more than 400 Qing troops in the rear camp of the Ludong Army roared and attacked a small dirt slope defended by the 1560 Japanese troops.

"Look for death!"

Captain Jujiro Takeuchi, the commander of the 14th Squadron of the Japanese Army, showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "Don't shoot yet, let them go within 100 meters, and concentrate your firepower to annihilate them!" ”

"The soldiers are arranged in two formations and attack the Qing army on all sides!"

Seeing Zhou Xiangyang's battalion's attempt, with the shouting of Fujimoto Taishaozo, the Japanese troops on the arc defense line changed their formations one after another, nearly 500 soldiers raised their guns and shot out, while about 200 soldiers defended towards the north of the back.

"Hit!"

"Shoot!"

At the stronghold of the Japanese army in Dongdaying, the Japanese infantry on the southern arc front, at a distance of less than 100 meters, fired from the north and south sides to flank the Ludong Army of Zhou Xiangyang's battalion.

"Ahh

Suddenly, the impact line of Zhou Xiangyang's battalion was in chaos, and a large number of soldiers were shot and fell into the snow in the running impact.

"Shoot!"

Seeing that even if his squadron did not shoot, it would be impossible for this Qing army to surprise over, and seeing that it was about to retreat, Jujiro Takeuchi hurriedly ordered his troops to attack.

"Bang, bang, bang—"

For a time, from three directions, nearly 450 rifles pointed at the Ludong Army of Zhou Xiangyang's battalion and fired fiercely.

"Ahh

A bullet hit Zhou Xiangyang's body hard, screamed and fell into the snow nest, and died instantly.

"Escape, the firepower of the Japanese is too fierce!"

I don't know which sentry officer or the sentry commander shouted, and all the Qing troops immediately turned their heads, and fled towards the west with a pale face.

A large number of corpses of Qing soldiers were left on the snow, as well as the howls of seriously wounded Qing soldiers.

"I'm really angry old man!"

Wang Liansan, who was on the western front, saw that his rear camp was just rushing and fleeing, but in just seven or eight minutes, more than 100 soldiers were planted inside.

I couldn't help but scream in anger.

"What do those anti-Japanese soldiers want to do, why don't they attack?"

Wang Liansan saw that about five or six hundred anti-Japanese soldiers who had rushed out of the northern wing city 150 meters to the west of the city were not coming to participate in the battle, but were clearing the snow and piling up the snow wall, and immediately jumped into anger.

"Junmen, they told us to withdraw to the North Wing City immediately; Why don't we hurry into the city and think about it in the long run? ”

This attack battle has been fierce for more than 20 minutes, not only did all the Japanese positions not move at all, but also lost nearly 200 soldiers on their own side of the western attack line alone.

The deputy general Zhou Bofang was shocked when he saw it, and he couldn't help but feel timid.

"Nonsense, I've always grown up as a girl! Can five or six thousand of us defeat this small hill and annihilate this little bit of Japanese soldiers? When will their anti-Japanese army replace Liu Duxian and give an order to our Lu Dongjun! ”

Wang Liansan was so angry that he shouted: "If I can't destroy this group of widows today, I won't enter the city and die outside the gate!" ”

"Reporting ——, the military gate, the independent battalion suddenly withdrew from the battle and fled back towards the northern flank; Chen Shoubei decided to attack the Dongdaying den of the Japanese with all his might! ”

A herald rushed in like a fly, panting and reporting in an angry tone.

"Regardless of them, without Butcher Zhang, I don't believe that I have to eat hairy pigs today! Lie'er has the courage, good, good! ”

Wang Liansan angrily glanced at the independent battalion that was fleeing back from the north and passing by the snowdrift line of the anti-Japanese army in the west, and shouted: "Sons, kill the Japanese for me!" ”

"Kill the Waiyi!"

Suddenly, the Ludong army on the western front roared angrily.

"Rush!"

At this time, in the north of Dongdaying, Chen Weilie was leading more than 1,700 Ludong troops from the 4th battalion to launch a general attack on the hill position of the 19th Wing of the Japanese Army.