Devil's Army

The captain felt that he had made a big mistake today. Their goal was to break through Weiyuan City in Shanhaiguan and occupy Shanhaiguan. Why did he have to tangle with the devil troops in these two positions in the Yanshan Mountains?

The next morning, the captain ordered the captain of the first squadron to lead the soldiers of their squadron to continue attacking the high ground positions on both sides of the Yanshan Mountains. The main force quickly passed through the small road ahead and attacked the Weiyuan Gate of Shanhaiguan.

The commander of the first company soon discovered that the Japanese army had abandoned his two positions and was marching towards Shanhaiguan at full speed. He immediately reported to the commander of the third regiment.

The commander of the Third Regiment immediately ordered the Second Company, which was preparing to provide reinforcements, to withdraw to the south bank of the moat and prepare to block the Japanese army across the river.

Under the cover of the first squadron, the large Japanese army successfully passed through the Yanshan Mountains.

The Japanese 1st Squadron also retreated afterwards and caught up with the main Japanese force.

When the Japanese captain arrived at the north bank of the moat, the mortar soldiers of the Devil's Army in the city were bombarding the wooden bridge over the moat.

The captain hurriedly ordered the infantry:

"The devil's troops are blowing up the bridge. Cross the river at full speed! Cross the river at full speed!"

The mortar soldiers of the Third Regiment didn't know what was going on, but their not very dense shells kept exploding around the wooden bridge.

Just as the Japanese troops were rushing together to cross the river, suddenly there were continuous and intense explosions on the small wooden bridge.

The explosives buried under the small wooden bridge were detonated by the demolition soldiers, and the small wooden bridge was blown into four pieces, and the Japanese soldiers on the bridge were blown into the moat.

The captain was also frightened by the series of explosions. In this explosion, he lost nearly an entire squadron of soldiers.

At this time, the mortar soldiers of the Devil's Army on the Weiyuan city wall began to bombard the captain and his men on the north bank of the moat, and the shells were very accurate.

Immediately afterwards, two 150mm howitzers deployed deep in Weiyuan City also began bombarding the north bank of the moat.

The successive explosions blew away a large number of terrified Japanese troops.

The captain quickly ordered his troops to enter the Yanshan Mountains.

The reason why the captain chose Weiyuan Gate as the main direction for attacking Shanhaiguan was because the large-caliber artillery of the four artillery batteries could not bombard here. Who knew that the devil troops had deployed 150mm howitzers here.

If they continued fighting like this, their brigade would have been wiped out by the devil's troops outside Shanhaiguan before they could even attack it.

At this time, the embarrassed deputy captain came over and asked the captain in a low voice:

"What's the progress at the East Gate of Xiyijun Town?"

The captain knew that the attack on the town’s east gate was a feint, but he still sent a telegram to inquire.

The lieutenant of the Western Region who received the telegram was confused. They were only responsible for the feint attack. When did it become the main attack? But he still replied truthfully: the town's east gate has not been taken yet.

Then the captain replied with two words: attack.

At noon that day, the squadron leader ate very well because he had already guessed his ending.

After lunch, the squadron leader ordered the artillery to bombard the east gate of Shanhaiguan Town fiercely, and he personally led the infantry of their squadron to attack the east gate of Shanhaiguan Town.

The squadron leader's artillery fire suppressed the firepower of the devil troops on the Shanhaiguan city wall.

The artillery fire from the fourth battery bombarded the squadron leader and his men who were attacking.

The squadron leader waved his command knife and shouted in a mess behind him. The Japanese soldiers continued to rush forward, stepping on the bodies of their companions, and were blown away one after another by the artillery fire of the fourth battery.

A 100mm howitzer seemed to have eyes, landed next to the squadron leader and exploded.

The squadron leader's chattering stopped.

In less than an hour, the sound of gunfire at the east gate of Shanhaiguan Town stopped. Except for the curling smoke and the mutilated bodies lying on the ground, everything returned to normal.

The captain sent another telegram to ask the squadron leader about the progress of the battle at the town's east gate, but there was no reply.

Soon, the artillery sent a telegram to the battalion commander, saying that the squadron commander personally led the team to attack Shanhaiguan, and the entire squadron was killed. He asked whether their artillery would go to Weiyuan Gate to meet them?

The captain thought about it and agreed, and reminded them to beware of the ambush of the devil troops on both sides of the Yanshan Mountains.

Without artillery support, he would never be able to cross the moat and attack Weiyuan Gate. With artillery to suppress the firepower of the devil troops, he might be able to break through the moat defense line and attack Shanhaiguan.

After receiving the order, the artillery began to assemble and move positions, and arrived at the foot of the Yanshan Mountains in the evening. However, they did not dare to enter the Yanshan Mountains. It was easy to be ambushed by the devil troops at night.

The next morning, before daybreak, the captain led a large force to the artillery unit. He wanted to attack the devil troops in the Yanshan Mountains from both sides with the artillery unit and open up this passage.