Devil's Army

When the captain arrived at the Devil Force position in the Yanshan Mountains, his artillery unit had already launched an attack on the Devil Force position.

He immediately ordered his troops to launch a fierce attack on the Devil's troops' positions from the rear.

The company commander was attacked from both sides by two Japanese troops and was bombarded by artillery. He suffered heavy casualties and his position was in danger. He had to ask for help from the battalion commander.

Soon, the commander of the third regiment learned of the predicament of the first company commander and ordered him to abandon the Yanshan Mountains position, withdraw into Yanshan, and take a detour back to Shanhaiguan from the east gate of the town.

The captain finally captured the positions of the devil troops on the high ground on both sides of the Yanshan Mountains and immediately sent troops to garrison them.

His artillery positions also quickly passed through the Yanshan Mountains.

The captain led his troops back to the north bank of the Weiyuan Gate moat and began to attack the positions of the devil troops on the south bank of the moat. He also arranged for the soldiers to cut down trees in preparation for building a floating bridge.

The second company commander led his soldiers to tenaciously block the captain's attack, making it impossible for the captain to move forward.

The artillery troops that arrived shortly after the captain immediately set up positions and launched a fierce bombardment on the south bank of the moat.

The banks of the moat were soft sand and gravel, and the Japanese artillery fire created a big hole in the moat. The fortifications had no way of withstanding the Japanese artillery fire.

The Second Company suffered heavy casualties in the Japanese artillery fire and had to ask the battalion commander for instructions.

The commander of the third regiment ordered the second company to retreat into Shanhaiguan City and rely on the city wall to resist the Japanese attack.

After successively conquering two positions of the devil troops, the captain regained his confidence and ordered the engineers to speed up the construction of the pontoon bridge.

The three mortar regiments on the city wall kept bombarding the Japanese engineers who were building the bridge.

The captain immediately ordered the artillery to cover the Weiyuan city walls of Shanhaiguan.

When the commander of the Third Regiment saw that the troops on the city wall were suppressed by Japanese artillery fire, he immediately requested two 150mm howitzers in depth to suppress the Japanese artillery.

The Japanese artillery immediately turned their guns to suppress the 150mm howitzer fire of the Devil Forces.

The artillery deployed by the Third Regiment in Weiyuan City was less numerous than that of the Japanese army, so it had to move its position.

The mortar soldiers of the third regiment on the city wall took advantage of the exchange of bombardment between the Japanese artillery and their own artillery to blow up the half-built pontoon bridge by the Japanese engineers.

At this time, Japanese planes flew over again and bombed the three regiments of soldiers on the city wall.

The soldiers of the Third Regiment knew that the moat was a natural barrier for the Weiyuan Gate of Shanhaiguan. If the Japanese army crossed this natural barrier, they could quickly attack their Shanhaiguan.

So even though the soldiers of the Third Regiment suffered heavy casualties in the bombing by Japanese aircraft and artillery, they still fought to the death.

Seeing that the floating bridge that was about to be built was repeatedly destroyed by the bombing of the devil troops, the captain was furious and personally arrived at the front line, waving his command knife and ordering the Japanese army to fire fiercely at the devil troops on the city wall.

The soldiers of the Third Regiment were suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire and fierce bullets and could not raise their heads. The Japanese engineers quickly built a pontoon bridge again.

At this time, a sniper from the Third Regiment had already aimed at the hysterical captain from the dark.

There was a "chi" sound and the RL-4 gunshot was heard. The captain's command knife, which was waving in the air, slipped from his hand and he fell heavily to the ground.

The mortar troops of the Third Regiment continued to attack the Japanese troops on the north bank of the moat despite the bombing of Japanese aircraft.

Four mortar soldiers from the 3rd Regiment were killed in the bombing by Japanese planes. But they still successfully repelled the Japanese attack.

After the captain's death, the deputy captain took over command and led the troops to temporarily withdraw into the Yanshan Mountains.

The battle at Weiyuan Gate of Shanhaiguan came to a temporary end.

The deputy captain counted the remaining troops and found that only more than 1/3 of the troops were left in their battalion.

This amount of troops was barely enough for a skirmish, but it was not enough to attack a strong city wall like Shanhaiguan. However, the former Tianshi Regiment Commander ordered their brigade to meet up with their main force outside the northern city of Huludao after taking Shanhaiguan.

Since a strong attack failed, a surprise attack was used. At around nine o'clock in the evening, the deputy captain reorganized the troops into two squadrons. One squadron advanced westward along the moat, looking for an opportunity to cross the moat.

The Second Squadron patrolled the north bank of the moat to attract the attention of the devil troops.

Under the cover of night, the first squadron successfully crossed the moat using wood and other tools, and then quickly moved along the wall towards Weiyuan Gate.

The high walls of Shanhaiguan prevented the Japanese attack, but also blocked the vision of the soldiers of the Third Regiment.

A squadron of more than 100 Japanese soldiers advanced along the wall towards Weiyuan Gate, but the soldiers of the Third Regiment on the city wall did not notice them.

At around four o'clock in the morning, a series of explosions were heard.

The Japanese army detonated the explosives placed under the Weiyuan Gate, causing it to collapse.

Then a squadron of Japanese soldiers rushed into Shanhaiguan from the gate of Weiyuan City.

The Japanese troops of the Second Squadron on the north bank of the moat took advantage of the chaos in Shanhaiguan City and quickly crossed the moat with the help of tools such as wood and planks.