"Captain, does the Qing army want to cut off the path between us and the East Battalion?"

Captain Matsumi Tomoyoshi, the leader of the 7th Squadron of the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Army, looked at the thousands of Qing troops who were busy on the snow in the north, and guessed with a shocked face: "Could it be ——,that they want to fight for the East Camp with all their might today!" ”

"As long as they have this kind of courage, Kurikani Daisa will definitely let their heads bleed!"

Hearing Matsumi Tomoyoshi's speculation, Okada Akiyoshi was full of excitement on his face, and shouted loudly: "Just with these garbage infantry of theirs, even if they invest more than three times the number of troops, they can't break through the Eastern Camp of the Empire!" Besides, with these Qing army's snowdrift defense lines in the north, can they withstand our attack? ”

The stronghold of the Japanese army in the eastern hills.

"What do these Qing soldiers want to do today?"

Fukushima Yongzhi looked at the two infantry battalions of the Qing army, and after besieging his hill stronghold and fighting fiercely, there were actually a large group of Qing troops mixed with old and new military uniforms rushing out of the inner city.

However, these Qing troops did not come to participate in the siege, but ran to the south 300 meters to establish a linear defensive line.

Especially when he saw the three mule-drawn Green cannons, Fukushima Yongzhi's eyes couldn't help but shrink slightly, it was these three Green cannons yesterday that shot the imperial warriors of the Qing Dynasty in the inner city!

"These Qing troops seem to want to ——, it seems that they want to block the imperial soldiers at the gap in the Great Wall."

A staff officer beside Fukushima Yongzhi had some hesitant speculation.

"What do you mean, you mean that the Qing army actually wants to swallow the East Camp and our East Camp at the same time? Haha-"

Fukushima laughed confidently and conceitedly: "You can really be whimsical; I really hope that the commanders of the Qing army can be as stupid as you think! ”

And in the East Daying, when Kuriahara, Changshi saw that the Qing army dispatched more than 3,000 troops, surrounded the East Daying from afar, and began to build a snow defense line.

A contemptuous smile exploded at the corner of his mouth: "You also want to attack the East Battalion with this little force?" It seems that the hillside, which was half dyed red yesterday, will be dyed red today; - With the blood of these Qing troops! ”

"The thoughts of these Qing troops are still at the primitive level; If you have more guns and more people, you can win? In a battle under the same conditions, an elite army squadron in our empire can easily crush their thousands of garbage soldiers! ”

The captain of the 19th Wing 3 Brigade, Taichiro Hayashi, showed a face full of arrogance.

"These clear dogs simply don't know whether they live or die, we must kill them again today and give them a profound lesson!"

The accompanying staff officer of the First Army, Infantry Captain Tomizaburo Oysaki, shouted "wow" excitedly.

Yesterday's great victory made the Japanese troops in Dongdaying heal their scars and forget the pain, and they didn't seem to remember the embarrassment in Jiguan Mountain not long ago.

"Boom-"

At this time, there was a cannon roar from the south, and you didn't need to look at it to know that it must be the imperial artillery who was shelling the Qing army's city with the captured Qing army's small cannons.

Just thinking about it makes people feel unusually happy!

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a violent bang, sounded from the south, completely suppressed the surrounding gunfire.

"What is this, explosives pack?"

Kuriihara Tsuneyo, Hayashi Taiichiro, Oyozaki Tomizaburo, Fujimoto Tai, Kobayashi Tatsunosuke -

Suddenly, all the Japanese sergeants in the eastern battalion looked south in surprise, and there was a huge question mark hovering in their hearts: Could it be that the main city has sent troops to blast the Qing army again?

"Whoa—"

The sharp cannon roar shattered everyone's associations, and a feeling that was cold to the bone marrow made the Japanese generals on the entire battlefield numb, their spines cold, and their whole body shivered.

"The Qing army actually has artillery, and the Qing army actually has artillery? - They can bear it so much! ”

Standing in the main city of Shanhaiguan, Yamaguchi Suchen, when he first saw the Qing army's different formations from the past, he still didn't think so, but just let the artillery squadron of the Great Wall concentrate firepower to bombard the northern wing city.

In his opinion, he is here to keep a close eye on the movements of the Qing army outside the Guanwai at any time, and if the Qing army really attacks Dongdaying with all its might, it is a big deal that he will order the troops in the main city to go through yesterday's battle again.

Now he is most concerned about whether the Imperial ship group can come today!

As long as they come, it is estimated that the Qing army in the three cities will have a trace of fighting spirit at that time, and they may abandon the city and flee in a hurry.

Yamaguchi Suchen was thinking about something, and the thunderous bombardment from the north deeply stunned him.

He could never have imagined that the Imperial Army had fought for more than a month inside and outside the Guanwai City, and the Imperial soldiers had twice attacked the walls of the Qing Army, and they still had cannons, and they had been holding back.

So, what does it mean that today they suddenly decided not to hide anymore?

Do you choose to break through today, or a decisive battle?

"Boom——,"

This 78-caliber solid projectile crossed the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan high and smashed into the city behind it, and after a small shock, it was silent.

"Whew-"

Yamaguchi Suchen, Nakaki Noki, and Okubo Toshisada all took a long breath of relief.

"It's a solid bullet ——, Baga, these clear dogs are really treacherous! It's so enduring; Is it time to engage in an artillery battle with the Empire's garbage cannons? ”

Yamaguchi Suchen couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat on his face, and said with a sneer: "Order the artillery squadron, find the artillery position of the Qing army, bombard them, and dumb them!" ”

Even if all these small cannons are destroyed, Yamaguchi Suchen will not feel distressed at all, and as for whether he can defeat the artillery of the Qing army, he is not very concerned.

The boring confrontation between these solid bullets, the tiny destructive power, is simply not worth mentioning for the entire mountain and sea war.

"Haha, is this the hole card of the Qing army, are they still alive in the glory of the red-clothed cannons in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties? Think you can flop with this little toy? ”

Okubo Toshisada's face turned pale from the horror just now, and at this time he began to mock him to the extreme.

"Boom-"

Another cannon roar sounded in the north, and with a sharp whistle, a cannonball concentrated on the central wall of the main city, causing the Japanese generals to tremble slightly under their feet.

This huge iron warhead directly smashed the wall bricks on the city wall and splashed it everywhere, smashing out a big nest, and the warhead penetrated deeply into the wall of the Great Wall.

"Now that the Qing army has even played the hole cards at the bottom of the box, it seems that they are planning to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army;"

The smile on Yamaguchi Suchen's face was retracted, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Order all the troops in the pass to be ready and ready to attack at any time!" ”

"Hey!"

On the Shanhai Pass, a group of Japanese soldiers shouted in unison.

Dongluo City, East City Wall.

Luo Huafei and Lin Dayi's four brothers, sitting on a large recliner with thick cotton bedding, looked at the artillery post position in the east of the city and the three green cannons scorching in the sun.

John was setting up a camera, saying that he wanted to take a meaningful photo of the four brothers wrapped into four big rice dumplings, and Luo Huafei protested to no avail, so he went with him.

At this time, it was already 8:50 a.m., and the battle had been going on for nearly three hours, but the entire battlefield was showing a strange calm.

In Dongdaying, the 8th Battalion Infantry Regiments of the Anti-Japanese Army surrounded the Japanese position, but only the 2nd Battalion of the Southern Front fired at the Japanese army.

In the stronghold of the Western Front, the anti-Japanese army of the 2nd battalion and 1st company has completely built an arc battle line in the north of the Japanese army, which is far away from the Japanese stronghold on the hills; The two sides looked at each other in the air, and there was silence.

In the eastern stronghold, although the 2nd Battalion of the Anti-Japanese Army surrounded the Japanese army and fought 'crackling', the 2nd Battalion of the Ludong Army, the 1st Battalion of the Anti-Japanese Army, and the 1st Sentry Green Artillery 300 meters to the south were completely silent on a front and had no intention of reinforcement.

And the artillery battle is gradually coming to an end.