At noon that day, Liu Kunyi and He Changying went into the room alone to talk for a long time, and after they came out, Liu Kunyi's face was even more iron-blue, and He Changying's face had no purpose to achieve, and there was a relieved smile.

At that time, everyone was stunned.

However, the result of the matter was surprisingly good, Liu Kun couldn't help but stop mentioning Luo Huafei's matter, and ordered He Minggao, Chen Guiren, Mei Dongyi, Wang Liansan and other generals to temporarily dispatch the general attack tomorrow by the joint command of the three cities.

In the evening, when it was nearly dark, a complex battle plan was finally made.

In this operation, the anti-Japanese army and Liu Kun's army used a total of 20 infantry battalions, 1 cavalry battalion, 2 artillery battalions, 1 Grimm artillery sentry, as well as an engineer company, reconnaissance company, and guard company, totaling nearly 12,000 troops.

The Japanese 2nd Brigade Regiment, the 19th Wing, the 5th Cavalry Brigade, and a small-caliber solid artillery squadron were faced, totaling nearly 6,700 troops.

It is scheduled that at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, the troops of the 6th Battalion and 1 Company (Engineer Company) will be used to launch sorties against the three strongholds of the Japanese army outside the Guan.

However, the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company that attacked on the Western Front no longer directly attacked the Japanese stronghold on the western hill, but went around to the north of the Japanese stronghold to quickly establish a blocking line to prevent the possible reinforcement of the Eastern Battalion by this army.

In the east, after the Qing army completed the encirclement and exchange of fire on the eastern stronghold of the Japanese army, it quickly added 3 infantry battalions plus Grimm artillery sentry and deployed them in the south of the stronghold on the eastern hill to block reinforcements that might come from the direction of the eastern break of the Great Wall.

After annihilating the Japanese army in the eastern camp, the next step will be to concentrate on attacking the Japanese stronghold in the east and seek total annihilation.

In the city of Dongluo, the city of Xiluo, and the inner city, a total of 6 battalions of infantry were placed to guard it; Liu Kunyi and Mei Dongyi's 2nd battalion guarded Xiluo City, and Wang Liansan's 2nd battalion guarded Dongluo City.

In order to obtain a better bombardment distance to the Japanese stronghold in Dongdaying, the 13 guns of Xiao Ligang's battalion with new 80mm rapid-fire tubes will be quietly transported to the northwest corner of Dongluocheng in the inner city in the second half of the night.

In the blind spot of the main city of Shanhaiguan, the artillery camp position was arranged.

This position will be garrisoned by a guard company, a reconnaissance company, and officers and men of the artillery battalion.

The Song Zhanbiao battalion, which was still in the North Wing City, was responsible for cleaning up the Japanese small-caliber artillery group in the main city of Shanhaiguan and preventing the Japanese from bombarding the artillery position of 80 guns.

In the north, when the 2nd Battalion of the Japanese Army's southern defense line attacked Dongdaying and exchanged fire with the Japanese army, the remaining 5 infantry battalions and 1 cavalry battalion will be immediately dispatched to complete the comprehensive encirclement of the entire Japanese stronghold in Dongdaying.

With 8 battalions of nearly 3,500 troops, nearly 1,600 remnants of the 19th Wing and the 5th Brigade of the Japanese army were trapped like iron buckets, and they were completely annihilated by heavy artillery.

On the fourteenth night of the first month of the first lunar month of the Qing Dynasty, the sudden change of direction of the east wind completely swept away the clouds overhead, revealing a bright full moon, shining quietly on the snow-covered mountains, rivers, cities, and land.

Yamaguchi Sutomi, Nakaki Noue, and Okubo Toshisada stepped on the 'creaking' snow and climbed the Joy Ridge Weiyuan Castle in the night.

The generals looked far to the southeast, and farther away from the white ice belt, the sparkling sea, but still could not find a single point of light.

"Navy, what's going on? It's a pity that the telegraph line was destroyed by the hateful Qing army. ”

Okubo Risada held the binoculars and looked at it vigorously for a long time, had to give up, and said angrily: "The Qing army's fighting spirit is getting stronger and stronger, if the 11th Brigade is delayed, the east and west strongholds are two weak undersides, and his subordinates suggest that it is best to withdraw as soon as possible and concentrate these forces in the eastern camp." ”

"Through today's offensive of the Qing army, it can be seen that the imperial forces are too scattered, and it is likely that the Qing army will concentrate its forces and force a breakthrough in one place."

Staff officer Yoshitaro Hayashi suggested: "Shrink the stronghold, so that the size of the eastern battalion can be expanded to two to three times the original size, and one south and one north will hold the three cities of the Qing army for a long time; Moreover, with 3,000 troops, the Dongda Battalion can deal with any attack by the Qing army, and it will not have to launch an attack through the main city to contain it as it did today. ”

"The east-west stronghold has never been a defect, it is a guarantee for the arrival of the imperial ship group to prevent the Qing army from fleeing in fear."

Yamaguchi Suchen's eyes looked at the northwest of the mountain, the three dark cities that were connected as one, and encouraged loudly: "You just need to wait patiently, two days after tomorrow, the invincible armada of the empire will inevitably appear on the surface of the sea, and the three cities of the Qing army will be shattered into powder!" ”

"Hey!"

A group of Japanese soldiers shouted at the top of the hill, and their fighting spirit was high.

Three cities outside the gates.

At two o'clock in the morning on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the entire three cities outside the Guanwai were quietly operating.

The guard company, the reconnaissance company, began to clear the snow in the northwest corner under the city wall outside Dongluo City and set up artillery positions.

Xiao Ligang's artillery battalion soldiers drove mules and horses with horse halbers, pulled 13 heavy artillery trucks and 160 80-caliber high-explosive shells, and arrived at the position.

The seven 78-caliber guns of the Song Zhanbiao battalion were also relocated, and the new position was close to the north wall of the northern wing of the city, in order to obtain the best bombardment elevation angle for the main city of Shanhaiguan.

The soldiers lit fires and cooked, arranged cotton clothes, cotton shoes, cotton hats, checked firearms, and distributed bullets.

The officers worked in a company unit and gave each soldier a clear idea of the combat mission of each company.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, everything was ready, and the soldiers moved silently and freely for half an hour.

At 5:30 a.m., the sky was slightly bright, and all the teams began to assemble.

At this time, the eastern camp of the Japanese army, the strongholds of the eastern and western hills, were also disturbed, and the Japanese soldiers were hungry and drowsy under the scolding of the officers.

At 5:45, the various units of the Qing army entered their predetermined positions and waited for the order to attack.

At this time, the Japanese sentries in the main city of Shanhaiguan also saw the assembly of the Qing army in the inner city, but the 3 battalions and 1 outpost responsible for the second batch of blocking the eastern stronghold were all hiding in the blind spot of the Japanese army in the 80 artillery battalion.

Therefore, when the Japanese sentry saw the Qing army's inner city waiting for the attack procession, it seemed to be the same as yesterday, and they just fired a shot into the sky to warn about the matter.

After hearing the sound of the warning gun in the main city of Shanhaiguan, the soldiers on the three Japanese positions cursed one after another,—— tossing around blindly every morning in the ice and snow, it's really not a thing!

"Yaga!"

Hearing the gunshot, Yamaguchi Suchen, who had already gotten up and washed up, cursed in a low voice and strode towards the Great Wall of the main city.

It seems that everything is the same as the previous two days, not too unusual.

It was 6 o'clock in the morning.

"Tick Tick Tick Tick-"

The loud trumpet sounded between heaven and earth.

"Rush!"

The anti-Japanese army of the 6th battalion and 1st company roared from the north gate of the northern wing of the city, and the reserved gap in the east and west cities of Dongluo bravely rushed out and pounced on the Japanese stronghold.

"Raise your gun, aim and shoot freely!"

Under the yelling of the Japanese officers, the Japanese soldiers lying on the snowdrifts of the position cursed in their hearts and aimed with their guns.

"Kill the dogs!"

"Yaga, shoot, shoot!"

"Bang, bang, bang—"

At the strongholds of Dongdaying and Dongshanqiu, the Qing and Japanese armies soon exchanged fierce fire.

The Japanese troops in the stronghold on the western hill were surprised to see that the rushing Qing troops suddenly turned around, ran to the snow 300 meters north of the stronghold, and began to spread out in a line.

Then, the snow was shaved with wood chips, and a long snow-free belt was cleared, and a low snow wall was built facing the stronghold.

"Yaga! What tricks are these clear dogs playing? ”

Akiyoshi Okada, the captain of the 2nd Brigade of the 16th Wing of the Japanese Army, who was in charge of the western stronghold, shouted angrily: "What a group of extremely boring snow rats, sooner or later they will all die!" ”