At 3:30 a.m. on February 20 in the Western calendar, the officers of the various departments who received Liu Gangzhi's final order hurriedly woke up the soldiers of their departments and began to act quickly according to the operational objectives of each department.

The more than 400 soldiers of Bian Changsheng's battalion, after Liu Gangzhi's instructions, finally got a Murata Type 18 single-shot rifle, and at the same time, each of them was given a small bag, a total of 100 rounds of 11mm caliber rifle ammunition.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, Shi Weicheng led more than 1,300 Dagu recruits to travel overnight and arrived at Sajin Village.

After yesterday's artillery battle, these soldiers saw the tragic sacrifices of their comrades-in-arms, and their mood has changed greatly, and only 23 people fell behind in the middle of this 80-mile rapid march of more than 80 miles, which is already commendable.

Liu Gangzhi ordered all the recruits in Dagu to sleep and camp, waiting for tomorrow's battle order.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the artillery unit of the Jinmen Brigade quietly crossed the Tang River from the river about 5 miles upstream from the coastline.

Enter the river area between the Don River and the Sand River.

According to the battle plan, the artillery team will spread 14 guns from the east bank of the Tang River to the west bank of the Sha River, and point the guns at the southern coastline.

The snowstorm a few days ago has watered all the wheat seedling fields in the Jintang area.

These days, the temperature is rising rapidly, and the sun has long since dried the snow, but it has also made the wheat field soft, and there is a deep mud nest under your feet.

By this time, all the mules and horses were so exhausted that they could no longer be forced.

All the gun carriages, bulky artillery attachments, 600 shells, all this had to be done by manpower.

In order to transport these artillery pieces to their respective destinations as soon as possible, Liu Gangzhi transferred the newly incorporated 700 Shui Yong to Xiao Ligang, and co-founded the Song Zhanbiao battalion, totaling more than 1,200 people.

These soldiers used the wooden sticks that the common people had stored as firewood as the base, demolished the door panels of all the houses in Sajin Village, and laid a nearly 200-meter-long stretch of movable road.

A thousand or so people were divided into three groups, taking turns to step barefoot in the cold and slippery mud field, and the ropes and hands pushed the gun carts, as well as the vehicles pulling heavy artillery parts and shells, to the predetermined position.

At 5:05 a.m., more than 900 people from the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Jinmen Brigade and the Bian Changsheng Battalion crossed the Tang River and lurked on a dirt slope outside Jianhe Village on the north side of the Tang River estuary.

At 5:30 a.m., in the slightly milky white skylight, 463 people from the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Jinmen Brigade and 262 people from the Guard Company of the Brigade Headquarters, with two Green guns of Luo Hua Fei Sentinel, arrived one mile north of the tidal flat position in the central part of the Japanese army, and assembled in a small dry lake to stand by.

These two Green cannons were specially prepared by Liu Zhigang as a gift to the Japanese cavalry.

At this time, a faint mist had risen on the coast, and although there was no obstruction of sight within a range of one or two hundred meters, it became a white expanse one when it reached three or four hundred meters away.

At 5:50, nearly 500 people from the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Jinmen Brigade came to Heiyanzi Village, which was deserted on the west bank of the Shahe River, and took the scouts as the lead, along the embankment path, and quietly marched quickly towards the Shahekou position of the Japanese army in the south.

The 3rd Regiment of the Jinmen Brigade, with more than 1,400 people, marched to the western coast 2 miles from the mouth of the Tang River and waited in concealment on a seaside slope.

At 6:03 a.m., the soldiers of the reconnaissance company on the right bank of the Shahe River cleared the first Japanese guard post in Lisuo.

Although they approached the second checkpoint with great care, the already bright sky still revealed their camouflage of straw and cloaks.

When the eight soldiers of the reconnaissance company were still about 100 meters away from the Japanese guard post, the Japanese soldiers suddenly noticed that a few tufts of straw had 'grown' in the green wheat field for no reason.

"Yaga! How can hay grow in a wheat field full of wheat seedlings? ”

The sleepy soldier Cao Yuanshan Zhengji looked at the straw in the field with some puzzlement, and the straw seemed to be still slightly stirring in the windless mist.

"No, I didn't see any weeds in this field last night?"

A Japanese soldier looked at it with his eyes open and confused, and shouted in surprise: "There are really weeds, and there are ——, enemy attacks, enemy attacks!" ”

At this time, as long as you are not a fool, you know what is going on, and then think of the fact that there is a guard post in front, there is no doubt that it has suffered from the poisonous hands of the enemy!

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"Bang, bang—"

The Japanese soldiers at the five guard posts all shouted in horror, stood up and raised their guns and shot at the grass more than 80 meters away.

The crisp sound of gunfire echoed far away along the entire silent coastline, waking up all the Japanese soldiers on the coast.

"Hit!"

"Bang, bang, bang—"

Seeing that it had been exposed, with the order of Wang Sancheng, the platoon commander of the 3rd platoon of the reconnaissance company of the Jinmen Brigade, 8 repeating rifles exploded at the same time and shot at the 5 Japanese soldiers who were standing stupidly.

The battle ensued.

"Ahh

The five Japanese sentries were shot one by one and fell.

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

"Tick-tock-"

Almost at the same time, gunshots rolling in the sky were heard, and the 1, 2, and 3 regiments of the Jinmen Brigade, Bian Changsheng's battalion, simultaneously gave the order to attack.

The sound of the trumpet resounded along the coastline.

"Get up, get up immediately! Baga,—— pick up your guns and kill these Qing soldiers who don't know whether they are alive or dead! ”

"Pick up your guns and teach these stupid guys a good lesson, know the sharpness of the Imperial Army!"

"The 4th Infantry Brigade formed a semi-ring, defending against the enemy on three sides in the east, west, and north, and the cavalry all mounted and withdrew to the sea surface safety ice belt, hiding in the white fog, waiting for the attack order!

"Crawl along the position, ready to run and counterattack at any time; Yaga, these fools looking for death! ”

Watanabe no Shozo at the tidal flat position on the east bank of the Tang River estuary, Suzuki Shoroku Shoroku, the 6th cavalry captain at the central beach position, Captain Date Tsuyoshi, the 5th Infantry Squadron Leader at the beach position on the west bank of the Shahe Estuary, and the 6th Infantry Squadron Leader Captain Nakao Shozo.

They were all angry and smirked after being provoked by weak bugs, and they yelled and gave orders to take over.

"Shoot from your back!"

"Hit!"

"Bang, bang, bang—"

The distance of one mile, under the rapid running of the soldiers of the Jinmen Brigade, quickly narrowed to a distance of less than two hundred meters, and in the thin morning fog, both sides could clearly see each other's lineup.

In less than 10 seconds, the distance between the two sides had been reduced to a firing area of 150 meters, and the battle began violently.

"Kill the dogs!"

"The brothers are aiming to fight to the death!"

"Attack, Yaga, attack!"

Suddenly, the sound of gunfire and shouts shook the sky, from the east bank of the Tang River estuary to the west bank of the Shahe River estuary in Dongsili, like a big pot of surging boiling water.

In the three Japanese positions, because of the slight slope of the beach, the Jinmen Brigade was very well positioned in a condescending position, and achieved a better visual area.

Moreover, the rudimentary positions of the Japanese army were originally randomly surrounded by thin door panels around the position, with thick wooden sticks.

However, last night, when the Japanese soldiers were sleeping, they all put the door panel under them, and now the bare sand surface is basically unobstructed except for a circle of wooden sticks.

Taking advantage of the geographical advantage, the soldiers of the Jinmen Brigade fired ferociously one after another, causing the Japanese soldiers to scream, and the Japanese soldiers were shot and killed one after another.

However, the Japanese soldiers, with their usual strict training and accurate marksmanship, also shouted and fired back without giving an inch.