Outside Shanhaiguan, North Wing City, early in the morning.

At 5:40 in the morning, the roar from the northwest direction faintly spread to the three cities outside the Guanwai.

Those who don't know still think that it was a drought and thunder in winter, but only some high-ranking members of the anti-Japanese army understand the meaning of this explosion.

This roar made He Changying determine two things.

The first is the explosives buried under the Biyun Mountain River, which were successfully detonated, and it is estimated that it will bring a deep memory to the Japanese army.

The second is that the westward detachment of the Japanese army has approached the Nine Gates, pointing to Liu Kunyi that he has not yet started to send troops, thinking that it is more auspicious to come to the Nine Gates.

The only suspense now is when Liu Kunyi will be able to send troops and whether he can establish a defense before the Japanese army's westward advance detachment arrives at Shimenzhai.

The weather is still cold, and a breath of hot air from the mouth will immediately turn into a white mist, which will be blown away by the east wind blowing over the Bohai Sea in an instant.

He Changying stood on top of the ruins of the castle tower in the north wing, looking at the Japanese battle line in the north.

On his side, Li Jingfang, Tang Shaoyi, Liu Mingyang, Lu Wenjie, Liu Gangzhi, Lu Zhaomei, Li Fengrui, Cao Yitao, Liu Yufu, Yang Guang,——

There are also Luo Huafei, the sentry commander of Dagu Fort, and Song Zhanbiao of Nie Shicheng's artillery battalion.

Except for Xiao Ligang and Xiang Shaolong of the Shihebian artillery battalion in Guannei, all the regimental-level generals of the anti-Japanese military battalion are concentrated here.

Everyone was solemn.

In their line of sight, from Lujiagou under the western corner mountain, to the Dongdaying in front of the North Wing City, the Nanshuijing in the back, the Nanyingzi Village in the east, and even the Dongwa Yingzi in the north of Huanxi Ridge, and Wangjialing in the east by the sea.

The battle flags of the Japanese army were fluttering everywhere.

"Japanese army, this time it's going to be a general attack!"

Liu Mingyang looked bitter: "In the battle on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the Japanese army only invested about one brigade of troops, and it fought so fiercely!" ”

"General attack? The total attack is good! ”

Lu Zhaomei laughed: "We are here with an iron wall, we can't pee these stupid pens!" ”

"The Japanese children are relying on cannons, if we pull in Xiao Ligang's 13 barrel guns, plus Luo Huafei's 6 old guns, and replace them with high-explosive bombs imported from the West——, uh——, mouth is cheap, I didn't say it, okay?"

Liu Gangzi said and said, watching Lu Zhaomei roll her eyes at him, he knew that his mouth was about to speak.

"Where did you get the imported flowering bombs?"

Li Jingfang looked at Liu Gangzhi with a surprised expression: "All the materials pulled into the three cities have passed through my hands——, is it the batch of shells that came with you?" ”

"If I blow it randomly, you just be a garlic fart and smell it."

Liu Gangzhi played a scoundrel and refused to admit it.

"Uh-"

Li Jingfang was disgusted by Liu Gangzhi's words, and immediately couldn't ask.

"That batch of shells is; It is very difficult to deal with 80-caliber high-explosive shells, so I got 306 of them, just know this matter in your heart, and don't tell outsiders. ”

He Changying explained to Li Jingfang, looked at Luo Huafei who was eager to try, and said: "Your 6 78-caliber cannons are still filled with solid bullets; - Why don't you pick it up again? There are also some flowering bombs of the Beiyang Bureau that can be put individually. ”

"Forget it, I'm still playing it solid; I'm afraid of bombing. ”

Luo Huafei looked disappointed.

"The Japanese artillery position is moving forward," Liu Mingyang said in a deep voice while holding up the binoculars, "It seems that they don't plan to wait until tomorrow!" ”

He Changying raised the binoculars, and in his line of sight, except for the Japanese heavy artillery wing in Huazipo, the artillery position of the third wing of the Japanese army in Yaoshanpo, and the artillery position of the fifth wing in Shahezi, the artillery on it were all moving.

He Changying glanced at the sun in the east and took out his pocket watch, it was seven fifty in the morning.

"It seems that Youpeng in Shan County doesn't plan to wait for his westward detachment to assist in the attack behind, but with Liu Kunyi's foundation, the Japanese army is not stupid, like the strength of the 30th month of the month, blasting the Great Wall, and breaking the pass!"

He Changying's face was heavy and said: "Youpeng in Shan County wants to use the westward detachment as a rope to tie up the bag mouth of Yongping Mansion, and want to annihilate them all!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings were clear.

"Commander-in-chief, isn't the Japanese army going to fight us; How did you get Liu Kunyi, Yongping Mansion, what pockets did you tie? ”

Liu Gangzhi looked puzzled.

"It's not the three cities outside the gates, and the mountain is not so stupid; Trying to cut the wires, sending troops to flank the nine gates, all for Shanhaiguan, such an obvious layout, you can't see it? ”

He Changying ordered to Qi Jiacai beside him: "Tell Xiao Ligang that all the artillery is set up in the carriage, and those garbage solid bullets will be left alone; Once Jiaoshan, Huanxiling, or the old dragon head city wall, any of them were blasted by the Japanese army, they immediately forcibly rushed through the pass and entered the three cities outside the pass. ”

"Yes!"

Qi Jiacai responded loudly and strode away.

Li Jingfang next to him, Tang Shaoyi's face began to turn pale,—— once the Japanese army really broke through the pass, wouldn't the three cities outside the pass besieged by tens of thousands of troops and artillery become a dead city?

"The Japanese army wants to break through!"

Li Jingfang's voice trembled slightly: "Do you want to remind Liu Kunyi?" ”

"He's not stupid; Suddenly, he may be confused and can't figure it out, but after smoking a cigarette bubble to refresh himself, he probably understands. ”

He Changying said in a cold voice: "If we remind him, he will justifiably transfer the troops of our three cities to enter the customs to defend the Great Wall; This Great Wall, which was used to block cold weapons hundreds of years ago, is flawed in how to block the Japanese explosives and heavy artillery, and it is a dead end to go! ”

He Changying glanced back, and the north wall of Dongxiluo City was full of people, and it was obvious that the movement of the Japanese army in the north also alarmed the two cities.

However, the city wall of Shanhaiguan was empty, with only a few vigilant Qing troops and countless colorful flags waving in the wind.

"Wolf smoke!"

On the west city wall, several anti-Japanese soldiers suddenly shouted.

The generals looked at each other in amazement, only to see that on a beacon tower on Horn Mountain, wolf smoke was billowing and blowing westward by the mountain wind.

"The Nine Gates should have already started fighting!"

He Changying said solemnly: "All departments are ready to fight; I went to the joint command. ”

"Commander-in-chief, didn't you say that the Japanese army was going to fight Shanhaiguan?"

Lu Zhaomei felt that she was about to be stunned.

"The main attack on Shanhaiguan will contain and attack the three cities outside the pass; And once the pass is broken and the Qing army in the main city, the southern wing city, and Yongping Mansion is cleared, it is likely that it will be our turn below! ”

He Changying looked around at the officers and said in a low voice, "Everyone, fight to the death!" ”

"Kill!"

On the city wall, all the soldiers of the anti-Japanese army roared excitedly.

"Kill!"

Suddenly, in the city wall above, the roars came and went.

"Kill!"

The entire three cities outside the gate are full of roaring and shouting like mountains and seas.

The main city of Shanhaiguan, the city tower.

"Kill!"

Liu Kun repeated it in a cold voice, his eyes full of anxiety before the volcano erupted.

"Governor Xian, the water city at the nine gates is extremely dangerous; And even if the Japanese really took advantage of the city, the Shimen Village behind it was also a moat. ”

Yi Shunding saw Liu Kunyi's anxious face, and hurriedly comforted him.

"It's not that simple!"

Liu Kun let out a long sigh: "There are no outsiders here, so I can say it directly without hiding it; Since the Japanese soldiers sent out to the nine gates, they may have changed their combat methods, no longer taking the three cities outside the pass as the target of attack, but bypassing the tip of the three cities and directly attacking the Great Wall. ”

"Whew-"

Above the city tower, the east wind is blowing, and it is still as cold as a knife.