The sudden blow made the puzzled expressions on the faces of several officers and soldiers instantly replaced by shock, and then subconsciously wanted to dodge the sudden bullets. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, the speed at which the bullets flew was just too fast.

Before they could react, several people were shot several times, and then fell to the staircase with a face full of unwillingness.

The sound of the gun was an order, and as soon as the battalion commander fired, the subordinates who followed him moved, and immediately raised their weapons and rushed towards the city.

The gunfire also alarmed the officers and soldiers at the head of the city, and the officers and soldiers closest to the staircase immediately reacted after being shocked.

At this time, the commander of the guard battalion reacted faster, and immediately ordered a dozen subordinates around him to throw grenades at the head of the city.

After more than 20 grenades emitting white smoke exploded in horror, all the officers and soldiers on both sides of the city with the staircase as the center were overturned, killed or wounded.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Liaodong Army quickly rushed to the city.

After killing and wounding more than a dozen officers and soldiers who were a little farther away, the light machine gun hit the head, and immediately lay on the ground of the city wall, set up machine guns and continued to sweep at the officers and soldiers to prevent them from rushing this way.

Six machine guns and dozens of riflemen cooperated to quickly occupy a section of more than 20 meters long at the head of the city.

As more and more Liaodong troops began to rush to the city, the guard battalion was no longer limited to this position, and began to attack on both sides step by step.

Machine gun sweep s cover, grenade explosion, rifle precision s-fire......

Under the sharp attack of the Liaodong Army, the casualties of the officers and soldiers became heavier and heavier, and they continued to retreat.

The sudden sound of gunfire at the head of the city also alarmed the town control that had just entered Shanhaiguan.

After learning that the Liaodong Army at his city gate and the head of the city were mixed in through his own troops, the command was also anxious.

If the Liaodong Army occupies Shanhaiguan, the capital will be under the attack of the Liaodong Army at any time. When the time comes, the imperial court will definitely be furious, and if the responsibility of Shanhaiguan is lost, the imperial court will definitely push it on itself.

Thinking of this, the commander immediately decided to cooperate with the defenders of Shanhaiguan to eliminate the Liaodong Army that had entered the city and hold Shanhaiguan.

Therefore, the commander personally led the troops near a target around him to the gate of the city to reinforce the past.

Kang Jie, who was following behind the officers and soldiers, had already decided to take Shanhaiguan, and he had thought of the problems that the guard battalion and reconnaissance company might encounter.

In order not to let the guard battalion and reconnaissance company fight alone, the 24 mountain field guns originally equipped by the 12th Division and the 54 field guns that had just captured the officers and soldiers were all aimed at the Shanhaiguan City.

Because Shanhaiguan Guancheng is completely a large military camp, there are no people, and Kang Jie is not afraid of accidental injury from artillery.

As soon as the sound of gunfire and explosions from the head of Shanhaiguan City reached Kang Jie's ears, Kang Jie ordered more than 70 mountain artillery pieces to open fire.

After the dense shells smashed into the city and exploded, it directly blew up the Shanhaiguan City into chaos.

The more than 2,000 officers and soldiers who reinforced the city with the commander also suffered almost 20 shells.

After the violent explosion instantly took more than 100 lives, the surrounding officers and soldiers who had escaped by luck were already demoralized, and finally fled back to Shanhaiguan. Now that they are going to war, many people disagree from the bottom of their hearts.

Especially after seeing the corpses of so many comrades up close, the last bit of their morale was then enveloped by fear, and then their first reaction was to flee for their lives in all directions, dodging the shells falling from the sky.

Therefore, in just one round of artillery fire, nearly half of the more than 2,000 people around him were dispersed.

At this moment, they were still several hundred meters away from the city, and the distance in front of them was completely covered by artillery fire.

When the commander reacted under the second round of artillery fire, the already small number of troops scattered several hundred people again.

"My lord, do you want to reinforce the city? The garrison was only 500 men at the head of the city, and it seemed like it was about to be wiped out by the sound of gunfire! Looking at the commander in front of him with a cryless expression, the deputy general reminded with a weak face.

The commander wanted to give an affirmative answer, but he was also aware of the fact that under the artillery fire of the Liaodong Army, it was already thankful that half of the subordinates who could finally rush to the city with him could have half of them.

The Liaodong Army that had infiltrated the city could wipe out the five hundred garrisons at the head of the city in such a short time, so it would definitely be no problem to eliminate the hundreds of people around them.

Compared with losing his life, the court's pursuit of his own guilt for losing Shanhaiguan is obviously more acceptable.

Although he was very unwilling, the commander still decisively ordered: "Retreat, while the main force of the Liaodong Army has not yet entered the army, gather the troops as much as possible, and evacuate Shanhaiguan, this place will definitely not be able to hold." ”

"Then are we going to retreat in the direction of the capital?" The lieutenant general followed and asked.

The ruler's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of a good way to make the court unable to hold him accountable.

"If we don't go to the capital, where will we go back and forth from. Go directly around the capital and return to the garrison, and don't forget to pull some food from the garrison barracks when gathering troops. Without food, we won't be able to go back even if we bypass the capital. ”

The adjutant general hurriedly complimented: "Your Excellency is wise! As long as we return to the south, the Governor will definitely protect us, and I will immediately send someone to arrange for the collection of troops and the rations of the army. ”

The troops that had just withdrawn into Shanhaiguan retreated directly through Shanhaiguan to the pass, and the Shanhaiguan garrison, which was in chaos during the shelling, would certainly not wait here to die.

Many garrisons with quick brains reacted directly in the middle of the retreating troops and retreated together to the pass.

As for the Shanhaiguan they defended, if they lost it, they would lose it, and even if the imperial court held them responsible, it would not be able to catch up with their ordinary soldiers.

Wait for Kang Jie to take the main force all the way into Shanhaiguan Guancheng.

In addition to being killed and blown up, the 5,000 garrisons also slipped away, and there were not even 2,000 people left.

And most of the 2,000 people were ordinary soldiers who didn't react.

As for the officers, when they saw that the soldiers had fled, they immediately understood that Shanhaiguan could not be defended. In order to survive, he also fled.

For the remaining garrisons in Guancheng, Kang Jie captured them all without much effort.

After controlling all the warehouses and garrisons arranged by the officers and troops in the Guancheng, Kang Jie immediately arranged for the troops to climb the Shanhaiguan Pass and lean against a wall in the Guannei, and stand ready to guard against the counterattack of the officers and troops.

After everything was arranged, the chief of staff also counted all the gains, and as soon as he rushed over, he happily reported: "Division commander, you have made a lot of money." Guess what we seized at Shanhaiguan? ”

"Shells, lots of field shells. It must have been brought all the way by the officers and soldiers who attacked us and stored in Shanhaiguan. Now we are not afraid that the field artillery we have captured will not be without shells. ”

"There is a lot of ammunition and enough food for our 12th Division to eat for half a year. It is worthy of being an important town valued by the imperial court, and the materials and ammunition hoarded in it are not at all comparable to ordinary counties. ”

Kang Jie was also very happy: "You haven't seen the terrain of Shanhaiguan, as long as we deploy an infantry regiment and an artillery regiment in Shanhaiguan, even if the official army comes to 100,000 troops, it will not be able to break through Shanhaiguan." This news reached the ears of the commander, who would surely be pleased. (To be continued.) )