The adjutant's words made Xu Yongchang, who was already a little shaken, fall into deep thought. Compared with personal grudges and the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, which one is more important?

He fell into a fierce conflict, just as Xu Yongchang was having a fierce ideological struggle.

Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire outside. Xu Yongchang stood up immediately and asked solemnly: "What's going on?"

The adjutant turned around blankly, but the gunshots outside became more rapid, occasionally accompanied by some explosions.

Not long after, a second lieutenant of the Jinsui Army rushed in from outside. He reported to Xu Yongchang with a panicked face: "Military seat, it's not good. A Northeastern Army is coming to attack the wall. Brothers, we have to resist."

Can’t stand it any longer!”

"What? Didn't I strictly order you to be on guard against night attacks? Why would there be such a big mistake?" Xu Yongchang was shocked and said angrily with a gloomy face.

The second lieutenant of the Jinsui Army did not know how to answer, so he hesitated and lowered his head in silence.

Hearing the gunfire outside becoming more and more intensive, the adjutant asked: "What should we do in the army? How about taking this opportunity to ask the brothers to give up resistance and let the Northeast Army enter the pass?"

Xu Yongchang glared at him and said: "Even if we want to let them enter, it must not be under circumstances like tonight. We are negotiating peace, not surrendering, let alone disarming, otherwise we would rather fight to the last soldier.

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After Xu Yongchang finished speaking, he picked up his helmet and the submachine gun hanging on the wall, and said: "Order the entire guard battalion to assemble and drive the Northeast Army down!"

"Yes!" Upon seeing this, the adjutant and the second lieutenant stood up and responded loudly, and walked out quickly together.

On the wall, with the help of bamboo ladders and zip lines prepared by the logistics department, the night attack force, personally led by Zhang Tingshu, chief of staff of the 3rd Army, successfully climbed up the city wall while the defenders were paralyzed and careless.

At this time, there was a fierce exchange of fire with the Jinsui Army who had reacted.

There were fires all over the city, gunshots rang out, and bullets were flying back and forth everywhere.

The incoming Northeastern Army is all equipped with the most advanced MP38 submachine guns at the moment. It is self-evident that the assault firepower is powerful.

A few dozen people were able to knock down hundreds of Shanxi-Sui soldiers on the north wall of Yanmen Pass, buying time for the follow-up troops to successfully climb the wall.

When Xu Yongchang arrived from the pass with his guard battalion, Zhang Tingshu had already led most of the night attack team members to climb the city wall and was assaulting the pass from the steps of the city walls on both sides.

The Jinsui Army that surged in from the pass fell in pieces under the crossfire of a large number of MP38 submachine guns, causing heavy casualties.

Xu Yongchang did not care about his own safety. With a wave of his hand, he led the guard battalion to press forward. His guard battalion was all equipped with Jin-made imitation MP18 submachine guns, commonly known as flower machine guns.

In such a close battle, the firepower of the Jinsui Army was much stronger than that of the ordinary Jinsui Army. With their addition, the one-sided situation of the Jinsui Army was alleviated.

At the same time, other troops of the 3rd Army stationed in the pass and in the open space south of the pass were swarming into the pass to come for reinforcements.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Tingshu immediately ordered the troops to stop the assault and retreat to the wall. At the same time, he ordered the signal soldiers to launch signal bombs and summon the main army to attack.

Swish, swish, three red flares slowly rose into the sky, shining like three bright red roses in the night sky.

A few miles away, Liu Guodong and Shen Ke, who were waiting anxiously, were attracted by the sudden and long-lost signal flare. The two looked at each other in surprise, and the latter said excitedly: "Chief, it seems that Lao Zhang and the others have succeeded. Yes, let’s get in quickly.”

"Yeah." Liu Guodong was also very excited, and immediately said to the messenger on the side: "Order, all regiments attack immediately to seize Yanmen Pass! After entering the pass, the Jinsui Army will not kill anyone who surrenders with guns, and those who resist will not be killed. amnesty!"

"Yes!" The orderly soldier responded with great excitement, quickly turned around and ran out.

Liu Guodong said to Shen Ke again: "Lao Shen, you stay and take command, I will go with the assault force to support Lao Zhang!"

"Hey, Commander-in-Chief, you are the commander-in-chief of a group of armies. How can you leave your post without permission and put yourself in danger? Let me go and you stay." Shen Ke stopped Liu Guodong.

Seeing Shen Ke's firm attitude, Liu Jianguo nodded and said, "Okay, take care of everything!"

Shen Ke nodded, reassured Liu Jianguo, and walked out of the headquarters with the guards.

The Northeastern troops of the 3rd Army had already been prepared and were waiting not far outside Yanmen Pass.

As soon as the signal flare took off, the officers and soldiers who had been waiting for a long time stood up impatiently, and they could already faintly hear the deafening gunshots and explosions coming from Yanmen Pass from time to time.

Fortunately, the messenger quickly brought the order from the group army headquarters. Thousands of Northeast Army soldiers who had been waiting for a long time immediately jumped out of the trenches and swarmed toward Yanmen Pass like a tide.

By the time Shen Ke and his guards arrived at the attack position, the first batch of reinforcements, a regiment, had already rushed forward.

Shen Ke laughed and scolded the leader of the team for running too fast, and rushed towards Yanmen Pass with tens of thousands of Northeastern Army soldiers behind him.

The distance of just a few miles was just a blink of an eye for the emotionally charged and impatient soldiers of the Northeastern Army.

The first regiment of reinforcements rushed outside the wall. At this time, a fierce battle was going on on the wall with loud gunfire.

The colonel who led the team waved his hand, and thousands of officers and soldiers under his command climbed up the ladder left by Zhang Tingshu's night attack troops and climbed to the city.

Seeing that the ladder was too slow, the remaining large group of officers and soldiers were lucky enough to blow up the city gate. Although the Shanxi-Sui Army had already blocked the Yanmenguan city wall, not long after, the city gate was still blown to pieces by the Northeastern Army using explosive bags surnamed Lie. .

A large number of fearless Northeast Army infantrymen swarmed forward, climbed onto the sandbags used by the Jinsui Army to block the city gate, and charged into the city while firing.

Within the pass, under the personal command and leadership of Xu Yongchang, the Jinsui Army launched wave after wave of fierce counterattacks against the troops led by Zhang Tingshu.

However, due to the constraints of the Guanqiang terrain, the Shanxi-Sui Army's absolute strength advantage could not be exerted, and they were repeatedly defeated by the fierce and dense rain of bullets from the Northeastern Army on the Guanqiang.

Just when Xu Yongchang was anxious, a large number of reinforcements from the Northeastern Army outside the pass arrived and climbed to the top of the city. The firepower on the pass wall was quickly strengthened, and the Jinsui Army under the pass felt even more pressure.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Xu Yongchang decisively ordered his troops to retreat and retreat to the Nanguan Wall.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Tingshu immediately led his troops to rush down the wall and launch a pursuit.

A large number of Northeastern troops had already swarmed into the pass, making forgetful shouts of killing and roaring towards the pass.

When Shen Ke arrived with his troops, the Jinsui Army in the pass had been driven to the south gate of the pass by the Northeastern Army. Rather than being driven, it is better to say that the Jinsui Army took the initiative to retreat to the south gate of the pass.

In fact, it is impossible for them not to retreat.

Seeing that nothing could be done, Xu Yongchang decisively gave up the attack, cut off his warriors, quickly gathered his troops and retreated to the southern wall, relying on the wall to carry out tenacious resistance.

Zhang Tingshu led thousands of Northeastern troops to launch a tidal wave of attacks on the southern wall.

The switch between offense and defense was so fast that many of the Jinsui Army were unexpected. They were poorly prepared and were beaten very passively by the Northeastern Army, which had superior firepower.

He was pinned on the city wall and suffered heavy casualties.

Xu Yongchang did not retreat to the pass wall with his troops, but was escorted by his adjutants and guards and exited the pass directly through the city gate.

The adjutants knew very well that retreating to the pass wall was the most dangerous, as the entire army would probably be annihilated, so they directly protected Xu Yongchang from Yanmen Pass.

"Send power to Taiyuan immediately. The north gate of Yanmen Pass has been breached by the Northeastern Army. The entire pass will fall in a matter of seconds. Mr. Yan, please make preparations as soon as possible!" After leaving Yanmen Pass, Xu Yongchang looked back with some sadness at the flames soaring into the sky, the gun.

Yanmenguan shouted loudly and ordered the adjutant.

The guards had already taken the order and left. The adjutant asked: "Military seat, Yanmen Pass has been lost. What should we do?"

Xu Yongchang sighed sadly: "Hey, a moment of carelessness caused Yanmen Pass to fall in such a short period of time. How can I go back to Taiyuan to see Mr. Yan!"

The adjutant advised: "Sir, please don't blame yourself. You and the entire army have tried their best. The soldiers fought bloody battles and suffered casualties. It's not that we didn't do our best. The Northeast Army is really too powerful."

Xu Yongchang quickly recovered from his self-blame and lost his composure, and said to the adjutant: "Adjutant Liu, you immediately send our military order, and each division immediately takes turns to cover the retreat, abandon Yanmen Pass, and retreat to Xinkou."

"Yes!" the adjutant immediately stood up and responded, taking the order and leaving.

Xu Yongchang looked back at Yanmen Pass, which was still motivating the battle, and sighed in his heart, after tonight, the Jinsui Army will probably cease to exist!

It's not that he doesn't know how important Yanmen Pass is, and what impact its fall will have on the overall strategic situation.

But Xu Yongchang did not save it at all costs, not only because his opponent was too powerful, but mainly because he was somewhat war-weary in his heart.

Because he saw the strength of the Northeastern Army under the command of Zhang Xinghan, and even more admired Zhang Xinghan for his courage to take action against the current [***] unbearable national government.

As an upright soldier with patriotic feelings, Xu Yongchang is also extremely disgusted with the current [***] of the Nationalist Government.

He sincerely hoped that Zhang Xinghan's reorganization could be successful, and he even hoped that one day, the Chinese army would no longer be divided into the Northeast Army, the Shanxi-Sui Army, and the Shandong Army.

It is the unified National Revolutionary Army. Of course, he also hopes to see Zhang Xinghan lead countless athletes to expedition to foreign lands, spread the country's prestige across the world, and lead the Chinese nation to rise again and stand on top of the world.

Compared with Chairman Chiang, a knowledgeable person like Xu Yongchang obviously does not think highly of his ability.
Chapter completed!