The small villages outside the city gates and the immediate area Ddohind the city gates have suiferseverely from artillery fire. The Shansi defences were planned by one who knew his profession. Most intricate systems of deep shell-proof tunnels penetrate beneath the wall forming the ct!
These deep tunnels com~ municated with pill-boxes" 20 yards in front of the main line at defence formed by the wall. Then there was a counter-mine tunnel to mest every mine the An-Kapchun bored towards the wall. The main defence of the city was a streing line of trenches on top of the wall. The. Shanst men Li ed as historic cliff dwellers in small individual caves like dugouts into the wall, Each unit was igned a scctot and they fought, Dilleted themselves and remained.
During the heavy attacks Iaunchthe Ankuochun against corners of the wall which were breached, the garrison awaited the cessation of artillery barrages from the safe security od? cavelike dugouts, As the enemy advanced from their trenches they quickly manned their positions and poured a deadly fire into the ranks of the advancing Ankuochun, Those who reached the wall wore driven off by a hail of hand grenades from' the top. Mountain and field guns were fired from deep secure positions through trap ports which made gun positions sat yell of Luck To-day a Shansi intelligence officer conducted "Newaresl" Wong and myself around their trenches. We acquainted the officer that we had been with the Ankvochun during the long siege and pointed cub the forward trenches from where we had shared the agony of of nerve-racking. fire while with the forward observation officers. To visualize our. former position from the top of the wall we must either thank fate or pay homage at the shrine a Lady Luck for the place where wa thought we had been secure was open to direct vision from the The main Shansi defence was a deep trench lina on top of the wall and under the wall was dug 'a deep semi-tunnel line of communication trenches to protect the men from shell splinters. Other than headquarter details and military patrols and commumieation units the garrison lived on and under the wall,
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