兵(へい)隊(たい) heitaiが ga橋(はし) hashiを o見(み)張(は)っ()て()い()た() mihatteita。 The soldiers were keeping watch over the bridge. Literal Soldiers [subject-が] bridge [object-を] were-keeping-watch. 見張る means to stand guard or keep watch. ~ていた marks an ongoing past action — the soldiers were in the midst of guarding at the time described. military~ている (ongoing state)
兵(へい)隊(たい) heitaiが ga橋(はし) hashiを o見(み)張(は)っ()て()い()た() mihatteita。 The soldiers were keeping watch over the bridge. Literal Soldiers [subject-が] bridge [object-を] were-keeping-watch. 見張る means to stand guard or keep watch. ~ていた marks an ongoing past action — the soldiers were in the midst of guarding at the time described. military~ている (ongoing state)