At this time, the People's Army guarding Liaoyang had a total of 6 divisions, 4 regiments, 3 artillery regiments directly under it, and an armored train, and organized a defensive line with the Shili River as the core, and arranged two divisions at the Shili River; from the right flank position to Xiaodong Pass, 1 division and 2 regiments were arranged; from the left flank position to Dongyangjiaowan Village, 1 division and 2 regiments were also arranged, spreading horizontally for 15 kilometers, leaving two divisions as reserves, and 3 artillery regiments directly under the command of the 2nd Army Headquarters. ！

In addition, the KPA has also rushed to build a temporary railway 5 kilometers behind the defensive line, which can be used by armored trains to travel back and forth behind the defensive line, and within an hour, reinforcements can be sent to any position of the defensive line.

At this time, the Russian army had gathered about 300,000 troops in Shenyang, with a total strength of about three times that of the People's Army, and according to the report of the Russian scouts, the People's Army's defense line was very simple, basically based on trenches, and then piled up embankment-type earth slopes, and did not build any fortresses, just in the distance of 150 meters in front of the trenches, some barbed wire, and wooden horses.

When Linnevich received this report, he was still a little unconvinced, although he said that the time for the KPA was not long, it was enough to build a few fortresses at the location of the pass, how could the KPA not even build a single fortress, so he personally went to the battlefield to check it, and the results proved that what the scouts said was true. After reading it, Linnevich was convinced, in his opinion, such a defensive position should not be difficult to break, and this battle is very promising, if the Japanese army fights a little more and drags the People's Army a little longer, maybe it can really take Liaoyang.

So Linnevich immediately arranged troops, the establishment of the Russian army was different from the Japanese army, it was organized according to the group army-army-division, brigade, before the Russo-Japanese War, the main forces of the Russian army in the Far East were the 1st, 2nd, The 3 group armies, under each group army, each has jurisdiction over 4-5 armies, and the total strength is about 10-120,000, but in the war, the establishment of the group army is often disrupted, after all, the units of the three group armies are too few, and it is too inconvenient to mobilize; in addition, there are coastal defense troops, among which the coastal defense troops, there is a separate Lushun fortress unit, but the Lushun fortress unit has been completely annihilated by the Japanese army, and the other units of the coastal defense force are stationed in the area around Vladivostok.

However, in the battle with the Japanese army, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd armies all suffered heavy losses, and although they replenished their troops from the country, they were not yet full, only about 80 percent of the full strength, and a small part of the troops transferred from Europe were incorporated into the 1st Army, because Linnevich was originally the commander of the 1st Army, so he naturally had to take care of his own troops, so the 1st Army was at full strength and basically recovered its combat effectiveness; and most of the troops were formed into the 4th, The 5th Army, the 4th Army, with a total strength of 135,000 troops, was commanded by Lieutenant General Alexander Vasilyevich Samsonov, and the 5th Army, with a total strength of 120,000 troops, was commanded by Lieutenant General Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich.

In this attack on the Shili River, Linnevich decided to dispatch the 1st, 4th, and 5th armies, which are currently the most elite troops in the Russian army in the Far East. The 4th Army was the center, dispatching about 100,000 troops, the 5th Army was the right flank, dispatching about 75,000 troops, and the 1st Army, on the left flank, with about 8 troops, launched an attack on the KPA positions with three arrows.

Since most of the Russian troops who went to war were front-line troops transferred from Europe, the army's equipment and training were relatively good in the Russian army, and they had not experienced previous defeats, although they were also made to suffer a lot by Russia's inefficient and poor logistics dispatch capabilities, but they had no shadow in their hearts, and even had a certain sense of self-satisfaction, thinking that fighting the yellow-skinned monkey was not a problem at all. Seeing that the People's Army's defense line was simple, all of them were quite confident, and many people even thought that they would defeat the yellow-skinned monkey as soon as possible, so that they could go back to Europe, so as not to stay here and suffer.

As a result, after the battle began, the Russian army found that although the KPA's defense line looked simple, it was really difficult to fight. Since the Russian army despised the KPA's defense, it launched an attack on the KPA without even preparing artillery fire. The Nachi People's Army not only had intensive firepower, but also mixed with a large number of small-caliber artillery shells, and from a distance of 1,000 meters from the position, it launched a fierce attack on the Russian army, causing countless casualties to the Russian army.

Moreover, the People's Army is arranging the barbed wire fence in front of the position, and the square horse has become a nightmare for the Russian army, and in peacetime I feel that these things are not very good, and it is very easy to move them away or push them to the ground, but the problem is that it is now a battlefield, and on the battlefield, the Russian army can calmly cut the barbed wire and push away the moment horse! Moreover, the People's Army is even more concentrated firepower, shooting at the position of the barbed wire and the square horse, so the Russian army is almost in a row in front of the iron wire or the square horse.

In the position of Lishuangtaizi Village on the right flank of the People's Army, a battalion of troops guarded the defense line about 300 meters long, and the Russian army dispatched a regiment of troops to launch a fierce attack on the defense line of the People's Army, although the soldiers of the Russian army showed great courage and tenacity, and the attack was also very resolute and resolute, but the 18 general-purpose machine guns of the whole battalion of the People's Army were organized into a dense fire network, which made the Russian army's attack almost difficult to move an inch, and it was a barbed wire fence that caused a huge obstacle to the Russian army, so it could only fall to the ground in pieces to the autumn harvest, and finally the Russian army suffered nearly 700 casualties, but it did not even touch the edge of the People's Army position。

At the Shilihe town position in the middle of the KPA defense line, a KPA regiment guarded a defense line about 1,000 meters long, while the Russian army concentrated 5 regiments of troops to attack the KPA positions. Although the Russian army braved the dense bullet rain of the People's Army, struggled to tear through the barbed wire barrier, and advanced to within 50 meters of the People's Army defense line, the People's Army's position was as dense as raindrops, and the Russian army was blown up to countless casualties, and this short distance of dozens of meters was impossible to break through, and finally paid a heavy price of more than 2,000 casualties.

Examples of battles like this are everywhere on almost the entire battlefield, under the strict defense of the KPA, in this day's battle, the Russian army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, but it did not even touch the edge of the KPA position. In this day's battle, the KPA suffered less than 1,000 casualties, on the one hand, because the KPA's defensive positions were well arranged and the soldiers were well protected, and on the other hand, the Russian army did not suppress the KPA's firepower, so that the KPA could calmly open fire.

And after Linnevich learned of the casualties of the Russian army, he couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't expect the KPA's position defense to be so tight, and this is still the case that the main forces of the people are still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army on the Yalu River, if the main forces of the KPA have returned, then how to fight.

But the situation has developed to this point, and Linnevich is already difficult to ride a tiger, because he can't just fight for one day and return without success. So the very next day, Linnevich finally decided to first shell the positions of the KPA with artillery, and then attack.

So early the next morning, the Russian army used nearly 1,000 artillery pieces to launch an artillery bombardment on the positions of the People's Army.

However, the Russian army's idea of using artillery is still very backward, and the understanding of artillery is still stuck in supporting infantry operations, rather than destroying the enemy's main resistance force, so although there are many artillery used, it is evenly distributed on all fronts, and there is no key target, which greatly weakens the lethality of artillery.

Moreover, the trench positions of the People's Army were dug nearly 4 meters deep, and holes were dug in the side walls of the trenches to hide and prevent shelling, and most of the Russian artillery was small and medium-caliber, and the power was not great, so it did not cause much damage to the People's Army. Of course, the shelling was not useless at all, at least some barbed wire and horses were destroyed, which can be regarded as providing some convenience for the Russian army's offensive.

In addition, the shelling of the Russian army has exposed the location of its own artillery positions. So the drone was immediately released to determine the exact location of the Russian artillery position, and then the armored train was dispatched to strike at the Russian artillery position. Due to the long range of the armored train artillery, the Russian army did not have time to prepare, but fortunately, the artillery positions of the Russian army were relatively scattered, although a company was destroyed by the armored train artillery of the People's Army two artillery positions, but the loss of artillery was only more than 100 guns, but it was a mistake.

However, the two artillery positions were destroyed by the KPA, and the other artillery of the Russian army did not dare to stay on the positions for a long time, and stopped firing and withdrew from their positions, so the Russian army could only rely on infantry to attack the KPA positions again.

And this time the result was no better, on this day of fighting, the Russian army paid the price of more than 6,000 casualties, while the positions of the KPA remained impregnable.

That night, Linnevich couldn't help but worry again, only two days of fighting, the Russian army suffered 16,000 casualties, and also lost more than 100 artillery pieces, but there was no hope of breaking through the positions of the People's Army, so how could such a battle be fought. So Linnevich immediately called in senior officers to discuss whether it was necessary to continue the battle, if it could not be attacked for a long time, it would be better to retreat to Shenyang to garrison, and if the offensive continued, would there be other offensive tactics?

Other officers also have no good way, including Samsonov and Yudenich, who have just been transferred to the Far East, when the two first arrived in the Far East, they were still quite ambitious, and they despised the Russian army in the Far East very much, and even a group of yellow monkeys could not be beaten, which really embarrassed the brave Slavs, and wanted to sweep away the decline of the Russian army before and establish their own merits, and the two days of fighting also made the two understand that the battle in the Far East was not easy to fight, but both of them were a little unwilling, after all, they had only been fighting for two days, and they could not explain anything, so the two insisted on continuing to fight, but they could not come up with any new tactics, the reason was still that set, what soldier's bravery, within the transcription.

However, Linnevich did not dare to despise the insistence of the two, because it was the two of them who used the Tsar's order as a reason, which made it inconvenient for Linnevich to refuse, so it was finally decided to fight for another day to see the result.