"Majiafang Village's position is lost!"

"Taojia Village's position is lost!"

"Reinforcements of our army were subjected to shelling. ”

"The Zhengjiatun position was shelled. ”

"The Zhengjiatun position was attacked by enemy troops. ”

At the beginning, when the news of the loss of the position or the attack was encountered, it would also trigger a burst of discussion, some people scolded the People's Army for being too despicable and cunning, and some people scolded the Japanese army guarding the position for being too incompetent, and even couldn't hold on for a while, but as the bad news kept coming, everyone also became numb from excitement, and even didn't even touch it at all, because by this time, everyone knew that the battle had been lost.

Nozu Michiki was completely paralyzed in his chair at this time, his eyes were straight, and his expression was dull, in fact, at this time, Nozu Michigui still couldn't understand how he lost this battle. Nozu Michigui took over the Liaohe defense line for more than a month, which is not a short time, although the troops are not enough to carry out a comprehensive defense, but the arrangement can be regarded as a medium base, how can it collapse all at once, and it has not insisted on holding the position for even a day.

After thinking about it for a long time, Nozu Michiki realized that the fundamental reason for his defeat was that the large-caliber artillery used by the KPA on the warships was moved to land, so it achieved an absolute advantage in range, and this was the Guan Jian that won the KPA. It's just that how did the People's Army's large-caliber naval guns aim at them? If it can be said that striking such fixed targets as positions can be said to be the result of reconnaissance in advance, then how did they strike at the marching troops? Nozu Michiki was also puzzled.

However, the current situation does not allow Nozu Daogui to think about it, because at this time, he got the news that Zhengjiatun's position had also been lost.

The Zhengjiatun position is only more than 3 kilometers away from Liaozhong, and it can be said that the People's Army can reach it with its feet raised, and at this time, the guard army of the command headquarters only has 2 companies, and it is impossible to experience a battle at all, so a staff officer suggested to Nozu Michigui that it should retreat at this time.

And Nozu Michiki was still a little dazed and said, "Where can we retreat?"

Uehara Yusaku said: "Your Excellency Commander, although we have lost the defense line in Liaozhong, it does not mean that this battle will be lost, we still have two reserve brigades in Ping'an Fort, and there is still the 10th Division in Shaling Fort, and it is impossible for all the troops in Liaozhong to be annihilated by the People's Army, and the remaining army will definitely go to Ping'an Fort, There are still enough troops to recapture Liaozhong and drive the People's Army back to the west bank of the Liaohe River, so we must retreat immediately in order to gain time to reorganize the army and save the defeat. ”

After listening to Yusaku Uehara's words, Nozu Michiki's spirit also lifted up a little, he does still have a chance, of course, the premise is to save his life before he can have a chance to recover the defeat. So the Nozu Taoist no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered a retreat, and the direction was Heian Fort. Although the 4th Army Corps had only 2 reserve brigades at Fort Ping'an, Fort was close to Liaoyang, where the headquarters of the Japanese Manchurian Army was located, so it was possible to receive some support from Liaoyang.

The small number of people also has the advantage of having fewer people, that is, they act quickly and leave as soon as they say, so the headquarters of the 4th Army Corps immediately cleaned up the paperwork, packed the telegraph and generator into a car, and then evacuated, and the whole process took only half an hour.

And less than 20 minutes after the evacuation of the headquarters of the 4th Army Corps, the vanguard of a People's Army rushed to Liaozhong, and the two sides were almost the front and rear feet, but the number of the People's Army was only 1 company, so they did not dare to act rashly, so they could only wait for the arrival of the large army, and 15 minutes later, a regiment of troops arrived and completely occupied Liaozhong.

At 4:20 a.m., the People's Army's operation to cross the river had achieved a very complete success, not only tearing a big gap in the defense line of the Liao River arranged by the Japanese army, but also gaining a firm foothold on the east bank of the Liao River. However, because the Japanese army still had enough troops in the north and south at this time, the whole campaign was not completely over, and the KPA would face the Japanese army's attack on the north and south fronts. This not only had a bearing on the success or failure of this battle to cross the river, but was also the result of the victory or defeat of the entire military operation that decided the East China Government.

―――――――― Divider ――――――――― Dividing Line――――――――

Just as the 2nd Army launched an attack on the Japanese defense line on the Liaohe River, the Marines also launched a landing operation against Lushun.

This time, the East China government also made full preparations for the Lushun landing operation, dispatching four landing ships, two troop carriers, and four transport ships, carrying all the combat strength of the Marine Corps, as well as a large amount of materials and engineering troops, because once the Marine Corps evades the forward position, it will immediately build temporary dock facilities so that more troops can be put into the battlefield.

The Marines were escorted by 4 Zhenyuan-class ironclads, 2 submarines and 2 218 patrol boats. The Zhenyuan-class ironclad ships are all old warships that have reached an age of more than 18 years, and their technical level has long been outdated, and the speed is not even 13 knots, so they basically cannot participate in the war, but the firepower and defense of these four warships are still quite strong, so they can still be competent as fire support for the landing force.

The two submarines were actually sent out to test their actual combat capabilities, and they were not expected to play any role. Only two 218 patrol boats played an important role in the escort formation for this landing operation.

Although in the old time and space, the 218 patrol boat was the equipment of the coast guard, but in this era, it is still a tall existence, because there is radar, electronic equipment, and high-power radio, so one of them serves as the command ship of this landing operation, and Marine Corps Commander Luo Yue will sit on the boat to command the landing operation, and at the same time, these two small boats are also carrying a B-5Z unmanned helicopter each. However, the command of the unmanned helicopter is another 218 patrol boat, and Bi Jing's type of ship is too small to carry so much equipment in one boat.

However, the landing site was not Port Arthur, but about 12 kilometers northwest of Port Arthur, in the Jiansha of Shuangdao Bay.

Russia has been operating in Port Arthur for many years, operating Port Arthur as a military fortress, and the Japanese army captured Port Arthur at a very painful price, although there are no large and medium-sized warships in Port Arthur now, and an important fire support point has been lost. Military facilities have also been seriously damaged, but after all, the foundation is still there, and after the East China government and Japan have bad relations, Japan has also repaired the defense of Lushun to a certain extent, and plans to restore the defense of Lushun to at least 6 percent of the period of Russian occupation, but after the People's Army was stationed in the western Liaoning region, it did attract a lot of attention from Japan, and as a result, most of the strengthening of Lushun's defense was not completed, of course, Japan's national strength was limited, and it was impossible to build a solid defense in Lushun and Liaohe at the same time.

At present, the defense strength of Lushun has recovered to about 3-4 percent of the period of Russian occupation, but it should not be underestimated. However, Lushun's fortifications have a characteristic, most of them are concentrated in the northeast and south lines, because the northwest is close to the sea, and there is no beach for large-scale landing, so there are not many fortifications, Luo Yue chose to land in Shuangdao Bay, but also to avoid its edge, because the People's Army has landing ships, it can overcome the problem of insufficient beaches.

The Japanese army guarding Lushun was the 3rd Army, the commander was General Nogi Noshinori, and it consisted of the 7th Division, the 1st and 4th Reserve Brigades, the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, and the 17th and 18th Regiments.

In fact, the 3rd Army has 3 divisions, a cavalry brigade and an artillery brigade. However, when Nogi Noshinori commanded the Battle of Arthur, he adopted the wrong tactics, not only could not conquer Lushun for a long time, but caused a large number of casualties of the Japanese army, making the Japanese army very passive, and later used Kodama Gentaro to command the army in the name of the chief of staff, before capturing Lushun, so the commander of the Japanese Manchurian Front, Marshal Oyama Iwa, was very dissatisfied with Nogi Noshinori, and once wanted to drive Nogi Noshinori back to Japan, but Nogi Noshinori's qualifications were too deep, and he was quite trusted by Emperor Meiji, so it was not easy to move him.

After the end of the Battle of Mukden, Dashan Yan arranged Nogi Noshinori to garrison Port Arthur, which actually made Nogi Noshinori sit on the cold bench, and transferred most of the 3rd Army's strength, leaving only more than 30,000 troops for Nogi Noshinori, and Nogi Noshinori also knew that he had made a big mistake when attacking Lushun, so he let tens of thousands of soldiers lose their lives in vain, and he was quite ashamed, so he had no objection to Dashanyan's arrangement.

However, after the bad relations between the East China government and Japan, the defense of Port Arthur became important again, and Nogi Noshinori did not dare to be careless, while repairing the defense of Arthur, while arranging the deployment of troops. Although Nogi Noshinori only had more than 30,000 people under his command, he actually had to defend Dalian at the same time, so he divided a brigade to garrison Dalian, and now Lushun only has 1 division, 1 brigade, and two artillery regiments, totaling about 24,000 people.

Because Lushun is surrounded by the sea on 3 sides, there are many landing sites, in addition to Lushun Port, there are also Dachaokou Bay, Shuangdao Bay, Although most of the places such as Lao Tieshan are not suitable for large-scale landings, it cannot be ruled out that the People's Army will send small units to land at multiple points, but Nogi Noshinori does not have enough troops at hand to strictly defend all these landing sites, so he can only adopt the arrangement method of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, and the focus of the deployment is still set at Port Arthur, and only a small number of troops can be arranged in other places, and after the landing force of the People's Army is discovered, the army will be mobilized to intercept and defend.

There were two battalions of Japanese troops guarding Tsim Sha in Shuangdao Bay, where the KPA had landed, and four batteries were also built with a total of 20 artillery pieces, including four 152 mm guns, eight 105 mm guns, and eight 75 mm guns.

The landing fleet departed from Yantai Port at 1 00 p.m. and arrived in the waters of Shuangdao Bay at 11:40 p.m., anchoring at a point about 15 kilometers from the shore, while four Zhenyuan-class warships continued to advance to within 12 kilometers of the shore. And Luo Yue ordered the 218 boat to take off the drone, determine the location of the coastal batteries, and provide shooting parameters for the four Zhenyuan-class warships.