Of course, there was no suspense in this ambush war, the People's Army was far superior to the Japanese army in terms of numbers, firepower, intelligence, etc., not to mention the fire support from the sea, the only advantage of the Japanese army was that it was of high quality and rich experience in actual combat, but it could not make up for the huge gap in other aspects, so it can be said that the Japanese army had almost no chance in this battle.

When the Japanese army's two defenses entered the ambush position set up by the KPA, first of all, the warships launched an attack from the sea, and the shells fell into the ranks of the Japanese army, which immediately disrupted the ranks of the Japanese army, and then the large and small mortars of the KPA launched an artillery bombardment, and the dense shells fell into the ranks of the Japanese army, which also completely caused the Japanese army to be in chaos, and the various machine guns, rifles, and grenadiers of the KPA were fired, and the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties.

In fact, the Japanese army also wanted to organize effective resistance, but the KPA's artillery bombardment was very accurate, and as soon as it was discovered that the Japanese army had organized a defensive position, it immediately organized a wave of mortar precision strikes, and the Japanese resistance was immediately dispersed.

After about 30 minutes of firepower, the Japanese ranks were in disarray, and there were huge casualties, and there was no organized and organized resistance, and then the KPA launched an attack on the Japanese army, and the two sides launched a fierce white-knuckle battle.

Although the Japanese army behaved very stubbornly, even in an unfavorable situation, they insisted on fighting more than once, and many Japanese soldiers were not afraid of life and death, but after all, the general trend had gone, and it was impossible to save the situation by relying only on the personal spiritual strength of the soldiers.

However, it was precisely because of the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army that the battle began at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and ended until more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the Japanese army was annihilated by more than 8,000 people, and more than 3,000 people were captured by the People's Army, more than half of whom were wounded soldiers, and only more than 1,000 people successfully escaped from the battlefield. The KPA also lost 1,159 killed, 1,894 wounded, and the combat attrition amounted to more than 3,000 people, which can also be the intensity of the fighting. However, Bi Jing annihilated the Japanese reinforcements, so strategically speaking, he also completely isolated the defenders of Lushun.

And just after the victory, the 7th Division and the 2nd Reserve Regiment did not take part in the work of clearing the battlefield, and left the wounded behind, and then immediately set off and rushed to Jinzhou. At 8 p.m., rush to Golden State.

At this time, Jinzhou was just an empty city, there were only thousands of Japanese logistics personnel in the city, and hundreds of left-behind troops, and no one thought that the People's Army would kill Jinzhou at this time, so there was no defense, and Jinzhou had no city wall protection, and the People's Army broke into the city of Jinzhou very smoothly.

The area of Jinzhou City was not large, and with the help of intelligence officers, the KPA quickly took control of the key points in the city, and by 11 o'clock in the evening, it was in full control of Jinzhou City, during which there were only a few sporadic skirmishes, during which the KPA killed more than 200 Japanese soldiers who resisted, and captured a total of more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers and logistics personnel, and captured a large amount of supplies, while the KPA also paid the price of 53 killed and 87 wounded.

After dawn, the 7th Division sent two regiments to attack and occupy Sitai Mountain, Miaoshan, Dadingshan and other areas in the north of Jinzhou, and also stabilized the defense of Jinzhou City. After conquering the city of Lushun, he could move his troops eastward and attack the Liaodong Peninsula.

After receiving the news of the victory of the ambush of Japanese reinforcements, Luo Yue no longer hesitated, and decided to launch a battle against Lushun City the next day.

The old city is located on the east bank of Lushun Bay, south of Jiguan Mountain, about 2 kilometers long from north to south and about 2.5 kilometers wide from east to west, and the old city is located on the north shore of Lushun Bay, about 1.5 kilometers long from north to south, and about 2 kilometers wide from east to west.

After Russia forcibly leased Lushun, it also took the new city as the development area, and built a large number of new buildings and streets in the new city, and after the Japanese army occupied the neighboring Lushun, a large number of these buildings were requisitioned for the Japanese army to be stationed and used as offices, mainly including: the War Department of the Japanese Kwantung Governor's Office, which was the former Russian Kwantung Prefecture Army Artillery Headquarters, the Japanese Army General's School Meeting House, and the Lushun Industrial School founded by the former Russia; the Japanese Kwantung Military Police Headquarters, which was formerly the Russian Kwantung Prefecture Civil Affairs Department; there are also Russian generals' school clubs, barracks, naval barracks, and so on. The main buildings in the old city are: Lushun Prison in Russia, Lushun Railway Station, the Governor's Mansion in Kwantung Prefecture in Lushun, Russia, the original Qing Beiyang Navy Division, Beiyang Hospital and so on.

Between the old and new towns, Baiyu Mountain has become the highest point in Lushun City, with an altitude of 165 meters, and at the southern end of the old city, there is also the Golden Mountain Highland, with an altitude of 119 meters, which echoes with the Tiger Tail Mountain on the west side of the mouth of Lushun Bay, guarding the mouth of Lushun Bay.

In addition, there is a naval division camp in the north of Jiguan Mountain, which was the station of the Lushun Water Division in the early years of Kangxi, and has now become a residential area, and the Bumai Water Division camp has been occupied by the People's Army.

Before the KPA attacked, it received another good news, and after several days of intensive repairs, a simple wooden trestle was finally erected, which could transport the 1st Army's 155 mm* guns ashore. Although this type of artillery is towed by animal power, and its mobility is not strong, but after all, it is an army gun, and the arrangement is relatively flexible; although the power of 55 mm caliber is not as good as that of naval guns, only 25 times the diameter, and the firing range is 12 kilometers, but in land warfare, such data is enough, and after all, in urban combat, large-caliber artillery is not needed.

Moreover, the 1st Army did not only have this one artillery regiment, but also a 125 mm * artillery regiment, and each division also had a 105 mm * artillery regiment. It can be said that the landing of these artillery pieces ashore was extremely timely, and greatly strengthened the firepower of the People's Army.

Luo Yue and the commanders of the 1st Army negotiated and decided to adopt a two-pronged tactic, with the Marines attacking the new city of Lushun, the 1st Division attacking the old town of Lushun and Baiyushan, and the 6th Division as the general reserve, and since the Marines did not have artillery of more than 75 mm, the 105 mm* artillery regiment of the 6th Division was handed over to the command of the Marines. And the warships attacked from the sea, striking at Golden Mountain and Tiger Tail, pinning down the batteries of these two positions.

The 125 mm * artillery regiment and 155 mm * artillery regiment directly under the 1st Army were respectively deployed on various heights around Lushun as fire support for the two battlefields, because the firing range of these two types of artillery exceeded 10 kilometers and could basically cover the entire Lushun urban area.

After the plan was decided, the artillery units also set up positions overnight. Prepare for tomorrow's battle.

In the past few days, of course, the Japanese army has not been idle, Nogi Noshinori has already made up his mind to live and die with Lushun, so he used these few days to build a large number of fortifications in the Lushun urban area, relying on buildings and streets, and arranged a total of 66 defensive strongholds, as well as more than 100 shooting points, ready to make full use of the terrain of Lushun's urban area, and the People's Army to fight an urban war, even if it is finally lost, the People's Army will pay a heavy price.

And Nogi Noshinori set up his headquarters at the Lushun Railway Station. Of course, Nogi Noshinori's arrangement is also carefully considered, Lushun Railway Station has the Dragon River as a trench in the west, Baiyushan as a screen in the east, and Lushun Bay as an obstacle in the south, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and at the same time, Nogi Noshinori also intends to destroy the railway station at the necessary moment, leaving a Lushun with a thousand holes for the People's Army.

At the same time, Nogi Noshinori did not forget to motivate the morale of the Japanese army, so he recruited all the Japanese soldiers in Arthur City to give a lecture, he first said frankly, now Lushun is a lonely city, and the surrounding tactical points are also occupied by the People's Army, so it must not be able to hold, and the Japanese army in the city has only two choices, either fight to the death, and finally die a glorious death, but this is to be loyal to the emperor, seven bodies to serve the country, in the future in the Yasukuni Shrine will leave their names, win eternal glory, and their families, 5 They will also be proud and respected by the whole of Japan, or they will surrender in humiliation, and even if they survive in the end, they will endure humiliation and steal their lives, and not only will they be looked down upon and unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives, but even their families will be laughed at by the whole of Japan.

Sure enough, after listening to Nogi Noshinori's words, the soldiers of the Japanese army suddenly boiled with enthusiasm, and they all said that they would fight to the death with the People's Army and swear to defend Lushun to the death, and some people shouted the slogan of "Lushun Jade Crushed".

Nogi Noshinori was also very satisfied with the effect of his agitation, so he also announced that he would stay in the headquarters and would never take a step back, and if the KPA attacked the headquarters, he would commit suicide by disembowelment in the headquarters, and make an appointment with the soldiers to meet in the Yasukuni Shrine. Pushed the atmosphere of mobilization to *.

The battle to attack Lushun began on May 19, and since the KPA had already used drones to deploy the Japanese defenses well, it first used artillery deployed on the outlying positions to carry out heavy artillery bombardment of the Lushun positions.

Although this time all the medium-caliber guns were used, they were superior in number, more than 100 guns in total, and the firepower projection per unit time was considerable, and the Japanese army could not build any strong fortifications in a hurry of a few days, so they were killed and wounded by the shelling, and many defensive positions were razed to the ground by heavy artillery fire.

Of course, the Japanese army also has artillery, but the number is not much, the large and small add up to only more than 20 guns, half of which are located on Baiyu Mountain, although the Japanese artillery also struggled to fire back, but the artillery positions of the People's Army are very scattered, a total of 18 positions, even if the Japanese army knocks out 1 or 2, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. Moreover, as soon as the Japanese artillery returned fire, they would immediately reveal their position, and immediately be covered by a series of fierce artillery fire, and they would not even have a chance to run. In particular, the Baiyushan position was given priority care by the People's Army's firepower.

The KPA shelling lasted about 30 minutes, firing a total of about 2,000 shells, almost cleaning the entire city of Arthur, and almost all of its forward positions were blown up, so the KPA began to launch a ground offensive on Arthur.