At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the two KPA launched an attack on the main position of the Japanese army at Shaling Fort.

Although Harumitsu Tsuchiya still wanted to resist desperately, at this time the general trend of the Japanese army was gone and irreparable. The People's Army first concentrated its firepower, with 18 towed guns and 2 self-propelled guns as the core, and carried out a fierce artillery attack on the Japanese position, and then all other artillery guns also opened fire one after another, and in just 20 minutes, more than 20O0 shells of various shells were poured into the Japanese position, almost covering the entire Japanese position, and most of the fortifications built by the Japanese army were also destroyed.

Subsequently, the KPA launched an attack on Shaling Fort, although the Japanese army resisted desperately, and many Japanese soldiers even chose to die with the KPA soldiers to stop the KPA attack, but it was still difficult to prevent the positions from being captured by the KPA little by little, and various key points were also conquered by the KPA one by one, and the Japanese army's positions were gradually reduced. By 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Mao Qian's position had been reduced to less than 20 percent by the KPA, and Tsuchiya Mitsuharu saw that the general situation of the battle had been decided, so he had to order a retreat from the position and move to the northeast.

In the process of retreating, the Japanese army was again pursued by the People's Army, and as a result, suffered heavy losses. Moreover, the Japanese troops in several positions could not retreat in time, were surrounded by the KPA, and were either completely annihilated by the KPA or captured. By 6:15 p.m., the fighting was largely over and KPA had completely occupied Shaling Fort.

The entire battle lasted for two days, and the KPA won a complete victory and completely extricated itself from the unfavorable situation of being attacked from both sides.

In fact, just when the People's Army was concentrating its forces and attacking Shaling Fort with all its might, the Japanese army also gathered troops and attacked Liaozhong. In this attack, the Japanese army gathered a total of one division, three brigades, a cavalry wing, and a wing that reorganized the defeated army after the loss of Liaozhong, with a total strength of about 42,000.

And the main general is still the commander of the Fourth Army Corps, General Michikani Nozu. Because among the generals of the Japanese Army, Nozu Michikan is one of the more capable and senior generals, the commander of the Manchurian Army, Oyama Iwa, thinks that he should still give Nozu Michikan a chance to prove himself, and at this time the situation in Lushun has deteriorated, Nogi Noshinori is ready to be martyred, and the Japanese army wants to save the current situation, then the battle of the Liao River must be won, only by blocking the People's Army on the west bank of the Liao River, the Japanese army can have the spare strength to gather forces to recover Lushun.

In order to block the People's Army on the west bank of the Liao River, it is necessary to recover Liaozhong and defeat the People's Army that has killed the Liao River. Although it was he who lost Liaozhong and allowed the People's Army to break through the Japanese defense line of the Liaohe River, Oyama Iwa also knew that this could not be blamed entirely on Nozu Michikan, and now Kodama Gentaro is the chief of the general staff of the Manchurian Army Headquarters, and he has the responsibility of being responsible for the overall operation, and it is impossible to send him to command a local battlefield, so in the end he can only use Nozu Michikan.

In fact, in Nozu Michikan's heart, he also held back a belly of fire, because among the generals of the Japanese Army, he has always been known for being good at assault attacks, but the main responsibility of guarding the Liaohe defense line is defense, and it is also an extremely passive one, can only wait for the People's Army to launch an attack on the Liaohe, even the main attack, to attack instead of defend can't, this simple value is to let Nozu Michikan abandon the long and use the short, so in the past few days, Nozu Michikan has also complained to Dashanyan, saying that he is completely tied to the sibling battle, if the country approves its own initiative to attack the west bank of the Liaohe River and annihilate the People's Army's operational plan, there will be no Liaohe defeat at all。

And after learning that he was appointed as the commander of the attack on Liaozhong, Nozu Michikani was also very happy, thinking that he finally had the opportunity to make a name for himself. Of course, Nozu Michikan also knows very well that while he has the opportunity to save his reputation, he has also embarked on a road of no return, because the battle to attack Liaozhong can only succeed and not fail, and once this battle fails, then Nogi Noshinori, who has been determined to die in Lushun, is his own example, and maybe he is still loyal to Japan in front of Nogi Noshinori.

Of course, Nozu Michikan still has full confidence in this battle, because now the Japanese army has formed a two-front advantage against the KPA, and although there is only one division stationed at Shaling Fort, it can form a sufficient diversion effect for the KPA after all.

However, on the way to attack Liaozhong, Notsu Michigan received a telegram from Lieutenant General Tsuchiya Mitsuharu, commander of the 11th Division stationed at Shaling Fort, and only then did he know that the People's Army had concentrated two divisions and two regiments to attack Shaling Fort.

After reading the telegram, Nozu Michikan immediately sent scouts to reconnoitre, and soon determined that Tsuchiya Mitsuharu's report was not wrong, the main force of the People's Army really went to attack Shaling Fort, and now the strength of the Liaozhong garrison is only 1 division, 1 regiment, and another division is stationed on the west bank of the Liao River, all of which add up to less than 30,000 people, and it is said that they are all second-line troops, so Tsuchiya Mitsuharu's proposal does have great implementation, simply put, now both the Japanese army and the People's Army are using "Shangchi to Zhongchi" strategy, so victory depends on the main force of that side to defeat the remaining army of the opponent and capture the opponent's position.

Of course, there was no other choice for Nozu Michikan, although the Japanese army had the advantage of a two-front attack on the KPA, but on the other hand, it could be said that the Issei Yun KPA divided the Japanese army into two parts, and it had an advantage on the inner line, so the Japanese army had no initiative in what kind of attack to choose. So Nozu Michikan immediately gave an order to Tsuchiya Harumitsu, ordering him to guard Shaling Fort for three days, and at the same time ordered to recruit his staff and staff officers and the commanders of the most famous divisions and brigades to formulate a battle plan for attacking Liaozhong, of course, he also gave them a death order that Liaozhong must be conquered within three days. At the same time, in order to contain the People's Army in western Liaoxi and make it unable to support the defenders in Liaozhong, Nozu Michikan ordered a brigade to cross the river in the upper reaches of the Liao River and confront the west bank of the Liao River.

At this time, the chief of staff, Major General Yusaku Uehara, made a suggestion to Nozu Michikani, that is, since the People's Army had only one division stationed on the west bank of the Liao River, it was better to send 2-3 brigades and cavalry wings to cross the Liao River, and then disperse the army to attack cities and seize land in the western Liaoning region, burn and plunder, create chaos, and even attack the logistics and reinforcement line of the People's Army, or go straight to Jinzhou. Liaoxi is the rear of the People's Army, and the People's Army is bound to be left alone, so the main force of the People's Army will inevitably withdraw to Liaoxi to pursue and block the Japanese army, so that not only can the danger of Shaling Fort be solved, but also the Japanese army can take the opportunity to recover Liaozhong.

Although this plan was at the expense of the Japanese army that crossed the river, because the army crossing the river must be surrounded and blocked by the People's Army, and it is fighting in the opponent's territory, so even if it can retreat to the east bank of the Liao River, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, but the certainty of recovering Liaozhong is very great, and strategically speaking, it can be restored to the situation before the People's Army entered the war, and the two sides faced each other across the Liao River. Yusaku Uehara thinks it's still worth a try.

After thinking about it for a long time, Nozu Michikan also rejected Uehara's suggestion, because this plan was too complicated, and there were too many variables, and it was too risky, and what if the KPA ignored the Japanese troops crossing the Liao River? The intelligence officers inquired and understood that the People's Army was equipped with a weapon called an armored train, and the naval guns were mounted on the armored train.

Nozu Michikan is a person who has experienced a hundred battles, and when he hears it, he understands that this so-called armored train can actually understand that the achievement is to move the navy's warships from the sea to the land, but it must rely on the railroad tracks to run, Nozu Michikani can also imagine that such an armored train is extremely powerful, no wonder the range of overseas Chinese artillery will be so far, and I can't help but sigh, overseas Chinese are really smart, and actually came up with such a way, if the Japanese army has this kind of weapon, the battle with the Russian army in the early stage will be much easier, and now I am afraid that the Russian army has been completely defeated, let alone Shenyang, I am afraid that even Heilongjiang will be taken down, and there will be entanglement with the Russian army, not to mention that overseas Chinese will have the opportunity to send troops.

Fortunately, the armored train must rely on the rails to move, so the armored train in eastern Liaoning is powerless except along the Liaohe River, but when it enters western Liaoning, it will inevitably face the armored train of the People's Army, and how many armored trains does the People's Army have installed? And how many soldiers do it need to defeat an armored train?

Of course, in addition to the armored train, Nozu Michikan also believes that Uehara Yusaku's role in western Liaoning is overestimated, and now the People's Army is indeed using western Liaoning as its own logistics base, but now the People's Army has captured Lushun as easily, once the People's Army takes Lushun, it will obtain a permanent logistics base in the eastern Liaoning region, and the role of western Liaoning will inevitably be greatly reduced, and after the People's Army conquers Shaling Fort, it can immediately wave its troops south to capture Yingkou, so that it can obtain the mouth of the Liaohe River, even if Jinzhou is lost, it can also completely ensure the logistics in eastern Liaodong。

It is precisely because there are too many variables and risks in this plan that in the end, Nozu Michikani decided that it would be better to adopt more stable tactics, and Nozu Michikani believes that even if he adopts a safe tactic, he is at least 6 or 7 percent sure, and naturally there is no need to take risks.

So the very next day, the Japanese launched a fierce attack on the KPA positions.