When the Qing and Japanese sides fought in southern Liaoning, and then it was quiet again, the Japanese army's third brigade was almost bloodless all the way to conquer the city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On December 9th, the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army arrived in Jinzhou, and the banner soldiers of Jinzhou and the people in the city had already heard the ferocity of the Japanese army along the road.

On December 11, the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army left Jinzhou City and went straight to Huludao.

On December 15, the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army arrived at Huludao, and they were greeted by a small empty city.

On this day, the Second Brigade of the Second Heavy Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, escorted by a Japanese infantry, arrived at the south bank of the Hunhe River outside Fengtian City.

And on December 11, the city of Mukden, where the telegram was cut off, was already in chaos at this time.

After some controversy, the Qing army in the city followed the path of Pyongyang again, dividing each of them into defense areas and guarding their own one-third of an acre.

Song Qing, Ma Jinxu's 3,000 Yi Army, Geng Fengming's 1,000 Xin Feng Army, guarded the most important South Gate.

Zhang Gaoyuan's 3,500 Lu Dong soldiers guarded the west city.

Changshun's 2000 Jilin training army, 1500 Shengzi training army, and 1000 Qi character training army of Wei Heng amount, guarding the most stable Beicheng.

Iketanga's 5,000 town border army, defending the eastern city.

There are also thousands of regimental exercises with birds, guns, and spears, led by Zhang Xiluan, the commander of the Eastern Military Reserve, and Zhang Yue, the Tongzhi of the Phoenix Hall, who is responsible for the support of various places.

Surrounded by a group of generals and staff officers, Shan County Youpeng stood on the frozen surface of the Hunhe River, looking at Fengtian Xiongcheng ten miles away, and his heart was full of pride.

He believed that it would not be long before this first male city in the northeast would be trampled under the feet of the Imperial Army.

Then he waved his army south to Shanhaiguan and captured Zhili.

Just thinking about it makes people incredibly excited!

"The Heavy Artillery Brigade, the Fifth Artillery Wing, will cross the Hunhe early tomorrow morning in search of suitable artillery positions; On the 17th, I want to see artillery bombardment of Mukden City! ”

A friend in Shanxian County began to issue combat orders with great ambition: "In the early morning of the 18th, the 10th Brigade attacked the South Gate, the 5th Brigade attacked the East Gate, and the 6th Brigade attacked the West Gate; Circumference three que one, I want to use the fastest speed, occupy it! ”

"Commander, why don't you surround Mukden and annihilate the Qing army? The escape of these Qing troops from Mukden is likely to become a problem in the future. ”

Katsura Taro stood beside Yama Prefecture and asked respectfully.

"You have to understand that the capture of Mukden is not only to undermine the morale of the Qing State, but also to obtain a strategic commanding height; Once Fengtian is captured, then the armies of Tieling, Siping, Changchun, Jilin, Harbin, Suihua, and Yichun -- will be firmly blocked in the north of Fengtian and the cities of eastern Liaodong, and there will be no need to arrange a large number of troops everywhere to divide troops to defend. ”

Youpeng of Shanxian said with a smile: "In this way, the first army can clench its fists, bombard Zhili, and then capture Jinmen and Yanjing." ”

Seeing that Katsura Taro still didn't quite understand, Yama Prefecture Youpeng had to patiently explain to his eldest disciple in detail: "If they are blocked, there are still tens of thousands of Qing troops in the city, even if the imperial army captures Mukden, it will inevitably have a large number of casualties, and it will consume a lot of precious time; So as long as they are expelled from the north of Mukden, the goal is achieved; ”

Youpeng of Shanxian County lit a cigarette and continued: "Now that all the telegrams north of Mukden have been cut off, and the weather is cold, counting on the temperament of the Qing army and officials, it is impossible to take the initiative to go south before the beginning of spring; All we want is for them to lie on their stomachs honestly for this period of time, and wait until the beginning of spring next year—"

Shan Shan Youpeng said confidently: "The war has ended with the surrender of the Qing State!" ”

At nine o'clock in the morning of December 17, the Japanese artillery group began shelling Mukden on the Wuli River Heights on the north bank of the Nancheng Hunhe River and Xiaonanshan on the west bank of the Hun River in Dongcheng.

The Qing army's border army and Yi army relied on more than ten red-clothed cannons on the city wall to fight back, and were soon dumbfounded by the Japanese army.

Immediately, raging fires broke out in several places in the city, and black smoke filled the sky.

This city, since 1625 Nurhachi moved the capital from Liaoyang to Shenyang, in 1634 Huang Taiji changed the name of Shenyang to Shengjing, in 1657, the Manchu Qing Dynasty set up 'Fengtian Mansion' in Shenyang with the meaning of 'Fengtian carrier', renamed Fengtian.

For two hundred and sixty-nine years, without the invasion of war, hundreds of years of calm have been shattered today, and fire, destruction, blood and death have become the theme of today.

In the early morning of December 18, the Japanese infantry began to attack from the south, west, east, and three sides, and the Qing troops on the city wall fought back with all their might.

Subsequently, the Japanese artillery group began to fire grenade bombs, blowing up the Qing troops on the city wall into a rain of blood.

Under the cover of artillery fire and guns, Japanese sappers soon reached the city gate and began to carry out the blasting.

Soon, in the violent roar, the big east gate, the small south gate, the big west gate, and the small west gate were blasted open one after another.

Seeing that the gates were blown open by the Japanese army one by one, Fengtian City began to repeat the copy of Liaoyang City, and a large number of people surrounded the Great North Gate and the Little North Gate, demanding to flee out of the city.

The Shengzi training army, which escaped once in Liaoyang, first started from the guarded small north gate.

The two thousand Jilin training troops were thoughtful, and then they 'camped' at Jiumen, ignoring the hard persuasion of Changshun and Goshha, and fled out of the city.

When Wu Heng, who was hiding in the basement of the landlord's house and finished smoking, heard the news, the training army under him almost escaped.

Iktanga, who got the news, immediately ordered the two battalions of Zakdan's infantry to go to the north gate to suppress it, but at this time, the Japanese troops in the south, west, and east began a general attack, and a large number of Japanese troops poured into Fengtian City.

Fierce street fighting began.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Qing army, which had been compressed to the middle and north cities, began to withdraw from Fengtian City in desperation, and as night fell, the last Qing army under the leadership of Song Qing left Fengtian and retreated towards Tieling, one hundred and fifty miles to the north.

So far, the Japanese army easily captured Mukden, and after the fall of Liaoyang in one day, the miracle of falling into Mukden in one day was realized again.

At this time, from Mukden to the Yalu River, to Yingkou, Jinzhou, Jinzhou, Huludao, this vast land in eastern Liaodong has become an area occupied by the Japanese army.

During this period, there was no longer a single formed Qing army.

What Youpeng in Shanxian has to do now is to leave a force nailed to Mukden to prevent the Qing army in the north from moving south.

Then he led the army to the south, captured Shanhaiguan, and fought a decisive battle in the Qing army!

That night, the news of the First Army's capture of Mukden was transmitted back to Tokyo through the field cables laid, and the whole country immediately rejoiced, celebrated all kinds of things, and reveled all night.

At this time, when the stars were shining in East Asia, the Western European continent had just ushered in the dawn of the 19th.

The telegram from Tokyo caused the price of the Japanese war bonds in the London bond market to rise sharply, and countless speculators were so happy that they shouted 'Long live the Japanese army!' ’

On the night of the Qing Dynasty, the staff on duty at the Beiyang Telegraph Office, the Tongzhou Telegraph Office, soon received telegrams from the embassies of Great Britain, France, Germany, and even the United States.

The number of words is more or less, but it all means the same thing.

Mukden has fallen!