On November 5, at 9 a.m., the engineering squadron of the Korean Aid Army and the science and technology section of the regiment arrived at the Potou Mountain fort ten miles northeast of Jinzhou City on Fuzhou Avenue. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At this time, Zhou Dingchen and Rong An, who were waiting for the battle, knew that it was a false alarm.

However, the arrival of the Korean reinforcement army still surprised all the Qing troops in the Jinzhou defense area, because it indicated that in the near future, the Jinzhou defense area will increase at least 6,000 elite troops.

Luo Dali didn't know how to say a few words to Zhou Dingchen, who came in a hurry, and threw the fast rifle he picked up in Thirty Mile Fort to the feet of the dozen or so cavalrymen who had changed their faces on the side, and then bypassed Jinzhou City and went straight to Dalian Bay.

By the time Lian Shun, who got the news, came running with a telegram from the Military Affairs Office of the Japanese Supervision Office, there was no trace of the vanguard cavalry of the Korean army.

And with a battalion of horses, Xu Bangdao, who was moving from Xiaojiagou to the fortified position of Potou Mountain on Fuzhou Avenue, couldn't help but scold his mother after learning the details.

He hurriedly led his troops towards the key point of Xiaojiagou and the Shimenzi artillery fort position.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Nogi Noshinori Brigade of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army arrived at Liujiadian and joined the Saito detachment.

After listening to the report of Second Lieutenant Kozaki Masa, who had escaped for his life, Nogi immediately ordered his troops to march to Xiaojiagou and attack the Qing army's position.

At 11 o'clock in the afternoon, the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army arrived at Wenjiatun in the east four miles outside Xiaojiagou, and Nogi Noshinori climbed to a high place to observe the Qing army's position.

The first brigade of the first infantry wing was ordered to attack the Qing army's Xiaojiagou Shimenzi running position.

The second brigade was from the north of Jinzhou Avenue, along the side of the Wolong Reservoir, bypassing the left flank of Xiaojiagou, and attacking Dashu Village and Wolongpo.

Tried to go around to the rear flank of Xiaojiagou and outflank the Shimenzi fort in a roundabout way.

With the issuance of Nogi Noshinori's order, the first and second brigades of the Japanese army assembled in the Wenjiatun area immediately began to march towards Xiaojiagou.

"The Japanese soldiers came, and the soldiers were divided into two ways; Are they trying to bypass Xiaojiagou from the water's edge and attack in a roundabout way? Tell the former camp Xu Sijin that he must not let the Japanese pass through the Wolongpo Heights! ”

Xu Bangdao, the commander-in-chief of the Gongwei Army, who was standing at the Shimenzi fort position, condescendingly watched the Japanese army divide his troops and immediately guessed the Japanese army's intentions.

He loudly sent an order to the soldiers around him: "Tell Lin Zhicai of the Chenjiatun rear camp to immediately lead the team to Wolongpo for reinforcements." ”

This time, the defense line of Jinzhou Avenue, Xu Bangdao put the cavalry battalion, artillery battalion, and Chinese military battalion all pressed on the Shimenzi Heights at the east end of Xiaojiagou Ditch.

The front camp of Xu Sijin was arranged on the bank of the Wolong Reservoir on the left wing of the Shimenzi Heights.

Lin Zhicai's rear camp was used as an early warning force and placed on the Chenjiatun Heights at the intersection of Jinzhou Avenue and Fuzhou Avenue on the back road to prevent turtles from being caught in the urn of the back road cut off by the Japanese army.

In this way, between the three heights, a relatively stable inverted triangle was formed to resist the approaching Japanese army.

At 11:30 p.m., the Japanese infantry entered a barren grassland covered with low shrubs in front of Xiaojiagou, and the Qing artillery battalion immediately began to fire artillery attacks.

"Ignore it, pick it up, and keep going!"

Seeing the shells fired by the Qing army, it was surprising that they were out of range.

The commander of the 1st Wing of the Japanese Army, Oki Shigejie Nakasa, who led the attack on the Shimenzi fort, shouted with a contemptuous sneer on the corner of his mouth and ordered the team to speed up the march.

At 11:55 p.m., the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Army passed through Dashu Village and arrived at the foot of Wolongpo Mountain on the south bank of the Wolong Reservoir.

"Shoot, brothers, kill the Woyi!"

With Xu Sijin's roar on the slope, gunshots suddenly rang out on the Wolong slope, and bullets rained down on the Japanese troops down the mountain.

"Lie down attack, lie down attack!"

At this time, the Japanese Second Army did not fight from Korea to Phoenix like the First Army, and had rich combat experience.

It's a group of 'white necks' who fought for the first time.

Seeing the Qing army on the slope raising their guns and shooting, the captain of the second brigade of the Japanese army, Taro Shaoza of Katayama Province, also hurriedly ordered to shoot prostrately.

Hearing the order, the Japanese soldiers fell into the deep dead grass one after another, raised their guns and fired blindly at the Wolong Slope diagonally above.

At this time, the first brigade of the Japanese army that arrived in front of the Shimenzi formation, and the Qing army on Shimenzi Mountain, separated by a long distance, exchanged guns up and down the mountain, and 'crackled' at each other.

The battle was raging, with gunfire and shelling until 2 p.m., with hungry stomachs on both sides.

The Japanese army, which could not support their stomachs, took the initiative to withdraw from the battle first, and the gunfire immediately stopped.

Seeing that the Japanese army retreated to a distant place and began to burn the fire and cook, the guards of Shimenzi and Wolongpo also put down their rifles and hurriedly cooked to satisfy their hunger.

Soon, up and down the mountain, the smoke curled up, and the fragrance of rice wafted through.

The battle lasted about two hours in total, and the leader of the 5th Squadron of the Japanese Army, Captain Naoyoshi Ohno, and two soldiers were wounded.

The Qing army suffered no casualties.

Small wins.

Standing on the top of the Shimenzi Fort, Tao Jianxing, the commander of the Gongwei Artillery Battalion, said happily: "Junmen, it turns out that the Japanese soldiers are nothing more than this, no wonder it is said that the Korean reinforcement army can kill the Japanese to the point of crying wolves; If we have more soldiers, we can do it. ”

"Look at Wenjiatun over there!"

Xu Bangdao's face was pale.

Tao Jianxing looked at it puzzled, only to see that in the area of Wenjiatun and Guanjiadian, the military flag was unfurled, and countless Japanese infantry, cavalry, and artillery were gathered and piled up there like a tide.

Tao Jianxing gasped, his face lost color, and his whole body trembled slightly.

Jinzhou City has a total of only 4,000 troops, how to resist in the face of this tens of thousands of Japanese army?

The Japanese didn't even need to make any strategic calculations at all, and tens of thousands of troops could completely crush all the Qing soldiers by charging straight ahead.

"The Korean Aid Army and the Renzi Army, why haven't they come yet; Aren't they afraid of the court's condemnation? ”

Tao Jianxing listened to his voice, and his tone had changed.

"Tong Maoyin, as well as Cheng Zhiwei's army, have not yet come; What reason does the court have to condemn He Changying? Besides, now as long as you are not a fool, who will drill into the mouth of the cloth bag! ”

Xu Bangdao's face was indignant: "The imperial court has raised generals for a thousand days, but as a result, they have cultivated a group of fat rats who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" ”

The main force of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, after a forcible march for more than half a day, finally arrived at Wenjiatun at about 2:30 p.m.

Lieutenant General Motoharu Yamachi, commander of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, Yasumi Osa, chief of staff Yasumi Osa, commander of the 2nd Brigade, Major General Kanjiro Nishi, and commander of the 1st Wing of the Tokyo Field Artillery, Takanori Imazu,——

A group of generals of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army listened to the report of Nogi Noshinori, who hurried over, and then climbed a hill and looked at the direction of Shimenzi and Wolongpo.

"Boom-"

At this time, the second attack of the Japanese army was launched, and the battle on and off the mountain broke out violently again.

Yamachi Motoji held a telescope and watched the attack in the distance, watched for a long time, and then looked beyond the Great Black Mountain and bet on Fuzhou Avenue in the north.

"Nogi, your department sent several reconnaissance teams to bypass the Wolong Reservoir to Fuzhou Avenue to check the reality of the Qing army there."

Shandi Yuanji put down the binoculars in his hand and ordered: "Shimenzi, in the direction of Wolongpo, continue to maintain a high-pressure attack state and paralyze the Qing army." ”