In a whole day, the entire Nanguanling front became a meat grinder, and the Qing and Japanese sides invested nearly 40,000 troops to repeatedly fight for this hilly defense line that was nearly ten miles long.

The Forces nouvelles first concentrated their artillery and repeatedly 'ploughed' a target high ground, and then the infantry charged in clusters and stormed with forceful assaults.

The Japanese troops that lost their positions immediately concentrated a large number of troops, piled up their lives, and desperately grabbed them.

In the afternoon, there was a mass fear of war in the Qing and Japanese armies.

The gendarmerie units of the New Army, the commander of the battalion and company army, and the lieutenant officer of the Japanese army, began to shoot the soldiers who were evading the battle with ferocity.

On this ten-mile-long rolling hill valley, the roar of artillery bombardment and the smoke of gunpowder were ignited by the burning dead wood and wild grass, and the bullets fired in all directions, forming a company of soldiers fighting with bayonets on the hill.

Shouts and screams, howls of despair and shouts of rejoicing at the fall.

Everywhere there were densely lying corpses of soldiers killed in battle, and almost every inch of land was sprinkled with blood.

Between the Lushun Corps of the New Army and the Second Army of the Japanese Army, the fierce collision between iron and iron on this defensive line heralded the bloody struggle for the position of hegemony in East Asia and was about to officially begin.

Although the Japanese army resisted desperately and stubbornly blocked the fierce offensive of the Arthur Corps.

However, the 16,000 troops on the Western Front (including nearly 2,000 engineers and baggage soldiers) were concentrated and targeted against nearly 23,000 Lushun troops, plus more than 30 artillery pieces of the field artillery regiment of the New Army.

The Japanese suffered extremely heavy casualties.

If it was just a simple confrontation on the Western Front, Dashanyan would not dare to say a counterattack, but he would resist to the death and wait for the arrival of domestic reinforcements, Dashanyan still had a little confidence.

However, the worst thing is that the Japanese Second Army had to face not only the western battlefield, nor only the Lushun Army of the New Army.

To the east, there are also the Liaodong Brigade and the Changbai Mountain Regiment, which are equipped with a large number of rapid-fire guns, with more than 13,000 troops.

With the passage of time, the situation on the entire Jinda battlefield can be said to have become completely clear.

-- The units of the New Army are becoming more and more calm, while the Second Army in Dalian Bay is becoming more and more manic.

Like a trapped beast!

Now for Dashanyan, it is whether the coalition force composed of the 15th Wing of the Japanese Army and 5,000 soldiers on the Eastern Front can withstand the eastern offensive of the New Army.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Changbaishan Regiment on Fuzhou Avenue, the 3rd Brigade of Liaodong, and the main force of the Liaodong Brigade on Jinzhou Avenue successfully joined forces, and nearly half of the 7,000 Japanese troops were killed on these two avenues.

The commander of the 15th Wing of the Takasaki Infantry, Kono Tsunoko Osa, was killed by the New Army at Shimenzi, and the commander of the 1st Artillery Wing of the Southern Road Commander, Imazu Takanori Osa, was shot and killed at Chenjiatun.

Uchiyama Kojiro Osa, who was in charge of leading the soldiers into battle, led nearly a thousand soldiers to retreat to the ruins of Jinzhou City, vainly trying to resist desperately.

Nearly 1,000 soldiers and Uchiyama Kojiro were bombarded by the concentrated bombardment of high-explosive shells and grenade shotbombs from the artillery of the Liaodong Brigade, and after a few rounds of salvo fire, more than half of them were already killed or wounded.

By 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Liaodong Brigade and the Changbai Mountain Anti-Japanese Regiment had gradually compressed the Japanese troops on the eastern front to the Jijiatun line at the junction of Jinzhou and Dalian Bay.

Of the 15 thousand soldiers of the 2 Wing, 5 thousand soldiers, only 3 thousand troops retreated.

Seeing that the eastern battlefield was extremely critical and the western battlefield could not draw troops, Dashanyan had no choice but to shout and send all the civilian personnel and guard battalions of the Second Army to the front line of Jijiatun to block the enemy.

"Boom, boom—"

At about 4:30 p.m., the nine pieces of Japanese artillery had just roared and opened fire to attack the new army east of Jijiatun.

The rapid-fire artillery of the Liaodong Brigade found the artillery position, and a combination of high-explosive shells and grenade shots instantly dumbed all the artillery in the Japanese Xiaotuozi Bay.

Dashanyan, who was so angry and devastated, ordered all the artillerymen to pick up their rifles and go to Jijiatun to 'fight to the death'.

Moreover, to the temporary relief of the entire Japanese Second Army, the new army in the east, after dumbing down the Japanese artillery, did not carry out the usual ferocious artillery bombardment to 'wash the ground' or launch an infantry attack.

Instead, he began to build a defensive line along the eastern line of Jijiatun.

"What's wrong with the Qing army, are you stupid?"

"Baga, what a desperate survival for the empire!"

On the Japanese army position in Jijiatun, the Japanese soldiers who were already desperate and ready to 'break the jade' when they saw this scene were puzzled and surprised.

At this time, the entire Nanguanling front also changed and protruded.

Except for the No. 5 and No. 2 heights that were captured by the new army, the new army that had been seized from the remaining three highlands and seven small strongholds suddenly retreated like a tide.

Even the two small hilly strongholds that had already been occupied were completely withdrawn and abandoned.

"What kind of tricks are these Qing soldiers playing?"

This is a deep question in the hearts of all Japanese soldiers at this moment.

Weihaiwei, open sea.

"Woo-"

Because of the signing of the Qing-Japan contract, this waterway connecting the north and south of the Qing Dynasty became busy again.

The merchant ships of the Beiyang Bureau, the merchant ships of Fujian and Guangzhou, as well as the steamers of the South Sea, India and the West are like a long string of white pearls, dotted on the turquoise sea.

Seeing that the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, which had disappeared for a few months, appeared on the sea off Weihaiwei again, not only the Japanese troops on Liugong Island shouted contemptuously.

Even the Qing people on the passing ships were all scolding fiercely, 'shameless!' ’

"This is the Beiyang sailor that the imperial court spent a bowl of silver to build! Phew! ”

On the boat from Guangzhou to Jinmen, Kang Youwei, a candidate from Nanhai County who came to Yanjing to participate in the examination, looked at the Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, and Jingyuan ships that stopped and cruised on the sea, and couldn't help but be angry, and spit viciously into the sea.

"Teacher, there's no need to be so angry, doesn't Li Hongzhang's failure this time mean that their path is wrong?"

Liang Qichao said in a deep voice: "Only the 'become a law, understand the situation, and be cautious' proposed by you, teacher, is the right way for us to take in the Qing Dynasty." ”

Kang Youwei set up a Wanmu Thatched Cottage School in Guangzhou, gathered apprentices to give lectures, and accepted Liang Qichao, Chen Qianqiu, Huang Songling, Lu Zhenwen, and a large group of disciples.

This time, he and his disciples went north by boat, arguing about the current war situation all the way, the merchant ship docked in Qingdao, anchored to drop off passengers, and suddenly heard that the Qing Dynasty had signed a humiliating treaty, all of them were shocked and scolded.

"It's time to change, otherwise the Qing Dynasty will die!"

Kang Youwei stomped his feet and shouted proudly: "As long as the emperor is willing to listen to my method to change the law, let's not talk about this Dongyang, even if it catches up with Britain, France, Germany and Russia, it is just as easy as a hand!" ”

"Boom!"

At this time, between heaven and earth, on the vast blue sea, a thunderbolt suddenly sounded, which shook everyone on the ship and turned their heads to look.

I saw that outside Weihai Weikou, there was a wolf smoke rolling on the Zhenyuan ship.

"Boom!"

This huge projectile with a caliber of 305mm emitted a breathtaking roar in the air and smashed into the Donghong Fort on Liugong Island.

At this moment, even as long as half a century, the spectators on the merchant ships on the sea, the Japanese soldiers on Liugong Island and even the entire Weihai Weijun Harbor were all looking up to the sky in shock and trying to find the trajectory of the projectile.

"Baga, will this group of Qing dogs have the courage to bombard?"

Standing on the Donghong Battery, the captain of the 6th Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, Katsutake Shaozo, laughed loudly and disdainfully: "It's just a group of cowards who are pretentious and want to get back a little face!" ”

"Whoa—"

The sharp cannon roar immediately approached the Donghong Fort, and all the Japanese artillery on the fort were shocked.

"Captain!"

"Lie down!"

"Boom-"

A huge thunderbolt suddenly exploded in the Donghong Fort, and the imported high-explosive shells of 305 caliber exploded a huge fireball on the fort, instantly blasting dozens of Japanese artillerymen, including Katsutake Omuro, into countless fragments, and at the same time scorched by the scorching flames.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Suddenly, the entire Liugong Island and Weihai Weijun Port were in an uproar.

Countless Japanese artillery desperately ran towards the battery.

"Reload, reload!"

"Launch!"

"Launch!"

"Launch!"

Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, Jingyuan, and all the ships were full of all kinds of yells and shouts, and in the roar, they bombarded one hot projectile after another towards Weihaiwei Military Port.