There is no heavy artillery, and even now there is only one artillery squadron, six bronze field guns of 70,80mm caliber, and two steel-hulled mountain guns captured by the Qing army, what to take to attack the Lushun fortress with more than 20 batteries and more than 140 large-caliber heavy guns?

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The first army of the general of Shan County wanted to occupy Mukden and fight Zhili, and the navy of the empire wanted to destroy the remnants of the Beiyang Naval Division, and only his own second army was in this extremely embarrassing situation.

Port Arthur is close at hand, and it is very likely that it will never be able to reach a place that you will never be able to reach.

"Commander, I once entered the Lushun Military Port, without a large number of heavy artillery, and the joint operations of the Navy, it is extremely difficult to capture the Lushun Military Port."

Kamio Mitsutomi knew that he shouldn't say these frustrating words at this time, but it was about the great cause of the empire, so he couldn't help but whisper it.

"Baga, Shenwei, are you stupid in the Qing Dynasty? Actually raised the prestige of the pig! ”

Nogi Noshinori glared angrily at Kamio Mitsutomi and scolded.

"Needless to say, let's occupy the camp first."

Dashan Yan interrupted the argument of his subordinates.

At this time, he had a vague premonition that his second army would most likely never get the heavy artillery support of the base camp.

On December 9th, the Japanese Second Army sent a wing of troops to attack Jiangzishan, Xihuangling, Xiangmengou Village, Yingchengzi, Northwest Dianzi, and five anti-Japanese army positions at the same time.

Because the Japanese did not use the last eight guns, the infantry team was very severely suppressed by the fire of Wu Weiyang's troops, and the battle lasted for about two hours, and the Japanese troops were still blocked outside the defensive circle of the anti-Japanese army, and could not advance an inch.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese army used two infantry wings and two cavalry squadrons to attack again.

The battle was commanded by Nogi Noshinori, who used the strength of an infantry wing to pin down five Qing positions from the front.

The rest of the troops, with cavalry as the vanguard, tried to penetrate the gap between the five anti-Japanese positions, interspersed with the rear flank, and attacked in a roundabout way.

However, a large number of dry mines along the way blew up the Japanese cavalry on their backs.

Moreover, behind the gap between the positions of the Qing army, there were more than a dozen small ring-shaped earthen ramparts, which were full of anti-Japanese soldiers, and when they saw the Japanese army approaching, they raised their guns and shot one after another.

Nogi Nozomi shouted angrily, and was about to order the troops to forcibly attack, when he heard the military trumpet of the military headquarters ordering the withdrawal of troops, and had no choice but to order the whole army to retreat.

In front of the anti-Japanese army's position, more than 100 corpses were scattered and retreated.

"Commander, please allow me to attack tomorrow and take the camp position!"

Nogi Noshinori has always regarded himself very highly and looked down on his colleagues who did nothing, and today he suffered this defeat, and his big face was as red as a monkey's ass.

"Without artillery to destroy these earthen walls, the Qing army relied on a large number of rapid guns superior to our army, and even if the imperial army could rush into the positions of the Qing army, it would have to suffer a large number of casualties."

Oji Yasujun looked at the defense line of the anti-Japanese military camp that had just been drawn, and began to explain the layout of the defense line that can be seen now.

"We are not afraid of casualties!"

Nogi Noshinori pulled his throat with a proud face.

"Yaga, you idiot shut up!"

Dashan Yan had long been tired of the arrogant and stupid guy Nogi Noshinori, and rebuked loudly: "The lives of the imperial soldiers are used to conquer the city, not to be sacrificed in vain because of your stupidity!" ”

Oji Yasumi glanced at Nogi Noshinori's monkey ass face, and continued to point to the simple military layout map drawn and said:

"The five positions, that is, five wooden piles, are firmly wedged there, and four flood channels are opened in between, in which a large number of dry mines are buried, and more than a dozen wooden piles are wedged in the back, and the flow continues to be diverted; Moreover, the Qing army still has thousands of cavalry in its hands, which can be reinforced at any time, or assault! ”

At this time, Nogi Noshinori's mind was clearer, and thinking about Oji Yasujun's speculation, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

If he forcibly ordered the troops to march and attack the dozen earthen fortifications behind him, and at this time, thousands of Qing cavalry suddenly attacked, it might be a disaster for the imperial infantry.

"Without artillery to blow up these earthen walls, if you want to seize the five Qing positions in front of you, the troops will definitely suffer a lot of casualties;"

Yamachi Genji repeated the words of Oji Yasumun and proposed, "Is it not to use artillery to destroy these earthen ramparts?" Then the battle below will be much easier. ”

"The Qing army is behind the position, and there is definitely a large number of artillery pieces arranged, and now they are waiting, like Nanguanling."

The thought of the large number of artillery pieces that had been blown up made Oyama Yan's cheeks twitch in pain.

"Now in the war, without artillery support, it is really a constraint everywhere."

Major General Hasegawa Yoshimichi, commander of the 12th Brigade, sighed helplessly.

"What if there is a night attack?"

Yoshiichi Tanaka stood far away in the corner, and couldn't help but interject with courage.

"Night raids can indeed get close to the Qing positions with fewer casualties; However, if a large number of troops cannot be mobilized to quickly rush into the position of the Qing army, the soldiers who are advancing one by one will have to face the concentrated attack of the Qing army; The key is to break down the earth barriers. ”

Oyama shook his head and vetoed the proposal.

"Separate the artillery, pull it to the front of the Qing army's position at night, and fire and bombard it flatly."

Oji Yasumi was inspired by Tanaka Yoshiichi and said excitedly: "It should be possible to break through the wall of the Qing army with solid bullets, as long as the lane is built in advance, the artillery can be quickly pulled away, and it will not be ambushed by the Qing army's artillery team." ”

Oji Yasuchun's words suddenly gave everyone all kinds of inspiration, and all kinds of wild ideas came out one after another.

On December 10 of the Western calendar, Chen Shijie and Tang Feng went down to the sea on a small sampan from a merchant ship in the main channel of Bohai Haikou and rowed to Xiaoqin Island.

Then he boarded a fishing boat that had been waiting for a long time and headed for Sheep's Head Bay behind Lushun.

During the day, there was silence in the area around Yingchengzi.

On cold winter days, the soldiers hid in branches, planks, straw, marching tents, all kinds of strange tents, burning fires to keep warm.

It seems that because of yesterday's battle, the Japanese army on the opposite side also lost their will to fight.

At two o'clock in the morning on December 11, the Japanese army's eight artillery pieces, divided into five artillery squads, quietly pulled the artillery to a distance of about one mile from each of the five cities of the anti-Japanese army.

At four o'clock in the morning, the squads were ready, and the muzzles of their guns were pointed directly at the defensive ramparts of the anti-Japanese army.

At 5:30 a.m., the Japanese army mobilized the strength of three wings and assembled one mile from the position of the anti-Japanese army, waiting for the attack.

At 5:50, in the faint morning light, the Japanese shelling began.

"Boom!"

The sudden artillery roar woke up all the anti-Japanese troops, but none of the Japanese shells fell into the position, and the soldiers climbed out of their tents one after another, lying on the earthen ramparts, and observing the Japanese troops on the opposite side.

I saw that a mile ahead, there were other parallel areas, and from time to time a cannon flame flashed, and the projectile was fired low.