In the vicinity of the mouth of Dalian Bay, amid the rumbling artillery fire of the Qing army, five gunboats and six torpedo boats of the Japanese Combined Fleet were divided into three mine-sweeping squads and were busy clearing mines. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Japanese observers lay on the sides of the ship, staring at the sea, and once they found mines floating near the ship, the gunners used machine guns to blow them up.

The task of the mine-sweeping fleet is to clear three safe waterways with a length of at least 3.5 kilometers and a width of more than 1.5 kilometers, starting from the mouth of the bay.

This requires that the 11 minesweepers entering the bay must clear out a safe water area of 16 square kilometers as soon as possible.

This is obviously not a small project.

During the entire daylight on November 9, the Japanese ships entering the bay were desperately clearing mines.

I didn't have time to take care of the cannonballs whizzing overhead, and the large and small snow-white water columns that exploded on the surface of the sea.

The poor level of artillery operation of the Qing artillery made these ships only in danger, and until the end of the sunset, the coastal heavy artillery of the Qing Dynasty did not rub the skin of a Japanese fleet.

Moreover, the Japanese army caught hundreds of catties of stunned sea fish to prepare for dinner at night.

In the setting sun, seeing that all the ships returned safely, the warships of the Combined Fleet blocking the mouth of the bay sounded their whistles one after another, welcoming the triumphant warriors back to the group.

And the artillerymen of Monk Island and Laolong Island Fort were red and red with shame and anger.

It was really humiliating, and after a few days of bombing, not only did they not even get the fur of the Japanese army, but they let them clean up the waterway step by step.

Cheng Moyi and Mao Chao stood on the edge of the headland of the fort, and a small boat stopped at the water's edge in an inlet not far away, and there were two minelayers inside.

However, the sudden drop in temperature and heavy snow had sealed these ships in the inlet, and the next year the temperature rose and the ice and snow melted, and it was impossible to sail into the sea and re-mine them.

"The effective distance of the 152mm caliber rapid-fire guns of the Japanese fleet is 8600 meters, and the 120mm is 7000 meters, and the Japanese fleet is equipped with a large number of 152,120 new rapid-fire guns, so 7000 meters should be the time for them to attack; At this rate, the Japanese fleet will attack the day after tomorrow. ”

Cheng Moyi finished these words quietly, looked at Mao Chao and said, "You and I, including Huang Jianxingying, have one more day of practice tomorrow; Let the soldiers write their wills, hehe, mine has been written, and I will be sent back to Jinmen with the ship today. ”

Mao Chao looked at the group of Japanese ships stuck at the mouth of the bay in the east, and felt uncomfortable like a boulder in his heart.

It's so deceitful, it's so hateful!

On November 10th, the sky was clear and dry.

The golden sunlight shines on the mountains and rivers of southern Liaoning, and as far as the eye can see, there is no cloud, and the sky is as blue as a wash.

In Dalian Bay, the Japanese Combined Fleet was still the same as yesterday, with small ships stationed in the bay to clear mines.

And the artillery of Monk Island and Laolong Island also opened fire vigorously, bombarding the Japanese ships in the bay.

At the Jinzhou position, the Japanese artillery of Shimenzi finally could not bear the unscrupulous bombing and bullying of the Qing army, and began to fire back on the Taishan Heights of the anti-Japanese army in the early morning of the 10th.

It was freezing cold, and a layer of skin could stick to the shells, and the accuracy of the gunners on both sides inevitably dropped to a new level, and the shelling continued until 10 o'clock in the morning, and both sides suffered small losses in the Qing and Japanese sides.

However, at this time, the Japanese artillery shells were completely empty.

Moreover, after several days of wanton bombardment, although the artillery of the anti-Japanese army was not accurate, they could not hold back the shells and threw many shells, and more than 40 Japanese soldiers were killed inside and out, and six artillery pieces were destroyed.

In the past few days, Yuanzhi of the mountainous area, who had been weakened by the shells of the anti-Japanese army, had no choice but to order in frustration that all the Japanese troops in Wolongpo and Shimenzi withdrew east to the range of the Qing army's artillery.

Seeing that the Japanese troops had all retreated beyond the range of artillery fire, the shelling of the anti-Japanese army for several days finally stopped.

In this way, the sound of artillery that ravaged the ears of more than 30,000 soldiers of the Qing and Japanese armies on the Jinzhou defense line suddenly disappeared.

Except for the faint roar of cannons in the west, the heavens and the earth were silent.

Outside the mouth of Nanguan Ridge, Sujiatun.

"Paralyzed, Lao Tzu finally escaped back to Lushun, but now he has to go to Jinzhou to die!"

"I really don't know what Xu Junmen thinks, if it's comfortable, but he has to go to Jinzhou to be shot!"

"Paralysis, Lao Tzu is not leaving, whoever wants to send him to death should go, anyway, Lao Tzu has not lived enough!"

"Look at the people, when I arrived at the Jiesheng Camp, now I am transporting artillery shells, and there are a few taels of silver in one trip, which is worth more than half a month's salary; Why don't you assign our battalion to the commander of the company? Paralysis! ”

The soldiers of the 9th Battalion, who could reach Jinzhou at one or two o'clock in the afternoon on the 9th, ended up until noon on the 10th before marching slowly to Dalian Bay.

More than 1,200 soldiers of the Huaizi Army of the 4th Battalion, under the deliberate instigation of those battalion officers and sentinels, after marching to Sujiatun, they did not leave alive or dead, and threatened to return to Lushun.

Xu Sijin, the former battalion officer of the Gong Guard Army, who was in charge of leading the team, did not dare to make a decision, so he had to order the Gong Guard Army to wait in the nearby camp and send someone to Jinzhou to report quickly.

At this time, a mournful funeral was being held on a hillside by the sea in Xiaotuozi Bay, southwest of Dadong Mountain.

On Monk Island, opposite Xiaotuozi Bay, the sound of cannons rumbles and rolls among the mountains, adding a bit of tension to the funeral here.

The fierce battle of Hushan, the fierce battle of Andong, and the 461 soldiers of the anti-Japanese army who died in the battle of Jinzhou.

633 Qing soldiers of the Gongwei Army, Jiesheng Battalion, and Zhou Dingchen Battalion were killed in the Jinzhou War.

In particular, the rear battalion of the Gongwei Army, which guarded the heights of Taishan Mountain in Chenjiatun, had a total of 500 people, and only more than 100 people were withdrawn, including the battalion officer Lin Zhicai, who was killed on the battlefield.

These 1,094 heroic soldiers will rest peacefully on the coastal slopes facing north and south of the mountains and rivers.

The frozen soil in the mountains is difficult to excavate, but in addition to the army, all the people in Jinzhou City have been transferred to Lushun, and He Changying directly ordered the demolition of the burned houses and the transportation of walls and bricks to build graves.

In front of each grave, simple wooden plaques were erected with the names and identification numbers of the martyrs.

He Changying has promised that when the war subsides, the entire Dadong Mountain will be designated as a martyr's cemetery, and the tombstones and tombstones will be rebuilt.

"--You deserve the pride of China, you-"

On the hillside, more than 300 foot knights from 4 platoons and 12 duty squads of the guard company stood in a solemn phalanx.

In front of them, there stood a large group of generals of the anti-Japanese army, as well as Jiang Zikang, Xu Bangdao, Song Xi, these generals and officials of the Qing Dynasty, all with serious and silent faces.

Only He Changying, who was standing at the top, was reading the sacrifice aloud.

Second Lieutenant Li Yuan, the former leader of the engineer squadron, Lieutenant Tang Jiashen, the commander of the first company of the third battalion of the second regiment of Lin Yunyu's department, and Lin Zhicai, the battalion officer of the rear battalion of the Gong Guard Army.

As for Rong An, who died in the escape, as well as the rest of the Gong Guards, Jiesheng Battalion, and Huaizi Army soldiers, He Changying directly refused to bury them in Dadong Mountain on the grounds that 'this is the world of heroes, and cowards and deserters are not accepted'.

"Your deeds are remembered by the whole world; Woohoo mourning, the heroic spirit is coming, bless my China, bless my people! ”

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Gunshots rang out in unison, resounding through the mountains.

"Military Gate, Military Gate—"

At this time, two fast horses came from the path down the mountain, stepping on the thick snow.

"Opening the military gate, the 4th battalion of the Huaizi Army was forcibly stationed in Sujiatun, unwilling to march again; Threatened to return to Lushun. ”

Hearing this news, Xu Bangdao's face suddenly turned blue, which was openly challenging his authority and confronting him.