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readx; After the Hainan army took Lushun, it began to prepare for the Battle of Liaoyang. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info [Burning ^ Text ^ Library]

After learning that Lushun was lost, Nogi Noshinori burst into tears.

This loyal follower of the Japanese emperor lost two sons in the Russo-Japanese War, one of whom died in the battle against Arthur.

Now, Nogi Masao, who is stationed in Lushun, is his adopted son, and he is also loyal to the emperor in this defense of Lushun.

Nogi Noshinori reported the battle situation in Liaodong to Commander Dashanyan, the headquarters of the Manchurian Army, and they decided to retreat the reinforcements outside Haicheng to Liaoyang, wait for the arrival of the main force of his Third Army, and personally command the battle of Liaoyang.

Therefore, Nogi Noshinori ordered the Japanese troops in the Haicheng area to retreat to the area north of the Shahe River, wait for the main force of the Third Army to arrive, and then fight a decisive battle with the army in Hainan.

The last batch of troops of the Hainan army has been transported to Liaodong, and at this point, the Hainan army has more than 200,000 troops in six armies, 15 infantry divisions, 20 field artillery regiments and 500 artillery pieces, three divisions of marines, one Hainan fleet, and 15 warships of the Japanese combined fleet on the Liaodong Peninsula.

The Japanese army's war in the Liaodong area was prepared for a long time, and they stockpiled a large amount of war materials, and the conditions were more favorable than those of the Hainan army.

Therefore, in view of the comparison between the situation of the Hainan army and the Japanese army in the Liaoyang area, as well as the international influence, Chen Zhong demanded that the battle of Liaoyang should be resolved quickly.

When the Hainan army occupied Liaoyang, it almost grasped the main control of Liaodong, and then fought a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Mukden to completely solve the problem of the Liaodong Peninsula.

The Japanese defense in the Liaoyang area followed the fortifications of the Russian army. The original Russian fortifications were built into three positions.

The first line of positions was the forward position of the Liaoyang defenders, with a total length of 75 kilometers, located about 30 kilometers south and southeast of Liaoyang.

The second line of positions is 22 kilometers long, about 8 kilometers from Liaoyang.

The third line of positions is close to Liaoyang City. The total length is fifteen kilometers.

These three positions, especially the first one, were originally very small in depth, the flanks were exposed, and the fortification construction plan was not completed, but they were deepened and rebuilt by the defenders of Liaoyang of the Japanese army, and they were already quite strong.

Two days later, the main force of Nogi Noshinori's Third Army arrived at Liaoyang City and entered the position.

Nogi Noshinori placed six divisions on the left and right flanks, and about 100,000 men were deployed on the defensive positions guarding Liaoyang.

In addition to the deployment of more than 80,000 troops in Lushun, Dalian, and Jinzhou, the rest of the troops were all deployed to attack Liaoyang, which was far superior to the 100,000 troops of the Japanese army in terms of strength.

The Battle of Liaoyang officially began at dawn the next day.

Chen Zhong ordered Li Chuang's army to attack from both sides at the same time, attracting the middle forces of the Japanese army, and giving up the middle zone, causing the middle zone of Liaoyang's outer fortifications to be empty.

Chen Zhong ordered Li Chuang to disperse the artillery regiment on both flanks of the Japanese fortifications on the periphery of Liaoyang and take a fierce attack on both flanks. In the middle of the road, all the machine-gun batteries were concentrated to force a breakthrough. Wait for the infantry to charge for a few rounds before attacking.

The pitch of battle began. The two flank defensive positions of the Japanese army on the periphery of Liaoyang were fiercely attacked by the Hainan army and were under great pressure.

In order to increase the firepower of the two flanks, the Japanese army transferred all heavy artillery and heavy machine guns to the two flanks for defense.

For a time, on the two flanks of Liaoyang, the Japanese army and the Hainan army launched a fierce artillery battle.

The dense shells bombed the outside of Liaoyang City, and the sky was full of gunsmoke and flames.

After the Japanese army gave way to the middle zone, Li Chuang ordered ten machine gun companies to forcibly break through from the middle of the Japanese fortifications.

However, the machine-gun company, which broke through from the middle, was seriously blocked and retreated to its positions.

As a result, the machine-gun company slowly detoured to the left and right flanks of the Japanese army. Begin a strong onslaught. Eventually, Nai ordered the defenders to withdraw to the second line.

The Hainan army used machine guns, artillery and bayonets to attack the Japanese troops from all directions. The two sides fought fiercely for a whole day.

After a day of fighting, the Japanese army and the Hainan army fought to a draw.

Nogi Noshinori saw that the Japanese army did not have an advantage in the daytime battle, so on the night of the same day, he sent a division to smuggle across the Taizi River to the right bank, detour the right flank of the Hainan army, and at the same time strengthen the attack on the right flank of the Hainan army.

Chen Zhongzai expected that the Japanese troops would be smuggled over from the Taizi River, and arranged for ten machine gun companies to launch fierce strafing fire on the Japanese soldiers who dared to cross the river.

The smuggled Japanese troops were suppressed by the dense machine-gun fire set up by Chen Zhong on the bank of the Taizi River, and the Taizi River was full of Japanese soldiers killed by machine gun shots.

The Japanese attacked unsuccessfully at night and retreated into the second line of defense.

After this day and night of fighting, Nogi Noshinori of the Japanese army decided to calculate the plan, to exhaust and exhaust the Hainan army in defensive battles, and then wait for the Sixth Army to come to support Liaoyang.

When the war reached a favorable time, they turned to the offensive.

This action of the Japanese army led to a series of fierce encounters. In some cases, encounters take place not only during the day, but also at night.

In the night battle, neither the Hainan army nor the Japanese Liaoyang army used artillery, and the troops attacked in dense formations, with soldiers arm to arm, and most of the night battles ended with bayonet and white-knuckle battles.

This fierce battle lasted for two days and two nights, and both sides made many tentative attacks, all of which ended in failure, and the battle entered a stalemate.

After two days of fierce fighting, the two sides consolidated their established positions, repaired fortifications, confronted each other, and occasionally sent out reconnaissance units or carried out artillery bombardments.

After round after round of attacks, both sides suffered great losses. The Japanese reinforced their defenses on both flanks, increased the number of artillery, and the shelling continued almost non-stop during the day.

On the night of the fourth day, Chen Zhong ordered Li Chuang to organize a special commando team, and a hundred members quietly detoured back to the back of the Japanese army, brought enough **, and caused an explosion of ammunition in the left flank position of the Japanese army.

The Hainan army was heavily shelled on the right flank of the Japanese army, and the infantry carried out a strong attack on the center and left flank. More than a dozen machine-gun companies, like a group of ferocious wolves, rushed to the Japanese positions in a tidal formation.

The infantry followed, raised their bayonets and, together with the machine-gun company, rushed to the enemy's positions.

Seeing that the Hainan army had broken through the second line of defense on the periphery of Liaoyang, the Japanese army took off their coats, tied white strips of cloth on their heads, brandished the swords of Japanese samurai, and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Hainan army.

The second line of defense of the Japanese army on the periphery of Liaoyang was in the dark night, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and this battle of life and death was tragically staged before dawn!

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