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After receiving the loss of Dalian and Jinzhou, Nogi Noshinori, commander of the Third Army of the Japanese Manchurian Army, urgently transferred 189 artillery pieces and about 40,000 artillery pieces from 70 infantry battalions of 7 divisions of the Japanese Manchurian Army in the area around Liaoyang as the first batch of reinforcements rushed to the Dalian area of Jinzhou.

Li Chuang deployed three divisions of troops and built fortifications in the vicinity of Dashiqiao and Haicheng to block the Japanese troops who came to support.

When Li Chuang deployed his troops, he followed Chen Zhong's order to set up 200 heavy artillery pieces in the area of Haicheng. Attacking the enemy with strong firepower and reducing the close combat of infantry as much as possible can greatly reduce the losses of troops and prepare for more brutal wars in the future.

Nearly 35,000 Japanese troops were stationed in the vicinity of Liaoyang and Saimaji that night, and they made a short rest.

At the same time, two divisions of the Liaodong garrison army dispatched by the Japanese army's Liaodong garrison army and Xikuanjiro also arrived in the Liaoyang area one after another.

After completing the build-up in Liaoyang, the Japanese decided to attack Li Chuang's three divisions at Yingkou, Dashiqiao, and Haicheng in the early morning of the next day.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of the second day, the Japanese army began to attack Haicheng with part of its forces, and part of its troops began to attack Yingkou.

The 200 heavy guns of Li Chuang's army were all set up in these two areas, and the attacking Japanese troops were blocked by the most fierce artillery fire.

The Japanese suffered heavy losses after the first round of artillery fire by Li Chuang, and Nogi Noshinori ordered his infantry to begin a strong attack in turns, and Li Chuang's army was greatly impacted for a time.

The battle of Haicheng was the most intense, and the Japanese carried out hundreds of such flesh-and-bullet attacks from morning to 3 p.m. The outskirts of Haicheng were littered with dead and wounded Japanese soldiers.

Li Chuang's 39th Division lost almost half. Haicheng's defense line was seriously threatened for a time.

Chen Zhong hurriedly transferred two heavy artillery regiments and one infantry division stationed outside Dalian to reinforce Haicheng.

Compared with the fierce battle in Haicheng, the pressure in the area around Yingkou was less, and the Japanese army was only an infantry brigade attacking Yingkou, and they were trying to contain Li Chuang's forces in the area of Haicheng and Dashiqiao.

Chen Zhong ordered the heavy artillery regiments on the periphery of Lushun to bombard Lushun for a whole day. The Japanese troops stationed in Lushun complained bitterly. Moreover, the water source on the periphery was cut off by the army in Hainan, and the drinking water in the city of Arthur could only be supplied for three or four days.

A brigade of the Japanese army stationed in Lushun will face the problem of running off water and food. The brigade commander, Nogi Masao, is the adopted son of Nogi Noshinori, a diehard who is as loyal to the emperor as Nogi Noshinori. Faced with the situation in front of him, Nogi Masao ordered that no matter how long he held out, he would live and die with Lushun.

While resisting frantically, Nogi Masao urgently asked for help from the headquarters of the Third Army of the Japanese Manchurian Army. Nogi Noshinori saw that Haicheng could not be attacked for a long time, and that the city was facing the crisis of water and food shortage, so he urgently transferred the strength of a division to carry out the most fierce attack on Haicheng.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Japanese army broke through the defense line of Haicheng many times and was recaptured many times.

During the night, the Japanese stopped their attacks. At dawn on the morning of the second day, the Japanese launched a fierce attack on Haicheng with all their forces.

After fierce fighting, the Japanese army adopted the tactics of a sea of people in the form of meat bullets and carried out a frantic attack.

At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Zhong issued an order to retreat to the Dashiqiao according to the battle situation in Haicheng. At night, Li Chuang's army was forced to retreat to the Great Stone Bridge.

During the night, the two sides temporarily stopped fierce fighting.

On the morning of the third day, three divisions of the Japanese army began to attack Li Chuang's army near the Dashiqiao.

At that time, Li Chuang's army defending Dashiqiao had a total of ten infantry regiments, five artillery regiments and one hundred and eighty artillery pieces. Plus two heavy artillery regiments and an infantry division transferred from Chen.

They were stationed in the plains and mountains east of the railway, as well as on the front line of Qianzhai and Zhangguantun.

According to the deployment of the Hainan army at Dashiqiao and the losses of the Japanese army in the previous two days, the Japanese army decided to use artillery fire to support the infantry to attack Qianzhaizi, Zhangguantun and other places near Dashiqiao.

Li Chuang learned the concealed firing method used by the Russian artillery, so the artillery in Hainan fired nearly 20,000 shells, causing heavy losses to the Japanese artillery who came to support.

After a day of artillery battles, the Japanese did not take advantage of anything and suffered heavy losses. At night, Li Chuang suggested to Chen Zhong to organize an infantry regiment and two machine guns to attack Haicheng overnight and recapture Haicheng.

In order to gain time, Chen Zhong agreed to Li Chuang's plan, and at two o'clock in the morning, he attacked the Japanese infantry regiment, successfully attacked the division headquarters of the Japanese army stationed in Haicheng, captured the commander of the 17th division of the Japanese army, Inuyang Saburo, and seized Haicheng again.

In the face of the Japanese army north of Haicheng, Li Chuang suggested that after several rounds of artillery bombardment, the infantry division took the initiative to carry out a strategic counteroffensive. Chen Zhong agreed to Li Chuang's request.

So, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Chuang's three infantry divisions began a major counteroffensive and launched a fierce infantry confrontation with the Japanese army north of Haicheng.

Li Chuang mobilized five machine-gun companies to carry out fierce strafing fire on the Japanese troops on the opposite side, suppressed the Japanese firepower, and at the same time, ordered the infantry to charge in stages between the enemy's firepower being suppressed.

After nearly three hours of attack, more than half of the Japanese troops supporting Lushun were wiped out. Nogi Noshinori was very angry, and he mobilized three infantry, two teams, two artillery teams and two teams to rush to Haicheng, this posture, vowing to fight a decisive battle with Li Chuang's army to the end.

At the same time, Chen Zhong ordered the Ma Cong troops and two field artillery regiments attacking Lushun to carry out a fierce attack.

Due to the lack of water and food in Lushun City, the Japanese army began to be chaotic for a time, and there were many incidents of infighting and brawls among the Japanese army.

Therefore, while urgently asking the military headquarters for help, Nogi Masao began to rectify military discipline and stipulate that all soldiers who engaged in internal strife and brawls should be shot on the spot.

Although this decree was promulgated, there were still many soldiers who violated the regulations. The Japanese army in Arthur City has reached a very dangerous point, and if there is little change, there is a possibility of a change. The middle- and lower-ranking officers in the city strongly demanded that Nogi Masao abandon Arthur City and break out of the encirclement of the Hainan army.

After not seeing reinforcements from Liaoyang for a long time, Nogi Masao wanted to agree to the advice of his subordinates and rushed out of Arthur City several times.

However, in the face of the Hainan army three times outside Lushun and his own, Nogi Masao still gave up this decision, hoping that Liaoyang's reinforcements could break through the defense line of the Hainan army in Haicheng and Dashiqiao and rescue Lushun.

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