Outside the city of Dalian, the headquarters of the 12th mixed brigade. Hasegawa's eyes were bloodshot now, looking at the Qing army's position that was now silent on the other side.

In the dark night sky, he couldn't see anything, but he couldn't forget the impact of the Lushun Army today.

Shells exploded in the Qing army from time to time, and the bullets kept hitting the Qing army, but that's it, the Qing army just didn't retreat. One of the soldiers fell. The next one is on. He clearly remembered that a Qing soldier whose legs were blown off actually used his arms to go down to the position and did not faint until he crawled more than 20 meters.

Is this still human? Is this still the original Qing army? He asked himself again and again in his mind, wanting to know the answer.

Since he joined the army, he had never encountered such a unit. Never.

Hasegawa had always been convinced that the Second Army would be able to capture Lushun and then capture Beijing in a short period of time and gain power from the Qing state, but now his confidence had begun to fade.

If the Qing army in Lushun is so ferocious, then the imperial army should not think about the hurdle of Lushun.

"Hey," Hasegawa sighed, and sat down on the dusty seat for a moment.

Finally, I can breathe a sigh of relief, now except for the sporadic artillery roar on both sides, the Qing army has stopped attacking, but Hasegawa knows that this is because it is dark, as long as the day is bright, those Qing troops who do not want to die will rush up like the tide under the cover of death, and then start a fight to guide the occupation of the position.

After instructing the chief of staff to let the soldiers rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle, Hasegawa was not at ease with the position, and under the protection of the guard platoon, he began to patrol the position to see where it was necessary to strengthen the firepower.

"Brigade, it's eleven o'clock now. The order of the military seat is to take the opportunity to withdraw to the defense area. You see now, isn't it? Tian Rui, chief of staff of the Second Brigade, asked Yu Hualong, who was standing in front of the position and observing the Japanese position opposite.

Yu Hualong received the order to withdraw to the defense area as early as the afternoon, and he did not need to attack the Japanese position again, but in order to paralyze the Japanese army and drag down the Japanese army, he still ordered to launch three charges, and it was not until after dark that he ordered to stop the attack and rest on the spot.

Yu Hualong put down the binoculars in his hand: "How are the wounded and soldiers?" ”

Tianrui said softly: "The bodies of the wounded and soldiers have been gone for an hour. ”

"Order, one regiment, two regiments and three regiments alternately cover, evacuate the position, remember to clean up, and don't leave a single bullet for the Japanese army." After knowing the information that the wounded soldiers had left, Yu Hualong looked up at the dark night sky and gave the order to retreat.

The headquarters of the Second Army in Dalian, Sakuma Zuo Matthew was now frowning in front of the map, and the food on the table next to him was already cold, and he didn't have time to take a bite.

Since this morning, he has been thinking about a problem. Why hasn't the navy of Lushun arrived yet, from Lushun to the port of Dalian. Pointing the distance, even the smallest speed, they all arrived in Dalian, but the report of the 1st Brigade Nogi Nishinori showed that no Qing naval division was found.

Knocked the port with a pen, and at the position of the oblique pull to Lushun, Sakuma left the horse clasped his hands, held the pen in his mouth, and frowned.

"Strange, what exactly is Liu Jun going to do?" He turned his eyes and moved to Lushun. Start pondering.

Could it be that Liu Jun's dispatch of the navy is just a pretense, and the real purpose is to drag down his 3,000 elites. Thinking of this, Sakuma Sakuma began to look at the battle situation map of each army.

I took a closer look at the sea route from Lushun to Dalian and today's attacking army. Sakuma's eyes widened too violently, and he scolded angrily: "Yaga." ”

He was sure he had been tricked. And it was played so badly, thousands of elites were dragged alive for a day by a fake action. It's so hateful.

"Chief of Staff." Sakuma Sakuma shouted too loudly. He's going to readjust his defenses.

"Order, the 1st Brigade Regiment left a wing of troops. The rest of the forces set out immediately, and the east gate, and a wing of the other 12th mixed brigade were immediately rebuilt. ”

The chief of staff didn't know why Sakuma Zomattai would suddenly give such an order, but he quickly conveyed the order.

"Cunning Qing people." After seeing the chief of staff leave. Sakuma Sakuma's face turned blue and he scolded.

The sky has begun to turn white, and the Japanese positions have begun to be busy green and fortified positions, and those improvised positions yesterday have already been blown up by the Qing army. There were blown trees and corpses everywhere, and the smell of barbecue reached the nostrils of the Japanese soldiers.

The position was full of Japanese soldiers, and sandbags piled up were a dull sound.

At this time, Hasegawa Yoshimasa, accompanied by the chief of staff, was raising the telescope in his hand to observe the situation of the Qing army opposite.

The Yellow Dragon Flag was planted next to a tree that had been blown off, and many of the trees that had been ignited by the artillery fire were still emitting clear smoke and then blending together in the white mist. Drift into the distance. From time to time, the wind will blow some branches, forming a whirlwind that will drift through the position.

"It's strange, how quiet the Qing army's position is." Hasegawa is good to finish. Give the telescope to the chief of staff beside him.

The chief of staff observed for a while and lowered his head to think for a while, and after combining what he saw, "It seems that the Qing army has withdrawn?" Hasegawa shook his head: "The Lushun army has always been scheming, and the reason why the Lushun army attacked Dalian this time is because it values the lack of strength of our second army, and you also saw the attack of the Qing army yesterday, they will definitely not give up so easily."

"What do you mean?" The chief of staff looked up and asked.

"There is a saying in China, if the enemy does not move, I will not move. Wait an hour and watch again. Hasei returned to the map, swept the dust off the map with his hand, and smiled at the chief of staff.

"En, Your Excellency the General is clever. Worthy of the elite of the empire. ”

An hour passed quickly. Hase, who had breakfast, came to the observation point again,

There was still the same silence on the other side.

"Order, artillery fire covers ten minutes. The 2nd Wing followed. Occupy positions. Hasegawa put down his binoculars and pondered for a few minutes, then gave the order to attack to the chief of staff standing beside him.

Boom, boom, a lot of dirt mixed with a lot of branches were blown up by the cannonballs on the cone, and then fell to the ground weakly. The entire position occupied by the Qing army yesterday was plunged into a sea of smoke and explosions.

Not long after the artillery fire stopped, the soldiers of the Second Wing wearing black uniforms, under the leadership of the Wing Commander, bent down and slowly rushed towards the Qing army's position.

Hasegawa, who was observing, saw that the Japanese army was approaching the position of the Qing army, and ordered lightly: "Order the artillery table to be ready and ready to support at any time." ”

He was worried that if the Lushun army suddenly opened fire and the Qing army appeared at this time, his own wing would suffer irreparable losses, after all, the second wing was now in the best range of the Grim Reaper.

Hasegawa's palms were sweating, and his heart was in his throat as he saw the Second Wing approaching the position and beginning to charge upwards.

Phew, Hasegawa saw the 2nd Wing rushing into position, this time relieved, wiped the sweat from his face, and then walked out of the command post. Accompanied by guards and staff officers, came to the positions that had just been occupied.

I saw rags, bullet casings, broken branches, blown up bullet casings, and bloody Japanese bodies everywhere. The only thing is that not a single corpse of the Lushun Army was found, not even a single broken shoe.

"Yaga" Hasegawa pulled out the command knife with a good face, and cut the yellow dragon flag that was fluttering there in two with a blue face. Then he returned to Command out of breath, angrily flapping everything on the table to the ground.

There were countless shells in vain, but I didn't expect the Lushun army to be so cunning and run cleanly. Not even a body remained. This is simply a blatant slap in the face. Insulting oneself for being incompetent. The officers and men of the 12th mixed brigade were treated like monkeys.

Lushun, Liu Jun had already gotten the results of this battle from Zhong Lin, killing more than 1,300 enemies, seizing more than 600 guns and nearly 10,000 bullets. One field artillery, that is, there are no shells.

Although he lost more than 1,000 people, all this still made Liu Jun content, after all, this battle with the Japanese army was a tough battle, not a defensive battle.

However, Liu Jun still couldn't just count the lost troops, he wanted Li Hongzhang in Tianjin to send another telegram, first, to report on the situation of the battle, and second, to hope that Li Hongzhang could transfer a few battalions and ordnance. So just now, he asked people to summon Zhong Lin and asked him to come over and go to the Lushun Telegraph Office together.

After Zhong Lin's summons on Zhong Lin Street, he immediately ran over and saw sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and a cup of tea on the coffee table next to him. Zhong Lin walked over: "Head, you look for me." ”

When he opened his eyes and saw that it was Zhong Lin, Liu Jun stretched his waist and fought: "It's here." Did you bring something with you? ”

Pat the file wrapped in green satin on his body. Zhong Lin smiled slightly: "Bring it." ”

"Okay, let's go." Liu Jun took a sip of tea, turned around and walked forward. Zhong Lin followed closely behind.

From time to time, two fast horses galloped out of the Lushun County Ya and headed for the Lushun Telegraph Office.

The people who were doing business on the street saw a man in a black cloak riding on a white horse, and they all consciously spread a road to let the people on the horse pass first. Because they know that this is their patron saint, the horses of Liu Jun and Liu Zongbing.