Anyway, there is plenty of time, as long as the battle here is not over, the navy will not lift the blockade of Japan, the Japanese are more anxious than themselves, either the Japanese army in Lushun surrenders, or is completely annihilated, or they choose to retreat on their own initiative because of their own losses, or they will continue to confront each other forever, there is no other possibility, as long as the result does not come out, Japan must continue to live a hard life. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After receiving a telegram from the 31st Division asking for artillery support from the naval battle cruisers and shelling the Japanese forts, Du Shihui first contacted the navy and sent three destroyers, and if the destroyers' guns were not enough, the battle cruisers would be dispatched.

Du Shihui's idea was that from the side of Pizhen as a breakthrough, as long as the naval guns in the navy eliminated the Japanese troops stationed in Pizhen, or let them choose to retreat on their own initiative, then it would be easy to surround the retreat of the Japanese wing stationed in Pulandian, and attack the Japanese troops in Pulandian from the back, so that they could easily break through their fortress and annihilate them completely, and smoothly open the passage to Lushun in the south.

On the second day, three destroyers reached the waters off the coast of Pizhen.

The 31st Division provided the coordinates of the Japanese fortresses, and 3 destroyers began to fire shells.

The main guns of the 12 destroyers opened fire quickly, making a loud roar, and the shells flew one after another towards the Japanese positions.

"Boom, boom, boom"

The shells exploded on the Japanese positions, making huge vibrations and sounds, and a sky full of smoke and dust was raised. Except for a few unlucky ghosts who were killed by the bombing, the other Japanese soldiers were so frightened that they all hid in the main fort.

Three shells fell on the main fortress in a row, and there was a huge vibration in the fortress, and the ears of the Japanese soldiers inside the earthquake rang, and they lost their hearing for a while, and after a few minutes, they gradually heard each other's words. At this time, the wing commander was very proud in his heart, this is the fortress he led to build, what can the enemy's naval guns do to me? However, he did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly drafted a telegram to report the bombardment of the enemy's naval artillery to the division commander.

After firing 3 rounds of shells, the naval guns stopped bombing and stopped to see what the effect of the bombing was.

When the smoke and dust on the Japanese position cleared, I observed from the telescope, and saw that the Japanese position was in a mess, and many civil forts were fatally damaged, but the main fort remained immovable, and the bombardment of naval guns did not cause any damage to the main fortress.

The captain of the captain ordered to change the explosive shells to armor-piercing shells and fire 3 more rounds to see if they could damage the main fortress.

"Boom, boom, boom"

There were three more rounds of shelling, but the effect of this bombardment was still not obvious, only a little damage was caused to the outer layer of the Japanese main fort, and it seemed impossible to completely destroy the main fort.

The shells fired by the destroyer's main guns were a little more powerful than the 105mm heavy howitzers, and they were not much stronger.

The main fortress of the Japanese army was built with cement, steel bars, steel plates and sand and gravel, but the thickness of the top layer reached 5 meters thick, and three layers of 20mm thick steel plates and three layers of 05 meters thick reinforced concrete were also laid, and the middle and upper parts were filled with sand; The armor-piercing projectile only caused some damage to the steel plate and sand layer for the first time, and could not penetrate the entire top layer; The walls around it are thicker; It seems that the ship's guns are still a little smaller, and it is necessary to wait for the arrival of the battle cruisers.

The naval guns of the Xia Empire did not cause many casualties to the Japanese army, but they still had a great deterrent effect on their psychology; If the guns of the battlecruisers could not cause damage to the Japanese fortress, then the Xia Empire could dispatch battleships, and the Japanese could not do anything to the warships of the Xia Empire for the time being, so they could only defend passively.

After receiving the telegram from the 5th Division, General Yoshimasa Oshima discussed with the staff officers for a long time, if the two wings were wasted in Pulandian and Pizhen, it would not be able to do much damage to the enemy, or concentrate the forces in Port Arthur, and rely on the superior terrain and strong fortresses to fight a decisive battle with the army of the Xia Empire, and give the army of the Xia Empire the greatest damage, the longer the decisive battle drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to Japan, in Lushun, the warships of the Xia Empire dare not approach, and the power of the fortress guns is much greater than that of the battleships.

Besides, under the bombardment of naval artillery, the Japanese army in Pizhen may not be able to hold out for long, if the enemy breaks through from the direction of Pizhen, then the wing facing off against the Xia Empire in Pulandian will be surrounded, seeing the enemy's intentions, General Oshima Yoshimasa decided to shrink his forces.

As a result, General Yoshimasa Oshima ordered the commander of the Fifth Division, Lieutenant General Kigoshi Yasutsuna, to withdraw all his troops to Port Arthur and no longer confront the troops of the Xia Empire.

After receiving the order, the 5th Division decided to let the two wings take advantage of the cover of the darkness of the night to retreat to Dalian that night, and the division had a blocking position in Dalian Daheisheng, as long as they retreated safely to Daheishan that night, these two wings would be safe.

Pulandian is 30 kilometers away from Da Hei Mountain, and Pi Zhen is 40 kilometers away from Da Hei Mountain, and it is easy to evacuate safely after a night of rapid marching.

After the troops converged in Dalian Montenegro, they gradually withdrew to Lushun.

The Japanese learned the lessons of the Battle of Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War and managed Port Arthur more perfectly than it did during Russian rule.

On the basis of the 6 fortress groups built by Russia, a large number of hidden forts and sub-forts were built, and a large number of fortress groups were built on both sides of the road connecting Lushun and Dalian by virtue of the topography, and the entire Port Arthur is now surrounded by more than 150 fortress groups and more than 100 forts; All fortress groups, forts, bunkers, and tunnels are made of reinforced concrete, and the defense is very strong; In total, the Japanese army deployed more than 1,000 fortress guns, heavy howitzers, mortars, etc., and prepared nearly 1 million rounds of shells alone; A large number of Makqin machine guns, mortars, grenades, etc. were prepared in the fortress group, and a large number of barbed wire fences were set up in front of the fortress group; No matter which direction the enemy attacked, he would encounter blows from Japanese fortress groups and batteries.

In Port Arthur, the Japanese army arranged blocking ships and laid a large number of mines, so that the navy of the Xia Empire could not enter Port Arthur.

The current Port Arthur is definitely qualified to be called the world's number one fortress.

General Yoshimasa Oshima and all the Japanese troops are full of confidence in the defense of Port Arthur, if the Xia Empire sends an army to attack, there are no 200,000 casualties to take Port Arthur, and at the same time, the Japanese army is also ready to live and die with Port Arthur.

On the second day, Du Shihui received a report from the 31st and 27th Divisions that the Japanese had completely withdrawn, leaving an empty defensive position.

This was in line with Du Shihui's strategic plan, and he could open the passage to Lushun south without much sacrifice, which made him very happy, so he ordered the troops to continue to advance and completely drive the Japanese army back to Port Arthur, but it was necessary to send more scouts to avoid falling into the ambush of the Japanese army.

And the Japanese army was also glad that they could withdraw to Lushun safely, but they didn't know that the Xia Empire had already prepared a sharp weapon to deal with them, and the more concentrated their army, the greater the casualties would be, and the faster the defeat would come. (To be continued.) )

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