Chapter 14

Dashanyan originally thought that after the Third Army conquered Lushun, he would draw his troops out of the Daosha River. How do www.biquge.info you know that after the stalemate on the Shahe side, Lushun has not yet been defeated. As a last resort, I had to fill in the big pit of Lushun with the reserves that had been widowed from the country.

In view of the fact that the Japanese were short of their own troops, and that Russian reinforcements were flowing to the Far East, it was not good for them to protracted the war. The only way out was to free the 3rd Army trapped in Arthur. At the same time, the Russian Baltic Fleet is on its way to the east, and in the event of a rendezvous with the Far Eastern Fleet, it will surpass the Japanese fleet in strength. Therefore, the Japanese high command took advantage of the fact that the Russian army did not move after the Battle of Shahe to put all its reserve forces into the attack on Arthur, striving to capture Arthur as soon as possible.

After the initial attack on Arthur was frustrated, the Japanese brought in a secret weapon specially made for the capture of the fortress - 11-inch siege guns. The 11-inch howitzer has a range of 10,000 yards, a shell weighing 550 pounds, and a special roar in flight, which is nicknamed "train bomb".

On September 19, the Japanese launched the second strong attack, and on October 30, 1904, the third strong attack was launched, but still no significant progress was made. Oyama Iwa ordered Nogi Noshinori to hand over command and temporarily put it under the command of the Chief of the General Staff, Gentaro Kodama.

In December 1897, the Russian Navy entered the port city of Lushun in northeastern China, and then forcibly "leased" it to the Qing government, where the headquarters of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet was established. After several years of construction, the Russians built a large number of solid cement fortifications in Lushun, equipped with a large number of artillery and machine guns, and the whole Lushun became an impregnable fortress. The commanding height of this fortress is the 203 Heights, which is located in the northwest of Arthur, overlooking the port and the whole city.

Before Gentaro Kodama came to the Third Army, he already knew that if he wanted to conquer Lushun, the key was on the 203 Heights. So he carefully organized the artillery, wanting to rely on the powerful artillery firepower and the courage of the soldiers to knock down the 203 heights.

"Gentaro Kodama has already arrived at the front line of Lushun," Lin Mengchu rushed into Chen Cheng's office with the latest information, and said loudly: "This is the turning point of the war!" ”

"Uh," Chen Cheng had just stamped the document on the further expansion of the enrollment of the crash course for officers, and said in amazement: "What turning point?" ”

"The Japanese have captured Arthur, and their navy can successfully annihilate the Russian expeditionary fleet!" The girl said: "If they can't capture Lushun ......"

"Wait," Chen Cheng stretched out his hand to interrupt the girl's speech, and thought for a while before saying, "We want the Japanese to drive the Russians away from the northeast region, right?" ”

"Yes, but it's not a good idea to drive the tiger at the front door and welcome the wolf at the back door."

"The Russians are a sick and dying tiger," Chen Cheng said, "The Japanese are hungry wolves that have not yet grown up, and we are hunters with guns in our hands, so what is there to fear." ”

"What do you mean?"

"When the Japanese drive the Russians away, we will drive the Japanese away." Chen Cheng said lightly: "Anyway, it's just a difference between winning more and winning less, so it doesn't matter what they do in Lushun." ”

"The Yellow Sparrow is behind? I don't like such an idea very much," the girl glared and said, "The strong will only punch the stronger, and what kind of hero is it to beat two sick cats?" ”

"Well, I don't seem to have said that I was a hero, and you...", Chen Cheng shrugged and said, "You are a girl, don't pretend to be a hero." ”

"Are you serious?" Her eyes narrowed, and the smell of danger filled her body, "If that's what you do, I'm going to be disappointed." Who said a woman can't be a hero? ”

“..... Well, I was wrong," Chen Cheng raised his hand and made a gesture of surrender, "but fighting a war and personal heroism are not exactly the same." ”

"Of course I know this, but when I think of the opportunity to squeeze off the so-called national fortune of the Japanese now, I inexplicably want to do that!"

"Uh, what's the way to pinch off?" Chen Cheng asked curiously, "Is it directly declaring war on the Japanese?" Our mobilization has only just begun, or it has not begun at all. According to the plan, it will not be until next year that the mobilization will begin at the first level. ”

"Assault with airships and knock out the Japanese siege artillery!" Lin Mengchu clenched his fists and said confidently: "Without those fortress cannons, the Japanese would not have been able to gnaw off the turtle shell of Lushun." As long as the Russian fleet sailed to the port of Arthur, the Japanese would never have a chance to turn the tables around! ”

"The too young, too simple Tucson is broken!" Chen Cheng said with emotion: "Let's not say that our airship can't fly to Lushun in one day, the wind direction, navigation... These are all questions. It is difficult to be so precise in the absence of satellite navigation and without ground navigation. Even if the Japanese can't beat Lushun, what can they do? ”

"If the Japanese can't defeat Lushun, then they have already lost half of the whole war! Just look at the map! ”

"Why?"

"What, why?"

"Why didn't the British end?" Chen Cheng's face showed a rare sneer, "Do you know how much money the British have invested in this war?" The Russian fleet should not have sailed to the Far East at all. The fact that the British had caused so much trouble to the Russian fleet along the way is already telling. If the time comes, the Asian squadron of the Royal Fleet will join forces with the Japanese fleet. ”

"Will it?"

"Wouldn't it?" Chen Cheng said: "The Americans of later generations are hateful enough, right? The British, however, were more odious than the Americans, and they could change their position at any time and overturn the treaty they had signed, as long as there were sufficient benefits. ”

"What you say seems to make some sense, the British didn't want to pit KMT when they were in Burma." Lin Mengchu seemed to be a little unconvinced, but he seemed to be a little relieved, "In other words, before next year, we will not get involved in the war in the Northeast?" ”

"Of course, we must first settle down inside before we go outside," Chen Cheng said: "Before we send troops to the northeast, we still need to beat those neighbors in the south first." Otherwise, Guangzhou's Dawei might really have to come over to the Northern Expedition. ”

"Didn't they keep shouting about the Northern Expedition?"

"It used to be just a slogan, but now it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and heroes will not let go of such an opportunity."