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Liaoyang is located about 50 kilometers south of Fengtian (now Shenyang), is the barrier of Fengtian, is the southern section of the Eastern Railway connecting Lushun and Fengtian hub, the strategic location is very important, is the place of the past generations of soldiers.

The Battle of Liaoyang was the first major battle of the Russo-Japanese War.

The 135,000 men of the three armies and eight divisions of the Japanese army commanded by Dashanyan stubbornly attacked through the east and west, and repelled 225,000 people from 7 armies and 13 divisions of the Russian Manchurian Army.

According to the original trajectory, the Russian army was completely defeated after the Battle of Liaoyang, and even if the Battle of Mukden was carried out later, trying to turn the tide, the decline of defeat was irreversible.

But now there is a stalemate, and no one is capable of breaking it.

After the Battle of Nanshan in Jinzhou, the Japanese base camp was organized into the Third Army in order to enable the Second Army to quickly attack the north of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Third Army of Nogi Noshinori assumed the responsibility of capturing Lushun.

On June 15, after the Japanese Second Army thwarted the Russian army's attempt to go south to rescue Arthur at Deli Temple, the base camp believed that the time was ripe for the Japanese army to advance northward, and in order to unify the command of the various Japanese forces invading northeast China, with the approval of Emperor Meiji, it was decided to establish the "Manchurian Army General Headquarters".

Oyama Iwa was appointed commander-in-chief of the Manchurian Army, and Gentaro Kodama was appointed chief of the general staff of the Manchurian Army, and it was decided that the First Army, the Second Army, the Third Army, and the 10th Independent Division of the Army would be subordinate to the commander-in-chief of the Manchurian Army.

On 30 June, the base camp reorganized the Fifth Division, the 10th Independent Division, and the 10th Reserve Infantry Brigade into the Fourth Army of the Army, which was subordinate to the General Headquarters of the Manchurian Army.

The first and most difficult problem faced by the Japanese base camp after its establishment was the problem of sea transportation, because the Russian Baltic Fleet had already begun to sail eastward, and if this fleet reached Asia, the Japanese army's sea transportation could be cut off at any time.

Therefore, it is necessary to rush to transport the military supplies needed by the various armies invading the northeast for more than half a year to the northeast front as soon as possible within the specified time.

However, at this time, the Japanese army's sea transportation was often harassed by the Russian fleet in Vladivostok, and the "Hitachi Maru" carried by the commander of the 1st Wing of the Guards Reserve Infantry, and the "Sado Maru", which was carried by the Railway Command and the Siege Artillery Headquarters, were also bombarded by Russian ships, so the shipping was interrupted for a time.

At this moment, the main forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet are still concentrated in the Port of Arthur, and for the time being, they cannot draw any strength to deal with this Russian fleet.

For this reason, the base camp demanded that Dashanyan quickly capture Lushun in order to gain sea control over the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, and ordered the main force of the Second Army to reach Gaiping around June 30, and use the troops with strong combat effectiveness to capture Dashiqiao and Yingkou, so as to create convenient conditions for sweeping the sea at the mouth of the Liaohe River, and use Yingkou Port to transport grain, weapons, and ammunition.

Subsequently, the Second Army entered the vicinity of Haicheng, the First Army was to enter Motianling, and the 10th Independent Division was to enter Jidongyu and the area west of it, requiring the main forces of each army to reach the vicinity of Liaoyang on July 15.

Immediately after the establishment of the General Headquarters of the Manchurian Army, Dashan Yan began to accelerate the offensive against the Russian army.

According to the intelligence, Dashanyan learned that there were signs of retreat of the Russian troops on the front line of Ximucheng, Dashiqiao and Haicheng, while the number of Russian troops in front of the First Army was increasing day by day, so Dashanyan judged that the Russian army was trying to gather forces near Liaoyang, and when the Japanese 10th Independent Division and the Second Army advanced to the vicinity of Liaoyang, they would not encounter major resistance.

Therefore, in order to capture Liaoyang as soon as possible, Dashanyan immediately ordered the Second Army to quickly occupy Dashiqiao, and after Dashanyan's order, the Japanese army began to rush to Liaoyang in three ways, namely: the First Army of Heimuzhen quickly occupied the area from the North Watershed to the vicinity of Bapanling through Motianling; The 10th Independent Division of the Fourth Army occupied the watershed on the road from Xiuyan to Shimucheng; Obaogong's 2nd Army occupied Gaiping and then marched towards Dashiqiao.

After these orders were issued, the sky above the land of Liaoyang was already covered with war clouds.

The Russian army built a large number of strong fortifications in Liaoyang and its periphery, chiseled the Liaoyang city wall into 10 tunnels, and built many roads outside the city, which were vertical and horizontal.

A large number of pillboxes were built along the road, and several artillery pieces were placed in each pillbox.

Trenches were dug outside the bunkers, 1.8 meters wide and 1.2 meters deep, and wooden stakes were inserted all over the trenches, or barbed wire fences were erected, wolf traps were dug and mines were laid.

Outside the trenches, barbed wire fences were also erected, wolf traps were set up, and behind the positions, artillery trucks were built to pass through the road, and heavy artillery was arranged on the earthen mound on the right bank of the Taizi River to cover the fortress.

Liaoyang is on the periphery of the city fortifications, and the Russian army has also built three lines of defense: 3-4 kilometers away from the city fortifications, from Shoushan Fort to Fangjiatun, Mengjiafang, and Hutou Cliff on the right; Left through the Taizi River to Shiguantun, Heiyingtai, Yanzhou City line, for the third line of defense; To the south, from Shahe Town to the east, it connects Sifangtai, Tangheyan, and Sunjiazhai, and the small mountain range of Shizuizi on the left, which is the second line of defense; Further south and right, from Anshan East to Gaofeng Temple, Dadianzi, Gongchangling, Bapanling, Hanpoling to Hongshaling, is the first line of defense.

At the same time, the Japanese Second and Fourth Armies began to attack the South Manchurian cluster of Russian troops near Anshan.

The Japanese 1st Army charged the Russian 10th Army under the command of General Sluchevsky at 8 points at the same time, and although the Russian army stubbornly resisted, its commander did not want to carry out a counterattack and led the reserves to withdraw to the rear positions.

At the same time, under the pressure of the Japanese 2nd Division, the right flank of the Russian 10th Army began to retreat, and "the Russian army was forced to abandon the Anpingling line and retreat to the Tanghe Valley."

The Japanese 1st Guards Division, which attacked the 3rd Russian Army in Siberia, was flanked by the Russian reserve forces when it tried to bypass the left flank of the 3rd Russian Army, causing the Japanese to flee in disarray.

In order to turn the tide of the battle, Kuroki Weizhen immediately transferred the reserve to strengthen the Guards Division, but was blocked by scattered shells from Russian artillery, "suffered heavy casualties and was forced to stop the offensive." ”

On the same day, the Japanese 4th and 2nd armies also carried out a strong attack on the Russian army in the southern fortress of Liaoyang, but due to the strong position of the Russian army, it was unsuccessful.

The 4th Division of the 2nd Army attacked the left flank of the Russian army again at this moment, and the divisions and regiments quickly approached the Russian army and confronted each other all night.

Since the Fourth and Second Armies were ignorant of the formation of the Russian troops on the position, the location of the fortresses, and the situation of the obstacles, they could only roughly judge the position of the Russian troops based on the sound of gunfire. Despite the cooperation of the First Army, no progress was made.

When the Japanese attack approached the front of the Russian position, it was suppressed by the heavy artillery fire of the Russian army, and repeatedly "stopped due to setbacks" and felt that "there was nothing to be done." ”

In such a situation, even how to launch an attack was to no avail, after paying huge casualties, the Japanese army under Oyama Rock only occupied part of the Russian defense line, and the rest of the area was met with stubborn resistance, of course, heavy machine guns also contributed to it.

Since then, Oyama Iwa needs to have new troops join the battle in order to break the stalemate, but since after the start of the war, the 7th Division, which is responsible for guarding the homeland, has also gone to the battlefield under the emperor's edict, and now Oyama Iwa can only hope that Nogi Noshinori can take Lushun in time and then join with it, and all Oyama Iwa can do before this is to maintain the battle situation.

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