After the Japanese army conquered the defense line of the Yalu River, the troops divided into two routes, all the way to attack Shengjing in Fengtian Province of the Great Qing Dynasty, Shengjing is also known as Shenyang, and all the way to attack the Lushun base of the Beiyang Naval Division.

The Japanese army decided to form the Northern Route Army with a total of 35,000 people from the 1st Division and the 7th Division of the Japanese Army to attack Shengjing. The commander of the Japanese Northern Route Army was temporarily held by Lieutenant General Motoji Yamagi, commander of the 1st Division.

The Lushun base for attacking the Beiyang Naval Division was the Southern Route Army, which consisted of 77,000 men from the 2nd, 3rd, 8th, and 9th Divisions of the Japanese Army, and the commander of the Third Division was Lieutenant General Katsura Taro, commander of the Third Division.

A total of 38,000 men from the 6th and 10th Divisions, led by Japanese Army General Aritomo Yamagu, were responsible for the support and defense of Korea.

After the imperial court and Li Hongzhang learned of the loss of the Yalu River defense line, they immediately transferred the reinforcements who were preparing to support the Yalu River defense line to Shengjing, which was the capital of the Qing Dynasty and the land of the Manchus' dragon prosperity, and there was no room for loss!

The imperial court asked Iktanga to collect more than 13,000 defeated troops in the Battle of the Yalu River, plus 7,000 troops under the command of Shengjing's general Qingyu, to hold Shengjing. He also urgently mobilized 20,000 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, mobilized 40,000 green battalion soldiers from Guannai, and 20,000 newly recruited Huai troops, preparing to gather 100,000 troops in Shengjing to resist the Japanese army's troops.

After Lin Daxin got the news of the battle of the Yalu River, he was also surprised, he didn't expect that the Japanese army suddenly appeared in Korea with 8 divisions and more than 100,000 people, which was more than the total number of troops that Japan invested in the First Sino-Japanese War in history. Wars on land will also change beyond recognition!

Lin Daxin saw that the Japanese Army had added several divisions and regiments in the war, and was afraid that the two integrated divisions would not be able to guard Weihaiwei, so he transported the Fourth Division of the Army Integration of the Naval Division School to Lushun.

The commander of the reorganized Fourth Division is Jiang Yu of the first phase of the teaching team, the oldest one in the first phase of the teaching team, 26 years old this year, and he was also appointed by Lin Daxin as the deputy commander of the Lushun Defense Zone.

After the Fourth Division reached Lushun, Wu Peifu, Ni Fan and Jiang Yu formulated a set of tactics to shrink and defend in the face of the superior forces of the Japanese army. The focus of the defense was to concentrate on the three places of Jinzhou, Dalian Bay, and Lushun, and each integrated division defended one place. The three reorganisers built many peripheral fortifications in three places, and because of the cement produced by the cement factory under Lin Daxin's name, many peripheral fortifications were built into permanent fortifications.

The Japanese troops attacking Lushun were almost unhindered by the Qing army along the way, and rushed along the Zhuang River, Mingyang Town, and Dengsha River, and arrived at the western fortifications of the Army of the Launching Division School in Jinzhou City on November 3.

Just seeing the fortifications outside the Golden State, Katsura Taro felt that the Golden State was not so easy to take!

Katsura Taro said to a Japanese soldier next to him: "Let the Seventh Division send a brigade to test the attack on Jinzhou!" ”

The Japanese army was ordered to turn around and leave, and soon a brigade of more than 700 Japanese troops launched an attack on the outer fortifications of Jinzhou.

The third division of the Sailor Academy guarding Jinzhou built a total of three fortifications on the periphery of Jinzhou, and the first fortification guarding the west was the 321st Regiment of the reorganized Third Division, and the commander of the 321st Regiment was Li Kai of the second phase of the teaching team. The first 321 represents the third division, the second 2 represents the second brigade, and the third 1 represents the first regiment.

Seeing a Japanese brigade attacking his position, the order shouted: "Don't shoot without my order, wait until the enemy is close before fighting!" Sue the artillery battalion and wait for the gunfire to hear the gunfire before opening fire! ”

At the same time, the army of the Sailor Academy was the first actual battle, and Li Kai shouted to the soldiers in the trenches at the same time: "Don't panic when you fight for a while, just like we usually act and train!" If anyone drops the chain for me, see how I clean him up when I get back! ”

When the Japanese army entered the open ground of 100 meters of the position, Li Kai fired a "snap" shot at the Japanese army with a pistol, and shouted loudly: "Beat me hard!" ”

The entire first line of positions suddenly resounded with fierce gunfire, especially the dozens of Gatling machine guns of the 321st Regiment, which made the charging Japanese troops fall in pieces like wheat harvesting.

The 20 75-mm mountain guns of the regimental artillery battalion of the 321st Regiment also joined the attack, and countless shells fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers, and the flames of the guns swelled in the crowd of Japanese soldiers. Commander Katsura Taro saw that the Qing army had strong firepower, and immediately asked the attacking brigade to retreat, and when the Japanese troops of this brigade of the Japanese army retreated to a safe place, there were less than 200 people left!

Li Kai saw that the Japanese army was repulsed, and shouted happily: "Okay! Brother played well! That's it for now! Li Kai secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the soldier was the first time to fight, and Li Kai, as the regiment commander, was also the first time to fight!

Katsura Taro ordered more than 150 Japanese artillery pieces to open fire on the Qing position.

"Load the shells!" In the sharp sound of copper whistles, in more than a dozen artillery positions, the Japanese troops attacking Lushun loaded a full 150 cannons of various calibers at the same time. Most of these guns are German Krupp rapid-fire steel cannons captured by the Qing army, with calibers of 37 mm, 47 mm, 57 mm, and 60 mm, and the largest caliber is a 75 mm mountain gun. And the Japanese army's own artillery turned out to be armed with old bronze cannons, which were also loaded at the same time.

These old bronze cannons were much more backward than the German Krupp rapid-fire steel cannons, both in range and power, but the Japanese army relied on these backward bronze cannons to defeat the well-equipped Qing army and captured hundreds of German Krupp rapid-fire steel cannons.

Now the Japanese army is shelling the outlying fortifications of Golden State with these captured German Krupp rapid-fire steel guns.

"Three-shot proofreading! Target: The first fortification of the Qing army! Fire! As soon as the Japanese artillery commander finished speaking, the first round of platoon artillery was fired.

"Boom-boom-boom-" shells fell on the positions of the 321st Regiment, and most of the soldiers of the 321st Regiment were already hiding in the anti-artillery holes that had been dug in the trenches.

Ni Fan, the commander of the 3rd Division, who was standing in the command post of the 3rd Division, saw the Japanese artillery bombardment with a telescope, and immediately ordered: "Let the heavy artillery regiment open fire!" Knock out the artillery positions of the Japanese army! ”

Immediately, the Japanese artillery positions were bombarded by 20 105-mm howitzers of the divisional heavy artillery regiment of the reorganized Third Division, destroying several Japanese artillery positions and causing the Japanese artillery to suffer losses.

For this new howitzer with a range of 15 kilometers, the Japanese artillery could only be beaten passively, and as soon as the cannon was fired, 105 mm shells fell on the head.

Due to the problem of firing range, the Japanese artillery could not reach the position of the howitzers of the Naval Division School at all, and after bombarding the fortifications on the outskirts of Jinzhou, the number of Japanese artillery soon dropped to less than 100. The shelling had to be stopped, the artillery was transferred.

Beginning on November 1, the Japanese army relied on the arrogance of successively defeating the Qing army and launched a frantic attack on the fortifications on the outskirts of Jinzhou.

Because the Japanese artillery was suppressed by the artillery of the Naval Academy, every charge of the Japanese infantry had to withstand the shells that fell at any time and the countless bullets fired from the position. The Lushun garrison fleet of the Naval Academy also sent warships to bombard the Japanese with large-caliber naval guns outside the port of Jinzhou Bay.

Under the powerful land and sea firepower of the Naval Academy, after the four Japanese divisions attacked in turn for 3 days, nearly 10,000 people were killed, and most of the Japanese troops were wounded, and even the first fortification on the outskirts of Jinzhou was not breached, and the commander Katsura Taro had to order to stop the attack.

Katsura Taro, who had a very bad face, shouted angrily in the headquarters: "Who is our opponent? Why is the firepower so powerful! The combat effectiveness and will to fight are stronger than those of the Great Japanese Army! Is this still the army of the Qing Dynasty? ”

In the 3-day attack, the Japanese army relied on desperate lives, and rushed into the first fortification on the periphery of Jinzhou, with a steady stream of Japanese troops rushing into the first fortification, the excited Katsura Taro thought that he had finally broken through a fortification, but he did not expect that the Qing army on the opposite side actually used the white-knuckle warfare that the Japanese army was best at to defeat the Japanese army that rushed into the position and recaptured the first fortification.

At this time, a Japanese soldier said: "Commander, the Qing army opposite us has been found out!" It's not the original Jinzhou defenders, it's an army composed of student soldiers from the Beiyang Weihai Weishui Academy! ”

Katsura Taro said to himself, "The student soldiers of the Sailor Academy! Could it be that Lin Daxin, who paid for a warship and defeated the United Fleet, his sailor school? ”

The Japanese army said: "Yes! Commander, it's that Lin Daxin's student soldier of the Sailor Academy! ”

Katsura Taro gasped and said, "I didn't expect that Lin Daxin not only has a powerful naval fleet, but also such a powerful army, this person is really a confidant of my Great Japanese Empire!" ”

On the first line of defense outside Jinzhou City, Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Division, walked into the fortifications, saw Li Kai, who was injured in the arm, and asked, "How is the injury?" ”

Li Kai's injury was the wound suffered by Li Kai when he led the reserve team to fight with the Japanese army with bayonets after the Japanese army broke through the first line of fortifications, "It's not a big deal!" It's already been dealt with by the medics! ”

Ni Fan asked, "How about the casualties of the troops?" ”

Li Kai's face was a little gloomy and said: "The Japanese army mainly attacked our regiment in this direction, originally there were 1,580 people in the regiment, but now there are less than 800 people on the position!" ”

Ni Fan nodded and said, "I will support another battalion for your regiment, and if you don't receive an order to retreat, you must hold the first line of fortifications!" ”

When Li Kai heard that he had reinforced, he immediately patted his chest and promised that as long as he Li Kai was there, he would definitely hold the first fortification!

During the three-day attack of the Japanese army, the third division of the Naval Academy brought a large number of casualties to the Japanese army, but it also lost nearly 1,000 people and more than 500 people were admitted to the field hospital.

Although the casualties were not small, Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Division, was very satisfied with the current situation, if the Japanese army continued to attack like this, maybe the Third Division would be able to destroy these four Japanese divisions!

It's a pity that Ni Fan's plan was not realized, and on the 4th day of the start of the Japanese attack, he stopped the attack and slowly retreated.

Katsura Taro thinks that the casualties of such an attack on Jinshu are too great! He ordered the remaining less than 70,000 Japanese troops of the four divisions to stop the attack on Jinzhou and retreat to Pulandian, which was not far from Jinzhou.

The Qing army in Pulandian had already abandoned the city and fled, and the Japanese army easily occupied Pulandian.

Immediately, Katsura Taro asked the Japanese base camp for tactical guidance, and Katsura Taro said that Lin Daxin's student soldiers were well-armed, had much more artillery than the Japanese army, and also had a lot of rapid-fire heavy artillery!

That is, when capturing Jinzhou and attacking Dalian and Lushun behind, the defenders will also be supported by the naval guns of the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division! If there is no heavy artillery, no naval support, the Japanese Army will not be able to conquer Lushun, and even Jinzhou will not be able to take it!