On March 3, the third day of renewed fighting in Liaodong, the Japanese army rekindled the war.

The Japanese troops of the Northern Route Army regrouped and launched another round of attacks on the positions of the Qing army on the front line of Hunhe Fort in the south of Shengjing!

Although the defenders of the Qing army's Hunhe Fort line, under the leadership of the general soldier Nie Shicheng, carried out stubborn resistance to the Japanese attack, but by noon on the 3rd, 2 of the 6 important heights of the Hunhe Fort defense line had been captured by the Japanese army, and Nie Shicheng organized 2 charges to recapture the 2 heights without success!

Shengjing City Defense Commander Yi Ketanga saw that the defense line of Hunhe Fort was tight, although he felt sorry for the last Manchu and Mongolian cavalry with combat effectiveness in the entire Qing Dynasty, but Shengjing City was more important, he still sent the surviving 12,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, ready to repeat the old tricks, and counterattack the attacking Japanese army!

It's a pity that the commander of the Japanese army, Yama Prefecture Youpeng, had long anticipated this move of Iktanga, and had already ambushed a large number of Japanese troops on the road that the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry had to pass, and as a result, 12,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were ambushed, and under the fire of Japanese artillery and the Japanese captured Qing army machine guns, they were almost completely annihilated, and the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry who fled back to the north bank behind the defense line of Hunhe Fort were less than 800 horsemen.

After receiving the news that the Manchurian cavalry was almost completely annihilated, the commander-in-chief of Shengjing City's defense, Yiketanga, shook his body and fell to the ground, and after being rescued by his subordinates, Yiketanga cried bitterly, shouting in his mouth, he Yiketanga is sorry for the Queen Mother! I'm sorry for the emperor! I'm sorry for the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty! The foundation of the Qing Dynasty and the last Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry were buried!

Iktanga was still immersed in self-blame, and was suddenly shocked by a shocking bad news, and he fainted again! The front west of Shengjing was defended by General Zhang Xin, and the troops guarding the west of the city were 15,000 green battalions.

I didn't expect the combat effectiveness of the green battalion to be so weak, and an infantry wing sent by the Japanese army to contain the strength of the Qing army actually defeated the 15,000 green battalion soldiers in the west of the city, and now it has broken through the west gate of Shengjing and entered the Shengjing city! Zhang Xin, the general of the Qing army's green battalion who was responsible for the defense of Xicheng, was nowhere to be found.

Iktang Awanwan did not expect that 15,000 people defending an infantry wing of more than 3,000 Japanese troops could not resist, and they scattered and fled, allowing the Japanese army to occupy the west gate of Shengjing. Iktanga can't wait to destroy Zhang Xin's straw bag and destroy his nine clans!

But now Iketanga has no time to trouble Zhang Xin, he immediately mobilized 5,000 newly recruited Huai troops in the city to attack the Japanese wing occupying the West City Gate, hoping to recapture the West City Gate before the Japanese reinforcements reach the West City Gate!

Don't say that Iktanga didn't expect the West City Gate to be breached so lightly, and the commander of the Japanese army, Yama Prefecture Youpeng, didn't expect that the Qing army in the direction of Shengjing Xicheng would be so vulnerable, and an infantry wing crushed the Qing army of 15,000 and attacked the Shengjing City!

Yama Prefecture Youpeng immediately drew two infantry wings from the Japanese army attacking the front line of Hunhe Fort in the south and the reserve, and marched to support the Japanese army in Xicheng. But from the southern route to the western route, you have to take a lot of detours, and it will take at least half a day! Yama Youpeng did not know if the Japanese wing that broke through the west gate would be able to hold out until the two infantry wings reached the west gate.

The news of Shengjing City being breached spread throughout Shengjing City in an instant, and Qingyu, the general of Shengjing who was responsible for the defense of the east of Shengjing City, immediately drew out 5,000 original Shengjing defenders whose combat strength was stronger than that of the Green Battalion to support the West City Gate!

Although the 15,000 green battalions under the command of Zhang Xiluan, the minister of training in the northeast who was responsible for guarding the northern city, were relatively weak in combat, under the leadership of Zhang Xiluan, they steadily held the inflection infantry wing of the Japanese army in the north out of the position. The news of the breach of the West City Gate reached the North Gate, and the Beicheng Green Battalion soldiers, who had a stable military heart, began to become impetuous, thanks to Zhang Xiluan's immediate decision to kill 2 Green Battalion generals who encouraged the Green Battalion to flee, and the situation in Beicheng was stabilized.

Iktanga personally led 3,000 soldiers from the headquarters to collect nearly 10,000 Ximen defeated troops in Shengjing City, and also launched an attack on the Japanese infantry wing at Ximen!

Under the onslaught of 5,000 newly recruited Huai troops, 5,000 original Shengjing defenders, nearly 10,000 original Ximen green battalion soldiers and 3,000 people from the headquarters of Yiketang, regardless of the cost, the infantry wing belonging to the 11th Division of the Japanese army that entered the west gate finally could not hold on and was driven out of the west gate by the Shengjing defenders.

After receiving the news that the west gate of Shengjing was recaptured by the Qing army, the commander of the Japanese army, Yama Prefecture Aritomo, sighed and sent cavalry to recall the two infantry wings that supported the west gate.

However, today's annihilation of most of the cavalry of the Qing army is equivalent to cutting off a shoulder of the Qing army in Shengjing, and you friends in Shanxian County believe that the day of breaking through Shengjing is not far away!

And on the night of March 2, the 32nd Brigade and the 31st Brigade outside Jinzhou City received an order from Ni Fan, the commander of the Third Division!

Ni Fan ordered the 2 brigades to withdraw from their positions overnight tonight and return to Jinzhou City to rest!

Ni Fan's order was quickly issued to all the forward positions, and Li Qingyao on the Daoganling Heights received a call from the commander of the 321st Regiment, "What? Head! Let's retreat! Regiment commander, don't you know how many brothers we have died for this Daoganling Heights! How did you give up! Didn't the dead brother die in vain? ”

The commander of the 321st regiment shouted loudly on the phone: "Let you withdraw, withdraw!" How can there be so much nonsense! Don't you know what Article 1 of the Dingbei Military Regulations is? ”

Li Qingyao said in a low voice: "I know! A qiē action to listen to the command! ”

The commander of the 321st regiment then said: "It's good to know! Execute the order! ”

Li Qingyao said weakly: "Yes! Head! ”

Li Qingyao, who put down the phone, found the company commanders of the 2 companies supported by the 31st Brigade, and the three of them discussed it, and asked the soldiers on the position to pack up the weapons on the Daoganling Heights, and then the three of them quietly withdrew from the position with the soldiers of the Dingbei Army on the heights!

On the morning of the 3rd, the Japanese army on the southern route was replaced with a new division, and the third division was responsible for today's attack! After the Japanese artillery bombarded the position of the Dingbei Army, the Third Division rushed to the position of the Dingbei Army without being attacked all the way, only to find that the Dingbei Army had withdrawn from the position!

When the commander of the 3rd Division, Katsura Taro, saw that the Dingbei Army had abandoned its position, he was immediately surprised to report to the commander Oyama Yan that the Dingbei Army had fled! Then Katsura Taro commanded the 3rd Division to rush to the city of Jinshu!

The 31st and 32nd Brigades withdrew to the city of Jinzhou and joined the division headquarters and the 33rd Brigade. Without staying long, he received an order to continue the retreat, and the whole division withdrew to Dalian. And the retreat along with the three brigades of the Third Division was the newly formed Sixth Division of the Dingbei Army. Only a small number of blocking troops were left in Jinzhou City, and the small troops who blocked it were ordered to retreat voluntarily after the Japanese attacked Jinzhou City.

After the newly formed Sixth Division was transferred to Lushun by Lin Daxin, Wu Peifu, the commander of the First Division of Lushun's commander-in-chief, was assigned to Jinzhou City to defend Jinzhou City with the Third Division.

The 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, under the leadership of the division commander Katsura Taro, rushed to the city of Jinzhou, and ordered the 3rd Division to attack the city of Jinzhou without stopping!

To Katsura Taro's great joy, the defenders of the Dingbei Army in Jinzhou were defeated under the attack of the Third Division, and the Third Division successively broke through the three positions under the city of Jinzhou, and rushed into the city of Jinzhou in one go! The wolf of the Dingbei Army in Jinzhou City fled to Dalian!

Under Jinzhou City, Katsura Taro personally took the commander of the Southern Route Army, Oyamayan, into Jinzhou City!

Katsura Taro said with a happy face: "Live up to the commander's expectations!" Our 3rd Division defeated the Dingbei Army and occupied the city of Jinzhou! ”

Dashan Yan didn't expect that the Third Division would capture Jinzhou City in less than a day, and said to Katsura Taro with a smile: "The Third Division is not a standing division!" What about the casualties of the troops? ”

Dashan Yan's words made the commander of the Eighth Division, Hideo Fukuda, and the commander of the Ninth Division, Fujita Masao, look very bad, and the two divisions suffered heavy losses in the first two days, and as a result, a piece of the position of the Dingbei Army was not defeated, and now the Third Division is less than a day, and even Jinzhou City has been defeated.

Katsura Taro saw that the faces of the two colleagues were very ugly, so he smiled and said, "The commander has won the award!" Our 3rd Division can achieve such feats! Thanks to the 8th and 9th Divisions two days ago, a lot of casualties were given to the Dingbei Army! Our 3rd Division captured Jinzhou City lightly! Our 3rd Division suffered less than 500 casualties! ”

Dashanyan felt a little uneasy when he heard that the Third Division had captured Jinzhou City with less than 500 casualties! But immediately comfort yourself, it must have been the attack of the first two days, although the 2 divisions suffered heavy casualties, but it must have also consumed a large number of troops of the Dingbei Army, and now the Dingbei Army is not strong, so it gave up Jinzhou and concentrated on defending Dalian and Lushun!

So Dashanyan ordered: "All units enter Jinzhou City to rest for one night, and tomorrow continue to attack Dalian of the Dingbei Army!" Commander of the Katsura Taro Division, tomorrow will be the main attack of the 3rd Division! ”

Katsura Taro said confidently, "Please rest assured, Commander!" The 3rd Division must have taken Dalian for the commander and cleared the last obstacle for the attack on the Lushun fortress! ”