Lin Yuan asked, "Then tell me what traps you have arranged near the coast." ”

Luo Rongguang said: "Lin Shuai didn't know, the hills closest to the coast were carefully defended by us, and at the beginning of the design of the fort, we took into account that this place was relatively close to the coast, and it was possible that the enemy would send infantry from the sea to sneak attack, so when building the fort, we specially planted explosives on these peaks, which blew up the side by the coast very steep and difficult to climb up. ”

"It is impossible for the enemy to climb the mountain, but there are still a few small roads to pass, so we have planted sharp wooden stakes in the nearby sea, and we have also laid a lot of barbed wire on the coast, and we have set up defenses on the road, because it is very humid here, so our mines often fail, so we set up a lot of traps, like traps and the like, to ensure that the enemy does not dare to land near the coast."

Lin Yuan said: "There has never been a defensive facility that can stop the enemy, and you have a way to crack these defensive facilities, sharp wooden stakes can be blown up, barbed wire can be cut, and pits can be filled, so I conclude that today and tomorrow, they will definitely open a landing ground on the coast under the cover of naval guns, and in three days, they will land on the coast." ”

Luo Rongguang thought about Lin Yuan's words, and then asked, "Are you so sure that the Russian army will attack in three days?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and smiled: "Of course, the Russians will definitely attack at that time." ”

Luo Rongguang asked, "How do you know the Dao?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "The landing operation must definitely choose the time when the tide is highest, this time it is convenient for ships to go ashore, and three days later is the time when the tide is highest, so the Russian army will definitely land at that time." Pan Chi said at this time: "Lin Shuai, the last general is willing to make meritorious service on the basis of guilt, lead dozens of small boats, and drive all their landing troops into the sea to feed the fish!" ”

Lin Yuan said: "You do have a task, but this task is not so simple, I don't know if you can do it?" ”

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he gave Pan Chi the task, and Pan Chi said in surprise when he heard it: "If this can be successful, Lin Shuai will really be a fairy!" ”

The next day, January 1, 1896, was nothing special in ancient China, where the lunar calendar was used, and as Lin Yuan expected, the Russian fleet dispatched a small force to open a landing ground along the coast, intending to storm the entire Dagukou fort from here.

The pointed wooden stakes laid by the defenders of Dagukou in the shallow sea near the coast were made of fine pine wood, and the pointed ends were wrapped in thick iron sheets, which were quenched and extremely hard, and the landing ships were relatively small enough to break them, on the contrary, their bottoms would be pierced by the pointed heads.

The stake is painted to protect it from the corrosion of the sea, and it is all below the water surface, which is difficult to see from the water, which brings great difficulties to the Russian army's clearance operation, and the Russian army can only take a small boat, which pulls a probe rod on the dinghy, slowly approaches the coast, and when the location of the stake is detected, it is blown up with explosives.

Due to Lin Yuan's false information, Makarov originally thought that the artillery in the battery was very weak, so he sent minesweepers into the river with confidence, but he found that the firepower of the battery was very strong, and in less than an hour, a destroyer was beaten to the point that it lost its ability to maneuver and had to return to the fleet under the tow of other ships.

Seeing the fog rising from the river, Togo Heihachiro thought that it was impossible for the Chinese defenders to see the warships in the river, who knew that the artillery of the Chinese still seemed to have eyes, knocked out a minesweeper, he stood on the bridge, looked at the mountains where the Chinese batteries were located in the distance, and thought: "These Chinese, what is wrong?" ”

At this time, the Russian army came to report to Makarov: "The operation to open up the landing ground is not going well. ”

Makarov hurriedly asked: "Did the Chinese block it?" ”

The soldier who reported the message said: "No, the Chinese did not move at all, the water was too cold, and the soldiers who laid explosives in the water did not have waterproof clothing, so the speed of laying explosives was very slow." ”

Makarov's brows tightened when he heard the news, there were very few waterproof materials in this era, so Makarov had no choice, so he said: "Let the soldiers at the front hold on." ”

As soon as the herald left, Heihachiro Togo said, "Don't you think something is wrong?" ”

Makarov asked: "What's wrong?" ”

Heihachiro Togo said: "Why don't the Chinese react to it? There was no more artillery on the battery, and no soldiers came out to stop it. ”

Makarov said: "Maybe they don't know about our plans, after all, our last shelling action caused a lot of damage to the batteries on the coast, and I believe they don't dare to send people into it anymore, so they don't know about our plans yet." ”

Heihachiro Togo nodded and said, "I hope so." ”

The Russian soldiers, like a herd of tenacious cattle, finally carved out a one-kilometer-wide landing ground after three days, and Makarov then ordered his troops to prepare for the landing, anticipating that when the troops attacked, the batteries on the shore would be blocked, so he ordered the fleet to approach the shore and fire at the batteries while the troops attacked.

In Lin Yuan's headquarters, Luo Rongguang was anxious, when the Russian army opened up the landing ground, there were reconnaissance sentries who kept transmitting the news back to the headquarters, Luo Rongguang knew about the actions of the Russian army, so he reported to Lin Yuan: "Lin Shuai, our scouts sent back the news, the Russians have almost destroyed the stakes, and now they are clearing the barbed wire fence on the coast, should we do something?." ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "You really should do something." ”

Luo Rongguang's chest straightened and said, "The last general is willing to personally lead the troops and drive them to the sea!" Lin Yuan shook his head and said: "Don't be so troublesome, you send someone to prepare a celebration banquet, get ready as soon as possible, we have won a few battles in a row, and if we don't celebrate well, the soldiers should be cold." ”

Luo Rongguang didn't say much, and led his men to prepare.

Lin Yuan was right, three days later, on the evening of January 4, a battalion of Russian troops landed first at the landing ground opened, and then attacked the nearest battery, and when they approached the battery, the Qing soldiers inside opened fire, and the warships on the shore heard the gunfire and were ready to shoot at the battery. It was getting late at this time, so the Russian warships used searchlights to illuminate the direction of the battery.

Lin Yuan heard the news of the exchange of fire between the defenders and the landing Russian army, so he ordered Pan Chi: "Act according to the plan and ignite the fire!" ”

Pan Chi had already prepared a large amount of hay, wood and coal according to Lin Yuan's arrangement, and when he heard Lin Yuan's order, he immediately poured fire oil on it and lit a fire.

Luo Rongguang also saw these fires, and he said to Lin Yuan in surprise: "What are you going to do when you light the fire?" The Russians just can't see the battery, isn't your little fire illuminating them? ”

Lin Yuan smiled slightly and said, "I'm not illuminating them, I'm covering their eyes." ”