Most of the Japanese troops left behind in Lushun were artillery guarding the batteries, and there was no more than one squadron of infantry with real combat effectiveness, and they were completely unaware of the news of the landing of the 1st Ryukyu Division, the high-level backbone of the 1st Ryukyu Division were all members of the Marine Corps, and under their command, the 1st Division rushed to Lushun along the post road.

The most important defensive strongholds on the post road were the Erlongshan Fort and the Songshushan Fort, and when the Japanese infantry squadron arrived in a hurry, they found that these two forts had been occupied by the 1st Division.

The soldiers of the first division were equipped with semi-automatic rifles developed by Lin Yuan and scientists, this rifle has a magazine with 20 rounds, after firing a bullet, the gunpowder gas automatically completes a series of actions such as latching, shelling, loading, locking, etc., and when the trigger is pulled, the next bullet can be fired.

In terms of rate of fire, the Japanese army lagged behind a large margin, and the Japanese army's proud shooting accuracy did not recover much decline, because the soldiers of the 1st Division also had high shooting skills.

The greater advantage of the 1st Division was the artillery, they were armed not only with 180 mortars, but also with 20 sampan guns, the so-called sampan guns, that is, ordinary howitzers, which were placed on warships, and when the soldiers landed, these guns were used by the soldiers, so it was given a new name.

These guns turned out to be on Japanese warships, all German-made 75mm howitzers, mounted on gun trucks, which could be marched by horses, and under the strong fire of the 1st Division, a squadron of devils was quickly wiped out.

There were also not many defenders in the city of Arthur, so it was quickly captured. Port Arthur is called "Gibraltar of the Far East" by Westerners, the exquisite geographical location makes countless people yearn for, in the era of Lin Yuan, after the founding of New China, the Soviets even want to occupy Port Arthur for a long time, the most wonderful place here is that its port is surrounded by land, there is only one waterway to enter and exit, and it is basically impossible for enemy ships to enter from the outside.

On the land facing the open sea, the Qing court built fortifications such as Mantou Mountain Fort and Golden Mountain Fort, which were all permanent fortifications, very strong, and equipped with large-caliber coastal defense heavy guns of Krupp Company or Amststrong Company, and a large part of the Japanese defenders were guarding here.

It's a pity that these heavy artillery can't be turned around, so when the 1st Division attacks from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain, they are of no use at all!

The 1st Division landed at 6 a.m. on 7 April, and by 7 p.m., the city of Arthur and the batteries outside Port Arthur had been largely occupied by them.

At this time, the Japanese fleet, which had been tracking the Beijing ship for several hundred nautical miles, had finally returned, and they did not know the news that Lushun had been occupied, and when they were ten kilometers away from the waterway into the port, the 1st Division opened fire!

According to the shape of the warship, the flag to judge the enemy and the enemy, is a compulsory course for observers, Togo Heihachiro saw that the coastal battery was actually firing at himself, so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to send a flag to the fort, but no one replied, but the chief of staff Sameshima reacted, and Lushun was captured by the Qing army!

Heihachiro Togo couldn't believe this fact, and without the cover of the naval fleet, he was able to break through the mine-covered defense line and occupy Port Arthur!

If they don't believe it, they have no choice but to return to Incheon Port first.

At seven o'clock in the evening, two pieces of news, one happy and one worried, arrived at Lin Yuan at the same time, and the joy was naturally that the first division of the Ryukyus landed smoothly, but the worry was that the entire line of the north bank of the Hunhe River defended by Liu Kun was lost, and more than 5,000 Liaoyang defenders rushed to Zhangyi Station; Even more worrying news came one after another, and more than 8,000 Lushun defenders landed at the mouth of the Liao River and rushed straight to Panjin.

Now the situation on the Liaodong Peninsula is that Dashanyan is surrounded by Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan's back road has Japanese reinforcements from Liaoyang and Lushun, and the reinforcements in these two places have been copied by the 1st Ryukyu Division!

Lin Yuanzhi said that his newly formed First Brigade could not stop the reinforcements from Liaoyang, and the key to the current battle situation was the First Division that had just landed.

If the 1st Division arrives at the battlefield quickly, it will be able to surround the reinforcements of Liaoyang and Lushun, and then these two troops will only end up in total annihilation.

But the first division is now in Lushun, from Lushun to Liaoyang, there are 300 kilometers, how long do they need to arrive?

Lin Yuan silently calculated that the Japanese army in the direction of Changtu would not be able to attack until ten days at the earliest; Liaoyang reinforcements, under the delayed resistance of the 1st Brigade, will occupy Zhangyi Station three days later; Lushun reinforcements along the Liao River will occupy Panjin after five days, regardless of whether the Japanese army occupies Panjin or Zhangyi Station, they will cut off their own railway transportation lines, at this time the Qing army on the outskirts of Shenyang, grain, grass and ammunition without backup, can hold on to high-intensity fighting for two days.

Then the first division needs to rush to the position of Liaoyang reinforcements within five days.

Lin Yuan gave the Ryukyu 1st Division a combat order: within four days, rush to Liaoyang.

The march of 300 kilometers in four days, an average of 75 kilometers per day, this intensity was already very large, but the commander of the 1st Division was not satisfied with such a speed, and his order was: three days, rush to Liaoyang.

A forced march of 100 kilometers a day was unimaginable for many people, but the commander of the 1st Division dared to give such an order, because the physical fitness of the Ryukyu warriors was too strong.

In the recruitment test, in the 3,000-meter run, 40 percent of these untrained Ryukyu youths ran into 12 and a half minutes, this data is very amazing, you must know that the 3,000-meter excellent standard of the PLA recruits in Lin Yuan's era was 12 minutes and 40 seconds, and the excellent rate was far less than 40 percent. Many Ryukyu people are fishing for a living, many children are born, the first thing they learn is to feed, the second thing is swimming, swimming for people's lung capacity is greatly improved, long-distance running speed depends on lung capacity, and these young people from the age of ten years with adults to go out to sea fishing, Ryukyu people's fishing boats are sail-powered, pull the sails, swing the oars, cast nets and collect the nets are all physical work, so the Ryukyu youth muscle strength is also very strong.

So these people are almost all long-distance runners, when they march forcibly, everything is light, only carrying rifles, bullets, water and quilts, these people are not used to the cold climate of the northeast, if there is no quilt, there is no way to camp.

They also have a little advantage, that is, they don't have to carry too many bullets, the caliber of the gun is designed according to the Japanese rifle, and they can pick up Japanese bullets at any time.

And their sampan guns, is a big advantage of their rapid mobility, this kind of artillery gun truck after the Beijing ship modification, the original gun wheel is wood, the outer bread on the iron sheet, such wheels have no shock absorption effect, horse-drawn gun car does not dare to run too fast, because then it is very likely to damage the parts of the gun body, the Beijing ship has replaced them all with rubber wheels, can absorb shock, no rubber, temporarily use the spare tire of the tractor. While they were running wildly, the soldiers of the 1st Brigade were fighting hard with the Japanese army at Zhangyi Station.