A land stronghold and a sea base, the two are horns of each other, watching and helping each other, and together they form a dagger on the top of Chen Xin's waist and eyes in Houjin.

And, as time went on, when he found a good opportunity, Chen Xin could always increase his troops from other places, making the knife sharper by sea and carrying out surprise attacks on the enemy's weak areas.

It is simply not too convenient to attack from within the enemy army and bleed Houjin.

However, Chen Xin's transfer was not a direct withdrawal to China.

This time, standing on the Chinese homeland, Chen Xin did not intend to leave in a hurry, he came to make a formal struggle with Houjin and compete for power.

Therefore, after the army that had fought the Battle of the Daling River, after boarding the ships of the transport fleet, it did not follow the shortest route back to China, but began to follow the coastline all the way to the east, gradually sailing to the salient part of the Liaodong Peninsula, and then bypassing this area and anchoring outside the Port of Arthur in its southeast.

When the fleet commanded the dispatch of hydrographic survey ships to explore and mark the waterway, Chen Xin met with Lao Chen, the housekeeper who had already gone here to deal with the ownership of Jinzhou, on the warship.

"Meet Your Majesty."

"No need to be polite, Lao Chen, you wrote to me before that the matter in Jinzhou was resolved?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty defenders of Jinzhou City, which changed hands several times and was later recovered by Mao Wenlong, are already packing up and preparing to withdraw from the city at this moment."

Chen Xin was surprised by Lao Chen's efficiency, however, he didn't ask Lao Chen how he did it, he is now learning to grasp the big and let go of the small, adapt to his current role, if he asks carefully about everything, I'm afraid, he won't want to be idle in his life.

"Well done." Chen Xin lightly appreciated: "Give you a credit." Then, he walked out of the command room, and everyone hurried to follow.

After a moment of silence, Chen Xin asked leisurely, "Is there any result for the exploration of this Lushunkou?" ”

"Your Majesty, there are already results.

Based on the survey, we have come to the following conclusions: Lushunkou is located at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, bordering the Yellow Sea to the south and southeast, the Shandong Peninsula across the sea, and the Korean Peninsula across the sea. It is bordered by the Bohai Sea to the west and northwest. It is connected by land to the east and northeast and borders Ganjingzi.

The land distance of Lushunkou is 26 kilometers from north to south and 31 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 506.8 square kilometers and a coastline of 169 kilometers.

The whole territory of Lushunkou belongs to the coastal hilly area composed of the remaining veins of Changbai Mountain, which is high in the east and low in the west, with an average altitude of 140 meters, and the terrain is composed of six hills, half water and three half fields.

There are a total of 292 hills, and the highest is 465.6 meters above sea level. The land belongs to a part of the low hills and hills of the Liaodong Peninsula, with many mountainous hills and few plain lowlands; The coast is tortuous, there are many harbors, and the coastal landforms are complex and diverse.

Lushun Port, known as the "natural shape of victory", is located in the south of Baiyu Mountain in the center of Lushunkou in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, and is located in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, and is an important gateway to Beijing and Tianjin.

Together with the Miaodao archipelago in Shandong, Dengzhoutou chokes the throat of the Bohai Strait, constituting the natural barrier of the capital of China and the eastern Liaodong region, the terrain is dangerous, and it has always been a military port.

Port Arthur is surrounded by mountains, with the Golden Mountain in the east and the Tiger Tail Peninsula in the west, and a long and narrow waterway connecting with the open sea. The harbor is well concealed and windproof.

The water depth in the harbor is suitable for mooring large warships, and this harbor is a natural ice-free harbor in the north. ”

Looking at the excellent haven not far away, looking at the waterway sandwiched between the West Cockscomb Mountain and the Golden Mountain, Chen Xin's eyes became deep and silent.

There, it's a military port with a lot of stories.

Since the time of the Han Dynasty, this place has undergone many name changes, until the fourth year of Hongwu, that is, the period of Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Ma Yun Ye Wang two generals, led the army from Penglai, Shandong Province to cross the sea by boat, landed here, and recovered Liaodong.

Because the sea journey was smooth sailing, for this good omen, this place was renamed Lushun Kou and continued to be used.

By 1880, Li Hongzhang had operated a naval port here, and it took ten years and millions of taels of silver to build it into the main base of the Beiyang Fleet.

Fourteen years later, in the Sino-Japanese War, it was occupied by the Japanese army, and the soldiers carried out a large-scale massacre and washed the whole city in blood. Later, due to the interference of other powers, the Japanese had no choice but to withdraw from this land after knocking a large amount of bamboo poles.

Four years later, Lao Maozi's Tsarist government again found an excuse to force the Manchu government to lease the place and continue to use it as a military port.

After another six years, the Japanese army raided this place again, and after extremely fierce battles and the sacrifice of a large number of army red deer, the Japanese army occupied this place again and occupied it for a long time. And with this as a starting point, a war broke out with Tsarist Russia on the land of China.

Then, the time spanned decades, until 1945, at the end of World War II, according to the Yalta Agreement, the then government of the Republic of China signed an agreement with Soviet Russia to hand over Port Arthur to the Soviet Union.

As a result, Port Arthur was once again occupied by Soviet Russia, which had evolved into Mao Xiong, until the establishment of New China, and the "Agreement on China's Changchun Railway, Port Arthur and Dalian" was re-signed with Mao Xiong.

The agreement stipulated that no later than the end of 1952, the Soviet Government would transfer to the Chinese Government free of charge all rights to jointly administer the Zhongchang Road and all property belonging to the road.

During the same period, the Soviets withdrew from the joint use of the Port Arthur naval base and handed over the equipment in the area to the Chinese government, which reimbursed the Soviet Union for the costs of restoring and building the equipment since 1945.

In the period before the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the civil administration of the region should be under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government. The administration of Dalian is also completely under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government.

Later, in consideration of the new situation such as the Korean War, in September 1952, the two sides negotiated to extend the period of joint use of the Port Arthur Naval Base. It was not until May 31, 1955, after all Soviet troops were evacuated and returned to China, that the port came under the jurisdiction of the Chinese People's Navy.

It was in 1955 that Lushunkou, an important military port, finally returned to the embrace of the motherland.

Chen Xin remembers very well that before the later generations crossed, this military port, which had experienced hundreds of years of turmoil, was closed for a long time, and people were not allowed to enter and leave without permission.

It was not until the end of 09 that the State Council and the Central Military Commission approved the full opening of this military port.

Now, the United Kingdom of China has chosen this place as the base for the next battle with the Houjin Tartars, and the Huaxia Army will use this as a springboard to form a powerful cavalry force while advancing to the depths of the mainland to fight for hegemony.

"Your Majesty, the measurement has been completed, and the waterway is clearly marked."

Chen Xin's eyes flashed, and he ordered word by word, "All, land, seize the mouth of Lushun." ”