March 18 at 5:50 a.m.

Yingkou.

In the dawn of dawn, Yingkou City was quietly shrouded in a white mist, and it was extremely silent.

Yingkou is also known as Yingzikou, the rolling Da Liao River flows into the Bohai Bay here, and in the middle and upper reaches of the Da Liao River, it branches into the Hunhe River and the Taizi River.

The Hunhe River goes north to Mukden and Fushun, while the Taizi River flows through Liaoyang and Benxi.

Location matters.

In 1858, the Qing government signed the "Treaty of Tianjin" with Britain, France and other countries, stipulating that Niuzhuang was open to trade. As a result, Yingkou became an important treaty port in Northeast China and became increasingly prosperous.

The city is bordered by the Liao River in the north and is divided into two districts: the west area is a commercial area, with a population of 10,000, called Xiyingzi.

The eastern district is inhabited by foreigners, and the number is very small (before the Bohai Bay freezes in winter, all foreigners go to Jinmen, Shanghai, and all over the country, leaving behind all fake foreign devils), called Dongyingzi.

Yingkou Fort is in the southwest of the city street, west of the mouth of the Liao River, is a pentagonal shape, surrounded by earthen ramparts. The fort began to be built in 1882 and took three years to complete, with a total of 156,000 taels of silver.

In 1891, two small forts were built on the other side of the river, each costing 70,000 taels of silver.

Then it cost a lot of money to buy 12 Kruber guns.

Among them, there are 2 210mm guns, 2 150mm guns, 4 120mm guns, and 4 47mm guns.

In addition, there were dozens of old bronze cannons, which were arranged on top of the fort as a fire reinforcement.

When the 1st Army of the Japanese Army immediately saw that the Shangwen Department attacked Yingkou Castle.

Yingkou has 5 battalions of the Datong Army Infantry Brigade of Jiang Xiyi, 1 battalion of the coastal defense training infantry team of Qiao Ganchen of Yingkou Dao guerrilla, 1 sentry of the mine battalion guarding Yuan Zhen, 1 battalion of the horse team guarding Xu Guanglin, 1 battalion of the middle battalion infantry team of Ma Zhanao, 1 battalion of the Daobiao infantry team of Du Siwang Deyi, and 3 outposts of Tuanyong, a total of 10 battalions and about 4,000 people.

As a result, as soon as Shangwen's 22nd Wing launched a charge, Jiang Xiyi led the 5th battalion of Datong's army to abandon the city and flee, and then caused a rout of the Qing army in the entire Yingkou.

As a result, the Japanese troops of the 22nd Wing reacted slowly, and pursued hard for three or four miles, and not a single prisoner of the Qing army was caught.

And these 4,000 Qing troops who fled were scattered with small villages all over Liaodong at this time, forced to eat, drink and sleep women, and had degenerated to the point that they were no different from the bandits waiting for Zhao'an.

When Youpeng in Shan County entered Shanhaiguan, he mainly focused the remaining troops on the line of the Yalu River and Fengtian City.

For Gaizhou, Fenghuang, Xiuyan, Kuandian, and even the important towns of Liaoyang and Yingkou, almost no troops were placed, only a small number of troops were left to maintain law and order in the city.

In his opinion, the front-line army of the Yalu River is responsible for clearing and killing the remnants of the Qing army.

The Mukden army, on the other hand, blocked the southward route of the Qing army that fled north.

As for the vast forests and scattered cities in the central part of Liaodong, the symbolic meaning of the garrison is far greater than the actual meaning.

Therefore, in Jinzhou, Panjin, and Shanxi, which have a large population in eastern Liaodong, there are only half a detachment and more than 30 soldiers each.

As for Liaoyang and Yingkou, it is only half a squadron of troops each.

Moreover, in the entire hinterland of Liaodong, except for Yingkou, there is a radio station, and the rest of the cities only have Jiulian City, Andong, and Fengtian City, which have radio stations.

As for the Japanese troops in other cities, they have been completely cut off from the outside world in this winter when the mountains are covered by heavy snow.

Along the Yalu River, when the ice and snow began to melt by the warmer sea breeze, Yingkou, a city bordering Bohai Bay, was still icy and snowy.

Mountains and forests, roads are paved with thick snow, and the frozen Da Liao River has been silent.

Liu Mingyang, commander of the Liaodong Brigade, Li Fengrui, deputy brigade commander, Huang Bojie, chief of staff, and Wu Jun, chief of military justice, stood in the snow in the forest, looking at Yingkou City, where the fog gradually dissipated in the early morning sun.

The Liaodong Brigade left Suzhuang Village on February 23 and marched all the way out of Guanbei to conduct the army, counting today, it has been 25 days.

The team left a battalion to suppress bandits in Shanhaiguan, and wiped out a group of bandits in Suizhong County (more than half of them were actually defeated by the Qing army).

Then in Jinzhou and Panjin, sixty or seventy Japanese soldiers were crushed to death as if nothing happened, and finally arrived at Yingkou City on March 18 at the time specified by He Changying.

In the distance, there was a faint whisper in Yingkou City, and then the west gate was slowly opened by the Japanese army.

"Cut the wires and tell the 7th regiment to try to ensure the integrity of the radio station; According to the previous plan, the telegraph operator of the military station will come over tomorrow and two days after tomorrow to take over the telegraph office. ”

Liu Mingyang said to Huang Bojie: "There are also those 12 Krupp cannons, don't let the Japanese dogs jump over the wall and blow them up." ”

"The Xiaoling River in Jinzhou, the Daling River between Panjin in Jinzhou, the Shuangtaizi River on the side of Panjin, and the Daliao River, controlling these four rivers is equivalent to controlling the entire northeast material road to the sea."

Seeing Huang Bojie go to the 7th regiment to suppress the formation, Li Fengrui said: "When the Qing Dynasty first entered the Central Plains, a large number of immigrants were immigrated outside the customs, but from the beginning of the seventh year of Kangxi (1668), the establishment of more than 1,300 miles of 'wicker edge', although it has not been completely banned, after the 20th year of Daoguang (1840), the northeast was reclaimed and banned, and the wicker side was completely abandoned. In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the Heilongjiang general Tepuqin proposed to open the ban on reclamation, and the northeast was still sparsely populated, but the resources reserved in the past two or three hundred years were extremely amazing. ”

The communication between smart people is simple, and they can often hear the strings and know the elegant meaning.

Now Li Fengrui seems to be just talking about a fact, but Liu Mingyang and Wu Jun next to him all understood what he meant.

Just like why Liu Mingyang ordered an independent battalion to start suppressing bandits in the northeast.

In these days, since the Liaodong Brigade left the customs, a magnificent picture of mountains and rivers has always been in the minds of many soldiers.

Nearly a million square kilometers of vast deep forests, endless land.

Rich forests, mountains and mineral resources.

The land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is a separate corner to seal Shanhaiguan, which is a faction of its own, which is tantamount to sealing the king's territory.

However, the Jin Brigade with southern Liaoning can connect the four seas.

Crossing the Yalu River, you can control the 2,000 miles of the Korean Lee Dynasty.

Now outside the entire Guan, the Qing Dynasty has no available soldiers.

These thousands of miles of mountains and rivers have completely become the world and deer field of the anti-Japanese army.

This time in the Southern Liaoning Campaign, once the 2nd Army of Dashanyan was annihilated.

Yalu River, Jinlvda, Shanhaiguan, or take a step back to the north, give the imperial court a little more face,—— and control Huludao.

Three-legged,

It's a success!

If this is really the case, the Jin Brigade is a sharp claw of the anti-Japanese army stretching out of the Bohai Sea to deter the imperial court.

Shanhaiguan (Huludao) is to close the tentacles of the imperial court outside the customs.

The Li Dynasty was a subsidiary of the Anti-Japanese Army, providing sufficient manpower support for the prosperity of the Anti-Japanese Army.

The four blood vessels flowing in the land outside the Guankou in Jinzhou and Yingkou provided a steady stream of resources and energy for the anti-Japanese army.

How can we not let these young soldiers with lofty ideals not be enthusiastic and excited?

"When the 2nd Army of Dashanyan is annihilated, I will definitely suggest to the commander-in-chief that we garrison troops at Yingkou and vigorously develop the precious resources here."

Liu Mingyang, Li Fengrui, Wu Jun, the three of them all smiled at each other.

It's all in plain sight.

"Here we go!"

Wu Jun's voice was full of excitement, and he said in a low voice.

Liu Mingyang and Li Fengrui, when they heard the words, looked over, and saw a company of anti-Japanese troops quietly lurking under the north city wall, and began to charge violently.

"Bang, bang—"

Suddenly, the gunfire rang out, killing the Japanese guards who were standing outside the gate of the West City and frolicking one by one.

"Boom!"

At this time, there was a bang from the east, it was the sappers of the Liaodong Brigade, blasting the east gate of Yingkou.