Boom, outside the city of Dalian, the sound of artillery rumbled, and many branches were shelled in small sections, it was really a mountainous area, and there were deafening artillery sounds and gunpowder smoke everywhere.

After receiving Liu Jun's order, the commander of the Second Brigade of the Second Division immediately led more than 4,000 soldiers of the Second Brigade to start an emergency move, and after a four-hour rapid march, he came to the outer position of the 12th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Since he was here to attack Dalian, Yu Hualong didn't have any extra nonsense, and set up seven field guns and began to bombard the Japanese artillery positions.

The students of the Martial Arts Academy are different, knowing that when they attack for a while, it is the Japanese artillery that will cause the greatest damage to their own city. The second infantry, after defeating the Japanese artillery, could use artillery to suppress the Japanese army.

The pungent smoke soon reached Yu Hualong's nose. Seeing the Japanese artillery fire, it was still fierce and engaged in an artillery battle with its own artillery.

Yu Hualong picked up the binoculars and looked at the current position of the Japanese army, he marched urgently, and did not even fire directly when he arrived, just to catch the Japanese army off guard, but looking at the current position of the Japanese army, this is obviously prepared.

"Order, the first regiment charged, stopped as soon as it reached the range of the unconscionable artillery, and fixed where it was, let the unconscionable cannon immediately go up and bombard the position.

Kill, after receiving the order, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Lushun Army threw away the hat in his hand and launched a charge against the Japanese position.

"Brothers, follow me, chop up their little Japan, and enter Dalian City. Capture Sakuma Zuo Matthew alive. The regiment commander took the lead in the charge while cheering up the Qing army.

Although the Japanese began to counterattack, although they suffered some casualties, potassium chlorate still rushed to a distance of 100 meters from the Japanese troops, lay on the ground, and exchanged fire with the Japanese troops.

Seeing that the first regiment had succeeded, Yu Hualong immediately ordered the unconscionable artillery team to start moving forward.

The conscienceless cannon has long been loaded with shells, and the current conscienceless cannon has been transformed again, and the current conscienceless cannon is composed of two parts, a gun carriage and a cannon barrel, and when firing, as long as the gun carriage is placed on the ground and the cannon barrel is placed on it, it can be designed, and there is no need to dig a pit and bury it at all.

Boom, the Japanese troops of the 12th Brigade heard that terrifying sound again, and many Japanese soldiers were too familiar with this thunderous sound. Familiar to the point that you will be scared when you hear thunder. This kind of artillery is poisonous, if it is five or six meters around, whether you are crawling or squatting, you will die.

crawling and being shocked to death, squatting and being slashed to death by shrapnel. Many Japanese soldiers who picked up a life from this kind of artillery handed over this kind of artillery to death.

Hasegawa, the commander of the 12th Mixed Brigade, was attacking the Qing army in his front-line position like a tide, and his eyes were full of surprise.

This Lushun's army has really changed its clothes.

He heard that the current Lushun Qing army is not that kind of uniform, but a kind of military uniform that is very similar to his own army, except that the increased ranks are black, and the Qing army's military uniform is gray.

Look at these men in gray uniforms with straps on their feet. The Qing soldiers in large caps howled and rushed to their positions. A hundred meters later, he stopped and lay on the ground to shoot at his front-line soldiers.

"Strange, why don't you attack." Hasegawa asked the chief of staff next to him suspiciously.

Before the chief of staff could reply, he saw dozens of soldiers carrying something thick and bent forward. After thinking about it for a while, Hasegawa said in surprise: "It's not good, this is the Grim Reaper." ”……

At the Dalian Fort, the commander of the 1st Brigade, Nogi Nishinori, was looking at the calm sea, and he had just received a notice from the Dalian Headquarters that the Beiyang Naval Division detachment in Lushun had set off, and he was asked to guard the port.

After receiving the order, he ordered the 1st Brigade to enter the positions and batteries and wait for the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing State.

However, it had been almost three hours since he heard gunfire from the direction of the 12th Mixed Brigade and the 9th Brigade. There was no movement at all.

Originally, he was a fool level plus dogmatism, and he believed that there were many people and great power, and he was sitting bored in his headquarters and looking at the sea.

However, the sea is still so calm, not to mention the warship, not even a small plank can be seen.

Thirty miles from the port of Dalian.

Where the Hashidate was moving slowly, three hundred meters away from him, it was the Pingyuan that came with him this time.

The speed of the Pingyuan was slow, so Li He ordered the Hashidate to slow down, and together with Pingyuan, the two warships slowly sailed towards Dalian Bay at a speed of five knots.

The first mate standing next to him didn't understand that if this Lushun arrived in Dalian, if it was at full speed, I am afraid that he would have already fought with the Japanese army by now, but now, he was very puzzled why Li He would do this.

"Commander, why don't you give the order to go full speed, you must know that this is the order of the military seat, let me attack the port."

Li He smiled but did not answer.

In the entire fleet, no one except him knew Liu Jun's intentions. Before the fleet departed, Liu Jun personally came to the sailor and told Li He, who swore to Liu Jun that he would definitely take the port. Their mission is not to really attack the port, but to contain the Nogi Nishinori 1st Brigade in the port. So that he can't pull out. So when he was leaving, he told Li He: "Walk slowly, come slowly, don't panic, just go out for a trip." Then slowly drive back. ”

In order to let Dalian know the news of the navy's dispatch, Liu Jun asked Zhong Lin to let out the news that the navy was going to attack Dalian, and he also pretended to swagger to carry shells to the Qiaoli and add water and coal, the purpose was to let the Japanese spies in Dalian see it, and then the spy told the Sakuma Zuo Matthew in Dalian.

The meaning is very simple, Sakuma Zuo Matthew, Lao Tzu is going to hit the port, you have to pay attention.

After learning that Lushun's Beiyang Naval Division detachment was filling coal and adding water, and the army was attacking from two directions, he concluded that the defenders of Lushun were bullying the commander of the Second Army who had just died, and that they were really going to attack Dalian. Therefore, he immediately ordered all the divisions to prepare for battle, and at the same time, he drew a wing from the 12th mixed brigade to go to the port to assist Nogi Nishinori and defend the port, while he personally sat in the headquarters and coordinated everything.

When Liu Jun said the real mission of the fleet, Li He looked at this Liu Jun who was so old than he laughed like a monster, he was very glad that he was his subordinate, not an enemy, although this Liu Jun was young, but he had crooked ideas and too many intrigues. Now he understands that Dashanyan's suicide by beating him alive is inevitable rather than accidental.

Looking up at the yellow dragon flag fluttering at the top of the mast, Li He turned around and asked the first mate beside him, "What time is it now?" ”

The first mate took a look: "Four fifty o'clock in the afternoon." ”

Well, it seems that the time is almost up, Li He listened to the time for a while and then said to the first mate: "Beat the flag, tell Pingyuan, return home." ”

"What. Return, Commander, we won't hit the port. The first mate asked in surprise.

Li He nodded: "Don't fight, our characters are finished." With that, he turned and returned to the cabin.

Arthur War Room. Liu Jun was standing in front of him, constantly drawing on the map according to Zhong Lin's return.

It is easy to see from the map that although Yu Hualong's Second Brigade has already taken several positions of the 12th Mixed Brigade, this advance is too slow, and it has been five hours before occupying the first-line positions. And Li Rong's brigade and the Japanese army's Oshima Yoshimasa fought inseparably outside the city.

"Is there any movement in the First Brigade?" After looking at it for a while, Liu Jun turned around and asked Zhong Lin, who was standing beside him.

"Head, no, there was no movement in the 1st Brigade, only the reinforcement of the defenders of the battery.

"En" Liu Jun nodded and began to close his eyes and think.

Now the situation is already obvious, the time is not ripe to attack Dalian, and from the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, the Chinese Academy of Sciences can see that although the old thing of Dashanyan has been hung up, the spirit of the Second Army is still there.

Opening his eyes, Liu Jun said to Zhong Lin: "Order, the second brigade Yu Hualong and Li Rong, alternately cover after dark, and withdraw to the defense area." ”

"Withdraw to the defense zone? Head, don't you fight? Zhong Lin tilted his head and asked.

"If you don't fight, you won't fight, Lao Tzu's family background is not thick now, and he can't finish with the second army." Liu Jun waved his hand and threw the pen in his hand onto the table.

"Okay, I'll go deliver the order." After Zhong Lin finished speaking, he turned around and left the war room.

"Hey, it's paralyzed, it's a pity that you don't get enough fat in your hands." After Liu Jun saw Zhong Lin leaving, he sat on the chair depressed and closed his eyes.

Liu Jun was conflicted in his heart, the Japanese army in Dalian was a big threat to Liu Junlai, he really wanted to knock Dalian down at once, and then he could sleep peacefully and peacefully, but in this form now, he obviously refused to.

Of course, if you concentrate all your current forces, then it will definitely be no problem to take Dalian, but the consequence of doing so is that you will lose a lot of money, and it will be a miserable victory.

The elimination of the troops in Dalian does not mean that there are no other Japanese troops, if they run out of troops in this battle, they will risk their lives to meet other Japanese troops.

Knowing that Dalian was a threat, but he couldn't eliminate it, Liu Jun really felt the indescribable feeling. It's like you can't eat a delicious dish in front of you. It felt too painful.

Standing up in annoyance, Liu Jun came to the map, his eyes glared at Dalian, and after a long time, he said lightly from between his teeth: "Paralyzed, let's ride a donkey and read the record book, wait and see." Sooner or later, Lao Tzu will clean you up. ”