Chapter 5, Chapter 52, General Attack was Frustrated

The only regret of Chen Congyun was that he had too many things at home and could not visit the battlefield in Lushun. In history before traveling through time, Japan once filmed a movie "203 Highland", which was quite sensational. At that time, the Japanese army was not equipped with Maxim. At first, even the cannons were pitiful and the ammunition supply was very difficult. Under such conditions, Nogi Hajiri could only foolishly order the soldiers to fight to the death. The Lushun Fortress had been operating for many years. On the surrounding commanding heights, there were many permanent firepower points built by cement, and there were many groups of fires around the surrounding areas. Even if they attacked any point, they would be patronized by the surrounding cannon fire. The number of people going up was probably to be trapped in.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Nogi Hidian lost about 200 people to fight Lushun. During the Sino-Japanese War of 17,000 yuan, he died directly in Lushun. These two data were really stupid and pitiful. In fact, Shen Congyun still thought that it was a bad idea. Although Japan received the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 compensation from the Qing Dynasty, the country was too poor. Grenades, Maxim, and Japan had no money to be equipped. The soldiers wanted to use explosives to ignite the fire point of the Russian army. In this sense, it was precisely because of the interests of Northeast China and North Korea that Japan became a strong country in the international world, and its economic strength also laid a solid foundation for its future takeoff due to the success of North Korea and Northeast China. In contrast, in China in history, the Qing Dynasty was overthrown and the Republic of China was established. As a result, decades of warlord melee made Japan more bold in seizing interests in China. In the end, the ambition expanded to the extreme and launched a war of aggression against China, which ended with a bloody ending.

Chen Congyun didn't plan to do anything recklessly from the beginning, so the 28-centimeter howitzer appeared from the beginning, specifically targeting the Russian army's permanent firepower points. This fortress cannon purchased from Germany weighs 300 kilograms per shell, and equipment must be installed when loading.

From weapons to tactics, Chen Congyun had made sufficient preparations before. Although he could not come to the scene in person, he felt that this battle would not be too difficult. The Japanese 65,000 troops fought for half a year. Chen Congyun felt that the troops of his two armies would be almost the same for two months.

No matter how much preparations I made before, everything can only be revealed until the fight starts.

Zhang Guangming did it completely according to the suggestions left by Chen Congyun. At the commanding heights of Wangtai Mountain and Dongjiguan Mountain on the eastern line, he also adopted civil engineering operations and sandbags and trenches to shorten the attack distance. Now everything is ready and the cannon has been bombarded for a whole week, and Zhang Guangming also feels it is time.

June 16th, morning.

A heavy rain last night was very annoying. Before the sun came out, the ground was wet and a little muddy. The soldiers sat quietly in the trench, waiting patiently.

Although the civil engineering was only fifty meters away from the Russian military's front line, looking at the defense lines laid by the Russian army, barbed wire mesh was lying on the road ahead, and then looking at the permanent fortifications built by concrete, Zhang Guangming still felt a bad feeling. Iron pliers are indispensable to deal with new matters such as barbed wire mesh. These are the generals who have already prepared. Chen Congyun doesn't want the soldiers to tie wooden stakes like the little Japanese, silly tie the ropes to drag them down. As for barbed wire mesh, I have seen more in the movies before traveling through time, so I can use iron pliers to deal with him.

The general attack time was set at 7 o'clock in the morning. Standing on the high ground outside the command post, holding a telescope and carefully checking the entire Lushun, Zhang Guangming felt indescribable emotion. This was originally China's territory, and the fortress that Lao Beiyang had also operated for many years, was actually betrayed by the Qing government. Now Chinese soldiers still have to pay the price of their lives to retake it.

A total of 24 28 cm howitzers stood quietly, and the huge shells had been loaded. The soldiers stood quietly by the side, waiting for the order to be issued.

At 7 o'clock, the moment three red signal flares soared into the air, the quiet morning suddenly boiled. The general attack began, all the cannons were fired at the same time, and the commanding heights on both sides of the east and west instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire. The fierce artillery fire filled the air with a pungent smell of sulfur.

After half an hour of artillery preparation, the artillery fire extended to a high place. Dozens of soldiers holding iron pliers quickly jumped out of the trenches, crawled forward and climbed to the barbed wire, and cut the barbed wire in Titicaca. The Russian soldiers were stunned. How could they still do this? Before the Chinese army's large-scale charge came, they waited for these people who stole the iron wire.

After the first row of barbed wire was cut, the Russian army came to their senses. The machine guns of ping-pong bells started to fire, causing dust to fly on the ground.

The first division of the First Army was responsible for attacking the 203 Highlands. This is a special force, an army with a glorious tradition. 80% of the veterans and officers have all experienced wars. Good steel must be used on the blade, and Zhang Guangming is definitely not vague about this.

Seeing that the engineers were suppressed by machine gun fire, they could not raise their heads. The mortars hidden in the trench were shooting intensively, specifically attacking the fire points exposed outside. The Russian artillery fire desperately suppressed them, and soldiers were shot and fell from time to time. As long as the engineers in front were hit, their comrades behind them immediately crawled over and picked up the iron pliers to continue cutting.

One, two... The barbed wire mesh arranged by the Russian army on the front became a decoration twenty minutes later. Almost all the barbed wire mesh in front of the Russian front-line positions were cut off, the horn officer stood up and raised his military horn and blew the march horn vigorously.

"Run! Kill!" At the sound of the military horn, the soldiers jumped out with a shout of killing.

When the dense Maxim shooting on the Russian position began, Zhang Guangming's eyelids twitched wildly. Zhang Guangming's power was so clear that he saw at least twenty or thirty machine guns on the position were raging in concrete fortifications, and rows of soldiers fell down during the attack. Zhang Guangming couldn't help feeling distressed. He had done so much preparations, and all the vitality points that could be knocked out were knocked out. Unexpectedly, the Russian army still had such strong firepower.

Seeing that the soldiers were about to rush into the first trench of the Russian army, dozens of round guys rolled down from the Russian position and fell into the middle of the soldiers. A violent explosion occurred. Each explosion caused several or dozens of soldiers to be killed and killed, and the formation of the charge was broken and unsustainable. The first charge took 20 minutes and the attacking troops were defeated.

The artillery fire started again, and the second echelon rushed up again. There were hundreds of Maxim in the bunkers to suppress the Russian firepower points, and the mortars kept suppressing them at targeted points.

Zhang Guangming, who had been watching the battlefield, had the most profound scene in his impression of him. The troops attacked the permanent fire point built by cement. The soldiers were very brave and kept throwing grenades upwards, but they could not do anything to the opponent. More than a dozen soldiers tried to touch the fire point and threw grenades into the shooting hole, but they all failed and fell on the way forward. More than a dozen Russian troops shot wildly, and hundreds of soldiers could not even lift their heads. No wonder the President repeatedly emphasized the difficulty of attacking Lushun, and repeatedly emphasized the need to use their brains more.

The battle in the afternoon became even more intense. The artillery was like buying shells without money. The barrels were red. Otherwise, I would have had no stop to worry about the explosion. Jiguanshan's attack was also extremely fierce. The soldiers rushed up bravely in line with the crazy shooting of the Russian army, and the casualties rose again and again.

The 100,000 people fought for a whole day, lost one thousand, and the harvest was several small forts in the South Fortress of the Navy. The commanding heights of 203 on both sides of the east and west sides, the Songshushan Fortress and Dongjiguanshan and 204 on the East Jiguanshan, but they were unable to be taken down. In the morning, the 203 Highland once occupied the first fortification of the Russian army, and was soon hit by a counterattack by the Russian army.

Although he knew that war always killed people, such casualties were caused on the first day. Zhang Guangming felt distressed and became angry, causing pain in his teeth. Although he had known in advance that it was difficult to attack the fortress, only after he really fought, Zhang Guangming realized what the fortress was.

The casualties were mainly caused by Russian artillery fire and machine guns. When watching the charge, Russian artillery fire continued to fall among the forward soldiers, and watching the scene of young soldiers falling down one after another, Zhang Guang

Ming had a feeling of rushing upwards with a bayonet, and he wanted to stab a few old men to death to relieve his hatred. How could he handle those permanent fortifications? If these fortifications were not hit directly by a heavy artillery of 28 cm, ordinary shells had no effect on them at all, let alone machine guns, which only left a few small pits when hitting them. A soldier once hugged a cluster grenade and threw them under the straight fortifications, and there was no effect except for a burst of smoke and dust.

"It seems that it is unwise to win. A military enlarged meeting was held in the evening, and all officers above the battalion were invited to attend. Everyone discussed it and see if there were any other ideas." Duan Zhigao comforted Zhang Guangming with a gray face. To be honest, Duan Zhigao did not expect such huge casualties. Duan Zhigao did not expect that there were such huge casualties these days. Duan Zhigao thought that even a mouse hidden in a cave would not be able to stay on the high ground. When it really started fighting, the Russian army was indeed suppressed on the surface of the position, but many new firepower points emerged again, especially those permanent fortifications. The effect of the shelling was not very ideal. Group efforts were the tradition of the new army. Duan Zhigao, as the deputy commander-in-chief, made this opinion pertinent.

Zhang Guangming nodded helplessly, and finally glanced at the bodies of the soldiers falling on the hillside. He slowly lowered the telescope and said, "A meeting will be held in the evening. In addition, he ordered all troops to organize personnel to touch them at night and get all the bodies that could be retrieved."

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This is a battle with almost no suspense. The powerful main force of the Chinese East China Sea Fleet decided the end of this naval battle in just thirty minutes.

Liu Buchan ordered the eight battleships of the fast cruiser detached by Qiu Baoren to use their speed to circumvent the side of the Russian fleet, and he commanded the team mainly composed of battleships to entangle the Russian fleet from the front. As the shells sent by the Russian ship Chaisharevich landed twenty meters away from the battleship "Qingcheng" and stirred up a soaring water column, the Chinese fleet launched an attack, and the two sides officially started at a distance of 8,000 meters.

Vettevt, who was trying to retreat while fighting, was a bit outrageously unlucky. The first volley of the battleships of the East China Sea Fleet hit the Chaisharevich. A shell tore a hole in the middle of Chaisharevich, and a large amount of sea water flocked in. Although the Russian soldiers blocked the leak in time, the speed of the Chaisharevich was obviously affected. Chaisharevich, who was originally at a disadvantage in speed, was also hung with a command flag, and the smoke was rolling in fire. Who would the Chinese warships hit him if they didn't hit him?

When Liu Buchan saw that the Chaishalevic was shot and caught fire, he immediately ordered to concentrate his firepower and beat it hard. Six or seven cruisers leaned forward against the Russian counterattack fire, aiming at the rapid-fire guns, which would kill him while he was sick. The dogs in the water must be beaten.

Although General Weitteft was not as good as his predecessor Makarov in terms of strategic vision and command ability, he was always a brave soldier. Faced with the crazy besiege of Chinese warships, Weitteft always stood on the flybridge with a calm expression in command of the battle. His move undoubtedly greatly inspired the soldiers' fighting will. After the Chaisarevich was slowed down, he miraculously twisted his body in the fierce artillery fire to avoid the artillery fire, but he was not hit harder. The fierce rapid-fire cannon landed on the heavy armor of the battleship and did not cause much substantial damage. It was just that the continuous shooting brought major casualties and the dilemma of fire everywhere.

Twenty minutes after the war started, the 11,000-ton Poltava desperately pushed forward and tried to rescue the besieged Chaisharevich. But it would be fine if it was not successful. This old-fashioned battleship was hit by the Yellow River continuously. After a large amount of water was injected, the boiler broke down again, and the emergency escaped and ran away.

At this time, the rapid cruiser formation commanded by Qiu Baoren braved the Russian artillery fire and used its speed to catch the Russian fleet, forming a situation of attacking the Russian army on both sides.

Even more unlucky things fell on the Russian army. The 12,700-ton Letvizhan was taken by two Chinese battleships at the same time. They were concentrated more than ten times in five minutes. The roof was raining overnight. An armor-piercing bomb directly drilled into the boiler. With a bang, the Letvizhan made a deafening explosion, which instantly broke into two sections and quickly sank into the sea, leaving a huge vortex and a slightly unwilling flagpole struggling on the sea at the last moment.

Just three minutes later, the 11,690-ton old battleship Liurik was shot and caught fire under the siege of three battleships including Tarzan, and made a series of explosions. It turned out that the ammunition compartment was detonated. Liurik lost the battle and struggled shakingly on the sea without sinking.

The eight Russian destroyers that followed the fleet also planned to approach the Chinese warship and cast torpedoes. However, they were besieged by 22 destroyers in the Chinese fleet. They were beaten up in one go. Three Russian destroyers were sunk. Seeing that the situation was not good, the others turned around and ran back to Lushun. Naturally, the Chinese destroyers refused to stop and immediately chased after him and continued to beat him.

The 11,000-ton battleship Sevastopol was lucky. Stark himself was also an excellent naval general. Under his calm command, the warship did not receive much damage, but worked very hard to attract the firepower of the Chinese warships and work hard for the escape of the Chaisharevich. Although Stark knew that this effort might be a waste of wax for the blind man lighting the lights, because the Chinese fast fleet had been encircled.

"Your Excellency, the telegram from the special fleet!" The telegram sent by the adjutant from the telecommunications room in the sky was equivalent to the last straw for Vitet.

"Remember!" Despite being very excited, Vitettift still stood straight, his face was cold. A shell landed not far away. The explosion made the adjutant subconsciously shrink his neck. Vitettift was still standing straight.

"Five minutes ago, the special mixed fleet was blocked by the Chinese squadron, and the two sides started a fierce battle."

Weitteft's heart skipped a beat, and his last hope seemed to be shattered. Is the proud and noble Russian fleet destined to be defeated by the yellow-spring Chinese monkey?

At this time, there were two Russian battleships left on the battlefield and continued to fight. Although Vetteft and Sdark were both very brave, bravery did not seem to have too much effect on the battlefield with huge strength.

Ten minutes later, the adjutant dodged the rain-falling shells and rushed to Vetteft and shouted: "The Russian, the flagship of the TCM fleet, was severely damaged and sunk, and two cruisers were sunk. The TCM fleet has begun to retreat to Vladivostok."

The last straw that crushed the camel's back appeared. The gray of death appeared on Vetteft's face, his lips trembled slightly. Looking at the sailors struggling in the artillery fire, struggling and fighting back, they were doomed to fail. Maybe it's time to think about the soldiers.

"I inform General Sdalke that I suggest surrendering and leave a way out for the soldiers. See what he means!"

The adjutant did not expect that Weitteft would say this. After being stunned for a moment, he quickly sent the order. Two minutes later, Stark replied: "You are the commander, you make the decision."

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"Zixiang, look there!" Lin Taizeng excitedly patted Liu Buchan's shoulder and pointed to the white flag flying on the Chaisharevich. After the white flag was hung, the two Russian warships stopped counterattacking. The Chinese fleet stopped attacking at the same time. The sea surface, which was still the artillery fire, fell into silence in an instant. The smoke of gunpowder was still scattering in the wind. Occasionally, a few frightened seabirds flew past, and a strange atmosphere was filled with indecipherable atmosphere.

After a brief minute passed, the Chinese fleet burst into cheers of "Long live!" Suddenly, the entire sea surface was boiling. The sailors on the warship dropped their shells, grabbed their hats and threw them into the sky. Looking at this scene, Lin Taizeng's face was filled with an excited smile, and he joked: "Haha, go back to these bastards! Go back to the logistics department and you will go crazy!"

Liu Buchan held his hands on the railing, staring at all this quietly, his teeth just bit on his lips, and after a while he calmed down, he straightened his body and whispered: "Send a telegram to Lord Shen and report the good news!"

The final outcome of this naval battle was that a Russian battleship, six destroyers, and two cruisers were sunk. The Poltava was stranded and surrendered. The Liurik was blocked by Qiu Baoren's rapid formation and surrendered. Only two destroyers were proudly fled back to Lushun. The blocking battle of the East China Sea Fleet ended in a complete victory.

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"Cheer for the Navy!" Such a striking title became the most mainstream title in the newspaper the next day. The scene of paper expensive in Luoyang appeared again because of the navy's good news.

"Good news! Good news! Navy victory, Russian fleet surrendered, four 10,000-ton battleships were captured, and the commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet was surrendered!" The newspaper boy running on the street shouted through the streets and alleys, becoming the most popular target and the busiest person.

Yesterday, Chen Congyun was a bit regretful. He received the navy's good news first and was overjoyed. Before dark, he received the battle report from Zhang Guangming forwarded by the Northeast Military Region. More than a thousand casualties were rare. Although Chen Congyun repeatedly warned himself not to expect anything that happened in one battle, when he really waited for such news, he still felt infinite loss in his heart. Perhaps, Lushun was destined to go through a baptism of blood and fire before he could return to the embrace of the motherland.
Chapter completed!