Although Luo Yue did not like to deal with intelligence agencies, he also knew that the role of intelligence personnel in the war was very important, so he also welcomed Li Xianshun's team and pulled out a few tents from the military camp for them to work and live.

Li Xianshun was also very low-key and repeatedly told Luo Yue that he did not need to be special, just like other soldiers, but he also put forward two conditions. First, it is best to be able to keep the group's residence away from the army, or in the marginal areas of the army, because the members of the group must have greater freedom and can go out to collect intelligence at any time. If they live with the army, it will remain unchanged; second, they must be able to see Luo Yue at any time so that they can report intelligence to Luo Yue. In addition, if there are major military operations, it is best to be able to inform yourself and you may be able to provide some help.

Luo Yue was right after hearing this. He didn't want to have too much contact with the intelligence personnel, so he could let them live outside the military camp. He just wanted to see him and give him a pass, so he immediately ordered someone to make arrangements for the intelligence personnel.

After dealing with these things, Luo Yue still started to resettle the new army. After being busy for most of the day, in the evening, he finally placed all the troops.

On the second day, the People's Army immediately launched an attack on Jiguanshan in the northeast. Jiguanshan was the northeast defense line of Lushun and also the defense line area that the Russian army focused on building. However, under the attack of the People's Army, all of them occupied Jiguanshan, Navy and the Silver Mountain and other positions in just three days. At this point, all the outer positions in Lushun were captured by the People's Army.

On the one hand, this is because the morale of the People's Army is high and brave in combat. On the other hand, it is because the Japanese army shrinks its troops and takes back most of the troops to the city of Lushun for defense. The defenders on these positions are insufficient, and they are easily captured by the People's Army. Therefore, the People's Army can free up its hands and launch an attack on the city of Lushun.

But at this moment, Li Xianshun came to see Luo Yue and reported an information to Luo Yue. The Japanese army sent additional reinforcements to Lushun. There were two brigades, namely the 4th Brigade and the 16th Brigade. The commander was Major General Takeuchi Masato, the brigade commander of the 4th Brigade, with an army of about 13,000. It had been assembled in Jinzhou, and would set off from Jinzhou at the latest tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to advance towards Lushun.

Jinzhou is about 60 kilometers away from Lushun, and the march lasts for 1 or 2 days. Luo Yue naturally did not dare to be careless, so he postponed the battle to attack Lushun urban area and solved reinforcements first.

After abolishing all his strength, he gathered more than 10,000 troops. Oyama Iron also placed his hope of defending Lushun on the reinforcements. In the past few days, the communication between Oyama Iron and Nogi Haki has not been interrupted. Therefore, Oyama Iron and the development of the battle situation in Lushun was also very clear. Oyama Iron was quite dissatisfied with Nogi Haki's tactical plan and completely abandoned the peripheral positions, which was equivalent to giving up the initiative. Not only did he completely fall into a passive position, but he also made the reinforcements very embarrassed.

But Nogi Haki also has his own difficulties. Now he has no combat troops under his command, so he can defend the outer positions. Moreover, the northwest defense line has not been defended, but so what, he still has not defended it. Moreover, the northwest defense line has been lost. What is the point of defending the northeast again? Putting the army on the outer positions will not directly attack the city of Lushun? Therefore, it is better to give up all the outer positions, concentrate all the troops in the city area to deploy defenses, and defend Lushun to the death, and can persist for a longer time.

Of course, whether Dashanyan agrees with Nogi Hinomi's tactics or not, but now this is the case and cannot be saved, Dashanyan can only accept it. Finally, he decided not to reach the city of Lushun. Instead, he found a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack on the periphery of Lushun, and formed a mutual support with Lushun, which was in line with Lushun, so that he could hold on to Lushun for as long as possible, and at the same time, he also required Nogi Hinomi to stick to Lushun.

Nogi Hinomiya certainly understood that Oyamayan means to let himself and Lushun live and die together. Once Lushun is lost, that is, when he is killed. In fact, Nogi Hinomiya had already prepared this mentality. Now the periphery is captured by the People's Army, and the People's Army fleet is stationed on the sea. Therefore, once Lushun City is broken, he will not be able to do so even if he doesn't want to die. Of course, Oyamayan means that when Lushun City is broken, Nogi Hinomiya will let Nogi Hinomiya break himself up to avoid becoming a prisoner and to avoid shame to the Japanese army.

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Since we decided to fight reinforcements first and then attack Lushun, the next step is to determine the location of the ambush reinforcements. Of course, this first requires judging the route of the reinforcements. In fact, the Jinzhou area of ​​Lushun is like a small peninsula extending westward at the terminal of the Liaodong Peninsula. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides, about 60 kilometers long, about 20 kilometers widest, and only 8 kilometers away at the narrowest point. Therefore, the road from Jinzhou to Lushun is very easy to determine. You can only advance along the Harbin-Da Line of the Central and Eastern Railway, and you only need to choose a good location to attack.

In the end, Luo Yue and others decided unanimously to set the ambush at a place called Shishangu, which is located at the middle point from Jinzhou to Lushun. On the south side is a vast mountainous area, with only a narrow area with a width of less than 4 kilometers in the north. The Harbin-Da Line also passes through here. The narrow terrain is of course a good place to use troops. The mountainous area on the south side can be used to ambush the army, and warships can also launch strikes from the sea.

In this ambush, Luo Yue decided to hand over the landing army to complete it. The 7th Division, 16th Division, the 2nd Reservoir Regiment and the 3rd Regiment were responsible. At the same time, the Ocean and the Ouyang battleships were sent to support the sea. It also decided that once the Japanese reinforcements were encircled and annihilated, the 7th Division and the 2nd Reservoir Regiment immediately marched eastward to capture Jinzhou. Because Jinzhou and Lushun have always been one, and only by taking Jinzhou down can it be considered that the Lushun area was completely occupied. Even if the Japanese troops stationed in Jinzhou were dispatched, Luo Yue would naturally not be polite. After encircling and annihilation of the Japanese, he would take down Jinzhou as well.

After Li Xianshun learned about it, he also stated that he could arrange lurking intelligence personnel from Lushun to respond in Shishangou, and closely monitor the movements of the Japanese army to provide intelligence information to the People's Army. In addition, when the People's Army attacked Jinzhou, he could also arrange intelligence personnel from Jinzhou to respond. At this time, Li Xianshun had already contacted the intelligence personnel from Lushun, and had a basic understanding of the intelligence outlets in Lushun, and also knew that the People's Army could be provided with help in those places.

Luo Yue was naturally happy. It seemed that it would be much more convenient to have the help of intelligence personnel, so he immediately ordered the troops to dispatch.

The Japanese army in Jinzhou set out on May 18. Since Jinzhou is only 60 kilometers away from Lushun, the Japanese army does not need to reach the Lushun urban area, and they only need to gain a foothold on the periphery of Lushun. The Japanese commander Major General Takeuchi Masato expected the location to be in the area of ​​Fenghuang Mountain and Niuxin Mountain in the northeast of Jiguan Mountain outside Lushun.

As for whether he would be attacked by the People's Army in the middle, Major General Takeuchi Masato believed that the possibility was not high. Although the People's Army was likely to send scouts to Jinzhou, Jinzhou was too close to Lushun. Even if he was discovered by the People's Army's scouts as soon as he sent troops and returned to the People's Army, he probably had already walked halfway. Therefore, it was too late for the People's Army to organize an ambush halfway. At most, it would be possible to organize positions outside Lushun to block the Japanese army's advance. However, the Japanese army's goal was not to reach Lushun, and there was no need to attack the People's Army's positions.

The terrain of the periphery of Lushun was very mountainous. Before launching the Russo-Japanese War, Japan conducted a secret survey of Lushun. During the occupation of Lushun, it conducted detailed re-tests. It was known that there were many mountain roads and small roads leading to the Lushun urban area. Therefore, Masato Takeuchi also planned to send small troops mainly composed of brigades and squadrons after establishing a stable position. From the mountain road and small road, bypass the defense line of the People's Army, launch an attack in the area controlled by the People's Army, create chaos, disrupt the arrangement of the People's Army, and restrain the strength of the People's Army, and also support the Japanese army guarding Lushun.

Of course, Major General Takeuchi Masato is not a reckless person. Although it is not likely to be attacked by the People's Army, it cannot be ruled out that the People's Army will arrange a small number of troops on the way just in case. Therefore, Takeuchi Masato also made some arrangements for the Japanese army's advance. There were two brigades in this reinforcement of Lushun. Takeuchi Masato operated the two brigades separately, with a distance of about 5-7 kilometers. In this way, the front troops were attacked, and the rear troops could also provide extremely reinforcements, so it would be foolproof.

In this way, the Japanese army set out at 6 a.m. and advanced towards Lushun.

However, what Takeuchi Masato did not expect was that the East China government had already deployed the intelligence network to Jinzhou. In fact, a lot of intelligence does not require intelligence personnel to be in-depth. As long as you pay attention to the changes in daily events, you can collect enough intelligence. For example, this time, the Japanese army transferred a brigade from the Yalu River Corps to enter Jinzhou, and the garrison in Jinzhou also began to prepare to set off. Of course, these actions cannot be concealed. The number of the army, commander and other information is not a secret. It was immediately inquired by the intelligence personnel in Jinzhou and transmitted to Lushun. After analyzing this information, it is easy to draw the conclusion that the Japanese army planned to reinforce Lushun. Therefore, the People's Army can also arrange it in advance and set the location for the ambushing of the Japanese army.

After the Japanese army left the city, they marched in two parts, and were discovered by drones. Although this situation was somewhat beyond the expectations of the People's Army, it was discovered early and there was enough time to adjust. So the People's Army quickly adjusted the arrangement of the ambush, set up another ambush position in the area of ​​Lunnitanggou, and divided the ambush army into two parts, respectively. The two ambush positions were about 6 kilometers apart, which was almost the same distance between the two Japanese armies.
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