Chapter 414 Lushun Raiders (11)
After the Lushun Prison was conquered, only Baiyushan and Lushun Railway Station positions were left.
Since Lushun Railway Station is the command center of the Japanese army and is supported by Baiyushan, it is also the most closely guarded position in the city of Lushun. The Japanese army has arranged 5 registrars here, about 2,000 people, and more than 10 various artillery pieces.
In fact, the People's Army also knew the importance of the Baiyu Mountain position, so at the beginning of the battle, the People's Army carried out fierce shellings on Baiyu Mountain, but Nogi Kino was not an incompetent person. Since he had already recognized the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, he had naturally thought of a response plan. He left only one squadron guard on the top of Baiyu Mountain, and left most of the troops at the railway station position. When the People's Army's shelling ended and attacked Baiyu Mountain, he would then put a large number of troops into the defense of Baiyu Mountain.
The railway station position is based on Baiyu Mountain as a barrier, so the shelling was not severe. Of course, this is related to the People's Army's restraint on the artillery of the railway station. Because Lushun Railway Station is the end of the Harbin-Da Line of the Middle East Railway and directly connects to the Port of Lushun, the cargo transported by sea can be directly on the train after disembarking. It is a gateway hub in the urban area of Lushun. The People's Army does not want to cause major damage to the railway station. Otherwise, after seizing Lushun, it will take considerable manpower, material resources and time to repair it. Therefore, the railway station is the target of prohibiting heavy artillery shelling. Of course, since the railway station and Baiyu Mountain rely on each other, as long as Baiyu Mountain is captured, the railway station will be ready.
However, when attacking Baiyu Mountain, the People's Army encountered the most tenacious resistance since the attack on Lushun. When the People's Army launched an attack on Baiyu Mountain, the Japanese army took the lead and sent two regiments to garrison on the mountain. Although the Japanese army could not build a complete position on the mountain, it occupied favorable terrain after all, and the Japanese army also intends to put the People's Army on the hillside, then rushed down from the top of the mountain to fight with the People's Army in hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese army's bayonet tactics were originally above the People's Army and had the advantage of being condescending, so it was naturally unstoppable. A charge planned the People's Army's attack.
Seeing this, the commander of the People's Army was not in a hurry to launch a second attack, but called on artillery to launch another shelling on Baiyu Mountain. When the Japanese army saw the People's Army's shelling came again, they immediately retreated the army from the mountain, leaving only a few soldiers to guard the mountain. When the People's Army's shelling stopped and the attack was launched again, they transferred the army to the mountain to garrison, and finally repelled the People's Army's attack again.
At this time, the People's Army had occupied most of the Lushun area, and there was only one Japanese position left. Therefore, the 1st Division transferred two regiments and dispatched three battalions to attack Baiyushan from three sides. Two more battalions were sent to block the railway station from front and back. The Marine Corps also dispatched one battalion, and across the Long River, the Japanese army at the railway station were suppressed.
Moreover, the People's Army also learned from the failure of the previous two attacks on Baiyushan. Instead of calling on artillery soldiers to launch artillery attacks on Baiyushan, they used mortars to cooperate with infantry operations. The mortar troops followed closely behind the attacking troops, advancing layer by layer, and constantly opened fire to bombard the Japanese soldiers on the mountain. The infantry did not rush to the top of the mountain in a hurry, but used the firepower of the mortars to slowly advance towards the top of the mountain.
As a result, the Japanese army was indeed difficult to adapt, and could no longer wait for the People's Army to attack easily, because the mortar shells kept falling from their heads. Although the explosion power of the mortar was not as powerful as that of the artillery, there were no decent positional fortifications on Baiyu Mountain. Even if there were, they were almost blown up by two rounds of artillery. Therefore, the mortars could also cause heavy blows to the Japanese army.
But the Japanese army could not just wait for the top of the mountain to be fired. They could only take the initiative to attack the People's Army before the People's Army rushed to the middle of the mountain. At this time, the People's Army that attacked in three directions had just advanced to the foot of Baiyu Mountain. The Japanese army took the initiative to rush down Baiyu Mountain, which gave the People's Army a chance. The soldiers in the front row immediately formed a linear array and raised their guns to shoot. Many Japanese soldiers fell on the route toward the mountain.
Of course, such a linear array cannot stop the Japanese army's charge, but after all, it can cause certain losses to the Japanese army, dampen the Japanese army's agility, and then face it and fight with the Japanese army in hand-to-hand combat.
Since the hand-to-hand combat was at the foot of the mountain, the Japanese army also lost its condescending advantage, and the number of people was smaller than that of the People's Army. Although the bayonet was stronger than that of the People's Army, the two sides killed one in a difficult way and were evenly matched.
Of course, at this time, tactics have no effect, and the commanders of both sides are powerless. What they are competing with is the fighting spirit, fighting spirit, technology, and determination of the soldiers on both sides. The Japanese army was mobilized before the war, and most of the soldiers were prepared to die. The soldiers of the People's Army were also mobilized and encouraged, and everyone had the determination to win. Therefore, the soldiers on both sides were very brave, and they were ready to die without retreating. The bayonets and bayonets intervened, and there were fierce collisions with the gun rod, as well as punches, kicks, head bumps, hugs, etc., and there were countless sounds of shootings, explosions, roars, screams, shouts, etc.
The two sides fought fiercely for nearly an hour. Although at this time, the Japanese army's fighting spirit and determination were not inferior to the People's Army, the number of inferior soldiers gradually expanded. The reason was that the People's Army had reinforcements to support them, but the Japanese army did not.
Nogi Had no choice but to reach this time. The Japanese army had 5 coalition forces. At this time, three coalition forces were invested in the Baiyushan position, and two coalition forces remained at the railway station position, but they were also attacked by the People's Army. Although the People's Army did not use large-caliber artillery and mortars to attack the railway station position, 60 mortars and grenade launchers were still available. These weapons did not cause much damage to fixed buildings, but they pose a great threat to soldiers. Moreover, there was a battalion of the People's Army on the other side of the Long River to suppress it with crazy firepower, so there was no extra force to reinforce the Japanese army in Baiyushan.
As a result, the Japanese army fought less and less and kept retreating. The People's Army advanced step by step, retreating from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, and then retreating to the top of the mountain. However, a large number of Japanese soldiers were left along the way, and the bodies of the People's Army soldiers were left. After retreating to the top of the mountain, the Japanese army had no way to retreat. Some retreated to the railway station position, and some surrendered to the People's Army. After all, those who were determined to die in battle were basically killed in battle.
After conquering Baiyu Mountain, Lushun Railway Station was completely exposed to the attack of the People's Army. Therefore, after a little renovation, the People's Army immediately launched a final attack on Lushun Railway Station.
At this time, although there were still many soldiers fighting to the death, the Japanese army's general situation was already desperate, and the railway station positions were constantly broken through. In the end, it took less than 30 minutes to completely capture the railway station. In a room, the body of General Nogi Nogi's suicide was found.
After eight days of fierce fighting, the People's Army finally completely captured the Lushun area, gaining a port for the East China government on the Liaodong Peninsula and completely opening up the gap in the Liaodong Peninsula.
In all the battles, the Japanese army killed a total of 22,764 people, 7,851 people captured, and 10,843 logistics personnel. Among the captured personnel, more than half of the injured were technicians, and there were about 600 medical personnel, including 327 female medical personnel. In addition, 657 Russian soldiers were killed and 6,274 were captured. 2,813 people were killed, 3,742 were injured and 67 were missing. However, most of the injured soldiers were slightly injured, and at least half of the injured soldiers could recover from their injuries within 10 days.
In addition, Lushun is also an important weapon and material base for the Japanese army. More than 70% of the weapons and materials needed to maintain the war were transported to other battlefields through Lushun. Although Liaoyang is the headquarters of the Japanese army, about half of the materials are still accumulated in Lushun. Of course, all of them have become the spoils of the People's Army now.
The main weapons include: 24 artillery pieces, 17,358 rifles, 22,560 rounds of various shells, 527,500 rounds of bullets, and 2,134 tons; other materials include about 32,000 tons of various grains, 8,250 kilograms of canned food, 5,140 kilograms of medicines, 2,500 horses, donkeys, and 6 locomotives, and 47 carriages. There are also several types of food, such as cloth, wood, steel, cement, etc.
Although the Japanese rifles used 6mm bullets and were not universal to the 7.62mm bullets of the People's Army rifle, the seized rifles and bullets were not very useful, but the gains after the capture of Lushun were quite huge and played a great role in the People's Army's next battle.
In addition, three battleships and an armored cruiser were also discovered in Port Lushun. They were originally warships of the former Russian Pacific Fleet, namely the battleships Letvizan, Victory, Poltava, and armored cruiser Bayang. It turned out that the Russian Pacific Fleet had 7 battleships, and the flagship Petropavlovsk sank when it hit a thunder. The second flagship, Crown Prince, broke through and fled in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, but was intercepted and captured by the People's Army Navy. Now it has become the Weiyang battleship in the Navy Order of the People's Army.
The other five battleships and the armored cruiser Bayang retreated to Lushun Port after the Battle of the Yellow Sea. When Japan attacked Lushun, they sank all the six warships in the port. After the Japanese occupied Lushun, they found that the sinking positions of the six warships were not deep, and even the warships were not completely destroyed. Moreover, the age of these warships was not more than 10 years, and there were only 4 warships left in the joint fleet. Therefore, Japan decided to salvage all these warships and repair them and incorporate them into the joint fleet. Now it has salvaged 4 ships, only the battleships Sevastopol and the Peresvet have not been salvaged yet. Of course, they have all become the spoils of the People's Army.
Chapter completed!