2. The Qing army stationed in Lushun had two battalions in front of the registered prefect Huang Shilin, two battalions in front of the registered company commander Zhang Guangqian, and then two battalions were added, and the eighth battalion was 4 100. Later, the fourth battalion of the company commander Jiang Guiti, the fourth battalion of the prefect Cheng Yun and the eighth battalion of * * * were added, with a total of 4,000 people. 1894165438+1At the beginning of October, Li Hongzhang transferred 3,000 people from the fifth battalion and was appointed as the prefect Wei Rucheng. Together with the remnants of Lianshun, Xu Bangdao and Zhao Huaiye who retreated in Jinzhou and Dalian Bay, the total strength is 14700. Although the Qing army has a large number of troops, the armies are not in contact with each other and have no confidence to stick to it. The eight commanders are not subordinate to each other and go their own way. Although Jiang Guiti was elected as the governor before the war, he was helpless in the battle and blindly asked for help, which could not change the situation that the two armies looked at each other and sat on the big side.
3. 1894, in order to conquer Lushun, the Second Army of the Japanese Army rested in Dalian Bay for ten days. 1894165438+1October 17 at dawn, the second Japanese army invaded Lushun except for a few troops left behind in Jinzhou and Dalian Bay. The Japanese soldiers are divided into three roads: the first road is a right-wing column, which consists of the first division, the twelfth Huncheng Brigade and the siege artillery team, with General Yamanaka as the chief commander and three generals Naimu, Xikuan and Hasegawa as subordinates; The second is the left-wing column, which consists of the 14 infantry wing, the 1 cavalry squadron, the 1 mountain artillery squadron and the 1 engineering squadron under the command of Zuo Wei. The third is the cavalry search team, which consists of a cavalry brigade, and Akiyama is under the command of Zuo Wei. On that day, the right-wing column and the search cavalry camped in Sanlibao, and the left-wing column camped in Xinzhaizi. 18 At about 6: 00 in the morning, the right-wing column started from Sanlibao and arrived at Yingchengzi at 2: 30 in the afternoon. At 6: 438 in the morning, the vanguard led by Gu Hao Akiyama, the first captain of the search cavalry, arrived in Tuchengzi. At this time, more than 3,000 people of the Qing army suddenly appeared and surrounded the cavalry. Japanese cavalry were trapped in a tight encirclement. Akiyama ordered a breakthrough and fled to Shuangtaigou. The Japanese army killed and injured 55 people in this battle against Tuchengzi, but since then, the Qing army did not dare to take the initiative to attack and defend passively.
4 4. 10/On October 20th, Japanese commander 165438+ ōyama Iwao held a meeting of distribution schools at all levels in the northwest highland of Lijiatun, and decided to launch a general attack at 2 am on October 20th. The next day, the army entered the predetermined position. The cavalry search team warned Panlong Shanxi, and some cavalry searched the road to Lushun; The first division of the right-wing column attacked the Chair Mountain Fort, and the twelfth brigade mixed up to attack the Erlongshan Fort. The left-wing column was deployed in the northeast of Lushun to contain the Qing army; The military region is stationed in Tucheng Zinan; The joint fleet was launched in Lushun Haikou to contain the forces of the Qing army.
5.165438+1October 2 1 At 6: 40 in the morning, the Japanese army approached the forts, with Major General Xikuan as the pioneer, and led the third United Front to attack the westernmost fort of Chair Mountain first. Artillery was deployed is to the west of Chair Mountain, and at the same time, it attacks three batteries of Chair Mountain. The Qing army fired, but the battery was destroyed because of the high hit rate of Japanese artillery. Finally, the infantry of the third wing launched a charge and captured the third company of Yishan in one fell swoop. It was already 8 o'clock in the morning.
6. After Lieutenant Shan captured the Chair Mountain Fort, he ordered the artillery team to attack Songshan Fort. The shell hit its powder magazine and suddenly exploded, completely destroying Songshan Fort. At this time, Major General Hasegawa's Huncheng Brigade is attacking Erlongshan Fort and Jiguanshan Fort. Because the troops of the first division surrounded the two forts, the Qing army was caught between Scylla and Charybdis and finally retreated, and the Erlongshan Fortress and Jiguanshan Fortress fell one after another. Near noon, most of the batteries behind Lushun collapsed, leaving only the coastal batteries. Among the coastal forts, Jinshan Fortress is the strongest, and Yi Shi Haocheng, the commander of the second Japanese army, was ordered to attack the fort. As soon as the Japanese army approached Jinshan Fort, Huang Shilin, the garrison commander on the east coast of the Qing army, abandoned the fort and fled. At 5 pm, the fortress was easily occupied by the Japanese army. Other batteries on the east coast, such as Zhumo Reef and Laolizui, fled without fighting, and all batteries on the east coast fell.
7. At night, the west coast fortress was still in the hands of the Qing army. But that night, Zhang Guangqian led his troops to retreat north along the west coast, and all the forts on the west coast were also owned by the Japanese army. More than 20 forts on Lushun Peninsula were all occupied by the Japanese in one day. The Qing army killed about 2000 people, and the Japanese army lost only 280 people. The Qing government arrested Zhao Gong, a Taoist priest who was the prime minister of ship administration and specialized in land and water operations, on charges such as "unable to contact the various armies to stick to it, and the dock fell and fled to Yantai", and handed it over to the punishments.