Of course, this situation was expected by Nogi Hidian. The People's Army occupied all the highest points outside Lushun, and also had an absolute advantage in the number of artillery. At the beginning, it would definitely use fierce artillery strikes to attack the Japanese positions and create opportunities for the ground attack behind. Therefore, Nogi Hidian did not place too many troops on the frontline positions, but instead concentrated a large number of troops on the second line, waiting for the People's Army's artillery to stop, launch a ground attack, and rush into the city of Lushun, then invest in the main force and engage in close-knit hand-to-hand combat with the People's Army.

After the battle a few days ago, Nogi Hidian had a very clear judgment on the advantages and disadvantages of each other. The advantage of the People's Army lies in its superior force, firepower, good infantry and artillery coordination, and it is good at using machine guns; while the advantage of the Japanese army lies in its high quality of soldiers, rich practical experience, and their proficiency in hand-to-hand combat. Therefore, it actually gave up the front line position and let the People's Army enter the city area of ​​Lushun, using the narrow terrain in the city area to offset the number of people of the People's Army, and even in close combat with the People's Army, they fully utilized the strengths of the Japanese army.

However, the development of the war did not happen as Nogikiki expected. Although the People's Army launched a ground attack, it did not march straight into the city of Lushun. Instead, it quickly arranged its own positions on the positions abandoned by the Japanese army. Ordinary soldiers looked for bunkers to hide and set up rifles. The soldiers who could not find the bunker fell to the ground. The machine gun team chose a high position of the position and set up a machine gun position. The mortar team was also at a later point in the infantry line to set up a mortar.

Not long after, the People's Army formed their own positions in the margins of the Lushun urban area, such as the Japanese army fired and fired. Although the People's Army's numerical advantages were not fully utilized due to the firepower suppression of machine guns, as well as close-range artillery such as mortars and grenadiers, such firepower combat still has a great advantage for the People's Army. Many Japanese troops in positions were either forced to evacuate backwards or were completely suppressed by the firepower of the People's Army.

With the superior firepower, the People's Army also began to advance forward. However, the People's Army's advancement speed was not fast and it was not aggressive. Instead, under the cover of its own firepower, each advancement was only about 100 meters, and then quickly formed a position again, stood firmly, and then continued. It was always like this, step by step, steadily, and promoted layer by layer.

In fact, Nogi Hashinomi could see the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, and Luo Yue could naturally see it. Moreover, in terms of fighting urban warfare, Luo Yue's experience is far richer than Nogi Hashinomi. Before traveling through time, urban warfare was one of Luo Yue's key training subjects. Although the war modes of these two eras have undergone earth-shaking changes, the most basic strategy and tactical principles are the same. Simply put, the most taboo thing in fighting urban warfare is to make a quick move. Moreover, the practical experience and personal qualities of the Japanese army are above the People's Army. Therefore, this is a set of tactics that are neither too anxious nor too slow and steadily can fully utilize the advantages of the People's Army in firepower.

At this time, Nogi Hinomi stood on Baiyu Mountain, looking down at the entire battlefield with a telescope, frowned and looked very gloomy. However, the staff and the adjutant beside him all looked anxious and worried.

When the war first started, Baiyushan was bombarded by the People's Army. As the highest point of the Japanese position, it was also a key area to attack. Fortunately, Nogi Kidino had expected this, so he only arranged a brigade on the mountain, not even a single cannon.

Under the People's Army's artillery bombardment, more than half of the brigade on Baiyu Mountain was injured and killed. Nogiki's command headquarters did not suffer any serious blows due to Baiyu Mountain as a barrier, becoming one of the safest Japanese positions. After the artillery was stopped and the People's Army launched a ground attack, Nogiki immediately sent a corps to garrison up the mountain, and personally climbed to the top of the mountain to observe the situation on the battlefield. Although the staff and the adjutant were very worried, because the People's Army might launch a shelling of Baiyu Mountain again. Although everyone was ready to die before the war, the overall situation was not yet determined, so naturally they did not want to die. Nogi's helplessness could not resist Nogi's death, so they had to follow him and stay on the top of the mountain with fear.

The battle lasted for more than an hour, but the situation did not develop in the direction Nogiki Hidian expected. Nogi Hidian hoped to see the melee between the two sides, and the chaos did not happen. On the contrary, the People's Army used good organization and powerful firepower to constantly squeeze the space of the Japanese army. The People's Army in some places had already advanced hundreds of meters. However, most of the Japanese army voluntarily gave up their positions, so there were few casualties.

Although the People's Army was not advancing quickly, there was not much place in the city of Lushun. If this continues, at most, the Japanese army will lose most of its positions tonight, and will either be completely wiped out or squeezed into the sea.

Nogi Hinomi also knew that being led by the People's Army would definitely be unfavorable to him. The Japanese army wanted to save the situation of the war. After all, according to the plan he had formulated before the war, he would narrow the distance with the People's Army and carry out hand-to-hand combat. Therefore, he had to order the Japanese army in various positions to make them mainly attack, try their best to narrow the distance between the people's army and conduct close combat. The Japanese army launched an attack, and the People's Army firmly guarded its position.

So a very strange scene appeared on the battlefield. The People's Army, as the attacking side, was strictly guarding its position, while the Japanese army, which was originally the defensive side, launched a fierce attack. If it were an unknown person, it would definitely not be able to distinguish the offensive and defensive momentum between the two sides.

Although the battlefield was temporarily set up and most soldiers did not have cover, on the one hand, the streets in the city were narrow, and the Japanese army could only invest a small number of troops; on the other hand, the People's Army had machine guns, grenade launchers and other weapons, and the firepower was still very fierce. Therefore, on most local battlefields, the Japanese army's offense was very unsuccessful, and casualties suddenly rose sharply.

However, not all positions were not ineffective in the attacks of the Japanese army. On a few battlefields, the Japanese army also successfully broke through the People's Army's defense line and launched close combat with the People's Army. Therefore, on some battlefields, the soldiers of both sides intertwined and launched fierce hand-to-hand combat.

At this time, Luo Yue watched the battle on the 203 Highlands and knew the situation on the entire battlefield. Now the People's Army has generally captured about 30% to 40% of the Lushun urban area. However, the key points in the Lushun city are basically under the control of the Japanese army. If these key points cannot be captured, they cannot truly control the Lushun urban area. Of course, the People's Army has basically approached these key points at this time. Therefore, at this time, the People's Army will no longer be retained. When it is time to fight, it will still have to fight to the death.

So Luo Yue immediately fired a signal flare on the 203 Highland, with three shots in a group, and three sets in total. Although it was during the day, it could be seen clearly that this was a signal for the People's Army to launch an attack. Therefore, there is no need to say about the People's Army, which had already fought with the Japanese army, and the People's Army, which were still holding their positions, all broke out of the positions and fought with the Japanese army.

Although the battle situation finally reached the expected situation of the Japanese army, the spirit of the two sides is completely different now. The Japanese army failed to attack and suffered many casualties. At this time, it had entered the stage of "decline again", while the People's Army suppressed first and then rose, and the counterattack after defense was often as powerful as the Japanese army. Therefore, after more than half an hour of fierce fighting, most of the Japanese army on some battlefields could not support it, and were beaten by the People's Army to death and injuries, retreating continuously, and some even retreated into the position to defend.

At this time, on the battlefield in the Lushun New District, the People's Army had already attacked near the Army Department of the Kanto Governor's Office in Japan. It turned out to be the Russian Kanto Prefecture Army Artillery Command. It was a three-story brick and stone structure building with Japanese generals and school assembly centers on both sides, and the Chinese-Russia Daosheng Bank Building and other buildings. They were all brick and stone structure buildings built during the Russian occupation of Lushun. They were very strong. The Japanese army built the main position in the Lushun New Town District with the largest area. There were two coalition forces stationed and 4 artillery pieces were arranged.

The 1st Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, which was responsible for attacking the Army Department Building of the Kanto Governor's Office, launched two consecutive attacks, both of which were repelled by the Japanese guards, and about 200 people were killed. However, at this time, the regiment commander Yi Xun immediately ordered to launch a third attack immediately, and two battalions were divided to attack the generals' assembly center, the China-Russia Daosheng Bank Building, to restrain the Japanese army's forces.

At the same time, Yi Xun ordered to concentrate all 100mm caliber mortars in the regiment and carry out concentrated artillery bombardment on the Japanese positions. After 10 minutes of artillery bombardment, a large gap of more than 30 meters was blown up by the Japanese defense line. The People's Army took advantage of the situation to break into the Japanese positions, and the Japanese army also vowed to retreat to death. Therefore, the two sides immediately launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat.

The battle situation was extremely fierce, and the soldiers on both sides showed extremely high fighting spirit and courage. Many places had been repeatedly fighting and fighting, and casualties were also rising rapidly.

On the periphery, the People's Army's artillery was still bombarding several buildings. It has to be said that the Russians used their efforts to build these buildings. Each building was very strong, and the blasting power of the mortar was a little less. Therefore, although it bombed more than 10 times, it did not cause much damage to these buildings, but it could also play a considerable role in interfering with the Japanese army in the building. In addition, on the entire position, the two sides had already fought together, and the Japanese army in the building did not dare to shoot easily. Many Japanese soldiers simply rushed out of the building and joined the battle group.
Chapter completed!