In 1904, due to the issue of the ownership of the northeast region, the Japanese and Russian armies fought a big battle, and at that time, the United States and Britain regarded Russia as a thorn in the eye, so they spared no effort to support Japan, while Germany and France did not hesitate to side with Russia for their own interests.
The battle was extremely fierce, the two sides fought from hot weapons to cold weapons, and even finally used stones, because the casualties were too heavy, and this war was also called "World War Zero" by later generations.
Under his command, Nogi Hidnen was the commander of the Third Group of the Japanese Army, and under his command, the Japanese army successfully landed in Dalian, and that night, the Japanese army launched a surprise attack on the Russian army in the night, although this small-scale battle was successful, but Nogi's eldest son was killed in the battle.
In order to avenge his son and win the war, Nogi Decided to personally lead an army to attack Lushun, a move that made the Russian army nervous, because Lushun was Russia's only ice-free port in the Far East and the main base of the Pacific Fleet.
In order to resist the Japanese army, the Russian army set up three defensive lines in the east and west of Lushun, the most important of which is the 203 heights of the western defensive line, it is no exaggeration to say that as long as the 203 highlands of Lushun can be exhausted, for this reason the Russian army poured their efforts here, there are 646 cannons for defense alone, and the number of soldiers is as high as 42,000.
In order to ensure that nothing was lost, the Russian army installed iron nets with high-voltage electricity and trenches covered with wooden thorns around the 203 heights, the fortress machine guns and mines were readily available, and the layers of protection of the 203 highlands could be called the world's first defensive fortress at that time, and the Russian commander even confidently said that the only thing that could cross the 203 defense line was estimated to be birds.
If Nogi and his Third Army wanted to plant the flag here, they would have to capture the ghost gate. On the eve of the start of the war, the Japanese commander asked the soldiers to send suicide notes to their families, and everyone knew that the probability of surviving the battle was very small, but this was a war, and once it was launched, it would be difficult to recover.
Early the next morning, the Third Army led by Nogi Hidori launched the first attack, they bombarded with mortars, the Russian army counterattacked in the same way, taking advantage of the smoke of gunfire, Nogi Hidn sent people to destroy the iron net, but things were so easy, a Japanese soldier did not pay attention to touch the iron net with high pressure, the whole person was instantly firmly sucked and then killed on the spot, fortunately, the rope was tied to the stake, several soldiers dragged desperately, and finally opened a gap.
Under the commander's order, the Japanese army began to launch a long-lived charge full of "Bushido" spirit, as soon as it crossed the iron net, the bullets of the Russian army struck like a fierce wind and rain, the Japanese army fell like a leek cut, and some people did not even raise the weapons in their hands, they became the soul of the Russian army's guns, and the 203 highland became the ghost gate of the Japanese army in the true sense.
In a few moments, the Japanese Second Squadron that launched the frontal attack was completely destroyed, the first wave of Japanese troops had just fallen, and the second wave of Japanese troops stepped on the corpses, they still launched a long-lived charge, but they were still powerless under the dense artillery fire of the Russian army.
Seeing that the strong attack could not be achieved, Nogi Hidn sent two teams to sneak attack from the flanks, but he did not expect that the Russian army had already waited again, and under the strafing of the rain of bullets and bullets, the two teams of the Japanese army were completely destroyed again, and after a day of fighting, the three brigades of the Japanese army were all destroyed and suffered heavy casualties, while the losses on the Russian side were minimal.
The next day the fighting continued, but this time the Japanese were much smarter, although they still launched a long-lived charge, but every few tens of meters they ran, they hid in the trenches or lay down on the ground, but this method had little effect, and in the soviet army's fierce bullets and explosives, dozens of Japanese soldiers were killed every second.
The commander of the army wanted to order another charge, and the next second the Russian bullets had penetrated his body, and in deep fear, a Japanese soldier cut a large pit in the ground and then buried his head deep into it, and at this moment he had completely lost the desire to fight.
A few surviving Japanese soldiers used the corpses of their comrades to build a wall of flesh and made the final resistance with the Russians, but such a move was tantamount to a mantis arm as a car, the Russian army dropped a mine, several Japanese troops were instantly blown to blood and flesh, and at this point, the Japanese Seventh Wing that launched the attack was almost completely destroyed.
In the distance, the corpses of the Japanese army were scattered all over the mountain, and after determining that there were no support troops, the Russian army also began to walk out of the fortress, they laughed and laughed, and stabbed the Japanese soldiers who were still surviving on the ground with one last stab.
Just as he was about to give the order to abandon the plan of the assault, he suddenly saw a surviving Japanese squad on the flank, and the squad launched a counterattack with grenades while the Russians were letting down their guard. Seeing this, Nogi was greatly encouraged, and he ordered the Third Group to continue the attack.
Taking advantage of the night, the Japanese army launched a surprise attack from the rear of the detour fortress of Jiguan Mountain, but the Russian army had long been prepared, they ambushed around Jiguan Mountain, and as soon as the Japanese troops arrived, they carried out crazy strafing, and the Japanese troops in the night panicked and jumped down the ravine, and what awaited them would be sharp wooden stakes.
Suddenly, the screams of the Japanese army were incessant, this time the Russian army did not relax in the slightest, they turned on the searchlights, continued to shoot wildly at the ravine, the Japanese army without the ability to fight back was instantly beaten into a honeycomb, the Japanese rescue troops threw down the ladder to rescue, the Russian army directly dropped the Molotov cocktails and grenades, the ravine was suddenly burst into flames, the rescue troops were also killed and wounded, the night attack finally ended in failure, and the Twenty-second Wing was almost completely annihilated.
In just two days, five companies were almost completely destroyed, and the strength of other units was lost by nearly half, and this switch was only a gun emplacement in the Russian outpost, and in the heavy rain, several Japanese soldiers who had survived the battle just now curled up into a ball, and the fear of death was engraved on everyone's face.
At this time, a soldier dragged a bag of rice and rushed to the front, and the crowd immediately rushed to the front to devour it, but before they could eat a few bites, they found that the rice was mixed with blood, and the nausea suddenly struck the whole body. A wounded soldier who, with his last strength to play a piece of music, ended his life, this is war, whether you want to or not will be wrapped up in it and it is difficult to escape.
In order to reverse the situation of the war, Japan specially brought twenty-eight centimeters caliber howitzers from the rear, this weapon can be said to be the last trump card of the Japanese army, a single shell weighs three hundred kilograms, with the assistance of such a sharp weapon, the Japanese army quickly attacked the 203 heights, under a wild bombardment, the entire hill seems to be a few points shorter.
After the fierce battle, both the Japanese and Russian armies suffered different degrees of damage, and in the brutal war, the only thing that could comfort the soldiers of the two armies was probably an hour-long truce. In this short hour, some people treated the wounded, some talked, no one liked war, but because of the difference in camps, they had to fight each other.
Taking advantage of the night, Nogi Ordered another attack, but after a long period of fighting, the Russians already knew the Japanese attack method very well, they placed mines and Molotov cocktails near the iron net, and as soon as the Japanese approached, they fired wildly.
Under this raid, the Japanese army did not even cross the iron net and most of the casualties, some Japanese soldiers were trapped in the trenches in the cold and pain, because there was no support supply, some Japanese soldiers even used stones as weapons for their counterattack.
A Russian soldier unfortunately fell into the trench, hungry and thirsty, he sent a japanese soldier for help, perhaps thinking that the Russian army in front of him was too pitiful, the Japanese soldier took the initiative to hand out the water, and the next second the bullet passed through his body
The Japanese army was a crushing defeat in this battle, and the next morning, the Russian commander came to visit, and he paid tribute to the bravery of the Japanese soldiers, and also brought vodka spirits to drive them away. A Japanese soldier, already overwhelmed by the death of his comrades, violated the armistice code and shot the Russian commander with a few bullets. This move completely annoyed the Russians, who set up machine guns and fired wildly at the Japanese troops in the trenches.
A few days later, the Japanese launched another deadly attack on The 203 Heights, because the Russians lost their commanders and the war was in a state of stalemate, but such a battle was quite unfavorable to the Japanese army.
At the same time, Nogi Received news of the death of his younger son, and the successive deaths of his two sons dealt a deep blow to Nogi. For the task of attacking the 203rd Heights, he began to passively command, and the commander-in-chief's chaos caused more tragic casualties of the Third Army.
In desperation, the emperor had to remove Nogi Yoshinori, and the new commander was Gennogi, compared to Nogi Nogi's Long Live Charge, Gennogi's tactical formulation was obviously more suitable for this battlefield, under his command, the Japanese army used artillery cover to alternate attacks.
After a fierce battle, many heavy weapons of the Russian army were destroyed, although the Japanese army still suffered heavy casualties, but this time they finally came to the Russian army, due to a long period of combat, the ammunition was basically used up, the two sides began to use the most primitive way to pick up stones and throw each other, under the final blow, the Japanese and Russian armies began hand-to-hand combat.
Although the Russian soldiers are stronger in combat effectiveness, under the Japanese army's man-sea tactics, the Russian army is still defeated, and after several days of bitter fighting, the Japanese army finally captured the southwest region of The 203 Heights, which is like a shot in the arm for the Japanese soldiers, they began to attack other places, hand-to-hand combat was staged everywhere, and corpses were everywhere. After the final battle, the Russian army was completely destroyed, and the Japanese achieved the final victory by virtue of their numerical superiority.
Although the Japanese soldiers won the war, the ordinary people did not buy it, and their family and friends died in the war, which made them unbearable, they came to nogi's house to insult and harass, and in 1912, Emperor Meiji died, and Nogi Died in the name of following the previous emperor.
Released in 1980, the film "Two Hundred and Three Highlands" tells the story of the fierce war between Japan and Russia for control of the northeast region, a war without justice, essentially a robber war waged by imperialism to divide the world, which is also a shameful page in China's history.
A hundred years ago, China was very weak and powerful, they fought because of China's territory, but we could not even interject, now China is very strong, when others provoke us again, we have enough self-confidence and strength to fight back, the history of humiliation will not make me lose confidence, but will spur us to keep moving forward.
Although peaceful development is now the theme of the world, we cannot take it lightly, and only by thinking of danger in times of peace can we make the motherland's tomorrow stronger.