Devil's Army

Other Japanese warships also attempted to ram the First Army's warships, but were fiercely bombarded by Japanese air forces and warships and were forced to stop one after another.

After dealing with the Japanese fleet, the First Army Air Force and the Navy Fleet attempted to continue pursuing the fleeing Dalian Japanese fleet. However, there was no trace of the Japanese fleet on the sea.

By this time it was already late, and the First Army Navy was worried about being attacked by Japanese warships, so they did not continue the pursuit and returned to Dalian.

At this time, the Japanese rear fleet that was forced to stop still had a few ships with power.

Captain Chen of the Hainan Island Fleet, who served as the commander-in-chief of the naval fleet, was worried that the Japanese army would repair their warships at night and escape at night, so he began to encircle and suppress the more than ten Japanese warships.

Continuous gunfire was heard again on the sea surface of Dalian.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the First Navy eliminated the naval soldiers on the thirteen Japanese warships that were in the rear.

At that time, the port of Dalian was still in the hands of the Japanese army. The First Navy was worried about being attacked by the Japanese army, so it dragged 13 captured Japanese warships back to Huludao overnight.

The Sino-Japanese naval battle off the coast of Dalian resulted in eleven Japanese warships being sunk and thirteen being captured.

The 23 ships of the First Army were damaged in many places, but none of them was sunk.

Eighty-four warships faced the Devil's twenty-three warships. Twenty-four were sunk or captured, while none of the Devil's warships were sunk.

This result was unacceptable to the arrogant Japanese Navy.

In the post-war report, Commander Yoshida reported to Commander-in-Chief Yamamoto Isoroku: They suffered a great defeat in this naval battle. First of all, they were attacked by the Devil Force with a kind of artillery shells that could automatically turn and aim at the warships.

Secondly, they were subjected to heavy bombing by the Devil Forces Air Force.

The damage caused to them by the Devil Force Navy was actually not that great.

When something happens, someone has to take the blame.

Commander-in-Chief Isoroku Yamamoto did not listen to Commander Yoshida's explanation, but sent him to a military court.

The defeat of the Dalian Port Navy made the Japanese Navy in the Port of Lushun feel very uneasy.

They only had 16 warships of various types in Port Arthur. Although the Dalian Navy withdrew 60 warships of various types, most of their artillery was seriously damaged and it was difficult to handle the overall situation.

They did not know that Captain Chen, the commander-in-chief of the First Navy Army, had not given any order, so the Hainan Island Fleet and the Huludao Fleet pursued the victory and entered the Port of Lushun.

Although the First Army Navy won a great victory in the Battle of Dalian, the Port of Lushun was not as easy to attack as imagined.

Lushun Port is located at the southwestern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, with its entrance facing southeast. It is surrounded by Huangjin Mountain to the east, Laohuwei Peninsula to the west, and Laotie Mountain to the southwest. Surrounded by mountains, it is a dangerous terrain.

The area connecting the port and the open sea is extremely narrow, allowing only one warship to pass through at a time. It can be said that "one man guarding the pass can stop ten thousand men."

In addition, after years of construction, the Port of Lushun has complete facilities and a sound defense system, and has good concealment and windproof properties. These factors make the Port of Lushun easy to defend and difficult to attack militarily.

In addition, after the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Port Arthur and further operated and reinforced it, adding a number of defensive weapons such as coastal defense guns.

In particular, the Huangjinshan Fort and Laoluzui Fort were equipped with artillery of various calibers.

During the Japanese occupation, not only did they not dismantle these important defense facilities, but they supplemented and upgraded them according to their own needs.

Most of the First Army's warships were damaged in this naval battle, making it difficult to break through the heavily defended Port Arthur by the Japanese.