Old photos of Lushunkou, Liaoning, 1904-1905

In 1904-1905, the old photo of Lushunkou, Liaoning

in the sixth year of Emperor Guangxu’s reign (1880), Li Hongzhang operated here for many years and built the main base of the Beiyang Navy fleet. In the Sino Japanese Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, Lushun was captured by Japanese troops, and on November 22, 1894, Lushun was massacred on a large scale

On March 27, the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1898), the Tsarist Russia paid tribute to Liao by intervening, forcing the Qing government to sign the Lvda Land Lease Treaty with it, which stipulated that the Tsarist Russia leased the military port Lushunkou and the commercial port Dalian Bay for 25 years. On May 7, the Qing government was again forced to sign the Luda Land Lease Renewal Contract with it. On February 8, 1904, the thirtieth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the Japanese attacked Lushunkou, and the Japanese Russian War broke out. After an extremely fierce battle, the Japanese captured the Lushunkou military port

On February 5, 1904, when Japan decided to break off diplomatic relations with Russia, the Emperor of Japan instructed the start of military operations. At 0:00 on February 6, the commander of the Japanese Joint Fleet, Hirohiro Tohoku, summoned his subordinate commanders to convey the Emperor’s decision, and ordered the entire fleet to go to the Yellow Sea to attack the Russian ships at Lushun and Incheon (Kikupo) respectively

From the outbreak of the war to the end of July 1904, the defense of Lushun Fortress was strengthened. The number of defenders increased to 40000, with 646 guns and 62 machine guns. The navy has 38 warships. However, the material reserves are insufficient to cope with the long-term siege. For example, there are only 400 rounds per gun. The fortifications are not strong and the disguise is not tight

On August 7, 1904, the Japanese army launched an attack. First capture the commanding heights of the frontier outside the fortress&mdash& mdash; Big Gushan and Small Gushan. The Japanese army used 12 battalions against the Russian army with 3 battalions. The two sides fought fiercely for the two tactical points for four days. Finally, the highland fell into the hands of the Japanese army. On August 19, 1904, the Japanese army launched the first strong attack on the fortress, raiding day and night, and the two sides fought fiercely until August 24

As early as August 1904, after the Japanese army was defeated in its first strong attack on Lushun, it strengthened the strength of the Third Army, bringing in 11 inch siege guns. Artillery positions and parallel trenches were built around Lushun to advance the Russian defense fortifications step by step. On December 15, 1904, Russia called it Lvshun Russian Army Defense“ Soul” General Kondrachenko was killed. On January 2, 1905, Russia formally signed the surrender instrument