Dalian Lvshun Port Arthur & Rock Fort

In 1898, Russia seized in Dalian, where concrete bunker of a hundred-metre-long tunnel. Install anpao above five, defending sea lanes. Cliff the two ends of a searchlight, looking north from the sea at night, under the searchlight illumination map, as if the Rock light, hence the name "rock the Fort". In 1904 in the Russo-Japanese war, is the focus of Russia's coastal defense line here. Because the mountain strategically located terrain hidden, although artillery shelling, remains intact. Published in July 1985 for city-level cultural relic protection units.

Located in the East side of Lushun port, gold mountain on the sea cliffs to the South. Rock Fort West install a light path in the East range of the largest and most distant Searchlight, for night monitoring the sea off Lushun port. Light reflection above the crags of rock, issued faint glow, as well as rock discharge, so called "rock the Fort".

This Fort is Frederick Arthur during Russia's maritime defense systems, one of the original Qing army coastal battery on the basis of the extension, is a guard at Lushun port and important military projects. Fort long about 200 m, wide 50 m, and in underground built has long about 8.5 m, and wide 3.7 m, and high 2.6 m of ammunition Library 6 between, also has a article wide 1.85 m, and high 2.1 m links Fort of hundred m promenade, promenade of top Department installed has shells transport pulley, can makes shells by ammunition library through window, and pulley transport to all artillery locating. Battery installed on 1895-254 mm coastal guns, 5 1 57 mm gun, Fort Western end built a round bastion range command post. When the Russian army had a garrison, and Fort is Qin Mikhail Khodorkovsky captain, Commander, Deputy Commander Lieutenant boleike.

On February 8, 1904, the Russo-Japanese war, war at sea, rock Fort to halt Japan Navy combined fleet is entering the role of Frederick Arthur waters, particularly in the interdiction of Japan Navy 3 block Lushun port has its function and role to play in the fight against.

Looking out from the sea, Fort and huangjinshanlian as a whole, hidden very well, does not see signs of Fort from the outside. Japan when Navy shelling from the sea, shells flew to gold or in open areas on the southern slope of the mountain, rock Fort and high and low terrain formed by Visual difference before and after Huang Jinshan, competition has not taken many times by the Japanese army, has really become hundreds not batteries. Former Soviet author sijiepannuofu author of novels of Frederick Arthur, many of which describe the Fort rock battle live.