The garrison at Jinshanbao is a sentry, with about 200 people. The first sentry was Yuan Yuchun, who studied in Germany, and hired German artillery officer Renail as a battery teacher. After the completion of the battery, the garrison conducted its first test firing in June 1883 and June 65438+1October 2 1. Two shots were fired at the 240mm gun and three shots at the 120mm gun, with a fixed target distance of 3000m. Sentinel Yuan Yuchun personally raised his gun and shot, hitting the target and recording the first class merit.
After the completion of Jinshanbao, due to the narrow ground on the top of the mountain, it is not conducive to actual combat. 1884- 1886 was completed for three consecutive years, and some supporting facilities were expanded. After the completion of the expansion project, the front (south) soil of the battery is thickened by ten feet, and the side soil is thickened by five feet, * * * soil 1. 1 1,000 square meters. These earthwork were all donkeys hired from Jinzhou, Wafangdian and other places (300 at first, then increased to 600) and transported to the top of the mountain in more than four months. The battery project has consumed silver 186000 taels, which is 67.3% of the total cost of the 10 coastal defense battery built in Lushun battery five years ago, and is the largest among all batteries in Lushunkou.
The head of the Jinshanbao project is Von Hanneken, a major of German naval artillery. De Cui Lin (Von Hanneken's father-in-law) from Tianjin Customs and Taxation Department recommended Li Hongzhang to come to China in 1879, and went to Lushun in June 1880 to take charge of the fort construction project. 1886 On May 2 1, Yi Huan, the prince of alcohol, arrived in Lushunkou to inspect the battery and said, "Von Hanneken supervised the manufacture of the battery, which was as solid as a model, and he tried his best to give it to the three products as an encouragement."
1894 After the Sino-Japanese War broke out, the Japanese army set out from Dalian and attacked Lushunkou on 1 18. 165438+1October 2 1 On the morning of, when the Japanese attacked the Lushunkou land defense chair hill fort, the 240mm artillery of the Jinshan Fort in Haiphong turned around and shelled the Japanese who attacked the chair hill. On the morning of the same day, the Yishan Fort was captured by the Japanese army; In the afternoon, the Japanese invaded Lushun City. Huang Shilin, commander-in-chief of the coastal defense battery group on the east coast of Lushunkou, saw Lushun fall and quickly boarded the ship and fled to Yantai. The defenders of Jinshanbao resisted by themselves until after dark, and were forced to give up the fort and break up. The fort was immediately occupied by the Japanese army.
1898 After the Russian occupation of Lushunkou, 1899 began to expand Jinshan Fort, 1904 when the Russo-Japanese War broke out, the project was basically completed. After the expansion of the Russian army, six 280 mm caliber guns and two 57 mm caliber guns were installed in Jinshanbao. Between the emplacements of six 280mm guns, there are three underground ammunition depots, with a length of10.5m, a width of 5.6m and a height of 2.7m. (Now, the remains of pulley devices used for carrying shells can still be seen in the ammunition depots). In addition, there are seven officers and men's dormitories connected to batteries. The whole battery is made of concrete, sand and pebbles, and the thickness of concrete wall is more than 1.5 meters, which is enough to resist the shooting of the largest caliber gun of the Japanese navy-350 mm caliber gun.
1904 During the Russo-Japanese War, Jinshan Fort cooperated with Dianyan Fort at the southern foot of Jinshan to block the seaport of Lushun Port and the waterway outside the port with firepower, thus smashing the three suicide blockade actions of the Japanese naval blockade team against Lushun Port. Throughout the Russo-Japanese War, Kingsburg was not directly hit by the shells of Japanese warships and was well preserved.
1In August, 945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. After the Soviet airborne troops occupied Lushun, they boarded Huang Jinshan and erected the Soviet flag at the top of the mountain to celebrate the victory. 1955 after Lushunkou returned to China, PLA naval officers and men have been stationed in Jinshan. Because Huang Jinshan is behind Lushun Dawu (now called Dalian Liaonan Shipyard, No.4810 Factory), all ships in the area of Lushun Marine Police of the whole North Sea Fleet can have a close-up view after boarding Jinshan, so Jinshan Fort has not been opened to the public. The mountain is extremely steep, with a slope of 70 degrees in some areas and dense forests, making it extremely difficult to climb.