Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da faduwar Port Arthur, rundunar sojojin Japan ta 3 za ta iya ci gaba zuwa arewa don karfafa matsayi a kudancin Mukden na Rasha. Tare da farawar tsananin hunturu na Manchurian, ba a sami manyan rikice-rikice na ƙasa ba tun lokacin yakin Shaho
shekarar da ta gabata. Bangarorin biyu sun yi sansani a gaban juna tare da 60 zuwa na gaba a kudancin Mukden.