nogi now shifted his attention to the temple redoubt and the waterworks redoubt (also known as the erhlung redoubt) to the east, and to 203 meter hill and namakoyama to the west. strangely, at this time neither nogi nor stoessel seem to have realized the strategic importance of 203 meter hill: its unobstructed views of the harbor would (if taken by the japanese) have enabled them to control the harbor and to fire on the russian fleet sheltering there. this fact was only brought to nogi's attention when he was visited by general kodama gentarō, who immediately saw that the hill was the key to the whole russian defense.