The commander of the Sixth Division of the Dingbei Army, who first attacked the Japanese position, was the first phase of the teaching team, his name was Zhang Daxiong, who was 2 meters tall, with a long tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a body full of tendons.

Zhang Daxiong is nicknamed Zhang Da Hammer, because Zhang Da Xiong grew up with his father in Weihai Acropolis to make iron, and he grew up with a sledgehammer and has a strong physique. However, although Zhang Daxiong is an ironworker, but also followed the literate father to know a lot of words, at that time Lin Daxin had just set up the Sailor School, Zhang Daxiong was attracted by the favorable conditions of the Sailor School, put down the sledgehammer, signed up for the Sailor School, and was selected into the teaching team because of literacy. During the second expansion of the Dingbei Army, Lin Daxin was directly promoted from a regiment commander to the commander of the Sixth Division.

Zhang Daxiong, who had been following the attack troops, saw that the position he had just captured was counterattacked by the Japanese army, and he lost more than half of it, and the soldiers of his sixth division and the armored troops of the second division were still retreating under the desperate counterattack of the Japanese army. Don't we dare to fight hard in the Northern Army! All the men of the 6th Division, get on the bayonet! After shouting, Zhang Daxiong clicked the horn -- "put the rifle in his hand on the bayonet!"

The personnel of the entire 6th Division and the officers and men of the 611th Regiment who had been following the headquarters of the 6th Division also followed their division commanders to install bayonets on their rifles!

Zhang Daxiong shouted: "Dingbei Army! Advance! Then he took the lead and rushed towards the officers and soldiers of Dingbei who were retreating.

Thousands of officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division of the Dingbei Army shouted at the same time: "Dingbei Army! Advance! The division commander who followed him rushed forward with a rifle with a bayonet on it.

The officers and men of the Sixth Division, who were retreating, saw their division commander rushing over with reinforcements, and they no longer retreated, and began to throw grenades at the charging Japanese troops, and then in a burst of grenade explosions, the entire Japanese army on the Japanese position was retreating, and shouted: "Dingbei Army!" Advance! With a bayonet, he rushed to the Japanese army.

In an instant, the entire Japanese army position resounded with the earth-shattering shout of the Dingbei Army: "Dingbei Army!" Advance! ”

In the sound of slogans, the officers and soldiers of the 6th Division of the Dingbei Army and the soldiers of the 13th and 14th Divisions of the Japanese Army were killed. Most of the Japanese soldiers were new recruits, and their assassination skills were far worse than those of the strictly trained Dingbei Army, and the officers of the Dingbei Army were equipped with Mauser revolvers, which made the Dingbei Army more powerful in white-knuckle combat. As a result, the two armies were in a hand-to-hand battle, and the Japanese army soon couldn't stand it, and the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division of the Dingbei Army stabbed them with bayonets and retreated!

When the Japanese army could not resist the white-knuckle battle of the Sixth Division and retreated a little bit, the tanks and armored vehicles of the Dingbei Army gave full play to their firepower advantage in the attack, and continued to shoot and kill the retreating Japanese troops.

The officers and men of the Sixth Division, under the leadership of the division commander Zhang Daxiong, attacked back the position that had just been captured by the Japanese army, and the momentum of the Sixth Division became more and more fierce, and the two divisions of the Japanese army resisted more and more difficult, seeing that the southern position outside Liaoyang City was about to collapse, the commander of the Southern Route Army in Liaoyang City, Dashan Yan, immediately mobilized the 12th Division out of the city to support the southern position, so that the Japanese army stabilized its position.

Lin Daxin saw that a large number of Japanese reinforcements came out of Liaoyang City in the rear, and immediately ordered the 7th Division to support the 6th Division and capture the Japanese army's peripheral positions in the south as much as possible! At the same time, Lin Daxin ordered the artillery of the Dingbei Army to shell the half of the position still occupied by the Japanese army for half an hour.

This half-hour of intensive artillery fire brought very heavy losses to the three Japanese divisions, only half of the Japanese troops were left, and the anti-artillery holes were simply not enough for the Japanese soldiers of the three divisions to hide, and most of the Japanese soldiers were on the position, and they endured the artillery bombardment for half an hour, causing heavy losses to the three divisions.

As soon as the artillery fire of the Dingbei Army stopped, the officers and men of the 6th and 7th Divisions of the Dingbei Army, with the support of tanks and armored vehicles, pressed towards the Japanese position!

Under the leadership of the three division commanders, Keiichiro Koyama, Yoshian Akanishi, and Shiho Uchiyama, the three divisions of the Japanese army put up stubborn resistance to the Dingbei Army, and some positions even went through several repeated battles. Then the Dingbei Army organized another attack and reoccupied this position with the support of strong firepower, and soon the Japanese army began to counterattack this position......

By the evening of the 17th, the three Japanese divisions and regiments with heavy losses were finally unable to withstand the attack of tanks, armored vehicles, and two integrated divisions of the Dingbei Army, and their positions were compressed smaller and smaller.

The commander of Liaoyang City, Dashanyan, found that there was no room for maneuver in the southern position of the Japanese army outside the city, and the three divisions were still retreating in the direction of the city wall, and the attacking force of the Dingbei Army was constantly compressing the Japanese position.

Dashanyan knew that it was impossible to keep the position in the south outside the city, and even if he supported a Japanese division to the position, it would bring very large casualties due to the artillery bombardment of the Dingbei Army from time to time! And it may not be able to hold the southern position outside Liaoyang City!

So in order to reduce losses, Oyama Rock ordered the three Japanese divisions in the southern position outside the city to retreat into the city! On the way back to Liaoyang City, they were beaten by the artillery fire of the Dingbei Army and wiped out many Japanese troops.

Now that the southern position outside the city has been lost, the positions outside the city in the other three directions of Liaoyang City, the Japanese army has no point in defending, otherwise the Dingbei Army can attack the flanks of other positions outside the city from the southern position outside the city! So Dashanyan ordered the Japanese troops in the other 3 directions to take the initiative to abandon their positions and retreat into Liaoyang City!

Immediately, the Dingbei Army occupied the entire periphery of Liaoyang City in one day, and surrounded the Japanese South Route Corps in Liaoyang City!

When the three divisions of the Japanese army in the southern position outside the city retreated into Liaoyang City, Dashanyan saw the tragic situation of the three divisions and did not faint.

The 20,000 people of the 14th Division who have been on the position, less than 4,000 people have returned to Liaoyang City, and the division commander Uchiyama Zhihe has also been injured a lot, and half of his body is stained red with blood.

Less than 6,000 of the 20,000 people of the 13th Division returned to the city, and less than 8,000 of the 20,000 people of the 12th Division, which was finally supported, returned to the city!

This is only the first day of the battle, 3 divisions 60,000 people, there are less than 18,000 people left, this is too miserable, how long can the entire Southern Route Army hold out if it continues like this, Dashanyan thought pessimistically.

In the headquarters of Dashan Yan, Uchiyama Zhihe, who was injured by the shell, said tremblingly: "Yes...... Sorry! Manage...... Commander! The 14th Division ...... You've been disappointed! We...... We didn't hold our ground! ”

Dashan Yan said with relief to Uchiyama Zhihe: "Uchiyama-kun! Your 14th Division is already very good! As for the loss of positions, it is not a matter of battle, and our opponents are too strong! Uchiyama-kun, go and deal with your injuries, the soldiers of the 14th Division still need you! The Southern Route Army needs you too! Liaoyang City needs you too! ”

Uchiyama Zhihe said: "Commander...... Officer, rest assured! My Hurt ...... Not too heavy! It can still be ...... Contribute to the defense of Liaoyang City! Then Uchiyama Zhihe, with the support of the two Japanese soldiers, walked out of the headquarters to the field hospital set up by the Japanese army in Liaoyang City.

After Uchiyama Zhihe left, the commander of the 13th Division, Akanishi Yoshian, and the commander of the 14th Division, Keiichiro Koyama, both said ashamedly: "Let the commander down!" ”

Dashan Yan waved his hand, "Now is not the time to repent!" The two of you will immediately reorganize your respective divisions, and the defense of Liaoyang City still needs the help of your two divisions! ”

The two division commanders shouted at the same time: "Hi! Commander! Then Keiichiro Koyama and Yoshian Akanishi also left the headquarters and reorganized their respective divisions.

Da Shanyan said to the remaining five division commanders in the headquarters: "Gentlemen! Now the positions outside Liaoyang City have all been lost! Under such fierce artillery fire from the Dingbei Army, the city wall defense line could not last long! Prepare for street battles! ”

Yoshida Shoichi, commander of the Second Division, said: "Fortunately, there are still many Qing Dynasty people in Liaoyang City, unlike Jinzhou City at that time, the people of the Qing Dynasty have fled, and the Dingbei Army should not be able to shell Liaoyang City without scruples!" Our Southern Route Army still has a chance to hold Liaoyang City in the street battle! ”

Dashan Yan nodded and said, "I hope so!" If the Dingbei Army did not take into account the casualties of the Qing Dynasty in Liaoyang City and carried out a covered artillery bombardment of Liaoyang City, our Southern Route Army would not be able to complete the task assigned to us by the base camp! ”

Dashan Yanxin is very heavy, if he commands the Dingbei Army, for the sake of victory, he will definitely not care about the casualties of his own civilians! He begged Amaterasu to bless him, Lin Daxin is a soft-hearted person!

In the forward headquarters of the Dingbei Army, Lin Daxin saw Zhang Daxiong walking into the headquarters with a rifle covered in blood, and hurriedly asked, "Daxiong, are you injured?" ”

Zhang Daxiong showed his white teeth and smiled innocently and said, "No, principal, this is Japanese blood, and I haven't even broken my skin!" Hehe! ”

Lin Daxin shook his head and said, "Big bear! You are all division commanders, and your duty is to command the whole division to fight, why did you take the lead in fighting with bayonets? ”

"Huh! Headmaster! At that time, I didn't look at the position I had just captured, and it was snatched back by the Japanese, so I took the lead and rushed over in a hurry! It won't be next time, but don't say that the Japanese army's white-knuckle combat technology is far worse than our Dingbei Army! My 6th Division used bayonets to drive the 2 divisions of the Japanese army to run! Zhang Daxiong said with a hippie smile.

Lin Daxin also smiled helplessly, with Zhang Daxiong's character, he can't say it now, maybe he will take the lead in the next battle.

Lin Daxin asked, "How about the casualties of the troops?" ”

Zhang Daxiong restrained his smile and said: "The casualties are not small, our Sixth Division has killed nearly 3,500 officers and soldiers, and the Seventh Division has also killed nearly 1,500 people!" Another 3 tanks had their tracks blown off, and 6 armored vehicles were blown up! ”

Lin Daxin heard that he had lost nearly 5,000 people, but nodded solemnly, for this battle of Liaoyang City, Lin Daxin was ready in his heart that the Dingbei Army would pay huge casualties!