The quality of individual soldiers, to put it bluntly, is the ability to combine people and weapons, including endurance, strength, shooting skills, etc., Japanese soldiers at the beginning of joining the army, must undergo three months of intensive training, there are many subjects of training, weight-bearing long-distance running is almost every day, and shooting training.

The soldiers of the 1st Brigade also underwent intensive training, but the soldiers of the Marine Corps made full use of scientific training methods to improve the quality of the soldiers in a short period of time, and in this regard, the training of the Japanese army was dwarfed.

For example, long-distance running training, in order to reflect the perseverance of the samurai, the Japanese army often only rests for a while after high-intensity running, and then continues to carry out other training.

These are not the fatal flaws of the Japanese army, their fatal flaw is that they have never carried out targeted urban warfare training, for a simple example, when a person leans out behind a wall that turns to the right, shooting with the left hand can hide most of the body behind the wall, which also reduces the possibility of being hit by the enemy, and most people shoot with their right hand, so two-handed shooting training is required, and the Japanese soldiers never carried out. There are also many details, such as shooting outward from the back of a broken wall, many Japanese soldiers shoot from the top of the wall without thinking, and the soldiers of the 1st Brigade who have undergone special training shoot from the side of the wall, these details seem inconspicuous, but these details are much smaller on the battlefield, coupled with the one-way transparency system of the battlefield, almost every disadvantage of the Japanese army is infinitely magnified.

With the help of the first brigade's powerful battlefield reconnaissance ability, the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the building were almost clearly visible, and it was often the flapping wing aircraft that discovered the Japanese army and transmitted the news to Deng Hong, who then passed the news to the commander of the battle group, and then the mortar was powerful and blew up the Japanese army.

The grenades of the soldiers of the 1st Brigade also helped them immensely, and many times, when facing a corner, if the fighters saw an enemy behind them, they would simply risk their lives to lean in and shoot, throwing a grenade at the cross.

However, Lin Yuan also found a problem, that is, the speed of advance in this style of play was too slow, so he ordered that the first brigade was mainly responsible for attacking the fortifications, and after laying the junction and commanding heights, the infantry of the Kaizi Army and the Iron Army would continue to clean up the remnants of the Japanese army.

This greatly increased the speed of the advance, and at noon, more than half of the western city between the inner city and the outer city was already under the control of the Qing army, and the small south gate was also within reach, and just as the 1st Brigade continued to advance south, a shell exploded in front of them.

The shock wave lifted a wall entirely, and the gravel fell like raindrops on the soldiers of the first brigade, they did not have steel helmets, several soldiers were hit in the head by the gravel, and fainted, the reason why they did not have steel helmets, it was not that Lin Yuan did not think of it, but that the Tianjin Machinery Bureau lacked the ability to manufacture steel helmets, don't underestimate steel helmets, it is more difficult to make steel into a hemispherical type, in Lin Yuan's era, China did not make steel helmets until the War of Resistance against Japan.

The Japanese army had a total of 80 artillery pieces in Shenyang, of which 60 artillery pieces were deployed in the outer city, but unfortunately they had fallen into the hands of the Qing army, and 20 guns were deployed in the inner city. The artillery of the Japanese army is a cannon, the trajectory of the cannon is relatively straight, it is a standard direct-fire weapon, in the street fighting, it is easy to be blocked by buildings, it is difficult to exert firepower, the Japanese army uses it, it can be regarded as a medical treatment in a hurry, in fact, the cannon and the howitzer are not very strictly distinguished, if you increase the elevation angle of the cannon, reduce the amount of charge loading of the shell, the cannon can also be used as a howitzer, the so-called cannon howitzer is how it came, unfortunately, the shells used by the Japanese army are fixed-charge, The amount of propellant cannot be changed.

The Japanese artillery hit the 1st Brigade unprepared, and when the 1st Brigade eased up, those artillery could no longer be arrogant, the 1st Brigade hid behind the wall, and the Japanese could not see them, and then they opened fire there, and the shells went over the wall and fell on the heads of the Japanese artillery.

As the amount of rubble increased, the power of the Japanese artillery was also severely reduced, because the rubble would affect the trigger fuse of the shells, and when the shells landed on the pile of rubble, a quarter of the shells could not explode. As the Japanese artillery was wiped out one by one, the confidence of the Japanese army to resist was also exhausted little by little, and when it was dark, the Japanese army could not even hold the Great South Gate, with the Great South Gate as the boundary, the western urban area between the outer city and the inner city had been occupied by the Qing army.

The commander of the Japanese army, Dashanyan, in the headquarters of the underground fortifications, looked at the sand table in front of him expressionlessly, the sand table represents the city of Fengtian, and the small red flag represents the place of the Japanese army, and the yellow flag represents the place occupied by the Qing army.

Dashan Yan thought to himself: "Why is the Qing army's attack so fast!" It seems that the defenders of Liaoyang should arrive quickly! ”

So Dashanyan ordered, and the defenders of Liaoyang quickly crossed the Shahe River, captured Zhangyi Station, and surrounded Lin Yuan from the flank and rear in one fell swoop; The Japanese army and marines in Lushun and Dalian, with the assistance of the navy, crossed the Bohai Sea by boat, landed at the mouth of the Liao River, went up the Liao River, captured the railway line, and cut off the connection between Lin Yuan and Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan.

The two units of the Japanese army, like two big locks, if they move to the designated position, they will completely lock Lin Yuan to death!

Lin Yuan was clear about the movement of the Japanese army, and he ordered Liu Kunyi, Wu Dashi and other troops who were already in the south of Mukden to defend in Wujing Camp, Thorn Yutuo Fort, and Changsha Tun, these three places formed a triangle, located on both sides of the Hunhe River, and the Japanese army must cross the Hunhe River again after crossing the Shahe River to reach Lin Yuan's rear.

Between the Shahe River and the Hunhe River, there are no mountains and mountains to rely on for defense, so the focus of contention between the two sides has become the battle for the line of communication.

In war, many times, the purpose of the battle is to fight for the lines of communication, because the road and railway are the channels for the transportation of troops and supplies, you can let a small detachment march in the field, but you can't let the large army or the vehicles transporting food, grass and ammunition also take the field road, because that is too slow, and by the time you reach the battlefield, the war may be over.

The road is repaired for people to walk, so the place where the road is repaired is the place where the villages and towns are concentrated, from Liaoyang to Zhangyi Station, there are three roads, just between the three villages and towns garrisoned by the Qing army, so the fierce battle will inevitably start in the three villages and towns.

Lin Yuan thought about it again and again, contacted Chen Fei, and asked, "What have you been doing lately?" ”

Chen Fei said: "I have never found an opportunity to sneak attack the Japanese convoy, so I have been looking for an opportunity. ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Okay, I'll give you a chance." ”