At this moment, the reinforcements of the People's Army finally arrived, the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Division, which was the main force of the 3rd Army. Because these two self-propelled artillery were too important, and the main force was idle, they were sent to support it.

The arrival of the People's Army reinforcements means that the fate of the Japanese army's defeat had no room for any further reversal. Moreover, because the Japanese army attacked the People's Army's positions with all their might and did not leave a way out for themselves, they were completely surrounded by the 2nd regiment and eventually the entire army was wiped out. Only a dozen soldiers escaped by chance. More than 200 Japanese soldiers were captured and the rest were all killed. The Japanese leader, Colonel Kobe Jiro, committed suicide with a drink bullet.

After the overall situation on the battlefield was settled, Huang Taisong and others came out of the cab of the self-propelled artillery, and they were still scared. The situation just now was indeed too dangerous. In a few minutes, Huang Taisong and others were ready to die in battle, but they finally won.

The soldiers were cleaning the battlefield and counting the results of the battle. The second regiment commanders Yuan Hui, Huang Taisong, Zhang Fangping and others who came to support gathered together to understand the process of the war. Of course, it was mainly told by Zhang Fangping, after all, he was the first time commander, and Huang Taisong and others were just supplementing.

After listening to Zhang Fangping's speech, Yuan Hui frowned and said, "Battleman Commander Zhang, your command in front has not made any major mistakes, but the last time the Japanese army was clearly suppressing all its troops to attack one position. You should immediately transfer a large number of troops from other positions to assist in defense, or even take the initiative to attack the Japanese flanks. At this time, you still maintain your position unchanged and only transfer two platoons to reinforce. This command is too rigid."

When Zhang Fangping heard this, he felt ashamed and said, "I thought about transferring all the troops on the flank positions to the right front position, but I was afraid that the Japanese army would be ambushing near other positions, and there was no time for me to think about it carefully, so I only transferred two platoons."

Yuan Hui said: "At that time, the Japanese army was attacking with all their might, so what ambush would there be there?"

Huang Taisong said: "Zhuge Liang will do it afterwards, but in the environment at that time, it was indeed difficult to make judgments, and it was normal to make mistakes. However, in the end, it was thanks to Battalion Commander Zhang who withstood the attack of the Japanese army and saved these two self-propelled artillery."

Yuan Hui nodded and said, "That's right, the final command is quite appropriate. If you don't fill in all the artillery, you may not be able to stop the Japanese attack."

Zhang Fangping also laughed twice and said, "I have no choice, because it takes time for other troops to come, and there are only artillery soldiers left by my side, so I can only send them all."

Yuan Hui turned to Huang Taisong again and said, "You are, too, you have cavalry. If you can send them to attack the Japanese flanks when the Japanese army launches an attack, even if you cannot disperse the Japanese army, it can still delay the Japanese army's attack speed."

Huang Taisong touched the back of his head and smiled: "When a person is nervous, he forgot everything and didn't think of anything at that time."

Yuan Hui nodded and said, "It's true that the battlefield is changing rapidly. As long as you make a mistake, you may lose everything. So you must keep a clear mind at all times, but it is not easy to do this."

While several people were talking, the battlefield had been cleared, and the results were also counted. In this battle, a total of 1,853 Japanese soldiers were killed and 265 prisoners were captured; a total of 387 people were killed and 476 were injured. Most of the casualties were from Zhang Fangping's battalion, which was a battalion mortar unit, with 32 people killed and 55 injured; and the self-propelled artillery unit also killed and 27 people were injured and 46 were injured. Fortunately, the two self-propelled artillery units were fine. Although they were shot several times, they were unable to penetrate the steel plate.

After the cleaning of the battlefield, the People's Army also rectified its team and set off. Yuan Hui said to Zhang Fangping: "Captain Zhang, your troops have suffered heavy casualties. Just send the self-propelled artillery troops here. There is no need to escort them anymore. My troops will just escort them to the Shoushan battlefield."

Zhang Fangping also nodded. His troops were indeed considered to be suffering heavy casualties, and the 3rd Army sent a regiment of troops to receive self-propelled artillery troops. Whether they had escorts by themselves did not have any impact. Therefore, he said: "Okay, Commander Yuan, I would like to ask you how hard you are."

Yuan Hui said: "It's nothing. We are here to pick people up anyway. However, it's not very convenient for us to take these prisoners. You can take the prisoners back."

Zhang Fangping was stunned for a moment and immediately understood that it was Yuan Hui giving the credit to himself. He couldn't help but feel moved. Capturing 200 prisoners was not considered a small contribution. Of course, this is only in the People's Army that people are humble. If it were the Qing army, no matter how small the mosquitoes were, they would be flesh. If they were caught 200 prisoners, they could immediately make it 2,000, and if they annihilate the enemy, they could pay more than 20,000 yuan.

In fact, Yuan Hui didn't want to compete with Zhang Fangping for this military merit. Firstly, his identity was placed here. What kind of merit is a regiment commander and battalion commander? Besides, he is a time traveler. Of course, he is called a veteran in the East China government. Secondly, Zhang Fangping didn't look down on this little profit. Although Zhang Fangping's command ability is average, he finally defended his position to protect his own artillery. This is a loyalty to him.

Then both sides set off, and the self-propelled artillery team did not encounter any further trouble. The team arrived at the Shoushan battlefield very smoothly.

However, it was already 4 pm when we arrived at the Shoushan battlefield, and many people were injured in the self-propelled artillery team, including more than a dozen seriously injured people, and only brief bandages were carried out on the battlefield. Therefore, the People's Army decided to let the self-propelled artillery rest for a day and provide comprehensive treatment for the wounded. Tomorrow, the attack on the Shoushan position will be easier as long as two self-propelled artillery arrives.

At 6 a.m. the next day, two self-propelled artillery bombarded the fortress of the Japanese position.

The fire power of a 200mm caliber cannon is certainly not comparable to that of a 155mm caliber cannon. Although the diameter is only 45mm larger, the weight of a 200mm shell is about 150 kg, while the weight of a 155mm shell is only 40-50 kg, which is about 3 times the difference, so the power is naturally very different.

After nearly two hours of artillery bombardment, the two self-propelled artillery fired more than 30 shells and successfully destroyed two large fortresses. The People's Army used tunnel blasting tactics to blow up a small fortress. At this time, the five fortresses in the Shoushan position were destroyed, leaving only one small fortress. It was hard to beat the palm of the hand and could not defend the position at all. Therefore, the Japanese army guarding the position had to retreat to Anshan to guard.

On another front, after the 4th Army crossed the Taizi River, it also launched a fierce attack on the Japanese Zhangtaizi position on the same day, and also pulled out the six car tow cannons assigned to the 2nd Army to the 4th Army for use.

Although the Japanese troops guarding Zhangtaizi's position were strengthened, they rushed to fight, and did not establish a stable position, and the number of artillery was insufficient. Despite the Japanese defending hard, they could not defend the position. The two sides fought fiercely for 7 or 8 hours until 3 pm, and they all went to a considerable price of casualties. However, most of Zhangtaizi's positions were captured by the People's Army, and the remaining Japanese troops saw that the general situation had gone, they only gave up their positions and retreated to the southeast. At 4 pm, the People's Army completely occupied Zhangtaizi and immediately sent two divisions to the north to capture Shilihe.

By this time, all the positions outside Liaoyang had been captured by the People's Army, and it also formed a situation of surrounding Liaoyang on the south, west and north. Only the east of Liaoyang City could be evacuated.

But on this day, only the battle in Liaoyang City went very smoothly. This was not because the Second Army was unfavorable or the Japanese resistance was particularly tenacious, but because the Japanese army captured the residents of Liaoyang City and placed them in front of the position as human shields to block the People's Army's attack.

It turned out that in yesterday's urban warfare, the People's Army had a relatively obvious advantage in the second half of the war, so the People's Army also had the spare time to rescue many residents in the city, and those who were interested in the Japanese army also discovered this situation.

Last night, Dashanyanzhao held a military meeting to discuss the battle the next day. Because if this momentum continues, the Japanese army will definitely not be able to defend Liaoyang City the next day. So someone suggested to Dashanyan that since the People's Army cares about the residents in the city, they can capture some people in the city as hostages and coerce and prevent the People's Army from attacking.

Oyama Iwai and Oyama Genta Taro were unwilling to do this at first. After all, in this era, the practice of using civilians as hostages cannot be accepted by mainstream society. Moreover, the sense of honor of soldiers and the unique Bushido spirit of Japan also made the two instinctively reject this suggestion. However, after discussion, the two of them found that there was no other way to defend Liaoyang City, because relying on normal battles, Liaoyang City would definitely not be able to defend tomorrow. The fall of Liaoyang is quite unfavorable to the withdrawal of the Japanese army. Therefore, after many discussions, many staff members agreed with this suggestion, believing that only in this way can they defend Liaoyang City. Compared with the security of the Japanese army, a little reputation loss is not worth mentioning. So they tried their best to persuade Oyama Iwai and Oyama Genta Taro. After everyone's persuasion, the two finally wavered and finally accepted the suggestion.

So the Japanese army went out overnight, arrested more than 2,000 residents and placed them in front of various positions. When the People's Army prepared to attack again the next day, it found that the people facing their guns were actually a row of civilians. If the attack was launched, then these civilians in front of the positions would probably die.
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