The battle to attack Pyongyang was fought two days later, and although the People's Army of Bi Ching succeeded in occupying the port of Zhennampo, it would take time for the troops, supplies, and equipment to go ashore, and it was not easy to set up positions after going ashore to hold Zhennampo in case the Japanese troops attacking the Yalu River returned to help and ensure the retreat of the People's Army.

However, the battle to attack Pyongyang went very smoothly, and the KPA dispatched two regiments of the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions to attack Pyongyang, and the actual battle took less than one hour for the KPA to defeat the Japanese and South Korean defenders and capture Pyongyang.

Although the Japanese and South Korean troops defending Pyongyang had two days to prepare, their strength was limited, and most of the soldiers did not even have guns, and the quality of training was far from the same, so even if they were prepared, it was useless, and the only thing they could rely on was Pyongyang's high and thick walls, which could only be destroyed by heavy artillery. However, the KPA carried a large number of machine guns and mortars, and the defenders on the city wall were completely suppressed by the KPA's strong firepower, so the KPA took advantage of the situation to storm the city wall, crush the defenders, and occupy Pyongyang City. The defenders either fled or surrendered.

At this time, Choi Haozhi selected more than 200 people from the Korean army captured by the KPA in Zhennampo to help the KPA maintain order in Pyongyang, and Choi Haozhi also led the KPA to seal up the warehouses in Pyongyang and arrest all the Japanese logistics personnel in the city. Because Song had his own people come forward, but the KPA was disciplined and did nothing to the people, order in Pyongyang was quickly restored.

Luo Yue entered Pyongyang City in the afternoon of the same day, and immediately ordered to set up positions outside the city to prevent the Japanese and South Korean troops from returning to attack, and also inspected the warehouses in Pyongyang City. The Japanese army also spent a lot of effort to counterattack Liaodong, and gathered a large amount of materials, including more than 10,000 tons of grain alone, as well as other salt, forage, medicine, cloth, timber, donkeys, horses, livestock, etc., but there were no weapons and ammunition. However, these supplies are sufficient for the KPA.

According to Cui Haozhi, these materials are basically collected and looted from the people, causing many people to die. After hearing this, Luo Yue also thought in his heart that if the East China government had enough strength now, it could completely occupy the entire Korean Peninsula in one fell swoop and completely drive out the Japanese forces, but unfortunately the East China government's strength was limited, so it could only give up this idea, and of course it could also make some preparations now.

After the KPA settled down, Luo Yue asked Choi Haozhi to go and recruit the leading figures and families in Pyongyang, explaining that the KPA landed on the Korean Peninsula only to attack Japan, and would not harm the South Koreans, nor would they stay in Pyongyang for a long time, so please rest assured, and during the KPA stationed in Pyongyang, please do not disobey the KPA's orders. After Luo Yue finished speaking, he paid attention to everyone's expressions, some people were happy, noncommittal, some were quite disappointed, some were thoughtful, and some wanted to stop talking, each of them was not the same, but no one spoke, just chatter.

Of course, now is not the time to speak, Luo Yue didn't care, just kept everyone's reactions in mind, and told everyone that Cui Haozhi was the translator and liaison officer of the People's Army, and if there was something to do, he could find Cui Haozhi first, and he would convey it to him.

Cui Hao listened directly and was very happy, because he had been promoted to another level. At this time, he had completely figured it out, and now he could only follow the People's Army with all his heart, so when the People's Army withdrew, he decided to follow the People's Army with his family and settle in Qingdao.

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The news of the KPA landing at Zhennampo and the capture of Pyongyang soon reached the east bank of the Yalu River, and the Japanese commander Gentaro Kodama heard it. And after receiving this news, Gentaro Kodama's eyes turned black, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

Because the battle on this side of the Yalu River did not go smoothly, the Japanese army only established a beachhead on the west bank of the Yalu River, and the ammunition was less than 30%, Kodama Gentaro was already exhausted, and now he heard the news that the People's Army landed in Zhennampo and Pyongyang was lost, this is the logistics base of the Japanese army, and all the food and materials of the Japanese army are stored in Pyongyang, and now the Japanese army is caught in the predicament of the People's Army on two fronts, and there is a danger of annihilation, so how can Kodama Gentaro not be in a hurry, so he is in a hurry and spits out a mouthful of blood。

The staff officers were also shocked when they saw it, and some people supported Kodama Gentaro, and some people went to call a doctor. However, after spitting out a mouthful of blood, Kodama Gentaro's mind was also a little clearer, and he knew that he must not mess up at this time, so he put it in the way, first stopped the panic of the staff officers, and then calmed down, and asked someone to bring over the map of the Korean Peninsula and watch it carefully.

Gentaro Kodama knew very well that the battle plan for a counterattack on Liaodong had completely failed, and he could not even hold the Korean Peninsula if he did not manage it. What needs to be done now is to do everything possible to preserve the Korean Peninsula, while the army can keep as much as it can.

It is also impossible to turn back and attack Pyongyang, because the KPA must have set up a defensive line in Pyongyang, the Japanese army's ammunition reserves are insufficient, and the KPA on the other side of the Yalu River will not let the Japanese army easily retreat to attack Pyongyang, and will definitely launch a counterattack against the Japanese army, so it is an absolute strategy to return to the division to recapture Pyongyang at this time.

The top priority now is that Seoul must not lose again, because Seoul is not only the capital of South Korea, but also the seat of the Korean royal family, and if the KPA captures Seoul again and hijacks the Korean royal family, then Japan will be quite passive. However, it is precisely because Seoul has the Korean royal family that Japan has a division stationed in Seoul, and the strength is much stronger than that of Pyongyang, and with some precautions, it may not be easily captured by the People's Army. So Kodama Gentaro first ordered to send a telegram to Seoul, demanding that the Japanese army in Seoul must defend to the death, and if it is really impossible to hold it, it will also hold the Korean royal family hostage and retreat south to Gwangju.

So Kodama Gentaro decided to concentrate the ammunition of the whole army and equip it for five divisions, which are the elite of the Japanese army, composed of veterans who have withdrawn to the Korean Peninsula, are well-trained and have rich experience in actual combat, and are now the essence of the Japanese army, and it is also the army that Kodama Gentaro wants to keep with all his might, so it is also necessary to ensure that these five divisions have a full ammunition base to ensure combat effectiveness.

Subsequently, Kodama Gentaro ordered three of the divisions to immediately retreat and retreat to the line of Yangdeok and Wonsan. Yangdeok and Wonsan are on the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula, and Pyongyang is located on the western side of the Korean Peninsula, separated by the Daebang Mountain Range and the Ahofelyeong Mountain Range in the middle.

On the other hand, the other two divisions retreated to Tokugawa, which is about 120 kilometers northeast of Pyongyang, so that on the one hand, they could form a flanking attack on Pyongyang together with the Japanese troops on the front line of Yangdeok and Wonsan, and at the same time contain the northward advance of the KPA in Pyongyang; on the other hand, if the KPA on the west bank of the Yalu River crossed the Yalu River and advanced to the hinterland of the Korean Peninsula, they could also set up a defensive line in Tokugawa to resist it for a while.

Of course, the defense line of the Yalu River can no longer be defended, although in addition to the five elite Japanese divisions, the Japanese and South Korean troops still have more than 100,000, but all the ammunition has been given to the five elite Japanese divisions, and the other armies have almost no ammunition, once the People's Army launches an attack, the Japanese and South Korean troops will not be able to resist at all, so they will withdraw from the Yalu River line one after another, and assemble in the Hamhung area on the east coast of the Korean Peninsula. And the order of evacuation is that the Japanese army withdraws first and the South Korean army breaks off, that is, let the South Korean army be cannon fodder, and all the wounded troops are also abandoned.

In fact, Kodama Gentaro also knows very well that the withdrawal of hundreds of thousands of troops is not an easy matter, and the people's army on the other side will never let the Japanese and South Korean troops evacuate from the battlefield easily, but now it is as much as it can withdraw, as long as the five elite Japanese divisions are saved, they can be regarded as doing their best.

It should be said that at this time, Kodama Gentaro's arrangement was very wise and correct, and he did not return to the army to rescue Pyongyang with a hot head, but chose to avoid the edge of the People's Army and preserve his strength, so in such an unfavorable situation, he still kept the elite of the Japanese army.

After making a decision, the Japanese army also acted immediately, first of all, all the ammunition of the whole army was collected and distributed to the five elite divisions, in fact, this is the case, and the ammunition of these five elite divisions did not reach 9% of the standard base. First of all, three divisions set out to rush to the line of Yangdeok and Motosan, and then the two divisions also set off and retreated to Tokugawa, and Kodama Gentaro also set off with this Japanese army, because Tokugawa was about 160 kilometers away from the defense line of the Yalu River, and there was a railway, and Kodama Gentaro could direct the Japanese retreat in Tokugawa.

Some of the other senior generals above the division and regimental level in the Japanese army went to the front line of Yangde and Wonsan, and some went to Tokugawa with Gentaro Kodama, and on the front line of the Yalu River, only division and regiment commanders remained. Because Kodama Gentaro knew very well that the senior generals of the Japanese army could no longer have losses, and these people, like the elite army, had to do their best to preserve.

However, just when Kodama Gentaro had just boarded the train, suddenly the gunfire in the direction of the defensive line was loud, and the battlefield that had been quiet for a few days returned to fierceness, and Kodama Gentaro also smiled bitterly in his heart, and the People's Army's attack really began.

At this time, a soldier hurried to the platform and reported to Kodama Gentaro that the KPA had launched an attack on the Japanese defense line by forcibly crossing the Yalu River, and that the Japanese troops guarding the Yalu River defense line had no ammunition and could not stop the KPA, so he reported to Kodama Gentaro and asked for instructions on how to act.

Kodama Gentaro sighed and said: "Order all Japanese troops to retreat as planned, hand over the defense line to the Korean army, and order the Korean army, after the People's Army comes ashore, engage in bayonet battles with them, and must defend the position to the death, and dare to retreat." Then Gentaro Kodama gave the order to drive.