All four divisions of the 5th Army crossed the Yalu River in one go, leaving only two reserve regiments on the west bank to guard the artillery and positions. After crossing the river, the KPA left only one regiment to guard the beachhead along the river, and the rest of the army was all dispersed into regimental units and deployed horizontally to attack the positions of the Japanese and South Korean armies in an all-out way. The four regiments that attacked in advance received a new task, allowing them to immediately penetrate and cross the positions of the Japanese and South Korean troops, insert themselves into the rear of the positions of the Japanese and South Korean troops, and arrange positions, block the retreat of the Japanese and South Korean troops, and form an encirclement of the Japanese and South Korean troops.

Although the 5th Army fought somewhat conservatively in the early stages of the counteroffensive and was delayed for several hours. However, after determining that the Japanese and South Korean troops really had no ammunition, they chose the most correct tactics, because of course it is impossible for the Japanese and South Korean troops without ammunition to resist the attack of the KPA, although they cannot retreat, but under the attack of the KPA, they will definitely be defeated on the whole line, and even if the KPA will catch up and intercept part of the defeated army, there will definitely be a large number of defeated troops who escape, and the KPA will send a part of the army directly to the rear of the Japanese and South Korean army positions to block the way for the Japanese and South Korean troops to retreat, which can maximize the victory.

Sure enough, the offensive of the People's Army was very smooth, almost like a bamboo, the Japanese and South Korean troops could not resist at all, either surrendered or fled, of course, the basic soldiers who chose to surrender were the South Korean soldiers, because most of the South Korean soldiers were forcibly recruited by the Japanese army to join the army, and they did not want to sell their lives to the Japanese army, and in this battle, the South Korean army was basically cannon fodder for the Japanese army, even after the Japanese army entered the war, it was also to let the South Korean army take the lead for a while, consuming the ammunition and morale of the People's Army, the South Korean army did not dare to resist under the oppression of the Japanese army, and as a result, it caused heavy casualties to the South Korean army, and the South Korean army had a total of 7 divisions and about 100,000 people before the warMore than 30,000 people were killed and more than 20,000 were wounded, and more than half of the troops were lost.

Moreover, when the five elite divisions of the Japanese army retreated, they collected all the ammunition of the South Korean army, and gave the South Korean army an order to defend the position and not to retreat. However, although the South Korean army was forced by the remnants of the Japanese army, it really did not dare to retreat from the position, but when the People's Army attacked, no one resisted, raised their hands and surrendered, and at this time the Japanese army in the position was also in a state of confusion, so it could not control the South Korean army, so it could only be resigned, in a few positions, the Japanese army forced the South Korean army to rush out of the position to resist the attack of the People's Army, as a result, the South Korean army finally could not bear it anymore, rose up to resist and fought with the Japanese army.

However, although the Japanese army had no intention of fighting, they did not surrender to the KPA, but withdrew from their positions and fled backwards. Of course, there were also a small number of Japanese soldiers who were a step slower because of this, entangled by the People's Army, unable to get out, and most of the Japanese soldiers were trapped at this time, picking up the rifle with a good bayonet and fighting desperately with the People's Army, of course, the result was annihilated by the People's Army, and only a small number of Japanese soldiers chose to surrender when they were cornered.

However, the Japanese troops who escaped from the position did not escape, so they only escaped 5 or 6 kilometers at most, and they were blocked by the KPA, and many Japanese troops did not give up and launched a charge against the KPA's blockade, but unfortunately in the absence of fire support, this kind of charge was actually no different from sending them to death, and as a result, after several attempts, the Japanese charge was not able to get close to the KPA position, and they were almost killed and wounded.

Seeing that the charge was unsuccessful, when the Japanese army tried to find another way to escape, the KPA behind also pursued and arrived, and in such a desperate situation, most of the Japanese soldiers still chose to surrender, and only a few Japanese soldiers insisted on not surrendering to the death, and the result was, of course, wiped out by the KPA.

In fact, this counteroffensive battle was only fought for half a day, but the work of cleaning up the battlefield and searching for the remnants of the Japanese and South Korean troops lasted for three days, and finally the People's Army annihilated a total of 12,573 Japanese and South Korean troops, and the prisoners were as many as nearly 200,000 people, including 66,136 South Korean prisoners, 51,673 logistics personnel, 82,378 Japanese prisoners, and 23,157 logistics personnel, but among the prisoners, about 50,000 were wounded people, all of whom were captured in the field hospitals of the Japanese and South Korean troops; in addition, 121537 rifles and 215 artillery pieces were captured, but the total number of bullets captured was less than 10,000, there are only 15 shells, which can also be imagined, and the ammunition of the Japanese and South Korean armies has indeed been exhausted.

However, although the Japanese and South Korean armies did not have ammunition, other supplies were very sufficient, because the Japanese army had prepared for several months for this attack, in addition to ammunition, other materials were quite sufficient, and there was no time to transport away the materials when retreating, and now the Japanese army position alone has more than 10,000 tons of grain, other salt, medicine, and wine amounting to thousands of tons, as well as a large number of cloth, wood, etc., in addition to more than 1,000 pigs and sheep, more than 3,000 donkeys and horses.

In this war, the People's Army only lost 112 casualties, and 247 were wounded, and at such a low cost of casualties, such a huge result was achieved, and the second Battle of the Yalu River can be regarded as a brilliant result, and strategically speaking, the People's Army not only completely smashed the Japanese army's strategic plan to counterattack Liaodong, but also severely damaged the last remaining military force of the Japanese army, and since then, the Japanese army has no longer the ability to take the initiative to attack the People's Army.

Of course, such a brilliant victory was achieved entirely because the successful landing of the marines at Zhennanpu not only cut off the logistics supply of the Japanese army, but also forced the Japanese army to hastily withdraw from the banks of the Yalu River, which created excellent fighters for the 5th Army.

As soon as Kodama got off the train in Tokugawa, he received the news that the position on the Yalu River had been broken by the People's Army, and Kodama Gentaro could only sigh and ordered to set up a position in Tokugawa, on the one hand, to prevent the People's Army breaking through the Yalu River from taking advantage of the victory to move south, and on the other hand, to resist the northward advance of the People's Army occupying Pyongyang; at the same time, he also contacted the Japanese army in Seoul to understand the situation of Seoul's defense, because Seoul could not be lost again, and once the People's Army really attacked Seoul, Kodama Gentaro had to send troops from Tokugawa to attack Pyongyang and threaten the back of the People's Army。 He also sent people to urge the Japanese troops on the front line of Yangdeok and Wonsan to enter the position as soon as possible, and at the same time ordered people to contain the defeated and fleeing troops.

Three days later, the fighting calmed down, and the KPA moved to the line between Unsan and Heecheon, about 80 kilometers from Tokucheon, and then stopped advancing, and the KPA in Pyongyang did not move, neither attacking Seoul nor Deokcheon. The Japanese troops on the front line of Yangdeok and Wonsan were also all in place, not only echoing Tokugawa, but also getting in touch with Seoul, and Seoul also laid out the defensive line, the Japanese army was in full array, and the Korean royal family members were escorted into the barracks by the Japanese army, and as soon as Seoul was lost, they immediately held the Korean royal family hostage and retreated to the south, and if they could not retreat, they would immediately kill the Korean royal family, and they must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the People's Army.

In the past few days, about 20,000 defeated troops have retreated to the line of Tokucheon, Yangdeok, and Wonsan, and the original assembly of the retreating army in the Hamhung area has been canceled. According to the statistics of the Tokucheon, Yangdeok, and Wonsan lines, the total number of Japanese troops now is about 117,000, and there are no more troops above the brigade level except for the five elite divisions of the Japanese army that retreated first. Before the war, the Japanese and South Korean armies had a total of 16 divisions, more than 300,000 troops, and more than 100,000 logistics personnel.

Kodama Gentai's heart also settled down a little, after all, the situation on the Korean Peninsula was finally stabilized temporarily, and it would not collapse completely, but the People's Army was now standing still, and the Japanese army did not dare to act rashly. Bi Jing except for the 5 elite divisions of the Japanese army, the Japanese army has no other troops, and even these 5 elite divisions of the Japanese army only have the most basic ammunition configuration, and there will be no more after the fight, so Kodama Gentaro does not dare to take any more risks. However, Kodama Gentai is also empty, and stability is only temporary, and if the People's Army attacks again, the Japanese army will definitely not be able to resist it.

Just two days later, Kodama received a telegram from Japan, saying that the Japanese government had decided to accept US President Roosevelt's mediation proposal and negotiate with the East China government, demanding that Kodama Gentaro strictly guard the current line of defense and not act rashly again. Kodama Gentaro also breathed a sigh of relief, so it seems that the Korean Peninsula is stable, but this negotiation may not be easy for Japan.

In fact, the KPA is now at the end of its power, and despite the brilliant victory of the 5th Army, the 5th Army is only about 70,000 men after all, and even if the Marine Corps is added, it is only more than 100,000 people. Moreover, the 5th Army captured more than 200,000 prisoners in this battle, although the result was huge, but it also carried a huge burden, after all, more than 200,000 prisoners, just the position of imprisoning them is not small.

In the beginning, the People's Army was to mix the Japanese and South Korean prisoners together, and as a result, within 3 days, there were more than 10 brawls between the Japanese and South Korean prisoners, although the Japanese soldiers were captured, but due to habit, in front of the Korean soldiers was still a high-ranking attitude, the Korean soldiers were still pointing fingers, shouting five and drinking six, and the Korean soldiers were originally dissatisfied with the Japanese soldiers, and now everyone is a prisoner, why should they be angry with the Japanese, so they are not convinced, ignore the instructions of the Japanese soldiers, and some even speak ill of the Japanese soldiers, the result is naturally conceivable, the mouth cannon can not solve the problem, then only use the fist to speakThe grudge between the two sides finally broke out in the prisoner of war camp, where 107 soldiers were killed and as many as 276 were injured in the brawl alone, and the basic number was equal, and no one took advantage.

On the one hand, the KPA publicly sentenced the personnel involved in the brawl on both sides to death, shooting 65 people in a row, which can be regarded as shocking the Japanese and South Korean prisoners, and on the other hand, separating the Japanese and South Korean prisoners in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, but in this way, the KPA also needs to contain a lot of energy from guarding these prisoners. Therefore, the KPA naturally has no ability to launch new offensives.