"It is reported that Chief of Staff Kodama and the Guards Division have crossed the Yalu River and entered Uiju Castle, and Chief of Staff Kodama has also called, asking His Excellency the Commander to cross the Yalu River as soon as possible. ”

After listening to the adjutant's report, Da Shanyan nodded and said, "How is the situation of crossing the river now?"

The adjutant opened the notepad and said: "At present, a total of 324,000 people have crossed the Yalu River, including 58,000 troops, 53,000 wounded, 233,000 logistics personnel such as engineers, medical personnel, and mechanical personnel, and there are still about 492,000 people who have not yet crossed the river, and in terms of materials, except for ammunition, all others have also crossed the Yalu River." ”

After hearing this, Dashanyan also nodded and said, "Order the 1st Army Corps to start crossing the river, and before tonight, we must cross the Yalu River." ”

The adjutant said, "Your Excellency Commander, when will you cross the river?"

Oyama Rock said: "I'll cross the river tomorrow with the 2nd Army Corps. ”

The adjutant hesitated for a moment, because before leaving, Kodama Genta had repeatedly told the adjutant that he must persuade Oyama Rock to cross the river as soon as possible, so he said, "Your Excellency the commander, this is ......."

Da Shanyan waved his hand, interrupted his speech, and said, "Carry out the order." ”

The adjutant had no choice but to salute and say, "Yes." Then he withdrew.

The total strength of the Japanese army is now about 280,000, including about 50,000 wounded soldiers and about 600,000 logistics personnel. In addition, although the Japanese army gave up a large amount of supplies in Shenyang and Liaoyang, after all, it had fought in the eastern Liaodong region for nearly a year and a half, so it still retained a large number of logistics materials and vehicles. Due to Japan's small size and scarcity of resources, everything had to be saved, and the Japanese army had already thrown away a large number of materials, so it was reluctant to throw away these materials again, but hoped that all of them would be transported across the Yalu River.

In addition, Dashanyan also considered that the Combined Fleet had been almost completely annihilated, and the East China government had taken full control of the sea dominance, so even if the Japanese army withdrew to the Korean Peninsula, it would be difficult to guarantee the supply of all kinds of materials, and it would be necessary to transport all these materials away. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the People's Army has not launched an offensive yet, and once the People's Army launches an attack, Dashanyan will immediately give an order to give up the remaining materials and protect the army first.

This time, the Japanese army entered the war and formed a total of 5 corps: the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and Yalu River Corps, but the commander of the 3rd Corps, Admiral Nogi Noshinori, was killed in the Battle of Lushun, and the 4th Corps also suffered nearly half of the casualties in the Battle of Liaohe, so Dashanyan incorporated the rest of the 3rd Corps into the 4th Corps, so now the Japanese army has only 4 corps.

Dashanyan naturally knew that the People's Army would never let the Japanese army cross the Yalu River easily, and after the Japanese army left Liaoyang, the People's Army did not let the Japanese army withdraw, but followed all the way, but did not attack the Japanese army. After the Japanese army withdrew to Phoenix, the People's Army surrounded the Japanese army from the south, north, and west, apparently to annihilate the Japanese army in the area from Phoenix City to Jiulian City.

However, Oyama Iwa and Kodama Gentaro also made a plan to deal with it on the way, and after arriving in Phoenix, they immediately ordered the 4th Army Corps to be stationed in Phoenix City to block the pursuers behind, and ordered the 1st Army Corps to set up positions in Laoduntai, Xiaoguling and other places to protect the northern line of the Japanese army, and ordered the 2nd Army to arrange positions in Toudaogou and Dajinshan to protect the southern line, and began to cross the Yalu River.

Although Korea existed as a vassal state of the Chinese dynasty for hundreds of years before the First Sino-Japanese War, neither China nor Korea built a bridge over the Yalu River. After the start of the Russo-Japanese War, in order to ensure the convenience of transporting supplies, the Japanese army erected three wooden bridges on the Yalu River, although they are all wooden structures, but they are also very strong and sturdy, the width of the bridge deck is more than 3 meters, vehicles and artillery can walk, and four people can walk side by side at the same time.

However, the location of these three wooden bridges is relatively close to the mouth of the Yalu River, less than 30 kilometers, and Dashanyan is worried that the People's Army will try to blow up these three wooden bridges to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river, after all, the People's Army not only has armored train guns, but can also use the navy to bombard the wooden bridges directly with naval guns from the mouth of the Yalu River, so Dashanyan ordered people to erect two pontoon bridges in the upper section of the Sun Island River, about 50 kilometers away from the mouth of the river, and at this distance, he is not afraid of any artillery bombardment by the People's Army. However, the pontoon bridge can only be used for walking, and cannot pass heavy objects such as vehicles, supplies, artillery, etc.

The Japanese army began to cross the river on June 5, using wooden bridges to transport vehicles and materials, and pontoon bridges to transport personnel, first of all, to order the Yalu River Corps to cross the river and deploy defenses on the east bank of the river, because Oyama Iwa and Kodama Gentaro both considered that since the main force of the Japanese army is now on the west bank of the Yalu River, and the garrison on the east bank is very empty, it is very likely that the People's Army will send an army to land and set up an ambush on the east bank, attack the Japanese army when the Japanese army crosses the river, and even destroy the bridge, so it is necessary to first set up an army on the east bank of the Yalu River and arrange positions.

After receiving the order, Kawamura Jingming immediately led the Yalu River Army to cross the river and set up positions on the east bank of the river, and at the same time sent a brigade to Yongchuan on the east bank of the Yalu River estuary to prevent the People's Army from landing on the east bank of the Yalu River.

After the Yalu River Corps successfully crossed the river, Dashanyan gave another order, ordering the wounded and logistics personnel to take the pontoon bridge, and the material vehicles to take the wooden bridge, and cross the river together.

For a whole day, the People's Army did not launch an attack on the Japanese army, and as a result, the Japanese army successfully passed a large amount of supplies and more than 100,000 logistics personnel. While Dashanyan was happy, he was even more worried, because although the People's Army did not attack, once it was launched, it would inevitably be a thunderbolt. Yu Guan Daishanyan ordered Kodama Gentaro to lead the Guards Division to cross the river and preside over the deployment of the east bank of the Yalu River.

It turned out that Oyama Yan, as the main general of the Japanese army, must have crossed the river at the last moment, but the People's Army would definitely not wait for the Japanese army to cross the Yalu River before launching an attack, but it was difficult to say whether he could cross the river smoothly at that time, so let Kodama Gentaro cross the river first, in case something happened on his side, the Japanese army also had a candidate who could clean up the mess, and it was also to reserve a vitality for the Japanese Army.

Although the Guards Division is under the jurisdiction of the 1st Army Corps, it is actually the Praetorian Guard of the Japanese Emperor, and since its formation, it has mainly been responsible for the security of the Imperial Palace, and is one of the first seven divisions established in Japan, and one of the 17 Standing Divisions of the First Class. First, the soldiers of the Guards Division are of good quality, and they are basically selected from the armed forces of the whole country, all of them are elite, and they are well-equipped, and the weapons they are equipped with are the best in Japan, so naturally such an army cannot remain in captivity throughout the country; second, sending the Guards Division to fight can also boost the morale of the whole army, so in Japan's foreign wars in recent years, the Guards Division has performed well and has become one of the strongest units of the Japanese Army. This time the Russo-Japanese War began, the Guards Division was incorporated into the 1st Army, and participated in the Battle of Liaoyang, the Battle of Shahe, and the Battle of Mukden, and also made a lot of achievements for the Japanese army.

It is precisely because of this that if the Guards Division suffers a heavy blow, it will be a heavy blow not only to the Japanese army, but also to the whole of Japan, so it is absolutely necessary for the Guards Division to cross the river as soon as possible and reach a safe place in order to preserve the Guards Division.

Oyama Iwa's thoughts, Kodama Gentaro can naturally guess seven or eight, he hopes that he can stay in charge of the overall situation, and change Oyama Iwa to cross the river first, but Oyama Iwa is the commander of the whole army after all, and he is forced by military orders, and Kodama Gentaro only has to be respected.

So Kodama Gentaro led the Guards Division to cross the river early the next morning, and after reaching the opposite bank, he sent people to urge Oyama Rock to cross the river as soon as possible. The Japanese army not only transported most of the heavy supplies across the Yalu River, but also sent over more than 100,000 logistics personnel, and the total number of personnel left on the west bank of the Yalu River was less than 500,000.

Of course, if the People's Army wants to attack the Japanese army, then it will be during this time, and the army will cross the river one after another, and there will inevitably be loopholes in the original defense line, maybe the People's Army is waiting for this time. At present, there are about 170,000 troops and 300,000 logistics personnel left on the west bank of the Yalu River.

After thinking about it again and again, Dashanyan decided to let the army and logistics personnel cross the river together, so that a group of soldiers could reach the east bank of the Yalu River as soon as possible, and if the People's Army launched an attack at this time, when the two sides were fighting, they still needed the assistance of logistics personnel, so of course they could not let all the logistics personnel cross the river first. So Oyama Iwa ordered the 1st Army Corps to cross the river first, followed by the 2nd Corps, and the 4th Corps to hold back.

Dashanyan also decided that if the 1st Army could cross the river smoothly, he would cross the river with the 2nd Army Corps, because if the 1st and 2nd Army Corps could cross the river smoothly, the main force of the army would be basically preserved, and this result would of course be accountable for the past, and there was no need for Dashanyan to remain on the west bank of the Yalu River.

The 1st Army Corps is mainly responsible for guarding the northern line of the Japanese army, in fact, the KPA does not have many troops deployed on this line, so the pressure on the 1st Army Corps is not great, only two brigades need to be left to guard against the KPA, and most of the troops can cross the river immediately, which is also the main reason why Dashanyan first considered letting the 1st Army cross the river.

But at this moment, someone from the Phoenix direction came to report that the People's Army had launched an attack on Phoenix. After reading the report, Dashan Yan also nodded, and secretly sighed in his heart, the attack of the People's Army finally came.