"You will serve in the staff of the First Army in the future, and concurrently serve as my adjutant;"

Yama County Youpeng directly transferred to Okagashi, and then asked, "Then what do you think should be done now?" ”

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As long as it can win and achieve its strategic goal, it will be tens of thousands of casualties, and in the eyes of Youpeng in Shanxian County, there is nothing.

You know, the empire has 40 million people.

Now the only thing that Youpeng in Shan County cares about is how to quickly cross the river and defeat the Qing army on the other side.

At this time, the most lacking thing for the empire was not soldiers, but silver and time.

To conquer the first army, it was necessary to occupy at least all the cities on the north bank of the Yalu River when the mountains were closed by heavy snow, and to exercise partial military control over the Xiuyan, Fenghuang, and Kuandian lines.

In this way, we can ensure that in the cold winter of Layue, relying on Jiulian City and Andong County, these cities will hit Liaoyang and Fengtian step by step.

"I propose to add a squadron of troops at the Anping estuary to start attacking the flank of Hushan this afternoon, and at the same time feign troops at the mouth of the Shihe River to paralyze the Qing army."

Oka Waishi's eyes flashed with unpredictable light, and he said resolutely and loudly: "The 3rd and 5th Engineer Brigades, immediately form a bridge crossing and cross the river tonight." ”

"Where to cross the river?"

Deputy Chief of Staff Tamura Yi and Zaonakasa frowned and said: "If you choose Jiuliancheng to cross the river, then it is equivalent to the imperial army opening up two battlefields at the same time, and both of these battlefields are at a terrain strategic disadvantage. ”

Gang Waishi sneered: "Since the reinforcement army likes to speculate so much, then three bridges will be compiled tonight to cross the river from the three directions of Hushan, Sanhekou and Jiuliancheng at the same time; Every place is a real attack, see which ferry they go to block tonight! ”

"Yo Si! Tomorrow morning, the imperial army at the mouth of the Anping River will continue to attack the flank of Hushan, and once the troops of Hushan Ferry cross the river, they will immediately attack the front of Hushan with all their might; ”

Youpeng in Shan County was overjoyed when he heard it, and loudly issued an order to the staff officers around him: "Two brigades will be divided into two brigades at the mouth of the river to block the elm ditch, and the rest of the troops will cooperate with the army of Jiuliancheng Ferry to capture Jiuliancheng with all their might; I'm going to make them bloom everywhere! ”

The chief of staff of the First Army, Major General Xiao Chuan, opened his mouth and proposed: "Since the artillery has completely defeated the three artillery positions of the Qing army in Hushan, early tomorrow morning, we will concentrate all the artillery to bombard the Jiulian City, and strive to take the city in one go." ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Tamura Yoshiyashi added: "In the Okuyama Yoshisho Department downstream, they can cross the river and fight as originally planned, and continue to contain the Qing army downstream. ”

"Yo Xi, the kings are defeated and not discouraged, it is very good!"

Seeing that the expressions of the surrounding generals gradually became excited, and they were eager to participate in the discussion, Shan County Youpeng said loudly with satisfaction: "In this battle of conquest, the empire will win!" ”

"Victory, victory!"

On the banks of the Yalu River, all the Japanese soldiers shouted in unison.

"3 people were killed in the civilian departments of the regiment, 7 people were killed in the guards, 1 person was seriously wounded, 11 people were slightly injured, 1 person was killed in the reconnaissance platoon, 1 person was slightly injured, 16 people were killed in the engineer squadron, 5 people were missing, 3 people were seriously wounded, 8 people were slightly injured, and the captain of the team, Second Lieutenant Li Yuan, died;"

At the temporary camp of the Korean reinforcement army at the mouth of the right bank of the river, staff officer Second Lieutenant Yu Zeqing was reporting the losses that had been summed up.

"The 1st Infantry Battalion suffered 6 killed, 4 seriously wounded, and 21 lightly wounded; The 2nd Infantry Battalion suffered 4 casualties, 2 seriously wounded, and 15 lightly wounded; The 3rd Infantry Battalion suffered 41 casualties, 23 seriously wounded, and 35 lightly wounded; A total of 78 people were killed, 5 were missing, 33 were seriously wounded, and 91 were lightly wounded. ”

A group of officers of the Korean reinforcement army sat by the river, and the heavy atmosphere before became heavy with the strings of cold numbers reported by Yu Zeqing.

"What about the Ma Jin Xu Department and the Martial Arts Army?"

Wu Weiyang looked at Yu Zeqing and asked.

"In the Battle of Zhongjiang, Ma Bu killed 18 people and seriously wounded 9 people, Nie Bu killed 21 people and seriously wounded 6 people; However, the Japanese bombardment of Hushan suffered heavy losses in both divisions, with 107 killed and 30 seriously wounded in Nie, and 93 killed and 38 seriously wounded in Mabu. ”

After Yu Zeqing finished reporting the numbers, Wu Weiyang grinned and said: "The artillery battalions of Ma Jinxu's department and Nie Shicheng's department are considered to be wasted. ”

He Changying silently lit a cigarette.

It was just one battle, and the reinforcement army suffered such great losses.

The two companies of the 3rd Infantry Battalion suffered nearly one-third of the casualties.

The regiment belonged to the engineer squadron, and only 3 people were intact, and they were almost wiped out by the formation.

How could He Changying not feel distressed.

"The combat courage of our soldiers in the Korean army is enough, but the individual skills still need to be greatly improved;"

Lin Yunyu added on the side: "In the face-to-face combat with the Japanese army just now, I was stabbed by the Japanese army's bayonet and was seriously injured if I didn't die; And when our soldiers shoot at such a close distance, not only is it easy to injure their own people by mistake with the bullets that penetrate, but also after the bullets penetrate, the Japanese troops can often continue to fight. ”

"Also, in close-quarters combat, the coordination is also very poor—"

After Lin Yunyu finished speaking, Ma Decao, deputy commander of the second infantry battalion, said: "In the Japanese army, the two often form a combat group, and our soldiers are completely fighting on their own; In this way, at a local point, our soldiers are often one enemy and two enemies, and they suffer a great loss. ”

"And they tend to keep a small squad at all times, to concentrate in the area of a squadron; Therefore, once the Japanese army issued a new order, they could quickly gather their troops and act in unison. ”

Wu Weiyang also added.

For a time, the officers of the Korean reinforcement army opened their mouths one after another to express their experiences.

After listening to everyone's experience and smoking cigarettes, He Changying began to give an order: "The whole army will rest immediately after breakfast, have lunch at 12 noon, and set off along the Jiangxi at 1 o'clock in the afternoon to Andong." ”

"All the sacrificed comrades-in-arms were also taken away and sent to Jinmen; The unit was divided into two divisions, the regiment belonged to each department, including the field hospital, the guard, and the three battalions of infantry with the wounded, and the first battalion and the second battalion did not need to arrive in the county seat of Andong early tomorrow morning. ”

Wu Weiyang asked with some concern: "How can Song Qing explain that they will let us go?" ”

He Changying said resolutely: "There is no need to explain, just inform us that our reinforcement army will return to the defense area divided by the downstream of the division, and prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river in Andong; Don't worry about anything else! ”

At this time, a horse's hoofs came from the upper reaches of the river, stirring up dust along the way.

He Changying and the others all stood up and looked, only to see Song Qing's Goshha leader, Song Dexue, coming quickly.

"General He, General Wu, the military gate is urgent, saying that there is an urgent military situation."

Song Dexue jumped off the horse, hurriedly saluted He Changying, and said: "I also have to go to Yushu to communicate with the Ma Division, go to Hushan, and inform the Ma Division, General Nie." ”

"What's the matter?"

He Changying was shocked and asked nervously.

"Just now, Jiulian City got a telegram, and the Japanese have landed at the entrance of the garden in southern Liaoning, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses."

Song Dexue was frightened, now just to deal with the tens of thousands of Japanese on the other side, he has exhausted the troops of the three provinces of Zhili and Rehedong, at this time, the Japanese suddenly landed in southern Liaoning, where is the military strength to stop them?