In Sinuiju, North Korea, the 3rd and 5th Divisions of the Japanese Army, which had just retired a few months earlier, reappeared here in mid-June.

At present, only one squadron of the 6th Wing of the 5th Infantry Brigade under the 3rd Division has appeared in Sinuiju.

Upon arrival in Sinuiju, the squadron immediately took over control of Sinuiju and drove most of the Korean residents living there out of the city to check the safety of the houses in the city and prepare for the subsequent invasion of large forces.

Two hours after the squadron arrived in Sinuiju, two other squadrons followed by it also arrived in Sinuiju to participate in security inspections of the city.

The next morning, all members of the 6th Infantry Wing arrived in Sinuiju without incident, and in the afternoon, the 6th Infantry Wing also arrived in Sinuiju.

Before dark on the third day, the 7th Wing of the 6th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division, which was still left, also arrived in Sinuiju in full force.

At the same time, the 5th Division also rushed to Uiju, which was reluctant to reach Sinuiju at about the same time.

At noon on the fourth day, Lieutenant General Yoshimasa Oshima, commander of the 3rd Division, led a small number of troops to Euiju, which was only a few dozen kilometers away, to meet with Yamaguchi Sotomi, commander of the 5th Division.

Although Oshima Yoshimasa is higher than Yamaguchi Susen, both in terms of age and in the ranking of the army, at this critical juncture, the Japanese side still trusts Yamaguchi Suchen, a veteran.

When the coalition invaded the Qing State a year ago, it was the Fifth Division led by Yamaguchi Suchen who participated in the invasion. After the occupation of the capital, Yamaguchi Suchen also restrained the military discipline of the Japanese troops very well.

If it weren't for Wang Sirui's sudden appearance, maybe Yamaguchi Suchen would have been able to receive a special reward from the Empress Dowager Cixi as in history.

Yamaguchi Susen, appointed commander-in-chief of the dispatch, was in charge of the 3rd Division, the 5th Division, the Korean Division, and the 4th Division, which was still assembling on the mainland and preparing to arrive.

As for their reinforcements of the Fourth Division, this also annoyed Yamaguchi Suseni and Oshima Yoshimasa.

However, in the whole of Japan, only the Fourth Division, which had just returned to China, was still familiar with the situation in Korea. Because in the First Sino-Japanese War, after the 4th Division landed on the Liaodong Peninsula, it did not experience any major battles, and then served as the guard of North Korea.

The year before last, because of the depressed mood of the Fourth Division, Japan had no choice but to transfer the Fourth Division back to China and send the Third Division to replace it.

Although no one was optimistic about the 4th Division, which was composed of merchants, the base camp was decided, and as the front-line troops, Yamaguchi Suseni and Oshima Yoshimasa had no way to solve this problem. They were incapable of changing the decision of the base camp, so they had to fight this battle according to the strength of the 3rd and 5th divisions.

"Yamaguchi-kun, is it crazy up there? How could they send that wretch of the 4th Division to support us? I don't think they want to win this war at all. Yoshimasa Oshima said angrily.

"Oshima-kun, the above has decided like this, naturally there are reasons above, and besides, didn't General Obaogong not object?" Yamaguchi Suchen was not as anxious as Oshima Yoshimasa, but said calmly.

"The general must have been rectified by those people, and he doesn't want to say anything more." Yoshimasa Oshima retorted.

The 3rd and 5th Divisions, as well as the Korean Division and the 4th Division, which had not yet arrived, were once again assigned to the Second Army, and the commander was naturally Lieutenant General Obaogong, who had a brilliant victory.

It can be said that this second army is a temporary army, but no one can underestimate its combat effectiveness, and some of the troops in it are still those old units with strong combat power.

Although the strength of the Fifth Division was greatly damaged when it invaded the Qing Kingdom, the damaged strength was quickly replenished, and although it did not reach its peak, in their opinion, it was only a war gap.

"Oshima-kun, in terms of the ratio of troops, General Okubogong will consider it, I think we might as well make an attack plan first, and when General Obaogong comes here, we can attack immediately." Yamaguchi Suchen persuaded that he knew the dissatisfaction in Oshima Yoshimasa's heart, so how could he be satisfied?

Oshima Yoshimasa nodded, and immediately looked at the simple version of the map on the desktop, this is an unfinished map, after crossing the Yalu River, there are many places that are not marked at all, only the location of some big cities, and some small county towns they don't know.

This is a map drawn by the Japanese after entering the Liaodong Peninsula during the Russo-Japanese War a few years ago, although the secret services have been working hard to improve this map over the years, but the difficulty is too great, and it is impossible to complete this plan secretly.

"It's impossible to sneak attack, the other side is too smart, they have deployed their army hundreds of miles away, as long as we cross the Yalu River, they will know the news immediately." Oshima Yoshimasa said with a headache.

He hadn't fought with Wang Sirui before, but he had heard Yamaguchi Suchen say that Wang Sirui was difficult, and this time, the two sides had not yet met, so Oshima Yoshimasa felt Wang Sirui's difficulty.

Obviously, Wang Sirui knew that the Japanese did not dare to cross the Yalu River easily, so he deliberately arranged the army hundreds of miles away, which could not only shorten their supply distance, but also increase the supply route of the Japanese, which brought too many uncertainties to the Japanese.

What is Wang Sirui famous for? Isn't it famous for robbing the baggage brigade of the Fifth Division twice in a row, and the coalition forces are amazed?

The long supply lines made the Japanese have to consider sending more troops to protect these places, and according to previous experience, Wang Sirui can easily kill the strength of a squadron, so now, each supply line needs at least a thousand-person escort team.

This would greatly weaken the limited strength of the Japanese and prevent them from committing more troops to the attack.

"We have a lot of heavy weapons and we have a big disadvantage in that regard, we are both the same in terms of rifles, and I think we should still have a slight advantage. If we cooperate with the trenches as a defensive weapon, with our current strength, it will be difficult to break through Wang Sirui's defense. Yamaguchi said.

He is the only division commander who has fought with Wang Sirui among the entire high-level Japanese generals, so he knows a little bit about Wang Sirui, and according to Yamaguchi Suchen's assessment, with the current strength of the Japanese army, it is difficult to tear Wang Sirui's defense line from the front.

Even if the 4th Division was replaced by the 6th Division, they still did not have absolute certainty. Heavy firepower and trenches are a problem that can be used to stop the speed of the attacking side and protect the defender's soldiers, which is almost an unsolvable problem.

It's been a year since the trench was introduced, and countries around the world are studying how to use it, as well as how to break down it. But helplessly, no one has come up with an effective way.

Of course, it is purely a lie to say that there is no one, and that is to cover the shooting with large-caliber artillery. But it is clear that for most armies, this trick is not very reliable, because not every army has large-caliber artillery, such as Japan.

Their artillery brigade was only equipped with small-caliber artillery, not even a single artillery of more than 100 millimeters, and small-caliber artillery to attack the enemy's defense line seemed to be of little use except for wasting some shells.

"Bypassing the past, we sent a division of troops to go around from the north of Shengjing to the rear of Shengjing, flank the front and back, and quickly defeated Wang Sirui's troops in Shengjing." Yoshimasa Oshima thought for a moment and said with reference to the location of the enemy's deployment sent back by the previous spies.

In fact, it is impossible to hide such a large-scale troop movement from everyone, especially when the 1st and 20th Divisions are stationed near Shengjing, and suddenly tens of thousands of troops are stationed in the vicinity, which is simply impossible to hide.

"If we can't defeat them in one day, and we can't leave the battlefield smoothly, then we will be in danger, at most one day, one division deployed in Liaozhong will come to support, and two days later, another division deployed in Haicheng (Panjin) will also come to support.

As long as they can survive two days, they will surpass us in terms of troops, and according to the report of the spies, they are very likely to have a division of troops in Jinzhou, and after three days, Wang Sirui will have nearly 100,000 troops, two more divisions than us, and equipped with a large number of heavy weapons, even if we can win, it will be a disastrous victory. Yamaguchi shook his head and vetoed Yoshimasa Oshima's suggestion.

The enemy had an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and Shengjing, who had the best geographical location, was deployed with two divisions of troops, which made them somewhat helpless.

Wang Sirui arranged the five divisions in a T-shape, and Shengjing, which was most likely to be attacked from behind, deployed two more divisions, so that no matter which of the three points in front was attacked, within one day, at least one division of troops would come to support, and within two days, all five divisions would be put into the battlefield.

Obviously, after the coalition incident, Yamaguchi Suchen had already treated Wang Sirui's army as a strong man. Even though there were a large number of recruits in the Han army at this time, Yamaguchi Suchen was still extremely cautious.

However, there is another reason, and that is that almost all the top leaders are well aware that Britain and other powers do not support the Japanese in starting another war, which will cost them the agreement signed a few months ago, and will cost them a lot of benefits.

And Oshima Yoshimasa and Yamaguchi Suchen also knew very well that in fact, Japan's dispatch of troops this time was just a form of oppression, forcing Wang Sirui to continue to recognize the previous agreement and agree to Japan's continued transportation of iron ore rough.

Although Wang Sirui did not speak out against it, nor did he send people to stop Japan from transporting iron ore rough stones, the troops of the five divisions were stationed on the front line, which made the Japanese side nervous. (To be continued.) )