Aso Yasuhito smiled: "Mizuta-kun, what's wrong with you?" How can you be timid? We don't need to fight with the people of China to defend the city, what we have to do is to retreat to the city and fight with the people of China in the streets! Don't forget, under the wise leadership of our Imperial Japan, Kiyotsu has developed into a large city with a population of more than 500,000 people, with countless buildings, factories, and sewers in the city, all of which have made it convenient for our brave samurai of the Great Japanese Empire to fight against the Shina people! ”

"More importantly, we are helping the Korean people resist the aggression of the Chinese people, and we are the ones who have won the hearts and minds of the people. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, why can't we keep it? Only if we wait until the combined fleet and reinforcements and take advantage of the situation to counterattack, Lin Yuan's troops will definitely be defeated! ”

Aso Yasuhito's words made everyone's blood boil, but Mizuda Mingyuan thought in his heart: "We have some advantages in street fighting, but are we the ones who win the hearts of the people?" Also, can the combined fleet defeat Lin Yuan's fleet? Will reinforcements be able to impress Lin Yuan's troops when they come? Although Mizuda Mingyuan thought so, he didn't say it directly, but said: "Okay, let's do our best to defend Qingjin." ”

Aso nodded and said, "I think we can completely abandon the defense on the periphery of Qingjin City and concentrate on preparing for street fighting, but we also need to deploy some fortifications on the periphery of Qingjin City to attract the firepower of Lin Yuan's troops." ”

Mizuda Mingyuan said: "Then the task of building the fortifications will be handed over to Oki Shin and Osaku and his engineering team!" ”

Nobukazu Oki, who was on the side, nodded again and again, and everyone discussed the matter of street fighting, and then the meeting was dismissed, and Nobuwa Oki found that there was no fortification here when he arrived outside the castle of Cheongjin, because the Japanese army did not expect Lin Yuan's troops to land from the coast near Cheongjin at all, and they focused their defense efforts on Hamgyong Mountain and the landing ground.

Nobukazu Oki called his men and said, "Tell me, how should the fortifications be repaired?" ”

One of the team leaders said: "Now we don't have many mines left, so we don't need to lay minefields, and the construction of anti-tank triangular cones is also very troublesome, and we need to mobilize concrete mixer trucks, so our fortifications should also be dominated by anti-tank trenches." ”

Nobukazu Oki shook his head and smiled: "No, never!" ”

Everyone thought to themselves: "The anti-tank trench is the most suitable fortification, why should the wing commander say no?" couldn't help but ask questions, Oki Nobuwa said with a smile: "The purpose of our fortifications is not to block Lin Yuan's attack, but to consume Lin Yuan's strength, if we build an anti-tank trench, Lin Yuan's troops put bridge-building tanks, or use bulldozer tanks to bulldoze and fill pits, and then pass, what can be consumed?" ”

Everyone nodded and asked, "Captain, what fortifications should we build?" ”

Nobuwa Oki smiled: "Of course, they are fortifications and fortresses, and these things are the most suitable for consuming the shells of Lin Yuan's troops." ”

Everyone suddenly realized and admired, and was just about to convey the order, when suddenly an officer rushed in from outside, and said anxiously: "Oh no, Lin Yuan's troops are here!" ”

Oki Nobuwa hurriedly walked out of the command post, looked into the distance with a telescope, only to see thick smoke billowing in the distance, I don't know how many Lin Yuan troops there are in the road, Oki Nobuwa thought in his heart: "We are engineering troops, we don't have much combat equipment, Lin Yuan's troops are menacing, we must not hit a stone with an egg!" Thinking of this, Nobukazu Ohki said, "Order the troops, retreat!" The Japanese engineering wing then withdrew to the city.

The troops who came were the troops led by Yuan Zhengmao, and Yuan Zhengmao was proud at this time, because the 31st Division entered Korea, so Shen Xin assigned five of the other six regiments of the 1st Division to Yuan Zhengmao to attack Qingjin together, and the 9th Regiment served as a material transfer task and did not participate in the attack on Qingjin.

The eight regiments of Lin Yuan's troops, together with the division's engineering, communications, and artillery units, totaling nearly 20,000 people and more than 300 tanks, marched mightily towards Qingjin, and soon surrounded Qingjin from the east and north. ”

The subordinate staff officer smiled: "The Japanese army must have abandoned the outer city defense and concentrated on fighting street battles." ”

Yuan Zhengmao said: "That's right, it's the same as I thought, but if it's a street fight......" Yuan Zhengmao hesitated after speaking, and his subordinates said: "Brigade commander, what are you hesitating about?" If the little devils want to fight in the streets, let's fight with them, what is there to be afraid of? ”

Yuan Zhengmao said with a smile: "The Japanese army still has a lot of troops, and it is really the next strategy for us to engage them in close combat, so we should immediately inform the division commander of the news that the Japanese army is preparing to fight street battles, and see what he has in mind." ”

Shen Xin soon received the report, and he had no choice, so he contacted Lin Yuan and said, "Lin Shuai, there is a new situation on the battlefield on our side. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "What's new?" ”

Shen Xin said: "The Japanese army wants to fight with us in the streets!" ”

Lin Yuan thought for a while and said, "How many Japanese soldiers are there?" ”

Shen Xin said: "There are about 60,000 people in the two divisions of the Japanese army, and in the previous battles, there were 30,000 people killed, and now there should be about 30,000 Japanese troops in the city!" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Thirty thousand? Then don't storm it, they and us are enough for us! ”

Shen Xin asked, "Lin Shuai, then how do we fight?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "The old way, cut off its grain and grass, and mess up its army's heart!" ”

Shen Xin said: "But we don't even know how much grain reserves the Japanese army has and where the warehouses where the grain reserves are, so how can we cut off their grain and grass?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Leave this matter to me." ”

Shen Xin said: "Okay, I understand. After saying that, he turned off the communicator, Lin Yuan thought about it, picked up the phone on the table, and said, "Is it sunny?" Bring the information of the Japanese army's grain reserves in Qingjin and come to me. ”

Shen Wanqing agreed, Lin Yuan hung up the phone, and after a short time, he heard a knock on the door, and Lin Yuan replied casually: "Please come in." ”

As soon as the door opened, Lin Yuan looked up and saw that it was Shen Wanqing walking in, and couldn't help laughing: "Why did you knock on the door today?" Do I still have to knock on my door to enter my house? ”

Shen Wanqing said seriously: "Lin Shuai, can I report to you?" ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What kind of trouble is this?" When we came out of the house today, we were still talking and laughing! It's going to be freezing cold! Forget it, the work is important, let's first find out the grain reserves in Qingjin City. So Lin Yuan said: "Okay, let's talk about the Japanese army's military granary first." ”

Shen Wanqing stood in front of the table, did not sit down, and said: "According to the information sent back by our agents, the Japanese army has built sixteen large granaries, each of which has a grain storage level of 100,000 tons. ”

After hearing this, Lin Yuan thought: "Sixteen granaries, each of which is 100,000 tons, if the Japanese army fills these granaries, then there will be 1.6 million tons of grain, so much grain, it is not okay for the Japanese army to eat them, the time to use mold to take effect is too slow, then the only way to use special means - blow up their granaries!" ”