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On the morning of September 4, when the Japanese troops attacked the Jilin Army's defensive line, they found that the entire defensive line was empty. Even the bodies of the fallen soldiers have been taken away, and the entire position is quiet, only the craters prove how fierce the battle has been here.

Originally, the Japanese army thought that it would encounter a hard battle before it could defeat the Jilin Army. However, I didn't expect the Jilin Army to retreat on its own initiative, which surprised the Japanese army greatly. At the same time, it also greatly excited the Japanese army. After all, after a few days of fighting, they have seen how strong the Jilin Army is, and if the Jilin Army continues to defend to the death, even if they can break through the defense line of the Jilin Army, they will definitely pay huge casualties. The Jilin Army took the initiative to retreat, and they would have to save much trouble, and at the same time, the casualties would not be so large.

General Hasegawa Yoshimichi, commander of the Korean Army of the Japanese Army, crossed the Yalu River by boat with a group of generals, and set foot on Chinese soil. However, there was no trace of joy on his face, but gloomy and scary.

In the past few days of fighting, the North Korean army can be said to have paid heavy losses, with 12,000 casualties. In addition, most of the troops lost were front-line combat units, which was equivalent to the loss of the front-line combat units of the entire two brigades and regiments. In the end, it was because the Jilin Army took the initiative to abandon its position that they crossed the Yalu River. If it gets out, it will definitely be regarded as a disgrace to the North Korean army.

"Gentlemen, what do you think of the retreat of the Chinese?" General Hasegawa asked.

"Your Excellency, I think that the people of China fled in disarray. In the previous days of fighting, although we suffered heavy losses. But the losses of the people of China are certainly not smaller than ours. Faced with the onslaught of the Imperial warriors, the Shina had to retreat. It was a big win for us. Lieutenant General Haruno Okubo, commander of the 3rd Division, said immediately.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I also think that this is the case, and the people of China are just a second-rate army after all. They were not long formed, although they were able to resist our attack for a while with advanced weapons. However, if you want to stick with it for a long time, it is not possible. After a few days of fierce fighting, it must have caused heavy casualties among the Chinese people. That's why they fled in embarrassment. The people of China have been completely defeated by us, and the next battle will be much better. Lieutenant General Sadami Yasuto, commander of the 10th Division, also said.

The answers of the two were agreed by General Hasegawa Yoshimichi. He also believes that the reason why the Jilin Army will retreat should be that it will not be able to support it. Otherwise, the Jilin Army would not let go of the low-hanging fruit. If it were a Japanese army, even if it was desperate, it would definitely be outside the country. Although the firepower of the Jilin Army is strong, its combat effectiveness, especially the will to fight, cannot be compared with that of the Japanese army.

The chief of staff of the North Korean Army, Keikuro Muta, opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing. He saw that something was wrong, but Admiral Hasegawa Yoshimichi had already made a final decision about this victory, and if he raised any objections, wouldn't it be questioning His Excellency the Commander? This is very disrespectful in the Japanese Army. Even if he is the chief of staff of the North Korean army, he cannot afford this responsibility.

In the Japanese Army, the chiefs of staff of units at all levels do not have much authority, and more often only provide command and operational plans. Otherwise, he, the chief of staff of the army, would not only have the rank of major general. And the division commanders of various divisions and regiments under the North Korean Army are all with the rank of lieutenant general! His military rank is nothing more than the equivalent of a brigade commander.

After crossing the Yalu River, the Korean army sent cavalry to pursue the retreating Jilin Army. Two cavalry wings, totaling more than 1,500 cavalry, pursued in the direction of the retreat of the Jilin Army. However, they were counterattacked by the cavalry units of the Jilin Army. Each regiment of the Jilin Army has a cavalry company with more than 200 people. Each division also had a cavalry battalion, more than a thousand people. In this way, the cavalry of an infantry division has more than 1,700 people, which is more than twice the cavalry wing of each division of the Japanese army.

After the retreat of the main forces, the cavalry of the 6th Infantry Division remained behind. The cavalry of both sides fought a fierce battle in Fengcheng. Although the quality of the Japanese cavalry was higher, the Japanese cavalry was usually armed only with sabers and cavalry guns. The cavalry of the Jilin Army is equivalent to the infantry on horseback, and the weapons equipped with are all kinds of light and heavy machine guns and mortars, except for rifles, which are more suitable for shooting on horseback.

Thus, the Japanese cavalry was tragic. In the fierce battle, he was swept away by the powerful fire of the cavalry of the Jilin Army, leaving behind the corpses on the ground and having to flee in embarrassment.

After the senior generals of the North Korean Army learned of this news, they even believed that the Jilin Army had fled with iron determination, so they left the troops behind. Under the orders of General Hasegawa Yoshimichi, the remaining troops of the Korean army began to march to Liaoyang, preparing to rush to Liaoyang as quickly as possible and save the besieged second division in one fell swoop.

And this made the Japanese and Korean troops step by step into the encirclement that the Jilin Army had already prepared.

After the 3rd, 6th and 7th Infantry Divisions of the Jilin Army retreated from Andong, the 3rd Infantry Division, which suffered heavy losses, withdrew to the rear to rest. The replenishment of the troops has already arrived, and they need to run in and restore their combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time. The 6th Infantry Division and the 7th Infantry Division were withdrawn to the Changbai Mountains. In the end, the task of blocking the encirclement fell to them.

As for the bottom of the encirclement, there are the 2nd, 4th and 5th Infantry Divisions of the Jilin Army. These three infantry divisions have been waiting for an opportunity since the end of the Battle of Shengjing, and they have been sharpening their knives for a long time. This time, the Japanese and Korean troops collided head-on, and of course they would not miss this opportunity.

This time, the Jilin Army used the 2nd Infantry Division, the 4th Infantry Division, the 5th Infantry Division, plus the 3rd Infantry Division, the 6th Infantry Division, and the 7th Infantry Division, a total of more than 100,000 troops, to encircle and annihilate the Korean army, which had only more than 30,000 people left. As long as the North Korean army enters the ambush circle, they will be dead.

In order to lure the Japanese army into the ambush circle, the Jilin Army even specially arranged troops to block the attack, creating the illusion of resistance to the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army launched an attack like crazy in order to rush to Liaoyang as soon as possible.

At the same time, Wu Haoxuan returned to Liaoyang from the Andong front. Now that the North Korean army has taken the bait, it is useless to keep the second division of the Japanese army. Strengthening the attack on the 2nd Division will enable the Japanese and Korean troops to fall into the trap more quickly.

In addition, Wu Haoxuan also received news that the Sixth and Eighth Divisions sent from Japan also arrived in Dalian, and after completing their rest, they began to go north along the South Manchurian Railway. It's just that because the railway was destroyed, the Japanese army could only rely on foot, and it would take five or six days to get from the slap in the face to Liaoyang. And this also gave the Jilin Army the opportunity to break them all.

However, at the same time, there was also bad news that made Wu Haoxuan a little nervous. In addition to the 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 6th, and 8th Divisions invested in advance, the Japanese Army also mobilized three additional divisions, namely the 1st Division, the 5th Division, and the 7th Division.

Originally, Wu Haoxuan thought that it would be great for the Japanese to dispatch a maximum of five divisions, but he did not expect that the Japanese would be able to dispatch eight divisions. You must know that the total strength of the eight A divisions and regiments adds up to 180,000 people, which is not much less than that of the Jilin Army. There are even more than 10,000 more than the nine infantry divisions that the Jilin Army has put into operation.

Under such circumstances, Wu Haoxuan could only speed up the progress of the war and find a way to solve the first few divisions before the arrival of the three divisions supported by the Japanese army. In this way, the Japanese army's refueling tactics would not pose a threat to the Jilin Army. Otherwise, if the subsequent divisions of the Japanese army were to huddle together, it would be difficult to say whether this battle could be won.

After Wu Haoxuan rushed back to Liaoyang overnight, he immediately summoned Major General Shi Deshan, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, Major General Qiao Hanzhang, commander of the 8th Infantry Division, and Major General James, deputy commander of the instructor.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Japanese and Korean forces are advancing towards the encirclement step by step, and it is expected that they will enter the encirclement the day after tomorrow at the latest. At this time, it was no longer of much use to leave the 2nd Division behind. I have decided to strike the final blow against the 2nd Division from tomorrow and finish them out once and for all. Wu Haoxuan made up his mind.

"Young Marshal, we have solved the second division, what if the sixth and eighth divisions from Dalian to the north are retracted?" Major General Shi Deshan asked.

"If the North Korean army is also caught in our encirclement, then they will have no choice but to continue the attack." Wu Haoxuan said affirmatively. The 2nd Division was used to lure the North Korean Army, and the Korean Army was used to lure the remaining 6th and 8th Divisions of the Kwantung Army. In the end, the 6th and 8th Divisions were used to fish for the three divisions supported by the Japanese army. It can be said that they are interlocking, so that Japan has to revolve around his baton.

After all, Japan absolutely did not want to watch one division after another be eaten by the Jilin Army, and they could only attack with all their might. This created an opportunity for the Jilin Army. In addition, the Japanese army was unwilling to accept the reality that the Jilin Army was stronger than the Japanese army. Therefore, they can only pin their hopes on defeating the Jilin Army.

After Wu Haoxuan made up his mind to eliminate the Second Division of the Japanese Army, the end of the Second Division had undoubtedly come.