After Anderson finished speaking, he walked out of the house, and said as he walked, "I'll bring someone to install it for you." ”

Togo Heihachiro nodded, and at this time, a young man about thirty years old came in from outside and said to Togo Heihachiro: "General Togo, it's been a few days since our 'Soul Special Fleet' was formed, isn't it time for us to go out and taste the blood of that person?" ”

Heihachiro Togo laughed loudly: "Captain Fukuda Youzhong, now is not the time for you to attack, but don't worry, you are the blade of the empire, and one day the empire will use you." ”

The young man nodded silently and walked out.

The port of Incheon was a full 1,000 nautical miles from the port of Cheongjin, and it would take nearly four days to reach it at the speed of the Japanese army at 15 knots, during which time the fighting on land continued.

At 6 o'clock in the morning of 12 February, the 4th, 5th, and 6th regiments of Lin Yuan's troops had cleared out all the Japanese troops at the No. 3 landing site, and the defenders of the 7th Division at the No. 1 and No. 2 landing fields of the Japanese army all withdrew and withdrew to Laoxian Mountain, 35 kilometers west of Qingjin City.

In the command headquarters of Lao Xianshan, Mizuta Akito, Aso Yasuhito and Kumamoto Shoichi all had bitter faces, and Akutagawa and Mi stood up and said: "Division commander, this operation is unfavorable, it is all my responsibility, I failed to drive Lin Yuan's troops into the sea in time, which is why there is a later failure." ”

Shuitian Mingyuan said: "I don't blame you, it's all because Lin Yuan's troops dispatched the aircraft that we failed." ”

Akutagawa Kazumi said: "If I had decisively ordered the troops to charge at the beginning of the battle, instead of looking for Korean civilians to pretend to be our samurai, Lin Yuan's troops would not have had the opportunity to dispatch flying machines, so I cannot escape the blame for this failure." ”

Aso Yasuhito said: "Akutagawa, don't blame yourself anymore, if you want to hold accountable for this defeat, also those who escaped, Akutagawa, you go and investigate now, in the battle last night, who took the lead in escaping?" Those who took the lead in escaping, not a single one was left, and all of them were shot. ”

Akutagawa and Mimi said: "Division commander, there is no need, the person who took the lead in escaping last night has already apologized to the emperor for his guilt because of shame. ”

Aso Yasuhito nodded and said, "Okay, there is no need to delve into this matter, let's think about the next battle." ”

Mizuta Akito said: "Lin Yuan's troops landed near Kiyojin, they will inevitably be in a situation of being attacked on all sides, General Nogi has already said that the 9th Division in Yoshikawa will also be transferred, and reinforcements will also be sent from Japan to support us, according to the latest news, our 3rd and 4th Divisions have set off from Japanese ports and are heading for Korea. ”

"So what we have to do is to hold on to Cheongjin! As long as we can hold Qingjin, we have the hope of completely annihilating the Linyuan troops! ”

The crowd replied, "Yes!" ”

At this time, Kumamoto Shoichi said: "Division commander, I request to lead the main artillery chariot unit to launch an active attack on Lin Yuan's troops!" ”

Mizuta Mingyuan said: "Kumamoto-kun, your main artillery chariot is not the opponent of Lin Yuan's troops, so don't attack!" ”

Kumamoto Shoichi said: "We are equipped with a brand new armor-piercing projectile, which is enough to destroy the main artillery combat vehicle of Lin Yuan's troops, and the terrain around Laoxian Mountain is changeable, we can skillfully use the terrain to attack Lin Yuan's troops!" ”

Mizuta Mingyuan said: "Okay, I agree with your plan to attack." ”

The Japanese army then scattered their own preparations, Lin Yuan, the first division is stepping up to the beachhead to transport all kinds of supplies, including various caliber shells, bullets, food, fresh water, medicine, and batteries needed for tank infrared searchlights, the first division before the landing to collect a large number of civilian ships, after the landing site is consolidated to transfer supplies to the shore, the sea is full of small boats for a while.

Vladivostok also stepped up the transfer of supplies, and the 9th Regiment of the 1st Division captured a series of small islands located at the mouth of the Tumen River, and then established a material transfer base on these small islands, which were only 48 nautical miles away from Cheongjin, and small boats could also go directly to the islands, load the supplies on the ships, and then transfer them to Chunjin.

In the process of material transfer, the big ship can load a large amount of goods and sail directly from Vladivostok to Qingjin, but the draft of the big ship cannot be close to the shore, although the small boat can get close to the shore, but it can't load too much cargo, and the endurance of the small boat is not enough to support them from Vladivostok directly to Qingjin, so if you want to transfer materials, you have to transport a large number of goods by the big ship to the sea area outside the landing site, and then unload the goods on the big ship. Put it in a small boat, and then transport it to the beachhead by small boat.

And the speed of such a mode of transport is very slow, because the big ship can not transport a lot of goods to the small ship at once, and the means of transport of the big ship are also limited, only one or several ships can transport goods at a time, other ships can only wait, and the means of transport may also make mistakes, resulting in the interruption of the material transfer process, last night's sling damage is a clear example.

However, with the material transfer island, the situation is different, the big ship can put the materials directly on the transit island, and the small boat can directly pick it up after coming, and the speed is obviously much faster than the previous situation.

On the evening of 12 February, after several hundred transport ships rushed to transport more than 60,000 tons of supplies to the shore, and after having sufficient reserves of supplies, Shen Xin ordered the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments to launch an attack on Qingjin at 8 a.m. on 13 February, and the three regiments were commanded by Yuan Zhengmao, commander of the First Brigade.

Lin Yuan's troops had a brigade-level structure, but in the landing operation, in order to improve the flexibility of command, Shen Xin adopted the method of directly commanding regiment-level combat units.

Yuan Zhengmao saw that the vicinity of Qingjin was a plain, which was suitable for the impact of armored troops, so he put the tank units of the three regiments in the front, and the infantry followed in trucks, and the three regiments stretched the frontal width to 400 meters, with a distance of three kilometers from each other, and launched an attack on the Japanese army Laoxian Mountain on a width of 10 kilometers.

At 8:40 a.m., scouts on both sides discovered each other, and the Japanese tanks fired red flares, signaling the troops to prepare to meet the enemy. Yuan Zhengmao also used the communicator to notify his tank, and the tank duel was about to break out.