After Bai Chongxi conquered Suwon, he quickly commanded the player's 1st Division and NPC's 7th Division to set up defenses and prepare for the Japanese attack. Suwon is related to whether the Cam Ranh Bay army can take root in the south of Seoul, and it is also related to the safety of Seoul, and the Japanese army will definitely fight for it at any cost.

Commander Bai Chongxi's high commander played a role, and after arranging the defensive position, he ordered the players to defend it to the death, and personally led the 7th Division to set up an ambush between Suwon and Pyongtaek. The Japanese thought that Cam Ranh Bay would only defend to the death after conquering Suwon, and entered Bai Chongxi's pocket formation from an NPC brigade supported by Cheonan, and was completely annihilated by Bai Chongxi relying on superior firepower.

The Japanese lost an NPC brigade, delaying the deployment of the attack, so Bai Chongxi easily defended Suwon for ten days. The fourth and fifth divisions commanded by Wu Peifu arrived at Inchon at this time, Bai Chongxi, a junior, fought two beautiful battles, and Wu Peifu, Sun Chuanfang and Yang Sen couldn't sit still, and suggested to Chen Hao to launch the next battle.

Chen Hao took out the battle plan formulated by Bai Chongxi, and Wu Peifu and the three of them were amazed after reading it, and once again improved the plan. The Marine Brigade continued to stay in Seoul, and the 4th and 5th Divisions, under the leadership of Wu Peifu, marched to Suwon and smoothly joined up with Bai Chongxi's 7th Division.

Chen Hao contacted the Russian side, hoping that Russia would take Chuncheon east of Seoul and cut off the eastern passage of the Japanese army in Seoul. The three divisions commanded by Suwon Wu Peifu were preparing for the expedition, and the reconnaissance company was sent to Wonju in the east to inquire about the news, which made the Japanese nervous.

Suwon to the south of Seoul has been controlled by the Cam Ranh Bay army, and Chuncheon to the west has been captured by the Russian army, and if Wonju is lost, the retreat of the Seoul defenders will be cut off again. The Japanese commander, believing that he had insight into the strategic intentions of the coalition forces, sent troops from Gangneung and Hoengseong to the aid of Wonju, and at the same time ordered Nogi Noshinori's Third Army stationed in Chungju to move north along the Han River to cut off the retreat of the Cam Ranh Bay forces.

After Cam Ranh Bay's three divisions in Suwon were prepared, only the player's first division was left in Waterwon. The three NPC divisions advance to Wonju to the east. The Japanese army gathered one division of NPC troops in Wonju, and two other player divisions of the division, which the Japanese commander Gentaro Kodama believed was enough to withstand the attack of the Cam Ranh Bay troops. Once the three divisions of Cam Ranh Bay reached a stalemate in Wonju, Nogi Noshinori's Third Army would rush to the battlefield to cut off the enemy's retreat and launch an attack.

Both sides invested a lot of troops in this battle, and three divisions of Cam Ranh Bay crossed the Han River. The advance force approached Wonju. In order to hide the strategic purpose, Kodama Gentaro did not rush to let the Third Army move, and was ready to wait for Cam Ranh Bay to start attacking the city before letting the Third Army go north. After learning that Cam Ranh Bay troops had begun shelling Wonju, Kodama Gentaro gave an order to Nogi Noshinori to cut off the attack from the rear of the three divisions in Cam Ranh Bay at all costs.

More than 160 mountain guns under the city of Wonju roared frantically, constantly bombarding the enemy's artillery positions. The Japanese army in Wonju defended to the death according to the order of Kodama Gentaro, and did not go out of the city to engage the army of Cam Ranh Bay, waiting for the Third Army led by Nogi Noshinori to turn the tide of the battle. More than 100 artillery pieces were shelled, which just confirmed Kodama Gentaro's judgment. All three divisions of the enemy were in Wonju.

The person responsible for directing the artillery bombardment was only the commander of the artillery regiment Guan Lianhai, who had only 5,000 troops under the fortress of Wonju, and the three main divisions were not in Seoul. Bai Chongxi once again paralyzed the Japanese commander, and the artillery brigade originally in Seoul plus the artillery regiment directly under the player's 1st Division took on the task of feint Wonju

The three main divisions did not rush to Wonju, but stopped at the Han River and set up pocket formations to wait for enemy reinforcements. Bai Chongxi's plan to encircle and send reinforcements was extremely bold, there was only one artillery brigade under Suwon City, and if the enemy in the city dared to attack, he would definitely suffer heavy losses. However, he boldly judged that there were more than 100 artillery pieces to prepare for fire. Most of the Japanese misjudged that under the city of Wonju were the three main divisions of Cam Ranh Bay.

Gentaro Kodama, the "wise general", was really fooled. thought that he could completely annihilate the main force of Cam Ranh Bay and win a big victory, but it turned out to bury Nogi Noshinori's Third Army. The Japanese army had more than 50,000 men and two divisions, but Nogi Noshinori's Third Army had a brigade left behind in Chungju, with a total number of only about 40,000.

The Japanese division is completely based on the establishment of the German army division, and the division has about 26,000 people. It is equivalent to an army in China. Yuan Shikai's Beiyang town only has about 12,000 people, and when Chen Hao established the NPC army in the early stage, the division-level units referred to the Beiyang establishment. However, as the arsenal produced more and more heavy weapons, he completely referred to the German army divisions during the expansion, and the firepower configuration was even stronger than the German divisions.

The total strength of the fourth, fifth, and seventh divisions exceeded 80,000. Outnumbered twice as many as the Japanese Third Army, traps were laid along the Han River. Sun Chuanfang's 4th Division let the Japanese 3rd Army go, and when the 3rd Army plunged headlong into the pockets laid by the 5th and 7th Divisions, he led the 4th Division to cut off the enemy's retreat.

The Battle of the Han River began, and the number of troops on both sides reached a staggering 120,000, and all of them were elite troops. Nogi Noshinori's Third Army was an old and strong army established during the Meiji Restoration, and its combat effectiveness ranked among the highest in the Japanese army; The three divisions of Cam Ranh Bay were not formed for a long time, but they had undergone the baptism of war in western Sichuan, and their weapons included 150 mm howitzers, 75 mountain guns and various mortars, and they were completely superior to the Third Army in terms of firepower.

Gentaro Kodama was Japan's first wise general in the Meiji period, and was known as the reincarnation of Toyotomi Hideyoshi because of his special emphasis on the virtuous cycle of military and economic power. During the Russo-Japanese War, he served as the chief of the General Staff of the Manchurian Army, the actual commander of the capture of the Port of Arthur, and was known as the Three Masters of the Meiji Army along with Katsura Taro and Kawakami Soroku.

The Japanese star is due to have died in 1906, and in order to keep him alive longer, the Japanese player completed a difficult task. After receiving treatment, Gentaro Kodama was able to increase his life time in the game by ten years and became the commander of the Japanese army stationed in Korea. I don't know how the player, who was desperately trying to renew his life for Kodama Gentaro, learned that Kodama Gentaro kept making stupid moves, and because of a major mistake in command, which led to heavy losses for the Japanese army.

Gentaro Kodama has been famous for many years, and he underestimated the young generals in Cam Ranh Bay, so he suffered a big loss. After receiving the news that Nogi Noshinori's third army was besieged, he was depressed for a long time, he was determined to win this battle, and he drew all the troops he could draw, how to rush to the third army now?

There is also a brigade stationed in Chungju, but this is obviously not enough, and sending it out will only increase the enemy's gains. Wonju has one NPC division and two player divisions, but by the time the Battle of the Han River began, the artillery brigade of Cam Ranh Bay's feint had retreated westward. After this artillery brigade converges with the three main divisions, Cam Ranh Bay can completely draw out a division to defend against the Japanese troops rushing to the aid of Wonju direction, and it will not be able to relieve the Third Army for a while.

To make matters worse, the Russian Eighth Army stationed in Chuncheon and the 6th Division in Cam Ranh Bay advanced southward, targeting Hoengseong, which was close to Wonju. Once Wonju and Hoengseong were lost, all routes for the Japanese army to retreat in Seoul would be cut off, and it was likely that the mistakes of the First Russo-Japanese War would be repeated.

After thinking for a long time, Kodama Gentaro gave an order that the three divisions stationed in Haraju would not move, and one of them would go to Hoengseong to strengthen the defense. In addition, he sent two player divisions from the south to the north, and these two divisions would be responsible for the defense of Chungju, and as for Nogi Noshinori's Third Army, it could only be left to its own devices.

The Battle of the Han River lasted twelve days, and Nogi's Third Army was unusually stubborn, but in the end it could not avoid its destruction. After the war, Bai Chongxi, the commander of the 7th Division in Cam Ranh Bay, who was only 20 years old, became famous all over the world, and all major newspapers and magazines carried overwhelming reports.

Nogi Noshinori's Third Army escaped only 2,000 men, and the destruction of one and a half main divisions had a great impact on the strategic deployment of the Japanese army, and Seoul became critical. Cam Ranh Bay and the player troops recruited by the Russians accepted the tasks issued by the NPCs one after another, and launched a round of attacks on Seoul at any cost.

The Japanese troops stationed in Seoul suffered heavy casualties, and most of the garrison troops were NPC troops, so it was impossible for Kodama Gentaro not to feel distressed. Cam Ranh Bay and the Russians suffered greater losses, but the player troops were responsible for the siege, and the losses were only in terms of level and weapons. The players who participated in the war mission in Japan, some of them were stationed in Wonju and some of them were stationed in Chungju, and they did not dare to go north to strengthen the defense of Seoul at all.

The Battle of Seoul lasted for a month, and finally Gentaro Kodama made the decision to abandon Seoul and ordered three divisions of Seoul to retreat to Wonju. Seoul was captured by the coalition forces, and the Russian commander Kulopatkin did not fight well, but he was a good hand in fighting for the fruits of victory. In order to prevent Cam Ranh Bay from taking Seoul, he did not issue a mission to Huaxia players in the last few days of siege battles, but ordered Russian players and NPC troops to jointly attack the city.

Kulopalkin's small-bellied chicken intestines Chen Hao pretended not to see it, he had no intention of fighting for territory with the Russians, and now he showed generosity to paralyze the Russians first. No matter how much of Russia's victory, when World War I broke out and their focus was on the Western Front, he had a chance to take Korea and regain the lands ceded by Tsarist Russia.

Gentaro Kodama made the right decision to abandon Seoul, and the disastrous defeats at the Battle of Suwon and the Battle of the Han River made the Japanese army extremely passive, and the abandonment of Seoul instead strengthened the defensive line. After the coalition forces occupied Seoul, they fought with the Japanese army around Wonju, Hoengseong, Chungju and other places, and the two sides did not gain the upper hand.

Jiang Baili and Cai Ye also rushed to North Korea, and they once again submitted a battle plan to Chen Hao, which was refined by Wu Peifu, Bai Chongxi, Chen Shaokuan and others. The battle plan was mainly completed by Jiang and Cai, but the idea was provided by Yang Du and Yang Huizi, so the plan was full of conspiracy.

Yang Du's commander-in-chief attribute is not good, but he knows very well that the key to the Korean War is the navy, as long as the Japanese navy and the Korean army stationed in Japan are annihilated, it will be over. When talking with Jiang Baili and Cai Yi, he put forward the idea of attracting the main Japanese navy to dispatch, and Jiang Baili and Cai Yi came up with a complete battle plan after being attracted. (To be continued......)