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"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, let us assign you the task of attacking." This was stated by the commander of the DPRK Army, General Yoshimichi Hasegawa.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Major General Muta Keikuro, Chief of Staff of the North Korean Army, nodded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the information we have received, the Jilin Army, which is currently assembled on the west bank of the Yalu River, has a total of three infantry divisions, numbered the 3rd Infantry Division, the 6th Infantry Division and the 7th Infantry Division of the Jilin Army, with a total strength of more than 55,000 people, about 10,000 more than us. However, I believe that with the strength of the Korean army, it will definitely be able to defeat the Jilin Army with less and more. Major General Keikuro Muta said.

"Yo Xi!" General Hasegawa nodded repeatedly.

The rest of the Japanese generals also looked very impressed. Although, the fiasco of the 2nd Division was undoubtedly a lesson for them. However, he did not think that the Jilin Army really had the strength to confront the Japanese army. The reason why the 2nd Division was defeated and surrounded was because it was attacked by an enemy several times its size. This time, the North Korean army was only 10,000 men less than the enemy. Such a gap is not big. With the strong combat effectiveness of the DPRK army, it is completely able to make up for the lack of troops.

"The Combined Fleet will send a detachment to assist us in launching an attack on the Jilin Army. Therefore, the General Staff drew up two plans for the operation of crossing the river. Tomorrow, we will start the offensive against the Jilin Army from the front, and if we can defeat the Jilin Army and cross the Yalu River, then we will not need the support of the navy. The second plan was to send a force under the cover of the navy to land from Anton's flank and rear to attack the flank and rear of the Jilin Army, so as to break the defense line of the Jilin Army in one fell swoop. Major General Keikuro Muta continued.

"I don't think there's any need for the second plan. Isn't the reason why the navy will be kind enough to help us because Benxi and Anshan have fallen into the hands of the Chinese people? They urgently needed iron ore there, otherwise their battleships would not be finished. Lieutenant General Haruno Okubo, commander of the Third Division, said disdainfully.

Other generals also chimed in. In Japan, the contradiction between the navy and the army is very acute, and no one can get used to it. Every year, when the military budget is contested, both sides will fight over each other. However, from now on, it has always been the Navy that has the upper hand. The navy accounts for a larger proportion of the military budget than the army, which makes the generals of the army always hold their breath in their hearts.

"Well, if you don't have any objections, so be it! Everyone go back and prepare, tomorrow the 3rd and 10th Divisions will launch the main attack. General Hasegawa said.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander!" All the generals and officers of the Japanese army shouted one after another.

By the time the sun rose on 1 September, the Japanese troops on the east bank of the Yalu River had already begun preparations for the attack. One cannon after another was pushed out, and the field artillery wing and the field heavy artillery brigade directly under the division and regiment had already entered the position and aimed at the position of the Jilin Army on the west bank of the Yalu River across the river.

Groups of Japanese soldiers, led by junior officers, entered the positions with rice balls in their hands, and this was their breakfast. However, I don't know how many people will never taste the taste of rice balls again after today, and they will never be able to return to their hometowns. However, they deserve it. To invade China, we must be prepared to bury our bones in a foreign land.

Wu Haoxuan also got up early in the morning, and after resting for a night, his spirit was much better. Only this time he was no longer allowed to go to the front. The Japanese offensive is about to begin, and going to the front at this time will undoubtedly encounter danger. The Japanese shells don't have eyes. In case Wu Haoxuan has three long and two short, the Jilin Army will be finished.

Therefore, Wu Haoxuan could only stay in the headquarters and learn about the latest situation through telegraph contact with the front. Fortunately, there is a small hill next to the headquarters, and standing on the top of the mountain, you can see the Yalu River with a telescope.

"Young Marshal, General Shi and General Zhao have telegraphed, the Japanese army has begun to move, and it is expected that the Japanese offensive will begin soon." Li Yanling handed a telegram to Wu Haoxuan.

"Well, let's go, let's go to the top of the mountain to see if little Japan can break through our defense, whether our defense line is broken by them, or whether they hit our head on our defense line and bleed." After reading the telegram, Wu Haoxuan immediately walked to the hill next to the headquarters. Li Yanling and the officers and soldiers of the guards immediately followed.

"Offensive begins!" At 7:45 a.m., the commander of the Korean Army, General Hasegawa Yoshimichi, gave the order to attack. The field artillery wing and field heavy artillery brigade of the 3rd and 10th divisions of the Japanese army, with a total of 144 105-mm light howitzers and 75-mm field guns, began to pour artillery fire on the other side of the Yalu River. In order to achieve the goal of destroying the defense of the Jilin Army with artillery fire, the Korean Army deliberately gathered all the artillery of the two divisions together, so that the Jilin Army could easily guess the Japanese Army's choice of crossing the river.

"It was the line of defense of the 3rd Regiment of the 32nd Infantry Division. The Japanese have assembled more than 100 cannons! It looks like they're going to take a gamble. Wu Haoxuan's face became solemn.

The Japanese made no secret of their crossing point, just to use powerful firepower to crush the resistance of the Jilin Army. It is clear that the Japanese believed that they had enough strength to destroy the defenses of the Jilin Army.

"Yo Si! What a powerful artillery bombardment, and when the shelling is over, there should be no living creatures left in the positions of the Chinese people. Major General Toshiyin Matsukawa, the commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade under the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, nodded again and again, very satisfied with the Japanese artillery fire.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, this kind of battle is really too unchallenging. The people of China have already been blown up, and my wing only needs to step on their positions like an outing. A middle-aged Japanese officer, who was the commander of the 7th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, said Kiyoyo Amano. The first wave of troops to attack was his 7th Wing.

"Well, Amano-kun, Your Excellency the Commander and Your Excellency the Division Commander are waiting for the news of your victory." Major General Toshiyin Matsukawa patted Kiyoshi Amano's shoulder, he was still very optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the 7th Wing.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander!" Amano Kiyodasa immediately said, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and the whole person became excited.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

One shell after another exploded on the positions of the 32nd Infantry Regiment of the Jilin Army, leaving large craters one after another. The hastily constructed positions could not withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery. The trenches dug by the soldiers were blown up in the shelling, and even the barbed wire fence that had been pulled up in front of the positions was quite broken.

Fortunately, the soldiers were quite careful when digging the anti-artillery holes, which were reinforced with logs. This allowed these anti-artillery holes to withstand the shelling of the Japanese army. Even though the fortifications were blown up, the casualties among the soldiers were not significant.

In the battalion headquarters of the 2nd Battalion of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, the battalion commander, Major Li Zhenwu, was firing.

"Holy shit, these Japanese artillery fire is really fierce, this is not endless? What did our artillery do, why couldn't we suppress the Japanese artillery fire! Li Zhenwu said with some annoyance.

"Battalion commander, it's not like you don't know about our battalion's home, there are only six 120mm heavy mortars. Although the power of this thing is good, the range is not high, and it cannot threaten the Japanese artillery at all. As for the field artillery of the regiment and the howitzer of the division, this is not what we can say. Perhaps, they are waiting for their time. Deputy battalion commander Captain Liu Hui said with a grin.

The artillery of the 3rd Infantry Division and the 6th Infantry Division of the Jilin Army was dispersed, and it was only after learning the key offensive direction of the Japanese army that they began to mobilize. So, it takes a certain amount of time. This also made it so that after the battle began, in the face of the artillery of the Japanese army, the artillery of the Jilin Army did not return fire.

"Holy shit, I'd like to see how long these little Japanese artillery can run rampant." Major Li Zhenwu said hatefully.

As if in response to the words of Major Li Zhenwu, the Japanese shelling soon ended. In fact, the Japanese army's fire preparation time has never been long. Resource-poor Japan was very economical in the use of various resources, just as the number of machine guns in their troops was far from comparable to that of the Western powers. It's not that they can't afford to equip it, it's that they can't afford to use it. The machine guns consumed bullets too quickly, which distressed these stingy Japanese.

The Japanese army's firepower preparation lasted only 15 minutes, and only about 2,000 shells were fired from more than 100 cannons. Immediately after the end of the shelling, the 7th Infantry Wing of the Japanese launched an attack. Three groups of Japanese soldiers took small boats and began to sail desperately towards the opposite bank. These small boats, which were collected by the North Korean army in advance, include passenger boats, small cargo ships and fishing boats. However, they are all powered by oars.

Three brigades are 2,800 Japanese troops. The fact that so many troops were invested in the first wave of the offensive shows that the Japanese Army is determined to succeed in this offensive.

"The Japanese are starting to cross the river, open fire!" The commander of the 32nd regiment, Tan Guoheng, gave the order.

Nine 75-mm field guns of the regimental artillery company began to fire on the river, and mortar platoons of battalions and mortars of companies and platoons also began shelling. Dense shells flew towards the river, and the shells exploded on the river, splashing columns of water.

"Boom!"

A 75-mm field artillery shell hit a passenger ship, the wooden hull was torn apart in an instant, and dozens of Japanese soldiers on board all fell into the river. Because the Japanese army was fully armed at this moment, they sank directly to the bottom of the water, and most of the Japanese troops did not rise again.