On 10 January, the advance regiment of the 7th Division, under the leadership of regiment commander Lu Xinghua, who had rested for five days, first marched to the Shili Bridge, preparing to seize the Shili Bridge, and enter Korea from the Shili Bridge to attack the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army in northeastern Korea.

Shili Bridge was originally the station of Lin Yuan's troops, but in the previous battle, the Japanese army used tanks to suddenly capture Shili Bridge, and then occupied here, at this time the Japanese tank first wing captain Kumamoto Shoichi led the remnants of the defeated army to guard here, Kumamoto Shoichi in the previous series of battles, 240 tanks were all destroyed, trucks and other equipment were left, and now he is followed only by the infantry brigade under the wing and the first wing of the engineering corps.

Kumamoto Shoichi received the news of Hayashiyuan's troops attacking the Shili Bridge in his headquarters, and he hurriedly sent a telegram to Nogi Noshinori, who quickly called back and ordered Kumamoto Shoichi to withdraw to Korea.

As soon as Kumamoto saw the telegram, he complained in the headquarters: "Are we going to give up such an important defensive point as the Shili Bridge to the Shina people?" ”

Wing Commander Nobukazu Ohgi of the 1st Engineer Corps said: "Captain Kumamoto, you can retreat back to North Korea with confidence, even if the Shili Bridge is given to Lin Yuan's troops, they will not be able to capture an inch of North Korea!" ”

Kumamoto Shoichi asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Oki Shinwa said with a smile: "On the south bank of the Tumen River, there are high mountains everywhere in the direction of Qingjin, these mountains are part of Hamgyong Mountain, and our First Engineer Wing has built a large number of fortifications in these mountains, and these fortifications will definitely allow Lin Yuan's troops to come and go!" ”

Kumamoto Shoichi asked in surprise, "You built fortifications in Mt. Hamgyong?" How do I not know the way? ”

Nobukazu Ohki said with a smile: "This matter is very confidential, only General Nogi Noshinori and the division commander of the Second Division, Mizuhara Yamanari Zhidao, it is not surprising that you don't know the Dao." ”

Kumamoto Zhengyi frowned and said: "I have heard for a long time that Lin Yuan's troops have a very strong ability to attack fortifications, and the Russian army built a lot of fortifications in the Tiger Mountain back then, but they were all broken by Lin Yuan's troops at the least. ”

Nobukazu Ohki said with a smile: "How can Russian ghost beasts be compared to the samurai of our Great Japanese Empire. After saying this, he laughed, and Kumamoto Shoichi also laughed, and then asked, "Can you tell me what fortifications you have built in the high mountains on the south bank of the Tumen River?" What's so powerful? ”

Oki Nobuwa smiled: "I can't tell you this, but Lin Yuan's troops will be coming soon, I believe you will see it soon." ”

Kumamoto Shoichi nodded slightly, and Oki Nobukazu said: "Wing Commander, let's return to North Korea as soon as possible, I heard that a batch of main artillery chariots have been shipped from China, and now they are placed in our camp in Hamgyong Mountain, this batch of main artillery chariots is specially supplemented to your chariot wing, I believe that it will not take long for you to be able to re-lead the chariot troops to seek revenge on Lin Yuan." ”

Kumamoto nodded and said, "Then we will withdraw our troops." Although Kumamoto Shoichi said this, there was a strange feeling in his heart, and he thought: "Nobukazu Ohki is just the wing commander of the engineering wing, and he has so many more things than me!" Although the 1st Wing of the Engineer Corps is the powerhouse of the Empire, it is an Engineer Corps after all! It is very different from our main artillery and chariot troops, and the superiors actually value him so much, they are really blind! ”

Although Kumamoto Shoichi was dissatisfied, he was not easy to vent, so he led the troops to retreat back to North Korea, and when he left, he blew up the Shili Bridge, so that Lin Yuan's troops could not cross the bridge, and then hid in the Japanese position in the Hamgyong Mountains.

Lu Xinghua's troops galloped all the way, and arrived at the Shili Bridge at 12 o'clock at noon on 10 January, when Lu Xinghua suddenly received a message from the scouts: "Report to the regiment commander, the Shili Bridge has been blown up by the Japanese army. ”

Lu Xinghua nodded lightly when he heard the news, and then said: "This is nothing surprising, since the Japanese army has retreated, it will definitely blow up the bridge." ”

A staff officer said: "The Japanese army has blown up the bridge, and our troops will have no way to cross the river, but now that the Tumen River is frozen, I wonder if we can cross the ice through the road?" ”

Lu Xinghua frowned and said: "Although the Tumen River is frozen now, we don't know the specific situation of the ice surface, whether we can withstand the weight of our troops and reconnoitre." Then he said to the reconnaissance battalion commander: "Let's go, let's go to the riverside and have a look." ”

After a short time, Lu Xinghua came to the riverside, looked at the frozen Tumen River and said, "I wonder if the Ludao tank can pass from above?" ”

The commander of the reconnaissance battalion asked, "How do we know if the tanks can pass through?" You can't drive a tank to test it, right? ”

Lu Xinghua said: "What do you do to get a tank test? No need, is there a village nearby? ”

The commander of the reconnaissance battalion pointed to the east with his hand and said, "There is a small village over there. ”

Lu Xinghua raised the binoculars, and sure enough, he saw dozens of small houses, some of which were still smoking, and Lu Xinghua said, "Let's go, let's go to the village and have a look." ”

The reconnaissance battalion commander asked curiously, "Regiment commander, what are you doing in the village?" ”

Lu Xinghua said: "They have lived by the Tumen River for generations, so they should know the situation of Jiang Bing. ”

The reconnaissance battalion commander smiled helplessly and said, "You don't want to ask them if the tank can go from above, do you?" ”

Lu Xinghua smiled and said, "Of course not, they may not even have seen a tank!" As for what I'm going to do? Just follow me. The reconnaissance battalion commander didn't say more, followed Lu Xinghua to the small village, and entered a courtyard when he entered the village, only to see an old man come out of the house, walk up to everyone and say, "You are Lin Shuai's troops, right?" But I'm looking forward to you! ”

Lu Xinghua said apologetically: "I'm sorry uncle, we just drove the little devil away and made you suffer." ”

The old man hurriedly said: "Don't say those words, come in quickly, it's cold outside, drink two glasses of wine to warm up, right?" ”

Lu Xinghua hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Uncle, we are here for something important, can you accompany us to the riverside?" ”

The old man said, "I didn't say it, let's go!" Lu Xinghua said: "Do you have a drill for drilling ice at home?" Take one piece with you. ”

The old man smiled: "I understand, do the troops want to catch fish to eat?" There are so many fish in the Tumen River that as long as you open a hole with a drill, all the fish in it will pop up, and you can catch many of them with your hands! The old man came to the river with Lu Xinghua as he spoke, and Lu Xinghua pointed to the center of the river and said, "Uncle, the ice in the center of the river is the thinnest, let's go to the center of the river." ”

When everyone came to the Jiang Center, Lu Xinghua pointed to the ice surface with his hand and said to the old man: "Uncle, please help us dig an ice hole." ”

The old man agreed with a smile, and the commander of the reconnaissance battalion on the side hurriedly reached out to take the drill and said, "Uncle, with us young people here, how can you always make the drill yourself?" ”

Lu Xinghua stretched out his hand to stop the reconnaissance battalion commander and said, "You are not as fast as the uncle, let the uncle fight." ”

When the reconnaissance battalion commander heard this, he laughed and said: "Regiment commander, I am a special soldier of the dignified reconnaissance unit, can I not fight the ice hole as fast as this old man?" ”