The battle in Pyongyang is extremely tragic. The Chinese and Japanese army gathered nearly 300,000 troops in Pyongyang City. It is the largest army decisive battle between China and Russia in Northeast China, and it is a bit stronger than the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. (eng.com)

The entire Pyongyang battle lasted for six days. In the early stage, both sides mainly attacked artillery. When the battle began, raindrops were everywhere in the sky, and the whistling sounds of shells were stinging everyone's eardrums.

The entire Pyongyang City seemed to be ignited, and even the air was breathing was unbearable. After the war, Pyongyang City was in a mess. The craters on the earth were dense like honeycombs. Inch of the land was soaked with smoke. In addition, blood flowed into a river, the land near Pyongyang City was dyed into a strange black purple.

In the end, the Battle of Pyongyang was won by the huge price of the Chinese Army. When cleaning the battlefield, the Chinese Army constrained nearly 20,000 Chinese Army soldiers' bodies, and more than 30,000 were injured to varying degrees. Many main divisions and the main regiments were severely reduced, and some troops were even incomplete. There was a main regiment responsible for the main offensive task, with less than 300 remaining in the entire regiment, which shows the tragic tragedy of this Pyongyang Battle.

However, the Japanese army also suffered heavy casualties. More than 40,000 Japanese corpses were found on the periphery of Pyongyang City and Pyongyang City, including some senior officers like the Colonel and Zhongzang, and two brigade commanders were captured.

The Japanese army suffered at least a huge casualties in the Battle of Pyongyang, but the Chinese Army did not capture many Japanese prisoners, only more than 300 people. The strength of the Japanese soldiers exceeded the imagination of the Chinese Army.

At first, Nie Shicheng ordered soldiers to capture more prisoners because the Northeast region was under rapid development and labor was short of labor, so these prisoners could just make up for the labor gap in this area.

However, in fact, it is very dangerous to capture Japanese prisoners, because those injured but did not immediately lose their ability to move when the Chinese soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield approached, they would immediately pull the grenades on their bodies. At least dozens of Chinese soldiers were innocently injured and killed. So Nie Shicheng ordered the injured but did not immediately lose their ability to move. Although the methods were a bit cruel, Nie Shicheng still issued this order for unnecessary losses.

On the battlefield, nearly 2,000 Japanese wounded soldiers were shot and killed on the spot, and the remaining prisoners were either stunned by artillery shells or seriously injured and lost their ability to move.

After the Battle of Pyongyang, Nie Shicheng was not in a hurry to move south. On the one hand, the three armies of the Chinese Army suffered huge casualties this time, especially the first army responsible for attacking the main force of Pyongyang City. Therefore, Nie Shicheng issued a one-month rest and transported some seriously injured people back to the country to recuperate. He gave a large sum of money to some families of the soldiers who died. In addition, new recruits were continuously replenished on the Korean battlefield, preparing to give the Korean Japanese army the most fatal blow in Seoul.

On the other hand, Nie Shicheng strictly implemented the order issued by Tang Jian before leaving, which was to consume the most strength of the Japanese army at the minimum cost. Therefore, during the rest of the Chinese Army, Nie Shicheng asked the Korean rebels to carry out endless harassment of the Japanese army, which had been severely injured, and tried to consume the strength between the two.

After occupying Pyongyang, the entire northern part of North Korea had basically fallen into the hands of China, and the initiative of the Korean war situation was also in the hands of the Chinese Army. After this battle, the Japanese army, which was severely injured, tried to shrink its few troops near Seoul, and no longer actively attacked, but took active defense to prevent the Chinese Army from moving south. At the same time, Ayutobu, the defeated Yama County, recruited a large number of soldiers from Japan and prepared to invest in the Korean battlefield in large quantities.

In addition, the victory of the Pyongyang Battle is of great significance to the Chinese Army. Now many generals and soldiers in the Chinese Army are the Qing army that entered Korea to fight. The Qing army was in Zhili Governor Piao Tian Wenxue, and the generals behind Nie Shicheng also drank the wine in the bowl and threw the bowl on the city tower. Together with Nie Shicheng, we sobbed and cried to commemorate our comrades who had died on the Korean battlefield.

Seoul, North Korea. North Korea's Japanese Army General Headquarters.

Yama Prefecture Aritoto and a group of staff from the Army Department sat upright on the top, while the three Japanese commanders who were commanding the Pyongyang Campaign, Yoshiaki Oshima, Masato Nakachi and Notsudokuen were silent in dismay.

Oshima Yoshihara was injured by splashing shrapnel during the Battle of Pyongyang. His head was covered with gauze. His entire left hand was hung on his chest. His face was ashes. He could not see any spirit in his eyes, and he was dull.

As the commander-in-chief of the First Army, Yuto Yamashima said with some pain: "The defeat in the Battle of Pyongyang has put the empire in the most dangerous situation. Please summarize the reasons for the failure of this battle. In addition, do you have any good plans for the next defense of the Chinese Army going south?"

Yoshima Oshima crawled on the ground and said sadly: "Oh Yama, Oshima has failed the expectations of His Excellency Yama. I'm sorry to the Emperor. Please allow me to have a caesarean section to thank the Emperor!"

After Yoshima Oshima finished speaking, he took out a short knife from where he tore open his shirt with one hand, and wanted to stab him in his abdomen.

Akitoshi of Shan County hurriedly stopped him: "Odaojun! No!"

Masatoshi Temple, the closest to Yoshihara Oshihara, and Notsu Dokun, quickly stopped Yoshihara Oshihara who wanted to commit suicide by committing suicide by cesarean section.

Seeing that Oshima Yoshihara was safe and sound, Akitoshi sighed and said, "Oshima, after the war in Pyongyang, the imperial army talents have withered, and he can no longer bear the loss of losing an army general with rich combat experience. If Oshima wants to be loyal to the emperor, it is better to take good care of your health as soon as possible and fight the Chinese Army to the death in Seoul, and win back your honor as the emperor!"

Oshima Yoshima was so grateful that he fell to his knees: "Hi! Your Excellency Yama County!"

At this time, Masatoshi Tanuchi and Notsu Dokun also fell to the ground and said, "Old Yama Prefecture, we are guilty. It is because of our poor command that led to Pyongyang's defeat. I beg you to punish us."

Yutoto Yama County looked at the three of them helplessly, knowing that the defeat in Pyongyang this time cannot be blamed on the three of them. The Chinese Army has absolute superior forces, and the North Korean rebels are constantly disturbing them in the rear. The three of them can be said to be attacked from both sides. From the losses of the Chinese Army, we can tell that all three of them have tried their best.

However, the three men who failed Pyongyang as commanders decided to be inseparable from their relationship, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the public. Yutoto Yama Prefecture had to say: "Oshima Yoshikazu and the other two were not in good condition in Pyongyang. They were temporarily demoted to a level one, and were fined for three years of military pay. After His Majesty’s ruling, they would be punished for other punishments!"

"Thank you, Mr. Shan County!" The three of them responded in unison, willing to accept the punishment.

Everyone present actually knew that this was just a symbolic punishment from Yupeng in Shanxian. After a while, the three of them would definitely be restored to their posts. Now, due to the tense situation, if the senior generals in the army were severely punished, they would probably shake the morale of the army, so the other senior Japanese generals did not raise any objections.

"I wonder if you have any good suggestions for the more severe situation in the future?" Shanxian Youpeng looked around and asked.

In this battle in Pyongyang, Masahito stood on the left wing of Oshima Yoshihara, and directly faced Cao Kun's third army. Therefore, he felt the deepest about the threat brought by such a Chinese reinforcements that suddenly landed on the sea.

So Masatoshi Naruto bowed deeply and said, "Sanxian, I think the main reason for the defeat in Pyongyang is the threat from the sea. If the Third Army of the Chinese Army landed from Nanpu Port, then in this battle of Pyongyang, the soldiers of the Empire would definitely defeat Nie Shicheng. Then, such a sudden reinforcement made Pyongyang, which was already stretched, fall into an unfavorable situation of being surrounded on three sides. Therefore, the Temple believed that in the next war, the Empire's fleet must compete for the control of the sea in the Yellow Sea, so that the Chinese Army could not land from the sea, and also cut off the supply line of the Chinese Army at sea. This will be of great benefit to the future battle of the imperial soldiers!"

As soon as Masato Tanuchi said, everyone nodded, especially Yoshima Oshima, who suffered a lot at this point. The power of the Yellow Sea in control of the sea is extremely important to the empire. It can be said that the key to determining the victory of the empire's future war is whether it can seize the power of the Yellow Sea in control of the sea.
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