On September 15, Japanese general Aritomo Yama Prefecture landed in Incheon. The 5th and 6th Brigade of the 3rd Division led by Japanese Major General Yamato Toshito and Kanda Inoue were 8,000 people. Other units of the 3rd Division (cavalry, engineers, and logistics brigades) were gathered in Nagoya by division commander Lieutenant General Kanetaro to prepare to enter the North Korea.

Army General Yama Prefecture Aritoto formed the remaining troops of Notsu Dokun's 5th Division and the 5th Brigade in accordance with the base camp to form the first army and commander.

At this time, the Japanese army's troops reached 18,500, with 4,500 main force of the 5th Division, of which 500 remained in the Ninth Mixed Brigade. The Ninth Brigade was removed from the Japanese Army's combat sequence and became the first army brigade to be removed, led by Lieutenant General Notsu Dao Kan.

There were 3,000 people from the 10th Brigade, and the chief of staff of the 5th Division, Ogawa, was replaced by Major General Li Mian Shuomoto.

Among them, Sato Osa was leading 3,000 people from the 18th Regiment;

There are also 8,000 people from the 5th and 6th Brigades. These troops gathered in Huangzhou, North Korea, waiting for the orders of Youpeng in Shan County.

Due to the resistance of the Korean people to the Japanese army and launched an extremely cruel human bomb attack, the Japanese army's supply was extremely difficult and was not conducive to long-term combat. At the same time, considering the war-weariness that grew due to the defeats in the previous few battles and the avoidance of leaving room for interference from Western countries, he was required to launch a battle again immediately, and he could not wait until the 3rd Division fully entered North Korea and was completed before carrying out the deployment.

Moreover, the Qing army was also constantly reinforcing, and the attack would be even more difficult after its defense was strengthened. Therefore, Army General Yutomo Yamashiro prepared to attack Pyongyang with 18,500 troops from his subordinates, and decided to launch a general attack on September 22, and all troops must arrive at the designated location on time.

At this time, there were 17,000 Chinese and Korean troops in Pyongyang City. At the same time, Ye Zhichao ordered Lu Benyuan, who was stationed in Anzhou, to lead Sheng's army 2,500 to Pyongyang, and it is expected to arrive before the 18th. More than 4,200 Ming troops under Liu Shengxiu had reached the Yalu River and could enter North Korea soon.

Before the Pyongyang battle began, the battle first took place at sea. On September 18, when the army of Lu Ben-won-Sheng arrived in Pyongyang, the Beiyang Fleet escorted the Minming Army into North Korea and returned to the voyage, it met the Japanese Joint Fleet, which was carrying out a patrol plan formulated by Naval Commander Shiki Karayama in Dadonggou.

The enemies on both sides met and were extremely jealous. In an instant, hundreds of guns from each ship were blooming, the smoke of gunpowder filled and the sea water was boiling.

Before the war, Li Hongzhang received a secret report from Ye Zhikui and attached great importance to the blessing general of the country. He ordered Ding Ruchang to investigate the shells of each ship and inspect the ships. He even showed the Japanese's evaluation of Ding Ruchang for Ding Ruchang to see himself. When he saw the Japanese saying that he only knew arches and horses and did not distinguish shells, Ding Ruchang was ashamed and dared not refute. At the same time, Li Hongzhang appointed Deng Shichang as the deputy commander of the Beiyang Fleet.

After returning, Ding Ruchang, who was insulted, stared at the armor-piercing bomb and the flowering and explosion bomb for a while. After a long time, he sighed that there was no difference between these two shells. Ding Ruchang was still a loyal and serious person. If he didn't understand, he would be ashamed to ask. After several days of study and study, Ding Ruchang finally understood the difference between these two bullets. He thought that if he met the Japanese fleet now, the consequences would be predictable. He couldn't help but sweat and hurriedly found the rusting flowering and explosion bombs from Lushun and Weihai base. Then he even learned various naval knowledge eagerly, trying to get rid of the insulting evaluation of the Japanese that he only knew the archery horse.

Ding Ruchang's cramming at the age of 10 still played a big role. First of all, he inspected the ships according to Li Hongzhang's order. This maintenance was not important. He only sweated coldly. He found that his main ship had been launched for 12 years and had not been repaired for 7 years. Even his main ship was like this, so the other warships were still great, not even more serious.

For a moment, Ding Ruchang was very angry and stared at his subordinates all day long. The subordinates were so scared that they didn't dare to smoke opium, and instead smoked big smoke. The Beiyang Fleet's appearance was new.

Unfortunately, the inertia of history is still very strong. Ding Ruchang was still as destined as in history. Not long after the war started, he spread the main warships, two ironclad ships and 10 cruisers, in the shape of "eight", and rushed towards the Japanese army with an ironclad ship as the center, in an attempt to disperse the Japanese fleet.

However, the main gun turret of the Dingyuan unit caught fire soon, Ding Ruchang was burned, Xinqi was destroyed, and he lost command. Fortunately, Deng Shichang of the "Zhiyuan" took over the command in time and ordered the fleet to continue to advance. Soon after, it separated the Japanese First Guerrillas from the team, preventing the Beiyang Fleet from being attacked from being attacked from the back of the history, and the fleet lost its commander and was in chaos.

Ye Zhikui, the little butterfly, flapping his wings gently, finally changed history. In this battle of the Yellow Sea, China lost three warships, "Jingyuan", "Super courage", and "Yangwei", and more than a thousand officers and soldiers were killed and injured. Deng Shichang's "Zhiyuan" was not sunk, and Deng Shichang survived. The Japanese army also lost three warships, "Yoshino", "Hire" and "Akagi", and 800 officers and soldiers were killed and injured. The two sides fought equally, and they were comparable.

However, the world was not surprised by this battle. Emperor Guangxu, who thought the Beiyang Navy was the number one in East Asia, expressed dissatisfaction with the result. The dilemma in the court, the Qingliu Party, also took the opportunity to make a big fuss, namely accusing Ding Ruchang, and the subtext was to attack Li Hongzhang. On September 20, the Guangxi Road Supervision Censor, who knew nothing about naval affairs, asked to replace Ding Ruchang, and the Henan Road Supervision Censor demanded the punishment of Ding Ruchang, and Weng Tonghe and other military ministers were also adding fuel to the fire. On September 21, the Qing court issued an edict: "Naval Admiral Ding Ruchang was dismissed immediately."

If they knew the result of the Battle of the Yellow Sea in history, they would not know what to think about. People are like this. When they don’t know that they almost lost 100 yuan, they will be resentful of losing 50 yuan. And there is only Ye Zhikui in this world who knows that they will lose 100 yuan, so he is secretly happy about losing only 50 yuan.

The result of the Battle of the Yellow Sea was far-reaching. The Japanese army did not seize the control of the sea in the Yellow Sea. Therefore, his second army did not land at the Lushun Gardenkou, and the Japanese joint fleet had to hide secretly, waiting for the arrival of another naval battle.

Ye Zhikui, who was stationed in Pyongyang at this time, certainly didn't know that so many things had happened. He was leading his tiger god to lead the North Korean military and civilians to launch the "100,000 people, 100,000 troops, 100,000 soldiers and civilians to practice together" iron movement aimed at defending Pyongyang.

He called on the Korean people to sell their iron, change their positions and become blacksmiths, and refine barbed wire. Ye Zhikui suggested to Ye Zhichao to dig trenches outside the city to form the first line of defense. After Ye Zhichao summoned the generals to discuss, he thought it was feasible. Ye Zhikui taught some of the transportation trenches and fox pits in later generations to the generals. Now he is the most prestigious person in Pyongyang City, Ye Zhikui, who is beyond the reach of Ye Zhichao. Ye Zhikui was called the blessing general of the country by Li Hongzhang, and was directly praised by the British as the number one military genius in East Asia. He was called the best foreign student by the Germans. Everyone ignored the two words behind. Therefore, his suggestions have been experienced and everyone has studied very seriously.

For a while, the traffic trenches and foxes inside and outside the Pyongyang city were crisscrossed and connected together. Ye Zhikui also arranged countless light and dark firepower points. A barbed wire mesh was set up in front of him. The barbed wire mesh was made of barbed wooden stakes and wire, and it was the best choice to stop infantry. Suddenly, the storm was about to come and the wind filled the building, and a big battle was right in front of him.

Haha, this chapter is a transitional chapter, which is to let the brothers clearly understand the strength of both the enemy and us. There are many important data in it, which are calculated by Xiaozhu one by one. It is not easy. Of course, if the brothers find it complicated, you can ignore it and skip it. Hehe, when you have already read this chapter, Xiaozhu will remind you that you are a little black-hearted! In addition, Xiaozhu is here to solemnly thank the brothers. With the support of the brothers, the book is about to be signed. This is the result of the struggle between the brothers and Xiaozhu. Brothers who have no collection, please feel free to collect it. Xiaozhu must finish the book carefully.
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