The 4 divisions of the 5th Army all crossed the Yalu River in one breath, leaving only two reserve regiments to guard artillery and positions on the west bank. After crossing the river, the People's Army only left one regiment to guard the beachhead positions by the river, and the rest of the troops were all dispersed into units as regiments, unfolding horizontally, and attacking the positions of the Japanese and Korean troops in full swing. The four regiments that attacked in advance received new tasks, allowing them to immediately intersperse the positions of the Japanese and Korean troops, and to arrange positions behind the positions of the Japanese and Korean troops, block the way for the Japanese and Korean troops to retreat, and form a siege of the Japanese and Korean troops.

Although the 5th Army fought a little conservatively in the early stage of the counterattack and delayed several hours. However, after confirming that the Japanese and Korean troops really had no ammunition, they chose the most correct tactics, because the Japanese and Korean troops without ammunition could certainly not resist the attack of the People's Army. Although they could not retreat too much, they would definitely be defeated on the whole line under the attack of the People's Army. Even if the People's Army would catch up and intercept some of the defeated troops, there would definitely be a large number of defeated troops to escape. The People's Army sent part of the army to intersperse directly to the rear of the Japanese and Korean military positions to block the road for the Japanese and Korean troops to withdraw, which could maximize victory.

Sure enough, the People's Army's offensive was very smooth, almost as powerful as it was. The Japanese and Korean troops could not resist at all. They either surrendered or fled. Of course, the Korean soldiers who chose to surrender were basically Korean soldiers, because most of the Korean soldiers were forced to join the army by the Japanese army and did not want to work hard for the Japanese army. Moreover, in this battle, the Korean army basically used cannon fodder for the Japanese army. Even after the Japanese army joined the war, the Korean army also let the Korean army take the lead and consume the ammunition and morale of the People's Army. Under the oppression of the Japanese army, the Korean army did not dare to resist, which resulted in major casualties of the Korean army. Before the war, the South Korean army organized a total of 7 divisions, about 100,000 people, with more than 30,000 casualties, and more than 20,000 injuries, with more than half of the personnel being reduced.

Moreover, when the five elite divisions of the Japanese army retreated, they took away all the ammunition of the South Korean army and ordered the Korean army to die to guard the positions and not to retreat. Naturally, everyone was even more discouraged and had no intention of fighting again. However, although the Korean army was forced by the Japanese army's remaining power, no one dared to retreat from the positions when the People's Army attacked, no one resisted and surrendered. Moreover, the Japanese army in the positions were in a mess, so they could no longer control the Korean army and could only let it go. On a few positions, the Japanese army forced the Korean army out of the positions to resist the People's Army's attack. As a result, the Korean army finally couldn't bear it and fought against the Japanese army.

However, although the Japanese army was not interested in fighting, they did not surrender to the People's Army, but retreated from their positions and fled backwards. Of course, there were also a few Japanese soldiers who were a step slower and were entangled by the People's Army and could not take them away. Most of the Japanese soldiers were fighting for trapped beasts at this time, picking up the rifle with the bayonet and fighting with the People's Army. Of course, the result was that they were annihilated by the People's Army. Only a small number of Japanese soldiers chose to surrender when they were desperate.

However, the Japanese army fled from the position and did not escape, so they only escaped 5 or 6 kilometers at most and were blocked by the People's Army. Many Japanese army were not willing to give up and launched a charge to the People's Army's blockade. Unfortunately, without firepower support, this kind of charge was actually no different from killing death. As a result, after trying several times, the Japanese army's charge could not be close to the People's Army's position, and almost all were killed or injured.

Seeing that the charge failed, when the Japanese army wanted to find another road to escape, the People's Army behind also rushed to chase and rushed forward. In this case, there were blockages before and afterwards. When there was no way out, most of the Japanese soldiers chose to surrender. Only a few Japanese soldiers insisted on killing and not surrendering, and of course they were wiped out by the People's Army.

The counterattack was actually over for only half a day. However, the work of clearing the battlefield and searching for the remaining Japanese and Korean troops lasted for three days. In the end, the People's Army annihilated a total of 12,573 Japanese and Korean troops, and nearly 200,000 prisoners were captured, including 66,136 Korean troops, 51,673 logistics personnel, 82,378 Japanese troops, and 23,157 logistics personnel. However, among the prisoners, about 50,000 were injured, all of whom were captured in the battlefield hospital of the Japanese and Korean troops. In addition, 121,537 rifles and 215 artillery pieces were seized, but the total number of bullets seized was less than 10,000, and only 15 shells were shells. It is also conceivable that the ammunition of the Japanese and Korean troops has been exhausted.

However, although the Japanese and Korean troops did not have ammunition, other supplies were sufficient, because the Japanese army prepared for this attack for several months. In addition to ammunition, other supplies were quite sufficient, and there was no time to transport away the supplies when they retreated. Now the Japanese positions alone exceeded 10,000 tons of grain, other salt, medicine, and alcohol reached thousands of tons, as well as a large amount of cloth, wood, etc., as well as more than 1,000 pigs and sheep, and more than 3,000 donkeys and horses.

In this war, the People's Army only died in battle and 247 were injured. At such a low cost of casualties, the second Yalu River Battle can be regarded as a brilliant result. Moreover, from a strategic perspective, the People's Army not only completely crushed the Japanese army's strategic plan to counterattack Liaodong, but also severely damaged the last remaining military force of the Japanese army. From then on, the Japanese army no longer had the ability to take the initiative to attack the People's Army.

Of course, such a brilliant victory was achieved entirely because the Marine Corps successfully landed in Zhennanpu, which not only cut off the Japanese logistics supply, but also forced the Japanese army to withdraw from the Yalu River, which created an excellent fighter jet for the 5th Army. Otherwise, even if the Japanese army withdrew from the battle due to exhaustion of ammunition, they would retreat in an orderly manner and would not be defeated in a complete manner.

As soon as Okuto-Gen Taihe got off the train in Tokugawa, he received news that the Yalu River position was captured by the People's Army. Okuto-Gen Taihe could only sigh and ordered the placement in Tokugawa to prevent the People's Army from breaking through the Yalu River from moving south, and on the other hand, he had to resist the People's Army that occupied Pyongyang to advance north; at the same time, he contacted the Japanese army in Seoul to understand the deployment of Seoul, because Seoul could not be lost anymore. Once the People's Army really attacked Seoul, Okuto-Gen Taro had to send troops from Tokugawa to attack Pyongyang and threaten the people's army behind the People's Army. He also sent people to urge the Japanese army on the front line of Yangde and Yuanshan to enter the position as soon as possible, and at the same time ordered people to accommodate the defeated army.

Three days later, the war calmed down. The People's Army entered Yunshan and Heichuan, about 80 kilometers away from Tokugawa, and then stopped moving forward. The People's Army in Pyongyang did not move. It neither attacked Seoul nor attacked Tokugawa. Yangdeok and Wonsan were all in place. Not only did it echo the Tokugawa, but it also contacted Seoul. Seoul also arranged a defense line and the Japanese army was on high alert. The members of the Korean royal family were taken into the military camp by the Japanese army. Once Seoul had any mistakes, they would immediately take the members of the Korean royal family to retreat south. If they could not retreat, they would immediately kill the members of the Korean royal family and never let them fall into the hands of the People's Army.

In recent days, about 20,000 defeated troops have retreated to Tokugawa, Yangde and Yuanshan lines, and the original withdrawn troops were abolished in the Hamhung area. After statistics from Tokugawa, Yangde and Yuanshan lines, the number of Japanese troops now has about 117,000 people. In addition to the five elite Japanese divisions that retreated first, there are no more troops organized by brigades. Before the war started, the Japanese and Korean troops had a total of 16 divisions, more than 300,000 troops, and more than 100,000 logistics personnel.

Oyuyuan Taihe also calmed down a little. After all, he finally stabilized the situation on the Korean Peninsula for the time being and would not collapse in a full range. However, the People's Army is not moving now, and the Japanese army dare not act rashly. Apart from the five Japanese elite divisions, the Japanese army has no other troops, and even these five Japanese elite divisions only have the most basic ammunition configuration, and it will be gone after the battle. Therefore, Oyuyuan Taihe dares not take risks anymore. However, Oyuyuan Taihe is also calm, and stability is only temporary. If the People's Army launches another attack, the Japanese army will definitely not be able to withstand it.

Just two days later, Gentaro Otaro received a telegram from Japan. The Japanese government had decided to accept the mediation suggestions of US President Roosevelt and negotiate with the East China government, requiring Gentaro Otaro to strictly guard the current defense line and not to act rashly. Gentaro Otaro also breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the Korean Peninsula has stabilized, but this negotiation is probably not easy for Japan.

In fact, the People's Army is at the end of its strength. Although the 5th Army has achieved a brilliant victory, the 5th Army has only about 70,000 people. Even if it is added to the Shanghai Marine Corps, there are only more than 100,000 people. With such strength, the People's Army is indeed not enough to launch a full-scale war on the Korean Peninsula. Moreover, the 5th Army captured more than 200,000 prisoners in this battle. Although the result of this battle was huge, it also carried a huge burden. After all, the more than 200,000 prisoners were not small in custody.

At the beginning, the People's Army entrusted Japanese and Korean prisoners together. As a result, more than 10 battles occurred between Japanese and Korean prisoners within 3 days. It turned out that although the Japanese soldiers were captured, they were still as high-ranking in front of the Korean soldiers due to habits. They still pointed at the Korean soldiers and shouted at them. The Korean soldiers were dissatisfied with the Japanese soldiers. Now everyone is captives, why should they be angry with the Japanese? Therefore, they are not convinced and ignored the Japanese soldiers' instructions. Some even verbally talked to the Japanese soldiers. The result is naturally conceivable. The verbal can't solve the problem, so they can only speak with fists. The resentment between the two sides finally broke out in the prisoner-of-war camp. There were 107 soldiers who were beaten to death in the fight, and as many as 276 were injured. The number of people was basically equivalent, and no one took advantage.
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