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    After Bai Chongxi captured Suwon, he quickly commanded the player's first division and the npc's seventh division to deploy defenses in preparation for the Japanese attack.  Suwon is related to whether the Cam Ranh Bay force can take root south of Seoul, and it is also related to the safety of Seoul. The Japanese army will definitely fight for it at any cost.

    Bai Chongxi¡¯s high commander played a role. After setting up defensive positions, he ordered the players to defend and personally led the 7th Division to set up an ambush between Suwon and Pingtaek.  The Japanese believed that they would only defend Cam Ranh Bay after seizing Suwon. An NPC brigade supported by Tianan entered Bai Chongxi's pocket formation and was completely wiped out by Bai Chongxi with superior firepower.

    The Japanese lost an NPC brigade, which delayed the time to deploy the attack, so Bai Chongxi easily defended Suwon for ten days.  The 4th and 5th divisions commanded by Wu Peifu arrived in Incheon at this time. Bai Chongxi, a junior, fought two good battles. Wu Peifu, Sun Chuanfang and Yang Sen could not sit still and suggested to Chen Hao to launch the next battle.

    Chen Hao took out the battle plan drawn up by Bai Chongxi. Wu Peifu and the other three were amazed after reading it and improved the plan again.  The Marine Brigade continued to stay in Seoul, and the Fourth and Fifth Divisions, led by Wu Peifu, headed for Suwon and successfully joined Bai Chongxi's Seventh Division.

    Chen Hao contacted the Russian side, hoping that Russia would seize Chunchuan east of Seoul and cut off the Japanese army's east channel in Seoul.  The three divisions commanded by Suwon Wu Peifu were preparing for the expedition, and the reconnaissance company was sent to Wonju in the east to inquire about the news, which made the Japanese nervous.

    Suwon to the south of Seoul has been controlled by the Cam Ranh Bay army, and Chuncheon to the west has been captured by the Russian army.  If Wonju falls, the retreat route for the Seoul defenders will be cut off again.  The Japanese commander believed that he understood the strategic intentions of the coalition forces and dispatched troops from Jiangling and Hengcheng to assist Wonzhou.  At the same time, the Nogi Hidenori Third Army stationed in Chungju was ordered to move north along the Han River to cut off the retreat route of the Cam Ranh Bay troops.

    After the three divisions of Cam Ranh Bay in Suwon are prepared, only the player's first division is left stationed in Suwon, and the three NPC divisions advance to Wonju in the east.  The Japanese army gathered a division of NPC troops in Wonju, as well as two divisions of player divisions. The Japanese commander Gentaro Kodama believed that it was enough to withstand the attack of the Cam Ranh Bay troops.  Once the three Cam Ranh Bay divisions reach a stalemate in Wonju, Nogi Nogi's Third Army will rush to the battlefield, cut off the enemy's retreat and launch an attack.

    Both sides invested a large amount of troops in this battle, and three divisions from Cam Ranh Bay crossed the Han River.  The advance troops approached Wonju.  In order to hide his strategic purpose, Kodama Gentaro did not rush to let the Third Army take action. He planned to wait until Cam Ranh Bay began to attack the city before letting the Third Army move north.  After learning that the Cam Ranh Bay troops had begun shelling Wonju, Gentaro Kodama issued an order to Nogi Nogi, asking him to cut off the rear of the three divisions from Cam Ranh Bay to launch an attack at all costs.

    More than 160 mountain cannons roared crazily under Yuanzhou City, constantly bombarding the enemy's artillery positions.  The Wonju Japanese army followed Kodama Gentaro's orders to defend and did not leave the city to fight the Camran Bay army.  Wait for the third army led by Nogi Nogi to reverse the situation.  More than a hundred artillery pieces were bombarded, which just confirmed Kodama Gentaro's judgment that all three enemy divisions were in Wanshu.

    The person responsible for directing the artillery bombardment was only Guan Lianhai, the commander of the artillery regiment. There were only 5,000 troops under Wonju City, and the three main divisions were not in Seoul.  Bai Chongxi once again paralyzed the Japanese commander. The artillery brigade originally in Seoul plus the artillery regiment directly under the player's first division.  Undertaken the task of pretending to attack Yuanzhou

    The three main divisions did not rush to Wonju, but stopped in the Han River and set up pocket formations to wait for enemy reinforcements.  Bai Chongxi's encirclement and reinforcement plan was extremely bold. There was only one artillery brigade under Suwon City. If the enemies in the city dared to attack, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.  However, he boldly judged that there were more than a hundred artillery pieces preparing for artillery fire, and the Japanese would probably make a misjudgment.  It is believed that there are three main divisions at Cam Ranh Bay under Wonju City.

    Gentaro Kodama, the "wise general", was indeed fooled, thinking that he could completely annihilate the main force of Cam Ranh Bay and achieve a great victory.  As a result, Nogi Nogi's third army was ruined.  The Japanese army has more than 50,000 people and two divisions under its jurisdiction. However, Nogi Nogi's Third Army has a brigade left to guard Chungshu, with a total number of only about 40,000.

    The Japanese division completely followed the establishment of the German Army Division. The Type A division has about 26,000 people, which is equivalent to an army in China.  Yuan Shikai's Beiyang town only had about 12,000 people. When Chen Hao established the NPC unit in the early stage, the division-level units followed the Beiyang organization.  However, as the arsenal produced more and more heavy weapons, it completely followed the German army divisions when expanding, and its firepower configuration was even stronger than the German divisions.

    The total strength of the 4th, 5th, and 7th divisions exceeded 80,000, twice as many as the Japanese Third Army, and traps were laid along the Han River.  Sun Chuanfang's Fourth Division let the Japanese Third Army pass. When the Third Army plunged into the pockets set by the Fifth and Seventh Divisions, he led the Fourth Division to cut off the enemy's retreat.

    The Battle of Hanjiang has begun. The number of troops participating in this battle reached an astonishing 120,000, and all of them were elite troops.  Nogi Nogi's third army was the Meiji Restoration.The established strong army ranks among the top in the Japanese army in terms of combat effectiveness; the three Cam Ranh Bay divisions were established not long ago, but they have been baptized by the flames of war in western Sichuan. Their weapon configuration includes 150mm howitzers, 75mm mountain guns and various mortars.  Completely defeated the Third Army in terms of firepower.

    Gentaro Kodama was the most intelligent general in Japan during the Meiji period. He was known as the reincarnation of Toyotomi Hideyoshi because he paid special attention to the virtuous cycle of military power and economic power.  During the Russo-Japanese War, he served as the Chief of Staff of the Manchurian Army and was the actual commander of the capture of Port Arthur. Together with Katsura Taro and Kawakami Soroku, he was known as the Three Heroes of the Meiji Army.

    This famous Japanese general should have died in 1906 in history. In order to keep him alive longer, Japanese players completed a difficult task.  After Gentaro Kodama received treatment, his life time in the game could be increased by ten years, and he became the commander of the Japanese troops stationed in Korea.  I don¡¯t know how the player who desperately tried to save Gentaro Kodama¡¯s life felt when he learned that Gentaro Kodama kept making mistakes and caused heavy losses to the Japanese army due to major mistakes in command.

    Kodama Gentaro has been famous for many years, but he underestimated the young generals in Cam Ranh Bay, so he suffered a big loss.  He was depressed for a long time after receiving the news that Nogi Nogi's Third Army was besieged. He was determined to win this battle and had mobilized all the troops he could. How should he assist the Third Army now?

    There is also a brigade stationed in Chungju, but this force is obviously not enough, and sending it out will only expand the enemy's results.  There is one NPC division and two player divisions in Wonju, but when the Battle of Hanjiang started, the artillery brigade that feinted at Cam Ranh Bay had already retreated westward.  After this artillery brigade unites the three main divisions, Cam Ranh Bay can completely detach a division to defend the Japanese army rushing to the direction of Wonzhou, and it will not be able to rescue the third army for a while.

    What¡¯s worse is that the Russian Eighth Army stationed in Chunchuan and the Sixth Division of Cam Ranh Bay are approaching south, and their target is Hengcheng, which is adjacent to Wonju.  Once Wonju and Hengcheng were lost, all routes for the Japanese army's retreat from Seoul would be cut off, and they would likely repeat the same mistakes they made during the first Russo-Japanese War.

    After thinking for a long time, Gentaro Kodama dejectedly issued an order. The three divisions stationed in Wonju were not to move, and one of the divisions went to Hengcheng to strengthen defense.  In addition, he transferred two player divisions from the south to the north. These two divisions will be responsible for the defense of Zhongzhou. As for Nogi Nogi's third army, they can only be left to fend for themselves.

    The Battle of the Han River lasted for twelve days. Nogi Nogi's Third Army performed extremely tenaciously, but in the end it could not avoid the fate of destruction.  After this battle, the 20-year-old Bai Chongxi, the commander of Cam Ranh Bay's 7th Division, became famous all over the world. Major newspapers and magazines carried overwhelming reports.

    Only 2,000 Nogi Nogi's Third Army escaped. The destruction of one and a half main divisions had a great impact on the Japanese army's strategic deployment, and Seoul became critical.  The player troops recruited by Cam Ranh Bay and Russia accepted the tasks issued by the NPC and launched successive attacks on Seoul at all costs.

    The Japanese troops garrisoned in Seoul suffered heavy casualties. Most of the garrison troops were NPC troops, which made Gentaro Kodama feel distressed.  Although the losses in Cam Ranh Bay and Russia were greater, the player troops were responsible for the heavy task of siege, and the only losses were levels and weapons.  Some of the Japanese players participating in the war mission were stationed in Wonju and some in Chungju, and they did not dare to go north to strengthen the defense of Seoul.

    The Battle of Seoul lasted for a month. Finally, Kodama Gentaro made the decision to abandon Seoul and ordered the three divisions in Seoul to retreat to Wonju.  Seoul was captured by the coalition forces. Tsarist Russian commander Kuropatkin was not very good at fighting, but he was good at fighting for the fruits of victory.  In order to prevent Cam Ranh Bay from taking Seoul, he did not issue tasks to Chinese players in the last few days of the siege battle, but ordered Russian players and NPC troops to jointly attack the city.

    Chen Hao pretended not to notice Kuropalkin's little belly. He had no intention of competing for territory with the Russians. Now he would be more generous and paralyze the Russians.  No matter how much victory Russia achieved, when World War I broke out and their focus was on the Western Front, they had plenty of opportunities to capture Korea and regain the land ceded by Tsarist Russia.

    Gentaro Kodama¡¯s decision to abandon Seoul was correct. The disastrous defeats in the Battle of Suwon and the Battle of the Han River made the Japanese army extremely passive. Abandoning Seoul consolidated the defense line.  After the coalition forces occupied Seoul, they fought with the Japanese army around Wonju, Hengseong, Chungju and other places, but neither side gained the upper hand.

    Jiang Baili and Cai E also rushed to North Korea. They once again submitted a combat plan to Chen Hao. After Wu Peifu, Bai Chongxi, Chen Shaokuan and others improved the plan, it became an S-class.  The combat plan was mainly completed by Jiang and Cai, but the ideas were provided by Yang Du and Yang Xizi, so the plan was full of conspiracy.

    Commander Yang Du¡¯s attributes are not good, but he knows very well that the key to the Korean War is the navy. As long as the Japanese navy is annihilated, the Korean army stationed in Japan will be finished.  When talking with Jiang Baili and Cai E, he proposed the idea of ????inducing Japan's main navy to dispatch. Jiang Baili and Cai E were attracted and came up with a complete combat plan.
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