Sino-Japanese Naval War 1894-1895 (Maritime Series) by Piotr Olender

Author:Piotr Olender [Olender, Piotr]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MMPBooks
Published: 2014-07-19T07:00:00+00:00

The position of Japanese landings at Huayuank’ou.

In order not to waste the victory achieved by the navy on 17 September, the Japanese had to act quickly, taking advantage of the confusion created by the Chinese tactical defeat. Overall success would most certainly be achieved by the destruction of the Chinese fleet at its base, before it was again ready for action. Therefore, almost immediately after the battle of Yalu, the Japanese began forming an army whose objective would be the capture of the Liaotung Peninsula along with Port Arthur, where the Chinese fleet was licking its wounds.

The resulting force was the 2nd Army, which comprised the entire 1st Division (composed of the 1st and the 2nd Brigade) and 12th Brigade of the 6th Division (including a mountain artillery division, cavalry unit and engineering company) totalling 26–27,000 troops (excluding coolies) including six companies detached from the coastal artillery and auxiliary units, was under the command of Marshal Oyama Iwao. The mobilisation of all these troops began on 22 September, five days after the battle of Yalu. Units of the 1st Division were concentrated at Hiroshima, while those of the 12th Brigade gathered at Moji2.

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