"Annihilated 58,347 Russian troops, captured 76,261 Russian troops; completely wiped out the 1st Army of the Russian Army, the 32nd Division, and the 37th Division; captured 6 lieutenant generals and 33 major generals; seized weapons and ammunition, including 257 artillery pieces, 6,278 artillery shells; 76,925 rifles, 57 machines, 562 pistols, and 3.5 million bullets; other supplies include 6,823 war horses, 1,014 tons of grain, 56 tons of medicine, and more than 300,000 other tents, belts, leather boots, etc. The losses of our army were 5,817 people killed, 13,784 injured, and 312 missing."

"The fight was very good. I annihilated the prisoners and killed more than 130,000 Russian troops. In addition, the injured Russian troops will probably reduce the number of personnel to reach 200,000. The results of this battle are not worse than those of the Battle of Yalu River. We must reward the troops on the front line."

"It should be, it should be. To be honest, I didn't expect that such great results would be achieved. The troops must be rewarded and those who have made meritorious service."

"We not only need to commend, but also to promote it well. After this battle, we will completely break up with the Qing court. Now we must seize every opportunity to promote it. In the past, we were all fighting the Japanese army, but this time we fought the Russian army. These two countries are the countries that have invaded China the most invaded by China in this era. Now we have been taught a lesson. We cannot miss this opportunity for publicity."

After the victory of the Battle of Shilihe was sent to Qingdao, the East China government was very excited because the Yalu River and Shilihe battles, in terms of results, a total of 160,000 Japanese and Russian troops were annihilated, 120,000 Japanese logistics personnel were captured, and nearly 200,000 Japanese logistics personnel were nearly 200,000. Strategically, expelled the Japanese army from the Liaodong region and defeated the Russian army to retreat to Shenyang. The People's Army gained absolute initiative on the battlefield, which can be said to be extremely brilliant. Although the time travelers were indeed quite confident in defeating the Japanese and Russian troops, they really did not expect that the results would be so huge. It could almost be said that it would have severely damaged the Japanese and Russian troops in one fell swoop.

Now the East China government, Japan and Russia have entered a rest period, and the war on the battlefield in Liaodong has come to an end for the time being, and the military team in Qingdao has also started a discussion on how to carry out the next stage of the war.

According to the original plan, after defeating the Japanese army, the People's Army will fight against the Russian army on the Liaoyang-Shenyang line. At this time, a fleet should be dispatched to lead the Marines north and attack Vladivostok to mobilize the Russian army to withdraw its troops and return to aid, and then take advantage of the situation to capture Shenyang. Based on this, we will negotiate with Russia, not only to force the Russian army to retreat to the three eastern provinces, but also to ask Russia for compensation.

However, this plan is based on the fact that the People's Army and the Russian army are basically evenly matched on the Liaoyang-Shenyang front line. Since the Russian army has gathered 600,000 troops in the Far East, although the Russian army is poorly managed and chaotic, such troops cannot be underestimated. Moreover, before that, the People's Army had to fight with the Japanese army. Therefore, the military team believed that after defeating the Japanese army, the People's Army and the Russian army would be in a balanced situation. In this case, attacking Shenyang will inevitably suffer huge losses, so they must choose the tactic of winning by surprise.

But no one expected that the People's Army would have such great results and now it has gained absolute dominance on the battlefield. Therefore, it is still necessary to discuss whether it is necessary to follow the original plan. Anyway, the three parties are resting and there is enough time to correct or modify the original combat plan.

The Military Commission believed that the original combat plan should be adjusted, because the purpose of the sneak attack on Vladivostok was to mobilize the Russian army to facilitate the capture of Shenyang, but now the opportunity to directly attack Shenyang has come.

During the Battle of Shilihe, the People's Army wiped out a total of more than 130,000 prisoners, plus the injured Russian troops, so the Russian army's combat reduction should be between 180,000 and 200,000. Before the Battle of Shilihe, the Russian army gathered about 320,000 to 350,000 troops in Shenyang. Therefore, the Russian army in Shenyang should be between 120,000 and 170,000, and the army needs to be reorganized to fight, but the newly organized troops lack the running-in, and the combat effectiveness will definitely decline.

The People's Army should now be able to gather about 250,000 troops to attack Chenyang, and it has a certain advantage in terms of military strength. Of course, Russia now has sufficient troops in the Far East and can send troops to reinforce from other places, but this will take at least 10 days. The People's Army can attack Chenyang before the Russian reinforcements have arrived and attack Chenyang in one fell swoop.

Although the attacking party needs to have more troops than the defensive party, the People's Army's strength advantage seems not enough, but now the spirit of both sides is not on the same level, and the Russian army's fighting will is far less tenacious than the Japanese army. Moreover, in about 3 or 4 days, the railway bridge on the Liaohe River can be completed and opened to traffic, so that both armored trains can participate in the battle to attack Chenyang. In addition, the People's Army has 4 self-propelled artillery and 18 towed artillery, these are all powerful weapons for the tough battle. If it really doesn't work, there are still armored troops to participate in the battle. Therefore, the Military Commission believes that the People's Army is at least 70% sure of attacking Chenyang. The Military Commission plans that the People's Army can rest for 5-7 days and gather troops at the same time. In addition to the 2, 3, 4, and 5th armies on the Shilihe line, it can also consider drawing 2-3 divisions from the 1st Army to participate in the battle.

However, the Military Commission did not give up its plan to attack Vladivostok, but carried out its plan after capturing Chenyang. The strategic goal of the sneak attack on Vladivostok was not to mobilize the Russian army, but to use Vladivostok as a base to avoid the second battlefield. Moreover, the troops used were not just the Marine Corps. At least one army had to be invested. After capturing Vladivostok, it immediately captured Shuangchengzi and Boli, and then attacked westward. The People's Army that captured Chenyang concentrated the forces of three armies to attack northward. The two sides met in Harbin and recovered the entire three northeastern provinces in one fell swoop. On this basis, negotiations with Russia can obtain greater benefits.

This plan is even more grand than the advanced plan. It not only regained the three northeastern provinces, but also planned to regain Vladivostok. Of course, strategically speaking, if Vladivostok is recovered, it can completely lose its port in the Far East, so that Russia's power in the Far East will inevitably be greatly reduced and it will no longer pose a threat to China. In the future, the East China government's only opponent in Northeast Asia will be Japan.

However, the battle of Shilihe can also show the essence of the Russian army's strength in the middle and external strength, which greatly increases the confidence of the military team. They all believe that this plan is very feasible, at least it can be attacked Shenyang first, and then depending on the situation.

Of course, changing the combat plan also requires notifying the commanders on the front line. After all, no matter how good the plan is, it needs to be implemented by the officers and soldiers on the front line. Moreover, the army on the front line needs to understand the situation better and can put forward some reasonable revisions to the plan to make the plan more perfect.

So the military team immediately sent the draft plan to the Northeast War Zone Command for their opinions.

Two days later, the military team received a reply from the Northeast War Zone Command. The Northeast War Zone Command had no objection to this plan, but it was not enough to just rest for 5-7 days. It would take at least 15 days to fight again. Because the People's Army is now facing three major problems.

First of all, the problem of fatigue. Although the Battle of Shilihe severely damaged the Russian army and achieved brilliant results, the People's Army had exhausted all its strength, because within about 20 days, the People's Army launched three major battles in Liaoyang, Yalu River and Shilihe. In each war, the People's Army basically invested about 200,000 troops. It can be said that the People's Army was doing its best in every battle. Now, among the troops participating in the war in Liaodong, only the 1st Army and the Marine Corps participated in one of the battles.

The 2nd Army and the 5th Army participated in two battles, while the 3rd Army and the 4th Army participated in all three battles, and they went back and forth between Liaoyang and Yalu River. It can be said that the entire People's Army was quite tired at this time. The Battle of the Shili River was completely supported by the People's Army's regular training and the high morale of winning streaks. Of course, the Russian army's low fighting will is also a reason. If the Russian army had the fighting spirit of the Japanese army, although the People's Army could win, the results would definitely not be that great.

But now the People's Army needs a long time to recover. If the recovery period is not enough and the combat is forcibly fought, the combat effectiveness will be severely decomposed. The Northeast Theater Command believes that it will take at least 10 days for this recovery period.

The second is the issue of staff reduction. Since the People's Army joined the war, it has invested a total of about 330,000 troops. After all wars, 22,000 people have been killed, and 40,000 wounded soldiers have been killed, with an overall reduction of nearly 20%. This has also greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the People's Army. The Northeast Theater Command believes that if there are 15 days, about 30,000 wounded soldiers can recover from their injuries and return to the team, so that the basic combat effectiveness of the People's Army can be restored.

The last one is the issue of ammunition. The People's Army's artillery is far more than that of the Japanese and Russian troops, but this tactic of concentrated firepower covering strikes consumes a lot of shells. In the early stage, seven or eight out of ten shells accumulated on the front line. Now the number of shells in the entire army is only more than 30,000, of which 20,000 are still shells of mortars, which is not enough to support a war. According to the previous battle situation, the People's Army wants to fight a battle of 200,000 people, and at least about 50,000 shells are needed. It is best to reserve 100,000 shells in the front military region, which is enough to support two wars. When can the shells be fully replenished is determined by Qingdao.

To be honest, the current People's Army is actually somewhat strong in the middle and externally. If the Russian army can transfer reinforcements to launch a counterattack on the People's Army in a short period of time, it would be difficult for the People's Army to resist. Of course, with the Russian army's organization and dispatch capabilities, it is impossible to restore the strength to the People's Army in a short period of time. However, the Northeast Theater Command believes that more than 50,000 artillery shells should be added within at least 15 days to ensure that the People's Army can carry out a battlefield.
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