Although Japan and Russia eventually turned enemies into friends, they still had their own ulterior motives, but under various pressures from both inside and outside, they still united to deal with the East China government.

However, during this period, the East China government was not idle and was making final preparations for attacking Vladivostok. The combat plan had been formulated long ago, and this period was mainly to further improve and formulate plans for various emergencies.

After the Battle of Shilihe, the Marine Corps and the 1st Army withdrew to Qingdao for targeted training, and the Marine Corps was also expanded into 2 divisions and 3 reserve regiments. Although the expansion of the Marine Corps is imperative, it is the moment of war, and the Marine Corps will immediately have important combat tasks, so it is not easy to expand the army at this time.

Now the Marine Corps has only one division, and after the training of wars some time ago, it has rich combat experience and strong combat effectiveness. But now that the army has expanded, how to allocate the troops of this division is the most difficult problem to deal with. If the entire division is distributed equally into the newly established troops, although the effect of leading the new can be achieved with the old, the overall combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced within a certain period of time, and there will be no unit that can fight tough battles; and if the entire division is retained, or a small number of personnel are drawn to supplement other troops, although the combat effectiveness of one division can be guaranteed, due to the lack of experience and the gap in combat power in other troops, it is difficult to form overall combat effectiveness. The entire Marine Corps still relies on one division to support it, so how to allocate personnel reasonably is indeed a very difficult question.

After careful research and analysis by Luo Yue and the main senior officers of the Marine Corps, they finally made the most reasonable allocation plan. First, the current division is determined to be the 1st Marine Division, retaining half of the officers and soldiers. Only half of the personnel are supplemented. Under the guidance and leadership of veterans, they can restore to their original combat effectiveness in a short period of time. The newly built Marine Corps 2/3 of the half of the officers and soldiers drawn as backbone formation. In this way, 1/3 of the experienced veterans in the entire division can quickly form a certain battle, while the remaining 1/3 of the officers and soldiers are mainly responsible for the training of the reserve regiments. After all, the role of the reserve regiment is only a supplement to the combat troops, not the main force of the battle.

After the allocation plan was determined, the next step was to build and train the army, and to participate in the discussion on the improvement of the combat plan. Therefore, Luo Yue was very busy during this period. Although he returned to Qingdao, he lived in the military camp every day. At this time, Zhou Weiying was suspended from work and went home to recuperate and wait for childbirth, but Luo Yue only went home to see her a few times, and did not spend the night at home. Fortunately, Qin Zheng and his wife understood the heavy responsibilities Luo Yue was now shouldered, and they all comforted Luo Yue not to worry about the affairs at home and prepare for the battle with all their strength.

At the end of August, the Military Commission officially established the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force. Of course, after the successful attack on Vladivostok, it was changed to the Vladivostok Military Region, with Luo Yue as commander and Liu Tie as deputy commander. The force was composed of the Marine Corps, the 1st and 6th Divisions of the 1st Army, and two reserve regiments. The total force was about 73,000. In addition, the Expeditionary Force was equipped with two 200mm caliber self-propelled artillery and an armored train.

These two weapons were just made by the East China government, and were not the two armored trains and four self-propelled artillery that showed their power on the Liaodong battlefield in the first phase of the battle.

However, this newly built armored train is an upgraded version of the first two armored trains, equipped with 280 mm and 40-diameter-distance artillery, which is stronger than the 240 mm and 40-diameter-distance artillery, and has a stronger combat effectiveness. Since Vladivostok is the end of the Binsui Line of the Middle East Railway and the Siberian Railway, the railway line is very developed and is very suitable for armored train combat.

Although the 200mm caliber self-propelled artillery has the same caliber, the diameter distance is 45 times, which is a step up from the previous four. Although the 200mm caliber self-propelled artillery is not as powerful as the armored train, it is flexible in layout and maneuverable, and can be used as a powerful supplement to the armored train. However, at this time, all the load-carrying vehicles of the East China government had been used up, so more self-propelled artillery could not be made.

With these two weapons, the actual total force of the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force reached 78,000. In addition, the East China government also prepared 100,000 logistics personnel and 1,000 administrative personnel. After the Expeditionary Force occupied Vladivostok, they were all sent to Vladivostok to take over the logistics, administration and other work of Vladivostok.

The 7th and 16th Divisions of the 1st Army and a reserve division remained in Qingdao, and together with the Qingdao Guard Division, they were responsible for defending the Shandong region. In addition, after adding 8 reserves to the front line, Qingdao expanded 6 reserve regiments, which also had 10 reserve regiments, which not only ensured the safety of the Shandong region, but also reinforced the forces of two divisions to the front line when necessary.

On the battlefield in Liaodong, the People's Army was divided into two lines, north and south, and was respectively confronted by the Russian and Japanese troops. The northern line was bounded by Shilihe River, and concentrated 2,3 and 4 troops, a total of about 220,000 troops, as well as two armored trains, two self-propelled artillery and 18 car-torn artillery artillery, and stalemate with the Russian troops stationed in Shenyang.

During this period, the Russian army had transferred a large number of troops from the rear, bringing about 360,000 troops stationed in Shenyang to about 360,000. As a result, the Russian army left behind in Harbin. Although the Russian army's troops in Shenyang have exceeded nearly 40% of the People's Army, the Battle of Shilihe has had a huge psychological impact on the Russian army. In addition, the Russian army is inefficient in dispatching, logistics, and ammunition supply, so now the Russian army does not dare to take the initiative to attack the People's Army.

However, after learning that the country had reached an agreement with Japan to jointly fight against the East China government, the Russian commander-in-chief Linnevic believed that he could wait for Japan to launch an attack on the Yalu River first to restrain the People's Army, and then the Russian army attacked the People's Army's Shili River defense line from Shenyang, so as to ensure that the People's Army was defeated in one fell swoop.

The southern line was where the 4th division of the 5th Army of the People's Army arranged defense lines along the Yalu River. At this time, the trenches were dug about 400-500 meters along the Yalu River. As the first line of defense guarding the Yalu River, a stone turret was built at a distance of about 1,000 meters behind the first defense, and every 2,000-3,000 meters, a stone turret was built, and 4-6 155mm* cannons were set up. As the fulcrum of the artillery position; 1,000 meters behind the artillery position, a temporary highway across the entire position was built for two self-propelled artillery to move, support, and transfer.

After the Japanese army fled to the Korean Peninsula and rectified the remaining troops, they also wanted to set up defense lines by the Yalu River. However, at this time, the People's Army had set up positions on the Yalu River first, and the width of the Yalu River was only 500-1,000 meters. Most of the People's Army's artillery and mortars could cross the river and land on the east bank of the Yalu River. In addition, the People's Army had propellers, drones, helicopters and other air forces, which could be observed and positioned from the air, and provided shooting parameters for artillery soldiers. Therefore, the Japanese army arranged positions on the Yalu River several times, but were attacked by the People's Army's artillery fire, and there was no chance to set up positions at all. Therefore, the Japanese commander Gentaro, in desperation, had to order to retreat to a position 5-6 kilometers away from the river to arrange defense lines, and only a few sentinels were arranged on the Yalu River. This was the arrangement of the Japanese defense lines.

Another point is worth mentioning. The air force of the People's Army has also been strengthened. Two single-seat propeller fixed-wing aircraft have joined the battlefield, which has brought the number of propeller fixed-wing aircraft to 4, and the dispatch rate has nearly doubled. In addition, there is a two-seat propeller fixed-wing aircraft that can be completed and put into service around October and put into use on the battlefield. By the end of the year, it is expected that four single-seat and four two-seat propeller fixed-wing aircraft can be used in this war.

Some time ago, two single-seat propeller fixed-wing aircraft played a considerable role in the battlefield. On the one hand, they saved the use of drones and helicopters, and also had a certain deterrent effect on the enemy. Although the drones and helicopters of the East China government are advanced, their technical level is too high. In order not to arouse the alertness of this era, drones and helicopters should be avoided when deploying. However, there is no problem with propeller fixed-wing aircraft. They can appear openly in the enemy's vision and cause considerable psychological deterrence to the enemy. After all, in this era, anything that can fly is a high-end existence.

On the other hand, the use of propeller fixed-wing aircraft has also accumulated a lot of use experience and data for the East China government, and has taken the first step for the East China government to develop the air force in the future. Of course, the aviation team has also proved its value in this war. After the war is over, it will be listed as one of the key development projects by the East China government.

In addition, the special forces left by the People's Army in Vladivostok region have also achieved great results. They rely on the Taier tribe, have contacted more than 10 tribes and signed a covenant to fight against Russia. These tribes are all nomadic fishing and hunting nations in the Northeast region, and they still have a considerable sense of belonging to China. After Russia occupied the Vladivostok region, they brutally suppressed these tribes, so these tribes also had great hatred for Russia. Seeing that someone led the fight against Russia and had support from the army in Guannei, they were naturally willing to join.

After the integration of the People's Army, a team of about 1,500 people was organized and some training was carried out. Although the combat effectiveness of this team was not very strong and did not play much role in the People's Army's attack on Vladivostok, they were familiar with the terrain, environment, customs and humanities in this area, and were quite hard-working and could engage in reconnaissance, guidance, and appease other ethnic groups. Therefore, after the People's Army occupied Vladivostok, they could still play a considerable role in using Vladivostok to avoid new battlefields and mobilize the Russian army.
Chapter completed!