Of course, although the victory of the People's Army has been decided, the war has not yet ended, because there are more than 300,000 Russian troops stationed in Shenyang. In terms of force alone, it is not under the People's Army. Linnevic, who fled to Manzhouli, certainly did not forget that the Russian army still had such a huge force. Therefore, he ordered Lieutenant General Stagli Fort, the chief general of the Russian army stationed in Chenyang, and ordered him to withdraw from Chenyang immediately and retreat to Manzhouli.

Although Linevich retreated to Manzhouli now, there was only one division and one brigade around him. If the People's Army continued to advance westward after capturing Harbin, he could not resist the attack of the People's Army and could only continue to escape. However, after leaving Manzhouli, he entered Russia, which did not mean that he would give up. Therefore, the 300,000 Russian troops in Chenyang became Linevich's last hope. If all the 300,000 Russian troops could be withdrawn back to Manzhouli, even if only half of them were withdrawn, he would have enough troops to set up defenses in Manzhouli to resist the attack of the People's Army, and wait for reinforcements to be sent from the country.

However, after receiving a telegram from Linevich, Lieutenant General Stagribbeck called him back and said that the People's Army had occupied all the periphery of Chenyang, and that the Russian army in Chenyang could not retreat and could only stand in Shenyang City. Request Linevich to generate electricity to the country as soon as possible and send more reinforcements to solve the difficulties of Chenyang.

After receiving the telegram, Linievich was so angry that he cursed, but Stagli Fort even refused to withdraw his troops, and he had no choice. After all, Linievich was not in Shenyang City and could not command the team.

In fact, if Linievich was in Shenyang now, he would probably have made the same choice as Stagli Fort. After all, it would be unrealistic to withdraw troops from Chenyang at this time. Because after Harbin fell, the Russian army in Chenyang was occupied by the People's Army and was attacked by the two lines, which was geographically unfavorable. It was more than 1,000 kilometers from Chenyang to Manzhouli, and there was no direct railway. The Middle East Railway could not be used much. It would take at least one month to walk to Manzhouli. Moreover, the mobilization of more than 300,000 Russian troops was not a trivial matter, but there was still a large amount of supplies, and it would take 6 or 7 days to complete it. Moreover, there were more than 200,000 people's troops around him, so they would never let the Russian army leave easily. Once the Russian army withdrew from Chenyang, they would inevitably be attacked by the People's Army, and then the Russian army would be in danger of complete defeat.

Unless there is an army to support the Russian army when it retreats, it may be possible. This is also the place where Staglifort is dissatisfied with Linevich. The decision to give up Harbin is too hasty. Although the second batch of Russian troops returning to Harbin was intercepted by the People's Army, Bi Jingji had one division back to Harbin. In addition, Harbin's original army had 450,000 troops, and the People's Army's troops attacked Harbin was only more than 50,000, and the vanguard was only one division. With Harbin's troops, if they had full defense, it would be possible to hold on for about 5-7 days.

During this period, the Russian army in Shenyang could reopen the route to Harbin and continue to send additional reinforcements to Harbin. In this way, when all the Russian army in Shenyang retreated, Harbin could provide support. Stagli Fort was confident that most of the army and supplies would be withdrawn back to Harbin. At that time, the Russian army could set up defense lines in Harbin to resist the attack of the People's Army, and wait for reinforcements to be sent from the country or Japan to attack the Liaodong area again from the Korean Peninsula, and may not have no chance to turn defeat into victory.

But Linevich gave up Harbin in a hurry and fled to Manzhouli, which also made all the hopes of the Russian army in Chenyang's smooth retreat fail. Because Linevich gave up Harbin and did not greet Stagri Fort and ran away. This made Stagri Fort feel very unhappy. Now, regardless of whether the conditions are allowed, he ordered Stagri Fort to withdraw the Russian army to Manzhouli. Stagri Fort naturally cannot obey the orders. If something happens during the retreat, the responsibility will naturally be his own. Stagri Fort will of course not take the blame.

Retreat is basically bound to die, and if you stick to Shenyang, there will be a chance to turn the tables. After all, the Russian army still has 300,000 troops, and after more than two months of operation, Shenyang's defense facilities are relatively complete. In addition, the Russian army has also collected a large amount of ammunition and drug resources in Shenyang. Therefore, Stagli Fort believes that the Russian army can hold on to at least three times. If the situation outside changes in these three months, such as the Russian reinforcements sent by Russia, or Japan launches an attack on Liaodong, there will be no chance of turning the tables. Taking a step back, even if the situation does not change in the end, Chenyang is still captured by the People's Army, but at least it can live a few more days. Therefore, Stagli Fort also made up his mind to defend Chenyang and never retreat in the direction of Manzhouli.

So Stagli Fort ordered that the Russian troops retreat to Dehui Station, due to the People's Army blocking, all the Russian troops retreated to Chenyang, shrink their troops and defend with all their strength. After Luo Yue learned about it, he immediately ordered the 1st Division to march southward along the Harbin-Da Line and occupy Changchun. Until the end, all the Russian troops were concentrated in the area with Chenyang as the core and defended closely.

At this moment, Luo Yue received an order from the Military Commission, ordering him to lead the 1st Marine Division back to Qingdao to prevent Japan from attacking.

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It turns out that Japan has been paying attention to the war on the battlefield in Northeast China and has always been looking forward to the People's Army's large-scale attack on Shenyang. The Russian army defended Shenyang to form a meat grinder-style urban offensive and defense. In this way, Japan can take the opportunity to launch a battle to attack the Yalu River and force the East China government to negotiate peace with Japan to achieve the goal of decent withdrawal from the war.

Na Zhi People's Army actually took a different approach, successfully attacked Vladivostok from the sea, drove away the Far East War Zone, and defeated the Russian counterattack. The troops rushed to Harbin and forced Linevich to give up Harbin and fled to Manzhouli, almost completely abandoning the area of ​​Northeast China. Although the Russian army still occupies Chenyang, it is clear in Japan that the Russian army cannot defend Chenyang at all, because the People's Army can easily kill the Russian army, and Russia has completely failed. The People's Army that Japan has been looking forward to fighting with the Russian army in Shenyang is impossible to achieve.

So the Japanese government was also at a loss. Everyone was thinking: Russia has completely failed, so what should Japan do? In fact, Japan has already failed completely and withdrew from this battle, but Japan is unwilling to admit its failure and has been fantasizing about making a comeback. Now even such a little fantasy seems to have been shattered.

The Japanese cabinet was also a little impatient. It recruited the Army General Staff and the Navy Command for several days to discuss countermeasures, and exchanged views with the Japanese Command of North Korea. The final decision was to immediately launch a battle to attack the Yalu River, strive to break through the People's Army's defense line and re-invade the Liaodong area, and continue to follow the original plan.

Although it is definitely not a good time to implement this plan, it can be said to be a bad time, because the People's Army did not enter Chenyang at this time. Once the Yalu River defense line is in danger, it can still send troops to reinforce. But the bad time is better than the lack of time. It is hard to say that the Russian army in Shenyang can hold on for several days. Once the Russian army in Chenyang is annihilated by the People's Army, Japan will have no chance at all. Therefore, at this time, Japan can only take a try and bet again. So the Japanese Army General Staff officially ordered Otaro Gentaro to launch an attack.

Although Taro Otaku is on the Korean Peninsula, he also participated in this discussion, and it was his strong support that prompted the General Staff to make up his mind. Taro Otaku certainly knew that the chance of success of the attack on the Yalu River at this time would never be high. Perhaps it would be able to break through the Yalu River defense line arranged by the People's Army, but the biggest shortcoming of the Japanese army is the lack of continuous combat capabilities. Therefore, once the People's Army in Chenyang returns to aid, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to withstand the People's Army's counterattack. But if nothing is done, there would be no chance. On the contrary, if the attack is carefully planned, the tactics are appropriate, and with a little luck, there would still be a chance of success.

In addition, from Otagita's current mentality, he feels a little bit unfair to meet the elders of Jiangdong. After all, he lost too badly in the Northeast battlefield, and even the original commander-in-chief was killed. Therefore, if he could not achieve any record this time, Otagita's face would not have the face to go back to Japan.

However, although he decided to take a gamble, Gentaro Otaro still formulated a detailed and comprehensive combat plan. Although the Japanese often make mistakes in grand strategy, they formulated them in detail and meticulously in tactical aspects. Moreover, Japan was gambling again this time, and the gambling costs were less than that time, so Gentaro Otaro was also very cautious and serious.

The People's Army has not had many troops to guard the Yalu River, only between 50,000 and 60,000, and there are another reserve team of 100,000 to 20,000. The Japanese army's current troops are about 300,000, including 100,000 South Korean troops. Of course, it has an absolute advantage in terms of force. However, there is a Yalu River between the two sides. Although the Yalu River is not wide, it is also an obstacle that is difficult to cross. Moreover, the People's Army has also set up defensive positions by the Yalu River.

From the experience of the Russo-Japanese War, Gentaro Kotaro knew that in the current war, the defensive side would have a great advantage. Therefore, although Japan had the advantage in military strength, it might not be able to easily break through the People's Army's defense line. Moreover, the Japanese army basically could not get ammunition supplements on the Korean Peninsula. In order to cope with the counterattack of the People's Army reinforcements after breaking through the Yalu River defense line, the ammunition must be saved. If you drain all the ammunition just to break through the Yalu River defense line, it would not be considered successful.
Chapter completed!