In fact, after learning that the 1st Army was divided and surrounded by the civilian army, Linnevich prepared to rescue at the first time, after all, the 1st Army was not only the army under his original command, but also the current safety was also related to the victory or defeat of the Russian army, so Linnevich must be saved in public and private.

However, it takes time to mobilize troops, make plans, and reconnoiter the enemy, which cannot be completed in a short period of time, and of course Linnevich also believes that the 1st Army will be able to hold out in the KPA for at least 3 days, which is enough for him to arrange a rescue plan.

Of course, Linnevich also considered whether he should send an army to approach the encirclement of the KPA at the first time, not to rescue the 1st Army immediately, but to put pressure on the KPA so that they could not attack and boost the morale of the 1st Army. Now gather the hands of Linnevich early in the morning and send the 1st and 2nd divisions

But on the very next day, the KPA's Central Route Army suddenly launched a counterattack against the Russian army, first with the support of heavy artillery loaded with armored vehicles, and launched a fierce artillery attack on the Russian positions. This is also another bombardment of the Russian army, in addition to the second day of the Russian offensive, after the armored train artillery of the People's Army shelled the artillery positions of the Russian army. The 240 mm caliber artillery shells also made the Russian army suffer, and then the People's Army launched an attack on the Russian positions, and successfully attacked several positions of the Russian vehicles, and launched a fierce close combat with the Russian army.

However, the white-knuckle combat capability that the Russian army has always been proud of has fallen far short in front of the People's Army, and in close combat, the Russian army not only does not account for half of the People's Army, but is faintly suppressed by the People's Army.

The commander of the 4th Army, Samsolov, hurriedly sent reserves to reinforce the various positions, and after more than four hours of fierce fighting, it was possible to hold a few positions without force, but it still allowed the KPA to recapture the positions captured by the Russian army on the fourth day.

After receiving the report, Linnevich was also very surprised, he did not expect that while the KPA surrounded the left flank army of the Russian army, it still had the spare strength to launch a counterattack against the Russian army in the center. Could this be some trick of the People's Army? Induce the Russian army to send troops to the rescue of the 1st Army, and take advantage of the emptiness of the Russian army's garrison in the middle to launch an attack in the middle. Therefore, we can't be unguarded, as for sending troops to reinforce, let's take a slow step and see the situation, anyway, it's not bad for this day.

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KPA shelling of the Russian 1st Army stopped at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, although the number of Russian troops was still more than 50,000, they had completely lost the power to resist.

Although the shelling of the People's Army is not the kind of full-coverage shelling, the scope of the Russian army is narrow and lacks effective cover, so it has no defense against the shelling of the People's Army, and there is no place to hide, so it can only resign itself to fate, and under such an artillery strike, the Russian army will of course be unable to form an effective defensive line.

During the shelling of the KPA, the Russian army also launched two assaults, hoping to highlight the encirclement of the KPA, but was stopped by the KPA with intensive firepower, and could not break through at all, so it could only retreat.

However, the KPA did not take advantage of the situation to attack, but sent two captured Russian soldiers to bring a letter of persuasion to the commander of the Russian army, Fort Stagli, demanding that the Russian army surrender immediately. Because the Russian army is different from the Japanese army, although Japan has put forward the decision of "breaking away from Asia and joining Europe", it is still oriental in thinking, regarding surrender and capture as the greatest shame of soldiers, coupled with Japan's unique bushido spiritual education, so in the case of a difficult situation, the Japanese army rarely surrenders, most of them choose to fight to the death, die with the enemy, and even commit suicide, and do not want to be a prisoner. In the Battle of the Yalu River, 160,000 Japanese troops were physically and mentally exhausted and surrounded by the KPA, but the KPA only captured more than 40,000 prisoners.

The Russian army is different, although Russia's territory spans the Eurasian continent, Russia has always regarded itself as a European country, and it is a common thing to surrender if it cannot be defeated on the battlefield, and there is no psychological obstacle. Therefore, in the previous battles between Japan and Russia, the number of Japanese casualties was slightly higher than that of the Russian army, while the number of prisoners of the Russian army was much higher than that of the Japanese army. As far as the People's Army is concerned, it is of course best to be able to persuade them to surrender.

Sure enough, after receiving a letter of surrender from the People's Army, Stagriburg immediately summoned the officers to discuss. In fact, at this time, what qualifications does the Russian army have to be tough, everyone knows that once the People's Army launches an attack, the Russian army will be completely annihilated, so instead of being killed by the People's Army, it is better to surrender now, at least one life can be saved, and after the war is over, there is still hope of being released home, there is no need to die in battle here senselessly.

So Stargriburg and the officers finally decided to accept the KPA's demand for surrender and surrender their weapons, and of course the KPA assured them that they could ensure the safety of the Russian officers and soldiers. Subsequently, in accordance with the requirements of the KPA, the soldiers of the Russian army laid down their weapons in turn and walked to the place designated by the KPA to assemble. The officers of the 1st Army, representing Stageborg, handed over their command knives and guns to the KPA to symbolize the formal surrender of the Russian army.

However, it is not a simple matter to receive the surrender of more than 50,000 Russian troops, not only to collect all the weapons and ammunition of Russian soldiers, but also to inspect each Russian soldier, in case someone has secretly hidden some weapons? In addition, it is necessary to count and collect all kinds of documents and materials carried by the Russian army and China, which are extremely valuable for intelligence, so they cannot be completed in a short time.

In the end, it was busy until almost 7 o'clock in the evening, when all the prisoners were counted, and a total of 53,744 people were captured, including 6 lieutenant generals and 22 major generals, not counting the captured guns and ammunition. This is also the first time since the People's Army sent troops to participate in the war that a formed army has surrendered to itself.

And what happened on the battlefield on his left flank, the supreme commander of the Russian army, Linnevich, did not know anything, and was still entangled in where the real offensive direction of the People's Army was.

It was only in the early morning of the next day that Linnevich received the news that the 1st Army on the left flank of the Russian army had been completely defeated by the KPA, and the rest had surrendered like the KPA, which could be said to be completely annihilated. Linnevich couldn't help but be shocked, after the replenishment of troops, the strength of the 1st Army has reached more than 83,000, such a powerful force, I didn't expect that in just one day, the Russian army on the left flank was completely annihilated by the People's Army, and the combat effectiveness of the People's Army would be so strong. Knowing this, he should have sent troops to reinforce yesterday, even if he couldn't rescue the 1st Army, it would allow the 1st Army to hold out for a few more days. But it's too late to regret it now, and the immediate crisis is even more imminent.

The left flank army was completely annihilated, and there was a big gap in the Russian army's front, and the flank of the middle army was completely exposed to the KPA troops, so that the form of the Russian army turned straight down, and there was even a danger of rout on the whole front.

In fact, on the evening of the same day, after the People's Army annihilated the 1st Army of the Russian army, it was ready to attack again, the 4th Army moved to the flank of the 4th Army of the Russian army, and the 3rd Army rushed to the battlefield on the left flank and strengthened the strength of the left flank. The 5th Army was responsible for escorting Russian prisoners back to Liaoyang and serving as a reserve for the whole army.

In fact, although the reinforcements of the People's Army rushed back, in terms of total strength, it was still slightly less than that of the Russian army, but at this time the spirit of the two sides was not at the same level; after the Russian army learned that the 1st Army had been completely annihilated, all the troops were greatly moved, and after receiving Linnevich's withdrawal order, they all wanted to withdraw to Shenyang as soon as possible, and had no intention of fighting at all; the People's Army had high morale, and it held the residual prestige of the 1st Group Army of the total annihilation of the Russian army and launched a fierce attack on the positions of the Russian army.

Since it is the 4th Army in the middle of the Russian army, the empty door on the flank is wide open, and it has been attacked by the People's Army on two fronts, so that the Russian army loses the other, if it is holding its position, it can still resist for a while, but the Russian army is retreating, it is difficult to prevent it, and the 4th Army of the People's Army took advantage of the retreat of the Russian army, from the flank of the Russian 4th Army * , finally defeated the Russian blocking force, and inserted from the flank of the Russian army, with the frontal attacking army, the two divisions of the Russian 4th Army were divided and surrounded by large forces, and the scene of the 1st Army was repeated.

As a result, although the 4th Army of the Russian army finally escaped, the two divisions that were divided were surrounded by the People's Legion, although the Russian army launched a breakthrough battle, but the breakthrough was fruitless under the strict defense of the People's Army, and under the fierce bombardment of the armored train guns and towing artillery of the People's Army, the surrounded Russian army could not resist, and finally the remaining nearly 20,000 Russian troops surrendered to the People's Army.

Relatively speaking, the situation of the 5th Army on the right flank of the Russian army is much better, because the flank is not threatened by the People's Army, so it can retreat calmly, although the People's Army relies on the long-range range of self-propelled artillery and the power of heavy artillery, and defeats the Russian Army's 5th Army's broken rear cover troops, but it is impossible to divide and encircle the Russian army like the middle battlefield, and it is naturally difficult to achieve greater results, and it also allows the 5th Army to retreat in its entirety, at least no regiment-level troops are completely annihilated by the People's Army.

At this point, the battle of the Shili River between the People's Army and the Russian army was also over, ending with the complete victory of the People's Army, which was the first battle between the People's Army and the Russian army after entering Liaodong, after the defeat of the Russian army, it could only retreat to Shenyang, and the Japanese army had been expelled from the battlefield of Liaodong, so from the tactical level, the People's Army had gained the initiative in the war. However, from a strategic point of view, this also indicates that the East China Government has officially become enemies of Japan and Russia, and the pattern of the East China Government, Russia, and Japan vying for dominance in Northeast Asia has also been completely formed.