After receiving the report, Qiu Yahui, the commander of the 2nd Army, was also shocked, and he really did not expect that the Japanese army would do such a shameless and cruel thing, because judging from the history of the old time and space and the experience of this era, the Japanese army at this time was indeed stronger than the Japanese army in the Showa era in the old time and space. However, it seems now that it is not that the quality of the Japanese army is higher at this time, but that the Japanese army has been relatively smooth in several battles that bet on the fortune of the country, so there are fewer atrocities, and now they are almost cornered by the People's Army, and their nature is completely exposed.

Qiu Yahui was so angry that he slammed the table a few times, and burst out a series of foul mouths, but there was no way to get him to order the shooting of civilians, and he didn't have the guts, so he could only report upwards, and finally reported to the Qingdao command working group.

The Working Group was similarly shocked to receive this news and immediately began urgent consultations. I have to say that this move of the Japanese army is indeed very powerful, although the People's Army is not the initiator, but if the People's Army's attack causes heavy casualties among civilians, it will still have a considerable impact on the prestige of the East China Government and the People's Army. If this incident is taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives, it will be very disadvantageous to make a big fuss about the people's army's great achievements and disregard the life and death of the people. Although it will not completely subvert the image of the East China government, it will influence some people's views on the East China government.

However, after a careful analysis of the current situation in Liaoyang, the working group held that the superior position of the People's Army on the Liaoyang battlefield was now unshakable, and the Japanese army was still holding on to Liaoyang City, just to buy time for the withdrawal of troops, so the attack on Liaoyang City could actually be slowed down, and the focus was on capturing Liaoyang's peripheral positions, as long as the Japanese army lost all of Liaoyang's peripheral positions, it would naturally take the initiative to withdraw its troops from Liaoyang City. Moreover, the People's Army did not intend to carry out large-scale annihilation of the Japanese army in Liaoyang, as long as it forced the Japanese army out of the Liaoyang area. And when the Japanese army retreated, it was natural that these civilians would be spared.

Everyone has no objections, and Bi Jing really has no good way.

At this time, Xiao Jianjun said: "I have two questions, and I hope to have a clear answer: First, what if the Japanese army takes the civilians of Liaoyang as the lead and launches a counteroffensive against the people's army? ”

Xia Bohai said categorically: "No, our retreat is based on the premise of not affecting the overall situation, fighting a war is not a dinner party, the sacrifice must be paid, and if the Japanese army takes the people as the front to lead us to attack, we must shoot without hesitation, and the plan to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army by the Yalu River will be carried out as usual, and there can be no changes." After a pause, he said: "Tell the commanders on the front line this principle, and make it clear that this decision was made by our working group, and the responsibility is also borne by the working group, so that they do not have any scruples." ”

Xiao Jianjun nodded and said, "Okay, I have no opinion." ”

Qin Zheng said: "But to say it in the front, if it really comes to that point, then this responsibility should be borne by our working group collectively, rather than on a certain person." ”

Xiao Jianjun immediately said: "I agree, such a thing must not be borne by one person." ”

The others listened and agreed.

Wang Yunpeng said: "If we really get to that point, we can't let others lead the rhythm, and we can't make concessions on the battlefield of public opinion, and this is not our fault in the first place, so from now on, we must consider how to win the war of public opinion." ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said: "This is very right, the battlefield of public opinion must be prepared in advance, and the public opinion war must be fought as a decisive battle, Lao Wang, this matter will be handed over to the Culture, Education and Health Commission to be responsible, and a task force will be set up immediately to be directly responsible for us." ”

Qin Zheng said: "I don't think it's necessarily necessary to start fighting a public opinion war when we really get to that point, we should first provoke the public opinion war, and now is the most favorable time for us, so that we can control the rhythm of public opinion in our hands, and we must not let Japan have a better time." Lao Xiao, you immediately give an order directly to the front line, let them record all this, take pictures, the more materials as possible, and then send them to Qingdao immediately. ”

Xia Bohai also immediately understood what Qin Zheng meant, and just took advantage of the opportunity that the Japanese army used civilians as human shields this time, and the People's Army stopped attacking, and started a war of public opinion, because now the East China government will completely stand on the moral high ground and is almost invincible, so it is not enough to take advantage of this favorable opportunity to maximize the interests of the East China government.

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"Has the KPA offensive stopped? I haven't heard gunfire for some time. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, we have stopped for more than an hour, our tactics have succeeded, the People's Army does not dare to attack because they are afraid of the lives of these people, and we can completely hold Liaoyang City. ”

"The blind defense is too weak, we should take the initiative to attack, just take these Zhina people as the lead, the People's Army will definitely not dare to shoot, we can drive the People's Army out of Liaoyang City in one fell swoop." ”

"Yes, this is a good idea, Your Excellency Commander, give orders, this is our great opportunity to turn defeat into victory. ”

Unlike the happy expressions of the staff officers, Oyama Yan sat on a chair with a blank face, holding the edge of the table with both hands, and said nothing.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and I saw Kodama Gentaro walk into the command room and say to Oyama Yan: "Your Excellency Commander, I just received the news that Zhang Taizi and Shoushan have been lost. ”

Dashanyan remained silent, but the other staff officers blew up, and one of the staff officers immediately stood up and said, "Your Excellency Commander, give an order, use these Zhina people as the lead to counterattack, this is our only chance." ”

Kodama Gentaro was stunned, and looked at the staff officer who was about to speak, Oyama Iwaji said: "Order to go down, at 10 o'clock tonight, all the personnel will retreat from Liaoyang City, in the northeast, and all must be withdrawn at 12 o'clock." The armies set out lightly, and all the excess supplies were abandoned. ”

When the staff officers heard this, they were also puzzled, and they asked one after another: "Why retreat, we can hold on?" "Yes, we can still fight back." ”

Kodama Gentaro said sharply: "Shut up, what do you fools know? The People's Army did not attack because as long as they captured all the peripheral positions, we would evacuate Liaoyang City sooner or later, so they gave up the battle in the city, and if we counterattacked with Shina as the leader, the People's Army would shoot unceremoniously, do you think the People's Army is a group of guys who can only talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality? Immediately carry out the order." ”

After listening to Kodama Gentaro's words, the staff officers stopped talking, and left the command room one by one to convey orders to the various armies.

After the staff officers had withdrawn, Kodama Gentaro said, "Your Excellency Commander, shall we evacuate Liaoyang tonight? In fact, we can still be stationed in Liaoyang for two days, so we are more prepared." ”

Dashanyan shook his head and said, "Kodamama-kun, don't you understand? The People's Army didn't want to trap us in Liaoyang from the beginning, it just wanted to force us out of Liaoyang, and didn't want the Russians to get involved in Liaoyang. Saying that, he drew a large half circle on the location of Liaoyang on the map, with three sides in the circle, south, north, and west, and only the east side was a gap, and said: "Although it is said that the three are missing one, which is in line with the art of war, but the People's Army is open, which is exactly our retreat, and you don't think that the People's Army is not capable of attacking the east of Liaoyang." ”

Kodama Gentaro was stunned for a moment and said, "So what is the purpose of the People's Army?"

Dashanyan drew a straight line from the east of Liaoyang to the southeast on the map, leading straight to Phoenix City, and said, "This is it." As he spoke, he drew a straight line along the Yalu River.

Kodama Gentaro is also a person with outstanding intelligence, and when he heard Oyama Yan say this, he immediately understood, to be honest, there are three forces entangled in the Liaoyang area, the People's Army, the Russian Army, and the Japanese Army, although the relationship between the People's Army and the Russian Army is better now, but secretly there is still intrigue, and it is possible to turn the other face at any time. Therefore, the three parties must defend against the other two, and it is impossible to attack one of them with all their might, and Liaoyang is indeed not a good place to fight a siege and annihilation battle.

And the Yalu River to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army, it is indeed a better place than Liaoyang, only need to blow up a few bridges built by the Japanese army on the Yalu River, the Japanese army has nowhere to escape, and now the People's Army has already deployed an army in this area, and occupied Andong County at the mouth of the Yalu River, plus the People's Army has long obtained the right to control the sea, as long as a fleet is sent along the Yalu River upstream, you can attack the bridge. Moreover, the Yalu River is far away from the Russian army, and after the People's Army occupies Liaoyang, it can encircle and annihilate the Japanese army by the Yalu River very calmly with only a small number of troops to block the Russian army.

In the past, both Oyama Iwa and Kodama Gentaro ignored this point, thinking that the goal of the People's Army was Phoenix City and cut off the retreat of the Japanese army.

Da Shanyan sighed and said, "Actually, after the defeat of the 4th Army, I should have seen this, if the People's Army wanted to capture Phoenix City, it would have already been successful." Otherwise, we wouldn't have been entangled in Liaoyang for so long. ”

Gentaro Kodama looked at the map seriously and said, "It's like this, so don't regret it." However, I think that although the People's Army's calculations were good, it was not so easy to succeed, and at that time, all our troops were gathered on the banks of the Yalu River, and the People's Army might not be able to encircle and annihilate us, so as long as we handled it carefully and made proper arrangements, we could still cross the Yalu River smoothly. ”

After a pause, Kodama Gentaro said: "Guan Jian is the bridge, as long as the bridge is not destroyed by the People's Army, we have at least 67 percent hope." ”