The next day, the East China government returned to the Northeast Theater and agreed to launch a campaign to attack Shenyang. In fact, even if the Northeast Theater does not submit an application, the military working group will order the Northeast Theater to attack Shenyang in the next few days, because Shenyang is the key node of the new war, and the People's Army must capture Shenyang as soon as possible. Even if the Northeast Theater took the initiative to take Shenyang and promised to take Shenyang within seven days, the military team was naturally willing to sit back and succeed.

The working group also agreed with Qiu Yahui's suggestion to surrender Zhang Zuolin to contribute to the People's Army and to conquer and suppress the bandits in the Northeast, because in the old time and space, after Zhang Zuolin was recruited by the Qing court, he did help the Qing court exterminate a large number of bandits, and by the time of the Xinhai Revolution, the bandits in the Northeast had been basically wiped out, and Zhang Zuolin played a huge role in it. Therefore, the military working group only instructed that Zhang Zuolin's attitude should be the same as that of an ordinary local, and that he should not be given special care because he is a historical celebrity.

After receiving the order of the working group, * also ordered Qiu Yahui to immediately launch an attack on Shenyang.

After Qiu Yahui received the order, he immediately consulted with the commanders of the 3rd Army and the 4th Army to make a plan for the operation, and decided that the 2nd Army would attack from the north of Shenyang, the 4th Army would attack from the south of Shenyang, and the 3rd Army would be stationed on the east and west sides of Shenyang to prevent the Russian army from breaking through. Two armoured trains and towed guns were divided into two units to support the KPA on the northern and southern fronts, and two self-propelled guns were deployed as mobile forces.

After a night of preparation, at 6 a.m. the next day, the People's Army launched a full-scale attack on Shenyang.

After three months of rest and recuperation, although there are certain factors of dissipation in the KPA, such as homesickness and war-weariness, on the whole, the morale of the KPA is still quite high; first, it is supported by continuous victories, after all, victory is an important factor in maintaining the morale of the troops; and on the other hand, the KPA is participating in the war with the lofty ideal of defending the homeland and the country, which also helps the army to overcome the influence of the mood of dissipation. Therefore, after the resumption of fighting, the KPA soldiers were in high spirits. Immediately after the artillery strike, an attack was launched on the Russian army's outer positions in Shenyang.

After the Russian army recaptured Shenyang, it began to strengthen the garrison of Shenyang, and established a total of 17 positions on the periphery of Shenyang City, and the farthest was about 25 kilometers away from the periphery of Shenyang; and in Shenyang City, it set up 12 strongholds with the headquarters as the core, each stronghold can garrison more than 1,000 people, and built a solid fortification, if the enemy army invades Shenyang City, the Russian army can also rely on these 12 strongholds to fight a street battle with the enemy.

But during this time, the outer positions of the Russian army were broken by the People's Army one by one, and now there are only 6 peripheral positions left, two on the north and south sides, and only one on the east and west sides, and all of them are less than 5 kilometers away from Shenyang. Although the six peripheral positions are no longer enough to defend Shenyang, in order to attack Shenyang, it is still necessary to break through these peripheral positions, at least the outer positions of the attacking side. Qiu Yahui's plan was to clear all the outlying positions in 2-3 days, attack Shenyang in another 2-3 days, fight street battles in Shenyang in 1 day, and complete the battle to capture Shenyang in 5 days at the earliest, or 7 days at most.

However, after the People's Army launched a ground offensive, it was found that the Russian army had almost no resistance force, and the People's Army almost did not waste much effort to successfully break into the positions of the Russian army, and the Russian army either surrendered or retreated backwards to garrison the city of Shenyang, and there was almost no fighting in some positions, and as a result, by 2 o'clock in the afternoon, all four positions of the Russian army in the north and south of Shenyang were occupied by the People's Army. The remaining position of the east and west also took the initiative to give up at about 5 p.m. and withdrew to Shenyang City.

After a simple count, the KPA killed about 3,000 Russian soldiers, but most of them died from the initial shelling, and more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were captured, and the KPA itself only lost 92 people and 263 people were wounded. With such a high percentage of prisoners and a low casualty rate, it's hard to imagine that this was a tough battle.

The battle went so smoothly, which Qiu Yahui did not expect, it seems that the effect of psychological warfare in the advance of the war is still above his own judgment, and the morale of the Russian army has indeed fallen to the bottom, and there is no resistance anymore. Some officers even thought that they should immediately launch an attack on Shenyang City, and strive to break through Shenyang City in one go.

However, Qiu Yahui still kept a clear mind at this time, although the peripheral attack went smoothly, it does not mean that the attack on Shenyang City will be so smooth, because Shenyang City is the core of the Russian army, although the psychological warfare effect of the People's Army is remarkable, but the impact on the Russian army in the city will definitely be less than the Russian army in the peripheral position, and there is a high-level command of the Russian army to personally supervise the battle, the probability of a defeated army may not be very large, in addition, Shenyang City has a city wall, although it is not as tall and thick as the city wall of Beijing, but it is also a strong city in this era, and the artillery of the People's Army is obviously not ready to bombard the city wall of Shenyang。 Therefore, Qiu Yahui decided to wait until tomorrow and make full preparations before attacking Shenyang City, and at the same time Qiu Yahui also warned the whole army not to have pride and underestimate the enemy, thinking that the Russian army would be vulnerable, and it would be necessary to use a knife to kill chickens.

It should be said that Qiu Yahui's reminder is indeed very timely, because the peripheral war is going well, and there is a very optimistic mood in the people's army, and they even think that tomorrow's battle will be a light military walk, and Qiu Yahui's reminder recognizes that the people's army has calmed down, and although it is not as if it is facing a great enemy, it is also more or less serious.

So the next day, two armored trains took the lead in launching a fierce artillery bombardment of the city wall of Shenyang with 240 mm main guns, and then hundreds of other artillery pieces of various sizes opened fire together. However, this time the Russian army is no longer silent, and the artillery in the city has also launched a response counterattack, although the range of the Russian army's firepower is far less than that of the People's Army, but after all, it has reacted, and it is no longer just beaten and not fought back.

The artillery roared on both sides, you went back and forth, and the artillery exchanged fire for about half an hour, and finally the firepower of the People's Army could not help but completely suppress the Russian army, and the city wall of Shenyang was also collapsed in many places. Then the large-caliber artillery stopped shelling, and the fire of the small- and medium-caliber artillery extended to the front to provide fire cover for the ground attacking forces.

And the People's Army did not miss this opportunity and immediately launched an attack on the city of Shenyang. However, although the city wall of Shenyang City has collapsed in many places, there are still many Russian soldiers who rely on the remaining city walls to resist, and there is no comprehensive rout of the peripheral positions, because now the Russian army is left with this Shenyang City, and there is no place to retreat, and yesterday's rout has also aroused the vigilance of the Russian army's high-level, so it has been replaced by a group of troops with relatively good military spirit and morale to defend the city. This time it really achieved a certain effect, at least after the shelling of the People's Army, the Russian army can still insist on resisting, and it can also cause certain casualties to the People's Army, and it is naturally impossible to easily capture Shenyang.

On the one hand, the attacking troops bravely braved the fire of the Russian army and broke through to the city wall, and on the other hand, the mortar units in coordination with the ground attacking troops in the west immediately launched mortars and launched a fierce bombardment on the city wall. Under the close coordination of such infantry artillery, the People's Army quickly approached the Shenyang city wall, some soldiers broke through the gap into the city of Shenyang, and some soldiers climbed the city wall along the gap to drive away the remnants of the defenders on the city wall. Some of the Russian soldiers guarding the city wall fled to the city, and some put up desperate resistance on the city wall, but the general trend has gone, and the struggle of a small number of soldiers to the death can not change the overall situation, and by noon, the people's army has fully occupied the city wall of Shenyang City, and can break into Shenyang City at will.

At this time, the Russian army had all retreated to the city of Shenyang to garrison, some fled into the strongholds set up in the city to continue to resist, and some did not have time to retreat into the occupation, but used the streets and buildings to resist; however, there were still a large number of Russian soldiers who surrendered to the People's Army, and these surrendered soldiers basically retreated from the peripheral positions to the city, and their will to resist was the lowest, so as soon as the People's Army entered the city, they surrendered immediately.

As a result, on this day, the Russian army surrendered to the People's Army as many as 80,000 people, so many surrendered troops, but also brought a lot of trouble to the People's Army, after all, the war is not over yet, the People's Army has more than 100,000 prisoners, so many prisoners not only need a large number of personnel to take care of, but also need a large number of places to resettle, in addition to ensuring the prisoners' diet, and basic treatment, even if they are not fed, but they cannot starve, and many prisoners are injured. A minimum of treatment is also necessary, so it keeps the KPA's logistics staff busy.

Seeing this, Qiu Yahui had no choice but to decide to postpone the attack and deal with the Russian prisoners first, and as the war progressed, more Russian troops would definitely surrender to the People's Army, so they should also be prepared for a rainy day. Fortunately, the People's Army has occupied the city wall of Shenyang City, and can enter and exit Shenyang City at any time, and Qiu Yahui's estimated combat time is 5-7 days, and it has only been two days, Qiu Yahui's time is still very sufficient, and it can be stopped for 1 or 2 days.

During the three-month truce, the KPA had been fully stocked with supplies, and in two days, a total of more than 600 tents were mobilized and five prisoner-of-war camps were set up, which not only accommodated all the more than 100,000 prisoners, but also housed about 20,000 prisoners, and three more prisoner-of-war camps were under construction.

After solving the problem of prisoners, Qiu Yahui breathed a sigh of relief, so he re-commanded the army and launched an attack on the city of Shenyang.