At a time when the Russian army was scraping together and gathering troops, the People's Army in Vladivostok had already made preparations for an attack, and the arrival of more than 100,000 logistical personnel and more than 1,000 administrative personnel also completely freed the People's Army from the tedious work of administrative management and could devote itself to the next step of the battle.

At this time, all the personnel, weapons, and equipment of the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force had arrived, and the East China Government also sent a cavalry regiment, which also enabled the expeditionary force to have a complete cavalry establishment, as well as two fixed-wing propeller planes to strengthen reconnaissance work. The fleet that remained in Vladivostok, except for a few landing ships, was also evacuated, because the KPA Navy had to blockade Japanese waters, and of course these warships could not stay in Vladivostok forever.

However, after the establishment of Vladivostok, the KPA Navy's blockade cruise route has also undergone some changes, the starting point is still from Jeju Island, and the end point is set in Vladivostok, so that the cruising warships can rest in Vladivostok for 1 or 2 days, and get some supplies before returning home, and by the way, escort cargo ships that need supplies to Vladivostok, which is really killing two birds with one stone.

When the People's Army attacked Vladivostok, it also sank two Russian ships anchored in the harbor, the armored cruiser Grombowie and the protective cruiser Warrior, but the water in the harbor was shallow, and most of the superstructure of the two warships was still on the sea. At this time, salvage ships and engineers were on their way with the convoy.

In fact, the army had already arrived, and Luo Yue had not launched a new offensive for a long time, mainly because there was too little intelligence and he could not figure out the distribution and plan of the Russian army. The People's Army attaches great importance to intelligence gathering, and in all previous wars, a large amount of intelligence was collected before the war began, and it had a clear understanding of the strength and situation of both the enemy and the enemy, so that it could win many battles and win again and again. However, the People's Army has just gained a foothold in this area, and its forces are far from penetrating into the grassroots, and although it has already ambushed some local ethnic tribes and can assist the People's Army in gathering intelligence, it is still far from enough to fully grasp the situation.

In addition, there is also an objective reason, the People's Army and the Russian army are facing each other in Shenyang, the two sides are only a few kilometers apart, and the forward position is even only a few hundred meters, and the People's Army can use the advantage of reconnaissance to understand the movements of the Russian army. However, now that there are more than 400 kilometers from Suifenhe to Harbin, it is impossible for the People's Army to reconnoiter such a distance, and the current situation that can be grasped is that the Russian army's defense line is set up at Mudanjiang Station, which is also 120 kilometers away from Suifenhe. Luo Yue just arranged his four divisions to be stationed on the front line of Suifenhe.

According to Luo Yue's judgment, after losing Vladivostok, the Russian army will take two actions: one is to abandon Shenyang, retreat to Harbin, and then concentrate its forces to recover Vladivostok, while the People's Army's response is to hold on to Vladivostok and contain the Russian army's strength, so that the Russian army should move a large number of troops from Shenyang to retreat, and the troops of the Northeast Theater will seize this opportunity to launch an offensive and pursue the Russian army; the other is to concentrate the existing forces to defend Harbin and launch an attack on the People's Army on the Shenyang front, and Luo Yue can wave his army westward to attack Harbin, but in this way the Russian army will inevitably make some moves on the Shenyang front。 Therefore, after occupying Suifenhe, Luo Yue asked the Northeast Military Region about the movements of the Russian army almost every day, but after nearly 10 days, the Russian army in Shenyang did not move at all, and only a small force retreated to Harbin, which can only be regarded as a normal rotation of troops.

So Luo Yue couldn't help but be a little at a loss, although Luo Yue has been fighting on the front line for several years, but it is also the first time he has encountered such a situation, of course, he does not dare to rush forward, and this is the first time that Luo Yue is in charge, with nearly 100,000 army personnel under his command, and an order will involve the life and death of thousands of people.

The Qingdao military working group was also in a hurry, and had taken Vladivostok for nearly 10 days, but Luo Yue had not moved, nor had he reported his plan, so he sent two consecutive telegrams to ask when Luo Yue would march. Luo Yue also made a truthful report on the current situation to the military working group.

After receiving Luo Yue's telegram, the military working group also attached great importance to it, because in the past, the People's Army fought in an environment that it was familiar with, so of course it was easy to collect intelligence, so every time it sent troops, it also acted with greater certainty, but this expeditionary force was fighting in a basically unfamiliar geographical environment, and of course it was impossible to have sufficient intelligence support, and it was the first time in the history of the People's Army that such a large-scale operation mode in an unfamiliar area was conducted. However, in the future, the People's Army will definitely go abroad to fight frequently, so this operation can also accumulate considerable experience for future operations.

Although the military working group does not have similar experience in actual combat, in the old time and space, the PLA still had several experiences in foreign operations, and the situation is quite similar to that of today, and its experience in intelligence gathering can also be used for reference. Moreover, after the end of these foreign operations, the army has made a lot of summing up, and in terms of intelligence gathering, it has seldom released it to the outside world, and there are also many materials that are not released to the public. Of course, military enthusiasts generally focus on military tactics, weapon performance, and even geopolitical games, but rarely pay attention to intelligence gathering.

Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun was a middle-level officer in the old time and space, and was qualified to access these internal materials, and on the whole, the intelligence collection of fighting in an unfamiliar environment was mainly divided into three ways: one was at the national level, through the relevant personnel who plotted against the enemy, or obtained by their own intelligence personnel who penetrated into the enemy; second, through the capture of the enemy's soldiers, by them as officers, or after defeating the enemy, they captured the enemy's relevant documents; and third, they were obtained by their own reconnaissance, and the reconnaissance methods were divided into manpower reconnaissance and technical reconnaissance, and manpower reconnaissance was of course scouts, and technical reconnaissance was much more complicated, and there were satellites, airborne, electronic, and so on.

In the current situation, the first type is basically useless, because the energy of the East China government has not yet reached that step, the second kind can of course be used, but the chance is very large, so it mainly depends on the third way, and the East China government has also made a lot of efforts to this end, before the war to conduct field investigations and surveys in Vladivostok, and to subdue a number of local tribal peoples, all of which are the efforts of the East China government, and technical reconnaissance is the advantage of the East China government. Of course, even if this were the case, it would certainly be much more difficult to gather intelligence than to fight in a familiar environment.

However, as far as the situation faced by the Vladivostok expeditionary force is concerned, it is the same for both sides, and it is also not easy for the Russian army to collect intelligence from the People's Army, although the Russian army has occupied the northeast region for five years, but the northeast region is too broad, and the mass base of the Russian army is also very poor, at most it is only familiar with the geographical environment than the people's army, but the people's army has the assistance of local tribes and ethnic groups, and this gap is not very large. The People's Army's superiority in reconnaissance technology is enough to throw off the Russian army by 1,000 streets, so there is no need for the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force to hold back at all, and it should boldly march into the army, adapt to changes according to the battlefield situation, and adjust it at the extreme time, and the Shenyang side will also notify the expeditionary force at any time.

Of course, this not only requires the commander to have a smart command ability, but also a great test of his adaptability and psychological endurance, Luo Yue's command ability, the members of the military working group do not doubt it, and the psychological endurance also has a certain degree of confidence, but the adaptability is bottomless, Bi Jing lacked such battlefield tempering before, but now there is no other way, it is impossible to change the battle, so I can only believe in Luo Yue.

In addition, the military working group also decided to formally abolish the title of the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force, and Bi Jing's current battlefield was already very far away from Vladivostok, so it was changed to the Far Eastern Theater, and of course it still belonged to the unified command of the Northeast Theater, and Luo Yue's post was also changed to the commander of the Far Eastern Theater, and the rest remained unchanged.

At this time, Luo Yue had already received the Xiaoquan sent back by the scouts, and the Russian army set off from Mudanjiang Station and marched to Suifenhe along the Binsui Line, divided into two roads in the north and south. Although the number of Russian troops dispatched was not large, about two regiments or a brigade, but at least it was better to have movement than not to move, Luo Yue had already ordered fixed-wing aircraft to be dispatched for further detailed reconnaissance, and ordered all units to prepare for an attack.

At this moment, the reply of the military group was also sent to Vladivostok, and after reading the telegram, Luo Yue finally made a decision to leave a reserve regiment in Vladivostok and Shuangchengzi to garrison, and set up the headquarters of the Northeast Theater in Suifenhe. The army composed of local tribes has long been dispersed and merged into various units, mainly serving as reconnaissance and guidance.

After dealing with these things, Luo Yue led the remaining army and rushed to Suifenhe by train overnight to join the rest of the troops. At this time, the results of aerial reconnaissance also came out, proving that the Russian army was indeed divided into two routes and attacked along the railway line, of course, there were not many troops on both roads, and I don't know whether it was the vanguard or a tentative attack.

After consulting with everyone, Luo Yue decided to divide his troops into two ways to meet the enemy, with the 1st and 6th Divisions of the 1st Army as the northern front troops, and the 1st and 2nd Marine Corps divisions as the southern front troops. The remaining 4 reserve regiments, as well as the heavy artillery units, remained in Suifenhe as reserves, ready to send reinforcements at any time.

So early the next morning, the KPA troops also set off on two lines, north and south. The armies of both sides were advancing along the railway line, moving in the opposite direction, and the distance was getting closer.