Xiao Jianjun said: "At present, the Northeast Battlefield is in a state of truce. ”

Xia Bohai said: "Don't we have a plan for the next step?"

Xiao Jianjun said: " Of course, at present, we have three options to choose from, one is to immediately continue the offensive in the Far East Theater and capture Harbin, which is the most profitable choice, because Harbin is an important fulcrum of Russia in the Far East, the intersection of the three branch routes of the Eastern Railway, and the location of the Governor's Palace, which is equivalent to the general headquarters and logistics center of the Russian army, so if we can capture Harbin, it can be regarded as basically and completely defeating Russia, and the Russian army stationed in Shenyang can only be captured, and now the garrison of Harbin is empty, and it is too late to transfer troops from Shenyang, which is the best time for us to attack HarbinThe only question is that the Far Eastern Theater has continued to fight, and the soldiers should be very tired at this time, and in the previous battle, the army should also have certain losses, whether there is still the strength to launch an attack on Harbin immediately. ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "It's best to ask the soldiers on the front line this question, they know their situation best." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "The Military Commission has sent a power to the Far East Theater, but they have not yet replied, and it is estimated that they are also conducting consultations and assessments. ”

Xia Bohai nodded again and said, "What about the two choices?"

Xiao Jianjun said: " The second plan can be regarded as a supplement to the first plan, that is, if Harbin is not captured in a short period of time, and the Russian army's reinforcements are about to arrive in Harbin, then it will be changed to besiege the city and set up ambushes on the main roads, and the army of the Northeast Theater of Shenyang will also actively cooperate to annihilate the Russian army's reinforcements, make every effort to eliminate the Russian army's living forces, and then concentrate forces to attack Harbin, so the advantage is that there is no need to fight a tough battle in front of Shenyang, but to annihilate the Russian army in a movement war, and the problem is the same as the first plan, it depends on whether the Far East Theater still has the spare strength to launch an offensive。 ”

"The third plan is the same as our original plan, let the Russian army in Shenyang return to Harbin, and then concentrate forces to attack Harbin, so that Shenyang can be occupied without effort, but a decisive battle will be held with the Russian army in Harbin, which is nothing more than moving the battlefield of the decisive battle from Shenyang to Harbin, even if we finally defeat the Russian army and capture Harbin, there will definitely be greater losses. ”

Xia Bohai pondered for a while before he said: " If the Far Eastern Theater accepts the first option, of course, it is the best outcome, but we must also be prepared for the third option, and even if it is the third option, we cannot watch the Russian army retreat calmly, but should launch a pursuit, and it can also annihilate the living forces of the Russian army, so that it can even be launched like Shenyang now, I don't believe that I know that our army has approached Harbin, and the Russian troops stationed in Shenyang are not panicked, maybe they can capture Shenyang in one go, and there will be casualties in the war itself, so don't be afraid of casualties, sometimes too much stability, too much to reduce casualties, but will miss the fight。 ”

Xiao Jianjun nodded and said, "Okay, after the meeting is dismissed, I will send an order to the Northeast Theater." ”

At this moment, I saw a staff member open the door and said: "Report, Commander Luo from the Far East Theater has called." ”

Xiao Jianjun hurriedly said, "Take it." ”

The staff pushed open the door and came in, handed Xiao Jianjun a sealed folder, and then retreated. Xiao Jianjun opened it and immediately said, "It's a telegram from Luo Yue, they can send troops to attack Harbin." ”

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In fact, after winning the victory in the Battle of Mulinghe, Luo Yue was thinking about the next battle plan, and on the second day of occupying the Mudanjiang Railway Station, Luo Yue sent his army westward to occupy Hailin in preparation for the attack on Harbin.

Luo Yuezhi did not formulate three operational plans like the Military Commission, he had only one goal, that is, to continue the offensive and occupy Harbin. As for the difficulties mentioned by the Central Military Commission, Luo Yue of course has taken them into consideration; although after continuous operations, the troops in the Far Eastern Theater are indeed very tired, but they have not yet reached the point of overdraft, and after resting for one or two days, they can recover most of them, and at least they can ensure the completion of the attack on Harbin; and the losses of the army, about 7,000 people have been killed in battle, and about 9,000 people have been reduced by the wounded soldiers, accounting for about 11 percent of the entire army, and of course the attrition of each unit is also different, and the most attrition of the troops has reached 15 percent 。

After consulting with others, Luo Yue believed that the two reserve regiments could be divided and the personnel could be supplemented into the four main divisions, so as to ensure that the integrity of the establishment of the four main divisions was more than 90 percent, and the combat effectiveness could basically be restored.

After consultation, everyone agreed that the army attacking Harbin could be composed of three main divisions, two reserve regiments, as well as armored trains, self-propelled artillery, warrior convoys, and cavalry regiments, with a total strength of 56,000, and such a force was completely sufficient to attack Harbin. Because there are not many defenders in Harbin now, and through the previous battles, the Russian army's will to fight is not strong, after all, this is not a battle to defend their homeland, so once the battle enters adversity, the Russian army often cannot grit its teeth and persevere. Luo Yue believes that once the People's Army approaches Harbin before the Russian reinforcements arrive, the Russian army is likely to take the initiative to retreat and abandon Harbin.

At this moment, a telegram from the Central Military Commission also reached Luo Yue, informing Luo Yue of the three operational plans formulated by the Military Commission, and asking whether the Far Eastern Theater could continue to fight. It can be said that the first operational plan of the Central Military Commission coincided with Luo Yue's thoughts, so he immediately reported his own division of the current situation and his own plans and arrangements to the Central Military Commission.

After receiving Luo Yue's telegram, the military working group was also very happy, so after the meeting was dismissed, the Central Military Commission immediately issued a formal order to the Far East Theater, ordering Luo Yue to march, and at the same time issued an order to the Northeast Theater, ordering the Northeast Theater to immediately attack Shenyang.

In fact, at this time, the Northeast Theater had already made preparations for attacking Shenyang, after all, the Far Eastern Theater had already achieved brilliant military exploits at this time, and the light had even overshadowed the Northeast Theater, so the troops of the Northeast Theater were also a little eager to try, and they also hoped to make another meritorious service. Moreover, after the Battle of Shilihe, the Northeast Theater of Operations ceased fighting for almost three months, not only did the fatigue of the soldiers recover, the establishment was also replenished, and the weapons and ammunition were also fully prepared, and an improvised railway was built around Shenyang for the combat use of armored fighting vehicles.

Moreover, at this time, the fixed-wing aircraft research and development team produced two new two-seater propeller aircraft, which have more power and more carrying capacity, which can not only be used for reconnaissance, but also can carry out bombing missions.

Now finally waited for the order of the Military Commission, so immediately launched an attack on Shenyang, two armored trains were dispatched together, 4 240 mm giant guns and other artillery together, launched a fierce artillery bombardment of the Russian positions, and then the People's Army launched a ground offensive, and in one day, it conquered 3 peripheral positions of the Russian army in a row.

On the third day after the People's Army occupied the Mudanjiang Railway Station, Luo Yue commanded the army and launched an attack on Harbin. Moreover, in this attack, Luo Yue mobilized a total of 5 trains, led by armored trains, cavalry regiments, The convoy of warriors responded to the cover on the left and right of the armored train, the 1st Division of the 1st Army was divided into two trains, and two self-propelled guns followed, these 3 trains formed the front army of the attack on Harbin, and the 6th Division of the 1st Army, the 1st Division of the Marine Corps and two reserve regiments then marched on foot, and 2 trains were responsible for transporting supplies, and Luo Yue also organized a railway construction team of about 300 people to repair the railways along the line to prevent the Russian army from sabotaging the railway.

In fact, in the past few days, the chief general of the Russian army, Linnevich, was restless in the governor's palace in Harbin, because he did not expect that the battle to retake Vladivostok would be lost so badly, and nearly 100,000 troops were dispatched, and only more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated soldiers returned, and now the garrison of Harbin plus the remnants of the defeated soldiers are less than 30,000, and they are either defeated or the army of the second and third lines.

At this time, Linnevich could only decide to abandon Shenyang and concentrate his forces to defend Harbin, so he immediately ordered Lieutenant General Stagliburg, the commander of the Russian army stationed in Shenyang, to prepare to withdraw his troops from Shenyang and retreat to Harbin. Of course, Linnevich also knew that there was a distance of more than 500 kilometers from Shenyang to Harbin, and there were more than 300,000 Russian troops stationed in Shenyang.

First of all, in this era, a train can only carry about 5,000 people at most, and a group army of the Russian army has at least 6 or 70,000 people, and it takes at least 10 trains to transport the personnel of a group army, but a group army does not just transport people, as well as weapons, ammunition, horses, Materials, etc., if all trains are used, then 20 trains are needed, not to mention that there are not so many trains in Shenyang now, even if Harbin is added, it will not be able to make up 20 trains, and even if there are enough trains, it will also involve the organization and scheduling of trains and railways, etc., which is not something that the current Russian army can complete.

So Starger Burg can only decide to send 3 trains from Shenyang to transport a division back to Harbin, and the rest of the army can only march on foot, which will take at least 10 days, of course, after the first army arrives in Harbin, you can immediately come back and pick up some soldiers, so as to ensure that in 5-6 days, transport 2-3 divisions to Harbin, and also allow Harbin to have a certain self-protection ability.