Of course, although the victory of the People's Army has now been decided, the war has not yet completely ended, because there are still more than 300,000 Russian troops stationed in Shenyang, and in terms of troops alone, they are not under the People's Army, and Linevich, who fled to Manchuria, of course, did not forget that the Russian army still has such a huge force, so he ordered Lieutenant General Stagliburg, the commander of the Russian army stationed in Shenyang, to order him to immediately withdraw his troops from Shenyang and retreat to Manchuria.

Although now Linevich has retreated to Manchuria, there is only one division around him. The strength of a brigade, if the People's Army continues to advance westward after capturing Harbin, it still can't resist the attack of the People's Army, and can only continue to escape, but out of Manchuria, it will enter Russia, but it does not mean that it will give up, so the 300,000 Russian troops in Shenyang have become Linnevich's last hope, if the 300,000 Russian troops can be withdrawn to Manchuria, even if they are only half withdrawn, they also have enough troops to deploy in Manchuria to resist the attack of the People's Army, and wait for reinforcements to be sent from home.

However, after receiving Linnevich's telegram, Lieutenant General Stagriburg sent him a telegram saying that the People's Army had occupied all the outlying garrisons in Shenyang, and that the Russian troops in Shenyang could not retreat and could only hold on to the city of Shenyang.

After receiving the telegram, Linnevich was so angry that he scolded him, but Stagliberg did not withdraw his troops, and he had no choice, after all, Linnevich was not in Shenyang City and could not command the team.

In fact, if Linevich were in Shenyang now, it is estimated that he would make the same choice as Stagliburg, after all, it is indeed unrealistic to withdraw troops from Shenyang at this time. Because after the fall of Harbin, the northern and southern fronts of the Russian army in Shenyang were occupied by the People's Army, and they were in a situation of being caught between two fronts, which was also quite unfavorable from a geographical point of view. There is a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers from Shenyang to Manchuria, and there is no direct railway, and the Eastern Railway is not much used, and it takes at least one month to get to Manchuria on foot, not to mention that the mobilization of more than 300,000 Russian troops is not a trivial matter, but there are still a large number of baggage materials, and it will take 6 or 7 days to complete just preparing for the pull-out. Moreover, there are more than 200,000 people's troops around them, and they will never let the Russian army leave easily, once the Russian army withdraws from Shenyang, it will inevitably be attacked by the people's army, and the Russian army will be in danger of complete rout.

Unless there is an army to meet when the Russian army retreats, it may still be possible. This is also where Stagreburg was dissatisfied with Linevich, the decision to abandon Harbin was too hasty, although the second batch of Russian troops who returned to Harbin were intercepted by the People's Army, but Bi Jing had 1 division back to Harbin, plus the original army in Harbin, there were 4 or 50,000 people, and the strength of the People's Army attacking Harbin was only more than 50,000 people, and the vanguard was only 1 division.

During this time, the Russian army in Shenyang can reopen the route back to Harbin and continue to send reinforcements to Harbin, so that when all the Russian troops in Shenyang retreat, Harbin can provide a response, and Stagliburg is sure to withdraw most of the troops and baggage materials to Harbin, and at that time the Russian army can arrange a defensive line in Harbin to resist the attack of the People's Army, and wait for reinforcements to be sent from home or Japan to attack the Liaodong region again from the Korean Peninsula, and there may not be no chance of turning defeat into victory.

But Linevich gave up Harbin in a hurry and fled to Manchuria, which also disappointed the hopes of the Russian army in Shenyang for a smooth retreat, because Linnevich gave up Harbin and ran away without saying hello to Stagriburg, which had already made Stagriburg very unhappy, and now he ordered Stagriburg to withdraw the Russian army to Manchuria regardless of whether the conditions allowed it or not, and Stagriburg naturally could not obey orders, if something happened on the way to retreat, this responsibility would naturally be his own, and Stagriburg would certainly not carry this pot。

After all, the Russian army still has 300,000 troops, and after more than 2 months of operation, Shenyang's defense facilities are now relatively perfect, and the Russian army has also gathered a large number of ammunition materials in Shenyang, so Stagliburg believes that the Russian army can hold on for at least 3 hours. If the situation outside changes during these three months, such as Russia sending reinforcements from within the country, or Japan launching an attack on Liaodong, it will not be without a chance to turn the tables. Taking a step back, even if the situation did not change in the end, Shenyang was still broken by the People's Army, but it was still possible to survive a few more days, so Stagliburg also made up his mind that he could only hold Shenyang and never retreat in the direction of Manchuria.

So Stagliburg ordered that because it was blocked by the People's Army, the Russian troops who retreated to Dehui Station also withdrew to Shenyang, shrinking their forces and making every effort to defend. When Luo Yue learned about it, he immediately ordered the 1st Division to march south, move south along the Harbin-Dalian line, and occupy Changchun.

At this time, Luo Yue received an order from the Military Commission, ordering him to take the 1st Marine Division and return to Qingdao to prevent a Japanese attack.

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It turned out that Japan had been paying attention to the war in the northeast battlefield of China, and had always looked forward to the People's Army attacking Shenyang on a large scale, while the Russian army was defending Shenyang to the death, fighting a meat grinder-style urban attack and defense. In this way, Japan could take the opportunity to launch an attack on the Yalu River, and in this way force the East China government to negotiate peace with Japan, so as to achieve the goal of withdrawing from the war with dignity.

The People's Army actually found another way, successfully attacked Vladivostok from the sea, evaded the Far Eastern theater, and defeated the counterattack of the Russian army, and forced Linnevich to abandon Harbin, and fled to Manchuria, almost completely abandoning the territory of Northeast China, although the Russian army still occupies Shenyang, but Japan has been very clear that the Russian army cannot hold Shenyang at all, because the People's Army can easily consume the Russian army to death, Russia has also completely failed, and the Japanese has been looking forward to the People's Army and the Russian army in Shenyang, it is impossible to achieve。

As a result, the Japanese government was also a little dazed and at a loss, and everyone was thinking: Russia has completely failed, so what should Japan do! In fact, Japan has already been completely defeated and withdrawn from this battle, but Japan is unwilling to admit defeat at home, and has always fantasized about making a comeback, and now even such a little illusion seems to have been shattered.

The Japanese cabinet was also a little uncomposed, and in successive days it summoned the army staff and the navy command to discuss countermeasures, and exchanged views with the Japanese army headquarters in Korea, and finally made a decision to immediately launch an attack on the Yalu River, strive to break through the KPA defense line, and re-enter the Liaodong region.

Although now is by no means a good time to implement this plan, it can even be said to be a bad time, because at this time the People's Army has not yet entered Shenyang, but once the defense line of the Yalu River is in danger, troops can be sent to reinforce it. But bad timing is better than no opportunity, Bi Jing's current Russian army in Shenyang can hold out for a few days is difficult to say, once the Russian army in Shenyang is annihilated by the People's Army, then Japan will have no chance at all, so at this time, Japan can only fight, just gamble again at that time. So the Japanese Army General Staff officially ordered Gentaro Kodama to attack.

Although Kodama Gentaro was on the Korean Peninsula, he also participated in this discussion, and it was his strong advocacy that prompted the staff to make up his mind, Kodama Gentaro of course knew that at this time, the attack on the Yalu River, the probability of success would never be high, and perhaps it might really be able to break through the Yalu River defense line arranged by the People's Army, but the biggest shortcoming of the Japanese army was the lack of continuous combat ability, so once the People's Army in Shenyang came back to help, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to resist the counterattack of the People's Army. But if you don't do anything, you don't have a chance at all, on the contrary, take the risk of attacking, if you plan well, play it properly, and add a little luck, you still have a chance to succeed.

In addition, from Kodama Gentaro's current mentality, there is a feeling of being a little shameless to see Koto's father, after all, he lost too badly in the Northeast Battlefield, and even the original commander-in-chief was killed, so if he can't make a little record this time, Kodama Gentaro really has no face to go back to Japan.

However, although he decided to take a gamble, Kodama Gentaro still formulated a detailed and thorough battle plan, although the Japanese often make mistakes in grand strategy, but in terms of tactics are formulated precisely and meticulously, not to mention that this time Japan is another gamble, and the gambling book is less than that time, so Kodama Gentaro is also quite cautious and serious.

The KPA does not have many troops guarding the Yalu River, which is between 50,000 and 60,000, and another 1-20,000 reserves, while the Japanese army now has about 300,000 troops, including 100,000 Korean troops. But the two sides are separated by a Yalu River, which, no matter how wide, is still an obstacle that is not easy to cross, and the KPA has also set up defensive positions along the Yalu River.

From the experience of the Russo-Japanese War, Kodama Gentaro knew that in the current war, the defending side would have a great advantage, so although Japan had an advantage in terms of troops, it might not be able to easily break through the defense line of the People's Army. Moreover, the Japanese army basically could not get ammunition replenishment on the Korean Peninsula, and in order to cope with the counterattack of the People's Army reinforcements after breaking through the defense line of the Yalu River, the ammunition must also be spared.

So Kodama Gentaro decided to let the Korean army take the lead at the beginning of the war, simply put, to use the Korean army as cannon fodder to consume the ammunition of the People's Army, and then dispatch the elite troops of the Japanese army, that is, the original Japanese army that withdrew across the Yalu River, and strive to break through the defense line of the Yalu River in one fell swoop with the least ammunition consumption, and then choose a suitable location and arrange defense Preparing to meet the counterattack of the People's Army, as long as it withstands the counterattack of the People's Army, the Japanese government will have the capital to negotiate with the East China government, and Kodama Gentaro will have the face to return to Japan.