News of the KPA's victory in the Battle of Manchuria spread quickly, and the reaction from all sides varied.

First of all, in East China, as well as in other parts of China, although the Chinese people are now accustomed to the victory of the People's Army, victory can still be inspiring, not to mention that China at this time also needs more news of victory, so in various parts of China, there is a new round of carnival.

The US [New York Times] published a commentary article arguing that although East China defeated the Russian army and lifted the threat from the northwest, it did not completely reverse the current unfavorable situation, as long as East China could not defeat the British and French expeditionary forces, then the victory achieved this time was meaningless.

After reporting on the results of the war, the German Rheinische Zeitung held that the outcome of the war once again completely exposed the incompetence of the Russian army and the bottom of its combat effectiveness, and that after Russia withdrew from Manchuria, the Far East would become extremely dangerous, and it was very likely that the territory of the Far East would be completely lost, and the former European gendarmes would inevitably fall into weakness.

Compared with the detached attitude of the United States and Germany in staying out of the matter, Japan, as the other party to the Far East War, was much more cautious; after learning of the results of the Manchurian Campaign, it immediately passed a resolution to strictly order the news media in the country not to report any news about the Manchurian Campaign.

Although the Japanese people are still hostile to Russia, all sectors of Japanese society basically know that Russia and Japan are on the same boat in the matter of confronting East China, so the Russian army is stationed in the northwest area, which can contain the strength of the People's Army, and the defeat of the Russian army can free up East China to deal with Japan and the expeditionary force with all its might, which is naturally absolutely unfavorable news for Japan.

Originally, after the end of the Second Battle of the Yalu River, Japan's morale was low, and due to the impact of the war, Japan's domestic economy was very low, and the morale of the people had fallen to the bottom. Later, it was dispatched by the British and French expeditionary forces, and received financial support from Britain and France, the economy improved, and the morale of the people was not strengthened and boosted somewhat.

However, the news can be concealed from the people, but Japan's ** and the military must be vigilant, because the goal of East China ** has been very clear, that is, before the expeditionary force arrives, first completely defeat Russia and Japan, so as to concentrate all efforts to deal with the expeditionary force, so after defeating the Russian army, the next target of East China ** must be Japan. Either cross the Yalu River and attack the Korean Peninsula, or attack the Japanese mainland. Either way, Japan will be hard to resist. At present, Japan still has five divisions and regiments on the Korean Peninsula, and its 100,000 or so troops are basically veterans with actual combat experience, and they are also the main force of Japan's counteroffensive, but they lack weapons and ammunition, and now Japan's shipping lines have been completely cut off, and Japan is unable to deliver the materials needed by the army to the Korean Peninsula, and the Japanese navy has little left, and it is difficult to block the naval offensive of the People's Army.

At this moment when the great enemy is present, the Japanese War Department and the Admiralty must not temporarily put aside their contradictions and join hands to deal with the impending crisis, and finally decide that once the KPA invades the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese army must not fight head-on with the KPA, but should take advantage of the mountainous terrain in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula to maneuver with the KPA; while in Japan itself, the coastal defenses will be strengthened, and the remaining fleet of the Navy will also seize the opportunity to make a decisive attack and create trouble for the KPA. Japan** came up with a slogan that if you hold on for 3 months, you can wait for victory.

The British [Times] editorial believes that the defeat of the Russian army does not have a great impact on the war, because the expeditionary force is mainly based on the navy, and the location of the war is mainly in the Yellow Sea region, which is far away from the battlefield of the Russian army, so the Russian army will basically not be of much help to the expeditionary force, and the defeat will not affect the expeditionary force.

France's [Paris Daily] believes that the defeat of the Russian army is very accidental, and the main reason is that the Russian army's forces have not all been assembled in place, which gives the People's Army an opportunity, and now the Russian army has retreated to Chita, which can be re-repaired and wait for the troops from the European direction to arrive, and then concentrate on making a comeback.

In fact, Britain and France were quite annoyed by the defeat of the Russian army in the Battle of Manchuria, because this defeat not only deprived the expeditionary force of an important force to contain the People's Army in the northwest direction, but also dealt a serious blow to the soldiers of the expeditionary force when the expeditionary force had already set off with a whole army, after all, in the expeditionary force, there were still Russian warships. Therefore, at this time, Britain and France could only pretend to be relaxed and try their best to downplay the defeat of the Russian army and avoid having an adverse impact on the expeditionary force.

At this time, the most embarrassing situation was still the Qing court. The defeat of the Russian army in East China and the recovery of Hulunbuir and Manchuria are, of course, a good thing from China's standpoint. But the Qing court knew that the more such good things were, the more unfavorable it would be to the Qing court, and if East China really won the final victory, then the Qing court would probably come to an end. It's just that the dilemma of the Qing court is that it can't be used to blame East China, because now the prestige of East China is in full swing, except for a very small number of diehard Qing court loyalists, almost all the people in the whole country, and even many officials are cheering for the victory of East China, if the Qing court at this time to blame East China, I am afraid that without East China sending troops, the spittle of the people and officials can spray the Qing court to death.

So the Qing court finally chose the ostrich policy, pretending not to know, not to say anything, not to do anything, and just to mix up one day at a time. Of course, you can secretly curse East China** and lose this war.

Of course, East China will not pay attention to the voices of the outside world, and the Qingdao Military Commission ordered the Northeast Theater to leave the 3rd Army and a cavalry brigade to guard the area from Manchuria to Qiqihar, and take advantage of this opportunity to infiltrate the Mongolian region along both sides of the railway line, so as to expand the sphere of influence of East China in Mongolia, because at this time, the separatist forces in Mongolia are very rampant with the support of Russia, and now that East China has stepped into Mongolia, of course, it is necessary to beat them. Since they are those Mongolian tribes who participated in helping the Russian army fight, they can pull out one or two typical strikes to shock other Mongolian tribes, and they will have to be honest in the future.

The 2nd Army was withdrawn to Harbin and garrisoned, while taking charge of the defense from Haryan to Shenyang, and continued to carry out the work of seizing bandits in the northeast. At the same time, the administrative and economic construction of the northeast region must also be carried out immediately.

At this time, Prince Heinrich of Germany, who had been staying in Qingdao, came to the Foreign Affairs Committee and visited Li Sanjie.

It turned out that Qin Zheng had always been in contact with Prince Heinrich, but now Qin Zheng has gone to the Northeast, so Heinrich can only take over the normal diplomatic process and communicate with the Foreign Affairs Committee. Fortunately, the prince and Li Sanjie also had work contacts and knew each other, but they did not establish a good personal relationship with Qin Zheng.

Of course, Li Sanjie received the prince very warmly. The two sides sat down, and Li Sanjie first said: "Your Excellency the Prince came to visit me, is there anything wrong?"

Heinrich said: "Mr. Commissioner, I am entrusted by His Majesty the Emperor of our country, on behalf of the German Imperial Family, to congratulate the People's Army on its victory in the Battle of Manchuria. ”

Li Sanjie smiled and said: "Oh! Thank you to His Majesty the German Emperor, and also to Germany, may our friendship last forever." ”

Heinrich said: "But Mr. Commissioner, please forgive me, although you defeated the Russian army, recovered Manchuria, and achieved an important victory, but on the whole, the current situation is still very unfavorable to East China, because the expeditionary force organized by Britain and France is the biggest opponent in East China, if you can't defeat the expeditionary force, even if you win more victories against Russia, it is useless." ”

Li Sanjie nodded and said, "Your Excellency, you are right, the purpose of our Manchurian campaign is to defeat the Russian army first, and then we can deal with the expeditionary force wholeheartedly. ”

Heinrich said: "Frankly speaking, the strength of the expeditionary force is too strong, and the strength of its navy is not ordinary, so if you want to defeat the expeditionary force, I am afraid that the difficulty is not ordinary." ”

When Li Sanjie heard this, he was also thinking quickly in his heart, what was Heinrich's intention in saying these words to himself, to intimidate East China? However, the relationship between East China and Germany has always been good, and there is no need for Germany to make enemies with East China at this time. So Li Sanjie said: "Then there is a way, no matter how difficult it is, we have to fight this battle." In fact, we do not want to be enemies of Britain and France, but Britain and France are not willing to live in peace with us and insist on launching this expedition, so we have no choice but to rise up to fight. Again, peace can only be achieved through the joint efforts of both sides, and it is impossible to achieve true peace by relying on the efforts of one side alone. ”

Heinrich said: "Mr. Commissioner, we Germany still have a certain influence in Europe, and if East China needs it, we Germany are willing to mediate and avoid war as much as possible." Now that the expeditionary force has not yet reached the Far East, there is still hope for peace. ”

When Li Sanjie heard this, he was very surprised, Germany actually wanted to mediate between East China**, Britain and France, in terms of national strength and influence, Germany is of course enough, but now is not the time to mediate. Because first of all, it is impossible for East China to make concessions at this time, and Britain and France have organized such a large expeditionary force, of course, it is impossible to accept the conditions of East China, so it can also be said that from the moment the Portsmouth negotiations broke down, this war was inevitable, and there was no room for either side to retreat and make concessions.