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

First of all, within the East China government, 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 a new round of carnival has been launched in various parts of China.

However, the New York Times of the United States published a commentary article saying that although the East China Government defeated the Russian army and removed the threat from the northwest, it did not completely reverse the unfavorable situation it is currently facing, and as long as the East China Government cannot defeat the British and French expeditionary forces, then the victory achieved this time is 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, the government immediately passed a resolution to strictly order the domestic news media 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 in the same boat when it comes to confronting the East China Government, so the Russian army stationed in the northwest can contain the strength of the People's Army, and the defeat of the Russian army can free up the East China Government to go all out against Japan and the expeditionary force.

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, thanks to the dispatch of the British and French expeditionary forces and the financial support of Britain and France, the economy improved somewhat, and the morale of the people was not strengthened somewhat, and the Japanese Government would never allow any news that could hit the morale of the people at home to be released.

However, it is possible to conceal the news from the people, but the Japanese government and military must be vigilant, because the goal of the East China Government has been very clear, that is, to completely defeat Russia and Japan before the expeditionary force arrives, so that it can concentrate all its efforts to deal with the expeditionary force, so after defeating the Russian army, the next target of the East China government will definitely 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. The Japanese government has put forward a slogan: if you hold out for three 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, the British and French governments 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 out with a whole army, after all, there were still Russian warships in the expeditionary force. 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 by the East China government and the recovery of Hulunbuir and Manchuria are, of course, a good thing from China's standpoint. However, the Qing court knew that the more such good things were, the more unfavorable it would be to the Qing court, and if the East China government really won the final victory, then the Qing court would probably come to an end. However, the difficulty of the Qing court lies in the fact that it cannot be used to blame the East China government, because now the prestige of the East China government is already 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 the East China government, if the Qing court blames the East China government at this time, I am afraid that without the East China government 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 the East China government and lose this war.

Of course, the East China Government will not pay attention to the voices of the outside world, and the Qingdao Military Commission issued an order to 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 the East China Government in Mongolia, because at this time, the Mongolian separatist forces were very rampant with the support of Russia, and now that the East China Government 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 to congratulate the East China Government on the victory of the People's Army in the Battle of Manchuria on behalf of the German Imperial Family and the Government. ”

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

Heinrich said: "But Mr. Commissioner, please forgive me for saying that although you have defeated the Russian army, recovered Manchuria, and achieved an important victory, on the whole, the current situation is still very unfavorable to the East China government, because the expeditionary force organized by Britain and France is the biggest opponent of the East China government, and if you cannot defeat the expeditionary force, it is useless to achieve more victories against Russia." ”

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 is Heinrich's intention in saying these words to himself, and does he want to intimidate the East China Government? However, the relations between the East China Government and Germany have always been good, and there is no need for Germany to make enemies with the East China Government 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 amount of influence in Europe, and if the East China government 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 with the East China government with Britain and France, and in terms of national strength and influence, Germany certainly has enough weight, but now is not the time to mediate. Because first of all, it is impossible for the East China government 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 the East China government, 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.