The battle once again fell into the situation of offense and defense between the two sides. Without the threat of artillery, the People's Army could defend more calmly based on positions. Although the Japanese army tried their best to attack and paid a huge price for casualties, they still could not break through the People's Army's defense line. In the end, they fought until almost the entire battlefield was covered with Japanese soldiers' corpses.

In desperation, Notsu Daoguan had to order the attack to stop and withdraw his troops. During this day's attack, the number of Japanese soldiers killed more than 3,200 people.

The attack failed for two consecutive days, and the combat reduction reached more than 12,000 people, which hit the morale of the Japanese army severely. Due to the two days of battle, nearly 6,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, so many soldiers were circulated in private. The battle to attack Liaozhong was the second Lushun offensive battle. Some people even claimed that to capture Liaozhong, the Japanese army would have to pay at least 50,000 casualties. The armored train cannons made by the People's Army were even more magical, saying that the range of this weapon can reach 100 kilometers, and overseas Chinese also mastered a mysterious technology and could see anything thousands of miles away. Therefore, as soon as the Japanese fired, they would be immediately locked and destroyed by armored train cannons.

In fact, the Japanese soldiers have always received ideological education to be loyal to the country. They died more than 6,000 people in two days, which will not cause a major blow to the morale of the Japanese army. In the battle to attack Lushun, there were shocking losses of 16,000 casualties in one day, but it did not have much impact on the Japanese army. Later, they not only captured Lushun, but also won the Battle of Fengtian.

But the situation is different now. The Russo-Japanese War started for nearly a year and a half. The Japanese soldiers had experienced a long war and were very tired. They were thinking about their family and war-weariness. In the past, due to the continuous military victory of the Japanese army, they could maintain the morale of the Japanese army. However, now there have been continuous adverse situations on the Liaohe battlefield. Although the Japanese army's top leaders blocked the unfavorable news of the Lushun battlefield with the depressed force, such a major thing could not be completely blocked. The soldiers here could hear some of the wind, and the more the high-level leaders blocked the more rumors there were, the more rumors there were below. Therefore, the Japanese soldiers were naturally inevitably affected. The combined factors made the Japanese army's morale extremely low and the war-weariness reached the limit.

Now Notsu Dokan is in a dilemma. If he continues to fight, the Japanese army has almost no chance to break through the position of the People's Army, and can only fight into the second Lushun offensive battle. He is the second Noki Hinoki. Noki Hinoki finally captured Lushun with the help of Guyu Gentaro. However, the situation he is facing now is probably impossible even if Guyu Gentaro comes, because the Japanese army cannot use artillery at all, but he retreats like this. I am afraid that he can't explain it to Oyama Iwa. Notsu Dokan is very clear that Lushun can basically not be saved. If Japan loses in the Liaohe battle, it means that Japan will completely lose the war, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong may not be able to return to Japan.

However, at this moment, Nozin Dokun received the news of the loss of Shaling Fort and couldn't help but smile bitterly, because the loss of Shaling Fort means that the People's Army has successfully reversed the unfavorable situation of being attacked on both sides. Regardless of whether the Japanese army can capture Liaozhong or not, they have lost the battle of Liaohe. Japan will completely lose its ability to gain a foothold in Liaodong, and the next step is probably to withdraw North Korea.

But for Notsu Dokun, the loss of Shaling Fort was a good step, because Shaling Fort did not last until the three days he had asked for. So now he withdrew his troops and lost the battle of Liaohe, there are enough reasons to quit, although for the Japanese army as a whole, there is no difference. So Notsu Dokun immediately ordered the withdrawal of his troops and retreating back to Liaoyang.

The decisive withdrawal of the Japanese army also surprised Qiu Yahui. He originally planned to return to the army immediately after conquering Shaling Fort and then eat Nozin Daoguan's main army, but now it is obviously impossible. So Qiu Yahui was not in a hurry to retreat, but ordered the 9th Division to lead two reserve regiments along the Liaohe River to capture Panshan and Yingkou counties to obtain two sea estuaries of the Liaohe River and provide convenient conditions for the future transportation of materials for the People's Army.

In fact, Panshan and Yingkou counties are still under the jurisdiction of local officials of the Qing court. Neither Russia nor Japan have stationed troops in these two counties. However, the People's Army does not care about those. Anyway, the goal of the East China government is to occupy the entire three northeastern provinces and establish the rule of the crosser in the three northeastern provinces. Therefore, as long as the three northeastern provinces are located, they must be occupied. Of course, in the famous discussion, the People's Army's "associate defense" flag was put out to help these two counties resist the Japanese attack. If the officials of these two counties understand, then enter the city peacefully. If the local officials do not allow the People's Army to enter the city, then attack the city and then give local officials the big hat of "collusion with Japanese pirates".

The local officials of the Qing court were also those who knew the times and knew the affairs, so they didn't understand the mystery. Therefore, local officials in Panshan and Yingkou counties opened the city gates to welcome the People's Army into the city.

By May 20, the People's Army occupied Panshan and Yingkou counties, and the Japanese army also retreated to Liaoyang. At this point, the entire Liaohe Battle was over. The Japanese army had killed a total of 15,247 people, injured 18,263 people, 417 people were missing, 351 were captured, and the eastern bank of the Liaohe River south of Liaozhong was lost. The People's Army was killed 3,847 people, injured 5,271 people, and 76 people were missing. In addition, 5,143 rifles were seized; 15 machine guns, 125,417 bullets of 6 artillery bullets, and 216 horses, not only completely broke through the Liaohe defense line and completely controlled the downstream of the two branches of the Liaohe River, but also obtained two sea estuaries of Panshan and Yingkou. Although the Japanese army attacking Liaozhong in the end did not capture the Japanese army, it could also be regarded as a perfect victory.

By this time, the first phase of the East China government officially entered the Liaodong region. The People's Army had achieved major victories on both the sea and land battlefields, gained sea control at sea, and gained a firm foothold in the Liaodong region. However, to further expand the People's Army's control in the Liaodong region and intervene in the Liaodong situation more deeply, further troops were needed. After all, the People's Army now has only about 140,000 troops invested in the Liaodong battlefield, which is a big gap compared with the troops of Japan and Russia. Therefore, the People's Army temporarily stopped expanding and instead consolidated the controlled areas, and waited for the subsequent troops to arrive in Liaodong.

While the People's Army was winning steadily on the battlefield, it was also in fierce competition on another front, that is, the front of public opinion propaganda.

After Japan issued a statement accusing the East China government on May 13, governments and media have also issued statements, comments and expressed their attitudes. Among them, the attitudes of the British and French governments are the most intense, and they strongly expressed their dissatisfaction with the participation of the East China government in the war.

The British government believes that the participation of the East China government in the war has made the situation in the Far East more complicated, and makes peace far away, and will seriously harm the interests of the UK in the Far East. The British government strongly opposes this and demands that the East China government immediately stop military operations and take necessary measures to ensure its interests in the Far East.

The French government also issued a statement, severely accusing the East China government of participating in the war, believing that the irresponsible behavior of the East China government undermined the regional balance and further deteriorated and uncontrollable situation in the Far East. The East China government must be responsible for all serious consequences arising from this. At the same time, it calls on all countries to unite to put pressure on the East China government, and France will take all measures to safeguard its own interests.

The news media of the two countries also published comments and editorials, which basically accuse the East China government. Some maliciously demonized time travelers, some desperately attacked and smeared the East China government. The People's Army Navy's raid on the Japanese and Russian fleet was also considered a barbaric act of undeclared war. Some newspapers made great articles on legality, pointing out that the East China government was not a legal government representing China at all, and had not been recognized by various countries. Therefore, they were not qualified to represent China at all, and they were not qualified to participate in the war in Liaodong.

However, France's ally Russia has completely different attitudes. First of all, the Russian government welcomed the East China government's participation in the war, saying that Japan is the destroyer of order, the initiator of the war, and the barbaric invaders should be punished. The East China government's participation in the war is completely legitimate, and the Russian government will negotiate with the East China government to jointly resist Japan's aggression against the Liaodong region. After the war is over, the Russian government will continue to respect the [Transfer Treaty of the Three East Provinces] to the government representing China to return the territory of the Three East Provinces to the government to ensure peace in the Far East.

The Russian media all commented on the East China government's participation in the war with a gloating attitude.

In fact, the statements of Britain, France and Russia are all their own plans. Although Britain and France do not want the East China government to participate in the war, their ideas are also different, because the East China government is attacking Japan now. At this time, Britain supported its agents in the Far East, and Britain and Japan signed an alliance treaty. The East China government's participation in the war not only hit Japan, but also may bring Britain into war. Therefore, although the wording of the British government's statement was harsh, it was very conscientious and did not mention the [British-Japanese Alliance Treaty] at all, leaving room for its next action.

France has no interests in the Far East, but it does not want Russia to fall deeper and deeper in the Far East. The Russo-Japanese War was about to end. France will deal with it again and put pressure on Russia, which will lead to a ceasefire between the two sides and bring back Russia's attention to Europe to restrain Germany. However, the East China government will severely damage the Japanese army as soon as it participates in the war, which is equivalent to giving Russia another hope and may continue to invest. Ending the war will become far away. Russia may continue to pay attention to the affairs of the Far East and the flawless European affairs. This is the most unfavorable situation for France.
Chapter completed!