After receiving the reply from the Northeast War Zone Command, the Qingdao Military Group conducted a serious discussion and believed that its previous understanding of the situation was indeed somewhat lacking. It only noticed the enemy's disadvantages, and did not fully consider the difficulties encountered by the People's Army. It seems that it is obviously unrealistic to launch an attack on Chenyang after only resting for 5-7 days.

However, according to the Northeast Theater Command, the 15-day rest and rest period, it is not the best choice to launch an attack on Chenyang, because the Russian army will definitely increase its troops to Chenyang. Although the Russian army is inefficient, it is 15 days to determine the success or failure of the Russian army. Therefore, the Russian army will definitely use it and try its best to improve efficiency. After all, there is a railway connection from Harbin to Chenyang. Theoretically, even if troops from Harbin to Chenyang can be transferred to Chenyang, it will take only one day to reach, and the Russian army will definitely step up the construction of the fortifications of Chenyang. At that time, attacking Chenyang will then fight against the Russian army's superior forces and solid positions. Although the People's Army has several powerful weapons to attack, even if it can capture Chenyang, it will definitely pay a large price for casualties, which is obviously not cost-effective.

Therefore, the Military Commission re-formed a new combat plan. In the new plan, the plan to attack Vladivostok was once again mentioned before the attack on Chenyang. Moreover, the strategic purpose of the sneak attack on Vladivostok was no longer just to mobilize the Russian army, cooperate with the People's Army's attack on Chenyang, and also avoid the second battlefield and form a task of attacking the Russian army with two routes. Finally, the two armies met in Harbin, recovered the three northeastern provinces, as well as Vladivostok, Shuangchengzi, Boli and other regions. Then, based on this result, negotiated with Russia.

Of course, in this way, the planning, troop deployment, material allocation and other aspects also need to be re-arranged.

First of all, the plan to attack Chenyang has been postponed, and in a short period of time, the Russian army is not able to launch an attack on the People's Army. In addition, the preparations for sneak attacks on Vladivostok cannot be completed in a short period of time, so we are not eager to start the war immediately. So we can let the troops rest for a while to fully restore combat effectiveness.

In addition, since there will be a long truce at this time, people who have made meritorious service in the previous stage of combat can be commended, such as promotion, title, awarded medals, etc. On the one hand, in the previous stage of combat, some middle and lower-level officers of the People's Army were killed, and new military downs need to be supplemented to ensure the normal organization of the People's Army. This is also one of the methods to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops. If the organization of grassroots officers is insufficient, how can we fight?

On the other hand, we take advantage of the opportunity of commendation to inspire and mobilize the entire army. Rewards and punishments are the basic conditions for an excellent army. Publicly commendation of meritorious personnel is not only to ensure the fairness of the army, but also to inspire other officers’ sense of honor and ambition to make achievements, so that they can work harder and make achievements in future battles.

At the same time, you can also consider sending some of the meritorious personnel to Qingdao for public commendation and commendation, accepting news interviews, or organizing a condolence group with personnel from all parties involved, and senior officials of the East China government personally lead the team to the front line to condolence the army, award medals, and award awards. These are ways to inspire morale and strengthen publicity of the achievements of the East China government.

Although the People's Army decided to extend the rest period and before attacking Vladivostok, the People's Army would basically not take the initiative to attack the Russian army, but the garrison work could not be relaxed. Now the People's Army has two defense lines in the Liaodong area. One is to go to the Shilihe area to guard against the Russian army; the other is to be arranged along the Yalu River line to guard against the Japanese army.

The distribution arrangement of the club army on these two defense lines is that the troops stationed on the Liaoyang front line will still be the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th armies, and will be transferred from 8 regiments of the 12 reserve regiments trained in Qingdao to supplement the personnel losses of these three armies.

After all, the Russian army, which still has a huge force, is still the primary enemy of the People's Army. Once the plan to attack Vladivostok is successful, a new war in the Liaodong region will be initiated from here, so a large number of troops must be maintained on the Liaoyang front line. In addition, during the rest period, strengthen the defense of the Liaoyang front line and build solid and complete fortifications to prevent the Russian army's attack.

The front line of the Yalu River was handed over to the 5th Army to guard. The Japanese army was severely injured by the People's Army on the Yalu River. The remaining troops were driven to the Korean Peninsula, but there were about 134,000 wounded soldiers. If they were to rest for 1 or 2 months, most of the wounded soldiers could recover from the injury and return to the team. It would be no difficulty to gather at least 100,000 troops. There were about 200,000 logistics personnel who retreated to the Korean Peninsula with the Japanese army. In addition, the Japanese army could also recruit troops from the Koreans, so the Japanese army still had sufficient guarantees for the new recruits.

However, there are two factors that restrict the expansion of the Japanese army. One is training time, and the other is weapons and ammunition, which is the latter. Although the Japanese army transported a large amount of military supplies to the Korean Peninsula during the retreat, and in the past, a lot of supplies were collected on the Korean Peninsula, and even most of the supplies could be collected on the Korean Peninsula, weapons and ammunition could only be transported from Japan. At present, the People's Army has the power to control the sea, it is impossible to complete the task to transport weapons and ammunition from Japan in large quantities. Therefore, the Military Commission estimated that the upper limit of the Japanese army was only 150,000, and no matter how many more it was, it would be useless and could only give heads.

Although the total strength of the 5th Army is about 65,000, with the Yalu River as a barrier, it can build a defense line along the Yalu River. Moreover, the People's Army has an inland fleet to support it, so it is completely enough to resist the Japanese counterattack. If the Japanese army really wants to intervene in the Liaodong battlefield, of course, the 5th Army's mission is not only to defend the Yalu River defense line, but also to manage the Lushun, Jinzhou and other regions. However, the Japanese navy has been severely damaged, and the Russian navy has been completely destroyed. The threat faced by Lushun and other regions is not great, and there is no need to garrison too many troops. As long as one division can maintain the stability of this region, it is enough.

Another problem is the shells. In fact, the East China government's inventory of shells is not too large, only more than 100,000. After all, the East China government's development time is too short, its industrial foundation is weak, and its scale is insufficient. The production capacity of weapons and ammunition is limited. Now the weapons and ammunition that support the war has been accumulated in recent years. Before the war started, after more than two years of accumulation, it only saved more than 300,000 shells, and in the early stage it was invested in the battlefield, and now the artillery shell production capacity of the East China government can produce about 35,000 shells per month, and in the short term, the production capacity cannot be greatly improved. This is also one of the important reasons why the People's Army must cease the 2 or 3 months of war.

Of course, the supply on the front line still needs to be met. The Military Commission decided to transport 50,000 shells to Liaodong first to ensure that they can fight one battle. In the future, we can only find a way to do it slowly.

However, in terms of ammunition supply, the Japanese and Russian militaries are actually not stronger than the People's Army. Although the industrial scale and production capacity of both Japan and Russia are far better than that of the East China government, Japan is restricted by the lack of sea control rights, and it is useless to transport ammunition even if it has air. Russia's industry is concentrated in Europe, with a distance of 8,900 kilometers from the Far East. Now the Siberian Railway has not been completed. In addition, Russia's low efficiency, the Russian army is also facing the dilemma of insufficient ammunition supply. Looking at the insufficient ammunition supply, the impact on the People's Army is not fatal.

Now the 5th Army has two divisions left behind in Qingdao, so of course they have to be transferred to Liaodong to gather to perform tasks, while the garrison missions in Qingdao are subject to the 1st Army.

The 1st Army and the Marine Corps will both withdraw to Qingdao and attack Vladivostok in the future. These two armies will be responsible for it. The Marine Corps will be expanded into two divisions and three regiments after the return, with a total force of about 40,000. Therefore, Luo Yue no longer has to be a commander's name, but in fact he only does the work of one division commander.

The initial operation to attack Vladivostok was scheduled to take place two months later, that is, at the end of August and early September. First, it is necessary to spend a certain amount of time to produce and accumulate ammunition, and second, the organization of this operation also takes time to complete.

Due to the increasing importance of the attack on Vladivostok, the Marine Corps used to complete it alone, and after the capture of Vladivostok, the scale of the war would not be expanded. However, the forces participating in the war have increased significantly. Therefore, the required ships, logistics support, auxiliary personnel and subsequent material supply all require detailed calculations, arrangements and preparations. The combat plan after the attack on Vladivostok also needs to be re-formulated, and these tasks naturally take a lot of time.

When Linnevic learned that the People's Army had no plans to attack Shenyang, they were digging trenches, building fortresses, and clearing the fields with a strong wall and clearing the field for a long time, he also breathed a sigh of relief, because the available troops under his command are only about 150,000, and the system is not complete, most of the troops have reduced their personnel by more than 30%, and some troops have even reached 50%. If the People's Army launches an attack, Linnevic is indeed not at all in his heart. Of course, Linnevic cannot know that the People's Army is actually at the end of its strength now.

Although he could recover, Linevich did not dare to be careless. The People's Army of Bijing was close at hand and could attack Shenyang at any time. So Linevich reorganized the army. The merger that should be merged and cancelled, and on the other hand, ordered Harbin to send three divisions to Shenyang for reinforcements within 3 days, otherwise they would be engaged in military law. Then he ordered the construction of position fortifications outside Shenyang City. The Russian army was not large enough, so he forced the residents in the city to work.
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