At this time, the East China Government, taking advantage of the aftermath of the great naval victory in the Battle of the Natuna Islands, officially announced that all the assets of Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands within the territory of China other than the territory of the East China Government would be confiscated; second, ships of the British, French, Japanese, Russian, and Dutch nationalities were strictly prohibited from sailing in the Yangtze River, and at the same time, the Yangtze River waterway was also prohibited from transporting the goods of Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands.

When the East China Government captured Shanghai and recovered the Shanghai Concession, it confiscated all the assets of Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and other countries in the concession, dealing a major blow to the interests of Britain and France in China. However, after all, the scope of the attack was limited to the Shanghai area, and the interests of Britain and France in China were very widely distributed, and although there was a certain linkage effect, Britain and France still had a large number of economic interests in China.

Now that the East China government has blockaded the Yangtze River shipping route to Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands has not had much influence, because after all, these three countries do not have many economic interests in China, but for Britain and France, it is another major blow after the confiscation of their own assets in the Shanghai Concession, and the losses are even greater than those in the Shanghai Concession.

Because the interests of Britain and France in China are mainly concentrated in two regions, one is along the Yangtze River, radiating Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other regions account for about 6 percent of the interests of the two countries in China; the second is the Liangguang and Fujian regions, which account for about 3 percent, and now that the Shanghai concession has completely cooled down, and the Yangtze River waterway has been blocked again, it means that the economic interests of Britain and France in the entire Yangtze River region in China are completely finished, and although some of them can be transferred to the Liangguang region, on the whole, the interests of Britain and France in China will be lost by more than half.

In fact, according to the East China government's thinking, it hopes to reduce the interests of Britain and France in China to only about 2 percent, because the economic interests of Britain and France in China are quite harmful to the development of China's national assets, and the East China government has long wanted to crack down on and clean up the economic interests of Britain and France in China. Of course, this does not mean that the East China government rejects the development of economic and trade relations with Britain and France, but economic and trade exchanges must be under the control of the East China government and fully protect the interests of China's national assets, so it must be reshuffled.

However, after all, Britain and France have been operating in China for many years, and their assets are huge, their capital is abundant, and they have formed an industrial system that depends on the assets of Britain and France, and also have a huge influence on China's overall economy, so cracking down on British and French assets in China must affect the interests of some Chinese and have a considerable impact on China's economy; when the East China Government announced the confiscation of the assets of Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands in the Shanghai Concession, many Chinese urged the East China Government to withdraw its order, although it was forcefully pushed back by the East China Government at that time, but the East China Government did not dare to easily block the Yangtze River waterway after all。

Now that the turmoil of the capture of Shanghai and the recovery of the Shanghai Concession has subsided, and most of the confiscated foreign assets have been taken over, the businessmen and compradors who had dissuaded the East China Government have also bought a considerable part of it and embarked on the road of industrial development, so the East China Government intends to hold hostage the aftermath of the great victory in the naval battle of the Natuna Islands, and further, to exert pressure on the British and French governments.

Sure enough, after the announcement of the East China government's resolution, the British and French businessmen in China, including the compradors who relied on British and French capital, blew up again, and although they did not confiscate their assets this time, they blocked the Yangtze River waterway, and basically sentenced the British and French capital and compradors in the Yangtze River coastal areas to death. At this time, however, the British and French personnel in China also understood that it was useless to negotiate with the East China government at this time, and they could only advise their own governments to take effective measures to protect the interests of their businessmen in China.

But now the British and French governments have no good way, because it will take more than two months for the expeditionary force to reach the Far East, and before that, the British and French really lack effective means against the East China government, so they can only issue a sternly worded statement on the one hand, to show the attitude of the two countries, anyway, they cannot lose, and on the other hand, to appease the merchants in China, let them be patient for the time being, and wait for the arrival of the expeditionary force.

Although Japan was also the target of this attack by the East China government, because Japan's capital in China was not large and it was basically concentrated in Shanghai, there was no loss this time, but the blow dealt to Japan by the naval battle of the Natuna Islands was not inferior to that of Britain in the slightest. It turned out that before the naval battle of the Natuna Islands, Japan and Britain had basically negotiated that after Britain had completed the attack on the East China Government's overseas Chinese fleet, it would send four battleships and two armored cruisers to Japan to assist Japan in ensuring partial sea supremacy.

The Admiralty was very optimistic that the Far East Fleet would inevitably deal a heavy blow to the East China Government's overseas Chinese fleet, and it was estimated that it would sink 2 or 3 battleships, so that the KPA Navy would only have 5 or 6 battleships left, and that after the British fleet was stationed in Japan, Japan would not only be able to guarantee partial sea control, but at least it would be able to share the sea power equally with the East China Government, so that it could restore ties with the Korean Peninsula and deliver weapons and materials to the Korean Peninsula, and at the same time cut off the supply line of the KPA landing in Japan, completely annihilate the People's Army that invaded Japan, and wait until the expeditionary force arrives, so that it can launch a counterattack against the East China government.

However, the outcome of the naval battle of the Natuna Islands shattered the Japanese government's rosy illusions, and the Japanese government's depressed mood can be imagined. Although the Japanese Government has strictly ordered the news of the naval battle of the Natuna Islands to be blocked, so as not to damage the morale of the people in the country, it cannot ignore the KPA that has landed in Japan, but it is no longer possible to cut off the sea supply line of the KPA that has landed in Japan, and the only way to annihilate this invading Japanese army is to rely on the Japanese Army.

Of course, during this period of time, the Japanese Army was not completely inactive, at this time it had dispatched the newly formed 22nd, 23rd, and 27th divisions, with a total of about 56,000 troops, stationed in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, and conducted several skirmishes with the KPA, successfully beating the KPA back to the Noto Peninsula and blocking the KPA's way out of Honshu Island, while the War Department planned to mobilize another 3-4 divisions, and then launch a full-scale attack on the KPA to annihilate the invading KPA in one fell swoop.

However, after learning the news of the victory in the naval battle of the Natuna Islands, Luo Yue also decided to take action. Prior to this, the main area of activity of the KPA was Ishikawa, Toyama, Gifu and other prefectures adjacent to the Noto Peninsula, and they carried out large-scale plundering in these places, of course, the burning and looting work was carried out by Russian mercenaries, and the KPA was only responsible for supervision.

Although Ishikawa, Toyama, Gifu and other prefectures are not developed regions, after all, they are native to Japan, and their materials and population are far more abundant than those of the Noto Peninsula, so the KPA not only gained a lot, but also caused a large number of displaced residents, seriously disrupting the order of life in Japan.

After the Japanese troops were stationed in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, the KPA did not choose to fight hard with the Japanese army, because the KPA's preset battlefield was not here, but on the Noto Peninsula, and now the KPA has built two defense lines mainly trenches in the middle of the Noto Peninsula, and is now further reinforcing them, and building auxiliary facilities behind the defense line, and also arranging a defense line at the junction of the Noto Peninsula and Honshu Island, forming a perfect defense system. Most of the KPA was stationed behind the defensive line, recuperating and waiting for battle. As a result, the Russian mercenaries gradually retreated, until they retreated behind the KPA lines.

However, the Japanese army did not launch an attack on the KPA defense line, because these three divisions were newly formed, basically composed of new recruits, and they were extremely inexperienced in actual combat, and even commanders at all levels did not have much actual combat experience, after all, in addition to the officers and soldiers who had experienced the war, except for the dead and captured, the rest were on the Korean Peninsula. At present, the few officers and men of the Japanese army who have a certain amount of actual combat experience were sent back to Japan for treatment due to injuries in the early stage of the Far East War. Moreover, the Japanese army also lacked artillery to attack the KPA line, so it would only cause heavy casualties. Anyway, as long as the KPA is blocked from entering the island.

However, the Japanese army did not attack, but Luo Yue planned to take the initiative to attack, because during this time, the People's Army had clearly measured the coastline on both sides of the Noto Peninsula and determined the place where it could land, so in the evening of the same day, Luo Yue sent four landing ships, carrying one regiment of troops, crossed the sea overnight, landed on Honju Island, and launched an attack on the flank and rear flank of the Japanese 23rd Division at dawn.

Although the People's Army has only 1 regiment, it is an army that has experienced the tempering of war, rich experience in actual combat, whether it is individual combat or mutual cooperation, there is a very high level, far from the Japanese army's recruits can be compared, and it is from the flank of the Japanese army to attack, it is the weak link of the Japanese defense, and at the same time, there are a large number of mortar troops with the army, and the firepower is quite strong, so after the People's Army launched an attack, the Japanese army could not resist, and retreated one after another, and the outer defense line was easily broken through by the People's Army.

In fact, at this time, although the Japanese army's outer defense line was lost, it was still some distance from the central area, and the Bijing Japanese army was a division, with a total strength of more than 18,000 people, so as long as a small number of Japanese troops could organize the defense line on the spot, even if it could only block the People's Army for half an hour, it could also buy time for the headquarters to rearrange the defense line, and it was not impossible to turn the tide of the war.

But now the Japanese army is almost all new recruits, the vast majority of people have never been on the battlefield at all, as soon as they heard that the KPA attacked, the outer defense line was lost, they immediately panicked, and at this time the sky was not yet full of light, and I did not know how many people there were in the KPA, as a result, the soldiers only cared about scattering and fleeing, and passed the panic to other soldiers, even if there were a few officers who could calm down and want to command the army to resist for a while, not many people listened to the command.