At this moment, the aftermath of the great victory in the naval battle of the Natuna Islands in East China officially announced that the assets of Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands were confiscated within the territory of China except for the East China Territory; secondly, it was strictly forbidden for ships of Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands to sail in the Yangtze River, and at the same time, it was also forbidden to transport the goods of Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands in the Yangtze River waterway.

The capture of Shanghai by East China and the recovery of the Shanghai Concession confiscated all the assets of Britain, France, Japan, Russia and other countries in the concession, which dealt 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 East China has blocked the Yangtze River waterway to Britain, France, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands, and Japan, Russia and the Netherlands have not had much impact, 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 loss is even greater than that of 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 idea of East China, it is hoped that the interests of Britain and France in China will be reduced 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 East China 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 East China rejects the development of economic and trade relations with Britain and France, but economic and trade exchanges must be under the control of East China and fully protect the interests of China's national assets, so a reshuffle must be carried out.

But after all, Britain and France have been operating in China for many years, and the assets are huge, the capital is abundant, and has formed an industrial system dependent on the assets of Britain and France, and also has a huge influence on China's overall economy, so the crackdown on British and French assets in China must affect the interests of some Chinese, and have a considerable impact on China's economy, when East China ** announced the confiscation of the assets of Britain, France, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands in the Shanghai Concession, many Chinese urged East China ** to take back their lives, although they were taken back by East China ** at that time Forcefully scolded back, but after all, East China did not dare to easily block the Yangtze River waterway.

And 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 dissuaded East China have also bought a considerable part of it and embarked on the road of industrial development, so East China intends to hold the aftermath of the Natuna Islands naval victory, and further, in addition, to exert pressure on Britain and France.

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

But now Britain and France have no good way, because the expeditionary force will take more than two months to reach the Far East, before that, Britain and France really lack effective means for East China, so they can only issue a sternly worded statement on the one hand, in order to show the attitude of the two countries, anyway, the mouth cannon can not lose, on the other hand, to appease the merchants in China, let them be patient for the time being, waiting for the arrival of the expeditionary force in Yunyun.

Although Japan also belonged to the target of this attack in East China, because Japan's capital in China was not much, and it was basically concentrated in Shanghai, there was no loss this time, but the blow to Japan caused 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 completed the attack on the overseas Chinese fleet in East China, it would send four battleships and two armored cruisers to Japan to assist Japan in guaranteeing part of its sea dominance.

This resolution has also been pinned on Japan with great high hopes, and Japan is full of confidence in the contest between the British Far East Fleet and the East China Overseas Chinese Evacuation Fleet, and the Admiralty is very optimistic that the Far East Fleet will inevitably deal a heavy blow to the East China Overseas China Evacuation Fleet, and it is estimated that it will sink 2-3 battleships, so that the People's Army Navy will only have only 5-6 battleships left, so that after the British fleet is stationed in Japan, Japan will not only be able to guarantee partial sea control, but at least be able to compete with East China Divide the sea power equally, so that it can restore contact with the Korean Peninsula, send weapons and materials to the Korean Peninsula, and at the same time cut off the supply line of the People's Army that landed in Japan, completely annihilate the People's Army that invaded Japan, and then wait until the expeditionary force arrives, it can launch a counterattack on East China.

However, the outcome of the naval battle of the Natuna Islands shattered Japan's beautiful illusions, and Japan's depressed mood can be imagined. Although Japan has strictly ordered the news of the naval battle of the Natuna Islands to avoid damaging the morale of its own people, 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 army that has invaded Japan 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.