On the day of April 26, the Kwantung Army Command received an article on the radio: "Urging Umezu Mijiro to Surrender". Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The article counts dozens of crimes of the Japanese army, and counts their crimes against humanity and civilization.

The text also clearly explains the policy of captivity, that is. With the exception of war criminals such as Umezu, everyone else could be pardoned for capital crimes as long as they surrendered.

The text demanded that the Japanese army in Vladivostok must surrender within 24 hours, and by 12 noon on the 27th, if the Japanese army did not surrender, the Northeast Coalition Army would inflict a devastating blow on the Japanese army.

Finally, the broadcast demanded the evacuation of civilians from Vladivostok.

Almost no one in the Japanese army believed that they were capable of launching an offensive within 24 hours, which was blackmail and intimidation.

However, the Japanese who had dealt with Koji felt sincerely afraid.

They know that this guy counts when he talks.

But he didn't have the strength to launch a large-scale attack, so what was he going to do? How is he going to attack? Could it be that he acquired some new Soviet weapons?

Vladivostok began mobilization for war.

The article was broadcast over and over again on the radio, and during the intervals in the broadcast there were details such as how civilians were evacuated.

On the morning of the 27th, the radio broadcast again: "Urging Umezu Mijiro to Surrender".

This time, the broadcast continued in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, Russian to demand the withdrawal of civilians from Vladivostok by 12 noon. If you don't withdraw, you will be responsible for the loss of life.

This kind of notice calling for the withdrawal of Japanese civilians has been broadcast several times, but this time it is different, the notice says, this is the last time that civilians are asked to withdraw.

And this time he shouted directly to the Emperor of Japan, asking him to order surrender, otherwise he would be responsible for the dead.

The command of the Kwantung Army attached great importance to the final warning of the Northeast Coalition Army. They knew that the Northeast Coalition Army had given a clear signal that it would launch a general attack on Vladivostok at 12 noon.

The command of the Kwantung Army believed that the army encircling Vladivostok would bombard it with artillery, and then the tanks would lead the infantry charge. To this end, the Kwantung Army Command deployed a large number of troops on the northern flank and strengthened the defensive line. The positions were reinforced on the basis of the Soviet positions, and all heavy firearms were arranged here. In addition, in the fortresses along the coast, the troops also entered combat readiness to prevent the anti-Japanese coalition forces from attacking from the sea.

The command of the Kwantung Army believed that it would be very difficult for the Northeast Coalition Army to take Vladivostok.

At first, they thought that Vladivostok was impregnable, and after the Northeast coalition army broke through several cities, they lowered their expectations, hoping to hold out for half a year and drag the Northeast coalition army down.

In addition, the garrison troops on the Korean Peninsula also moved to Vladivostok to prepare for the rescue of Vladivostok.

The Kwantung Army was confident in the defensive battle. They studied the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Leningrad. Confidence comes from these battles.

However, they found that before 12 noon, the Northeast Coalition Army on the opposite side had been clearing the ground of grass and trees. In fact, it has been a long time since the grass and trees were cleared on the opposite side. Not sure why.

Until 11:30, the opposite side fell silent. The Japanese observation posts on the heights showed no signs that the enemy was about to attack.

It was 12 noon on April 27, 1943.

It was a good day, the sky was not as dark as the previous days, and although the air was not as clean as after the rain, it was also an extremely rare good weather. By noon, the wind began to get stronger, and the white clouds in the sky were running desperately, as if to tell the people on the ground that there was wind today.

The people on the ground could not feel how strong the wind was, because Vladivostok was full of woods. After a few days of winding, all the snow in the forest melted, all the dead trees and grass dried up, the streets dried, and the muddy water from the snow melted disappeared.

It all makes it feel like summer is coming.

Mr. Yamada lives in the city of Vladivostok, and the yard of his house turned out to be Russian, and the foundation of the house is very good, and there are some undamaged furniture and belongings in the basement. He built a house on this basis, bringing dried planks from a suburban forest farm to build a comfortable Japanese-style plank house.

The house is very comfortable, the wind has blown away all the moisture these days, and taking advantage of the dry weather, Yamada's wife took out all the clothes and quilts to dry. He starts repairing the roof in the morning, because it needs to be kept in the best condition until the rainy season comes.

After repairing the roof, Yamada took out a pile of planks and began to repair the plank fence. This Vladivostok is better than Hokkaido, the wood is sufficient, there is no need to use stone walls, there is no need to burn firewood and grass for cooking and bathing, and there is a large amount of wood.

The amount of firewood was abundant, and all the pieces of wood were burned in the winter, and even in the spring, there were large quantities of dried wood piled up in the small sheds in the yard. Such a good wood is made of planks in Japan, but here it is really defective, and the fire is sawed off.

While nailing the fence, Yamada chatted with his neighbor, Mr. Kobayashi.

This year, although there is a war, the army said that the Soviet Union is not good, and the Chinese surrounded outside will not support it for a long time. Yamada is looking forward to this year's business, and he is in the timber business. He made a lot of money by cutting down the timber locally and transporting the dried timber back to the Japanese mainland by sea.

The hum of an airplane motor was heard in the east.

The airfield in Vladivostok immediately went into action, and there were more than a dozen planes here, half of which were fighters, half of which were bombers, and one of which was the commander's special plane.

Not good, the Northeast Air Force came with more than two dozen planes, and there were bombers in them. They were apparently here to bomb the airfield.

Japan also has radars.

The command immediately made the most correct decision, the plane took off, evaded, and even flew to Seoul, and even to Japan.

The fighter immediately took to the air. Immediately after that, the bombers also took to the air, as did the commander's special landline.

After several Japanese bombers rose into the air, they flew in the direction of the Korean Peninsula, and were tightly bitten by several planes of the Northeast Coalition Army, and soon left people's sight.

The Japanese pilots who rose into the sky saw more than two dozen fighters flying over. These 20 or so fighters were all newly captured Japanese fighters, and they were exactly the same except for the Japanese insignia covered with red and yellow five-star colors.

An air battle unfolded over Vladivostok.

The people on the ground watched the planes of the exact same style chasing and shooting in the sky, and the Japanese army's leading plane was obviously the most technical, and it was damaged and shot down two planes with red and yellow stars in a few moments, but the other planes were not so competitive, and the other seven fighters were quickly shot down three and four were damaged.

The air force of the Northeast Coalition Army, after shooting down the Japanese plane, turned its head to help the other planes, and soon, the Japanese fighters were shot down except for the leading plane. Seeing that the situation was not good, the plane fled to the Japanese mainland. The planes of the Northeast Coalition pursued him for a while, and he escaped.

The fighter dogfight lasted only five minutes before it ended.

Northeastern coalition bombers appeared.

More than two dozen five-star bombers painted red and yellow flew over Vladivostok.

Anti-aircraft guns from Japanese air defense positions began to fire.

On the ground, Yamada saw the air battle, and he knew that the air force was not good.

After seeing the bombers coming, he felt a little uneasy. In such a dry season, what if a bomb causes a fire?

Yamada's wife ran out and told him to hide in a bomb shelter. His house is located on a hillside, with a high backyard and a road in front of it. There are also families under the highway, and they are also rich people in Japan. There is a steep slope in the backyard of Yamada's house, and it turns out that the Soviets built an air-raid shelter. Yamada received it completely, and stored some tools and grain in it.

Yamada asked the family to hide in first, and he had to observe. He also has a timber processing plant on the outskirts, and he is worried.

As Yamada expected, the bombers flew to the fortified positions around the city and began bombing.

However, there were also things that he did not expect, and the bombed area began to ignite in flames. Not good, this is not an ordinary bomb, this is an incendiary bomb.

Soon, fire broke out in the air defense positions. Only a few anti-aircraft guns were still firing, and most were engulfed in fire.

The first wave of bombing was over, and the bomber turned around, found its position, and began the second wave of bombing, not leaving until all the ammunition was dropped.

The bombers dropped incendiary bombs.

The Japanese in Vladivostok did not know that in the last air battle in Hebei, the Air Force dropped a large number of Molotov cocktails, and the results were huge. Inspired by this, after getting the relevant technical information of the incendiary bombs on the road, soon, the Northeast Coalition Army made incendiary bombs, but the fuel was insufficient, and in order to save gasoline, the engineers studied alternatives, using cooking oil to use the most incendiary bombs.

Because of the seizure of the factory, Dalian to Shenyang had the largest industrial corridor in Asia at the time, and the huge production capacity of the northeast showed its power in the manufacture of incendiary bombs, with thousands of incendiary bombs produced in a matter of months. This production is too small for the United States, but it is a remarkable industrial achievement for Asian countries.

Molotov cocktails fell to the ground, the fire raged, and attempts to extinguish the fire were in vain. After the second wave of incendiary bombs was dropped, the Hangdong County Command had fully understood the tactics of the Northeast Coalition Army. They will not attack with infantry at all, but with fire. Now, the air is dry, and the fire has burned many trees.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the bombers came to Vladivostok again, and this time the bombing went smoothly and ended quickly. Every half hour after that, more than a dozen planes came to drop bombs.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, more than a dozen Japanese fighters flying from Seoul joined the battle group, and the fighters escorting the escort had been waiting there for a long time, and it was another air battle. This time the air battle took place at sea, and both sides suffered damage. For the Northeast Coalition Air Force, this is the largest loss of aircraft.

For the Japanese army, this was the first air battle with the Air Force of the Eighth Route Army, and it was really unwilling to be defeated by the other side by numbers.

Before dark. Finally, a wave of bombers came, and this time, bombers dropped Molotov cocktails in several key areas. One plane dropped a whole barrel of oil, fragrant, I don't know what kind of oil.

The fire spread to residential areas.

By now, the Japanese army had no choice but to defend Vladivostok. Everyone understands that the outcome of the war is only defeat.