On May 4, 1927, it was a sunny spring day. The first rays of dawn dispelled the mist that permeated Peter the Great's Bay, and the cliffs of Russky Island were like viewing platforms, inspecting the main forces of the combined fleet that was slowly approaching! Standing at the observation post at the top of the mountain, you can see it from afar with a high-powered telescope. At the end of the sea level, a huge fleet that seemed to be out of sight appeared in front of you!

"Alert! Alert! Discover the Fleet of Warriors! Discover the Fleet of Warriors! The frightened roars of Soviet Red Army sentries broke the silence on Russky Island, and soon sirens began to sound one after another. The Soviet officers and men stationed at the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth fortresses on Russky Island put down their trivial matters one after another and ran to their respective combat posts with panicked expressions. Almost everyone had a little despair and helplessness on their faces.

Perhaps only the Soviet Red officers and soldiers, who worked and fought in the Vladivostok fortress, really understood the real state of this legendary first fortress in the Far East. The fortress was far less powerful than the Soviet propaganda machine claimed it was, and it was indeed the strongest defense in the world. For example, the four fortresses on Russky Island, at the southernmost tip of Vladivostok, were built after 1910 and barely completed before the October Revolution of 1917. According to the design plan, these four fortresses had the best defense in the world at that time, and could withstand 420mm caliber shells! You must know that the largest caliber naval gun in the world is only 410mm, and only the two Nagato-class ships of the United Fleet, the two Nelson-class ships of the United Kingdom, and the three Colorado-class ships of the United States have such huge main guns. So theoretically, there are no naval guns in this world capable of destroying these four fortresses. This was also a source of confidence for the Soviet Red Army and Stalin.

But the cannons used to arm the world's strongest fortresses...... But it was demolished in 1922 when the army evacuated Vladivostok! It turned out that after the Russian Revolution, the Entente organized many intervention armies, one of which was an intervention operation in Siberia, mainly by sending troops to Siberia. It was at Vladivostok that the intervention forces landed and held control of the city until their withdrawal in October 1922. Before evacuating, he swept away all the ships that could be used for battle in the Soviet Far East Primorsky Zone, destroyed the artillery and part of the facilities in the Vladivostok fortress, and basically turned it into an empty turtle shell! The Soviet axe takeover was such an empty turtle shell, and for the next four years, the Bolsheviks, who were busy reviving the economy, suppressing the counter-revolution and saving the world, did not have the financial resources and energy to restore the first bastion of the Far East. It wasn't until after the Middle East Road incident a few months ago that the Soviets hastily dismantled some outdated antique cannons and 152mm cannons from other forts in the west and placed them in various forts, so that Vladivostok had a little more firepower for self-defense...... It's just that these 280mm and 254mm coastal defense guns cast at the end of the 19th century can't beat the battleships that are cruising far away in Peter the Great's Bay, and it is true that they use 152mm cannons to knock the thick armor steel of battleships

7:30 a.m. From the highest observation post on Russky Island, the fleet on the sea seemed to be busy forming an artillery formation. Eight particularly large battleships slowly sailed out of the formation, and two columns were discharged. Among them, the first should be two of the legendary seven warships of the world, the Nagato and the Mutsu; They were followed by two Ise-class battleships, the Ise and the Shoko; Next were the two Fuso-class battleships, the Fuso and the Yamashiro; Behind them were two Kongo-class battlecruisers, the Kongo and Hiei. These eight battleships and battlecruisers are all the capital ships of the current Combined Fleet, and the other two battlecruisers, Haruna and Kirishima, are currently being modernized.

At this time, in the command tower of the battleship Nagato, Admiral Kato Kanji, who was in a straight uniform, was also observing the fortress on the opposite side with a telescope. According to the information sent back by the spies lurking in the fortress of Vladivostok, the Soviet Union now has no giant cannons that can threaten these precious warships of the United Fleet, and some are only some old cannons, and they are all under 300mm, as long as the fleet does not get too close to the Russian island, basically there will be no losses in this battle. If it weren't for this, how could I, who has always been petty, be willing to knock on the door of the first fortress in the Far East with an expensive battleship?

Putting down the binoculars, Commander Kato glanced at the captain of the Nagato, Hasegawa Kiyodasa, beside him, and smiled slightly: "Next, it depends on whether our performance is successful or not." ”

The shelling formations were to bombard the fortresses on Russky Island from ten kilometers away, and at 7:50 a.m., the shelling formations arrived at the designated positions a little earlier than scheduled. At this time, the screeching battle sirens sounded simultaneously on the eight huge battleships, the shouts of the officers were repeated one after another, and the gunners were gearing up one by one, huge armor-piercing shells were sent into the chambers, the turrets began to turn, and the barrels of the guns were raised, aiming murderously at the fortress group on Russky Island.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......" roared with the 410mm guns of the battleship Nagato. The Great War, known in history as the Second Russo-Russian War, entered a white-hot state at the very beginning. The 2,700-pound armor-piercing projectile whizzed towards Fortress Nine, ten kilometers away. At this distance, an armor-piercing projectile of 410mm caliber was enough to penetrate a 23-inch steel plate!

Yegorov, who was watching the battle inside the Russian fortress in the distance on the Russian mountains, suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. He was indeed a genius commander, especially good at using cavalry, and his military genius was fully exploited in the Russian Civil War, which also gave him his current status. Historically, he would also become one of the five generalissimos of the Soviet Union and lead the Soviet military reform. However, the current battle between him and Kanji Kato is not a test of genius, but based on precise measurements and calculations! He was a war artist, and today he is comparing the techniques of war! According to accurate calculations, Yegorov's antique artillery could not hurt Kato's precious battleship at all at a distance of ten kilometers, while the armor-piercing shells fired from the main gun of the Nagato could penetrate the fortified defenses on Russky Island! The penetration of 420mm caliber shells when these fortresses were designed in 1909 was simply not comparable to that of 410mm caliber armor-piercing shells in 1927!

…… The sound of Vladivostok's artillery always touched the nerves of Stalin, who was far away in Moscow. This fortress of the Russian Empire's domination of the East was also a strategic point that could not be lost. When the news of the discovery of the fleet off Vladivostok reached the Kremlin, Stalin immediately summoned the leaders of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, including Voroshilov, Budyonny, and Tukhachevsky, to his office to discuss the latest situation in the Far East.

"Comrade Stalin, the current actions of the army are basically what we expected. The Vladivostok fortress should be their first target, and the current shelling is in preparation for a large-scale landing battle. "The chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council, Voroshilov, is now a confident man, pointing at Vladivostok on the map with his baton:

"The Far Eastern Front has concentrated here four infantry divisions and a garrison of fortresses with a total strength of 50,000 people! It accounted for half of the total strength of the Red Army in the Far East. Moreover, Vladivostok also has the strongest fortress in the world, even if the main fortifications of the fortress are pierced by the guns of the warships, the troops hidden in the underground shelters will still be unharmed. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the army to capture the fortress! This can be absolutely assured. ”

Stalin picked up his pipe, took a puff of his cigarette, frowned and asked: "What about Sakhalin?" How many troops do we have now to the North Island of Sakhalin? How much more has been transported? How much time can you support the troops on the island in battle? That's where the real crux of this war really is, and as long as we can hold Sakhalin, I'll soon be unable to hold on. ”

"There was originally a division on Sakhalin...... The hoarded supplies could last them for more than three months. Now we have transferred two divisions from the Trans-Siberian railway line, and now we have transferred them to Khabarovsk (Boli), and the supplies are concentrated there. However, there are still a thousand kilometers of waterways from Khabarovsk to Sakhalin...... We are now running out of capacity, we are already at the limit, it will take at least a week to send another division to Sakhalin, and it will take at least fifteen days for two divisions......"

Voroshilov's voice grew softer and softer, and by the end it was almost inaudible. It will take another fifteen days to send two divisions to Sakhalin, which is already the limit for the troops, but it is still too slow for Stalin!

Stalin just looked at Voroshilov quietly, with a faint dissatisfaction in his expression. This Voroshilov seems to be doing things less and less carelessly. It took fifteen days for the reinforcements of Sakhalin to arrive! It's ridiculous, Sakhalin is so long that even if it is not captured by the devils, the Tatar Strait will definitely be blocked...... Isn't this island a turtle in an urn at that time?

As soon as Stalin's eyes were watched, Voroshilov's mind became flexible in an instant, and countless plans quickly took shape in his head, and soon they were rejected one by one, until the last solution that was not a solution was proposed by him: "Comrade Stalin, now only the last one is possible...... Let the troops be in place in seven days. There is an improvised road from Khabarovsk to Sovietport over Mount Sikhot, but its capacity is limited. We can let the infantry go on foot to the port of Soviets, about four hundred kilometers, which would surely be there if we marched in four days, and then let them cross the Tatar Strait in batches by ferry. Heavy weapons and baggage supply ships were transported to Sakhalin via the Amur River. That's seven days to ......"

"Very well, just do it." Without waiting for Voroshilov to finish speaking, Stalin focused his head and approved the plan for transporting troops that he would regret for a while.

…… In Luo Yaoguo's study room in Songbei Daying, Luo Yaoguo and Zhou Elai were drinking tea and chatting again, just the two of them. Early in the morning, the news of the fierce battle in Vladivostok came, and Zhou Elai found Luo Yaoguo by inquiring about the battle report.

"Did Stalin refuse?"

As soon as he saw Zhou Elai's frowning thick eyebrows, Luo Yaoguo guessed the reason for the matter. Stalin really had the intention of carving up China with the Soviet Union, but fortunately he provoked the war between the Soviet Union this time, and finally bought a few more years of respite for the country. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Luo Yaoguo's face:

"Brother E, you don't have to be sad. It is also normal for Stalin to have such thoughts, after all, he was the leader of the USSR, and naturally he had to think about the interests of the USSR...... Internationalism or something, it's just a deception. ”

Zhou Elai smiled deeply: "I'm not sad for Stalin, but worried about the future and fate of the Northeast...... Won't help us. Fengjun is a little too weak, doesn't Brother Fuwen have any ideas? ”

Luo Yaoguo picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, pondered the other party's words for a while, and said in his heart: "This GCD seems to be still undead to the Northeast!" Fortunately, only the forces of GCD will be able to gain a foothold in the Northeast in the future. At least the USSR will not deal with them openly, and on the surface decency, Stalin still wants it. ”

"Brother E, for the Northeast, to be honest, our Kuomintang is indeed a little powerless. The Northeast is sandwiched between the two major imperialisms, the Red and the White. We are also hated by the two countries, and even if we risk seizing the northeast in this case, we will definitely fail because of the attack of the two countries...... If the Northeast is lost in the hands of our party, our party will fall into the situation of losing the great national righteousness, and I am afraid that the whole country will unanimously oppose us at that time. ”

Zhou Elai sighed softly, thinking nervously in his heart. He had long been aware that the Kuomintang was characterized by prudence, and he would rather let go of some seemingly good opportunities than take more risks. For example, this Middle Road War was originally an excellent opportunity for the Kuomintang to complete the great cause of the Northern Expedition, but they chose to support the Feng army in order not to lose the so-called righteousness. Moreover, after the victory that shocked the world, it was only to reintegrate the leftist forces of the Kuomintang that occupied Henan, and did not seek to seize the territory directly under the Feng system...... As for the Northeast, the Kuomintang was even more cautious, for fear of violating the bottom line of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union. What's even more unimaginable is that they are afraid that the Northeast will lose in their own hands and bear the infamy, so they are willing to give up the Northeast to Zhongg!

The room fell silent, and after Zhou Elai figured out the Kuomintang's hole cards, he suddenly felt that these guys were a little timid and afraid now...... But no one else can say it.

"Brother E." Luo Yaoguo looked at Zhou Elai solemnly: "Now we can almost be sure that the Soviet Union and Yuben do have a tacit understanding to carve up China, and they may even have started negotiations." It's just that because of the Sakurada Gate assassination incident, he is temporarily caught in the war...... This war has indeed given China a respite. It's just a respite. I estimate that after the end of this war, the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union will still work together to deal with our China! They now have common interests, so they won't be hostile for a little unpleasantness for a long time. ”

“…… I estimate that the Soviet Union and the original partition plan should be the Soviet Union to occupy Outer Mongolia, Xinjiang Province, and possibly Tibet Province and Qinghai. He occupied all of Northeast China and the rest of China...... The Soviet Union will certainly provoke our two parties to fight each other in order to weaken China's power. Now that the two of them have a tacit understanding of chess, shouldn't we chess pieces also have to talk to each other? After all, this China is ours...... It wouldn't be easy if you lost everyone's words, right? ”

After Zhou Elai was silent for a long time, he nodded silently: "Brother Fuwen, there are some things that I can't say conveniently, since you pierced this layer of window paper, you might as well say your way...... Let me see if it's possible to have a last name. ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled: "Brother E, then I'll say it directly." Our domestic affairs are nothing more than the division of territory, and only when there is territory can there be money and an army. Our party took the south of the Yellow River, plus Guanzhong and Hanzhong. North of the Yellow River in North China, Suiyuan in Northern Shaanxi in the Northwest and Northeast China are all for the development of your party, and Gansu, Xinjiang Province and Qinghai in the northwest are all base areas for the Youth Party...... In the future, the three parties will form a coalition political axe to manage the affairs of the central authorities. ”

Bang...... There was a loud crash and the ground cracked. The twelfth fortress of the Vladivostok fortress was finally hit by an armor-piercing shell of 410mm caliber! The massive shell, weighing more than 1.2 tons, pierced the fortified defense system of more than 4.5 meters made of cement, sand, stone and steel in an instant, and then the interior of Fortress 12 came to a center flowering. After a series of dull loud thuds, the entire fortress of Twelve collapsed from the inside, leaving only a huge pile of ruins of reinforced concrete.

"Damn ......"

Yegorov, who was standing at the observation post in Fort Russy, clutched his telescope tightly in his hands, and his face turned pale. He never thought that Fortress Twelve, which was claimed to be able to withstand 420mm shells, was actually smashed by Nagato's 410mm main gun with armor-piercing shells!

At this time, the artillery bombardment formation had ventured to a distance of less than 10,000 yards from Russky Island, and at this distance, the battleship's giant cannon was like Thor's sledgehammer, and the huge penetrating power of the armor-piercing projectile could gently smash Russky Island's fortresses, fortifications, and coastal batteries like eggshells! Although the Russian engineering experts who designed the fortress set the defense standard of the fortress at that time, it could withstand 420mm shells. But where can the giant artillery of those years be compared with the current naval guns of 45 to 50 times the caliber? Where was there such a powerful armor-piercing bullet back then? And...... No one thought that this fortress would become a beaten turtle shell! If there were still giant fortress guns of 356mm caliber installed in the fortress now, the warship would not have come so close. And now the heroic Soviet Red Army can only use 152mm cannons of the 1904 model to counterattack these battleships with thick armor wrapped in thick armor! Other antique cannons are not yet within reach of the battleship.

(To be continued)