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Once the Ming army broke through the defense line of the bee's waist, there was no suspense next. From here it is only 100 km to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and 140 km to Korsakov. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is the political and economic center of Sakhalin and the headquarters of the Soviet Red Army. Korsakov, 40 kilometers to the south, is a military port and can be called the military center of the navy.

As soon as an armored division of the People's Guard broke through the defensive line, it immediately advanced quickly to the south. The Army's light armored divisions that followed up kept widening the gaps on both sides. In just half a day, the 25-kilometer-wide defense line at the waist of the bee collapsed on all fronts.

The Ming high command knew the importance of a quick victory, and ordered the Sakhalin Corps to advance quickly to the south desperately, and must occupy the port of Korsakov within 48 hours. Now it is no longer the problem of the Soviet army, but the threat of the Japanese army. The Ming High Command estimated that Japan should not be able to make a decision on whether or not to land on Sakhalin within 48 hours. Even if a decision was made, the Japanese army would not have been able to prepare within 48 hours. And once the Ming army occupied the port of Korsakov, then it would be difficult for the Japanese army to land on Sakhalin on a large scale.

The port of Korsakov is still 130 kilometers from the southernmost tip of Sakhalin, and there are no cities or ports on this distance, so the Ming army will not encounter any resistance and can easily cover the last 130 kilometers. Even if the Japanese army did not use a port to land, but directly landed on a certain coast in the south, then the troop carrier could not directly dock, and this was a large-scale amphibious operation plan, which involved a lot of landing craft, special equipment, and complicated preparations in all aspects. Then it is impossible for the Japanese army to be ready without ten days and half a month. By the time they were ready, the Ming army would have occupied the entire territory of Sakhalin Island long ago.

Beyond the waist of the bee, near the coast on both sides of the island, there are relatively well-developed roads, and the closer to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Korsakov, the better the road conditions. The Ming armored division took advantage of these two roads to advance rapidly to the south, increasing its speed several times. On the way south from the waist of the bee, there was no organized resistance from the Soviet army. And the Japanese fleet at sea was still shelling, trying to stop the Ming offensive. But the Ming army attacked too quickly, and the Japanese army could not observe the coordinates at sea, and it was not even clear where the battle line was, and it was not known where the Ming army was and where the Soviet army was.

On the morning of January 19, less than 30 hours after breaking through the defensive line, the vanguard of the Ming army arrived in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. At this time, the main forces of the Soviet army had either been annihilated near the defensive line, or had been scattered and left far behind. Now the Soviet army has little strength in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, only about two battalions of troops directly under the division headquarters, making the last symbolic resistance. The Ming army left one lightly armored division to occupy the city and clear the resistance, and the remaining three divisions divided into two routes, two divisions waved due south to the Korsakov military port, and one division waved southwest to advance to Cape Kerrylon, the southernmost tip of Sakhalin Island.

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On the evening of the 19th, the Ming army occupied the military port of Korsakov. But the military port was empty, and not a single warship was gone. Only a few oil and ammunition depots were burning, and black smoke almost covered the sky. The facilities in the harbor were also blown to pieces, and in the anchorage of the warship, the masts of several broken shipwrecks were skewed out of the water. Obviously, when the Soviet Red Navy fleet retreated, the port was completely destroyed, so that the Ming army did not plan to use this military port in a short time.

Korsakov is not a city, but a separate military port. In addition to the port area, there are also a number of residential areas scattered around, and the environment is not as complicated as in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The Ming army quickly searched the military port and found that not only the fleet command had been withdrawn, but also most of the combat troops, that is, the officers and men of the warships, had withdrawn with the fleet. Even the family members of the leaders of the headquarters organs were withdrawn with the fleet. All that remained were some port logistics troops, dock workers, and the families of middle- and lower-ranking officers.

The men did not resist much, and most of them surrendered without incident. But there were still a few loyal "Bolshevik fighters" who tried to make a final deal with the Ming army, hiding in the shadows and shooting cold guns, or hiding grenades and rushing over to die together...... These sporadic resistances were quickly eliminated.

After the Ming army occupied the port, several relevant Geneva and Hague international conventions were read to prisoners, their families, and civilians, telling them how they were stipulated and how the Soviet Union had signed and acceded to them. The Ming army told them that the international convention stipulated that the belligerent army should not harm prisoners or civilians because they were all "non-combatants." But there must be a premise for this, that is, "non-combat". If the captives try to escape, try to resist, or if civilians take up arms to resist, they are no longer considered "non-combatants". The occupying forces have the right to bring them before a military tribunal and then put them to death.

In other words, these international conventions are a two-way street, and must be observed not only by the occupying forces, but also by civilians and prisoners of the occupied territories.

However, the Ming army found that these Soviet soldiers and civilians generally did not have the concept of "international conventions". When the Soviets say the words "international", "foreign", and "overseas", they always associate them with "reactionary", "evil", and "imperialism". Any international convention is nothing more than a conspiracy of several imperialist countries to entangle together and cooperate to contain and encircle the Soviet Union...... In short, everything was the fault of foreign countries, and the USSR could not have been at fault. Even if the whole world "contains" the USSR, it must be the fault of the whole world.

When the Ming army told them what these international conventions were and what they contained, especially when they told them that the Soviet Union was also a signatory member, these Soviet soldiers and civilians were stunned and seemed to think that this was impossible—how could the great social-social-socialist Soviet Union collude with the evil imperialism?

But the Ming army is already very experienced, and knows that once this kind of iron stuffy jar is broken, a large amount of outside information will pour in, and the thoughts of the people in these stuffy jars will soon change dramatically.

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It took only 36 hours for the Ming army to complete the task of capturing the port of Korsakov. Now it is completely impossible for the Japanese to land on Sakhalin. Ten hours later, the vanguard of another Ming offensive reached Cape Kerrylon, the southernmost point of Sakhalin.

Three days later, on January 22, resistance in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk was completely swept away. The commander of the Soviet troops on Sakhalin Island committed suicide by drinking bullets, and the rest of the officers and soldiers surrendered. At this point, the Ming army completely occupied Sakhalin. In other words, the recovery of the Chinese island of Sakhalin, which had been occupied by Russia for 77 years.

When the Ming soldiers attacked the headquarters of the Soviet army and saw the corpse of the commander of the Soviet army, they were very incomprehensible at first. The Soviet troops on Sakhalin were not without a chance to retreat. Korsakov had a Soviet fleet and a lot of ships, and they could have been evacuated by sea with the fleet.

But after interrogating Soviet prisoners of war, the Ming army gradually figured out the thinking of the high-ranking commanders of the Soviet army. The commander of the Soviet troops did not want to retreat, but did not dare to retreat. Stalin ordered the Red Army to "destroy the invading army with a high offensive spirit", and although this was a very unrealistic order, no one dared to correct Stalin. The actual situation is not whether the Soviet army can destroy the Ming army, but how the Soviet army can protect itself. This order was tantamount to a death sentence for the top commanders of the Soviet troops at the front. Whether they retreat or are captured, they will be charged with all kinds of political crimes, and their families will be unlucky. For them, the best destination is "sacrifice". Not only can they preserve their political innocence, but they can also protect their families, so that they can become orphans of glorious martyrs, and have the capital to protect themselves in the sinister domestic environment in the future.

With Sakhalin and the Tatar Strait under the control of the Ming army, the situation in the Sea of Japan and the Northwest Pacific Ocean changed considerably. First of all, the two northern exits of the Sea of Japan were no longer entirely in the hands of the Japanese army. The exit from the Tatar Strait was completely controlled by the Ming army, and the exit from the Soya Strait was now shared by the Ming army and the Japanese army. No one dared to enter or leave here in a big way.

Moreover, the Soya Strait is only 42 kilometers at its narrowest point, and it is opposite Hokkaido. Other words. Now the closest distance between the Ming army and the Japanese mainland is only 42 kilometers. Even though the control of the sea here is in the hands of Japan, and even though it is still relatively difficult for the Ming army to land in Hokkaido, even if the Ming army does not land, just let some troops here, and only build a few airfields, Japan can feel a huge threat. The Japanese navy had to draw a large part of its forces from other theaters to defend the Soya Strait and prevent the Ming army from landing on the Japanese mainland. Then the Japanese fleet in other theaters of war was weakened.

In addition to its enormous containment power, Sakhalin also offers a range of naval bases. In addition to the official military port of Korsakov, the Ming army could find suitable places along the coast of Sakhalin Island or in the Tatar Strait to build a series of submarine bases. Submarine bases are not like large surface fleet bases, the submarine draft is very shallow, the hull is also low, and the requirements for conditions are not high. A few caverns along the coastal cliffs, or a few cement caverns on the gentle beach, and a series of logistics facilities on the shore, can be used as the most basic submarine base.

Once several submarine bases were established here, the Ming submarines would no longer need to travel thousands of miles from the far south to bypass the entire Japanese archipelago in order to attack Japan's northern routes. In the future, the Ming army's submarines will be as convenient as raising their feet to go out of the house. This will not require too many large ocean-going submarines of more than 1,000 tons. With a large number of cheap medium-sized submarines of several hundred tons, it is possible to cover the entire sea area of the Japanese archipelago.

From a geostrategic point of view, in the future, the Ming Dynasty can clamp Japan from the north and south ends like pliers, and clamp Japan firmly.

This book was first published.

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