In order to induce Germany to start a war against the Soviet Union, they did not hesitate to completely betray the Czech Republic, and the mustache completely annexed the Czech Republic, an advanced industrial country that could rank among the top three in terms of industrialization, and Germany's total industrial output finally surpassed the Soviet Union with great difficulty to become the second in Shijie. But even so, the mustache still did not want to challenge the Soviet behemoth alone for the sake of the West's fire. In the face of Germany, which is stronger than before, after losing the justifiable reason of debt collection, the United States has no choice but to deal with it for a while

During this period of time, Japan, which had been abandoned by the West, had also realized the folly of being cannon fodder for others, and knew that it could not fight against the two powerful enemies by its own decision, so it decided to adopt the strategy of stabilizing one first and then concentrating on the other to deal with the other. Unless Japan relinquishes all the Chinese territories it has forcibly occupied since the First Sino-Japanese War, the contradictions between China and Japan will be irreconcilable, so Japan can only choose to negotiate peace with the Soviet Union and concentrate all Liliang against China. In order to increase the bargaining chips in the negotiations, the Japanese Navy was ordered to concentrate most of its ships and form a powerful task force to go north to shell Vladivostok, the largest seaport in the Soviet Far East

Since the main force of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, which had been stationed there, had been destroyed in Weihaiwei, the only thing the Soviets could rely on was their air force. However, unlike the Soviet Air Force, which had grown rapidly after withstanding the test, the pilots in the Soviet Union generally lacked actual combat experience and were deeply affected by the Great Purge, and the overall standard was very problematic, and they were completely unable to compete with the well-trained and battle-hardened Japanese pilots. In addition, even though the support received from the United States is far inferior to that of the Navy, the performance of the new aircraft that the Japanese Army Aviation has begun to mass-produce - the Type 99 fighter has still improved significantly, and on the whole it has surpassed the Soviet Union even the latest modification of the I-16 fighter (other performance is not much different). However, the horizontal maneuverability of the Type 99 fighters was obviously superior, and this led to the fact that the Soviet-style planes could not be beaten, could not catch up, and could not escape). In addition, a significant part of Soviet aircraft in the Far East had to provide air support to the Soviet Army, which was still storming the fortress groups of the Japanese Kwantung Army on the Eastern Front. As a result, the forces were naturally dispersed, making the disadvantage even more obvious. Therefore, in the air battle between the Soviet Union and the puppet Manchurians and North Korea, the Soviets suffered heavy losses, and the exchange ratio exceeded 3:1. If it weren't for the fact that the number of Type 99 fighters equipped by the Japanese army aviation at this time was not too large, the Soviet aviation forces would definitely have to pay a greater price

The navy is gone, and the air is at a disadvantage. The result of the First Battle of Vladivostok can be imagined, the Japanese army destroyed all the defenses of Vladivostok without losing even a single combat ship in the real sense. If they had to leave room for negotiations, the devils could even send troops ashore to occupy Vladivostok.

The outcome of the Battle of Vladivostok quickly restored Stalin's composure as a statesman, and the West's growing awareness of the Soviet Union's formidable strength was all the more alarming as it tightened its blockade of supplies and supplies. Stalin, who had regained his sanity, took stock of the gains and losses since the Soviet Union started the war against Japan, and found that the Soviet Union had gained nothing but to show its strength. They even paid a lot of price, and they became more and more isolated in the international community, but the Chinese Red Party picked up a lot of advantages because of this, and because the Soviet Union took the initiative to start a war against Japan, they did not even have to pay. It hurt him almost internally. In any case, there was no need to fight this worthless war for the Soviet Union. Since neither side wants to fight, the progress of the peace talks is naturally very fast, but before the peace talks have been signed, the "Chinese comrades" have picked up another big bargain

Due to the heavy tasks during this time, even the Japanese Navy, known as the third Shijie, felt that there were not enough ships, and at this time, Hu Weidong, whom the Japanese feared the most, returned to Qingdao, most likely to recapture Weihaiwei. The Japanese Navy considered that at this time the ships that could be salvaged and towed away had basically been taken away, and it was not cost-effective for the sake of Weihaiwei, which was no longer of much value, and the 15th Group Army, which was the strongest in China, so it quickly took the initiative to evacuate all of them. Although the strategic location of Weihaiwei is still very important, there is no sea liliang in East Asian waters that can compete with the Japanese navy, so the devils do not have to worry about this at all, but have the intention to use it as bait to consume the Chinese army again and again. In addition, the Japanese Navy's Command Department believes that since China's strongest 15 th Group Army has returned to Shandong, it is no longer necessary to continue to deploy too many large warships in the area of the Yangtze River estuary, and it is better to be transferred to the task force to participate in the shelling of Vladivostok, after all, although the main force of the Soviet Pacific Fleet has been annihilated, Vladivostok has been Russia's most important naval base in the Far East since the time of Tsarist Russia, and has a large number of coastal defense batteries. It is not impossible for the gutter to capsize.

However, the Japanese did not expect that although Hu Weidong himself did return to Shandong, the main force of the 15 th Group Army in the Lianghuai area did not return with him at all, but began to secretly march south in batches, and by the time the Japanese fleet began to shell Vladivostok, Su Yu, deputy commander-in-chief of the 15 th Group Army, who had been appointed commander-in-chief of the enemy before the battle of crossing the river, already had more than 400,000 troops under his command. After receiving the observation data sent back by the reconnaissance plane, following an order from the command headquarters of the former enemy, 72 152mm cannon howitzers of the heavy artillery brigade directly under the command of the 15 th Group Army let out a roar that rang for hundreds of miles, and several Japanese light cruisers and destroyers on the river were so thin that they could not withstand the blows of 152mm armor-piercing blasting shells at all; in less than an hour's work, the Japanese warships either sank or fled, and soon there was no shadow of the Japanese warships on the river.

At least 200,000 elite infantry of the 15th Army boarded the ships (mainly small boats, most of which were wooden boats) that had been prepared for a long time, so as not to arouse the vigilance of the Japanese army, and secondly, it was indeed time short. ), in our powerful artillery and air force (the North China Air Corps is basically only available with fighter jets now, and the bomb load is not enough to cause too much damage to the warship, but the army can still blow up the devils. Under the cover of forcibly crossing the Yangtze River! The current 15th Army's river-crossing units did not have heavy machine guns in the bow of their ships, as in history, because the brotherhood of artillery and air force would help them open the way to the offensive (to be continued). )