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Moreover, the second and third batches of J-2 jet fighters purchased by the Japanese army have also arrived and entered service, and have successively formed combat effectiveness and sent to the Philippines to help in the war, so that the Japanese army has always dominated air supremacy in most areas for the rest of 1947. The teardrop-shaped submarines purchased from China have also posed a considerable threat to the lengthening sea supply lines of the US military in the Pacific, and have greatly affected the morale and firepower of the US military. As a result, the U.S. military paid a huge price of more than 200,000 killed, missing, and captured before it took Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and its vicinity, while most of Luzon remained in Japanese hands, not to mention the other Philippine islands

Although it did not achieve the expected results, the U.S. military did not only fight on the frontal battlefield, the strategic bombing of Germany and the Arab Emirates from the British Three Countries and Madeira Islands has never stopped, although only one remaining atomic bomb has not been used in order to maintain deterrence, but even conventional bombs have caused unprecedented damage to the industries of Germany mainland and the Low Countries because of its staggering number, and at the same time killed a large number of civilians, of which Germany alone was killed more than 200,000 people in this year.

Although the United States has paid a huge price for this, and even its amateur pilot reserves, which were several times that of Germany, are on the verge of being depleted, the United States has too much money, even if it is 3 for 2, or even 2 for 1. It must be the Axis powers that will fall in the end, and Roosevelt had this confidence. Especially as the situation in World War II became more and more favorable to the Allied side, the American financial oligarchy, who had been very dissatisfied, also temporarily withheld it, waiting for Roosevelt to fulfill his promise when the spoils would be divided among the countries after the victory. It seemed that everything was going in a good direction, but Roosevelt's heart became more and more uneasy, and he gazed again and again at the ancient and young power in the East on the map of the world, and always felt that those Chinese Red Party members who were not afraid of heaven and earth would do something great that would make the whole world tremble

Compared with 1946, China's economic growth rate rebounded significantly in 1947 due to the introduction of many skilled workers from Japan and the increase in the level of production automation. Among them, the total industrial output value increased by more than 11% year-on-year. This figure is far more than that of the world powers, whose economies were generally negative during the year. But more importantly, the new China, which had been disarmed for a few years, began to expand its armaments again, and by the end of 1947, the number of combat units in the PLA alone had recovered to more than 8 million. And counting.

And compared to the time of the Great Disarmament. Now the weapons and equipment of the Chinese army have been reborn. Taking the Air Force as an example, by the end of 1947 China already had more than 5,000 military aircraft of various types, of which more than 1,000 fighters had all been replaced by jet fighters. And there are more than 100 supersonic fighters J-3 with world-leading performance.

As for the army, the number of 59 magic reforms with "three defenses" capabilities, equipped with infrared night vision devices, artillery stabilizers and composite armor has also reached more than 1,500. At the same time, the number of Chinese field artillery has surpassed that of Japan and Britain, ranking fourth in the world, greatly improving the weakness of the PLA's long-standing lack of fire support. As for the light weapons, which have long reached the world's advanced level, they are still not lagging behind, and they have become the world's largest in terms of both holdings and monthly output.

At the end of 1947, the total number of aircraft carriers, cruisers, escort carriers, destroyers, frigates, and submarines owned by the Chinese Navy had reached an astonishing 160 or so, and if we count small ships such as speedboats and non-combat ships such as supply ships, the total number of ships of the Chinese Navy had exceeded 1,500, ranking first in the world, and there were more than 300 missile boats leading the world, and the monthly production has also increased to more than 15 units, and if the number of converted torpedo boats is also counted, it will exceed 50 units

Although the proportion of large and medium-sized ships capable of conducting ocean-going operations in the combat sequence of the Chinese Navy is not high, in China's coastal waters, they can join hands with the land-based aircraft of the Air Force and the Navy to resist the enemy, which is enough to defend the coastal defense of New China

It was precisely because of its stronger national and military strength that the Chinese government was emboldened and its foreign policy became increasingly tough, and under these circumstances, an incident occurred at the end of 1947 that attracted the attention of all countries in the world.

In order to defend itself against the attack of the US military, the Japanese government wants to import another 300 jet fighters from China, but it really cannot come up with the money, and even if it continues to "sell" women and skilled workers to China, it will not be able to fill the growing trade deficit. Under these circumstances, the Japanese Emperor Chongren came up with an idea that only he could implement, that is, to sell half of Sakhalin Island that Japan had snatched from Soviet Russia to China; because Indonesia has more than 20 million tons of crude oil reserves per year, hundreds of thousands of tons of South Sakhalin Island per year are already dispensable, but it is necessary to leave a large number of garrisons to guard against the Soviet Union, and it is better to exchange it for the advanced weapons and equipment that Japan urgently needs at present, and this trick is still killing three birds with one stone, which can not only provoke relations between China and the Soviet Union, but also kill three birds with one stone, and can not only sow discord between China and the Soviet Union. By using China's strength to ensure the security of Japan's north, it can also free up some mobile forces, and it can also contain the Soviet Union's military strength to secretly help Germany, thereby forcing the United States to devote more forces to the European theater and reducing the pressure on the Japanese army in the Pacific theater

At this time, China needed an introduction to turn against the Soviet Union, so it did not hesitate to agree to the Japanese government's proposal, and the Soviet government naturally expressed great dissatisfaction with this, after all, in their view, South Sakhalin Island was forcibly occupied by Japan when it took advantage of the danger of others and took advantage of the civil strife in Russia after the October Revolution, and they completely ignored that Sakhalin Island was also forcibly ceded by Tsarist Russia from the Qing Dynasty

In fact, the Soviet government was also worried that the Chinese government would turn against it because of this incident, but it did not express its stance so publicly, and it was difficult to explain it to the country, and it was even more worried that the Chinese would gain an inch and want to recover other lost ground. Although the Chinese government was slightly relieved that the Soviet government had only fired back with mouth artillery after the Soviet government made a statement, but did not increase troops on the border, Stalin still decided to seize the time to counterattack Germany, so as not to have too many dreams at night and fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts. (To be continued......)