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Vladivostok Fortress (Vladivostok), early morning of June [-], [-] AD.

Yegorov, the commander of the Far Eastern Front of the Soviet Red Army, stood in the shelter on the Russian mountains as usual, overlooking the entire fortress and the Ussurisky Bay and Amursky Bay on both sides of the fortress.

The offensive and defensive battle of Vladivostok is about to begin!Even people who don't understand military affairs can clearly feel this.After nearly a month of repeated shelling, the once indestructible first fortress in the Far East no longer exists!This coastal defense fortress, which was built at the end of the 20th century, is completely outdated today in the 12s.The four fortresses No. [-] to No. [-] with thick protective walls on Russo Island were completely vulnerable when Japanese battleships approached and fired at them. In just a few days, they were destroyed by Japanese naval guns. Completely devastated... nothing remains but a huge pile of shocking ruins.

After destroying the nine to NO.12 fortresses, the Japanese battleship sailed into the Amursky Bay, aimed its guns at the beginning of the Amursky Bay, passed through the Muraviev Amursky Peninsula, and finally arrived at The fortification area of ​​Ussuriysk (Shuangchengzi), the No. [-] to No. [-] fortification area, the No. [-], [-] and [-] spectacle forts, the [-]th and [-]th multi-faceted forts, and the [-]st, [-]nd and [-]rd protruding forts, Russia Fort No. [-] on the mountain range, Fort No. [-] on the Sapeni Peninsula and a series of well-built fortress defense systems were all destroyed.At this point, the front of the Vladivostok Fortress has been completely opened in front of the Japanese combined fleet, just waiting for them to send the Japanese army to the beach!

Suddenly a huge fleet appeared on the sea level. Through the telescope in his hand, Yegorov clearly saw that it was a fleet composed of transport ships!It should be carrying the landing troops of the Japanese army!The Vladivostok landing operation is finally about to start!

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"Comrade Stalin! The Japanese have...began to land in Vladivostok! Comrade Yegorov sent an urgent telegram, requesting that the troops be withdrawn to Ussuriysk, where they will start a decisive battle with the Japanese army!" Panic It was Voroshilov who broke into Stalin's office.The head of the Soviet Revolutionary Military Council has now become Stalin's messenger, only responsible for conveying Stalin's instructions to the front.

"Why did you give up the fortress!" Stalin frowned, and stared at Voroshilov with two cold and deep glasses.Let this honest and dull Soviet Union's greatest soldier shudder.

If only Comrade Stalin could stare at the Japanese battleship with this look!Maybe... they will turn over by themselves, right?This will hold Vladivostok.

Apart from this ridiculous method, Voroshilov really can't think of a way to deal with those battleships now.He glanced timidly at Stalin, gritted his teeth, and made the suggestion of the Revolutionary Military Council: "Comrade Stalin, the thing is this, this fortress in Vladivostok... doesn't exist any more, what's left is just ruins That’s all! And this fortress city is surrounded by the sea on both sides, and the Japanese battleships can freely cruise on the sea surface, using their giant guns to support the landing infantry in combat! They are all giant guns above 300mm! How can our infantry resist it? live? Even the strongest fortress in the world was easily destroyed by them..."

With a snap, Stalin slapped his desk hard and snorted coldly: "The peace conference in Beijing is also going on now! If... Vladivostok is captured by the Japanese army, do you know what it will mean? ?You asked our representatives to bargain with the imperialists? Are you really going to cede the North Island of Sakhalin (Sakhalin) to them? Tell Yegorov that Vladivostok must be defended! Not a single step back! This is the Bolshevik Party, the order of the Soviet Fatherland! No bargaining!"

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almost at the same time.In the meeting room in the Yingbin Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, representatives of Japan and the Soviet Union and representatives of the five mediators were seated.The representative of Japan is headed by the first special envoy Inukai Takeshi, his son-in-law Japanese ambassador to China Kenkichi Yoshizawa is sitting on his right side, and the military attache of the Japanese embassy in China Rihachiro Sakanishi is wearing a khaki Japanese military uniform. sit on his left.The three Japanese are now all in the posture of a proud winner, with their chins raised high, and they don't look at the Soviet representative Zirnekh at all.

So far in this war, Japan has definitely won a big victory. Although... the practice of the five countries banning the export of military materials to both sides of the war has already dealt a huge blow to Japan's war potential, and Japan's two divisions There were also heavy losses in the Battle of Khabarovsk, but these are all secrets, and they cannot be seen on the face of an old and cunning politician like Inuyang Yi.

Zirnekh had a sullen face. Before entering the venue, he already knew the news that the Japanese army had begun to land in Vladivostok (Vladivostok)!This first fortress in the Far East is probably the only place the Soviet Union can count on in this war, right?If Yegorov can take advantage of this fortress to severely damage the Japanese army, maybe this negotiation will be easier?Of course he didn't know at this time...the so-called first fortress in the Far East had been blown into ruins by Japanese battleships.This kind of news is now firmly blocked by Stalin, and most of the people below don't know it.

Sir Lampson, the British Minister to China, is the host of today's peace meeting, which is also the status of the British Empire in the present world.He smiled and broke the awkward silence: "Today is the beginning of peace in East Asia. Terrible misunderstandings, hatred born of misunderstandings, and sad wars will all be held at this peace meeting." resolved. The civilized world will, with the greatest goodwill, look forward to the reconciliation of the two countries, and the permanent peace in the Asian region! Expect this unfortunate war to be the war to end all wars in the Asian region! Mr. Zirnech, Your Excellency Inukai, Now is it time to make your respective requests?"

A few words pulled everyone present from their respective thoughts.Inuyang Takeshi laughed, and first raised Japan's request: "The Great Japanese Empire is the victim of this war. It was the Soviet Union who first instructed the Korean rebels to attack our country! Then our country had to fight back and get A complete victory! As the victimized party and the victorious party, the empire has the right to the Soviet Union to make a reasonable claim for compensation."

"The requirements of the empire are: the Soviet Union must cede the North Island of Huatai Island (Sakhalin Island) to Japan; the Soviet Union must pay [-] million U.S. dollars in compensation to Japan; the Soviet Union and the Comintern must be responsible for disbanding the Japanese Communist Party and the Korean Communist Party, and no longer support similar The Soviet Union must send a special envoy to apologize to Japan; the Soviet Union must hand over the masterminds behind the bombing, namely the leaders of the Korean Communist Party and the Japanese Communist Party. Only when all the above conditions are met will the Japanese Empire cease its military operations, and Withdraw from Soviet territory."

In fairness, the demands made by the Japanese side are still within reasonable limits.It is estimated that they also considered the mediation of the five countries and the war potential of the Soviet Union, and did not dare to make excessive demands... At least they did not propose the Far East Primorsky Krai and the Khabarovsk Krai.

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June 29 at [-]:[-] am.The first boat full of Japanese soldiers washed up on the beach in Sauber Bay, east of the Vladivostok fortress.Dozens of Japanese death squads with white cloth strips tied on their heads resisted the feeling of dizziness, vomiting, and exhaustion. One by one, they jumped from the assault boats into the icy sea water, and then raised their hands with bayonets. Type [-] naval rifles, shouting the slogan "Long Live the Emperor" rushed forward... There are countless small boats on the sea behind them struggling slowly in the sea.

The Japanese charge didn't last long, and streams of scalding fire began to spew out from the remaining fortifications on the beach.The Japanese soldiers rushing up from the beach were knocked down row by row like harvesting wheat, and soon the blue water of Sauber Bay was dyed red.

From a certain point of view, Stalin's decision was wise.Landing warfare in this era is not so easy to fight. Now there are no amphibious tanks, no landing craft, and no landing ships specially used for landing... The landing troops can only climb down the rope ladder of the transport ship with difficulty. Get on the small assault boats, and then use all your strength to paddle the wooden oars.This process is quite time-consuming and laborious, and even a tiny wave on the sea can make the boat bump up and down.

When the exhausted landing troops finally rushed to the beach, before they had time to catch their breath, the enemy machine guns that had been waiting there would spit out deadly streams of fire.The whole process was like... sending to death!They came here in a boat from thousands of miles away, and then rowed the boat hard to the beach, and then they were shot by the defenders in the fortifications on the shore!

It's just that in the eyes of military strategists, the death of these small soldiers and junior officers is very worthwhile!The shooting action of the defenders would expose otherwise well-concealed firepower points, and then the light cruisers and destroyers could approach the shore and use their artillery to destroy these exposed firepower points.

It was the Japanese Marine Corps who launched the first wave of charge. These guys were not elite like the US Marine Corps, but a very amateur Marine Corps with crude equipment.The thinking of the Japanese Navy has always been a fleet decisive battle, and they don't pay much attention to the construction of the Marine Corps, and the equipment is naturally extremely simple... Following the landing is the core force of the Hiroshima Fifth Division, the Hiroshima No.11 Regiment.This Fifth Division is known as the foundation of the Japanese Imperial Army!It can be regarded as the elite among the elite, and it is at the same level as the Sendai Second Division.As batch after batch of targets ready to be shot poured onto the beachhead of Sauber Bay one after another.The killing speed of the Soviet Red Army finally couldn't keep up, and the naval guns of the Japanese light cruisers and destroyers that kept firing also posed a great threat to the Soviet firepower.

The shooting on the beach lasted for more than two hours, and by 09:30 in the morning, the beach was already covered with corpses.However, the Japanese army, which paid a heavy price, also obtained a beachhead about one kilometer wide and three kilometers long.About [-] Japanese hedgehogs with simple weapons gathered on this hard-won position, and used the corpses of their companions and the ubiquitous sand on the beach to build a parapet as high as half a man.

After ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army that successfully landed began to attack the depths of the beach. After a burst of firepower provided by the main guns of the cruisers and destroyers, thousands of Japanese soldiers and their dense assault formations rushed to the beach. The Soviet Red Army on the Pang Heights launched a fierce attack... The Vladivostok Fortress is in danger.

Chapter 0339 The Japanese-Soviet War ([-]) Backstage Secret Talk

London, 10 Downing Street.

It is hard to imagine that the actual leader of the largest and richest empire the world has ever seen lived in a house behind two plain black wooden doors.Now living in it is Sir Stanley Baldwin, who has served as Prime Minister of the Empire for the second time, since his Conservative Party won the general election in October [-], he has been the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom until the Now.

To be honest, Stanley Baldwin is a very good person, just because when he was Secretary of the British Treasury, he was committed to encouraging wealthy people to donate money voluntarily to the country so that Britain could pay the war debt after the war, and he himself He even set an example by donating one-fifth of his family property.

However, this British Prime Minister with a sense of social responsibility can hardly restore the decline of the empire on which the sun never sets. In his hands, the British Empire is already riddled with holes.The process of the decline of the empire has inevitably begun with the First World War, and all he, the prime minister, can do is to do everything possible to delay this process.He spared no effort to support any proposal that could delay the decline of the British Empire, such as the proposal of the "Asian Peace Treaty" proposed by Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party.

Sir Baldwin got Sun Yat-sen's proposed draft of the "Peace Treaty" immediately, and then called a group of think tanks to study it repeatedly.Finally came to a conclusion that this treaty is exactly what the British Empire dreamed of!With it, the British Empire's colonies in the east can be maintained for a long time, even until the day when a good recipe for the revival of the empire is found!Also holding the same view is former French Prime Minister and current Foreign Minister Aristide Briand.

Right now, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 10 is sitting in the living room of No. [-] Downing Street, sitting face to face with Prime Minister Baldwin.While drinking afternoon tea, they discussed the current complicated and confusing situation in East Asia, and how to maintain the two battered empires from collapse.

The elegant Briand looked a little tired. The French foreign minister was busy running around Europe to promote his "Abolition of War Pact".His political career seems to be to sell a share to the world that looks beautiful, but in the end there is no binding "contract".The "Asian Peace Treaty" delivered to the door seemed to be very Briand's style, so he liked it very much.

Putting down the proposal draft of the "Asian Peace Treaty" in his hand, Briand showed a French-style elegant smile: "Sir, once this treaty is signed, it will almost bind the hands and feet of those three countries. They are now able to threaten the peace and stability of Asia. important countries, without their threat, the French Empire and the Asian territories of the British Empire can rest easy."

Baldwin also nodded with a smile, agreeing to Briand's suggestion: "Now China seems to be the most enthusiastic about this treaty, the Soviet Union has also expressed its agreement, and Japan... seems to have some problems. They seem to have always held ambition."

"Having ambitions for China may not require the third largest fleet in the world, right? They should develop more land forces! I always feel that Japan's ambitions...may be the colonies of the Western world in Asia. If one day they launch there I won't be surprised by the attack." Brien shook his head lightly, and said again:

"The current Soviet-Japanese war just gives us a chance to force Japan to join the "Asian Peace Treaty"... In fact, as long as we reach an agreement with China and the Soviet Union in this regard, Japan will have to join. Otherwise, the treaty will be It becomes aimed at Japan alone, while their North Korea and Taiwan are not protected."

"But..." Baldwin seemed to hesitate: "Will this "Asian Peace Treaty" really be useful?"

Briand nodded and shook his head: "I am afraid that the cornerstone of peace in Asia lies in keeping China, the Soviet Union and Japan in check, and not allowing any one country to gain overwhelming power in Asia."

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"Mr. Molotov, this treaty will bind the hands and feet of the Empire and the Soviet Union on the issue of China. Our two countries should jointly boycott it!"

On the other side of the world, in the Soviet embassy in China, the Japanese special envoy Inukai Takeshi who came secretly to visit was also talking about the "Asian Peace Treaty" with Molotov.Although he himself has some hesitation in his views on this, but as the special envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister, what he now represents is not his personal opinion but the opinion of Japan as a whole.

Hearing the translation from the secretary of the embassy, ​​Molotov was slightly taken aback. He never imagined that the other party came to the Soviet embassy in the middle of the night and wanted to talk to him about this issue!But in his opinion, how could this shit treaty tie the Soviet Union's hands and feet?This treaty only provides for economic sanctions ... not to provide military guarantees.If the Soviet Union sent troops to "liberate" the working people of China, the United Kingdom, the United States, France and the Netherlands would only impose economic sanctions on the Soviet Union.The Soviet Union didn't care!The Soviet Union is vast, rich in resources, and can maintain itself without importing anything. Of course, the Soviet Union has nothing to export except resources.

"Mr. Inuyang...I want to remind you that the Soviet Union is currently being invaded by Japan! Should we first discuss the issue of Japan's withdrawal from the Soviet Union? Then we will see if we want to sign this treaty?" Moluoto The husband frowned slightly and reminded angrily.

Inuyang Takeshi smiled, and waved his hands indifferently: "There is only a little misunderstanding between our two countries. As long as your country makes reasonable compensation for the assassination of the Sakurada Gate, this misunderstanding will be eliminated soon. China... ... is the common enemy of our two countries! If it is not completely disintegrated in one day, our two countries will not have peace for a moment!"

Molotov still frowned and shook his head: "Now the Japanese army is attacking Vladivostok! But you want to propose cooperation between the two countries at this time? I really don't understand the thinking of you Easterners? If Japan really has the sincerity to cooperate, please stop the attack now, and then leave immediately from the territory of the Soviet Union!"

"The territory of the Soviet Union?" Inuyang Yi sneered and shook his head: "Vladivostok, the entire Far East coastal area, and the outer Xing'an Mountains area north of Heilongjiang were all the land of the Chinese people decades ago! In addition, you have also come from China. The northwest of China has taken away a large area of ​​land, and now it is going to seize the whole of Mongolia! You have done so many evil things to the people of China... Don’t you really worry that they will come to settle accounts with you one day when they become stronger?”

Molotov just shook his head: "That's why we signed this peace treaty with China. In this treaty, China has recognized the existing Sino-Soviet border, and... also intends to recognize Mongolia's autonomy. Unless... ...You are willing to withdraw immediately from the territory of the Soviet Union, otherwise we will definitely sign this treaty!"

Molotov's words were already quite straightforward.If Japan did not withdraw its troops unconditionally from Soviet territory, Stalin would have had to rely on this treaty to whitewash his incompetence.After all, the current Stalin is not the supreme Stalin in the late 30s.

But how is it possible for Japan to withdraw its troops unconditionally from the territory of the Soviet Union?For this war, Japan has almost emptied its national treasury and spent all its foreign exchange reserves... Until now, Japan has gained nothing except for large tracts of Soviet territory that cannot be liquidated.Japan needs reparations from the Soviet Union!The more the merrier!It is unimaginable for Japan to give up short-term gains for the sake of long-term benefits. Their nation has never had the habit of willingly spitting out the meat of their mouths!And it just so happened that the Soviet Union did not have this habit.

"The empire only wants Beihuatai Island (Sakhalin Island) and [-] million US dollars in compensation... The Soviet Union can definitely get a hundredfold return from China in the future! The empire's goal in China is only Manchuria, and the rest belongs to the Soviet Union. How? Like?" Inuyang Takeshi changed the subject and returned to the peace meeting of the Japanese-Soviet War.[-] million US dollars and North Sakhalin Island are of course a big opening for the lions, and there is still room for bargaining.

Molotov glanced at the little Japanese old man in front of him, and thought: "The North Island of Sakhalin Island is still needed for [-] million US dollars! These Japanese really dare to speak up! The Soviet Union is required to make up for the losses from China... When the time comes, the Soviet Union will Fighting with China, you can take the opportunity to annex Manchuria, right? This plan is a bit too sophisticated, right? Is the Soviet Union being taken advantage of?"

"The Soviet Union can make compensation for the damage suffered by the emperor, and can also make a formal apology. The Korean Communist Party and the Japanese Communist Party can also be disbanded... All the leaders of the Korean Communist Party who are in the Soviet Union can be handed over to you for execution! But they can only be executed secretly. It cannot be done openly, and the location can only be on a ship in the Sea of ​​Japan. This is the peace plan that the Soviet Union can now accept."

After saying these words, Molotov excused himself to report to Moscow, got up and left the drawing room, and went out without looking back.Today's contact has allowed him to touch a bit of Japan's trump card. Japan, a resource-poor island country, seems to be most afraid of the embargo and sanctions of the big powers.That should be why they are desperately trying to stop the Asia Peace Treaty.And the Soviet Union can control the pace of Japan's expansion by exporting high-priced resource products to Japan in the future... If the "Asian Peace Treaty" is signed, once Japan invades China in the future, the Soviet Union will be the only country that can supply them with strategic resources!

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In Moscow, the office belonging to Comrade Stalin in the Kremlin is now brightly lit every night. Since the Japanese army began to land in Vladivorsk, Stalin has never left the Kremlin, nor has he really slept. He is always paying attention to the battlefield thousands of miles away and the situation of the Beijing Peace Conference.

Stalin is now leaning back in his chair with a tired face, holding a secret telegram from Beijing in his hand, looking over and over again.The demands of the Japanese, and their eagerness to prevent the Peace Treaty in Asia, were sent over the airwaves to Stalin's desk.