Amur Communist Qingcheng, Soviet Far East and Pacific Battle Cluster Headquarters.

On both sides of the huge oval conference table, senior commanders of various military regions and Pacific Fleet in the Soviet Far East were sitting in separate positions, and two Soviet soldiers were distributing the information to each commander present.

At this time, the person who presided over the meeting had not arrived yet, and the main seat on the side of the conference table was still empty. Perhaps because of this, the conference room seemed a little noisy, and everyone was talking about something, but everyone's expressions looked very serious, and a solemn atmosphere before the war had already condensed over the conference room.

"squeak!"

With the sound of opening the door, Lukoongi's figure appeared in the conference room. He first glanced around the conference room before saying, "General Chu Sinan is here!"

"Wow!" The conference room suddenly became quiet. At the same time, the generals who were originally sitting in the seats also stood up and stood solemnly, staring at the direction of the door, waiting for Chu Sinan to come in.

Soon, Chu Sinan, wearing a military coat, rubbed his hands and walked in from the door, and behind him, Paulus was suddenly wearing a black German military uniform.

"Everyone," walked to his seat and sat down. Chu Sinan held his hands on the table and said with a smile, "This year seems to be another cold winter. It's just less than November, and the weather has become so cold. However, this is a good thing for us. Fighting against the severe cold and fighting under the severe cold conditions has always been the best at our brave Red Army."

Everyone seemed not to listen to Chu Sinan's words, and their eyes were still focused on Paulus. They did not know why a German marshal appeared here at such an important pre-war arrangement meeting.

"I think everyone should know what the main content of today's meeting is, right?" Chu Sinan bent down and sat in his seat. First, he signaled Paulus to take a position on his right, and then said, "But before that, I want to introduce to you an ally in our future battle."

"This person" pointed to Paulus who had just sat down, and Chu Sinan continued, "Marty Paulus, the former commander of the German Sixth Army, I think everyone is not unfamiliar with his name, but he no longer serves the German fascists, and no longer serves the madman Hitler. From now on, Marshal Paulus will be one of the members of us. He devotes himself to the battle formation against Japanese fascists."

"After the resolution of the Supreme Command and Comrade Tukhachevsky's instructions, we established a 'New German Liberation Army," he picked up the teacup in front of him, and Chu Sinan took a sip of water, and said, "This unit accepted part of the army we had captured in the previous battle against Germany. Their total strength was nearly 200,000, and we have reason to believe that under the leadership of Marshal Paulus, this unit will assist us in achieving the final victory of the Eastern Front as soon as possible."

"Smack it..."

Sparse applause rang in the conference room, and it was obvious that these Soviet generals were not very welcome to Paulus's appearance.

Chu Sinan naturally understood the mentality of his subordinates. I believe that at this time, no Soviet person would have any good feelings for his mortal enemy, but Chu Sinan didn't care about this at all. His mind is now focused on the upcoming Eastern Front Battle.

"Okay, let's get to the point now and talk about the main content of today's meeting." After waving his hand and calming down in the conference room again, Chu Sinan took a telegram from his exit bag and opened it and said. "Everyone knows that according to our arrangement, the final attack on the Japanese should be scheduled for early November. But judging from the current situation, we must make some adjustments."

"Just yesterday, we received news from the Americans. At present, the ambitious Japanese Pacific Combined Fleet is planning a new attack, and their target is Midway Island. For this reason, a few days ago, a huge fleet including Akagi, Akaro, Feilong, Kaga, four aircraft carriers, had left the Japanese Yokosuka Naval Base and secretly sneaked into Truk, thousands of nautical miles away from Japan's mainland. In this way, the Japanese were on guard in their offshore waters, and the naval strength of combat missions had become quite weak. For our Pacific Fleet, this is an excellent opportunity to attack the Japanese mainland." Chu Sinan said while handing the telegram in his hand to Kuznetsov beside him.

"The general means that while we launch an attack on the Japanese army in Manchuria, we must also send maritime forces to strike against the Japanese mainland?" Kuznetsov frowned and said.

"No, you obviously misunderstood what I mean, Comrade Kuznetsov," Chu Sinan shook his head and said, "It is obviously unrealistic to launch an attack on Japan's mainland now. What I need you and your troops to do is to defeat the naval forces in the offshore waters of Japan in the shortest time, and implement a comprehensive military blockade on the Sea of ​​Japan, the Korean Strait and even the East China Sea, thereby severing the maritime traffic from China and North Korea to Japan. Judging from the current situation, it seems to be a bit difficult for your Pacific Fleet to do this, but you don't have to worry. In the shortest three days, our entire White Sea Fleet will pass through the Bering Strait. With their joining, I believe that there will be no more problems with this plan."

After hearing Chu Sinan's words, the generals present exchanged glances with each other. They knew what Chu Sinan's purpose was to cut off the sea supply line for Japan to obtain strategic materials from China, and at the same time, they would cut off the way for the Japanese troops stationed in China to return to China.

Standing up from his seat, Chu Sinan came to the map of the Far East War Zone not far from him. He first looked carefully on the map, then turned around and asked, "Comrade Kuznetsov, if I ask you to achieve a comprehensive blockade of the Tsushima Strait within three days after the war begins, are you sure to do it?"

With the question of Chu Sinan raised, Kuznetsov's mind saw the sea area of ​​the Tsuma Strait. As the commander of the Pacific Fleet, he could not have gained nothing from such an important strait.

For a long time, the Tsushima Strait, as the narrowest strait between Tsushima Island and Japan's mainland, has always been the best sea route for Japan to lead to the North Korean region. Since the occupation of North Korea, a large number of materials plundered from North Korea and Northeast China have mostly entered the Japanese mainland through this strait. In order to ensure the security of this maritime channel, the Japanese Navy has set up a naval base on Tsushima Island. At the same time, the naval base established on the northern Chiwu Island can also send warships to the strait in a very short time.

To be honest, Kuznetsov was very sure if he wanted to impose a blockade on this strait. After all, among the troops he had, there were such a large number of submarines. There was no doubt that this kind of thing was the most powerful weapon for the implementation of a maritime blockade. However, if the submarine troops were used to perform a blockade, it would be difficult to achieve the goal of a full blockade unless an unlimited submarine war was carried out. Otherwise, the Japanese could use some civilian ships and passenger ships to continue to transport supplies.

As we all know, the maximum power of submarines comes from underwater. They can use submarines torpedo strikes on enemy surface ships underwater, thereby sinking the opponent. From this perspective, submarines are like assassins at sea at the same time. Their greatest advantage is that they are elusive, and once they float to the surface, they are nothing. A light cruiser can easily send them completely to the seabed.

It is precisely for this consideration that Kuznetsov believes that in order to achieve a comprehensive blockade of the Tsuma Strait in the shortest time, it is necessary to first annihilate the Japanese naval bases set up on Tsuma Island and the Chiwu Islands, so that the Japanese army cannot pose a threat to the Soviet submarines operating in the Tsuma Strait within the effective time. Of course, there is another option, that is, to order the Soviet submarines that submersible combat to carry out indiscriminate submarine warfare in the Tsuma Strait and its surrounding waters. Any ship entering the waters, whether it is a merchant ship, civilian ship, or warship, will be attacked, thereby achieving a complete blockade in the true sense.

Indiscriminate submarine warfare, which has been adopted by the German army in World War I, is undoubtedly very inhumane in a sense. The most important point is that it violates the protection provisions of civilians in international conventions, and at the same time, it will also involve some countries that were originally unrelated to the war.

Chu Sinan did not spend much time thinking about the questions raised by Kuznetsov, and the current situation has given him the best choice.

It is obvious that if the Soviet army wants to carry out a thorough and destructive attack on the Japanese naval bases on Tsuma Island and Chiwu Island, then a large number of air forces must be dispatched. The best solution is to mobilize the sea cucumber power and the air force of the Nansakhalinsk Air Force Base to carry out large-scale air strikes on the Japanese naval bases on these two islands. At the same time, the Pacific Fleet troops divided into two groups to carry out assaults on the two naval bases at sea.

However, judging from the current situation, it is impossible for Chu Sinan to devote all the air force forces from these two places to naval battles. From that perspective, once the Soviet army's war against Japan begins, it means the full outbreak of the Soviet-Japanese war. Therefore, the attacks on sea and land must be launched at the same time, without giving the Japanese any chance to breathe. In this case, the role of the air force in seizing air supremacy and cooperating with the attacks of the land forces cannot be ignored. Chu Sinan never thinks it is wise to draw a large number of air forces to cooperate with the naval battles. What is particularly important is that in the first stage of the attack, Chu Sinan had already made a plan to annihilate the Japanese air force in one fell swoop. He would never use limited air force elsewhere at this time.

"Comrade Kuznetsov," Chu Sinan shook his head and said, "I think I can't give you the air force you need. Our infantry needs their cooperation even more. As for the indiscriminate submarine warfare you mentioned, this can be considered. As we all know, most of the activities in the Tsushima Strait are Japanese ships, which are the Japanese waters and their world. Therefore, indiscriminate submarine warfare will not involve the interests of other countries. As for the casualties caused to Japanese civilians, this is not

Within my consideration, it is the war period. Since the Japanese government continues to implement a policy of external expansion and has obviously obtained the people, then it and its Japanese people will pay the price for this war. What's more, on the other side of the Tsushima Strait are North Korea and China, which are invaded by Japan. I will never think that the Japanese civilians who travel there by boat will be the messengers of peace, and in more cases, they are invaders without weapons, and people like this are not protected by international conventions."

His eyes glanced around the faces of everyone in the venue. Chu Sinan said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the war between us and the Japanese imperialists is about to break out. Before that, I want to warn you. Our goal in this war is not only to defeat the enemy, but to eliminate the enemy most importantly. Japan and us are old enemies, and the Supreme Command means to give them the greatest blow. For this reason, our ultimate goal is to occupy the Japanese mainland and fundamentally weaken the country. Therefore, I hope that everyone will not always talk about international conventions in future operations, which cannot be a shackle that blocks our military operations. Do you understand this?"

"I understand!" Response voices came everywhere. There was no doubt that Chu Sinan's words made many generals on the venue understand the meaning of the New First Level.

"Comrade Kuznetsov." Chu Sinan turned his head and looked at Kuznetsov beside him, "From today, I will give you absolute autonomy to command naval operations. You can follow your plan and deployment to achieve the tasks I assigned to you step by step. The specific method is entirely up to you. As for the task you want to complete in the first step, it is the blockade plan I mentioned just now. I require you to completely block the maritime passage between the Japanese mainland and the Manchurian Japanese army from the beginning of the war until the end of the war. During the blockade period, your fleet can attack any ship in sight, whether it is a merchant ship, civilian ship, warship, or even fishing boat. As long as you complete the blockade mission, no matter what problems occur, I will be responsible. Do you understand?"

"Yes, general, I understand." Kuznetsov stood up and said solemnly. Getting up to accept the order issued by the superior commander was an act of respect by a lower-level officer. Although Kuznetsov was very experienced in the Soviet army, he was under the command of Chu Sinan at this time, so it was necessary for him to do so. What is particularly important is that as an old soldier, Kuznetsov truly had a sincere admiration for Chu Sinan at this time. Judging from the order issued by Chu Sinan, this young but outstanding general is undoubtedly a real soldier. The courageous will and determined beliefs do not care about anyone's criticism and criticism. All decisions are determined by the needs of war. A cold-blooded soldier, Kuznetsov believes that under the current circumstances, such people are needed in the Soviet army.

"Very good," Chu Sinan nodded with satisfaction, and said, "You should...oh, no, go back to the naval base in Sakhalin now and arrange your offensive plan. We have less time left. When the Americans and the Japanese start a naval battle on Midway, it is the time for us to attack."

"Yes, general." Kuznetsov nodded and responded.

After explaining the naval tasks, Chu Sinan turned his attention to Yakovlevic on the other side. As the commander-in-chief of the Air Force in the Far East and Pacific Battle Clusters, the troops commanded by Yakovlevic will play a crucial role in the initial stage of the war against Japan.

In the Far East and Pacific Campaign Clusters formed by several military regions, there were as many as six aviation units in total, equipped with more than 1,800 aircraft of various types. There was no doubt that this was an aviation force of a large enough scale. In Chu Sinan's plan, at the beginning of the battle against Japan, this aviation force must completely destroy the Japanese air force stationed in Manchuria, thereby seizing the strategic air supremacy of this region. In order to achieve this goal, a few days ago, he handed over a large number of intelligence information obtained from the Security Committee's intelligence agencies to Yakovrevic and asked him to formulate a complete and feasible offensive plan.

The moment Chu Sinan's eyes turned, Yakovlevic knew that it was time for him to come up with the plan. To be honest, he was full of confidence in winning this battle to seize air supremacy, and his confidence came from the series of information given to him by Chu Sinan.

Yakovlevic will never forget how surprised he was when he saw the information. There is no doubt that according to the information, he could easily formulate several strategies to destroy the Japanese air force in the entire Manchuria in the shortest time.

According to that information, the Japanese Kanto Army has set up five larger air bases in Manchuria. Three of these five bases are located in Harbin, while the remaining two are located in Shenyang and Jilin respectively. These five air bases almost cover 95% of the Japanese Kanto Army's air force, so they will be the main targets of the Soviet Air Force.

According to the information, Yakovrevic learned a crucial news, that is, because Shenyang and Jilin are far away from the border, the local Japanese air force is lax in defense and there is no early warning radar even in their bases. Among the three air force bases in Harbin, although the Japanese army has early warning radars, the Japanese, who have always been very regular, have also arranged very regular radars in radar monitoring.

"Every day, the aircraft is turned on at 6 a.m., and the radar is carried out for up to three and a half hours of radar monitoring; at 9:30 a.m., the radar is turned off, and at the same time, some fighter jets are dispatched to carry out regular air patrols on the border areas; at 11 a.m., the patrol team returns to the base; at 12 a.m., the radar is turned on again and conducts three and a half hours of monitoring..."
Chapter completed!