At this point, the number of Japanese troops annihilated has exceeded 100,000, and the number of Soviet casualties is less than 5,000, and more than one-third of them died from the surrender and feign death of the wounded soldiers of the devils, so that the enraged Soviet troops were killed on the spot regardless of whether the Japanese surrendered or not, and as a result, this made the Japanese army who had always bullied the weak and afraid of the hard frightened, and during the battle, a total of 5 Japanese army captains led their troops to surrender to the Soviet Union, with a total number of more than 10,000, of which more than half later died in prisoner of war camps in Siberia, And the Japanese authorities did not even think about rescuing them

Although the results of the Soviet First Army were brilliant, if you not only saw the casualties, the price they paid was actually not small, first of all, the massive ammunition in the pre-war reserve actually used up more than eighty percent in this offensive that was not too long, if the devil put on a desperate Jiashi counterattack, Zhukov would really have a headache; Secondly, although the reliability of the T34 medium tank is excellent, the failure rate in the long-distance battle is still not low, and there are dozens of tanks dropped because of the breakdown along the way, which fully exposes the lack of training and jishu of the Soviet tank troops, and it is necessary to further strengthen the study and training of the troops.

Although the Soviet Union paid a lot of price for the victory in the Battle of Hailar, they naturally would not be stupid enough to make it public, so in the eyes of foreign countries, especially Western powers, they only saw the great strength of the Soviet army. The number of more than 100,000 enemies annihilated and the exaggerated exchange ratio are already very remarkable, and what is even more shocking is that it took less than a week for the Soviet First Army to achieve such a record, which made the Western powers led by the United States feel even more frightened

Although the surprise attack on Weihaiwei Military Port was carried out by the Japanese Navy without authorization, Japan has always had a tradition of "going down and going up." Although the navy overstepped its authority, it did achieve a brilliant victory, even for Emperor Hirohito. It's not easy to take them. In addition, the Japanese navy not only won face in the first battle of Weihaiwei, but also gained a lot of benefits for Japan, first of all, because the two Kongo-class battleships ran aground, so that the devils could drag them back for repair. The total number of their battleships has been restored to 4, even if they have now completely controlled the Japanese Navy, for these high-speed battleships that can cooperate with aircraft carrier operations. It is still positive, although the Japanese Navy has decided not to build battleships anymore because of the relationship between cost performance and the long time it takes to build, but there are ready-made ones, and they will not be stupid enough to mothball.

More importantly, the devil's goal of flattering the Americans was also achieved, and the US government confirmed that the Japanese Navy had annihilated the main force of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. A $200 million loan was immediately granted to Japan, and it also gave the green light for American companies to sell some of their high-speed equipment to Japan, including Hewlett-Packard's latest "Double Wasp" air-cooled aircraft engine, which was the most advanced air-cooled aircraft engine in history during World War II and played a crucial role in the development of the Japanese Navy's heavy Zero fighter. In addition, in the process of researching and imitating it, the Japanese also greatly improved the level of domestic machinery and material science and technology, which was also the thing that the Americans regretted the most.

The Japanese navy was far better than the army, and they did not monopolize the benefits they got back this time, and the Japanese government and the emperor also got a share, especially the Japanese government imported 10 million stone of rice to Thailand immediately after receiving the US dollars, thus alleviating the worsening food shortage in the country, so that the already serious ruling crisis at that time was temporarily relieved. Therefore, the Japanese Navy was not only not punished, but became a hero of Japan, just like the Japanese Army that launched the "September 18 Incident" in the first place. However, it didn't take long for the Soviet Union's fierce counterattack to make the Japanese frightened, and what was even worse was that the Chinese Red Party found the possibility of a quick victory in the War of Resistance against Japan, so it quickly ceased war with Lao Chiang, withdrew its troops, and took advantage of the opportunity that the 700,000 Kwantung Army was completely contained by the fierce offensive of the Soviet army, and launched a full-scale counteroffensive against the Japanese army invading China in advance.

The first to launch the attack was the North China Military Region, which had already freed up its hands, and its field troops, which had further increased their strength to 7 or 800,000 men, were not something that the Japanese army in Pingjin could compete with, not to mention that the main force of the Soviet 1st Army in the Hailar area could also move south in a big way at any time, and no matter how you look at it, the Japanese army has no chance of victory. In addition, the Japanese army was resentful because the navy had suffered from it

Therefore, in order to avoid meaningless losses, the Japanese North China Dispatch Army Command did not hesitate to abandon Beiping and shrink all its forces to Pingjin and other places along the coast, and then the bigwigs of the military department directly looked for a showdown with the navy, "You are the one who caused the disaster, and you should always take responsibility!" ”

However, the leaders of the Japanese navy were very thick-skinned, and immediately ridiculed the army and said, "Even if the Soviet army does not start a war against the empire, the army will have to retreat into Tianjin and ask our navy for refuge." ”

The army was so angry that they wanted to duel, and it was not until Emperor Hirohito slapped the table that the two sides took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey and temporarily stopped arguing. However, the ensuing discussion was still extremely disappointing to Hirohito, although the army's waste was a dead duck with a hard mouth, but after the navy said that it was impossible for the Americans to arm the Japanese army in large quantities without compensation, he became more and more unconfident when he spoke, and Hirohito had to take the initiative to take the responsibility when he saw this, saying, "North China is no longer defensible, it is better to withdraw the 'imperial army' in Tianjin and make every effort to keep Manchuria." ”

Although only half of the Japanese-occupied areas of the three eastern provinces are now left in South Manchuria, and they have always been controlled by the Kwantung Army of the army system, if South Manchuria is really lost, the navy will also suffer huge losses, because at present, in addition to importing scrap steel from the West, especially the United States, most of the steel needed by Japan to build ships is smelted from iron ore and coke produced in the northeast, and part of the fuel and heavy oil necessary for large warships is also obtained from the oil shale processing associated with the major coal mines in South Manchuria. Moreover, this is generally considered by the Japanese top level to be an effective way to completely solve Japan's oil self-sufficiency, so even the Japanese navy is equally unlikely to easily abandon the three eastern provinces. Now that the Emperor had spoken again, the Japanese Navy had to agree to send warships and transports to help the Army transport the Japanese troops from Tientsin to Manchuria (to be continued). )