Chapter 334
Heavy rain covered the entire strait. Fortunately, the sea breeze was not very strong. Although there were waves on the sea, their height was limited and not enough to pose any substantial threat to large ships.
In the waters outside Aomori Port, a Soviet "Leningrad-class" destroyer broke through the waves and sped towards the harbor. Looking at a string of Russian letters on the side of the ship in front, it can be determined that this is the "Baku" destroyer belonging to the Fifth Fleet of the Soviet Pacific Fleet.
At this time, the alarm on the destroyer had been sounded. The shrill sound did not travel far on the sea in the rain, but it could be heard very clearly on the ship.
On the deck of the ship, a large number of Soviet sailors rushed out of the cabin in the rain and rushed towards the anti-aircraft guns everywhere, trying to take their positions in the shortest possible time.
Wearing a neat military uniform, Yuri walked out of the cabin accompanied by several naval generals. Two guards came over from the side and held an umbrella over his head.
However, the umbrella was obviously useless at this time. Raindrops bigger than soybeans were blown by the sea breeze and hit him on the head, soaking his pants in an instant.
Yuri pushed aside the umbrella in front of him, raised the telescope in his hand, and looked towards the southwest sky. There, several black spots were entangled in the sky, and one of them was already smoking.
After looking carefully for a while, Yuri finally distinguished that those black spots were fighter planes, three of which were white, and the remaining seven were green. It was obvious that the three white fighter planes were Japanese fighter planes, and the seven chasing them were Soviet fighter planes.
There were a total of ten fighter planes, fighting in the sky, but soon, the white fighter plane emitting thick smoke was shot down in mid-air and blew into pieces in the rain, while the remaining two planes stopped fighting and flew straight towards the location of the destroyer.
It was no more than half a minute before the two Japanese fighter planes flew to a position that could be seen with the naked eye. Almost at the same time, the anti-aircraft guns on the destroyer exploded. With the sound of "bang bang bang", bullet lines with tracers shot into the air. Several anti-aircraft guns fired at the same time, sending trails of bullets towards the two fighter planes.
The two Japanese fighter planes didn't even fire a single shot, but dived towards the destroyer. It was estimated that they didn't even have ammunition left, and the pilots were planning to drive the planes directly into the ship, causing the so-called death with honor.
However, the essence of the suicide attack is that a large number of fighter planes must launch a suicidal attack at the same time. It will be useless if the number is small, let alone just two fighter planes.
Soon, one of the planes that came flying over was blown up by the anti-aircraft shells, and exploded into a pile of sparks, with scattered fragments scattered on the sea. The other plane had a wing broken off, completely lost balance, and fell on the sea nearly 30 meters outside the destroyer's port side.
The machine gunner on the ship refused to give up and continued to fire at the wreckage of the plane floating on the sea until nothing could be seen on the sea.
"Didn't the Japanese surrender ?" Seeing the battle completely over, Yuri turned around and asked with a frown, "Why is there still a battle?"
"The Japanese Emperor, the Cabinet, and the Imperial Headquarters have all issued orders to surrender," a naval commander replied, "but there are still some stubborn guys who refuse to give up. There have been some sporadic battles in the past two days, but there is basically no threat. It's more like suicide than fighting."
Yuri nodded, said nothing more, turned and walked back to the cabin.
Just as Zhukov had guessed, three days ago, Yuri really received an order from Comrade Stalin to go to Tokyo, Japan on behalf of the Soviet Red Army to accept the surrender of the Japanese army and participate in the surrender ceremony of the Japanese army.
According to the Americans' request, Japan's surrender ceremony was divided into two parts: one was the surrender ceremony of the Japanese army, and the other was the surrender ceremony of the Japanese government. In addition, these two main parts were also divided into several branches, namely, signing surrender documents with each victorious country one by one.
There is no doubt that this is a humiliation for the Japanese, round after round of humiliation.
Of course, before all this officially begins, the Japanese military surrender representatives will sign an unconditional surrender document with the surrender representatives of the Soviet Union, China, the United States and Britain.
The destroyer quickly entered Aomori Port. When Yuri stepped onto the pier, he saw a group of people holding umbrellas already waiting on the pier. The person leading them was none other than General Meretskov. There was no doubt that he was a senior commander of the Far Eastern Front who came to greet him.
At this time, the Aomori Port was very busy. On the open space of the dock, forklifts were shoveling up piles of rifles and machine guns and loading them onto trucks, which were then transported to cargo ships on the pier. These basic equipment would be transported to Vladivostok, and then transferred to Northeast China, where someone would receive them.
In addition, a large amount of steel and machinery that were dismantled from nowhere are being transported to the dock by military vehicles. These will also be transported to Vladivostok and then to Komsomolsk-on-Amur inland.
In the Soviet-occupied territory of Japan, the Soviet army once again used their locust skills, plundering everything that could be dismantled and all the supplies that could be moved, leaving almost nothing behind, making the place even cleaner than one that had been eaten by locusts.
Unfortunately, the Soviet army took action and advanced slowly. The front line only reached Sendai when it met up with the oncoming US vanguard.
However, in order to seize territory, the Americans were so determined that they even risked landing directly in Sendai. If a conflict broke out between the Soviet Union and the United States at this time, this US military force would be caught in a situation where it would be attacked from both sides.
On the pier, Yuri shook hands with Meretskov and his party who came to greet him one by one. He had been away from the front line of the army for more than a year, and had not encountered a scene like today for a long time. Now that he encountered such a scene again, he actually felt quite cordial.
Yuri came to Japan this time not to inspect the front line, nor to understand the war situation, but simply to attend the surrender ceremony. Therefore, he did not, of course, it was not appropriate for him to have too much contact with these front-line commanding generals. He was just passing by Aomori. After lunch, a guard team arranged by the Far Eastern Front Command would escort him to Tokyo.
In fact, the most convenient way to go to Tokyo would be to fly there directly, but considering that there are still sporadic battles in Japan and some stubborn young soldiers who refuse to surrender, it would be very risky to fly there, so Yuri gave up this most convenient way.
Of course, Comrade Stalin would not allow him to take a plane there. If his youngest and most capable general was killed by the Japanese on the way to the surrender ceremony, Comrade Stalin would lose face.
In order to safely send Yuri to Sendai, that is, to the US military occupied area, Comrade Meretskov made a lot of preparations. He not only arranged a mechanized infantry regiment to be responsible for the escort mission, but also issued orders to the various troops along the way to respond in advance.
As for after arriving in Sendai, the US military will naturally be responsible for Yuri's security. At this time, the Americans will not allow him to have an accident in the area under their control. Otherwise, it will not only be a matter of losing face, but will also cause serious diplomatic disputes.
In Aomori, Yuri did not stay long. He just had lunch and then set off.
In the following night and day, he passed through Akita, Iwate, and Miyagi prefectures, and several cities, and finally arrived in Sendai in the early morning of the third day.
The scenery seen along the way really made people understand the cruelty of war. The towns along the way were almost all in ruins, and corpses of people who died of disease and starvation were almost everywhere. Because of the heavy rain in recent days, these corpses were almost all soaked by the high temperature and rain. It was simply a giant's Grand View Garden, which made people feel nauseous and want to vomit.
As for those who were still alive, they basically all had numb expressions on their faces. There was no hatred in their eyes when they looked at the Soviet soldiers. Instead, there was obvious fear, and even... expectation.
After several years of war, seemingly powerful Japan had actually exhausted all its national strength, especially after the destruction of the Combined Fleet. All resources from abroad were cut off. Coupled with the rounds of bombing by the US and Soviet air forces, not to mention industrial problems, agriculture alone had already collapsed.
Those young soldiers may be determined to die with honor, but the people need to fill their stomachs with food. However, in the atmosphere of a national fight to the death, no one considered those things. Now it is too late to consider them.
The military demarcation line between the Soviet Union and the United States is the Taga Castle-Tomitani line. The area south of this line is occupied by the US military, and the area north of this line is occupied by the Soviet army. Interestingly, both sides set up relief points near the demarcation line to provide free food supplies to those pale and skinny Japanese. Of course, the so-called food supply here does not mean distributing rice or something, but providing limited bread and salt. The purpose is not to save people, but to show their humanitarian spirit to the other side.
However, if the distance between the two places is more than 10 kilometers, there are no such relief points, whether in the US or Soviet occupied areas. This is not to say that both sides are inhumane and reluctant to give up the food, but because the confrontation has just occurred and the supplies from the rear have not been delivered, the occupying forces on both sides do not have any extra food to provide relief.
The divided occupation of Japan obviously deviated from the historical trajectory of Yuri's previous life. He didn't know what impact this would have on the future, but he was very clear about one thing, that is, the formation of this situation should be related to his rebirth, and he did change history to a certain extent.
