August 11, 1945
The Soviet general watched the reverse Dunkirk with pride. The few landing craft were reserved for T-34s. Meanwhile, a mix of destroyers, minesweepers, fishing boats, passenger ferries, towed barges and even surfaced submarines was also unloading. Intelligence was dead accurate, enemy forces on Hokkiado were a jumble of distant second and third string units. The political and military confusion after the two atomic bombs was not helping either.
One small, poorly emplaced Japanese unit was blasted point blank by a crusier. A short distance away, another was being mopped up by Soviet Marines. A kilometer inland, a jeep mounted (thank you Uncle Sam) recon unit radioed that they had mowed down a militia unit that could not even make a straight Banzai charge.
The General turns to his aid “Japanese language broadcasts about the regional Soviet will start at once” “Prisoners and civilians need to be well treated and then immediatly released into the interior with propaganda packets", he then adds "The progressive POWs from Manchuria are very valuable, particularly the educated ones..."
-Will the Soviets set up a separate occupation zone and then a separate state on Hokkiado?
- How will the western allies react?