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Japan felt that it had reached the point of no return. The republic of China was now involving itself not only in Manchuria but into Korea. One of the Japanese General said if they want war we will teach them what it means to fight Japan.
Japan was looking for an excuse to strike China and on March 16,1950 it got it when Chinese border forces made a mistake and entered Japanese controlled Manchuria. They compounded th Mistake by firing on the Japanese troops killing three Japanese soldiers.
Within Hours the Japanese Military began to strike at targets in China. Chinese bomber bases were hit by the hew Japanese Jet Bombers and Japanese Missiles were fired at targets in Southern and Central China by I-400 class Submarines.
Japanese Military planners were determined to destroy China's military and industrial capacity. For the next 7 days Japan continued to hit and hit hard. It sought to regain lost Manchurian territory but only to better defend itself. The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Chinese warships and merchant ships . Chinese ports were subject to attack.

 

[chris N]

Japan's Military was throwing everything that it could at China. Japanese Air power and sea launched Missiles were striking at China Industrial might and at its air Force and transportation System. The Surprised achieved was considerable, especially from the missiles launched from the I-400 class Submarines. Still the Chinese Air Force was knocking down some of the Japanese aircraft.
China had had nearly 9 warships and 13 merchant ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese navy. In contrast they had managed to so far sink just 1 surface vessel and 1 older submarine.
The war was escalating as both sides threw what reserves they had into the battle. China needed replacement jets as most of its air force flew propeller aircraft.
Japan assured the West that there would be no invasion of China but it would eliminate the threat to it. It pleaded with the West not to supply China with modern jets and for its ships to remain out of the China Seas.

The Russian Federal Republic had moved security forces into its region bordering Korea. It began a massive crackdown on arms smuggling. This meant that any further arms would have to come by sea and the Imperial Japanese Navy was prepared to stop any delivery from reaching Korea.

 

[chris N]

After 5 days of the Air Wat China had lost the capacity to bomb Japan or even parts of Korea. The Chinese Heavy bomber force was eliminated and most of the B-25s and B-26 were gone. Still the Chinese P-47s and 51s were giving a good account of themselves. Unfortunately the Japanese had caused a lot of damage to three critical items in China: 1) Chinese Air Force with its bomber force all but eliminated China had no way to strike at Japan's rail lines and its ability to supply its forces, 2) Chinese rail lines, highways and bridges had been repeatedly hit causing problems in resupplying and reinforcing troops in the north and 3) Japan had struck at China's industry and power system causing major damage

Japanese Military planers were using the Imperial Japanese navy to prevent supplies from reaching China by sea and preventing China's navy from being able to do anything. Japan prepared to carry out a possible invasion of Hanan Island so as to prevent French Indochina from becoming a conduit for military and industrial equipment reaching it through there.
Russia was making sure that Korean Rebels did not receive any Chinese made arms and Munitions smuggled through Russia.
Britain and the US had sent letters of protest at the continued fighting but so far that was all it was doing.
The Scandinavian Union was urging a cease fire and referring the matter to the new World Council in hopes that it might get an end to the fighting.

 

[chris N]

With evidence that Military equipment was reaching China viva French Indochina Japanese Naval forced landed 2 detachments of SNLF groups on Hanan Island and followed it up with the Specially trained Japanese Army's 19 Infantry Division . The unit had spent the past year training for an amphibious landing. Japan had even purchased surplus US Sherman and Chaffee tanks through arms merchants.

 

[chris N]

The British and American Intelligence Agencies were pooling their information to get a better insight as to the course of the third Sino-Japanese War. They also were joined by the Germans and other nations and the picture that was emerging was not a good one. Japan had seriously damaged the transportation system in China. It had also set back the industrial output of the country to levels of the 1920's. Electrial power production had been so degraded that it would take at least 20 years to restore it to the pre-war level and that was with foreign assistance.
The Chinese military had taken loses but it was still capable of fighting. In the Skies Japan appeared to have gained air superiority in certain areas. China had only limited bomber capacity none of which could reach Japan.

Hanan Island had been ocuppied by Japanese forces. The Initial assault was made by a force of more than 1,800 SNLF troops and the Amphibious trained Japanese Imperial Army's 19th Infantry division. The goal of the Invasion was the ability to project air power into Southern China thus denying military supplies from French Indochina from reaching the Chinese. China had received some auxillary Generators by rail and these were helping to make up for the masive loss of power. some 40mm AA guns had also arrived but China needed a lot more.

 

[chris N]

Japanese forces had taken control of Hanan Island but the Japanese were finding that to keep it they would need to maintain strong military forces on and around it. The Chinese were fighting fiercely to hold onto the parts of Manchuria that they had retaken.
Chang had now in an address to the Chinese people on Radio and TV called upon them to assist the nation in surviving this onslaught by Japan. He announced that it would be the goal of the Chinese government to not stop fighting until all of Manchuria was reunited with China. Further he announced that China would recognize the Republic of Korea. The Koreans had been allowed to form a government in exile in China but China had not given any official recognition to it. Now that had all changed.

Japan was to be expelled from the Asian Mainland. These were more than harsh words.
The Head of the Scandinavia Union called this a truly dark day for the world and its quest for peace.

 

[chris N]

Much had happen over the years. The Scandinavian Union was becoming one of the largest trading partners of the Russian federal Republic. There were still quite a few people that had strong feelings about the Germans. The late Kaiser Wilhelm III was regarded as a thief. He had some said stolen Russian land.
Russia's leaders after the war had been Military men. They had moved the country away from being a communist state to a more democratic state. Both had had low regards for Stalin and neither wished to start another war with the west.

 

[chris N]

Under pressure from both Sweden and the Austro-Hungarian Empire the Kaiser was forced to acknowledge that the war needed to come to an end while the Central powers were in good shape. The Ottoman Empire was beginning to feel the pressure from the British Empire as well as the Russians,

 

[chris N]

Thus there was a meeting of the Austro-Hungarians, Swedish officials with the British in Spain Progress was made and an agreement was made to a meeting in Switzerland between the parties. The two Central Powers agreed to attempt to get the Germans to join them while the British also agreed to attempt to get the French, Russians and Italians to join in the talks.