What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
It is well known that in 1905 with the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, due to the defeat russia lost several areas and islands, like the famous southern Sakhalin Island. Later, Japan set the Kuril Islands in the north as a defensive area, forming a chain of defense systems to resist the attack of large-scale ground forces. For this place, even in the Soviet period, it has not been forgotten.
At the end of World War II in August 1945, the Soviet Union, which had already defeated the German army at this time, immediately gathered 1.5 million troops to attack the Kwantung Army, and at the same time divided a part of its forces to attack the occupied island in the south of Sakhalin Island, using the method of fighting in which the armored forces charged collectively, and the weapons and equipment possessed by both sides were similar, after all, it was not the main force of the Soviet Army. At the beginning of the war, the Japanese army on the island already had priority occupation, and the landing was very difficult.
The Soviet 101st Rifle Division led the army to attack 6 times in a row, but was repelled, mainly because there were a large number of strong fortifications and fortresses on the island, forming a crossfire cover system, completely without any dead ends, and from the frontal attack was to death. The Soviets suffered extremely heavy casualties, and later specially sent aircraft to bomb, but the effect was not so obvious, and the Japanese losses were very small.
The situation was so stalemate that it was not until August 15, when the soviet army, which was already in a rut, suddenly heard the news of the emperor's unconditional surrender, and World War II ended. This gave hope to the soviet union's low morale. At that time, the commander of the Japanese army was named Sueo Ikeda, and his rank was Daisa, thinking that it was a confusing message from the enemy, but when he heard the army's order to surrender, he believed this fact, so he asked his subordinates to surrender.
Everything went on in an orderly manner, but for Sueo Ikeda, this was unacceptable news, he had always been influenced by militarism, he had always thought that they would not surrender, but now he was waiting for such news, which made it difficult for him to let go, so he decided to take his loyal subordinates to the death and die on the battlefield. The Japanese army numbered a total of 2,000 people, including more than 40 tanks and more than 20 armored vehicles.
The Soviet Union was also panicked in the face of the sudden attack of the Japanese army, they thought that the Japanese army had all surrendered, did not expect that there was still resistance. So on the night of the 15th, the Japanese and Soviet armies engaged in a fierce confrontation, the battle lasted for 1 hour, under the combined attack of the Soviet anti-tank weapons, the armored unit of Ikeda Sue-o was instantly disintegrated, and he was directly killed by random bullets in the process of fighting, and the ending was regrettable.
This operation was later listed as one of the classic cases of the war of aggression, which was initiated by the Japanese army on its own initiative. The outcome of this battle seems tragic but it is also expected. After all, World War II has ended, and Japan has announced its surrender, so these remaining Japanese troops are only making fearless resistance, and it is impossible to reverse the situation.