Chapter 525: The First Day of War
For over a decade, the Russian Empire and the German Reich had entered an alliance that opened up the board.
One of the stipulations of this alliance was joint military command, procurement, and training. From as far west as German Burgundy, to as far east as Russian Kamchatka.
If there was a soldier raised, a weapon manufactured, or a bullet pressed, they would operate under the same specifications.
To put it simply, the Russian Army was as large, capable, and fearsome as the German Army on their western border.
And they were united with blood, faith, and dynastic ties. When the news entered Saint Petersburg that the Empire of Japan had attacked German Naval vessels in the South Pacific.
And that Germany had responded through mobilization of its Colonial Forces, Tsar was quick to do the same, without even being asked by his cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm II to do so.
Before Japan even realized what was happening, an Army of 100,000 Russians was being mobilized at their shared border.
With a sufficient ratio of Aerial Units in support. It took less than three hours for the Russian Bf-109s to obliterate Japanese fighters over the northern portion of Korean airspace.
And when they did, thousands of Do 17 medium bombers began to launch a coordinated campaign of hell on Imperial Japanese Ground forces in the vicinity.
All the while, Russian self-propelled artillery based on the e-10 chassis, using a 10.5cm quick-firing gun, as well as towed 15cm, 17cm, and 21cm field artillery, rained absolute hell from the land.