Free Planes from China's "Soviet Volunteer Group" focus?

[eastcoastceojam]

Not sure if I just got lucky, or if this is working as intended, but I found a surprising benefit from the "Soviet Volunteer Group" focus on the shared China tree.

I was playing as Manchukuo, and completed the "Mission to the Soviet Union" focus in Jan 1939. One of the Chinas had already completed the Soviet Advisors and Soviet Volunteer Group focuses, so both bypassed for me as soon as I completed my mission to the USSR. I then moved on to other focuses.

About ~150 days later, I received a pop-up that I had undeployed planes in my inventory. I hadn't built any planes of my own, and I hadn't started my war with Japan yet. It looks like Uncle Joe Stalin sent me 100 fighter and 50 tac bombers from a focus that I hadn't even properly completed!

Perhaps this was because the USSR had the highest opinion of me out of all the Chinas at that moment, or maybe it's just RNG luck. Either way, it's a nice boon to a nation like Manchukuo to get a starter air force for only a measly 100 PP. I checked all the Warlords and Communist China, and none of them had an air force, so it looks like I was the only beneficiary of Stalin's goodwill.

Just wanted to share in case others could benefit from this.

shared_focus = {
    id = CHI_the_soviet_volunteer_group
    icon = GFX_goal_demand_sudetenland
    prerequisite = { focus = CHI_invite_soviet_advisers }
    x = 0
    y = 1
    relative_position_id = CHI_invite_soviet_advisers

    cost = 10

    ai_will_do = {
        factor = 1
        modifier = {
            factor = 4
            tag = PRC
        }
        modifier = {
            factor = 4
            tag = CHI
        }
    }

    available = {
        SOV_will_support = yes
    }

    bypass = {
        any_other_country = {
            has_completed_focus = CHI_the_soviet_volunteer_group
        }
    }

    cancel_if_invalid = yes
    continue_if_invalid = no
    available_if_capitulated = no

    completion_reward = {
        SOV = { country_event = wtt_china_shared.11 }
    }
}

#ask for Soviet volunteers - event for SOV
country_event = {
    id = wtt_china_shared.11
    title = wtt_china_shared.11.t
    desc = { text = wtt_china_shared.11.desc_a trigger = { FROM = { has_government = communism } } }
    desc = { text = wtt_china_shared.11.desc_b trigger = { NOT = { FROM = { has_government = communism } } } }
    picture = GFX_report_event_china_soviet_volunteers

    is_triggered_only = yes
    
    option = { #accept
        name = wtt_china_shared.11.a
        ai_chance = {
            base = 70
        }
        set_country_flag = CHI_soviet_volunteer_group
        air_experience = 25
        add_ai_strategy = {
            type = send_volunteers_desire
            id = "ROOT"
            value = 200
        }
        add_ai_strategy = {
            type = support
            id = "ROOT"
            value = 200
        }
        unlock_decision_tooltip = CHI_soviet_volunteer_group
    }

    option = { #refuse
        name = wtt_china_shared.11.b
        ai_chance = {
            base = 30
            modifier = {
                SOV_is_on_historical_plan_trigger = yes
                factor = 0
            }
        }
        reverse_add_opinion_modifier = { target = FROM modifier = CHI_refused_support }
        add_war_support = -0.1
        JAP = {
            add_opinion_modifier = { target = SOV modifier = large_increase }
        }
    }
}