Chapter 8 The Dog in the Water
The conditions mentioned in the previous chapter, in terms of the Japanese reaction, made Tang Yunyang feel a little depressed.
According to a normal understanding of a soldier, Japan's maritime advantage is now gone, and the air is blank. As for the army, it cannot fly, so it cannot stop the Chinese Navy from doing whatever it wants to do to them. But what is unexpected is that they actually rejected the "peace conditions" proposed by Tang Yunyang, which really made Tang Yunyang wonder if the Japanese were kicked by a donkey.
"My mother, since you don't want to live, what else can I be so unhappy!"
Just one sentence caused the biggest war catastrophe in Japan's history, which was the end of the Japanese underestimating Tang Yunyang's ruthlessness.
In March 1918, when the gentle spring breeze began to pass through Japan, and a large number of pests and locusts from Shandong in the tree hole were about to be transformed, Lukner, who was anchored in the Fukuoka Military Port in Japan, had a very good life. Every day, except thinking about training the sailors on the ship "torture" the ship, his life was basically very peaceful.
In more than a month, Kyushu was almost emptied and the city was basically burned out. But at this moment, he received a task. Obviously, since the Japanese government was unwilling to surrender, he had to burn their city to him.
"Spread the flyers in advance and tell the Japanese that they have evacuated the city for two hours, and then..."
Judging from the appearance, Tang Yunyang did not intend to burn it to death with the Japanese. This is a matter of the difference between the Chinese and the Westerners. In the second world, American General Li Mei organized a thousand B29 aircraft to ignite several Japanese cities in order to completely destroy Japan's war economy.
More than 1 million people died in the city fire, which made Li Mei win, but she was criticized for humanitarian ideas, and the pilots who carried out the mission were also condemned with conscience. This is not cost-effective. Therefore, Westerners' heads are a little worse than those of Easterners.
The evidence is that under Tang Yunyang's method, if more than 1 million people are homeless, they need to allocate a large amount of food and other daily necessities, the burden on the Japanese government will be much greater than the dangers caused by burning them all to death. The Japanese government has to spend a lot of effort to do this, and the reason is even simpler - hungry people have caused thieves!
Subsequently, Lukner used the plane in his hand to deter Kobe for two consecutive days. The attack was the opponent's air defense firepower, although by heart, Kobe, who was far away from the battlefield, basically had no air defense firepower.
On the third day, in addition to the fleet that must be visited every day, there were five airships. They were only 200 meters above Kobe City. There was no threat of ground fire, which made their actions much bolder.
At this time, there were no people in Kobe Castle. They had already started to evacuate the city two hours ago because the flyers scattered by the crew told them that the city would be bombed. In addition to fear, the people hurriedly packed up the valuable things at home and hurriedly left the city. At this moment, they were all standing in the open space outside the city, looking at their homes.
Although the airships in the sky are a little slower, their load capacity is needless to say, which is much heavier than the world's largest bomber. They buzz and adjust their formation, starting from the shipyard near the harbor, and flying into the city.
The five airships lined up at a distance of 500 meters. They flew and threw a few incendiary bombs from the airship. They flew around Kobe City and 175 tons of incendiary bombs fell from the sky.
Because the height is quite low, in order to spread evenly as much as possible, they fly very slowly. Burning bombs fall near the sheds on the ground, igniting fires. In the winter and the spring rain are not falling, the houses in the city are dry. When the flames start to burn, the airship has risen to higher air due to changes in load.
The Japanese citizens who had already arrived outside the city watched their city burning in the rising fire, and their homes they had worked hard to build, because their greed turned into ashes in the flames.
At first there were the children, then the women, and finally even the men couldn't help crying.
The children were afraid because of their fear. Women were worried about the safety of their families and the so-called valuables they brought in the home, but they did not even bring out a breakfast. As for the men, they did not realize until here that the achievements of their construction, the wealth they had accumulated for many years, were gone in this flame.
As Tang Yunyang expected, hundreds of thousands of people who lost their houses and food supply soon made the area near Kobe chaos. Hundreds of thousands of people who had no food had to reach out to the nearby farmers. But the surplus grain in the farmers' homes was enough for these people to eat. In order to survive, everyone had to put their faces down and act as robbers, both men, women, young and old.
Another two days later, the former residence of the Emperor's Royal Family, Kyoto, also turned into ashes in the flames. This time, the other party dispatched more airships, not only burning Kyoto, but even the forests in the mountains near the city were ignited.
The people of Kyoto City who had some preparations did not all withdraw from the city. Firefighters and soldiers, including men who were quite organized, fought against the fire. However, 10 airships brought 350 tons of incendiary bombs, which were obviously not affordable to this city. During the fight against the fire, 50,000 men in Kyoto City were burned into coke in the flames.
As for the city, the precious historical relics and historical sites that are worthy of the Japanese, they were burned out at the same time. To this end, even if Masato Tanaka wanted to continue fighting, it would be impossible. Within a few days, the cabinet he organized fell, and he committed suicide by separatism because he could not face the losses that would bring to Japan due to the failure of the war.
What came to power behind him was Yuan Jing, who was quite famous in the Japanese primordial process. He was a powerful primordialist among the people. In addition, he also disagreed with the military's invasion of China, especially opposing the 21 articles signed with the Yuan Shikai government.
Before this, because the suffrage rights of Japanese citizens were restricted by tax payments, they were not destined to be the Prime Minister. Until all the important emerging industrial areas in Japan, Kitakyushu, were destroyed and restored to ruined wilderness, his thoughts on getting along with China became deeper and he shouted loudly in the House of Commons.
But until Kyoto Castle was completely burned and the entire country was about to fall into chaos, he stood up and took on the responsibility. At this time, no one was willing to take on the responsibility - the scapegoat. But this was the first time that the formation of a party leader with seats in the House of Representatives, which was quite helpful to the Japanese's progress.
On the day he successfully formed the cabinet, he sent a telegram to Shandong, promising that the Japanese government would immediately stop all hostilities and consider negotiating with the "Kindo Island regime" on compensation issues.
But the information he received was another matter. Obviously, the last refusal also caused them to lose the most favorable conditions for surrender. The following conditions are the harsh conditions that they have to consider accepting now.
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"Peace is a very important thing for any country. We once gave your country an opportunity, but your country did not cherish it. Now, your country has made such a request. I really don't understand, is your country's government composed of some capricious villains?
Now, since your country desires peace, we can also give your country this opportunity. I hope your country can cherish this opportunity, but the following conditions must be attached.
First, declare defeat and surrender unconditionally. Second, all the militarists in Japan who hate China should be separated and handed over to us. Third, all the officers who have fought in China must be handed over to us and handled! Fourth, the amount of compensation is 10 more than the previous compensation for military expenses. If it cannot be paid in one go, the entire customs tax will be compensated year by year. Fifth, in order to ensure that the two countries can live in peace forever, your country's prime minister candidate should try to prove that he has absolutely no unfriendly ideas to China. Sixth, any military-related technology in Japan must be shared with China unilaterally. Seventh, all the materials required by Japan to purchase foreign goods from China.
Finally, before Japan has 100% agreed to the above conditions, we will burn a Japanese city every day until Japan returns to the Stone Age. Moreover, the conditions for surrender will be agreed upon separately!"
The Japanese are not convinced of this condition that Japan's national demises, but the people are already worried that one day the fire will fall from the sky. No matter how many soldiers there are underground, how can they compete with the airships in the sky? No matter how many soldiers there are, they cannot arrange troops in every city!
Furthermore, if they do not agree on that day, what conditions will they offer tomorrow? Every day of war will only compensate the other party more money.
So, what should the Japanese do?
In fact, the Japanese are also very clear that when spring is approaching, the fire will not be released for a few days. However, the other party’s unparalleled power at sea can greatly suppress any coastal city. In this way, the other party’s cost will increase, which indicates that the amount of compensation will be greater in the future.
At this time, Japan, who was desperate, thought of the Western Allied Allies. Just like the Qing Dynasty back then, they hoped that other countries could mediate and put some pressure on China.
Chapter completed!