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Chapter 122: War is declared

"China and Japan should not be at war with each other, but since last winter, Japan has brazenly launched a war against Britain and the United States. As a member of the free world, China and Britain and the United States are natural allies. Today when allies are in trouble, they should

We need a helping hand, so we sincerely ask Congress to approve that the Republic of China declares war on Japan!" The above is the core reason for Fang Jianxiong's speech in Congress. He does not talk about interests, but only talks about the traditional friendship between Britain and the United States. It is very shameless and shameless. But this is definitely the style of Chinese politicians!

Many of the opposition parties had experience studying in Japan. In parallel history, after the Russo-Japanese War, the new elite intellectuals of the Republic of China had a deep impression of Japan. It was not until after the Battle of Qingdao that this atmosphere gradually faded away. In this time and space,

Many members of the Republic of China had a favorable impression of Japan, especially those in the opposition party who were former gunners. I remember when Sun Dapao was wanted by the Qing Dynasty, forcing the Japanese government to expel Sun Dapao from Japan. At that time, Japanese Prime Minister Nishizono

The temple also gave the cannon 5,000 yen, and Japanese businessman Suzuki Kugoro also funded it with 10,000 yen. In that era, 15,000 yen was definitely a huge sum of money. It was thought that this money also triggered internal strife in the Alliance. Tao

Cheng Zhang, Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Ji, Song Jiaoren and others launched the anti-Sun movement.

All in all, the current strength of the Kuomintang is not as strong as it used to be. Although he knew that talking on this matter would be useless, party leader Wang Jingwei still stood up and asked the president: "Declaring war on Japan will put our army into a passive situation of two battles. In the past, Germany's two

Fight on the front line. Therefore, after the defeat in the European War, we must be cautious about military and national affairs. The Art of War says: Military is a major national affairs, and... we must pay attention to it."

This guy also knew that President Fang Da's prestige was unstoppable, so he just stood up to make his presence felt. Fang Jianxiong glanced at it lightly and said with a smile: "Is Congressman Zhaoming trying to teach me how to fight?" As soon as he said this,

The entire Capitol building burst into laughter. Even some Kuomintang congressmen couldn't help but laugh. There was no other way. Talking about the art of war in front of Fang Jianxiong was really humiliating! Some Kuomintang congressmen who felt ashamed quickly bowed their heads. It was so embarrassing.

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Wang Jingwei was eliminated in one sentence. Speaker Lin Sen banged the hammer hard and said: "Let's vote!"

The proposal to declare war on Japan was passed without any suspense. Fang Jianxiong looked calm amidst the warm applause. There was no need for any inflammatory language. The congressmen present knew that their president was a staunch nationalist.

and nationalists. Declaring war on Japan must be for the benefit of the country.

"Dear Speaker, Members, as the President of the Republic of China, I now declare that the Chinese government has officially formed an alliance with Britain and the United States, and declared war on Germany, Japan, and Italy!" The news was broadcast via radio to the meeting in the Office of the President of the United States on the other side of the ocean.

In the room, Roosevelt waited quietly. After Fang Jianxiong finished speaking, his expression finally relaxed.

As soon as Congress passed it, Wang Chonghui came to the Japanese Embassy and formally submitted the declaration of war.

The declaration of war was submitted at nine o'clock. At 9:05, ten wings of B-17 bombers and two wings of B-29 bombers, under the cover of five wings of Mustang fighters, flew over the four islands of Japan.

.In other words, these planes set off early in the morning and appeared in Japan as soon as possible without giving Japan time to react.

Such a large-scale air attack must not be hidden from anyone. Hundreds of Zeros took off to intercept, and the Mustang fighters did their part to attack. The B-17 and B-29 set up a box formation, using their own machine guns to fight against the thin-skinned enemy.

Zero type.

At 9:15, Feng Hua, who ignored the constant explosions of anti-aircraft guns outside the window, was in a B-29. He was shaking with excitement and yelled with a microphone: "Brothers, I have been looking forward to this day for a long time. Now it is here.

The target is moving in the sky, drop the bomb!"

Two hundred B-29 bombers are all currently equipped by the Air Force! With an order, the first napalm bomb fell. The moment it hit the ground, a ball of flames rose. The napalm bomb was targeted at Japanese wooden buildings.

, in just a few minutes, a large area of ​​Tokyo city turned into a desperate sea of ​​​​fire. Among them, 10 2-29s dropped their bombs late, and it took ten minutes to find the Yasukuni Shrine, which was the target that President Fang Da requested to bomb.

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On this day, the Air Force dropped 500 tons of napalm bombs on the ground, and the consequences were desperate for Japan.

Also on this day, the naval port in Tokyo Bay was bombed by 200 B-17s. Mitsubishi, Mitsui and other Japanese military-related companies were also bombed.

The Chinese Air Force launched an unprecedented large-scale bombing campaign. A total of 1,200 strategic bombers dropped 500 tons of napalm and 6,000 tons of conventional bombs. The Yasukuni Shrine was burned to ashes, and the Nakajima Aircraft Factory was blown up.

One-third of the factory. A few hours later, Radio Tokyo broadcast a report. The announcer first condemned the "massacre" of the people by the Americans, and then described the catastrophe: "That night of brilliant fire"

It will remain far in the memories of those who witnessed it. When the first batch of incendiary bombs landed, the smoke rose up and was reflected in pink by the fire below. The Super Fortress passed through the thick smoke and flew at ultra-low altitude in the center of the gradually spreading fire.

The sky passed one by one. Almost directly above the city center, a B-29 bomber exploded, like a tracer bullet passing in front of our eyes. Fire mixed with smoke soared into the sky, and the fiery red sky reflected the Capitol Building in the darkness.

towers. The whole city was as bright as the rising sun, and the sky was filled with thick smoke, black ashes and flames blown by strong winds. That night, we felt that the whole of Tokyo would be reduced to ashes."

The bombing destroyed sixteen square miles of central Tokyo, and nearly 25 percent of the buildings—267,171 buildings—were reduced to rubble. According to witnesses

The reporter said that before the fire spread, the blazing high temperature had caused the entire fire prevention line to burn. The flammable materials in the concrete building were burned completely without leaving any trace. There were heavy casualties. Later, Japanese statistics showed that this time

The bombing killed approximately 50,000 people.

Four hundred B-17s bombed Osaka intensively. Fires caused by napalm destroyed 134,744 residential and industrial buildings, and more than 1,300 buildings were partially damaged.

The total number of casualties was 13,135, and another half million - a quarter of Osaka's population - were left homeless.

Four hundred B-17s bombed the Yokosuka Navy Yard, causing serious damage to several docks and causing numerous casualties.

Later historians called China's strategic bombing of Japan an unprecedented bombing and the heaviest blow to Japan's economic and industrial capabilities. Strategic bombing made its debut from the very beginning of the war, and Japan's war potential was severely damaged.

The Air Force paid a heavy price for this day's bombing. 88 B-17s were shot down and 2 -29s were shot down. These losses were mainly caused by anti-aircraft guns on the ground. On the other hand, the Japanese fighter jets almost

It did not play a big role, but was defeated by the escorting Mustang fighters. For this, the Chinese Air Force also paid the price of thirty-three Mustang fighters.

Almost at the same time that strategic bombing began, near Manila in the Philippines, a Japanese fleet was torpedoed by six submarines, and eight Japanese freighters were sunk. The Navy guys didn't even plan to take prisoners, and just used

Forget about the torpedo sinking. In the waters near Palawan Island, 10 Japanese transport ships were sunk by submarines. At this time, 200 B-17 bombers took off from Natuna, escorted by 120 Mustang fighter jets

Under this, they carried out carpet bombing on the Palembang oil field in Java. Japan worked hard to repair one-third of the oil field, but it was once again reduced to ruins.

The Chinese Air Force's bombing was called a "diabolical" inhumane act by the Japanese! It was a despicable and shameless surprise attack! Japanese radio issued the emperor's order to declare war on China! On the same day, Germany and Italy declared war on China!
Chapter completed!