Anami Yoshiki and Tojo Hideki jumped up almost at the same time. As soon as they finished speaking, the guards swarmed in and protected Emperor Hirohito from hiding in the underground bunker. Tojo Hideki accompanied Emperor Hirohito and hid in the underground of the palace.
Bunker, but Ananwei is the Chief of General Staff of the Army and Navy, but must return to the General Staff Headquarters immediately.
When Anami Weiji rushed out of the Changyu Palace surrounded by his attendants, he saw a group of Chinese aircraft already appearing in the southwest sky, including smaller twin-engine fighter jets and huge four-engine bombers. In short, it was very dark.
The sky is full of Chinese Air Force aircraft.
"Quick! Go back to the military headquarters!" Anan Weiji almost rushed into the car.
Amidst the shrill sound of air defense sirens, about dozens of Zero fighter jets roared in from the northwest airspace.
Seeing this scene, Anan Wei couldn't help but look miserable. The current situation in Japan is actually not much different from that of the Kwantung Army a few months ago. Strategic resources such as oil, iron ore, coal, glue, and wood have been almost exhausted.
, arsenals in Hiroshima, Osaka and other places are close to shutting down.
Due to the lack of steel, the Japanese army had a serious shortage of firearms.
Although Anan Weiji urgently formed hundreds of infantry divisions in the two major armies in the country, these divisions are basically only equipped with old-fashioned rifles, few bullets, and only a dozen light and heavy machine guns.
Basically none. This is a far cry from the seventeen standing divisions of the past, and it is even more different from the finished Kwantung Army.
What's even more fatal is that due to fuel shortage, most of the air force's fighter planes can only park at the airport, watching helplessly as the Chinese Air Force's bomber groups carry out indiscriminate bombings on the Japanese mainland.
Almost at the same time that the Zero fighter group appeared, hundreds of Mustang fighters separated from the huge Chinese fleet and immediately started a fierce fight with the Japanese fleet. The remaining more than a hundred bombers and more than 500
The Mustang fighter plane, which was equipped with napalm and rocket bombs, drove straight in and flew directly over Tokyo.
Suddenly, the belly hatches of more than a hundred bombers were opened. Immediately, napalm bombs fell like dumplings one after another. The screams caused by the friction between the bombs' tail fins and the air resounded throughout the sky.
Tokyo citizens running around on the ground were suddenly plunged into unprecedented chaos.
"Boom!" A napalm bomb landed heavily on the street, and immediately burst into countless fire rains that filled the sky. People, objects or buildings at the center of the explosion were instantly plunged into a sea of flames.
In the middle, even the concrete floor on the street was blazing with flames...
Hundreds of Tokyo citizens were swallowed up by the sea of fire in an instant, including the elderly, children, and more women. They lay down in the raging flames, struggling, crying, wailing, and calling for help.
In a matter of seconds, a woman was burned to ashes, along with the infant baby she was holding in her arms.
A hundred meters away, an old man unfortunately got a little spark on his sleeve. He quickly stretched out his hand to swat it. Unfortunately, it was just a very weak flame at first, but after just a few swats, it quickly spread to the whole body.
In less than a moment, the old man was completely swallowed up by the fire. He fell into convulsions and died within a few seconds.
Farther away, the door lintel of a private house was also covered in flames. The owner of the house quickly brought a bucket of water and splashed it on the door lintel. However, what was disappointing was that not only did the bucket of water not splash,
Putting out this flame, which did not look fierce, actually fueled the fire even more. In the blink of an eye, the red flames rushed up to the eaves. When the owner of the house reacted and wanted to rush in to rescue the guy, everything was over.
It's too late.
Around the corner, a truck roared over with the roar of its engine.
Suddenly, a napalm bomb fell from the sky and almost hit the roof of the truck. There was another pop, and raging flames instantly spattered in all directions.
When nearby Tokyo citizens fled for safety, they saw one by one "Burning Man" jumping madly from the burning truck compartment, and then running around blindly and frantically, wailing miserably for help as they ran.
Judging from the batons they held in their hands, they should be police officers maintaining law and order.
When Anan Weiji risked his life and returned to the General Staff Headquarters, he found that the entire building had been enveloped in fire.
Although the building where the General Staff is located is a reinforced concrete structure, it cannot withstand the napalm bombs dropped by the Chinese Air Force. This thing can not only burn the soil into porcelain powder, but also melt the steel bars into molten iron! How many times did Anan pass through the armored vehicle?
When I looked around through the car window, I found that the entire city of Tokyo had been completely shrouded in fire and thick smoke.
In the sky, Colonel Wang Wei drove his Mustang. He first picked an area with densely populated residential areas and dropped the two napalm bombs mounted on it. Then he quickly pulled up, made a large circle in the air, and flew back over Tokyo.
, when he flew over Tokyo again and looked down from the air, he saw that the entire Tokyo had been engulfed in a sea of fire!
At that time, most of the residential buildings in Japan were made of wood, and those in Tokyo were especially dense!
Colonel Wang Wei originally wanted to do a dive and fire a few more rockets, but when he saw what was happening before him, he immediately gave up the idea. In fact, he couldn't continue the bombing at all because the entire sky above Tokyo was shrouded in thick smoke.
, Colonel Wang Wei immediately summoned the entire aviation fleet to roar towards the coastal defense fortresses on both sides of Tokyo Bay. Since the city of Tokyo no longer needs these rockets, let them leave them to the coastal defense fortresses in Tokyo Bay.
On April 11, 1933, the Chinese Air Force carried out a large-scale bombing of Tokyo.
Due to the dense density of residential buildings in Tokyo, most of which were made of wood, and the use of napalm bombs by the Chinese Air Force, a fire of unprecedented scale was eventually triggered. The fire lasted for seven days before it was extinguished. In fact, it was not extinguished at all.
Because by the time the fire was extinguished, most of Tokyo had been reduced to a rubble field, and there was almost nothing left to burn.
The fire also caused huge civilian casualties. The then Chief Cabinet Secretary of Tokyo, Takeo Inukai, announced preliminary casualty statistics on the day after the bombing, claiming that at least more than half a million innocent civilians died in the bombing, including several
Thousands of children and millions of civilians became homeless because their houses were burned down.
In postwar Japanese history books, this unprecedented fire and the heavy losses it caused were called the Tokyo Massacre, while in Chinese history books, it was called the Tokyo Incident.
The Japanese government immediately filed a complaint with the League of Nations, demanding severe punishment for the Chinese people's anti-humanity acts.
The media of Germany, Russia, Italy and other axis countries immediately began a massive condemnation campaign.
Some newspapers and media in the United States, Britain and other countries also bluntly pointed out that the Chinese's large-scale use of napalm bombs in the military operation to bomb Tokyo was an irrational and dangerous act, and called on the Chinese government to restrain its own troops and
Bombs are more often dropped on military targets than used to kill civilians on a large scale.
On April 19, the day after the Tokyo fire was extinguished, General Yue Weihan, commander-in-chief of the Four Fields, accepted an exclusive interview at the Qingdao headquarters with Miss Avril, Reuters' chief correspondent in Asia.
Miss Avril's words were as sharp as ever: "Your Excellency, General, I heard that the previous Shino Air Force bombing campaign caused the death of at least half a million civilians in Tokyo, including tens of thousands of children, and caused millions of people to become homeless.
Kegui, what do you think about this? Do you think the Chinese Air Force’s bombing behavior is appropriate?”
Yue Weihan looked at Avril directly and said calmly: "War has its own laws of war. There is always only victory or defeat in war. There is never any right or wrong. Seven years ago, the Japanese invaders attacked me.
When tens of millions of our Chinese descendants shed blood and sacrificed their lives on the land of China, may I ask Miss Avril, where is the justice that you preside over and advocate?"
Avril blushed slightly. When Japan invaded China, Britain pursued a policy of connivance.
Yue Weihan paused, and then continued: "There has never been love without reason in this world, and there has never been hatred without reason. In the past seven years, the Japanese invaders have inflicted suffering on the descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties. Today, it is natural that the Japanese invaders will
*Civilians will repay! I believe that as early as after the September 18th Incident, when the Japanese army just set foot on our Northeastern Provinces, the Japanese people were already sufficiently mentally prepared!"
"Do you mean, General, that the Chinese Air Force will carry out similar bombing operations in the future?" Avril tilted her head slightly and asked seriously, "Can I understand it this way?"
"Of course." Yue Weihan said without a doubt, "Until the local Japanese defenses and the Japanese's will to resist are completely destroyed, similar bombing operations will continue. If the Japanese insist on resisting to the end, I will not
I don’t mind blowing the whole country into rubble, and I don’t care how many civilians in Japan died in the bombing!”
Yue Weihan spoke in a calm tone and his expression was gentle, but the words he spoke made Avril shudder.
Unlike other British people, Avril also knows a lot about Chinese history. She knows that for most of its long history, China has been at the pinnacle of the world and has led the entire world civilization.
It was not until the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the country more than 300 years ago that the country began to become ignorant and backward. It was not until the British Empire used strong ships and powerful guns to knock it off the top of the world a hundred years ago. However, now...
The Chinese Empire, reborn from the ashes, seems to be rising again.
At least the five-star general in front of him already has the domineering power of a great general. When did this Eastern Empire, which once trembled whenever it heard the sound of the cannons of the British Empire fleet, now no longer care about the criticism of the Western media?
The almost naked and bloody revenge against the Japanese people also demonstrates the iron-blooded warning of the once extremely powerful Han Empire two thousand years ago - those who offend our strong Han will be punished no matter how far away they are!