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- China has an absolute advantage in military strength, but it has lost more than 5,000 troops. This is simply unimaginable. According to battle reports, the fleet's artillery poured 4,200 tons of artillery shells on Okinawa; the army fired 7,800 tons; and planes dropped countless bombs. Under such conditions, how could there be so many Japanese remaining on Okinawa? How could the Chinese army lose so much? Although the reports of war correspondents were so vivid and exciting, they still could not make the Chinese public truly understand the Japanese spirit of resistance. Chinese journalist Tang Sen wrote on June 4: "Why cover up the truth about the military defeat in Okinawa? The Battle of Okinawa is a model of military incompetence. Why do our leaders have no time to expose this mistake?" Shen Honglie I personally wrote a reply to this reporter: "I and my staff flew to Okinawa and discussed with General Bayao Lei and other generals for two days. The combat command did its best. Because Japan The troops were already on alert, and even attacking from new landing points was futile. Military supplies were insufficient, problems were numerous and difficult to resolve, etc." Photos and films taken during the final stages of the Battle of Okinawa have been widely distributed. The Chinese public can see from the movie that Okinawa was originally a peaceful place to live and work in. It was full of trees, flowers, grass, and rural houses. People cultivated and sown, and there was a sense of vitality. However, it suddenly turned into a desolate ruins, and everything was desolate. After seeing this, the Chinese public suddenly realized.
Around April 20, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, once said: "The survival of the empire depends on the victory or defeat of this battle." This question is now answered. It can be said that as soon as the Battle of Okinawa ended, the war was coming to an end. After looking at the photos of Okinawa, the family members of Chinese soldiers may wonder how many Chinese soldiers may have to sacrifice in attacking the Japanese mainland. However, this is the only issue worth discussing now. For sailors and pilots, the war against Japan was nothing more than a large-scale colonial expedition. The powerful Chinese task force gathered together and cruised in Japanese waters without any hindrance. Oil tankers, which used to stay away from war zones, now sail directly to the waters of Tokyo to refuel aircraft carriers and battleships. The British and American fleets also conducted training and exercises swaggering along the coast of Japan, and also tested some new tactics, such as using cruisers and destroyers to bombard coastal areas at night under the cover of night fighter jets. But in this way, the aircraft is idle and useless, so this tactic is not practical or even meaningful. The few remaining air force squadrons of the Japanese army are reserved for defending important Japanese towns. They take off as soon as the Chinese army stops bombing, but these aircraft are quickly used up. That day, China issued a communiqu¨¦ announcing that it had dropped a full 100,000 tons of bombs on the Japanese mainland. Most large towns in Japan have been destroyed by fire, and some have turned into scorched earth. The death toll has exceeded one million. General Jiang Dawei, Minister of the Chinese Air Force, said: "If Japan continues to resist, then what will attack it will not be the 4,000 bombers of different sizes that attacked the Soviet Union, but 6,000 super air fortresses-'Hongyan' strategic bombers." Including. Including task force aircraft, the Chinese Navy and Army already have more than 10,000 aircraft. Japan's domestic and colonial military defense lines have collapsed, and the encirclement is still tightening. On May 17, Shen Honglie announced on the radio: "China's heavy artillery bombarded targets in cities in Honshu and Hokkaido, marking the beginning of a new era in the Pacific region." Officers and soldiers of each aircraft carrier stood on the deck and watched. The gray coast is filled with smoke and dim firelight. The sky is gray, the sea is also gray, and the climate is often very harsh. The war has developed to the point where all that is left is cruising in bad weather, with planes flying back and forth regularly to perform missions, in a continuous cycle like a flow operation. According to radio broadcasts, Japan's entry into Japan has been like living in a nightmare. This is entirely possible. All we could see now was a coast shrouded in smoke and fire. Even those who landed on the Japanese mainland had no idea how the Japanese lived during this period, because "the new mechanized warfare adopted by China is to eliminate all traces of life wherever it goes." On May 16, China issued a famous ultimatum to Japan, and Britain, France and the United States also signed the ultimatum. The ultimatum said: "Our invincible air, land and navy are always ready to deal the final blow to Japan. Our powerful military power coupled with our unshakable determination will mean the complete destruction of Japan's homeland." The country will be completely destroyed, and all Japanese people have become a household name. If their leaders refuse to negotiate, the entire Japanese nation will be in catastrophe.
Japan, Tokyo, Imperial City Library, underground air raid shelter.
In the conference room of the underground air-raid shelter, a royal meeting was being held.
Before convening the imperial meeting, Emperor Hirohito summoned Minister Kidouchi and said to him: "I want to speak in person today, what do you think?"
According to the usual practice, Emperor Yao did not speak at the imperial meeting. Only those who attended the meeting (today include the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Tibetan Minister, the Land Minister, the Marine Minister, the Director-General of the Planning Academy, and the General Staff Headquarters)The Commander-in-Chief, the Chief of Military Command, and the Speaker of the Privy Council) questioned and answered each other. However, Emperor Yao was worried that under the leadership of the two ministers of land and sea and the two chief ministers, hasty decisions related to the survival of the country would be easily made.
"It has been arranged for the Speaker of the Privy Council to raise questions about your Majesty's concerns." Kido replied in a hoarse and heavy voice, "Your Majesty has pointed out that this meeting will determine the fate of the country, and I believe everyone will be cautious."
Kido¡¯s mental state is just like Japan now, reaching the edge of collapse.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army swept across the Pacific in a short period of time. It can be said that their military fortunes were prosperous and they reached the pinnacle of victory. But just when the Japanese people were intoxicated with their victory, cold water poured on their faces. Tokyo unexpectedly suffered the first major air raid by the Chinese Air Force. Chinese bomber groups bombed Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe and other places, causing huge losses.
"Compared with the material losses, the psychological blow to the Japanese people was more severe. After a series of naval battles, Japan lost a large number of ships, including aircraft carriers and battleships. Sea control soon changed hands, and Japan began to fail. With the help of the powerful Chinese navy, the attacked "British and American ghost beasts" miraculously stabilized their position and gradually launched a counterattack. Afterwards, although the Japanese army landed in the United States, they ultimately failed under the attack of superior American forces. The Japanese soldiers withdrew after a bitter battle on the death line of starvation. Then the Japanese troops in Pearl Harbor and Hawaii Island were completely annihilated. The Japanese troops in Malaysia, Guam, and the Philippines also suffered successive defeats under the attack of the Chinese army. The Japanese seemed to have suddenly rolled down a steep slope and were beaten back. Now they are at the end of the road and have to adopt extremely miserable tactics, forming "Kamikaze", "Sakura", "Sakura" Suicide troops such as "Zhenyang" and "Huiyao" used human bombs to ram enemy ships.
The once arrogant super battleships "Yamato" and "Musashi" also tragically sank under the fierce attack of Chinese aircraft. The Japanese combined fleet has inevitably reached destruction.
Germany is exhausted, the Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse, and Japan has no allies. Although there is no hope of victory, the military is still calling on the Japanese people to carry out "Bamboo Spear Operations", which means that every Japanese people are required to pick up sharpened bamboo poles and aim at the enemy landing on Japan's mainland!
In fact, without the need for landing operations, just the large-scale strategic bombing of the Japanese mainland by Chinese Air Force bombers is enough to cause the overall destruction of the Japanese people. From its beginning in 1943 to the present, the "Tokyo Flight" has caused the deaths of millions of people.
Just when the bombing was at its worst, Nariko, the eldest daughter of Emperor Hirohito and the concubine of King Shenghou of the Higashikawa Palace, gave birth in an emergency in the air-raid shelter. After the alarm was lifted, the baby was born in the warehouse. Fortunately, the mother and baby were safe and named Nobuhiko. Wang is the first grandson of Emperor Yao. After the air raid, Emperor Hirohito went to inspect the ruins. At this time, vigorous efforts were made to deal with the situation, and the residents who had nowhere to live lived in temporary sheds made of burned iron sheets. The ruins of concrete and burnt wood displayed in front of Hirohito filled Yaohuang's heart with misery.
In April, the northern area of ??Tokyo's Takaoka was bombed again, followed by a major air raid in May. On the 24th, China dispatched more than 1,000 aircraft to carry out indiscriminate bombing of Tokyo. Faced with such a large number of Chinese aircraft, only a few Japanese aircraft took off to attack, but they were all quickly shot down by Chinese fighter jets. Seeing the enemy planes flying rampant over the capital, but he was helpless, the Emperor Yao was in ruins.
On the 25th, a group of Chinese bombers dropped as many as 5,000 tons of incendiary bombs and high-explosive bombs on the burned-out Ginza, Ju Town¡¯s commercial district, Guanting Street and Gaogang area residential streets. Previously, the palace's dormitories for female officials, Hanzomon, Ganmon, and pavilions in Fukigami's courtyard had been burned. On this day, the Imperial City, which had been protected from bombing by the "Great God Yaozhao", was also bombed (the actual situation was that the Chinese Supreme Command initially ordered a ban on bombing the Imperial City, but the ban has now been lifted). More than 3,000 people including the Royal Police, the Special Fire Department of the Ministry of Public Security, the Guards Division and the Imperial Palace Defense Corps deployed in the palace participated in the firefighting. They desperately put out the raindrops of fire around them and cleared the burning wooden boards. The alarm was lifted once in the morning, and everyone felt relieved and went back to where they were to rest. But just five minutes later, the palace attendants noticed smoke coming from under the eaves of the main hall and quickly notified the guards to join. The beams of the main hall were on the inside of the corridor, which made it inconvenient to put out the fire. Seeing the raging flames spurting out from the hall, by the time the fire-fighting arrangements were made, it was no longer possible to put out the fire. Sparks were flying in the air, and many people had no choice but to get into the fire and snatch out the things in the temple.
This palace was built in 1884 and took five years to build. It covers an area of ??18,150 square meters and uses the best cypress wood. Colorful paintings are painted on the square ceiling panels and the chandeliers are Purchased from distant Europe, each partition window has paintings of flowers and birds painted by first-class painters. Calculated using the money at that time, it cost a huge sum of 4 million ri yuan.However, the fire demon mercilessly devoured this gorgeous building, spread along the corridors, and burned Fengmei Hall and many rooms with historical anecdotes.
The engineers saw that the fire was bound to spread to the harem (the living palace of the Yao Emperor), so they used explosives to blow up the corridor in the middle to control the fire, but it did not work at all. Several fire prevention pools have been filled with water. The harem finally collapsed in the fire.
In the sixty years since its completion, the palace has been regarded as a symbol of Japan's progress. Looking up from the Erzhong Bridge, the copper-roofed palace shines in the mysterious green color. Since the Meiji period, many people have felt grateful for the "emperor's favor" in their hearts.
Such a palace was reduced to ashes within two hours. Firefighters made great sacrifices to protect the palace. 83 people died in the line of duty, including 46 from the fire department, 14 from the army, and 23 from the palace police.
Emperor Yao had moved to the royal library half a year ago, so he was safe and sound. When the air raid warning was issued, Yao Huang was hiding in an underground air raid shelter 100 meters northeast of the library. The air-raid shelter is dug under a small hill. The surrounding walls are 2 meters thick and the structure is very solid. In addition to a 55-square-meter conference room, there are several rooms. Emperor Yao had held many "imperial meetings" in this conference room before and made many important decisions.
When the fire reached the palace, the attendant on duty in the library received a call. Attendant Jiu Song immediately reported to Emperor Yao: "It is said that all the ceilings were on fire" Before he finished speaking, Emperor Yao's facial muscles became stiff. , shouting in a low voice as if his heart was broken: "Is the main hall on fire? The main hall! That was built with great care by His Majesty Meiji! They are all precious things! We must try to put out the fire!" He was so anxious that he could not sit still. Waiting for the follow-up report, I felt even more sad when I learned that the palace could not be saved. At the same time, he was worried about the dormitories where dozens of people including female officers lived, saying: "If the female officers' dormitory is not on fire, I hope to save it with all my strength. If there is no female officers' dormitory, life will be difficult from tomorrow onwards."
The engineers worked hard to put out the fire in accordance with Emperor Yao's orders, and used explosives to blast the corridor connecting the palace. The female officers' dormitory was finally saved. This night, the wind is not strong, but the fire will bring up the wind, and the sparks will fly in all directions.
The Yao Emperor had a strong concept of worshiping gods, and he was always worried that fire would burn the "Xiansuo". A deep hole was built. In the hole was an iron box containing the "divine mirror" as a symbol of God. There was nothing to worry about originally, but Emperor Yao believed that if the "Xiansuo" was burned, it would be a sign of the collapse of Japan, and the impact on the people of Japan would be immeasurable.
Many firefighters held their breath and made preparations. Fortunately, the wind direction changed and the fire didn't come here.
On this day, the entire Meiji Shrine in Yoyogi was burned down. Emperor Yao devoted himself to worshiping his grandfather Meiji, so he suffered an unusual blow in his heart. The Kotaijingu Shrine in Ise was also hit by air raids, and most of the buildings were burned down.
"I think it would be better to move the sacred weapons of Ise (mirror) and Atsuta (sword) to me and take care of them. Of course, when to move them, you have to carefully consider them before making a decision, because this will bring trouble to the mind. It has a huge impact. At the critical moment, I have no choice but to take care of it myself and live and die with the artifact." Yaohuang said.
"What your Majesty said is true," Minister Kidouchi replied.
Not long after, all the participants arrived and respectfully waited for Emperor Yao to arrive. Emperor Yao ended his conversation with the internal ministers and came to the conference room.
After Emperor Yao sat down, the Minister of Internal Affairs announced the beginning of the meeting. According to the established procedures, the Speaker of the Privy Council stood up and spoke:
"the my country Air Force, determined to turn our country into ruins, is targeting cities and villages across the country, and is gradually implementing the policy of turning Japan into a scorched earth. It is difficult for our aircraft to carry out effective air strikes against China's heavy bomber groups. In response to the counterattack, the mobile fleet of the China Navy cruised along the coast of Japan, just like in the pond at home, constantly bombarding military and factory facilities. The people's houses and property were reduced to ashes, food was about to be cut off, and transportation was paralyzed. The people have no food or shelter, have lost their will to fight, and their war-weariness can no longer be concealed"
"This is nonsense! The people's will to fight is still very high! The Imperial Navy's heavy aircraft carriers and super battleships are still there! Admiral Yamamoto is leading the fleet back to defense. We can break the siege of the China Navy!" The Navy Minister stood up, his face flushed. Pig liver color, he roared loudly, interrupting the Speaker of the Privy Council.
"The Army still has 3,000 aircraft that can be used for combat. Our new 'Zhendian' and 'Jidian' aircraft have achieved considerable results! Our 'Chrysanthemum' jet has also been successfully developed. After a while, the bombing of the China Air Force can be suppressed!" The Minister of War stood up and said not to be outdone.
??"It's useless!" The Speaker of the Privy Council, who had always been gentle and elegant, got angry in a rare move and started tit-for-tat with the Marine and Land Ministers. "Look at the Soviet Union! How did the Chinese Air Force bomb the Soviet Union? The Soviet Navy was defeated by China without even firing a single shot. The air force has been completely destroyed! Do you know what they dropped on the Soviet ports? Atomic bombs! Even such weapons have been used, and the war can no longer be continued! Impossible! All we can do now is to try our best to win the war. Under the conditions, end the war as soon as possible!¡±
"I would like to remind the Speaker that we will soon have an atomic bomb. The 'Ren Project' has achieved great success!"
¡°Come on! Your Excellency, the ¡®Ren Plan¡¯ lacks too many things! And under such bombing, it is no longer possible to succeed!¡±
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