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    PS: PS: In the morning, a high-speed motorcycle hit the car driven by my wife in the community. It took a day to deal with it, which delayed my writing. Everyone understands that this is it for today.

    Chapter 122 Declaration of War

    "China and Japan should not be at war with each other. However, 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 reach out to them.  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 have experience of 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 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, which forced the Japanese government to expel Sun Dapao from Japan. At that time, Japanese Prime Minister Saionji gave Sun Dapao 5,000 yen, and Japanese businessman Suzuki Kugoro also funded him with 10,000 yen.  In that era, 15,000 yen was definitely a huge sum of money. It was believed that this amount of money also triggered internal strife in the Tongmenghui. Tao Chengzhang, Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Ji, Song Jiaoren and others launched a movement to defeat Sun Yat-sen.

    All in all, the Kuomintang is now not as powerful as it used to be. Although he knew that talking on this matter would be useless, the party leader Wang Jingwei still stood up and asked the president: "Declare war on Japan. Our army will fall 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, major military and national affairs must be handled with great caution. The Art of War says: Military is a major national affair, and must not be ignored."

    This guy also knows that President Fang Da¡¯s prestige is unstoppable, so he just stands up to make his presence felt.  Fang Jianxiong glanced at it lightly and said with a smile: "Congressman Zhaoming, are you trying to teach me how to fight?" As soon as he said this, the entire Capitol building burst into laughter, even some KMT congressmen.  I couldn't help but laugh.  There is nothing you can do. Talking about the art of war in front of Fang Jianxiong is really humiliating yourself!  Some Kuomintang congressmen who felt ashamed quickly bowed their heads. It was so embarrassing.

    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 nationalist.  The declaration of war against Japan must be for the benefit of the country.

    "Dear Speaker, fellow congressmen, I now declare as the President of the Republic of China 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 through radio broadcasts to the other side of the ocean, to a meeting in the Office of the President of the United States.  Indoors, Roosevelt waited quietly.  After Fang Jianxiong finished speaking, his expression finally relaxed.

    Congress just passed it.  Wang Chonghui came to the Japanese legation and formally submitted a 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, but they did not intend to give Japan time to react.

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

    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 a command, the first napalm bomb fell.  The moment he landed, a ball of flames burst into flames.  Napalm bombs were used to target wooden buildings in Japan. In just a few minutes, large areas of Tokyo turned into a desperate sea of ??flames.  Among them, 10 2-29s dropped their bombs late, and it took ten minutes to find the Yasukuni Shrine. This was the target that President Fang Da requested to bomb.

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

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

    The Chinese Air Force launched an unprecedented large-scale bombing campaign. A total of 1,200 strategic bombers dropped 500 tons of napalm bombs and 6,000 tons of conventional bombs.  The Yasukuni Shrine was burned to the ground, and a third of the Nakajima Aircraft Factory was bombed.  A few hours later, Radio Tokyo broadcast a report,The reporter first condemned the "massacre" of the people by the Americans, and then described the catastrophe: "That flaming night will remain far in the memory of those who witnessed it. When the first batch of incendiary bombs fell to the ground,  , the smoke rose up and was reflected pink by the firelight below. The Super Fortress passed through the thick smoke and flew at ultra-low altitude one by one over the center of the gradually spreading fire. Almost directly above the city center, a B-29 bomber crashed  The explosion was like a tracer bullet flashing across our eyes. The fire shot up into the sky with smoke, and the fiery red sky reflected the towers of the Parliament Building in the darkness. The whole city was as bright as the rising sun, and the sky was filled with thick smoke, black ashes and strong winds.  The flames started. 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¡ª267,171 buildings¡ªwere reduced to rubble.  According to eyewitnesses, before the fire spread, the scorching heat had caused the entire fire line to burn.  The flammable materials in concrete buildings are burned away without leaving a trace.  The casualties were heavy, and later Japanese statistics showed that this 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 Naval Yard, causing severe damage to several docks and 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.

    On this day of bombing, the Air Force paid a heavy price. 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 hardly played a big role in the blocking process. Instead, they were defeated by the escorting Mustang fighters. For this, the Chinese Air Force also paid the price of 33 Mustang fighters.

    Almost at the same time that the 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 directly used them to  Don't worry about the torpedo sinking.  In the waters near Palawan Island, 10 Japanese transport ships were sunk by submarines.  At the same time, 200 B-17 bombers taking off from Natuna, escorted by 120 Mustang fighter jets, carried out carpet bombing of the Palembang Oilfield in Java.  Japan worked hard to repair one-third of the oil fields, which were once again reduced to ruins.

    The Chinese Air Force¡¯s massive bombing was called a ¡°diabolical¡± inhumane act by the Japanese!  It was a despicable and shameless surprise attack!  Japanese radio issued an order from the emperor to declare war on China!  On the same day, Germany and Italy declared war on China!

    The big bombing kicked off the Sino-Japanese War!  What's interesting is that there has been no sign of a ground war breaking out. What the Japanese army and navy have to do is not to fight back immediately, but to quarrel first.  There was a quarrel within the Army over whether to take the initiative to attack or defend.
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