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Volume B North Chapter 14 Dedication

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    When Captain Paul Tibbetts entered the conference room, he found that it was already packed with people. The squadron commanders of each squadron, the captains of each crew, the navigator, and the bombardier were all crowded into this room of less than 600 square feet.  .  The smell of sweat, tobacco, and an indescribable strange smell in the hot summer were mixed in, making the air extremely turbid. He snorted several times before he had to adapt to the smell here.  "Everyone, please be quiet!" Lieutenant Colonel Robert Olds of the Second Bomb Group looked at the people who had arrived and began to speak.  The conference room fell silent as soon as he opened his mouth. Everyone knew that in order to retaliate against the Japanese, this would be the first actual bombing by the 6th Air Force.  If it is only a light load of 1.8 tons, the Flying Fortress Type A can have a bombing radius of 1,200 miles, which is enough to bomb Nagasaki, which is 1,160 miles away. Of course, for greater safety, the bomb will only  Loading one ton According to intelligence, there is a large shipyard of the Japanese Navy there. Maybe there are battleships or aircraft carriers under construction in the dock. Bombing there will be a perfect blow to the Japanese.  When dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at Lieutenant Colonel Olds, the Lieutenant Colonel hesitated to speak. When everyone felt that something was wrong, he said: "Gentlemen, I have to tell everyone a piece of news. Anyone who has bombed Japan has  Canceled" "Why?" Thinking that the operation that had been prepared for many days was cancelled, the captain immediately stood up and asked, but this behavior was immediately stopped by Major Barney Giles.  Giles was an old subordinate of the lieutenant colonel. He had participated in the European War and later graduated from the Air Force Tactical School in Alabama. He maintained the dignity of his commander at all times.  "Gentlemen, we gave up Japan because we wanted to attack a more valuable target!" After the crowd fell silent for an instant, Lieutenant Colonel Olds finally gave the reason for giving up bombing Nagasaki.  "That means we will bomb China!" "What?!" Like the reaction just now, the conference room was once again in chaos, but what was different from before was that the whistles and shouts of these pilots started to sound after a while.  Since last week's "accidental bombing" of China's South China Sea Fleet was criticized by Washington, everyone in the 6th Air Force hates China. Everyone completely believes that it is because of the cover of the Chinese that the Japanese Navy escaped the encirclement of the entire 6th Air Force.  Now that the higher-ups have finally decided to bomb China, the evil yellow axis, of course everyone should be cheering. They came across the ocean not just for the Japanese.  "Please be quiet!" Lieutenant Colonel Olds saw the high morale of his subordinates. He was so happy that he let them cheer for a while before speaking again.  "Gentlemen: China has always been the origin and center of the Yellow Axis. In order to deceive us, they deliberately withdrew from the Axis Alliance last year. However, after we declared war on Japan, she did not follow the neutrality law and continued to  Give help to the Japanese: Last week, they successfully covered the retreat of the Japanese navy, and every day and night after the declaration of war, countless military strategic materials were continuously shipped to Japan from China's ports and ports. In this regard, Washington had to give.  The Chinese government warned them to sever all relations with Japan and North Korea within 24 hours, and allowed the navy to inspect every outgoing merchant ship in their commercial ports. Finally, the military generals would board the China-North Korea border to supervise every passage.  6 to North Korea. If the Chinese government does not accept the entire warning within 24 hours, then we will declare war on China." Lieutenant Colonel Olds finished speaking about Washington's diplomatic strategy towards China before he stopped and looked around.  After the audience, he said again: "It is impossible for the Chinese to agree to this condition, so, gentlemen, the war against China will begin in sixteen hours." After the lieutenant colonel said that the war would begin in sixteen hours  , the conference room was filled with cheers.  After everyone cheered for a while, the lieutenant colonel began to formally assign tasks. Under the projector lamp with the lights turned off, the maps and aerial photos on the wall immediately became clear.  "The target assigned to our group is to bomb the Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard and Guangzhou Airport" It was Major Giles who introduced the target.  The aerial photos are very clear, and the Huangpu Shipyard is right on the Pearl River.  This couldn't be better, because this was the bombing of Guangzhou, and the navigator could easily find the Huangpu Shipyard through the huge landmark on the Pearl River.  However, the airport is a bit troublesome. It is not as easy to find as the shipyard.  "Gentlemen, according to intelligence, there are no anti-aircraft guns near the shipyard, but there are approximately fifty-four 85mm anti-aircraft guns and one hundred and forty-four 37mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns near the airport. Because the 85mm anti-aircraft gun has a smaller caliber, it only  It can reach an altitude of 23,000 feet, so it is safe for us to drop bombs at this altitude." After speaking, Major Giles smiled mysteriously at everyone, and then said: "And these 85mm anti-aircraft guns are basically arranged to the south of the airport.  And to the east, if we can enter the bombing from the north and turn to the west after the bombing, then the bombing height can be reduced to the height of the 37mm anti-aircraft gun, which is 14,000 feet. Of course, whether this is feasible depends on the accuracy of the intelligence.  It is not recommended that you take risks, so the bomb drop height is?It is recommended to place it at twenty-three thousand feet.  ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUTOUT  If we don't enter from here, but go far around Macau and enter the mainland from the west of the estuary, then the only thing that can detect us is the radar deployed in Guangzhou.  Because they are early models, the warning time of these radars is very limited. Intelligence shows that its warning time will not exceed fifteen minutes" Major Giles' introduction was quickly completed, but everyone was aware of the bombing of Guangzhou.  The information was much more than the information about the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, especially the layout of the enemy's anti-aircraft guns, which obviously gave the pilots endless confidence. After Lieutenant Colonel Olds asked everyone to have a good sleep, the meeting was very tense.  It was almost over, but the meeting was still going on at the Army Headquarters at No. 1 Victoria Street in Manila. Lieutenant General MacArthur was the one talking non-stop. Like all Air Force 6 pilots, he hated Washington for the "accidental bombing" last week.  He apologized to the Chinese for the incident, which in his view was unforgivable. Fortunately, Washington changed its mind a week later. Of course, the most important reason for the change of mind was that the Chinese Navy felt that it was not safe to put their 100-class battleships in Shanghai.  , so we plan to launch the ship in advance, and the subsequent outfitting will be carried out in the safer Tianjin Shipyard or Dalian Shipyard. ¡°Gentlemen, we are going to beat those sons of bitches hard!  "MacArthur spoke with a bit of arrogance, but this has long been familiar to the generals of the Army. Only the naval generals present, especially the Pacific Fleet Commander Husband Kimmei who had just succeeded Admiral Bloch,  Admiral Er is not used to this. "The harder we fight, the faster they surrender.  I think everyone will never forget that I once promised Mr. President that the children can go home at Christmas" "General, I have to interrupt you.  "Hearing MacArthur say that the war would be over by Christmas, Admiral Kimmel, who had a rigid and conservative personality, finally couldn't help but speak. "As far as I know, even if the navies of China and Japan are completely wiped out, the Chinese will persevere.  They don¡¯t lack resources like Japan does¡­.  I think the soldiers would be upset if they knew they wouldn't be home for Christmas.  " "No, you are wrong, Mr. Admiral.  "MacArthur glanced at Kimmel's epaulettes and didn't take it seriously. "The Chinese are a bunch of cowards.  As long as the navy destroys their fleet, they will surrender like they did more than thirty years ago. Of course, they will resist, but only in a few places, and the troops in these places have to guard against the Russians" Speaking of Russia  People, MacArthur changed the topic. He always believed that he had foiled Moscow's long-planned conspiracy in the 'Veteran Retirement March' incident in 1932. The evil rulers there hated him because of this, but what does it matter?  What? In order to protect the sacred liberal democratic system of the United States, even if the Bolsheviks planned such a conspiracy a hundred times, he, MacArthur, would destroy them all and make those people pay a bloody price under the arrogance of the arrogant MacArthur.  It's endless, but in the capital, the Wenhua Palace, which received the ultimatum from Leighton Stuart, an old friend of the Chinese people and the U.S. ambassador to China, a few hours ago, is a little deserted. As an outsider, Ding Wenjiang, the Minister of the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been crazy for several times.  He did not know that most people in the cabinet had already known that this would be the result. In his view, this was simply a deliberate aggression by the Americans. It was all a scam from the beginning, but it was not until the US military was ready.  , they tore off the masks on their faces, revealing their ferocious fangs. Ding Wenjiang was so excited that he was dying. Weng Wenhao was looking at the roof with his head tilted.  The Americans were a little regretful and a little excited about their actions: The regret was that it was his notification that made the Americans decide to issue an ultimatum to China. Obviously, they would not agree to the launch of the Tianjin Guardian battleship;  The torturous days are finally coming to an end. No matter what he chooses tomorrow, what he can and should do will soon be over. He is very curious about how the history books will write about him, but no matter how it is written, he thinks that he is.  When working for the welfare of 60 million people, he has no regrets. Freedom and democracy are priceless. If Mr. Jie can be sacrificed, why should he cherish his reputation and life?  , Jiang Tingfu, Xu Xinliu, Ma Junwu, Guo Bingwen, Jiang Menglin, Zhang Dongsun, Luo Longji, Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziwen After a long silence among the group, Wu Jing, who was next to Weng Wenhao, coughed twice and said: "Gentlemen, let's discuss it."  After deliberation, there are only a few strategies. The most important thing now is the decision of the House of Representatives tomorrow. If they refuse to accept Washington's ultimatum, the result will be a declaration of war; once the Americans declare war, we will not have much room for maneuver.  "" "I don't quite agree with Bei Hai's point of view.Former view: The United States¡¯ declaration of war does not mean that we will also declare war.  " Jiang Tingfu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs who just took over Gu Weijun's post, said. "Most of the representatives of the Jisu Yuan are old-fashioned and tend to be moderate.  We can tell them: If we also declare war and sever diplomatic relations with the United States, then the chance of peace talks will be completely gone, and this war will have to be a life-or-death war.  Besides, not declaring war does not mean not resisting!  We are only doing this for self-defense. The more this happens, the more the world will sympathize with us and see clearly the aggressive nature of the United States.  I think these words are enough to convince those in the Senate even if the ultimatum is not passed.  " "How will domestic public opinion respond if there is no declaration of war? What should we do if there are other student demonstrations?  Jiang Menglin, the Minister of Education, suddenly asked. He is in charge of the Ministry of Education and fully understands the impulsive characteristics of students. There may be many students who yearn for freedom and democracy, but there are more students who are devoted to defending their homeland and the country. If the cabinet does not declare war, then in the past year  All the student work was in vain. ¡°It¡¯s not that we didn¡¯t resist, we just didn¡¯t declare war.  "Jiang Tingfu reiterated his point of view. "Students don't understand international law. They are just worried that the government will not resist.  As long as we are indeed resisting American aggression, how can they have a problem?  " "I think the ribbon is a good idea.  Kong Xiangxi laughed, "This way you can fight when you want to fight, and make peace when you want to make peace."  Isn't it better to say that peace is more difficult than war?  This is the strategy.  "Brother Yongzhi is wrong. What Shizhi said on the call just now is that only by being able to defend can you be harmonious."  Guo Bingwen, who had read the telegram, said, "He also wrote a draft for Ta Kung Pao, hoping to suppress the public opinion that advocated war.  " "Okay, let's not talk anymore.  Weng Wenhao, who had been distracted all the time, said suddenly. "Tomorrow there will be an inquiry at the Judicial Court, just Shou Zhang and I."  The delegates may or may not accept the ultimatum, declare war or not.  Results will be available before three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.  Let's break up the meeting!  "After receiving Leighton Stuart's twenty-four-hour ultimatum, Weng Wenhao immediately summoned the cabinet members in Beijing to discuss countermeasures. After much discussion, in the end, we still had to look at the Judicial Court, so everyone discussed it for a while and had no intention of continuing the discussion. At this time, we met  When Weng Wenhao said the meeting was dismissed, there was a sound of seats getting up. In less than three minutes, even Ding Wenjiang, who was dying just now, quickly left. "Prime Minister, this is the current situation" After everyone left, Wu Jing remembered something.  It¡¯s an extremely important matter. ¡°I think the Imperial Guard should be more careful.  " " Beihai is too worried.  Weng Wenhao and Wu Jing had completely different ideas. He said, "Yang Jingcheng wanted to make a coup. He did it a year ago. Why wait until today?"  I don't think he will do anything this time.  " "It's hard to say.  Wu Jing did not agree with Weng Wenhao's thoughts at all, and only said: "Yang Jingcheng always said that he abides by the law, but when he accidentally listened to his remarks, he felt that this man was like a knife, shining coldly and extremely sharp."  " "Haha" Hearing what Wu Jing said, Weng Wenhao also laughed. He said, "I didn't expect you to look at Yang Jingcheng's things in Beihai. Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?  " "I just just heard something by chance.  "Wu Jing was choked by Weng Wenhao and didn't care. He continued: "Yong Ni, don't take it lightly!  " "So what if we don't take it lightly?  "Weng Wenhao walked in the Wenhua Palace with his hands on his back. "Do the Imperial Guards listen to us?  Don't listen!  Do the tax police listen to us?  Don't listen either?  Not to mention other armies, even the Capital Police Department is not entirely under Li Xian's jurisdiction.  Everyone knows that if negotiations with the United States fail, our cabinet will definitely collapse. Who will be on our side?  Now the only thing we can rely on are the rules set by Yang Jingcheng and those people earlier.  If he chooses a coup, it means that all the things he did before were deceptive. He, Yang Jingcheng, has been manipulating the political situation since he left office. I think he would not bother to do such a thing that risks the disdain of the world.  Yes.  " "Virtue?  "Wu Jing read this word. Of course he knew that the virtue Weng Wenhao talked about was completely different from the morality of benevolence and righteousness mentioned by ordinary scholars. The virtue Weng Wenhao talked about was the virtue Yang Jingcheng said. What is the virtue Yang Jingcheng said? It is not gentleness, compassion, or compassion.  It is not that everyone is equal and respects each other, but it is the bravery of the warrior, the faith of the ignorant, and the keeping of the promise of the gentleman. Since Yang Jingcheng wants to establish a sect and lay the foundation for his civilizational reincarnation theory for all generations, then he will not violate him.  He had made a promise before, so he basically agreed with Weng Wenhao's judgment, but Wu Jing was still worried: "Even if Yang Jingcheng doesn't do the coup, he will worry about the people below him.  What if someone can¡¯t help but jump out?  " "Beihai, since Yang Jingcheng can be virtuous, why can't we be virtuous?  "Weng Wenhao said silently. "Since we believe in freedom and democracy from the bottom of our hearts, we should dedicate our lives to it.  "(To be continued.) 8
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