At this time, Hideki Tojo was still in the office and had a heated discussion with Kenji Sato about the war in Manchukuo...... Hideki Tojo and Kenri Sato had a disagreement over the mobilization of Okamura Ninji's invading Japanese forces. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hideki Tojo planned to strictly order Okamura Ninji to lead his troops back to Manchukuo to defend Manchukuo, but Sato Kenji thought that transferring the main force of Okamura Ninji's troops back to Manchukuo to fight would not be of much help, but might even put the Japanese army in a serious supply crisis.

Just when the two were deadlocked, the sound of air defense sirens suddenly came from the air.

"Air strike!" Hideki Tojo and Kenki Sato couldn't help but change their faces.

They realized immediately what was happening, it must have been a U.S. bomber from Iwo Jima or the Mariana Islands, if it was coming from China...... Then, when it flew over the Japanese-occupied area and Manchukuo, it would be detected by the Japanese radar, so Japan would prepare for air defense in advance.

In fact, if it were a bomber taking off from China, it would not have been able to bomb Tokyo so far at all.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister!" Several Japanese officers hurriedly ran in and said, "Enemy bombers...... Your Excellency, Prime Minister, follow me into the bomb shelter! ”

Hideki Tojo shook his head with a pale face, he had no desire to dodge at all, and even hoped that the enemy's bomb would be dropped on the headquarters and kill him...... Because Hideki Tojo knew that his political career was over, he had been deceiving the Japanese military and civilians by saying what kind of victory the Japanese Navy had won in the Pacific, so that Japan would remain under an illusory beauty that he had wove up, and many Japanese soldiers and civilians believed that as long as they held out for a while longer and with more force, they could force the American ghost beast to the negotiating table or even beat the American ghost beast to surrender.

But now......

The American ghost beast that was about to surrender actually dropped a bomb in Tokyo, Japan!

Hideki Tojo slowly walked to the window, opened the curtains, and what was shown in front of him was the incendiary bomb that rose into flames in bursts of roars, and the flames reflected on Hideki Tojo's wrinkled face emitted bursts of red light, but this red light still could not hide the gloomy dead air on Hideki Tojo's face.

The direct damage to Tokyo from this bombing was not significant...... Only 30 of the 88 B29s that took off from the Mariana Islands found their targets, and only 10 percent of the bombs dropped by these 30 hit their intended targets, causing only minor damage to a Japanese aircraft factory.

This is not only because it is difficult to hit the target when dropped from a high altitude, but also because of the special nature of Japan's industry...... Japanese industry, for example, produces parts and prefabricated parts mainly from small workshops scattered in residential areas, and then sends them to large factories for assembly. Bombardments like this would not destroy the small workshops scattered all over the place, and thus would not be able to effectively hit the Japanese military industry.

However, this bombing caused a great shock among the military and civilians in Japan...... The war has developed to the present, even the common people of Japan have a slight understanding of the war and the enemy's equipment, militarist countries, military education can be said to be ubiquitous, at this time Japan even conducted military training for students in schools, male and female students without exception, so that they can be put into the defense of the homeland in the future.

In addition, the B29 that took off from China before never bombed Tokyo, so the people were puzzled...... How did this B29 that bombed Tokyo come about?!

Was it from an American aircraft carrier?

It is impossible for a large bomber like this to take off from an aircraft carrier.

Flying from the United States?

It is difficult for the B29 to fly from China, let alone from the United States to Japan.

So even if you guess, you can guess...... There must be some islands near Tokyo, Japan, that have been occupied by the United States, and the United States has built a large airfield on them that can accommodate at least 88 B29s.

This caused an uproar in Japan's major cities, and the whole of Japan was suddenly shrouded in darkness...... Who would have thought that Japan was about to win but was suddenly told that the enemy had already reached their doorstep.

It can also be seen from this that all the great victories in the past were fake, and they were all designed to deceive the people into paying labor and money for this war with all their hearts......

But the Japanese people have such characteristics, after they knew this situation, they did not break out in a large area of demonstrations and opposition, but silently indulged, the only difference from the past is that the streets and alleys used to be full of excited discussions about where the Japanese army is fighting today, chatter, now all disappeared.

The fact that the people are like this does not mean that politicians will be so merciful, and the cabinet ministers who have long been tired of seeing Hideki Tojo grasp the power of military and political affairs have attacked Hideki Tojo one after another.

A few days later, Hideki Tojo held his last cabinet meeting, submitted his resignation to Minister Koichi Kido, and then officially announced his resignation as prime minister and chief of staff to the nation.

On the other side, just after the bombing, Halsey sent a telegram to Zhang Chi in frustration:

"We have done almost no damage to Japan!" "Things were worse than we thought, we thought we could bomb Tokyo with precision and destroy Japanese industry to force them to surrender," Halsey said...... But judging by the results of today's bombing, it will take us at least a couple of decades to do this! ”

Halsey would say that, of course, because he didn't know what the bombing would mean for Japan.

"General!" Zhang Chi replied: "You are very wrong to think so, the bombing effect is not ideal, it is not that there is anything wrong with the bombing itself, but that high-altitude bombing has no accuracy at all!" ”

"But...... What can we do? Low-altitude bombardment is indeed more accurate, but it will be intercepted by enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire! ”

"General!" Zhang Chi said: "You have to know...... The enemy's fighters basically have no ability to fight at night, so why don't we try low-altitude bombing at night? ”

"Low-altitude bombardment at night?" Halsey was stunned by Zhang Chi's suggestion.

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "In the dark night, incendiary bombs can be the best indicator light!" ”

Halsey thought about it and felt justified...... Americans always like to fight asymmetrical warfare, that is, to have the advantage that I can fight the enemy but the enemy can't fight me.

As a matter of fact, the Japanese always wanted to have this advantage when fighting on aircraft carriers, which was one of the reasons why they paid a heavy price for their fighters and pilots, and now they have only aircraft carriers but not enough fighters and pilots.

Now, if they bomb at night, the Japanese are still unable to effectively intercept them, as long as they hit the target with a few incendiary bombs to indicate the direction and position of other bombers......

(To be continued.) )