The Speaker of the Privy Council waved his arm angrily, "Even if it can succeed, how much can it be made under the current conditions?" Taking a step back, assuming that everything goes well and we drop the atomic bomb on the Shina mainland, have you ever thought about how the people of China would react? How many atomic bombs will they drop on the book? Do you want to make it disappear from the face of the earth completely? ”

"Whether the people of China have an atomic bomb or not is still unknown! I can't hear some rumors and claim to be scared! The Minister of War seemed to be a little forceful, but the participants could hear that the Secretary of War was obviously lacking in confidence.

"The Chinese army has already used it on us once! Isn't the explosion on Ogasawara Island a warning to us from the people of Shina? ”

"That's it! All right! The two Qing don't have to fight, now is not the time to quarrel! The Emperor sat down and spoke, and the President of the Privy Council and the Secretary of War stopped arguing and sat down, and did not look at each other as surprisingly as cockfights.

"I want to hear the Prime Minister's opinion." The Emperor turned his gaze to Prime Minister Ishihara and asked.

"Your Excellency Speaker's opinion is very correct, and the urgent task at the moment is to end the war as soon as possible and make peace with Michichi under favorable conditions." Ishihara replied.

Listening to Ishihara's words, the people in the military were all taken aback.

"At present, the domestic situation is very urgent, if a decisive battle is held on the mainland, His Majesty should move the capital to Siberia, and although the Siberian Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army have the intention of returning to the mainland, the army has been greatly reduced to the previous strength due to repeated transfers, and the main force of the Soviet Army in China has the tendency to move eastward, once the China Army attacks in a big way, it will be difficult to hold on." Ishihara said succinctly, "And if the capital is moved, it must be through the sea, the current sea control has been lost, Admiral Yamamoto was trapped in the British Navy first, and it is difficult to defeat the main force of the Chinese Navy when he returns to the mainland. ”

"At present, the Soviet Union has moved its capital to Leningrad and wants to fight to the death with China, and if the main force of the China Army is transferred eastward at this time, our Kwantung Army and the Siberian Army will attack together with the Soviet and German armies, or there will be a turnaround." The Minister of War still didn't give up, but when he talked to Ishihara, he didn't have the confidence he had just now.

"The collapse of the Soviet army is imminent, the attitude of the Germans is obscure, and there is news that Germany is privately negotiating peace with China in order to end the war as soon as possible." "The Soviet Union and Germany can no longer be counted on," the foreign minister said. ”

"The conditions put forward by Kochina are too harsh and demand that Ben surrender unconditionally is unacceptable." said the Chief of Staff Headquarters.

"In this case, it is better to survive in the death, and still prepare for a decisive battle on the mainland, the subjects have the determination of '100 million jade pieces', if I can make the Chinese army pay a huge price when it lands, I can easily find an opportunity, and then propose peace, at least I can get a conditional peace." The Minister of War also said, "If the occupying forces are not allowed to land in Yuben, and if the imperial forces abroad withdraw their troops in a situation of voluntary retreat without unconditional surrender, the investigation of those responsible for the war shall be handled by Yuben himself." ”

The emperor's heart was relieved to hear that the head of the military had changed his mind, and he stopped talking, but listened intently to the discussion of the terms of the peace talks.

The meeting lasted more than two hours, and although an agreement had been reached on the issue of "cessation of war through peace talks," the "unconditional faction" and the "conditional faction" were still arguing endlessly on the specific conditions.

At this moment, an attendant hurriedly walked in and handed the two reports to Prime Minister Ishihara Waner, who looked at it and his face suddenly turned pale.

"What's the news? Can the Prime Minister let me know? An ominous premonition rose in the emperor's heart, and he immediately asked.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Ishihara Waner, Ishihara Waner hesitated for a moment, and read expressionlessly, "At about 7 o'clock this morning, the main force of the Imperial Navy's combined fleet was bombarded by the Mi Army's critique planes in the sea near Midway Island, and the capital ships such as 'Azuchi', 'Taoshan', 'Shinano', and 'Mino' were all destroyed, and more than 70,000 officers and men below Admiral Yamamoto were all killed......

The sad news came like a bolt from the blue, and everyone was stunned.

"How is this possible?" The Admiralty Chancellor muttered.

"Is it an atomic bomb?" The Emperor was the first to react and asked in a hoarse voice.

"Yes......" Ishihara suddenly seemed to be much older.

"What about the other news?" Unlike Prime Minister Komoto, the Emperor felt relieved.

"The German fleet was subjected to atomic bombing by the British, and the battleships 'Großdeutschland' and 'Zeppelin' were destroyed. Germany retaliated on the same day with atomic bombing, destroying four British battleships and three aircraft carriers......" Ishihara said.

"I don't think it's possible to continue the war." The Emperor stood up and said in an irrefutable tone, "Let's finish! ”

China, Port of Dalian, base of naval aviation.

Yang Zhaozhong walked into an interrogation room, and at first glance, he saw Jiang Yunna, who haunted him.

At this time, even if the two of them have all kinds of tenderness and secrets, they can only suppress it in their hearts.

"General Yang is here, you can continue." When an officer saw Yang Zhaozhong come in, he nodded and said to one of the pilots sitting in a chair.

This pilot is the former "Sakura" unit pilot Akinori Asano, who was fortunate enough to survive the battle. In order to avoid the fate of becoming a "meat bullet" again, he resolutely drove a "Galaxy" land attack plane with "cherry blossoms" and flew to China to surrender.

According to his confession, he and his teammates had been trained in the tactical modification of the "Sakura" suicide plane in the 721st Air Force of the Saimoto Navy (i.e., the "Shenlei Special Assault Team") and had participated in the battle.

"Volunteers who carry out combat missions the" Sakura ", recruited from naval aviation. In August 1944, posters were plastered on the streets of Tokyo that read "Recruitment of Volunteers for Special Attack Missions." There was a long queue of applicants, and 600 people were finally selected. On October 1, 1944, before the initial 'kamikaze' special attack team was formed, the 721st Air Force, or 'Shenden' Force, was formed at the Hyakuri Air Base in the center of Honshu, and the commander was Okamura Kiharu Nakasa. Subsequently, the training base of the 'Shendian' unit was moved from Baili to the Hongchi training base closer to Tokyo. ”

"The 'Shenden' unit is composed of four 'Sakura' teams. Each team consisted of: 10 Sakura planes and 40 kamikaze attack planes, each loaded with 250 kg of explosives, for a total of 50 planes. In May 1945, the prototype of the 'kamikaze' special attack aircraft was changed from the 'Zero' to the A6M7 type, and was changed to be equipped with 500 kilograms of explosives, called the 'Sword' bomber. The newly formed 708th and 711th squadrons consist of 18 Type 1 land attack aircraft carrying Sakura aircraft. In addition, the 306th and 308th squadrons served as escorts, each equipped with 36 'Zero' fighters. ”

"At the Konoike training base, Sakura team members receive an education of 'loyalty to the emperor and generosity to death'. Vice Admiral Toyoda and others accompanied Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonechi to inspect the Shinden" troops, cheered them up, and presented them with short swords engraved with their names, the 'Gokoku Sword'. At the beginning of January 1945, the 'Shendian' troops collectively visited the Yasukuni Shrine, and His Majesty the Emperor sent an adjutant to receive them to cheer up the 'Sakura' team members. The members of the 'Sakura' team were so excited that they were waiting for the coming point of no return......"

"On 21 March, a reconnaissance plane detected a fleet of your army 320 nautical miles southwest of Kyushu. This is a godsend. The 5th Air Fleet of the Navy gave the order to attack the "Shendian" forces "......"

“…… Due to the tight war and the shortage of equipment, each pilot who modified Sakura only had one experience flight of about 2 minutes in total. Asano said, "It can be said that the Sakura aircraft is the world's 'most economical' modified flight." According to this rule, as long as you fly Sakura K-1 once, it seems that your half life has entered the Hades Palace. Since then, his name has been listed in the special attack operation plan, and he is waiting for the day when he finishes drinking rice wine and is ordered to attack and die. ”

"I am a pilot student in the 13th phase of the preparatory training (equivalent to the junior aviation school). Before graduating, he was trained as a Type 93 intermediate trainer aircraft, the kind of aircraft called the 'Red Dragonfly'. Thereafter, he was sent to serve in the 721 Air Force. In order to improve our flight skills and familiarize ourselves with tactics, we went directly to the 'Zero' Type 21 fighter for flight training. This is the oldest modification of the Zero, but for those of us who have never been exposed to high-speed aircraft, it is like a step up to the sky. Therefore, everything depends on one's own enlightenment and luck. According to the training syllabus, after one month of modified flight, each pilot will be transferred to the compulsory dive training for suicide attacks. ”

"The instructor told us to enter the dive from an altitude of 1,500 to 2,000 meters, and the throttle was not allowed to be retracted to simulate high-speed flight. I made a right turn and aimed directly at the runway extension, so I didn't have to build any take-off and landing routes. The plane slammed into the ground like a big bomb, and only when the belly of the plane was only 1 to 3 meters above the ground did it pull the rod to climb and turn into a go-around. Because the action is so thrilling, sometimes the sleds will scratch a mark on the pavement. ”

"I only flew the Zero fighter in January 1945, and I was usually allowed to fly for an hour a day. This probably goes all the way to April or May, so most of us fly an average of 120 to 150 hours on a Zero. One day in May, it was finally my turn to sit in the cockpit of Sakura, and it was the only time I flew it into the air. ”

"The Sakura K-1 is a single-seat glide trainer with a low lift-to-drag ratio, and I watched as people busily hung it on the belly of the bald-tailed Galaxy' land-attack bomber. By this time, Sakura's belly was almost touching the ground. If you sit in the cockpit of the Sakura K-1 and look at it flat, there is a fairly primitive ring-type simple sight erected outside the front windshield, and further on there is the only hook to hang the Sakura. In order to prevent the 'sub-aircraft' (referring to the Sakura plane) from swaying sideways during flight, Suo used a U-shaped hoop to firmly tighten the fuselage on the belly of the mother plane, just like when the 'Galaxy' land attack bomber went out to sea with a torpedo. When the mother machine drops me and the child machine, the explosive bolt can ensure that the hoop is untied in time. ”

"In the morning, the weather was gloomy, and the two 1,500 horsepower 'Mars' engines of the mother engine roared. I hurried into the bomber's cabin and silently waited for the final command. The mother plane quickly rose into the air with the child plane, and the whirring wind was heard under the feet. A small door 1 meter square was dug in the hatch of the bomb bay, and 1.5 meters directly below it was aimed at the cockpit entrance of Sakura. ”

"Ahead of me was the drop zone, so I opened the small door, put my foot on the doorknob, bent my waist, and used a small iron rod to open the canopy of the Sakura, and then carefully climbed into the narrow cockpit of the Sakura K-1. At this moment, the wind whistled and poured into my neck. ”

"In order to prevent the sub-aircraft from subconsciously swinging on the longitudinal surface during the flight, resulting in an unstable attitude and then colliding with the parent aircraft, the steering stick and pedals are fixed with four strings before takeoff. Therefore, the top priority before a free fall is to quickly untie these shackles that restrict normal flight, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. In addition, an additional rope hangs vertically from the center of the front windshield and the lower end is tightly wrapped around the grip of the steering bar. It will ensure that the steering stick will continue to remain upright for a short period of time after the sub-engine is dropped, which is another 'soil measure' to prevent the nose from tilting up and ensure safe separation. ”

"I closed the canopy, fastened my seat belt, and I could get out of the parent plane. So I stretched out my left hand and pressed the button of the Morse code transmitter on the left side of the dashboard, and first emitted a "せ" letter, so that the crew on the bomber knew that I was ready. When the plane was close to the throwing coordinates, I sent out four short and one long Morse signals of 'tick, tick, tick' one by one according to the regulations, and at this time, the red signal light would flash at the same time of different lengths as a confirmation. When the last 'tick' was fired, the bombardier of the mother plane released the hook and dropped the 'Sakura' K-1 carrying me. ”

"During the first 300 meters of descent, Sakura K-1 fell almost horizontally to the ground. I quickly untied the last rope that was wrapped around the steering stick and pushed the lever forward to turn the plane into a dive. The next thing is just to find your way home early. Of course, if the Sakura 11 is on an offensive mission, then it is a search for a target on the sea. ”

"The 2,000-meter runway at the Hongchi base is specially used for bombers and fighters, and the 'Sakura' K-1 can only use another grass landing runway parallel to it, which we call the 'second airfield'."

"The mother plane turned to the right shortly after takeoff, bringing me to an altitude of 3,000 meters. A short time to the west, you will see a cement altar with a diameter of 5 meters on the ground, from which -1 begins to glide freely and lands on the grass, which takes about 2 minutes. Other words. Each of us only has this 2-minute opportunity for actual combat training before sacrificing our lives for the country! ”

"It's not easy to play Sakura well, and when you get close to the ground, you have to sweat all over your body. At this point, you have to use your free right hand to shake the damn crank that you use to lower the flaps as hard as you can, and try to slow it down. The aspect ratio of the 'Sakura' plane is too small, and the gliding ability is extremely poor, and if the flaps are stuck, there is a good chance that it will rush out of the airport. While pedaling the rudder, the left hand has to keep pressing the lever to maintain the slope of the wing and maintain the correct course. Some teammates were in a hurry when landing, and some of them smashed the plane. ”

"I didn't even pay attention to the speedometer, I just lowered the plane by feeling. In the future, if you fly the 'Sakura' 11 again, you don't need to worry so much, as long as you find the target and rush down, you will be a hundred. ”

"In fact, since mid-April, our base has been subjected to air strikes by carrier-based aircraft of your navy, and on one occasion the ground was filled with gasoline drums and bombs, and a chain of detonations caused a mess at the airport. The 30 Zero aircraft were repaired and only some of them could be reused. And the 'Sakura' K-1 was lucky, they hid in a large hangar and did not suffer much damage. ”

"While I was waiting for the official attack, I saw the Sakura 11 ground test car one day. Three solid propellants with a diameter of 10 centimeters were stuffed into the engine, and pine poles were used to drive the ground in front of the wings to prevent the plane from rushing forward after driving. The four-type No. 1 20 rocket engine works one by one, and although it is only a few seconds before and after, I still feel its shocking power. ”

"In addition to our 'Sakura' unit, which was established on October 1, 1944, there is also a special attack team called 'Tatsumaki', which was formerly known as the Navy's 722 Air Force. The Tatsumaki Special Strike Team was originally planned to be equipped with the Sakura-22 aircraft, but because it was not built for a long time, it had to use the same type of aircraft and training methods as us. ”

"At the end of July 1945, I was transferred to the 725th Air Force of the Navy, and the take-off base was located on the top of a hill, where a 60-metre long take-off runway had been laid. We can fly the Type 43B from here and jump into the air and fly to the Kii Suido. Of course, we did not see such an aircraft until the defeat. Someone made a fake Sakura and successfully catapulted it into the air with gunpowder. In order to maintain flight technology. We used the open space of the Shiga Sky Junior Aviation School at Yamashita and a dozen or so 'Zero' planes and a dozen or so 'Red Dragonflies' for the final training ......."

"It is said that Ben has also developed another kind of man-to-man bomb, that is, the 'Plum Blossom' special attack aircraft. Since it was developed by the Kawanishi Aviation Opportunity Company, it is also known as the 'Kawanishi Plum Blossom' plane. It is based on the German 'V-1' missile, and is a low-wing monoplane with a crew of 1. It uses a jet as the power plant, arranged on the fuselage, can produce a maximum thrust of 3528 N, a wingspan of 6.6 meters, a length of 7 meters, a maximum speed of 740 km / h, and a head loaded with 250 kg of explosives. It should be said that since the 'Plum Blossom' plane is superior to the 'Sakura' plane in terms of its surname and maximum speed, the surname of the 'Sakura' plane that was shot down during the flight is probably smaller than that of the 'Sakura' plane. However, only 10 'Meihua' machines were made and could not be used in actual combat. ”

(To be continued)