Chapter 142: Luck in Misfortune

Also under Yang Zhen's reminder all day long, Tao Jingfei, who is also quite sensitive to bacteria, moves quickly. As soon as Yang Zhen's order was reached, his side immediately began to act. Immediately mobilize personnel to evacuate all the people in the surrounding area. and mobilize a company of automobiles to immediately withdraw the troops participating in the battle on this line at full speed.

Although in order not to cause panic and ensure the stability of the morale of the army and the people, it is not possible to explain it for the time being. Not only did the troops not understand and were forcibly evacuated, but even the common people who were not allowed to carry all their belongings except for the clothes on their bodies did not understand even more. But Tao Jingfei still forcibly issued the order and completed the forced migration.

Fortunately, in order to keep the secrets of these two hospitals, the Japanese army had already forcibly relocated most of the residents around the two hospitals when they moved the 1855th unit of the northern branch into the city. The number of people who need Tao Jingfei to migrate is not very large, only a few hundred people, so his actions are quite fast.

After receiving Yang Zhen's order, the aviation moved quite quickly. As soon as Tao Jingfei's side withdrew from the troops and residents around the two hospitals, the bomber group on that side had already arrived. According to Yang Zhen's order, under the guidance of the ground, the mode of ultra-low-altitude bombing was adopted.

Forty 50-kilogram high-explosive bombs were first thrown at the designated target area. Lift the roofs of all houses and open the paths for arson in the target area. In accordance with the direction of the wind from east to west, 20 100-kilogram and more than 10 50-kilogram napalm were dropped in the target area.

The main purpose of this attack was not to destroy as many Japanese troops as possible, but to completely destroy all the buildings in the area. So in the case of serious losses of attack aircraft and inability to participate in the war. The Anti-Japanese Union dispatched B-25 medium bombers from the Pingjin battlefield to directly carry out low-altitude bombing. And the best pilots, as well as bombing sights, were dispatched to carry out the most demanding tasks of this time.

These bomber pilots began to bomb only after making several circles over the target area. The whole bombing process lasted quite a long time. Almost like an embroidery girl, carefully determine the location of the bomb before dropping it.

Fortunately, the pilots of these bombers are veterans, and the sights on these American-made bombers are also quite powerful. In addition, the weather is also quite powerful, the wind speed and wind force are not high, and the weather is sunny without a trace of clouds. With God's help, all the bombs and napalm landed accurately in the target area.

The more than 30 napalm bombs dropped from east to west set fire on all the buildings within a radius of several thousand square meters from Wing Street in the south, Chim Shek Street in the north, Azuma Street in the west, and Naniwa Street in the east. It is now a dry winter, which is further fueling the fires. The smoke from the raging fire can be seen clearly from more than ten kilometers away.

Looking at the fire in Tianjin City from inside the telescope, the corners of Yang Zhen's mouth kept twitching. He knew very well that after this battle, he was afraid that he would become the target of Qianfu. But Yang Zhen believes that if he does not completely burn down that part of the city and completely nip all the dangers in the bud, what awaits Tianjin may become a dead city.

In the absence of an effective cure, the mortality rate from both plague and cholera is far higher than with any modern weapon. In particular, the plague, which spreads at an alarming rate, has a mortality rate of 100 percent once it spreads on a large scale.

It was easy for the Japanese to open Pandora's box unscrupulously, but it was not easy to take this demon back. Rather than spread on a large scale and cause a large number of innocent people to die, it is better to act more decisively now and completely stifle all risks.

Therefore, Yang Zhen would rather risk being infamous in the near future, and even being pointed out by thousands of people. There was even a danger of destroying half of Tianjin, so the Japanese army set fire to the bacteriological warfare base set up in Tianjin, along with all the surrounding buildings that might be contaminated.

It is hoped that with the help of heat and flames, all viruses will be destroyed. After all, no matter what kind of virulent virus or what kind of virus the experimental animal carries, they are all vulnerable in the face of high temperatures and fires. Although this would destroy the evidence of the Japanese army's bacteriological warfare in China, for Yang Zhen, there was nothing to care about at this time.

When the interruption continues, there will be troubles, this is what he thinks he should do at the moment. If you want to hold the Japanese accountable after the war and retain the evidence of their incriminating bacteriological warfare, it is enough to have the confessions of the personnel of this Japanese bacteriological warfare unit and the captured Japanese military materials. These buildings, which are most likely to be contaminated with the virus, should be burned down.

But now, it is necessary to keep the mood of the common people in Tianjin and all the troops participating in the battle stable, so as not to cause large-scale panic. For the time being, these things cannot be explained to the common people or even the troops participating in the war. At least until it is determined that there is no explosive mass contagion, this matter can only be kept highly secret.

Although Yang Zhen also wants to announce these things now to reduce the pressure on politics and the people's hearts. But Yang Zhen also knows these things, once they are publicized now, what kind of consequences will they bring. Although most Chinese do not know what bacteriological weapons are.

But the Chinese still know what cholera is commonly known as firepull or dry disease, and the plague known as the Black Death. Once this matter spreads, countless underground radio stations will be added to the publicity. In the whole of Tianjin, I am afraid that there will be a large-scale panic mood. So whether you want it or not, this matter must be kept a secret for the time being.

However, considering the pressure that will be brought by the follow-up public opinion, Yang Zhen made a detailed report to the central government on the situation and his own decision. It is hoped that when the central authorities take over Tianjin, they must make corresponding psychological preparations and do a good job in dealing with the aftermath.

In this matter, Yang Zhen took on huge psychological pressure and was prepared for the worst-case scenario, but the good news was not without at all. In the face of the torture invented by the Japanese themselves, the commander of the Japanese army's bacteriological warfare unit, Eiji Nishimura, confessed everything Yang Zhen wanted to know. And repeatedly assured that there were only two bases in their Tianjin City.

Just as Shiro Ishii was born as a military doctor, this commander of Eiji Nishimura is also a military doctor. Compared with ordinary Japanese officers, they did not have such hard bones, nor did they have the determination to fight to the end for the holy war. A few lashes go down, and you confess whatever you have.

Through this guy's confession, Yang Zhen learned that the Japanese North China Front, which felt that Tianjin was no longer safe before Tianjin was surrounded by the Anti-Japanese Union, was preparing to move them to Jinan. However, he did not expect the interspersed troops of the Anti-Japanese Union to cut off the Tianjin-Pudong Railway first. At the same time, it seized the Dagu mouth at the first time and blocked the passage of the Haihe River to the sea.

The anti-United Nations aviation also made the North China Front not dare to use ships lightly to forcibly break through the firepower blockade line of the anti-United Nations at Dagu Pass and evacuate. Because the Japanese army knew very well that they did not dare to let go of the use of aviation to participate in the war in the urban area of Tianjin. But except for the urban area of Tianjin, there is no such taboo.

Compared with the Yangtze River, the Haihe River is still too narrow. Once the anti-union let go of the use of aviation, the waterway was tightly blocked. Coupled with the large number of heavy artillery deployed by the Anti-Japanese Federation around Tianjin, these ships may have been blown up and sunk before they broke out of Dagukou.

When the time comes, it will only be more troublesome for the aftermath of the Japanese army. So this army, after withdrawing to Tianjin, was trapped here. However, after being trapped in Tianjin City, he was also prepared for the worst. But the stalemate in the previous war made this army somewhat lucky.

After all, these things are not so easy to cultivate. At such a cost, the bacteria that have been cultivated, and the large amount of data that have been accumulated, as well as the best bacteriological warfare experts and pathologists in Japan at the moment, it is even more difficult to make up for the loss in a short period of time.

As a result, he didn't expect Liu Guanghua to insert this lever horizontally, completely disrupting the originally stable battle situation. Let the troops of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, in such a short period of time, break through the resistance of the Japanese front line and hit the location of their own troops. I didn't expect that these two heavily guarded hospitals would be lost in such a short period of time.

Although at the last moment, he had ordered all the incubators to be opened and the rats and parasites with typhoid, plague, and cholera on them were released. It's just that the anti-union action is too fast, and before these infectious sources have escaped from the basement, they have all occupied the bacterial culture base of Renai Hospital.

However, the anti-coalition fighting forces before setting fire to the virus that had been cultivated in the stockpile, as well as the experimental animals carrying the virus. Whether there were a few out of the way, he didn't know very well. As soon as he gave the order, he tried to evacuate the source of infection.

This military doctor, who graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, did not want to be loyal to the empire now, let alone contracted the plague or cholera and died a painful death. So after giving the order, he immediately changed into civilian clothes and prepared to sneak out while the chaos was in place. Find a place to hide first, and then look for an opportunity to go to Jinan.

It's just that the Anti-Japanese Federation arrested all the personnel in these two hospitals, regardless of whether they were civilians and soldiers, whether they were wearing military uniforms or not. Jean, who had just changed into civilian clothes, was arrested before he could escape. Unfortunately, the civilian staff under him are softer than him. Under the identification of certain people, it was screened out in a short time.

However, after the interrogation of this guy, the staff of the Ministry of Social Affairs was not reassured. The other captives were also subjected to intense interrogation. After comparison, the authenticity of this guy's confession was finally determined. After that, an overall report was formed and sent to Yang Zhen's hands.

After reading the interrogation report, Yang Zhen's heart breathed a sigh of relief. There are no other bacteriological warfare bases in Tianjin, which is undoubtedly a fortunate thing for his own troops and the hundreds of thousands of citizens in Tianjin. Their own troops seized the two hospitals before the Japanese army dumped all the germs into the Haihe River and completely released all the animals carrying the virus, which also reduced the risk as much as possible.

Yang Zhen knew that even if a large number of cholera and typhoid viruses were poured into the river, not only would they not disappear completely, but would also completely pollute the entire Haihe River and become a river full of virtuosic viruses. Upstream and downstream of the Haihe River, there are millions of Chinese who rely on the Haihe River water for drinking water.

Once these viruses are dumped into the Haihe River, the Hai River flows in the winter. The section of the river contaminated by these viruses may not be able to clean itself for a long time, which means that these viruses will remain dormant in the river for a long time before the flood season comes. At that time, the millions of Chinese on both sides of the strait who use the water of the Haihe River will hardly be spared. It is fortunate that we can now keep the risk to a minimum.