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Chapter 973 It¡¯s not peaceful on Christmas Eve

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    At this moment, there are crowds of people here, and the arrival of Christmas Eve has made the citizens of this small country that is proud of the foreign festival intoxicated.  Although the weather is still very cold, it still cannot stop people from being obsessed with this so-called festival that they originally had nothing to do with.

    As soon as dinner was over, small groups of people gathered in several traditionally prosperous places.

    We are approaching the Kanmon Strait.  From my pre-war homework, I learned that it is the western gateway to the Seto Inland Sea. The strait has rapid currents and huge fluctuations. It is famous for its dangerous navigation. The narrowest place is only about 700 meters wide.  If it were normal times, we would be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery carefully. Unfortunately, these uninvited guests are not tourists, but scenery-breakers.

    The fleet split into two and flew along the strait toward the densely populated area.

    On an inconspicuous island in the middle of the strait, wisps of fire appeared. Compared with the surrounding sparkling sea, its appearance was particularly conspicuous.  People were singing and dancing happily around a huge Santa Claus. There were bright lights all around, and many people could be seen having a leisurely barbecue.

    Yes, barbecue.  If Chinese pilots have studied this island, they should know that it was originally a famous place for tourists to have barbecue parties, called Ganliu Island.

    The origin of its name can be traced back to the duel here in 1612 between two famous Japanese swordsmen, Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro.  Sasaki was unfortunately defeated, but people chose to name the island after him.

    The reason does not allow Chinese pilots to think about it. What they want to do now is to use bombs to defeat this island again.  Following an instruction, two aircraft headed by Feng Wuyue and assisted by another aircraft flapped their wings and swooped towards the small island.

    In fact, the people on the island were extremely surprised by the fleet of aircraft in the sky.  These days, when airplanes are not yet common, people are still very rare about this new thing. Some people point to the airplane and say: "The pride of the empire."

    In their minds, the empire is unparalleled, and there has never been a war against foreigners on the mainland - except for Perry, the US naval officer who single-handedly created the "Black Ship Incident" - he is not  An enemy of Japan, but a benefactor.

    The Japanese believe that the reason why the Japanese nation later became strong has a lot to do with Perry's visit. Therefore, Perry was the benefactor who promoted Japan's opening up and reform and strengthened the country's military.  Yukichi Fukuzawa, a famous modern Japanese thinker, even wrote: "The coming of Americans across the sea seems to have ignited a fire in the hearts of our people. Once this fire is burned, it will never be extinguished."

    People cheered for this. Needless to say, these must be the heroic imperial warriors setting out for North Korea.  However, when the two planes swooped down, some people still had subconscious doubts: "Why is the plane not heading north, but"

    There is no need to think again, because Feng Wuyue has calmly pressed the bomb switch and dropped the first bomb.

    The huge explosion woke people up. No matter whose plane this was, the bomb it dropped was real, because people had already been thrown into the air by the air waves.

    There were screams and frightened cries at the scene, and the flaming firewood was blown in all directions, igniting Santa Claus's colorful costumes, blowing up the Christmas tree, and throwing people's joy into the East China Sea.

    More planes bombed several well-known places in Shimonoseki City. The bombs falling from the sky and the loud roaring planes made people even more panicked at night.  People who didn't understand the reason didn't know where to hide in their eagerness. More people crowded into the shrine, clasped their hands and prayed to the gods, begging for the "divine wind" to return.

    But the shrine is no longer safe. No, the Akama Shrine built in 1191 was also harassed by a bomb.

    Akama Jingu Shrine is a shrine to commemorate Emperor Ante who died during the "Battle of Danoura". Every year on the anniversary of Emperor Ante's death, the "Predecessor Festival" is held, and you can see the unique moves performed by famous prostitutes ¡ª¡ª  -Various performances including "Gaihachimonji Dochu" and a reenactment of Genpei's battle.

    The reason why it is called harassment is because today is not a normal day.  Otherwise, in this small space, the damage suffered by the crowd will be magnified.  Fortunately it was at night, because the Akama Shrine, which is the stage of the famous Japanese story "Mu Er Yoshiichi", is closed at night.

    According to ancient Japanese legend, Hoichi was a homeless homeless man who was blind and performed music while carrying a lute.  Later, he was haunted by the ghosts of the Taira family because of his sad performance. The old monk wrote sutras all over his body, but forgot to write on his ears.  When the ghost came back, only his ears were seen, so Hoichi's ears were torn off.

    This play full of ghost stories has always been loved by Japanese people, but today, ghosts on the stage came around them.  Even in their opinion, ghosts falling from the sky are far scarier than Fang Yi.

    Fortunately, ChinaThe planes were not reluctant to fight. After dropping one or two bombs each on average, the fleet quickly moved eastward, like a fleet of smoke, they met each other in Xiaguan, and then disappeared peacefully into the night.  In order to take into account the range, a limited number of bombs were placed on each aircraft.  The quantity is limited and we cannot take care of them all. After all, there are several other cities.  And time is limited, so I don¡¯t have time to stay here.

    The Chinese plane has left, but the public attention will not be calm.  Although it did not have many residents at this time, more than a hundred bombs were fired in various parts of the city, killing and injuring hundreds of people.  Blood splattered everywhere and the injured groaned, which was the Chinese Air Force's response to the Japanese carrier-based aircraft's bombing of the Shanghai train.

    If it weren¡¯t for Zhang Hanqing¡¯s emergence, China¡¯s revenge against Japan would have been delayed by ten years.  In official history, on May 19, 1938, Chinese commander Xu Huansheng led his aircraft to bomb Japan. They flew over the horizon to Kurume, Saga, Sasebo, Fukuoka and other major cities on Kyushu Island, and stayed in the air for more than two hours.

    Although the direct results were not brilliant and only leaflets were dropped, the boost to the morale of the bullied soldiers and civilians during the War of Resistance could not be replaced by ten times the bombs on the battlefield.

    Now, using live ammunition is even better, so they can¡¯t even lie.

    The same scene is repeated in Hiroshima and other cities.  After Shimonoseki was bombed, the nearest city, Hiroshima, didn't even receive any news, so there was no so-called early warning at all.  After being hit by hundreds of bombs, the situation in Hiroshima was even worse than Shimonoseki, because there were many wooden houses, and some places caught fire after being bombed, which burned a large area.

    After the two bombings, the whole of Japan was on alert, and the national defense system, no matter how slow it was, began to operate.  There were loud whistles in a series of cities from south to north. Unfortunately, for ordinary people who had not received military training, these whistles only added to the panic.

    The common people do not know how to respond to the bombing and do not know where to escape; the entire city does not have corresponding air defense facilities, and the garrison¡¯s air defense capabilities are extremely limited, and they have no experience in fighting at night; the city¡¯s emergency response system is poor, and the administrative head  We don't know what to do This is the forerunner of the world's new air operations and the pain before the establishment of a national air defense system.

    If it weren¡¯t for the range, the bombers would have wanted to raid Tokyo.

    News of the Chinese Air Force¡¯s raid on Japan reached the Ministry of War. The first thing Army Minister Shirakawa Yoshinori did was to go to the palace in person and ask the emperor to leave the palace and take refuge.  In the small palace with bright lights and commotion, countless military officers and dignitaries flocked here.  Unknown danger is approaching, and people subconsciously want to protect the safety of the emperor, or can they find a way out here?

    Amid the noise, Prime Minister Tanaka Yoshikazu angrily questioned: ¡°Where are our air defense troops?!¡± (Remember this website¡¯s website address: www.hlnovel.com
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