Chapter 126: Good Things Come in Pairs
The diffuse shockwave swept everything from the heart of the explosion to all sides, destroying all obstacles, whether it was houses, trees, or life.
The people who had just raised their heads because of the light were permanently blind at the first time, and their eyes turned into liquid and flowed out of the hollow eye sockets, and it was a kind of happiness to die directly at this time.
Then the second round of harvesting began, and in an era when wooden houses were predominantly used in Japan, the unstoppable fires exacerbated the power of the nuclear explosion, and Hiroshima became a hell.
The people around the blast, those exposed to the direct rays of the fireball, vanished into thin air, leaving only the so-called atomic shadows. Compared to the people further afield, they were lucky, at least they died without pain.
People who do not die directly only suffer more, and their bodies are severely burned.
And the houses of the residents were on fire, and even the tiles, granite, and glass were melted. Many of the exposed pedestrians were reduced to ashes, and the iron bento boxes they carried with them were twisted to pieces.
As the shock wave spread, the city of Hiroshima had been razed to the ground, and the collapsed houses and deadly fires had caused secondary damage to the wounded, all of which Colonel Tibes could not have known, for him it was only an important mission, only this time the bombs dropped were more powerful.
However, for the Japanese inhabitants of Hiroshima, as the first nuclear bomb to be used in actual combat, the power of destruction will be remembered by the survivors for a lifetime, if they succeed in surviving.
The NHK's control operator in Tokyo noticed a sudden stop broadcasting at Hiroshima Station, and he tried to re-establish the signal with another telephone line, but without success. About twenty minutes later, the Tokyo Railway Telegraph Center discovered that the telegraph had ceased work in the northern part of Hiroshima.
Unofficial and chaotic reports came from a number of small railway stations within the city that showed a terrible explosion in Hiroshima. These reports were all sent to the General Staff Headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army.
The military base made several attempts to contact the army control post in Hiroshima, but received no response. The officers of the General Staff Headquarters were puzzled, because according to their understanding, there were no large-scale air raids in Japan at that time, and Hiroshima did not store such a large amount of ammunition.
The Imperial Headquarters immediately flew to Hiroshima to investigate, and about three hours after the flight, he and his pilot saw a huge cloud created by the explosion.
The bodies of military and civilians in Hiroshima are being burned. When the plane arrived over the city, their minds were full of questions. They saw that the city was still burning, and a thick cloud of smoke covered the entire area. They landed in the southern part of the city, and as soon as the officer reported to Tokyo, he began to organize a rescue operation.
"Everything that was alive was burned to death, and the whole city was in a heat wave that was indescribable." This is how the telegram sent to the Army General Staff Headquarters described the scene in Hiroshima.
In the face of the fire and radiation, the surviving Japanese fled to the river to take refuge, but it was an ordinary flame, but a new weapon that ordinary people could not understand, and the water could not stop this flame, and the death continued, and finally the river was full of corpses.
President Truman, who had been waiting for news, learned that the mission was successful and that the Japanese intelligence intercepted by the Allied surveillance department was confirmed, and immediately held a press conference at the White House and said happily, "Just now, the United States used a new type of weapon that has never been seen before and put it into the war, first of all, we must thank God for his protection." This $2 billion weapon will make the evil forces never dare to start a war. ”
President Truman was excited, the power of the actual nuclear bomb has been confirmed from the tragic situation in Hiroshima, and it is no longer a theoretical data that only exists at the test site, and the United States now has the nuclear bomb as a hole card, which can be said to be the same in the whole world, and there is no need to accommodate other countries, and the Soviet Union and even Britain cannot stop the United States from leading the world.
"If Japan does not accept our terms, they may expect devastating rainstorms from the sky, a sight never seen on Earth. The sea and ground forces will follow behind the air strikes, they have not yet seen such numbers and energies, while they already clearly understand our combat capabilities. ”
Truman's aggressive speech was immediately recorded by reporters from major media outlets gathered at the White House and quickly spread throughout the world.
Alan Wilson, who worked like a hard bee, also saw the huge news of Japan's nuclear bombing in the subsequent newspapers, which even delayed his good mood for afternoon tea, and sighed helplessly after a long time.
"Liaison officer, isn't that a good thing?" Mark asked a little strangely when he saw Alan Wilson's expression.
"I don't care how many people die in Japan, they are enemies anyway. The point is that a nuclear bomb can be used to threaten not only Japan, but also any country, including but not limited to so-called allies. Alan Wilson looked at his assistant in the British-occupied zone, hoping that the other party would understand what he meant.
He believed that Prime Minister Attlee would have understood this, otherwise he would not have secretly invested heavily in the development of Britain's own nuclear weapons when the domestic economy itself was not good.
Otherwise, the United States should fulfill its previous promise to share nuclear weapons with Britain, instead of going back on its word and turning Churchill into a joke.
"Wouldn't it? We are allies! Mark didn't dare to use too affirmative tones, "It's saying that there is no conflict between Britain and the United States at the moment, and the United States has no reason to threaten us." ”
"When you negotiate with the Americans, they have nuclear bombs and we don't have them, and the end result is that we make more concessions." Alan Wilson looked Mark in the eye, shrugged, and said, "America is just a rebel who cares about his father's legacy. ”
Now we can only hope that Prime Minister Attlee, who had already been disillusioned by Truman, will quickly put the alloy tube program back on track after the bombing of Hiroshima, and it is best that everything goes smoothly as soon as possible.
The British Occupation Zone Trade Council had been involved in the work of the British Occupation Zone, and Alan Wilson could understand that these civil servants who had been sent would have a rare opportunity to exercise.
The British-occupied zone is now similar to the colony, and if it really can't bring the economy of the British-occupied zone back on track, it won't be blamed from home, who makes the conditions here too bad.
Because of the basic conditions, the probability of civil servants coming to the British occupation zone to be punished is very low, but it has the advantage of improving their resume, so many people are eager to work in Germany. In my heart, I regard this work experience as a step into the body!
In other words, they are all elite soldiers, and they are all typical of those who want to improve too much like Alan Wilson.
When he was hesitating to start a gold panning trip in the dung or receiving raw materials from British India first, Ali Khan's British butler, Ali Khan, contacted him by telegram.
Alan Wilson directly decided to go to Hamburg first, solve the Hamburg matter, and then go all over the Ruhr area to pan for gold.
"Mark, contact the military council to see how many German business owners are being held." Alan Wilson beckons Pony Boy over and gives him a task.
He immediately borrowed a military vehicle and went to Hamburg, and at the same time felt sorry for himself, he was even busier than the prime minister.
At the moment he had to deal with the Yugoslav refugees, and Mikhailovich had already led his men, contacted the Croats and Slovenes, and set out again from Bavaria, ready to go from victory to victory.
It's not that he has Mihajlovich in mind, it's better to go to Rhodesia than to face Tito's iron fist, right?
As for Mikhailovich, he said that he wanted to go back and fight Tito to the death. He didn't think that the leader of the Motherland Army was the opponent of the fierce man from the sky.
But if you go to the African continent, maybe Mikhailovich, the bandit leader who was finally killed, will be transformed into a fierce man from the sky in another environment.
"The Maharaja is very pleased with Commissioner Allen's performance at the Potsdam Conference, I didn't expect Commissioner Allen to be so young and have already emerged at such a major international conference, and sure enough, talents are everywhere."
As soon as they met, Butler Alim came up with a rainbow fart, which Alan Wilson also listened to, his own role at the Potsdam Conference was simply an underground worker, even if it was not the top top secret on the earth, it was not something that the prince of a South Asian princely state could know.
But he can stretch out his hand and not hit the smiling person, Alan Wilson can see through it and not say it thoroughly, and also said that he misses Ali Khan, "Germany is now a treasure of feng shui, it depends on who finds the value here first." With my long-standing relationship with Hyderabad, I will never disappoint His Holen Ali Khan. ”
Opening his mouth is also a lie, Alan Wilson went to Hyderabad from New Delhi to take office, and finally had to return to Europe, and stayed in Hyderabad for three months in between, and the long-standing friendship was an absolute fart.
"Commissioner Allen, when the freighter of the cigarette factory you asked for crossed the Suez Canal, it was reported by telegram through the Suez Canal that it was safe, and I believe it will not be long before it arrives in Germany." Alim patted his head apologetically, seemingly regretting the news before he started, and informed Alan Wilson of the good news.
"Oh God, that's great news." Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows and said, "I hope that the trade between the British Occupied Zone and British India will get off to a good start." "When I make a big fuss, I don't care that the machines are being dismantled.
Within two days, the news that the United States had successfully dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki again came from the United States, and at the end of the world war, a good thing came in pairs.