Chapter 284: Dust destined to be forgotten

Li Yunxiang was also a straight man, and he summoned the main officers that night, and several of them returned from the HNA with him, set up two tables in front of him, and held the reception wine and the send-off banquet together. Early the next morning, Bai Zhizhan left Jedo on the transport plane that brought him over.

On the way to the flight, several fighters were also encountered.

Not enemy aircraft, escort fighters from Buju.

Compared with the Navy's carrier-based fighters, the most obvious feature of these fighters is that they have a conical fairing on the nose and use water-cooled engines.

Of course, those were two new fighters.

Before the outbreak of the Great War, the Imperial Army, like the Imperial Navy, preferred to use air-cooled engines.

This is not to say how good the air-cooled engine is, but several engine companies are focusing on air-cooled engines with a wider range of applications.

It was not until 98 that the Imperial Army received the first fighter with a water-cooled engine.

Due to the limitations of the engine's performance, this fighter was not a success, and the Army Airlines purchased more than 100 of them, and later gave them all to the aviation school.

In 99 of the new calendar, that is, before the Great War, the second type of fighter with a water-cooled engine was finalized, which barely met the requirements of the army.

In fact, during the negotiations in the caves, Bai Zhizhan already knew that the engine of that fighter came from the Hindman Empire. Nominally, it was developed by the Imperial Engine Enterprise itself, but in fact, it was only produced domestically with the drawings provided by the Empire in private.

Because royalties were paid, the secret alliance between the two countries was not broken, so neither side publicized the matter.

That is, after obtaining the advanced water-cooled engine of the Empire, the army's tactical aviation gradually, but unusually firmly, broke away from the "air-cooled system" dominated by the HNA, and began to surpass the HNA combat aircraft in the main performance represented by speed.

After flying around the transport plane, two fighters flew to the front to lead the way.

When overtaking the transport plane, the fighter in charge swayed from side to side a few times, telling the pilot of the transport plane to follow.

This action was provocative, but it was the pilot's business, and Bai Zhizhan did not see it.

All the way to Buju.

"General Bai, look below."

After the pilot reminded him, Bai Zhizhan looked out of the porthole.

It has reached the sky above the port, and the transport plane is turning, and the port of Busu is in full view.

It's not that Bai Zhizhan went to see the port.

Decades of fighting in the Navy, never seen a port?

Besides, the port of Puju is not big, and compared to the military port of the empire, it looks very shabby.

What made Bai Zhizhan look at the black beach to the left of the transport plane northwest of the port, and the wreckage of the ships that sat on the bottom of the beach but were not completely submerged by the sea.

To say, that is, some steel skeletons.

How is the beach black, and why are only the skeletons left of those boats?

Bai Zhizhan suddenly shuddered a few times, because he had already understood.

That's right, special incendiary bombs!

Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng said that when the army attacked the Ice Storm Peninsula, it used a special incendiary bomb, which could not only produce high temperatures and continue to burn for a long time, but could not be extinguished with water, but burned more fiercely after encountering water, and was used on a large scale in the battle against Puzhou.

The ships that sank at the bottom were all civilian ships, and the tonnage was not very large.

Obviously, when Puju was besieged, a large number of civilians gathered on that beach, lined up to board the receiving boats, and returned to their homeland across the strait.

Dock?

It was used to transport troops and war materiel, and it was certainly not open to civilians.

It would be nice to allow civilians to enter the port, to allow them to gather on the beach, and to arrange for civilian ships to pick them up.

Unfortunately, very few will be able to board the ship and return to the Sagai mainland.

At the time of the bombing, none of the people on that beach escaped.

The beach is all blackened, and there are some bright reflective objects, like festive sprays, glass crystals made by sand sintered in high temperatures!

After recognizing it, Bai Zhizhan was even more shocked.

The sand is all burned to glass, how hot is the temperature!?

Not to mention the flesh and skin, the bones will be burned to ashes.

There were no remaining objects on the beach, and the bombing must have been repeated many times.

Imagine a cold morning or dusk when thousands of people gather on that beach, like a vegetable market in the middle of the day, and then the air raid sirens go off and dozens or hundreds of bombers fly like dark clouds.

Immediately, incendiary bombs rained down.

In the blink of an eye, the beach turned into a purgatory on earth.

The people on the beach, like matchsticks suddenly thrown into the fire, were reduced to ashes in an instant in the dazzling light.

The cold water seemed to turn into gasoline, and the fire spread rapidly on the surface of the sea.

Shura Hell, that's it!

Thinking of this, Bai Zhizhan couldn't help but shudder a few times.

Even if it's just imagination, it's chilling.

What's more, the captain of the transport plane also made a temporary cameo appearance as a tour guide.

"I heard from the officers and men of the ground forces that there were about 100,000 immigrants from the Imperial Kingdom there, and after the bombardment, not even a single bone dregs could be found. A few days later, a few soldiers sneaked over there in search of loot, such as gold teeth, gold watches, and gold jewelry, but when they returned to the camp, they all contracted a strange disease and died for unknown reasons. I heard from the local villagers that it was the souls of those who died tragically and did not rest in peace. After the incident, the local government of Puju organized a worship service, and the army has not cleaned up the beach until now. ”

"How long are you going to fly?"

"Coming soon."

After being interrupted by Bai Zhizhan, the captain closed his mouth, but in fact turned off the internal walkie-talkie.

Bai Zhizhan was not afraid, but he felt that the captain had such good eloquence, so he should go to the storytelling, and it was a waste of talent to fly the plane.

Or, when you go back, help the captain write a letter of recommendation to the Navy Art Troupe?

This prank idea that popped up suddenly made Bai Zhizhan feel very funny, but it was just the beginning of the matter, so he couldn't laugh anyway.

If this is the case, the immigrants of the narrow imperial kingdom did die a terrible death.

But who can blame you?

After the last war, the Imperial State not only supported the lower kingdom as a puppet, but also tried to encroach on the land through immigration, and used various means to encourage the unsuspected, especially the low-level people who lived in difficulty, to come here. In just 20 years, more than 3 million people immigrated to the Xiagao Kingdom, and the original population of the Xiagao Kingdom was only 20 million.

It is the responsibility of the narrow-minded authorities, to say that.

Such large-scale immigration no longer falls within the scope of colonial rule.

For example, the kingdom of Bran ruled the Van Luo region for more than 100 years, and the total number of immigrants was less than one million, less than 200 percent of the total local population.

Of course, no one will stand up for the tens of thousands of people who died here, now or in the future.

They are like the dust of history, blown up by the storm, blown in the storm, and forgotten when the storm passes.

When Bai Zhizhan was thinking about this, the transport plane had already landed and ran on.

Outside, Lian Xusheng, Li Qing and others, who came to pick up the airport, had been waiting for a long time.