Although the windy, rainy and snowy weather could not prevent the A17 rocket, which had strong power and all-weather flight capability, to continue to wreak havoc on enemy targets, the pilots who observed over the target area did not have any night vision. Therefore, after launching a total of 8 batches of 96 rockets, Chentian announced the successful completion of today's target operation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the fact is that this new weapon has a hit rate of over 80 percent and is not inferior to our best large-caliber artillery, and its amazing range will make our enemies more and more panicked, more and more timid until they completely collapse when they are unable to fight back! Over the next month, we will also conduct combat tests of the A17 rocket in rain, snow and windy weather, and as soon as all the data proves the reliability of this weapon, we will immediately mass-produce this weapon! In the future, our launch methods will not only be limited to launching from land, but our warships and even airplanes may become their launch platforms, and then the war will enter a completely new mode, and we will put the enemy in a situation where they can only be beaten passively! ”

After commending the technical staff led by Aubert, Chentian gave a closing speech for the tour, but these high-ranking generals and experts did not finish today's activities, because next, together with Aubert and other major technical experts, they will return to Busan with Chentian. There, a lavish celebration feast is ready.

After receiving the order from the launch base, the German bombers hovering over Sasebo soon turned around and returned home, leaving behind a half-ruined city still burning. According to the estimates of rocket experts such as Aubert and the German Army's best artillerymen, it would take about 300 to 400 A17 rockets to level a port city like Sasebo, but as it stands today, less than 100 A17s have destroyed the city's defenders and civilian defenses. There is not a single building or facility left in Sasebo, including the port, the pier and the city, as well as the sturdy buildings that survived the bombardment, and the terrifying power of the new German weapons made it look as if it had been bombarded by a mighty fleet.

Night is falling. Except for the sporadic fires that were still burning, Sasebo, who had been hit hard, was plunged into a cold darkness that was different from the usual light-controlled city. In the tented camp, behind the crumbling walls, and even in the rudimentary bomb shelters, the candle flame that used to bring a glimmer of light is not there today. There was no laughter, no talk, only endless wails in my ears. But when I listened carefully, there was only the sound of the whirring wind.

Behind the darkness, there are countless pairs of eyes full of fear, either closed or round, huddled in hidden places, people dare not speak, dare not move, even the slightest movement is cautious, they are afraid that any small negligence of their own will lead to that terrible blow, and even more mysterious, it is said that the Germans have attracted the fire of the sky, and the god Amaterasu will no longer bless the Yamato nation.

Among Sasebo's garrison, the same rumors spread at a rate like a plague. But the soldiers were more willing to believe. It was a new weapon that had never been heard of before, and its makers and owners were the Germans, who had expanded across the Channel.

Due to the damage to the communication facilities of the country quite eye-catching. It was dinner time when the news reached the west-central eastern part of Honshu from the west coast of Kyushu, and Hirohito and his empress Yoshiko were dining in the emperor's residence, a sturdy, well-equipped reinforced concrete anti-aircraft facility. A low square table made of mahogany held all the contents of their dinner—a plate of fish with five or six thinly sliced fresh salmon fillets, a plate of seaweed fish roe rice sushi, a plate of dried radish, and two palm-sized soup bowls containing half a bowl of tofu and kelp soup, a small plate of soy sauce and two bowls of rice.

There wasn't much food, and it couldn't have been more shabby for the royal family.

But Hirohito and Ryoko, who sit on the other side, seem to be eating well, and as Japan's interior minister has declared to the outside world, the emperor will ride out the difficult times with 70 million Japanese citizens. However, it is somewhat embarrassing that the huge empire that once occupied nearly half of East Asia and most of Southeast Asia has developed to this point, and as the supreme ruler of this empire and the spiritual leader of all the people, Hirohito has failed to show his great side of "being a human god".

The same problem has long plagued Hirohito, who is reluctant to bow to any of his enemies. On the other hand, he was deeply shocked by the strength of the Germans in all aspects, and the war was too hard for him!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty had the audacity to disturb His Majesty's meal, but the situation was urgent, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me! ”

Just as Hirohito picked up a piece of fish fillet and put it in his mouth, the voice of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Tokugoro Hashi, came from outside the door.

"Oh, it's Qiao Deqing's house, come in and talk!" Hirohito said as he put the fillet back on the plate, then placed the chopsticks next to his bowl, picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth gently, and when he finished these small actions, the attendant kneeling outside the door also pulled the door open in time.

Hirohito turned his head and saw the Minister of the Interior, Tokugoro Hashi, walking in with his head bowed, and three other people kneeling outside the door—the new Prime Minister Takeshi Inukai, who had just formed a cabinet a few years ago, the new Minister of War Sadao Araki, and the Minister of the Navy, Otari Tsuneo.

"Let's come in with the three Qing families!" Hirohito waved his hand and motioned for the attendants to remove the dining table, and Yoshiko quickly retreated into the next bedroom after owing to Hirohito—this large air-raid bunker, which doubled as a communication center and a royal palace, was inhabited by hundreds of people, including the emperor's wife, close attendants, and internal affairs officials.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After the dog raised the voice, the three of them also came to a place three steps away from Hirohito in the same position, and then sat down on the cushions that the attendants had brought improvised.

"The Zhuqing family is here for an emergency military situation at this time!" Hirohito calmly said that since the destruction of the Combined Fleet and the destruction of the overseas dispatch force, his psychological quality has improved by more than one level, but at this moment, there is still a trace of apprehension and uneasiness in his heart.

"That's right. Your Majesty! If history follows its original trajectory, the man who will become prime minister a year later will actively pursue a policy of aggression against China during his tenure and send troops to invade northeast China. Now, he has to replace Yoshiichi Tanaka to clean up the mess, and judging from the situation since he took office, the situation of the war has not improved in any way. But Inukai, like most of the cabinet members and senior generals in the military department, was a sworn fighter who would never surrender to the Germans, and at their instigation, Hirohito's once-wavering resolve has been much stronger in recent times.

"At about 11 o'clock this morning, the port area and urban area of our Sasebo Military Port were attacked by an unheard-of weapon, and those weapons that looked like meteors and were extremely fast seemed to be maneuvered, but they could fly from a distant place and hit their targets accurately, and according to eyewitnesses, their power was amazing! The attack was divided into 8 waves, and there were about 12 weapons of the kind that flew in each time, and most of them landed in the Sasebo Military Port! Due to the severe damage to Sasebo communications. So the news reached the military headquarters not long ago! ”

Araki and Bighorn both nodded their heads on the side, affirming the news from the perspective of the army and navy.

Listened to the news. Hirohito was a little unimpressed at first, and he didn't realize exactly how amazing the weapon really was, but he quickly saw some clues in Inuta's eyes. Although the new prime minister has only recently taken office, he has served as a messenger in the Yamamoto and Garten cabinets, and Hirohito knows him well. As far as he knew, Inukai was by no means a person who showed a scared expression easily.

Looking at Araki and Okakku again, Hirohito confirmed his speculation more and more.

"Is that weapon really that powerful? Are you sure it wasn't the shells of the Germans? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Inuyo bowed down respectfully, "Its power is far greater than any kind of artillery we know, and today our aviation reconnaissance unit has ventured several times but has not found any large German ships in Tsushima and the Korean Strait, and there are no reports of German bomber groups found in various parts of Kyushu, according to the speculation of the military department...... If everything is as the report of the front-line sergeant says. That means that the Germans already have a new weapon that can attack our mainland archipelago across the sea without the need for planes and ships! ”

Hirohito did not comment on Inu's words, but asked:

"Can you determine where the Germans attacked Sasebo from?"

"I'm not entirely sure!" Inuyo paused, "But we think it's coming from across the strait, and from the direction, it's very likely to be from Busan!" ”

"Busan?" Hirohito gasped, as a knowledgeable monarch, he knew the distance between Busan and Sasebo, and he also knew that the strongest artillery could never hit 100 kilometers away!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Sadao Araki, who was on the side, took the initiative to answer, "According to our spy detectives. The Germans did build a base about 80 kilometers away from the western suburbs of Bushan, and although it was claimed to be an army barracks and stationed no less than 20,000 soldiers, the supplies that were brought into this base were far more than the daily needs of 20,000 people! Therefore, we speculate that the Germans built there as a testing ground for new weapons, but ...... Even from there to Sasebo, the distance is more than 200 kilometers in a straight line! ”

"Your Majesty, so we all agree that the Germans are using a weapon that we have never seen before, and we will call it a flying bomb for the time being!" Dajiao Cen Sheng added next to him.

"Flying bombs?" Hirohito's eyes narrowed and said in a questioning tone, "Why hasn't our intelligence department ever mentioned this?" Could it be that we spend more than 20 million dollars a year on the European branch of the intelligence service in exchange for ignorance of the German newspaper? ”

"Your Majesty is incompetent, and I hope Your Majesty will calm your anger!" The four of them bowed down together.

"It's not your responsibility!" Hirohito waved his hand and generously asked them to get up, "Besides, it won't help to pursue these things now, let's discuss how to deal with this new weapon of the Germans!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The four of them thanked each other together.

"Araki Qing's family, I want to hear what your army thinks!" Hirohito handed over this more professional issue to Sadao Araki instead of Inukai, firstly, because Inukai Takeshi, as a politician, must not have much advanced strategic vision, and secondly, the Japanese Army has become the absolute main force in the defense of the Japanese archipelago, and Okaku Zensheng, who does not have a few decent ships under his command, has nothing to say about this.

"Back to Your Majesty, before we came, our War Department held a temporary emergency meeting, and most of the generals thought that we should not act rashly until the situation was unclear, but we should order the intelligence department to find out the situation as soon as possible, especially the German barracks in Busan!" Araki spoke with a little more confidence than before, and the expression on his face was not so sad, but the melancholy in his eyes was as difficult to melt as a thousand years of ice.

"Well, what the Qing family said makes a lot of sense!" Hirohito turned his head to Okaku, but to the disappointment of the Admiralty, he heard not a question but an order: "The Navy should unconditionally use all its intelligence forces to cooperate with the Army!" ”

"Hey!"

In front of the emperor, Okari did not dare to show the slightest reluctance, but what he would say behind his back was probably only known to him.

"In addition, we should deal with the news of the external blockade, especially not to let the people know! If you violate it, you will be killed! As he said this, Hirohito's eyes narrowed again, but unlike just now, this time there was a terrifying cold light in those small eyes.

"Hey!"

In front of the supreme majesty of the emperor, all four people present obeyed their orders.