.“ Radio Tokyo, Radio Tokyo, now has an important news! Last night and this morning, the special operations forces of the Japanese Empire carried out a very successful retaliatory attack on Berlin, the capital of Germany, killing and wounding more than 10,000 German civilians and destroying countless buildings, and the urban area of Berlin has become a ruin, and the German emperor and important officials fled in panic because of this sudden and resolute attack, and our losses were less than 10 people!

This righteous act warns any country in the world that dares or attempts to be an enemy of our country that the Japanese Empire must not commit the power of heaven and the power of the Emperor! If the Germans continue to bomb Tokyo, we will resolutely return fire with ten or a hundred times more bombs dropped by their planes! ”

It was the morning of December 25, 1928, the whole of Japan was cold and sober, and German bombers taking off from Vladivostok and Kuyo Island continued to bomb Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and other important cities in Japan for several days, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to the morale of the Japanese military and civilians, and Japan has never suffered such humiliation for more than 70 years since the Tokugawa shogunate was forced to "open the country" by force from Europe and the United States in the middle of the 19th century. Therefore, when the news of the successful series of poison gas explosions in Berlin by the Japanese special operations forces came, the whole Japanese nation was greatly excited, and the elated people took to the streets to celebrate, and the morale of the Japanese archipelago was almost bursting for a while.

At the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, the ministers and generals who had come to meet and congratulate early in the morning were all waiting for the emperor's reception, because the officials and generals who had been unable to resist the bombardment were finally raising their eyebrows this time, and the prime minister, the land minister, the navy minister, the army chief of staff, the navy herald, and others were all red and smiling.

The Minister finally appeared in front ......of the people at the "Emperor's Meeting," and then announced the names of the people the Emperor was going to meet, perhaps because the Emperor was in a particularly good mood, and almost all of the people who came to the audience today were summoned, which would have been the supreme honor of the "Emperor of the Highness" earlier.

Today's Emperor Showa is indeed radiant, and he deliberately wears a military dress for celebrations, although his round-rimmed glasses and thin figure give people a sense of weakness. But in fact, the fortitude and wildness of the emperor, who studied under General Nogi Noshinori as a teenager, is not substantially different from the generals here.

"Great victory! Great victory! As everyone sat down, the Emperor applauded the special war he had conducted on the German capital last night, and that order had been given by him after the first German air raid on Tokyo.

At this time, Emperor Showa was 27 years old, which was the age of ambition and great strength, and the ambition and domineering of Emperor Meiji had gradually appeared in this emperor, and it was also Showa's long-standing desire and efforts to strategize and guide the country like Emperor Meiji.

(PS: There are many theories about whether the military and political power in the Showa era was controlled by the emperor or the cabinet and the military department, and I personally think that according to objective historical data, the Japanese cabinet and the military department dominated the war only to clear the war crimes for Showa at the end of the war.) In fact, Showa is the main decision-maker in Japan's domestic, diplomatic, and military affairs, just like Emperor Meiji, but the unfortunate Emperor Taisho in between, that is, Meijiji's son and Showaji's father, was unable to lead military and political affairs due to illness.)

"Your Majesty is wise! The Germans were so stupid as to attack the mainland and capital of our Empire of Japan that this was undoubtedly a fire to themselves! This time, I'm afraid they will have to weigh their catties carefully! ”

Tanaka's taunt immediately caused a burst of snickering, and even Showa rarely laughed.

"Who is the intelligence officer on this mission?" Showa seemed very pleased with the "terrorist" and set his sights on Yoshiichi Tanaka, a special forces unit nominally part of the Japanese Army. But only the emperor himself had the right to give the order to attack. Tanaka played the role of conveying orders.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's Seishiro Itagaki Daisa!" Tanaka nodded as he spoke.

"Uh-huh, good! I'm going to reward him well! Showa did look satisfied.

"Yes. Your Majesty! His Majesty's commendation order will be conveyed in advance, but it is just ...... Itatagaki-kun just can't return to his homeland in the short term, because there are still many important things waiting for him to do! At this time, Tanaka didn't want to tell the news that Itagaki had an accident during the operation, which was really disappointing.

"Good, good!" Showa Lian said three good things, and then he asked about the situation of the army and navy joining forces to attack Vladivostok, and although the deadline for "trapping Vladivostok in three days" had long since passed, he was obviously quite patient with the current progress of the army and navy. At this moment, the mournful air defense sirens suddenly sounded. Moments later, a guard officer ran in panic.

"Your Majesty, empty ...... Air raid! Please take shelter in the Imperial Bunko with all of you, and the German bombers will be there in a few minutes! ”

The Minister of the Interior on the side was about to reprimand this "unorthodox" officer, but when he heard the news, he was stunned for a while.

"What?" The Emperor and everyone were stunned, "So fast? Why are the warning stations on the northern coast not pre-reported? ”

"Back to Your Majesty! This time the German bomber group was flying in the direction of Tokyo Bay, and by the time we spotted them, they had already flown over the vicinity of Yokosuka! As for how exactly they came to be.

This is in the next ......" The officer was a little speechless, this kind of thing was indeed not understood by a guard officer like him, who was in charge of orders. Because the Japanese army had deployed alert submarines in the waters near Vladivostok and Kuyo Island, and there were also many air alert observation stations in Hokkaido and northern Honshu, the German aircraft group would have been detected before entering Japanese airspace, leaving at least half an hour for inland cities to prepare for air defense. This time, however, German bombers not only flew to the Japanese mainland during the daylight for the first time, but also made a large circle to avoid the Japanese air defense alert.

Emperor Showa and the generals present wanted to ask something more, but the dense anti-aircraft guns in the distance had already sounded, and now they had to "deign" to run to the special anti-aircraft shelter in the Imperial Palace-Gobunko, fortunately, the Showa military uniform would not be as inconvenient as the kimono, but the Minister of the Interior and several other officials wearing traditional official uniforms had to carry the wide hem of the clothes and follow behind everyone with difficulty.

Showa and his entourage stepped into the Imperial Library, and the loud sound of bomb explosions came from all sides, and in the constantly shaking basement, everyone's faces were like ashes, and the excitement just now was long gone.

In the suffocating atmosphere, the tormented ten minutes were as long as a whole year, and the ministers were sweating profusely.

Generals and cabinet ministers are largely blinded to the frustrating truth. As for the emperor himself, the complicated expression of confusion and disbelief on his face could not be swept away for a long time.

The bombing stopped for about 5 minutes, and another Guards officer walked in from outside, put his feet together, and saluted: "Report, the Luftwaffe air raid is over!" The Tokyo Arsenal, the Tokyo Naval Shipyard and the Imperial University were intensively bombed, with about 400 German planes dropping nearly 2,000 bombs, more than half of which were incendiary.

The exact number of casualties is not yet known, and at the moment the army and fire brigade are working with all their might to extinguish the fire! It's just that the air outside is very turbid, so I dare to ask Your Majesty and all the adults to wait here! ”

Showa listened to the officer's report with his eyes closed and a sad expression, and finally nodded slightly.

Half a minute later, another officer walked in and said, "Report that our air defense forces managed to shoot down 7 German planes and capture 51 German pilots, 19 of whom were seriously wounded!" Rear Admiral Oshima asks for instructions. What to do with these captured German pilots! ”

Hear this. Showa opened his eyes and looked at Tanaka before answering, and then at the prince of Kanin Palace and other generals. "Detention and interrogation!"

"Hey!" The officer snapped a salute, then turned and walked out the door.

"The people are indignant, I'm afraid they will get the news soon!" Tanaka Yoshiichi said in a rather deep voice, the meaning of which was not clear, but the German prisoners seemed to be bad.

"The Germans dare to harass Tokyo during the day, and they are more than innocent!" Bai Chuan Yoshion took over the topic indignantly, the capital was attacked by air, and he, the Minister of War, also had an unshirkable responsibility, so he chose the word "harassment".

Prince Kanin Palace did not continue this topic, but said: "I propose to transfer anti-aircraft artillery units from various places to strengthen Tokyo's air defense. So far, Tokyo is the first target for the Germans! ”

"Capturing Vladivostok and Kuye Island as soon as possible is the best policy!" Keisuke Okada of the Admiralty put forward a different opinion, and he then turned to Emperor Showa, "Your Majesty, the main force of the 2nd Fleet of our Navy and 100,000 officers and men have been assembled in Hokkaido, and the morale of the generals is high, and they share the same hatred of the enemy. ”

"But Okada-kun. German mines and submarines in the Soseki Strait......" Tanaka cautiously reminded.

"From ancient times to the present day, that victory was not achieved through huge casualties?" Keisuke Okada said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty agrees, you will personally lead the main force of the navy to attack Kuye Island, even if you fight to the last man, you must eliminate the threat of the German Kou to the empire itself!" ”

At this time, Showa finally spoke in a deep voice: "The Qing family's loyal and brave people understand that the current plan is how to send the army to Kuye Island, not to consume the lives of the soldiers in the icy waters!" I think that the advice of Prince Kanyuan Palace is very valuable, and in today's situation, as long as our army continues to carry out special warfare against Berlin, the German air force in the Far East will be concentrated in Tokyo.

As long as we get ready, Tokyo will be their graveyard! ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Prince Xianyuan Gong responded, "The Germans are thousands of miles away, and if they want to replenish the losses, they need to cross the blockade line of our navy, and when their planes in the Far East are exhausted, the two fleets of Qingdao and Vladivostok will not be able to survive." If the German home fleet had sailed from Europe, the Russians would have been their example! ”

"High! It's really high! Several generals of the army couldn't help but praise it, and the atmosphere in this underground shelter finally rekindled impatiently.

At the same time, in distant Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm III did not "flee in a hurry" as the Japanese broadcaster said, but sat in a room south of the Olaf Palace with a serious expression, and through the large bright floor-to-ceiling windows, he could see the city of Berlin from afar.

Although the vast majority of people still find it incredulous that the enemy used poison gas to attack Berlin, whether it is crazy or reckless, it has become an indisputable fact. From the moment German bombers dropped the first bomb over Tokyo, Germany was ready to retaliate against the enemy, but the poison gas was somewhat unexpected. On Christmas night, the saboteurs unleashed mustard and Lewis gas on four main streets and five squares in Berlin, and these extremely lethal poisonous gases caused a lot of damage even in the cold winter, a total of 113 Germans and 12 foreigners were killed in the attack, and nearly 1,000 people were injured.

"Your Majesty, here is the list of missing or assassinated persons, a total of 45 people, most of them technicians of various military-industrial enterprises, and some of them are political figures! Judging from the means and methods of the other party, they should be in the same group as the one who used the poison gas. The purpose is obvious, to create panic in Germany! ”

Matthew handed the list to Chentian, but Chentian didn't look at it.

"Our opponent seems to be making a risky move, knowing that we will retaliate even more violently, but still do it! I'm afraid that the demoralization of us is only a side effect, and if I am not mistaken, their real purpose is to provoke us and use it to interfere with our original deployment and judgment! Although our chemical industry is strong, there are almost no reserves of chemical weapons in the Far East, and it is not feasible to transport them by land through Russia at present, so the only way left is to take the sea route and the Indo-Chinese route, but no matter which one is taken, it is not difficult to achieve large-scale transportation now! In the past two days, nine more neutral merchant ships have been sunk or detained off the coast of Southeast Asia and China, right? ”

"It seems so, Your Majesty!" As the commander of the Guards, Matthew could only answer Chentian's last sentence like this.

"Well, for the time being, we will continue to use conventional bombs against Japanese targets, and arsenals, steel factories, aircraft factories, shipyards, and major industrial areas will remain the primary targets. By the way, Dr. Fritzhaber will be here in a moment, so you can stay and talk about it too! Although we will not use gas warfare at the moment, that doesn't mean we won't in the future! As for reassuring the people...... "Chen Tian turned his eyes out the window, and an important news was being broadcast on the radio in the city:

"This morning, the Imperial Air Force Far East dispatched 455 bombers to bomb Tokyo, Japan......"