Chapter 347: Scope of War
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These bombers flew very low, only more than 30 meters above the ground, and some were so low that they were only more than 20 meters behind.
Along the way, the people who saw the planes passing by in the sky had no idea what was happening.
At this time, it was already winter, the northwest wind was blowing strongly, and the weather was relatively dry.
The bomber formation that flew to Tokyo dropped incendiary bombs from the northwest corner of Tokyo, and nearly 1,000 mosquito bombers that took off from the Ryukyu Islands dropped thousands of tons of incendiary bombs along the northwest corner of Tokyo.
The incendiary bombs were dropped, and then set fire to the wooden house of the company.
It is said that the production of steel is very small, and they have to build a navy and an army, so basically there is not much steel for civilian use.
Therefore, most of the houses in this book are made of wood.
These wooden houses burn as soon as they are burned, especially in the dry and windy winters.
Wang Yaoguo, captain of the Ryukyu Strategic Bomber Formation, personally flew a Mosquito bomber at a high altitude and commanded the formation to drop bombs in accordance with the formulated tactics.
Wang Yaoguo looked down at the ground, only to see that after the incendiary bombs were dropped in rows along the wind line, the wooden houses below quickly turned into a sea of fire.
The fire spread rapidly from the suburbs of Tokyo to the center of the city.
The air raids took place almost without warning, and he had received some reports of large groups of planes passing from low altitudes, but before he could react quickly, the air raids on Tokyo took place.
Tokyo was suddenly in turmoil, the air raid sirens sounded, and the flames caused by incendiary bombs caused the flames in Tokyo to spread.
The fire police in Tokyo were dispatched quickly, but due to the northwest wind, the fire was completely out of control and could not be extinguished.
But when the fire burns to a certain point, it forms a storm-like phenomenon, and the air flows through the sea of fire, similar to the way the 'torus energy' works.
Tokyo is a lumber mill, and throwing a few incendiary bombs can cause a fire, and although it is impossible to get a few incendiary bombs out of control, after dropping thousands of tons of incendiary bombs, the fire quickly gets out of control.
The fire police could only watch the fire get out of control, no matter how much water was sprayed, it would be useless, because the burning area was too large, and such a small fire force could not be busy.
After dropping the incendiary bombs, the mosquito bombers turned around one by one and flew back to the Ryukyu strategic airfield in the same way.
The sudden air raid shook the top level of the political axe.
If you stand on a high vantage point, you can see the burning city of Tokyo, and even if you don't have to stand tall, you can see the black smoke rushing into the sky.
Everywhere there were ashes flying in the sky.
"Air raids by the people of China."
"How can the plane of the Shina people fly so far?"
When the air raid came, Emperor Taisho was at a loss and was quickly taken to an underground bunker to hide.
What puzzled the top brass of the political axe was why the Chinese bombers were able to fly over Tokyo.
This is completely beyond their comprehension.
At this time, the world's largest aircraft range is the East China 001 passenger aircraft manufactured by East China Group, which can fly 1,200 kilometers.
If you want to bomb Tokyo, those Chinese airports are at least 800 kilometers away from Tokyo, and the flight radius of 1,200 kilometers is only 600 kilometers.
In the midst of the chaos, the few anti-aircraft guns in Tokyo began to fire indiscriminately into the sky, and at the same time, the fighter planes at the Tokyo airport took off urgently to intercept the Chinese bombers.
However, the Mosquito bombers flew very fast, and those fighters simply could not catch up.
Moreover, these mosquito bombers can fly at ultra-low altitudes, and when they encounter these fighters, they can directly dodge them, and those fighters can only sigh with admiration.
After the fire spread for three hours, the fire was finally initially brought under control by passing through the barrier, but at least tens of thousands of people died in the fire.
However, as soon as the fire was brought under control and there were signs of extinguishment, another group of bombers suddenly flew in from northeast of the city.
This is a formation of strategic bombers taking off from the strategic airfield of Yongning.
This formation departed three hours later than the bombing formation at the Ryukyu strategic airfield, and the two airfields carried out bombing tactics in turn against Tokyo.
He thought that the air raid had passed, but what he didn't expect was that a new round of air raids had come.
Mosquito bombers flew in rows, incendiary bombs rained down from the sky, and a new fire began to spread.
December 1 was a day full of panic and a very dark day for Tokyo.
The city is burning, and the people of Tokyo are running around in panic. The high-level officials of the political axe took refuge in underground bunkers, panicking like lost dogs.
…… The Chinese Empire brazenly bombed Tokyo, which directly shook the whole world.
Britain and the United States and other countries protested to the Chinese Empire one after another, believing that the Chinese Empire's air raids on Tokyo had caused huge losses to the British and American expatriates.
In the face of the protests of Britain and the United States, Xia Jun personally spoke on December 3 in response.
"Ben and China have always been in a state of belligerent countries, and it is very unwise for various countries to invest in Ben. Xia Jun said in his speech:
"The purpose of this bombing campaign by the Imperial Air Force of China is to inform some countries that are vainly trying to help the Korean people oppress and maim the Korean people, whether in the east or south of Asia, that there is no area that the Chinese Air Force cannot reach. Whoever wants to hinder the liberation and reading power of North Korea must pay a sufficient price. This bombing was a punishment by the Chinese Empire in the name of justice, and if the Chinese Empire was stubborn and intended to invade backward nations everywhere, then this bombing would only be a prelude. ”
The speech of Xia Jun, the supreme head of the Chinese Empire, represents the will of the Chinese Empire.
This has also made Britain and the United States and other countries completely discover that China is a very emotional country and a very dangerous bomb.
Any provocation could lead to an all-out war.
Isn't it emotional enough to say hit whoever you hit?
Completely out of line with politicians.
Politicians use the military as the last trump card, while China plays this trump card as an ordinary card.
What is frightening, however, is that China already has the strength to dominate Asia by this time.
Both Britain and the United States, after China's military campaign to bomb Tokyo, realized that their navies had no role in Asia at all.
China's air force has a wide range of attacks that cover all of East and South Asia, and even the U.S. Western Pacific Fleet, based on Guam, is not safe.
China can strike there at any time.
What is ridiculous is that the United States also wanted to send the West Pacific Fleet to the waters of North Korea to join forces with the Navy to break China's blockade of North Korea's lines of communication.
But now, the United States no longer dares to mention this plan.
If the US Western Pacific Fleet sails to North Korea, it will be strange if it is not blown up!
In the face of the situation in Asia, which is full of gunpowder, Britain has to once again play the role of mediator with the mud while protesting.
This bombing has made some subtle changes in the mentality of the top level of the political axe, which is equivalent to slapping them hard and making the political axe a little sober.
However, although he was aware of the gap, he still fantasized about using the power of Europe and the United States to defeat China, and it was not a bombardment that could completely succumb to them.
On December 12 and 6, the British political axe began to mediate the differences between China and the United States over the Sino-Korean War.
China wants to block North Korea's lines of communication, and the United States does not want China to blockade it.
However, the United States has no confidence at this time and is a little cowardly.
It is already an irreversible foregone conclusion that China will form a hegemonic position in the Asian region, and under such a certain situation, the United States has already wanted to intervene in the Asian situation, which has become a serious provocation to a big country, which is tantamount to blocking the water of the Yellow River.
The British meant that China would confine the war to Korea and not engage in an all-out war with the country.
That is, not to attack the native land.
The United States, on the other hand, should not intervene in this war.
This war was a war between China and China over the Korean question, and Korea itself, as a vassal state of China, had the right to make its protectorate power.
The U.S. diplomatic ambassador readily accepted the British proposal.
However, the Chinese empire did not agree too much, because the United States tore up the Zhu-Xinlan Agreement.
"The United States has said that it will not restore the provisions of the Zhu-Xinlan Agreement, and we cannot guarantee this." Zhu Xiaocheng said when receiving the diplomatic ambassadors of the two countries.
"Well, I asked the president."
…… The reason why the United States wants to protect itself from falling into a full-scale war is that China is showing too much power at this time.
If the war continues and China continues to bomb it, it will not be able to carry out normal social operations.
In other words, Ben is going to be half-crippled.
Strictly speaking, it is a deep disability.
As a result, Yueben will no longer have the ability to contain China.
At the same time, if the United States does not support China, it is very likely that China will give in to China, and once it submits, then China will really have no constraints in East Asia.
However, at this time, it is obviously impossible to make sense, and if the United States relies on force to force China, it may receive even worse results.
Because China is not at all afraid of the American Western Pacific Fleet in the Asian region.
The Chinese Air Force can sink the US Western Pacific Fleet as it did against the Combined Fleet.
At that time, the United States will not only fail to achieve its goal, but will have to lose a fleet, and more importantly, the United States is not ready for a full-scale war with China at this time, and if the Western Pacific Fleet is bombed and sunk, the United States will basically have no means of military retaliation at that time, and the United States' position in the world will decline.
At this time, although the military power of the United States was not the largest in the world, at least no one could ignore the United States as an economic power.
But if China hits the United States and the United States has no means to fight back, then the United States will be reduced to a paper tiger in the eyes of everyone.
After softening militarily, the United States has also softened politically.
If the United States does not restore it, then China will besiege Korea and then attack the country to bring the political axe to its knees, so that the Chinese army can withdraw from Korea.
…… A few days later, Britain and the United States put forward a new plan, and the American political axe made it clear that it was impossible to restore the agreement because the trade deficit between China and the United States was too large.
China can be said to be the largest country in the world today that imports the least goods, and almost does not import any products.
Even though China's import tariffs may seem low, with the awakening of Chinese nationalism, citizens are labeling goods with the trademark "Made in China."
Those products that are not posted, even if the quality is very good and the price is very cheap, are mostly left out in the cold.
Support for domestic production, which is the most mentioned in the current Chinese society.
China does not explicitly say that it excludes goods from a certain country, but uses the slogan of 'supporting domestic production' to knock aside all imported goods.
The way for the public to distinguish whether it is domestic is very simple, is to look at the trademark.
As long as the goods have the trademark of 'Made in China', they are all made by Chinese manufacturers, and they are all 100% national capital.
In China, once a company has more than 5% foreign ownership in its shares, the agency that controls the 'Made in China' trademark will not label the company.
The United States has also protested against such a market phenomenon, but the Chinese Imperial Political Axe said that this is an unofficial act and that the Political Axe has no right to interfere.
It is true that this trademark is not owned by the political axe.
However, this trademark has an official reputation.
China sells many goods to the United States every year, while the United States exports few things to China, which has led to the continuous expansion of the trade deficit and the continuous flow of precious metals to China.
This is unacceptable for the United States, so tearing up the agreement is inevitable.
The US political axe decided to withdraw from intervening in the Korean War with China, and China arbitrarily blocked North Korea's maritime communications, and the United States did not care.
The United States is equivalent to not playing, whatever you want China to toss.
But the United States is not playing, Britain is still playing.
Britain wanted to restrain China from launching an all-out war against Ben.
This time, Britain helped out relations with the allies, and Britain said: "Britain has long recognized China's suzerainty over Korea, so Britain will not intervene in the Korean War, but as an ally of Britain, China cannot fight on the mainland." ”
Britain had no reason to intervene in the Korean War because it had signed the Sino-British Agreement on the Delimitation of Spheres of Influence.
As a member of the agreement, since it is an ally, and if the allies are invaded, Britain can intervene.
In theory, it does make sense.
Xia Jun doesn't care, the previous "Zhu-Xinlan Agreement" between China and the United States itself cannot be maintained for a long time, after all, the trade deficit cannot be ignored, and those capitalists in the Federal Reserve cannot sit idly by. The agreement is only suspended sooner or later.
If the United States unilaterally suspends the agreement this time, China will also be able to send arms to South America on a large scale and provide military guidance to South American countries.
Let America's backyard catch fire.
Britain itself wanted to take a tough stance this time, but considering that Britain could not go to war in the short term, and with the temper of the young head of state in China, it was very likely that it would backfire, and on the contrary, the war would develop to an uncontrollable degree.
Britain in Asia could not ensure that its navy would be able to escape the bombing of the Chinese air force, so it was not confident.
Therefore, Britain's attitude is softer, and it belongs to the kind of mediation that puts on a friendly posture.
British diplomacy paid off this time, and the Chinese Empire quickly agreed to this British statement, agreeing to wage war only in Korea.
(To be continued)