readx; Not only that," Enola. The crew members of "Guy" and "Great Artist" also wore goggles. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info 8:15:17 seconds, "Enola. Guy's bomb bay door opened automatically, and the timing of the bomb was automatically controlled by the data sent into the sight by Major Ferry, and his finger was pressed on a red button. The button was pressed, and Liu Xirui clearly saw a slender garden-shaped thing falling out of the magazine with its tail down, and then it rolled over in the air and the bullet fell down towards Hiroshima. Liu Xirui let out a long breath, and the bomb was thrown smoothly, which meant that he didn't have to carry out the cruel second half of the secret order.

The bomb-dropping "B-29" Super Flying Fortress lost about 9,000 pounds of weight at once, and the plane swooped upwards and then made a sharp turn to the right, with a curve of more than 150 degrees. The bomber pressed the nose and hurriedly ran away. Liu Xirui knew that this was not a place to stay for a long time, so he hurriedly led the escort group to follow. At this time, the bomb bay door of the "Great Artist" also opened, and the three falling objects rolled out, followed by three parachutes opened in the air, and hanging under the parachutes were three transmitter cylinders equipped with the data sent back. The atomic bomb was scheduled to explode 43 seconds later, and after 35 seconds, all the US planes flew out of the calculated range, but they did not intend to fly away, but swirled in the distance.

The "little boy" flew straight to the ground from an altitude of 10,000 meters, which took just over 1 minute. The catastrophe of Hiroshima has come! This historical moment was fixed at 8:15 on August 6, 1945.

Hiroshima was calm in the morning, and even though it was a time of war, the people who lived in the city were busy with their own business as usual, completely unaware of the catastrophe that was coming. Some people also saw three parachutes in the sky, but they were not surprised. Maybe it was the Yankee's plane that was hit, it was the American pilot who parachuted out. Maybe the Americans are dropping leaflets again, and that's good stuff. At a time when paper is scarce, American prints can be used for a lot of purposes, at least as hand paper.

To the north of the Aisheng Bridge, the target of the navigator and bombardier Major Ferry, Kawaguchi Ichida emerged from a wooden house, having received a notice of enlistment, and that he would report to the capital Tokyo tomorrow, and that today would be his last day at home. Although Kawaguchi was only 16 years old, thin and wearing a pair of glasses with deep myopia, but in the face of the national crisis, there was a shortage of soldiers, and he had to prepare "100 million jade pieces", so the military really had no choice, and many veterans who were judged to be mildly disabled due to injuries in the early days of the war were also re-enlisted, so it was logical to recruit young people like Kawaguchi Ichida who were studying in high school. Kawaguchi stood in front of a bush of bushes ready to urinate, and he lazily looked up at the three parachutes floating in the air in the wind. Behind him was a barracks, where the Second Army trained its recruits, and before the war it was a large warehouse. The thought of leaving his hometown tomorrow annoyed Kawada wanted to go back to the classroom to continue his studies. He had just lowered his head when the first drop of urine was on the leaves, when suddenly, a bright turquoise light flashed in the sky, like countless high-powered searchlights streaked through the sky. All the chronographs in Hiroshima stopped forever at 8:15.

The "little boy" exploded at an altitude of about 500 meters above the ground, and a large fire mass with a diameter of about 300 meters appeared over Hiroshima, and no one could correctly say what color the flash and fireball were, blue, white, fuchsia, or cyan and pink? No one could speak, because in that moment they were all vaporized.

The flash and the heat emitted by the fireball lasted only a few seconds, but the temperature of the fireball reached 350,000 degrees Celsius, and within 1,000 meters of the center of the explosion, all the granite melted, and the broken tiles softened and turned from black to red. Countless figures were left on the broken walls, and more than 10 people imprinted their body outlines on the cement bridge deck forever.

The shock wave rolled out from the center of the explosion in all directions, and the buildings within 2 kilometers were gone, leaving only a few lonely, particularly sturdy, earthquake-resistant houses that held out in the shaking. Major Ferry hit the target almost directly, and the difference was only a few tens of meters.

Kawaguchi was blessed with a great fortune, and the two big trees growing side by side beside him saved his life. The trees obscured the glare, otherwise his deep-sighted glasses would have become superfluous facial ornaments. But he did not escape the ubiquitous, roaring shockwave, a force lifted him up, and threw him into the barracks behind him, which looked like a large warehouse, a beam slammed into his left leg, and three iron nails pierced his right shoulder. The last thing that came to Kawaguchi's mind before he fell unconscious was:

"That's good, too! I don't have to leave Hiroshima tomorrow to report from Tokyo! ”

About 300 meters to the south of the Aisheng Bridge was the headquarters of the Second Army, and the staff officer on duty in the morning, Captain Nanda Jio, had just walked into the duty suffocation, and before he could pick up the duty record, the roof collapsed, and the captain was crushed under the rubble. He saw the fire burning, and Nanda was terrified. He fought in China for 2 years, fought in Singapore, Malaysia, and New Guinea, and it was a joke that he would not die on the battlefield but would be burned to death in the country. He shouted, "Long live the Emperor!" He struggled to pile up the bricks and tiles that were pressing on him. Finally, he struggled out before the fire could reach him. When he looked up, the clear sky had turned yellow, and as far as the eye could see, there was a flat ground of flames, the majestic Hiroshima Castle and the headquarters of the Second Army were all gone, and all the buildings that stood on the ground were gone.

He stumbled towards the river, his tattered military uniform had turned into strips of cloth and hung on his body and swayed from side to side, Nanda wanted to vomit, and by the river he saw dozens of army officers and soldiers, their expressions were stunned and at a loss. The clothes on his body were almost the same as those of him, and no one was armed with them.

Some people's hair had been burned, and others had their skin burned brown and black, in a tragic scene.

About 1,000 meters to the east of the center of the explosion, Mrs. Yasuko Hidefuku was buried in a collapsed kitchen, with nothing to eat, she just wanted to boil some boiling water for her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter. It was as if she heard her daughter crying out:

"Mom! I'm scared! ”

A force supported his thin body of only 1.5 meters, and she pulled hard, and kept shouting:

"Sachiko! Don't be afraid! Mommy is coming! ”

She easily climbed out of the rubble, the houses around her had collapsed, her daughter was gone, she ran frantically to the top, and she saw people in ragged and smoking clothes, wandering around expressionlessly, like groups of sleepwalkers, like ghosts that had just crawled out of hell. She involuntarily joins the ranks, and to her surprise, she sees her daughter Sachiko crying. He hurriedly shook his daughter's hand, who seemed to think that countless American bombers were dropping bombs overhead.

The only Catholic church in Hiroshima is presided over by a German priest named Victor Hugo. At first, Lassalle's clergy heard only the roar of planes in the sky, followed by a green bolt of lightning that illuminated every corner of the gloomy cathedral. The priest looked out the window and the sky turned yellow. Then the roof collapsed, and the shrewd priest fell to his stomach in front of the altar, his face dusted by rotten bricks and dust. But Jesus blessed him, and the altar held up the largest roof beam, protecting him in a triangular diagonal air. But he was still slightly injured, and his head was smashed by a flying stone. He struggled to flee to the top, bleeding all over his face, looking hideous, but he was not afraid of his life. The whole of Hiroshima was shrouded in dust, and the priest began to search for his companions in the rubble, trying his best to rescue the members of his church.

16-year-old Mihoko feels like she's stepping into hell, at least that's what she thinks subconsciously. One minute earlier, her mother had been blinded by the bright light, and a piece of wood had penetrated her lower abdomen, and her mother screamed for her life with the last of her strength. Then a collapsed wall buried my mother. Mihoko fled to a small square, she passed by several charred corpses, she saw a child crushed under the collapsed iron railing and crying loudly, Mihoko tried to lift the iron railing to help him escape, but saw that the strength was not enough. That's when a neighbor she knew came to help, and his hair and eyebrows were burned, and his face was as flat as his nose. The little boy was rescued, but Mihoko found out that she had done useless work, and the lower half of the boy's body was gone, and the little boy took his last breath and stared at Mihoko with blank eyes.

About 500 meters west of the center of the explosion is Hiroshima University, which has no male students, and all of them have been conscripted. The university became a full-fledged girls' school. Early in the morning, about 400 girls, most of them wearing black school uniforms, but 15-year-old Eko Mihara wore white shirts. They did not wear fireproof hats, and although the authorities proposed the rules, the school did not strictly enforce them. The flash appeared, and about 300 or so girls turned curiously to look, and these people died immediately. Instinctively, Mihara covered her eyes with her hands, and when she opened them again, she saw nothing but a miserable and desolate scene, with no one standing but her, only rubble on the floor, her coat on fire, and it was this white shirt that saved her life. The classmate in black was burned to death in the flash, but the white clothes reflected the bright light, so Mihara Eko survived. She slapped the flames on her clothes with her hand, and she immediately noticed that the skin on her arms had fallen in large chunks, and some were hanging staggeringly, and Mihara Eko screamed hoarsely and fainted. The main building of Hiroshima University is still standing, and the Oenen-clock on the building does not move until 8:15 a.m., but this is only a coincidence. It had nothing to do with the atomic bombing, the clock had broken two days earlier, and the time it indicated was 8:15 p.m. two days earlier. 8:15 is not this 8:15 also!

This morning, the bank clerk Shigeji Ono overslept and woke up late. As he hurried to the trolleybus stop to get to work, the queue was already long, and Ono walked quickly to the end of the line, and before he could get into the queue, a lightning bolt lit up in the sky. The light of the lightning illuminated the crowd in front of him white, so white that it was almost invisible. "It's an incendiary bomb," thought Ono as he quickly lay down on the pavement and covered his head with his hands, a brick flew over and hit him on the back, Ono didn't care about the pain, he remembered that there was a bomb shelter nearby, and at this time a thick cloud of smoke covered the sky, and Ono groped in vain to find a place to hide in the dark. The shockwave rushed over, but Ono's luck was good, the corner of the station blocked most of the impact for him, and Ono was still thrown off a big heel fight. When he got up from the ground, he saw a dozen or so people waiting in front of him circling there, their bodies burning with flames, many crying hysterically, their long rolls of skin hanging from their faces, arms and legs. Ono was so frightened that he wanted to vomit. He was spared solely because he came too late to be last in line, and the crowd in front of him and the corner of the station saved him.

General Fujii, the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, was stoned to death in the collapsed headquarters building at the beginning of the atomic bombing, and the only one alive in the ruins of the building was Private 1st Class Telegraph Yamaguchi, but his head, arms, and abdomen were full of wounds, and his body was covered in blood. He struggled to crawl out of the rubble, wiped the blood from his eyes with his torn sleeves and began to search for the entrance to the basement. Three minutes later, he crawled into the basement, turning on the spare battery and transmitter with trembling hands. On this day, the Tokyo base camp received this telegram:

"Hiroshima was hit with the heaviest bombs of the new type, killing and wounding many soldiers and civilians, destroying the headquarters of the Second Army and killing the commander. All the buildings in the city collapsed, and Hiroshima no longer exists."

On a large road near the headquarters of the Second Army, four soldiers staggered and carried a huge portrait of Emperor Hirohito as they walked. The fanatical citizens in tattered clothes, some with green smoke still emitting from their bodies, and the survivors of the catastrophe who stood up in the rubble, as if seeing a savior, came to the huge portrait of the emperor to bow and worship, and many of them bowed and wept and said, "Long live the emperor!" The sound rang out. The number of people gathered more and more, and the soldiers could not move forward, and they had to stop. In the ruined houses and ruins of the city, he said that he was so devout and reverent for a portrait of the emperor, which shows the importance and greatness of the emperor's position in the hearts of the Japanese people. While the people were shouting and screaming, a tall remnant wall collapsed on the edge, and a brick the size of a bowl flew through the air, and the brick hit the head of the portrait of the emperor impartially, and with a low muffled sound, the brick passed through the cloth. The huge Hirohito elephant was suddenly punched out of a large hole, and the emperor's head was missing, leaving a transparent hole in what was originally a majestic head. Everyone agreed. Another crumbling building collapsed, carrying sparks of dust into the crowd, and the four soldiers shouted as they threw down the headless portrait of the emperor and fled in panic towards the river. The crowd was chaotic, and all the people were running around. The Emperor's giant elephant, which had just been regarded as a sacred relic, was trampled by countless feet and turned into a pile of rags, and a scorching wave of air blew, and these dirty colored stripes that could not be distinguished from the color burst into flames, and in a short time they turned into a pile of ashes, and when the wind blew, they completely disappeared without a trace.

Liu Xirui, who was hovering the plane in the distance above Hiroshima, saw a red bright spot the size of a ping-pong ball appear thousands of meters below the fuselage of the plane. Within seconds, the bright spot immediately turned into a fireball, which expanded into a dazzling cloud of vivid purple-red flames, with billowing smoke billowing around it. A strong light shot out from the flames and smoke, and then a white blazing pillar of fire quickly rushed to an altitude of 3,000 meters, and the pillar of fire exploded into a red-black trumpet flower in the sky, forming a huge mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke, which kept tumbling and rising, rushing straight into the air of 5,000 meters. All the pilots of this group, especially Festin and Little Bentz, were frightened, and Little Benz kept drawing the word "ten" on his chest with his right hand, and repeatedly said in his heart:

"Oh God! Forgive us unfortunate! ”

Liu Xirui had already been mentally prepared, but he was still taken aback by this scene:

"Oh my God! This atomic bomb is so terrifying that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a weapon of mass destruction, and sooner or later all countries will rush to develop it! ”

A shock wave rushed over, and all the planes in the small group shook violently. Quite far away. Colonel Tibbetts thought "Enola. Guy was attacked by the plane, and he shouted:

"Escort aircraft! Escort aircraft! ”

"It's a shock wave, it's not harmful to us, it's just a fluctuation!"

Colonel Parsons yelled at him:

Tibbetts took off his goggles, turned the nose of his plane and flew back towards Hiroshima, he wanted to see how effective the bombing was. His move was approved by all the pilots, and Liu Xirui's escort group also covered the "B-29" and flew back.

"Holy Moses, what have we bombed Hiroshima into!"

Sergeant Karen, the belly shooter, screamed over the intercom:

'My God!' ”

Co-pilot Lewis lamented:

"What are we doing? Hiroshima is torn apart! ‘”

Major Festin was stunned by what was going on, and he murmured over the intercom:

"Oh my God! We chewed and spit out the city in our mouths, it was disgusting! ”

On the other side, the "Great Artist" focused and frantically filmed all this with a movie camera.

But in any case, the bombing was a success. This meant that the war would soon be over, and everyone was greatly relieved. Tibbetts ordered the telegram to be sent back with a cipher:

"Visually, clean. The effect is greater than that of Alamodogo. The situation inside the plane is normal, now return to the Papal Dominion (Tinian Island Base)! ”

At this time, Hiroshima was shrouded in smoke and flames, and the whole city was turned into a huge garbage dump. The Aisheng Bridge, located at the center of the explosion, was long gone, and the river was filled with layers of corpses blocking the boiling water, and the victims tried to jump into the water to escape the fire, but unfortunately they were boiled by the boiling water. The trees are still burning, and the houses are collapsing. Black smoke and dust were everywhere. The survivors, some of them were blind and groping with their hands stretched out, and they were like zombies moving forward blindly. Some of them were walking aimlessly with their faces, arms and legs, and one woman was still smoking, holding the charred corpse of a baby in her hands and staggering among the rubble, and the fire was still burning everywhere. The sky was drizzling, and the sky over the city was covered with clouds, which merged with the mushroom clouds formed after the atomic bombing, turning the clear day of Fangyuan for dozens of kilometers into a cloudy dusk.

This is a very tragic picture, which makes people sad and unbearable to look at. There were not many wartime ambulance stations in Hiroshima, because the city had not been attacked by US planes for a long time, most of them had existed in name only, and in addition, they were not taken seriously by the people, and there were even fewer full-time ambulance personnel. The surviving doctors and nurses were scrambled as the wounded flocked to the few ambulance stations, and despite their best efforts to help the victims, they did not know how to heal the wounds left by the atomic bombing, not to mention the small number of medicines, most of which had been requisitioned by the military. They can only rinse the wounds of the injured with clean water, cut off the hanging skin with surgical scissors, and more often use words to comfort the injured people, and the doctors and nurses themselves need help.

According to the statistics of the relevant authorities and historians, of course, this kind of statistics is not very accurate. Nearly 130,000 people died on the spot in the atomic bombing, countless others were injured, and more than 70,000 of those wounded died. Under the radiation of nuclear radiation, the aftermath is even more endless, and more than 60,000 people have died of radiation sickness. The cumulative number of deaths reached more than 260,000, which cannot but be said to be an unprecedented human catastrophe.

"Little Boy" fulfilled his mission, but it wasn't all. On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, the Americans used the superbomb again because of the delay in the response of the authorities. A "B-29" super air fortress named "Bock's car" once again visited another city called Changwei under the cover of Liu Xirui's naval fighters, and the "fat man" was dropped, the city was destroyed, and another 100,000 people were killed in this attack. I said that my scalp can't be hard anymore!

Hiroshima and Nagagata were destroyed, and the situation was reported to the emperor by the Minister of Kidochi, and Kido Kamiko said to the emperor:

"In the case of two cities razed to the ground by some secret weapon, and numerous casualties among soldiers and civilians, we must surrender to some extremely reluctant facts that are inevitable and will come sooner or later. This is the Potsdam Proclamation of the full acceptance of the Allies,"

The Emperor replied:

"The people of Ben have done their utmost and made great sacrifices in this war. I couldn't hide my pain. Whatever happens to me after the war, we should end the war as soon as possible, and the tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagaga must not be repeated! ”

Both the Minister of Kido and the Emperor himself realized that the time had come for the Emperor to personally intervene and take action. In particular, on 8 August, Ambassador Sato sent back to the Soviet Union the news that the "Soviet-said Non-Aggression Pact" had been abrogated ahead of schedule and that war would be declared on the next day, on 9 August, was three days late, and the Long Defect was razed on 9 August. The situation has taken a turn for the worse, and no matter who sees it, there is only one last way left to go, and there is no orderly and complete surrender!

In Tokyo, the fanatical army was unwilling to take responsibility for surrender, and instead questioned what was so remarkable about the destruction of one or two cities in the war. Foreign Minister Togo suggested accepting the "Potsdam Proclamation," and he soberly pointed out that the emergence of the atomic bomb had dramatically changed the existing military situation, provided the military with sufficient reasons to end the war, and the army would not lose face. But the Army did not appreciate it, and they saw Togo's proposal as worthless.

Seeing that the army was still arrogant and unreasonable, Togo went directly to Prime Minister Suzuki and expressed his hatred and dissatisfaction with the army. Prime Minister Suzuki did not defend himself, but he simply and directly said:

"Let's end the war!"

However, he said that he had to find out whether the emperor agreed to surrender, and that afternoon Prime Minister Suzuki met with the emperor at the Imperial Bunko and asked Hirohito to end the war. Immediately Emperor Hirohito expressed his agreement to anything that could lead to peace.

However, at the cabinet meeting at 9 a.m. the next day, there was no unanimity, and the army side remained tough. Prime Minister Suzuki made his views clear at the very beginning of the meeting. He said:

"In the present situation, the only thing we can do is accept the 'Potsdam Proclamation' and end the war. Therefore, I would like to hear your views on this meeting. ”

Although this was a matter of concern, none of the "giants" and military personnel in the Cabinet who participated in the meeting spoke a word. The meeting fell into an awkward silence. For a long time, the sea phase Minet was angry:

"Why can't you speak? You should be blunt, this is the time for the fate of the book. Pretending to be dumb we will achieve nothing, this is irresponsible! It's time to talk about surrender! Everyone should be sensible, sober and objective."

Minai's words aroused the displeasure of the Minister of the Land, Anami, the Chief of the General Staff, Mijiro Amizu, and the commander of the Combined Wing, Vice Admiral Toyoda, and the three of them roared and claimed that they would never receive the "Potsdam Proclamation" and that if the war was to end, it would be in order. They demanded that the Emperor's position and rule must be secured in the first place, that the army should be disbanded by the military itself, that the war criminals should be tried by themselves, that no reparations should be paid, and that the number of occupying troops should be limited. Can the military still guarantee victory? Can we reverse the fact that almost the whole world is firing at him?

Lu Xiang Anan said that he could not, but he still hoped that a decisive battle could be fought to show the determination of the whole people to unite and resist to the end. Dongxiang asked angrily:

"Can you stop the Americans, the Soviets, and even the Chinese from landing on their homeland?"

Umezu Mijiro replied:

"We can repel these invaders when they come ashore, and we can annihilate most of them, and we can inflict heavy losses on them."

"So what? Can you repel once, can you repel a second, third attack? Can you prevent the atomic bomb from exploding in Tokyo and thus endanger the emperor? ”

The question is very acute, but the military still refuses to give in, except for the internal affairs of the sea and the country. The meeting was noisy and unproductive. Prime Minister Suzuki terminated the meeting:

"There is only one way," he said, "and let us ask the Emperor to decide!" ”

In fact, according to the political system, although the emperor has a high prestige and seems to have a lot of power, the constitution stipulates that the emperor cannot take the initiative to propose any national policy. However, in exceptional circumstances, the emperor may make an exception. Prime Minister Suzuki and Minister Kido Interior believed that only if the emperor broke with tradition and intervened in this matter, Samoto could be saved. If the army still insists on making trouble, it is said that the country and the people will really be ruined.

In the evening, all the members of the cabinet and representatives of the military came to the Imperial Library. An attendant of the palace led the dignitaries to a steep staircase paved with straw mats. Under the stairs is a long tunnel that leads to the palace air-raid chamber. Located at the bottom of a hill, this air-raid room is about 300 square meters and is divided into 6 rooms, the largest of which is a conference room. The ventilation strip in this air defense room is extremely poor, stuffy and hot. The meeting room was devoid of any decoration and was extremely shabby. Compared to the conference room in the "wolf's den" of Hit's Third Reich, the gap is not a matter of one level and two poles, but a five-star hotel and a slum. In addition to the "Big Six" of the Cabinet, the meeting was attended by 4 clerks, 2 royal officials, and the aged and mediocre Privy Rector Baron Hiranuma.

Minister Anan and General Toyoda, Chief of General Staff Umezu were disturbed by the atmosphere in the conference room, and they were all murderous, and their sabers clanged indiscriminately. But the civil officials were unmoved, and agriculture and forestry, industry and commerce, transportation and military quartermaster all scolded with contempt in their hearts:

"A bunch of lunatics and psychos!"

About 15 minutes before midnight, the emperor, who appeared tired and uneasy, entered the basement. Hirohito struggled to sit down on a wooden chair at the conference table, and all the participants bowed and saluted. At the request of Prime Minister Suzuki, the Emperor's Chief of Guard, Susui, read out the "Potsdam Proclamation," and the strong wording of the proclamation made it almost impossible for Suzui to read. It took more than 20 minutes to barely finish it.

Suzuki briefly briefed the Emperor on the day's meeting, and then he asked for speeches. The basement was scorching hot, and the bigwigs who attended the meeting were sweating profusely. But Emperor Hirohito looked calm. Foreign Minister Togo calmly declared that as long as the state system could be preserved and the position of the emperor could be maintained, nothing else mattered, and the "Potsdam Proclamation" could be accepted. Haixiang Menet controlled his feelings, and he said:

"I agree with Foreign Minister Togo, it's time to end the war."

Lu Xiang Anan couldn't help but be furious, and he shouted loudly:

"I disagree with the foreign minister's opinion, unless I agree that the military will disband the army on its own, identify the war criminals on its own, and try it on its own. It is also necessary to ensure the status of the emperor and limit the number of occupying forces. Otherwise, we will never surrender! We have the courage to continue fighting, and we will definitely deal a major blow to the invaders. Even if they all die in the end. We will also make the Yamato nation the supreme honor! ”

Umezu Mijiro, chief of the general staff of the base camp with a shaved head, also said impassionedly that the war has been fought for so many years, countless soldiers have sacrificed their lives for the country, and 100 million people have paid too many sacrifices. The aged Baron Hiranuma, who did not look as dull as the outside world legend suggests, bluntly asked a question that embarrassed the military, and demanded a direct answer from the military:

"You've fought a lot of defeats to make the situation so out of control, do you still have the ability to keep fighting? What are you going to do to prevent the atomic bomb attack on Tokyo? ”

This is really a tricky question, and the army side certainly does not know how to answer it. For a long time, Toyota's deputy general said:

"We can prevent the bombing of atomic bombs with air defense. We have been conserving strength for future operations, and I dare not say that we will achieve the final victory, but we also cannot completely defeat either. ”

Prime Minister Suzuki thought sadly that a small commander of the Combined Fleet would dare to make a big deal in a cabinet meeting, and even in front of the emperor. This was simply unthinkable before. Such a little person is not even qualified to participate in the conference! It's really the wind of the world! These guys quarrel with each other for nothing more than to save themselves, for fear of being condemned by the Americans, Chinese as war criminals and sent to the gallows. What preserves strength, what inflicts heavy casualties on the enemy is all nonsense, they can resign immediately, and this cabinet will be dissolved, and they can be defeated by a prime minister who is close to the military. And you can fight as much as you like, it's not much easier! Why not? These guys obviously know that they can't fight anymore, and they save face for the army. It's a bunch of bullshit.

The meeting went back to the old road in the afternoon, and the civilian, military and military generals had their own opinions and could not be unified. Hours passed, and there was still no conclusion. Prime Minister Suzuki couldn't help it, he slowly and carefully stood up and said:

"We've wasted too much time, the situation is so serious, people are dying every minute, and there's a greater danger looming over us. Although there is no precedent, I find it difficult to speak, but there is no way, so let's ask His Majesty the Emperor to make a judgment! ”

He turned to face the Emperor and asked the Emperor to decide whether or not to accept the "Potsdam Proclamation" and surrender to the allies.

Emperor Hirohito stood up, this guy has always been expressionless, to show that he is unfathomable, but at this time he pretended to be very emotional. He opened Chrysostom and said:

"I have seriously considered the situation at home and abroad many times, and if we continue to fight the war, it will lead to the destruction of our nation. I can't bear to let my people suffer any more, and the only way is to end the war as soon as possible and restore peace to the world. ”

The Emperor paused and said:

"I feel deeply sorry for the brave men who died on the battlefield and the people who lost their businesses and even their lives in the air raids. I can't bear to see the army disarmed and the land occupied by other countries, but now is the time for us to endure it. I recall that Emperor Meiji had the same feelings when our country was intervened by Russia, Germany, and France in 1895, and I could only swallow my tears and accept the 'Potsdam Proclamation' according to the opinion of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister! ”

After the emperor finished speaking, he pretended to be carrying a thousand pounds of burden, nodded to the attendees, and fled the hall in a hurry. He had nothing to worry about, and according to the "Potsdam Proclamation", his position as emperor would probably be retained. If you are safe, so should the royal family. As for the others? I'm sorry! The Emperor can't help it! Hit your own luck! I hope the Americans, the Chinese will not exterminate you! But the world is unpredictable, and it is wisest not to say that "there will be a period later"!

After the emperor left the stage after the performance, Prime Minister Suzuki stood up and said:

"We have listened to His Majesty's Divine Word, and the Emperor's Divine Judgment should be the final resolution of this meeting. I don't think you'll object! Sign now! ”

The ministers who attended the meeting gave their names one by one, and Anan, Umezu, and Toyoda signed helplessly. Baron Hiranuma was the last to sign. It was 2:40 p.m.

Theoretically, the Cabinet would have to approve the surrender of the Minister, but the majority of the Cabinet attended the Imperial Council and the situation was well understood. But the cutscenes still have to go. Prime Minister Suzuki showed rare efficiency, and he immediately held a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office. The ministers drafted a surrender document and a note to the allies, stating that "the Potsdam Proclamation agreed to accept the 'Potsdam Proclamation' on the understanding that it did not contain any claim that would impair His Majesty's authority as supreme ruler." ”

If you think that I have surrendered like this, then you don't know much about these Japanese people who live on the island! Things are far from simple, and the emperor's words don't always work. The army, especially the Army, does not care about this at all.

They were determined to do what they wanted, and the turmoil in their country began!

(To be continued)