Chapter 388: The Great Kanto Earthquake

If it was before the establishment of the Nationalist government, Sun Yat-sen's death might have caused a huge reaction in China. However, now, this news is more regarded as a piece of news, and very few people really feel it...

Although both the Kuomintang government and the Japanese government held mourning activities, a week after Sun Yat-sen's death, there were very few people who still remembered this event...

Yan Guang, Xu Shichang and the others still have it in their hearts, but after all, they are busy with a lot of things every day, so after a period of time, all this will fade...

And then...

"Oh! Good ball! ”

In a large stadium in Beijing that can accommodate more than 20,000 people, Yan Guang, Wang Yaowu and others are watching the final of the National Men's Football League from special seats.

As a male from later generations, Yan Guang has unspeakable feelings for the Chinese men's football team.

Negative feelings...

So after coming to this world, when Yan Guangxiao had a foundation, he began to promote the sport of football. Even when he was in the Sichuan Military Government, Yan Guang had already held several military football leagues in the National Social Army at that time.

For the education sector managed by Zhang Lan, Yan Guangyou continues to promote the "all-round development of morality, intellect and physique".

To put it simply, football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, track and field, badminton, etc.

In the final analysis, if it weren't for the men's football team of later generations, it would be too ......... How many people don't like football?

In the later generations, Yan Guang has always wanted to hang all the guys in the Football Association, but unfortunately he has no ability to achieve it, so he can only think about it in his head, and now that he has the ability to change, Yan Guang will naturally not waste this opportunity.

Therefore, during the period of the Sichuan Military Government, both football and basketball have been initially developed in the province. At the same time, due to the relationship between a large number of military teams at that time, although the military government was only established for more than a year, the provincial football league and basketball league have a certain prototype.

Later, after the success of the Second Revolution, Yan Guang vigorously promoted football and basketball in China, and in 1913 he had already applied to join the International Football Federation, that is, FIFA.

(In 1886, four football associations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland initiated the establishment of the International Football Council and unified the rules of the game.) In 1904, France and other football associations initiated the establishment of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association in Paris. FIFA is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. ）

It's a pity that there is no World Cup at this time, otherwise Yan Guang really hopes that the national football team can play.

But even with the World Cup, I'm afraid it would be difficult to play, because just a year later, in 1914, the First World War broke out.

And since the war has broken out, not to mention the World Cup, which has not yet been born, even the Olympics will not be held.

But then again, even if the Olympics were to be held, it wouldn't work, because football was only included in the Olympics in 1924, and the participants had to be amateurs, which is one of the reasons why the World Cup was there.

As a result of these regulations, many elite soccer players were excluded, and it was an urgent need to host the world's highest level soccer tournaments with professional players.

And then...

Although much of Europe and Asia was in full swing after 1914, China developed greatly economically and otherwise because the war was far from China's homeland.

At the same time, due to people's affluent lives, the requirements for the entertainment industry have also increased.

Although the anti-pornography and anti-illegal activities are carried out every year...

In this case, sports, which also have a certain degree of entertainment and are promoted to a considerable extent by the government, have been highly promoted. …,

By 1916, although the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme were raging in Europe, the first National Games had been held in Beijing, with not only football leagues and basketball leagues, but also athletics and badminton.

At the same time, even Xinjiang, Tibet and Outer Mongolia and other places have participated in this Games...

Although because of the lack of preparation, the grades are very poor...

Football and basketball in this period, no matter how much they were promoted, were certainly not as exciting as later generations. However, Yan Guang himself is also a pseudo-fan, so he doesn't think there's anything wrong...

At the same time, since football and basketball are undoubtedly the two most popular big balls, all kinds of teams soon appeared all over the country, and it is at this time that the most feared thing happened.

"Match-fixing..."

If you have to say it, Yan Guang has never thought of banning gambling, because this is not forbidden at all, but match-fixing is not something that Yan Guang can tolerate, especially the one that is too fake...

In fact, Yan Guang himself didn't expect it to develop so fast, but he held two or three worlds, and even match-fixing came out.

But in 1919, the first year after the end of the war, when Yan Guang attended the stadium to watch a football match, he suddenly found that there was match-fixing at this time...

And just as the level of football and basketball at this time cannot be compared with later generations, the acting skills of athletes in this period cannot be compared with later generations at all, so looking at the match-fixing below that can be seen through at a glance, Yan Guang is like thunder...

Although it is definitely not okay to dare to cheat in this kind of competition, it is definitely not possible to have no ability and relationship, but in front of Yan Guang, such a ability and relationship is no different from nothing.

In addition, the Military Defense Bureau, which is in charge of the country, also investigated the entire league under the order of Yan Guang, so a series of extremely serious punishments were quickly distributed to the heads of various clubs.

In the end, even Yan Guang will attend every football league and say that if anyone dares to cheat and play match-fixing...

"Just give me all the way to Kazakhstan to build a railway!!"

Although there are also media and other people who have opinions about Yan Guang's almost dictatorial approach, match-fixing has always been a painful thing, so the vast majority of people support Yan Guang's approach.

Especially the military, as the most strictly managed army in peacetime, sports such as football and basketball are undoubtedly the favorites to kill time in peacetime, well, and the quintessence of mahjong or something...

Therefore, the military also supports Yan Guang on the issue of combating match-fixing.

Of course, people like "drug use is not harmful, drug prohibition is harmful, really, it is particularly harmful..."...

Up to now, although match-fixing and other things are definitely prohibited, at least with the cooperation of the Military Defense Bureau and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there is no doubt that the current Chinese sports world is the cleanest in the world...

(The 1927 Italian league title was vacant, and the original champion team Torino was disqualified due to the "Alemandi bribery case", which was the first match-fixing scandal to be revealed in the history of Italian football.) ）

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Because of Yan Guang staring at it, no one dared to play match-fixing, so although the game on the field was not as good as that of later generations, it was also wonderful in the eyes of Yan Guang, a pseudo-fan.

"If I can live a few more years, maybe the three balls can really reach the world level..."

At least in Yan Guang's memory, although the level of Chinese basketball is not as good as that of the United States, it is at least much stronger than the men's football team, so Yan Guang is still very confident.

Anyway, some people had already called Yan Guang a dictator a few years earlier, and Yan Guang didn't mind being more dictatorial.

However, just when Yan Guang, Wang Yaowu and others were watching the game on the field intently in the stands, a government official in a black suit suddenly walked into Yue Chang's ear and whispered. …,

It was only two or three seconds, and Yue Chang's face had changed, and after waving his hand to signal the official to step back, he walked quickly to Yan Guang's side.

"President, there was an earthquake in Japan..."

At this time, Yan Guang was still watching an athlete on the field dribble the ball there, so he didn't pay much attention to Yue Chang's words.

"Earthquakes? There is no day when there is no earthquake in Japan..."

Wang Yaowu and several others reacted in the same way, after all, earthquakes in Japan are too frequent.

However, hearing Yan Guang say this, Yue Chang said with a wry smile.

"It was a very serious earthquake, and I heard that the area of the position covers Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Shizuoka prefectures, and the problem is very serious..."

"Oh?"

This time, Yan Guang turned his head back, because the guy who dribbled the ball just now had already been cut off.

"Is the problem serious?"

"It's serious!"

Yue Chang nodded.

"I'm okay with the contact in Tokyo, but I've heard that I can't get in touch with the consulates in Kanagawa and Shizuoka at all..."

"It's so big..."

Wang Yaowu on the side frowned.

At this time, Yan Guang seemed to remember something.

"It can't be the Great Kanto Earthquake..."

Rubbing his eyebrows, Yan Guang thought silently in his heart.

At this time, China had just experienced the Haiyuan earthquake, which occurred on December 16, 1920, in the area of Haiyuan County in the southern part of China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

In the past, the earthquake caused considerable casualties in Shanghai, and the earthquake affected 17 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, including Nanxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Fujian. The felt area is 2.51 million square kilometers, accounting for about 1/4 of China's area, and it is the most widespread earthquake in China's history.

According to incomplete statistics, a total of 273,400 people died in the Haewon earthquake, and countless people were injured.

Of course, this is only the post-disaster situation in history...

During the First World War and the post-war period, it was a period of great development for China.

During this period, the government invested heavily in infrastructure such as new roads, streets, drainage, electricity and water systems. At the same time, there has also been a great enhancement in medical resources.

Maybe saying this will offend Ningxia's friends a little, but just like Guizhou, Ningxia does have a sense of no existence (I didn't say anything about Guizhou, it was an online chat when I said which province had the least sense of existence, a buddy from Guizhou said, well, and there was a self-complaining Jiangxi).

Despite this, the government still has a lot of resources invested in Ningxia.

It is precisely for this reason that the number of casualties in the Haewon earthquake has decreased considerably compared to history.

A total of 273,400 people died in the historic Shanghai earthquake, but only more than 50,000 died during the Nationalist government...

First, with the development of the economy, a large number of new structures of houses appeared in Ningxia, and at the same time, there were not as many tofu slag projects as in later generations, which made most of the people at least able to resist the first earthquake.

After all, there are still very few high-rise buildings at this time, and most of them are bungalows or two- or three-story buildings, as long as they don't fall in the first wave, even if they run, they can run downstairs.

Another willingness is medical resources, compared with history, Ningxia's medical resources are obviously much more, which also enables many injured people to get effective treatment, plus Gansu and Ningxia stand next to each other, and the Lanzhou Military Region is in Ningxia, plus the trains of the two provinces have long been connected...

In the first period of the earthquake, Yan Guang had already gone to Ningxia in person, and at the same time, more than 100,000 national defense troops in Gansu also entered the disaster area in Ningxia for treatment, and a large number of medical resources and relief materials poured into ...... from other provinces under the deployment of the national government.

This also prevents the injured from dying of hunger and cold without medicine or food.

(Ningxia in December, no matter how you look at it, can be called cold, plus 20 years of China... ）

The deaths of more than 50,000 people are heart-wrenching, especially when the world does not know that more than 200,000 people actually died in the historical Shanghai earthquake. Fortunately, the action of the Guoshe government was fast, and more than 100,000 national defense troops were not afraid of hardships to carry out rescue operations in Ningxia, plus Yan Guang rushed to the front line to command as soon as possible, so no one blamed the Guoshe government...

As for the tofu slag project? Most of the buildings that collapsed in the first wave were there in the pre-Qing Dynasty, and even if you want to blame, it can't be counted on Yan Guang's head...

But even so, in a country like China, which is not prone to earthquakes, because of the Haiyuan earthquake, the world at this time is still quite sensitive to the word earthquake...

"Let's go, let's go back to the presidential palace..."

After recalling some of the circumstances in his memory about the Great Kanto Earthquake, he rubbed his eyebrows and looked at the others.

After Yan Guang and his entourage disappeared into the stadium, almost all the athletes in the stadium who noticed Yan Guang and the others leaving...

"Finally gone..."

I have to say that these young athletes in the stadium still adore and respect Yan Guang, but after the match-fixing operation a few years ago, this respect and worship has turned into awe...

You know, in the past few years, there have really been many athletes and club leaders who have been sent to Kazakhstan to build railways under the orders of Yan Guang...

At this time, Yan Guang didn't think about how much the athletes in the stadium were in awe of him, and at this time, he was just recalling the situation about the Great Kanto Earthquake in the car.

To be honest, Yan Guang actually knew about the earthquake, but he still can't remember whether the earthquake happened in 23 or 27, and it is even more unclear what month it happened.

As for why Yan Guang knew about this earthquake, it was only because in 2011, there was also a major earthquake in Japan, although it is a pity that the earthquake actually happened in the sea, not in Japan itself.

Japan was not cut in half by the earthquake, but even so, the tsunami caused by the earthquake still caused a lot of casualties in Japan.

Hmm, it seems that thousands of people have been missing until Yan Guang crosses, but by now, it is estimated that it is completely impossible to find it...

"It's not a good thing to know that gloating, but why am I so happy to hear the news of the earthquake..."

In the car, Yan Guang touched his chin and said.

He remembered what some Japanese people said during the Wenchuan earthquake...

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While Yan Guang was still gloating in the car, the Japanese were also confused by the earthquake.

Saturday, September 1, 1923, Yokohama – The Tokyo area is bustling with people. Businessmen and office workers are still busy in the office building, and housewives are cooking on the fire. Because it's a Saturday, the station is full of people ready to go on vacation.

However, at this time, an earthquake struck...

The epicenter of the earthquake was in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo Bay. In addition to the two major cities of Tokyo and Yokohama, there are many small towns along this coast, collectively known as the Kanto region. It is densely populated, industrially developed, and economically prosperous, making it the political, economic, and cultural center of Japan. The epicenter was about 60 kilometers away from Yokohama and more than 90 kilometers from Tokyo, because this area was covered with soft alluvium, and most of the wooden houses with poor earthquake resistance collapsed and destroyed in the earthquake, causing serious damage.

When the earthquake struck, it was midday cooking time, and the house collapsed and caught fire almost immediately. Although the fires in Tokyo and Yokohama started small, the underground water supply pipes were damaged and the firefighting facilities were destroyed, and many streets were crowded and narrow, and firefighters were unable to extinguish the fires. Firefighters tried in every possible way to pump water from ditches and wells, but to no avail. When the fire approached, people rushed to carry their belongings and pull rickshaws to flee for their lives, but as a result, they blocked traffic, delayed the fire, and carried the fire across the road, causing the fire to spread. The fire grows and the wind increases, and the raging fire rolls up a whirlwind that expands the fire area. …,

Tokyo and Yokohama, two major cities in the Kanto region, are not only densely populated, but also have many wooden houses, and the earthquake damaged the gas pipes, causing gas to overflow and ignite in case of fire. The combination of several factors, such as the stoves that provide the fire source and the gas and wooden houses that are the best fuels, has turned Tokyo and other places into a sea of fire, and the sound of explosions and the cries for help from people in the fires are heard one after another. After the earthquake, the fire demons began to wreak havoc in the Kanto region. Similarly, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, there were fires, but they were far less tragic than the Kanto region of Japan.

Particularly tragic was the Shitamachi district of Tokyo (now Sumida Ward), where about 40,000 people fled to the fuki factory square. Due to the downwind location, soon the square was surrounded by fierce fires, and there was no way to escape, many splashing sparks came with the wind, clothes and belongings began to burn, and the entire refuge square was in flames. Some people who couldn't bear to barbecue jumped into the river, either drowned or scalded to death by the hot water, and 38,000 people were burned alive here.

In addition to building collapses and secondary fires, secondary disasters such as landslides and tsunamis caused by the earthquake were also very serious.

Incredibly, even the people on the beach could not save their lives, and thousands of people fled to the beach, jumping into the sea, grabbing some floating objects and the edge of the boat. Fire and water are incompatible, and jumping into the sea to avoid the flames seems to be a matter of course, but now it becomes a completely different matter. A few hours later, an explosion occurred at an oil depot near the beach, and more than 100,000 tons of oil were poured into Yokohama Bay. The fire ignited the oil on the surface of the water, and Yokohama Bay became a veritable sea of fire. More than 3,000 people who had taken refuge in the sea were killed by the fire. If you can't hide from the fire demon in the water, there is almost nowhere to hide in the entire Kanto region. In Yokohama, more than 60,000 houses were destroyed by fire, accounting for about 60% of the city's total number of houses.

"This group of Japan is really unlucky..."

After reading the Japanese embassy's description of the disaster, Yan Guang scratched his hair and said.

Hearing Yan Guang say this, several other people who rushed to the presidential palace also nodded.

After all, it is already very unlucky to encounter a major earthquake, especially how harmful the status of a high earthquake is, Xu Shichang and others are quite clear.

You must know that at the time of the Haiyuan earthquake, the rear of the resource scheduling and other issues were all commanded by Xu Shichang and others, and later Xu Shichang and others personally went to Haiyuan and other areas...

However, compared to Ningxia, the Japanese are some...

According to the description of the embassy, in fact, the casualties caused by the earthquake were not very many, and the real thing was the fire...

Japan is a country with many earthquakes, so the Japanese still have a lot of experience in dealing with earthquakes—————— of course, don't envy them, people have more experience because there are many earthquakes, and if you don't have earthquakes a few times a day, then it's not Japan, but if you're the same as others, then you really can't stand it.

However, it is worth learning from the earthquake warning in Japan, and as soon as the earthquake occurred there, it was shown on TV here.

(Japan's earthquake warning does not mean that the earthquake is known before it happens, but that within a few seconds after the earthquake occurs, the warning is issued to other citizens through television and other means of communication under the condition of detection, which is also the experience of Japanese people...) ）

Most of the buildings in Japan are made of wood, so it doesn't matter if they collapse, and there is a good chance that people will survive even if they are buried inside, but if a wooden house catches fire, it can be really fatal, especially if there are people under the wreckage...

"Do you want to provide a rescue force?"

Just when Yan Guang was thinking about his memories of Japan, Xu Shichang on the side had already begun to say.

"That's how it should be." Song Dinghan thought for a moment. "Although our relationship with Japan has not been completely relaxed, but as a neighbor of Japan, since there is a disaster in Japan, it is necessary to help—————— of course, it is one thing to mention whether to provide it, and it is another thing to provide how much..."..., Song Dinghan and Xu Shichang looked at Yan Guang, they all knew how much Yan Guang hated the Japanese, so they were really worried that Yan Guang would refuse this kind of thing.

However, what they didn't expect was that Yan Guang actually nodded.

"Provide..."Yan Guang thought about it, but before Song Dinghan and Xu Shichang could smile, Yan Guang had already added. Let the Ocean Fleet, stationed in Lushun, Tianjin, and Weihai, go with personnel and supplies..."

It was not to deliberately embarrass Xu Shichang and Song Dinghan, but he suddenly remembered that after the Kanto earthquake, it seemed that a lot of bad things had happened to the Chinese in Japan, although those were all working in Japan, but protecting them was the responsibility of Yan Guang and the Guoshe government...

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Speaking of women, I didn't think about writing about women.

It's just that a handsome guy later said that the pig's feet are so powerful, it's incredible that there are no women around, and it's impossible to endure anything.

Well, in that case, let's write it.

It's just that I didn't think about writing emotional dramas, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to have more than a million words and no heroine, and I also don't want to write a heroine, so I will get a few female secretaries.

Don't you see, when I describe female secretaries, do I use two, three, four, five, or six to describe them?

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