February 13, 1946, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

In this Spring Festival of the Year of the Rooster in the lunar calendar, the land of China is filled with a festive atmosphere, the economy is good, the pockets are bulging, and people's faces are full of happy New Year's smiles.

In the past year, the Wehrmacht has won victories on all fronts, large and small, such as the addition of a few new provinces and the small ones such as the victory in a large-scale battle, plus the major scientific and technological achievements made by the Republic in many scientific and technological fields, the rapid progress of economic construction, the continuous improvement of the people's living conditions, health and medical conditions, the improvement of the quality of education year by year, the increase in the income of the residents, and so on, all as the people expected during the New Year in 1945, and 1946 will be a better year.

It's just that the war is still not over, the situation in World War II is still unclear, partial victory or defeat has not yet decided the victory or defeat of any major theater, World War II is still going on, and the Wehrmacht is also still fighting.

"Report!"

Hanjing, said to bomb the headquarters.

An operations staff officer quickly walked into the war room, where the commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Fan Chaoping, was discussing the details of the bombing with a group of staff officers. After more than half a month of refinement, the Burning Yamato plan has been basically completed. The military deployment, modified according to the plan, has been completed, ammunition reserves have been put in place, logistical support has been basically ready, and the first target for bombing has been selected.

Throughout the Spring Festival, from the command headquarters to the relevant combat units, there was no vacation, and they were all working overtime for the entire bombing program.

Fan Chaoping was checking some of the strategic objectives on the map, and when he heard the report, he stopped and walked back to the small office and motioned for the staff officer to go in.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, at present, the bomber units are ready to carry out the bombing plan at any time."

The operational staff officer reported the information he had just compiled to Fan Chaoping.

Lieutenant General Fan Chaoping took the report, looked at it carefully, and then said, "Order all departments to be on standby 24 hours a day, and ask the meteorological department to provide weather forecasts for the next 48 hours, especially at night." ”

"Yes!"

After the staff officer went out, Fan Chaoping thought about it and made a phone call to Jiang Baili's home chief, because of the plan, Jiang Baili specially instructed him that although today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, once the plan was ready, he must be notified.

"Chief of the General Staff, the plan has been prepared."

"Well, you prepare it immediately, the chairman has instructed, let me take you directly to the Hanjing Mountain Head of State." Jiang Baili's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Subsequently, Fan Chaoping put the report into a briefcase, dialed the phone number of the car class, asked for the car, and then set off for the base camp after the affairs of the headquarters were settled.

Twenty minutes later, Hanjing Mountain, the Republic, Zhang Shusheng's home.

Due to planning reasons, Zhang Shusheng deliberately advanced the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the Fuhrer's Mansion by two days, and did not go to the He family and the Lu family on the first day of the new year, and others did not come to the door to pay New Year greetings.

"Chairman, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, we have a New Year's greeting for you, haha."

When Jiang Baili and the two came, Zhang Shusheng was making dumplings and copying hands with the two ladies, one lady was the same, Zhang Shusheng and Shantai Luoyu were on the side, and the family had a happy New Year's Day. As soon as the two came, Zhang Shusheng immediately beckoned them into the conference room of the Führer's Mansion.

"Chairman of the committee, the plan is all ready, I have just received the top-secret meteorological report from the Military Meteorological Bureau of the base camp, in the next 48 hours, especially at night, the meteorological conditions over East China and Yueben are good, there are no thunderstorms, and the clouds are relatively thin, according to the analysis of experts from the Military Meteorological Bureau, in the next 48 hours, tomorrow night will be the best time for bombing, and tonight's conditions are slightly worse."

Zhang Shusheng groaned slightly, took the weather report and the plan report and looked at it carefully, and after a few minutes, he raised his head and said, "The Burning Yamato Plan will be implemented tonight, and the target will be in Tokyo, and I must give myself a good start." The whole world knows that the Spring Festival is the most important day for our Chinese, so since it is already a struggle for racial survival between China and China, we must put down the festival and enjoy it in this most important day, and give them an unforgettable lesson. ”

The target of this bombing was Tokyo hand-picked by Zhang Shusheng.

In addition to being the political center, the so-called Yenkyo also has a dense population, and although there are not many large factories in Tokyo compared to several other industrial cities, there are countless family workshops, and it can be said that a considerable part of the weapons and equipment that went to the battlefield were manufactured by these small workshops one by one, and then assembled and assembled. It is said that from the troops to the equipment, the participation of the whole people is very high, which is rare in the world.

The choice of strategic bombing and bombing of Tokyo was also aimed at crushing the current high level of unity of the Allied forces. The British were separated from Europe by sea, the Americans were isolated from the rest of the world, and the Soviets, who seemed to be surrounded by clusters, were actually able to receive support from every allied country, including Britain and the United States.

Only this is the closest to China, but it is the most powerful, the most arrogant, and the most hateful.

According to the latest annual statistical report, in the whole of 1945, the production of fighter planes alone was 27,500 aircraft, 29,000 aircraft for the British, 110,000 aircraft for the Americans, and 40,000 aircraft for the Chinese.

He said that his output was the weakest among the four countries, and he was also the most prone to falling into a dilemma. China's fighter production seems to be very small, but in fact, it has to be at full power, not counting jet fighters, and the annual output is definitely more than that of the Americans. It's just that the Americans have almost become logistics chiefs, and the fighters produced are busy arming themselves while replenishing them to their allies, so far, in the entire World War II battlefield, for every Allied aircraft that falls, the US military will replenish 1.5 planes, and if the Germans do not work hard in Europe to produce, the Air Force alone will be crushed.

The fact that China's actual production is low does not mean that its production capacity is low, mainly because China does not have to take care of the entire Allied countries like the Americans, and even countries like Mexico need Americans to come out and arm themselves, not to mention the Soviet Union and Britain, which are big consumers. On the other hand, China's fighter loss rate is much lower than that of other countries.

According to statistics, nearly one-quarter of the aircraft losses of the Allies and other Axis powers were lost in non-air battles, while the rest were consumed in large quantities in air battles. China has always followed the route of an elite air force, and the rational combination of high-ranking propeller fighters and jet fighters has made China's loss in a year's combat less than one-tenth of its actual production in a year.

In fact, 40,000 fighter planes, in addition to the need to replenish and arm the army, a large number of others were provided to thousands of flying clubs in the country, and the rest were mothballed.

Once China is strongly crushed, not only will the strategic environment be greatly improved, but it will also reduce a lot of trouble in Korea, the Far East, and Southeast Asia, and the power of the Allied forces will be weakened as never before.

Originally, in history, the Americans' initial bombing of the mainland was only a dozen or twenty B-25 bombers, and later after the strategic bombing began, it was only 100~400 bombers at first, and the B-29 did not sing the leading role until that time, and the road was far away, and it had to take off from the southwest, while China bombed the bombing, not only had enough planes, but also had strong logistical support, and even had enough choices of airfields to take off.

Moreover, with the experience of the gains and losses of the Americans in the original history, he was naturally able to make some forward-looking suggestions for the plan, which was enough to avoid some useless attempts.

Therefore, Zhang Shusheng has only one requirement for bombing, if you want to bomb, you will blow it up ruthlessly, and you have to get off to a good start at the beginning.

After the conversation, Jiang Baili and Fan Chaoping left in a hurry, and this highly secret plan was about to be implemented in a few hours.

Returning to the General Headquarters, Jiang Baili also followed, convened a pre-war work meeting, reaffirmed the secrecy regulations, and announced that no one was allowed to leave the General Headquarters until the bombing was successful, and that he and the commander-in-chief Fan Chaoping would personally sit here.

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, after a short operational meeting, the first operation of the 'Burning Yamato' was finally fully finalized.

"Chief of the General Staff, commander-in-chief, according to the latest revised plan, in tonight's bombing operation, we will dispatch 250 T-40 Tenshen strategic bombers, 150 T-35 Thor long-range bombers, and 100 H-3M medium-range bombers, and the total bomber group size will reach 500.

In order to ensure the absolute safety of the bomber group, the aircraft carriers Daqi and Dawei in the Bohai Sea will take off 50 TL-1 Tianlong jet fighters to escort them.

The specific plan is ......"

After the meeting, the operational airfields were basically finalized, and more than a dozen military airfields in the northeast, Tianjin-Beijing, and North China regions would be responsible for taking off tonight's bomber group, while the two Warring States-class aircraft carriers of the Bohai Fleet were also sailing to the predetermined sea area to carry out tonight's escort mission.

The order was quickly issued to the corresponding combat units, including airfields, long-range radar bases, logistics management departments, bomber divisions, and other units, and the agents of the Special Intelligence Department also took active action and were ready to provide assistance for the bombing.

…… Akamoto, Tokyo, noon.

This is a family of three in a slum area in Tokyo, with two husbands and wives, plus a two-year-old child.

His wife, Yumi Aihara, has no job, and her daily task is to complete the production tasks assigned by the superior production organization.

His family is a handicraft family, and he is responsible for knitting socks. Every day, someone will deliver the thread, and come back later to collect the socks, life is very simple, there is no salary, and there is only a pitiful quota of food. However, this is also a credit to the Americans, who in the past often did not even get a ration of food for each household.

But Yumi Aihara doesn't have any good feelings for the United States or the political axe, she is so kind, completely away from this war-torn world, and takes care of her two-year-old child Aihara Tairan every day. From a small handicraft family before the start of the war to a small handicraft workshop after the start of the war, her family has not been affected more than knitting socks for the army.

Because, her husband Shoichi Aihara is an associate professor of engineering at the university.

"Shoichi is coming back."

Gently touching Ainohara Tairan in the crib, Yumi smiled happily, looked at the time, and knew that her husband was about to come home for dinner.

My husband was busy with teaching and came home late for dinner.

Although the husband has a good job that almost never loses his job, the life of the Aihara family can only be said to be ordinary, but it is much better than ordinary people. A little cake, a little rice ball, and a little green vegetables are the lunch for three people.

Soon, Shoichi Aihara returned.

"You're back." Masami Aihara meekly helped her husband open the door of the small courtyard and welcomed him in.

Aihara Shoichi closed the door, hugged his wife, kissed her, and asked, "Let's go, go see our children." ”

Seeing Tairan Aihara asleep, Aihara Shoichi smiled happily and then said, "Yumi, our friend Mr. Jun Murata invited our family to his home in the suburbs. You pack up and take the kids first. ”

"Well, but what if the sock collector comes?" Yumi Aihara has always been a docile woman, never thinking too much, and only listening to her husband in everything. She and her husband met when they were young, when her husband was on the streets, and it was the Aihara family who took him in, and later, after the old people died, the two got married and had children.

"I've got all the socks ready, and I've opened up the relationships with those people, and they won't talk too much. Yumi, you take your children to live in the suburbs for two days, recently there have been rumors that the Chinese are going to bomb us, alas. Aihara Shoichi didn't say much, turned around and hugged his wife.

"Really?" Although Yumi Aihara was asking her husband, she was actually in a submissive tone, and as usual, she listened to her man.

Aihara Shoyi didn't say much, hugged her tightly, and urged, "Let's go, there is a car to take you there." ”

Soon, the family didn't pack up, and went out with some clothes, and sure enough, there was a Matsuda Kaisha car waiting for them at the door, and Aihara Shoichi didn't get into the car, but personally closed the door for the mother and son, and watched them leave.

Looking at the departing car, Aihara had tears in his eyes.

An hour earlier, he had just received a notice from his superiors that he had been given a top-secret mission.

When accepting the mission, Shoichi Aihara didn't know what his mission was about, but was asked to rush to a specific place within a certain time, and someone would tell him what to do next. He had no idea that the so-called bombing that he had mentioned in passing would happen in about ten hours.

However, his superiors were happy to tell him that the organization would provide protection to the families of the operatives, and that even if the operatives died during the operation, their families would be sent to Hanzhong Province, the most open province in China.

He was willing to give his life for the motherland, but he was still grateful when he knew that the dean had personally signed the 'amnesty decree'. The chairman did not abandon everyone, he left a way back for everyone.

Perhaps, after retiring, he can live a quiet and peaceful life in Hanzhong Province. And Ben, perhaps when the superiors started this arrangement and notified themselves of the transfer of their families, they were already doomed to a catastrophe, after all, this family evacuation plan would only be implemented at the last moment.

(To be continued)