Chapter 391: Relief and Atrocities

Although less than a day had passed since the earthquake allowed the Ocean Fleet to enter Tokyo Bay, looking at the sky red by the fire and learning about the aftermath of the disaster, Saionji realized that Tokyo could no longer withstand any commotion at this time.

"Even if it is just a shell falling into Tokyo, it may bring unbearable consequences to Japan..."

Because of the earthquake and the fire, the whole of Tokyo has been in a state of panic, and the police and soldiers have been nervous because of the long period of disaster relief activities, which is like throwing a match into an ammunition depot, and if you are not careful, something may happen that no one wants to see, not to mention the fragile nerves of the Japanese people...

This is the reason why Saionji allowed the fleet to enter Tokyo Bay.

"Chinese?!"

Just as a Chinese was about to cry and look at his home that collapsed in the earthquake, several Japanese soldiers wearing khaki uniforms came up and asked.

However, although these people used questioning statements, the tone was affirmative.

And the Chinese, although a little strange and frightened, did not deny it.

Because at this moment, he is wearing a big braid on his head, although the braid is almost extinct in China, but it is still a unique feature of Chinese abroad.

"That's right, what's the matter?!"

When he said this, the Chinese's expression was somewhat frightened.

Although the status of the Chinese has been improving over the years, and even the United States has lifted the xenophobic bill, Japan has never been a country that can be calculated by common sense, and the Japanese living here are sometimes troubled by Japanese extremists, and it is no wonder that he is afraid, after all, this is the time.

Looking at the frightened Chinese, several Japanese soldiers shook their heads.

"You don't have to be afraid, the government just issued an order that there may be some riots after the earthquake, so let's gather you Chinese for protection." As he spoke, a Japanese soldier looked at a collapsed house. "You don't have anything to pack, so come with us, you can rest assured that there is enough food in the camp..."

Saying that, the soldier sighed, although several of them may not have a bad feeling towards the Chinese, but obviously they will not have a good feeling. This time, they will be sent out to protect the Chinese in Japan, mainly because the police are more familiar with the environment in Tokyo, and in order to deal with the fire, these policemen are very needed to guide the soldiers...

Otherwise, it's the police who come this time.

But then again, because the Chinese usually live in a relatively concentrated area, the Japanese government will send soldiers to intervene, because the Chinese are generally concentrated in one area.

Hearing the soldier say this, the Chinese looked outside and found that there were indeed many army soldiers talking to the neighbors, and the neighbors were indeed preparing to leave, thinking of the possible riot that the soldiers had just said...

"Okay, I'll go with you!"

Because the Chinese generally live in a relatively concentrated relationship, so soon the Chinese in Tokyo have been concentrated in the military camps outside Tokyo for protection, as for foreigners from other countries, they are all sent to the embassies of various countries for protection, after all, the embassy is originally for this, and usually the embassies of various countries also have a certain amount of food reserves, there is no need to worry about food problems at all, and the number of people from other countries in Tokyo is not very large, so there is no need to worry about where to live.

The only special ones are the Chinese, because there are quite a few Chinese in Japan.

Leaving aside the question of whether the embassy can accommodate the entire Chinese population in Tokyo, food alone is not enough to support so many people, which is one of the reasons why the Chinese were not sent to the embassy for protection. …,

However, even so, the ambassador to Japan rushed to the barracks to calm the emotions of the Chinese in Japan.

At the same time, Tong Kong is also asking the Japanese government to protect the Chinese diaspora in Japan as soon as possible.

Although he was a little impatient with Tong Kong's request, considering Tong Kong's identity and the ocean fleet that was coming, the Japanese government still agreed to his request, and sent some policemen who were more familiar with the city of Tokyo to assist the army and send the Chinese scattered in Tokyo to the barracks for protection.

However, unlike the Chinese and other expatriates in Japan, Koreans in Japan are obviously not so lucky...

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Although the main ships of the Ocean Fleet were assembled in Port Arthur and then set off for Tokyo Bay, and the marines and relief supplies were also assembled in Port Arthur, it took nearly five days when the capital ships of the Ocean Fleet sailed into Tokyo Bay...

And the last five days is enough time for a lot to happen in Tokyo...

The earthquake, as well as the fires and tsunamis caused by the earthquake, caused huge damage to Japan. This kind of loss can be called astronomical when you look at it. Tokyo and Yokohama were particularly affected by the disaster, followed by Yokosuka and Chiba. Eighty-five percent of the houses in Tokyo were destroyed, and 96 percent of the houses in Yokohama were razed to the ground. A total of 253,000 houses were destroyed by the earthquake, 447,000 houses were destroyed by fire, and 868 houses were swept away or washed away by the tsunami. Throughout the affected Kanto region, 143,000 people were killed, more than 200,000 were injured, property damage amounted to $30 billion, and 100,000 homeless refugees were killed. The densely populated Tokyo region was the hardest hit and had the highest death toll of 71,000, including more than 56,000 killed by fires, more than 10,000 by tsunami, and more than 3,000 crushed by the collapse of houses in the earthquake.

When the earthquake struck the Kanto region, it coincided with the reign of Japan's ailing and incompetent Emperor Taisho. His son, the 23-year-old crown prince Hirohito, was regent. In order to prevent someone from taking advantage of the fire, Hirohito and his staff sent more than 500 carrier pigeons to make up for the lack of telephone lines and information.

Crown Prince Hirohito asked Osaka and other places to send 35,000 troops to patrol the affected cities. Those who take advantage of the chaos in the aftermath of the disaster to make ill-gotten gains are easy to spot. Because the gold, silver, and jewelry on the dead who have been burned to death emit a strong pungent odor. Anyone found to have something of value that smells of this particular smell is to be executed on the spot.

But Hirohito's mobilization of troops was not just to maintain order in the disaster area, but also to have other intentions. He proclaimed the imposition of military law through General Shotaro Fukuda, and then accused the Koreans and socialists of offending the gods and causing the catastrophe, and unjustifiably accused them of trying to take advantage of the fire. The demagoguery of those fanatical militarists convinced even some Japanese who were afraid of the gods.

In the chaos that followed the earthquake, the police spread rumors that the North Koreans were going to riot, and on September 2, the Japanese government declared martial law in Tokyo and Kanagawa. At the beginning, the task of martial law in the disaster area was actually undertaken by the local "youth self-police regiment". On the same day, it was rumored in the disaster area that North Koreans took advantage of the chaos to set fires and poisoned wells.

Thus, under the secret planning of the government, a plan for a massacre against North Koreans was introduced. Beginning on the afternoon of September 2, with the cooperation of the military and police, the "Youth Self-Police Group" organized by the army, the police and the citizens carried out an extremely cold-blooded and brutal massacre in the Korean settlements, using a large number of cold weapons, and almost all of the dead had complete bodies, and the death toll was about 6,000~10,000.

In addition, some Japanese people from other places were killed because they mistook them for Koreans because they spoke with a local accent, because the police only used the pronunciation of the words "15 won and 50 money" to distinguish between Koreans and Japanese, because there were no voiced sounds in Korean, and it was difficult to pronounce these words. ..., in history, the Japanese have also raised their butcher knives against the Chinese in Japan, fortunately the Chinese in Tokyo and other places have been protected before this, as for those Chinese in the diaspora? Usually the Chinese diaspora are the ones who have integrated into the local area, and with the very small number of relationships, at least the safety is still very guaranteed...

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Just when the Japanese in Tokyo and other places had begun to raise their butcher knives at the Koreans, after many days of sailing, the rescue fleet commanded by Sa Zhenbing finally sailed into Tokyo Bay.

"It seems that the Japanese don't welcome us very much..."

Looking at the neat juxtaposition of the two sides in the bay, and aiming the main and secondary guns at the center of the bay, that is, the Japanese main fleet of the rescue fleet, Sa Zhenbing said with a smile to Kong Yan, the captain of the battleship [Xingri Ma] on the side.

The Japanese were smart and did not aim their guns directly at the rescue fleet, but at the center of the bay. If the main guns are aimed directly at the rescue fleet, it is undoubtedly showing their hostility to the rescue fleet, but if the main guns are aimed at the center of the bay, then the rescue fleet that must pass through this path is just "happeningly" being targeted by the main guns...

This unwelcoming attitude of the Japanese was naturally seen by the officers and men of the fleet.

When the fleet sailed into the center of the bay, that is, when it was aimed at the Japanese capital ships on both sides, some officers and men jumped into the turret with some nervousness.

Although most of Japan's capital ship main guns are ineffective against the armor of the [Hoshinama]-class battleships, the [Kongo]-class battlecruisers, the [Fuso]-class dreadnoughts, the [Ise]-class dreadnoughts' 356mml/45 main guns, and the [Nagato]-class super dreadnoughts' 410mml/45 main guns can pose a certain threat to the [Hoshinama]-class.

In particular, the 410mmL/45 main gun of the [Nagato] class is 4mm larger than the caliber of the 406mm main gun of the [Xingri Ma] class, although it is only 4mm larger, but it is impossible for the armor of the [Xingri Ma] class to withstand it if it is fired at such a close distance.

Fortunately, the Japanese did not think about clashing with some of the main forces of the Ocean Fleet in the bay, and just wanted to make a dismount, so in the end, the rescue fleet still sailed into Tokyo Bay without danger and docked in the port of Tokyo.

However, even this made the mood of some officers and men on the ship worse.

Seriously, some of the officers and men on board the ship did come to Tokyo to carry out aid activities before the departure, after all, after the news and photos of the Tokyo earthquake and fire were transmitted back to Japan, anyone with even the slightest conscience would feel sympathy (provided that they did not know what would happen later).

Although there have been many conflicts between China and Japan in the past, as long as we consider that in another world, even after the May Fourth Movement, many Chinese people in China still launched rescue activities after learning the news of the earthquake in Japan, one can imagine how strong the sympathy of the Chinese people will be in this era when China has never suffered any losses.

However, the "courtesy" received in Tokyo Bay at this time really made the officers and men of the Navy feel bad.

"Really, damn it, what do these Japanese think we're here for!"

After passing the range of the Japanese capital ship, a naval officer who ran out of the turret and leaned on the railing said angrily.

At this moment, he really has a feeling of kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs.

But then the other officer just tapped him on the shoulder.

"You also have to understand, after all, we don't look like we're here to help the disaster..."

Hearing his companion say this, the officer who was originally angry calmed down somewhat.

Indeed, as he said, a fleet of 6 battleships and 1 battlecruiser, plus a dozen heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers, was in any case a combat fleet and not a rescue fleet—————— even if an equal number of transports and several hospital ships followed behind them. ..., but even if they calm down, the officers and men of the navy are still a little unbalanced in their hearts, after all, for them, receiving such courtesy is really a feeling of a dog biting Lu Dongbin and not knowing the hearts of good people.

Fortunately, at this time, the transport ship and the hospital ship were already docked at the dock, as for them?

Naturally, they are floating on the water surface of Tokyo Bay, after all, they are now in the land of the Japanese, and the Japanese shore defense guns and the main guns of the capital ships of the Japanese fleet on the water are aimed at them, if they are not careful and let the Japanese ambush them, then the oceanic fleet, the main force of the Wehrmacht Navy, will suffer a catastrophe, and the Wehrmacht Navy will lose most of its strength in an instant.

Although Yan Guang, Xu Shichang and others concluded that Japan would never dare to open fire, Japan is a country with a very serious sense of adventure after all, so —————— who knows...

However, it can be concluded that if the Japanese really dare to do this, then the opportunity to recover Korea and Taiwan has come...

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Although the Japanese came to dismount as soon as they entered Tokyo Bay, which made Sa Zhenbing and the others feel a little bad, but seriously speaking, let most of the capital ships of the ocean fleet enter Tokyo Bay, and the humiliation is probably worse on the Japanese side, as long as they think of it, the mood of Sa Zhenbing and the others is somewhat balanced.

And most importantly, they are here to help the disaster, not to be angry.

In addition, after the main ships of the Ocean Fleet docked in Tokyo Bay, not far from the pier, the attitude of the Japanese became much more polite, and the originally bad atmosphere was also eased a lot.

And so the rescue operation officially began.

On the docks, some Japanese and North Korean workers are carrying supplies from the ship, while the Japanese are carrying Japanese civilians injured in the earthquake and fires onto the hospital ship.

The earthquake caused more than 200,000 injured Japanese people due to earthquakes and fires, and although it is unlikely that all of these 200,000 were concentrated in Tokyo, there are still more than 100,000.

More than 100,000...

Although Tokyo is the capital of Japan and the most developed area of Tokyo, it is unlikely that a hospital in Tokyo will treat more than 100,000 people at once. In addition, a lot of medical supplies and most of the hospitals have been destroyed by the earthquake and the fires caused by the earthquake, how can the remaining hospitals take care of so many injured people?

It is also because of this relationship that the role of these hospital ships is absolutely life-saving for the Japanese.

In particular, the medical ships that followed the voyage are all large professional medical ships, with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons, each with more than 500 hospital beds, and also equipped with operating rooms, etc., even if it is called a sea hospital, it is completely okay.

And now, they are indeed playing the role of a marine hospital.

"But before we came, the president asked us to be careful, and to pay attention to the safety of the Chinese, and what to land if necessary......... Is this completely nothing happening, and isn't the president a little too unfounded?! On a transport ship, the Marines, who were on the deck watching the Japanese and North Korean workers carrying supplies below, scratched their heads after taking off their helmets.

And then...

In the next second, a fist the size of a casserole had already hit his head, which was not protected by a helmet.

"You dare to talk about the president behind your back, don't you want to live!"

The soldier who had been hit in the head screamed in pain at first, but when he realized that it was his squad leader, he dared not speak out.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that his squad leader had just finished teaching him, but he muttered.

"But watch out for riots or something, is the president mistaken?! Now that the Japanese have been overwhelmed by the earthquake and fire, how can they have the leisure to do such a thing..."..., although before leaving, Yan Guang had already explained to the accompanying marines the matters that need to be paid attention to, such as when the Japanese do something bad to the Chinese in Japan, they have the right to directly land in Tokyo to ensure the safety of the Chinese in Japan, etc...

If necessary, Sa Zhenbing even has the right to decide whether or not to bombard Tokyo.

However, this statement of Yan Guang...

Although every Marine had great respect for Yan Guang, even to the point of reverence and longing (, female soldiers), they were still somewhat unimpressed by the claim that the Japanese would massacre the Chinese.

Marine corps...

This is a newly formed unit within the Wehrmacht, and although it is a new unit, they are by no means rookie troops who have not experienced war. Although the First World War had already ended after their formation, in order to effectively train this force, when resistance broke out in new territories such as Iraq, the Ministry of Defense always gave top priority to this new force.

For example, the squad leader, who had just hit his head with a big fist in a casserole, had led the army to exterminate Iraq's resistance groups three times, and the Mauser rifle in his hand had shot more than a dozen resistance elements.

However...

Although in the First World War there were many atrocities committed by soldiers against civilians, many times even in an organized manner, and such things would never have happened less even in the future Second World War, but in a large international city...

Even the Marines who have extinguished the Iraqi resistance, and even executed many of the resistance and their families, cannot believe it...

It's just that it turns out that many things are better to believe, especially the things that Yan Guang specially reminded, just like now...

On the docks, several North Korean workers were carrying a box full of medical supplies as they walked to the half-full wagon next to it.

However, at this time, perhaps because of the exhaustion of working long hours, the foot of one of the North Korean workers slipped, causing the entire box to be overturned to the ground, as for the medical items in the box? Naturally, the whole army was wiped out...

In this day and age, there is nothing more precious than medicine, especially in times of war or turmoil, such as in later generations, penicillin is more expensive than gold for this reason.

Although the medicine in the medicine box that the North Korean worker overturned just now was not as precious as penicillin (the most important thing is that penicillin had not yet been born), it was still no problem to change a few guns.

Therefore, when the marines on the transport ship and the dock saw this scene, it was somewhat pity, after all, it was just such a box of medicines, which was equivalent to their military salary for several years.

It's just that seeing this scene, they are just a little pity.

After all, this is aid, and it is the government that pays for it, and when it is handed over to the Japanese, it already does not belong to China.

However, what happened in the next moment made them have to open their eyes wide.

"Bagaya Road!"

Seeing that a box of precious medicines had been wiped out in this way, a Japanese officer on the side stepped up and slapped the North Korean worker who had just stood up and was constantly apologizing and begging for mercy to the ground, and then directly snatched the Type 38 rifle from the hand of a Japanese soldier on the side and stabbed it directly into the body of the North Korean worker.

Listening to the screams in my ears, before the Chinese personnel on the dock and on the transport ship could react, another North Korean who was carrying boxes with the North Korean worker who had just died had been stabbed to death by the surrounding Japanese soldiers...

Seeing this scene, not only the Chinese personnel at the pier and on the ship were dumbfounded, but even the Americans who had just arrived were in disbelief (from the Philippines).

"it!"

Seeing this scene, the Marines on the dock who had not come down with rifles for goodwill hurriedly pulled out the Browning pistol on their waists, and more than a dozen American soldiers also took a few steps back, obviously unable to accept the scene that had just happened.

However, at this time, the Japanese around them only smiled at them kindly, signaling them not to be nervous.

Obviously, after receiving the relief materials, the image of the Chinese in the eyes of these Japanese has indeed changed a lot, but after seeing the scene just now, the marines and the naval soldiers and crew on the transport ship are still somewhat unacceptable to the kindness of the Japanese...

Especially in the sentence "Don't mind, it's just a few North Koreans." "After...—u-c-t-x-t-[UC e-book] End of text [UC e-book]-u-c-t-x-t