Chapter 367: The Burning of Yamato (9): Friends Suffer
The road to evacuation was far less smooth than Yamashita Nakayuki had thought, and even if he had a gun in his hand, it was only to ensure that those who wielded knives did not dare to come closer.
He handed his grandson the short-barreled musket in his hand, and he took out a German Mauser pistol that he had bought privately as a collection, and the magazine of 20 rounds was enough to ensure that he was safe in the crowd.
From shooting at people with knives or sticks, Yamashita Nakayuki was shooting from time to time to clear the way.
However, more and more people were fleeing, and the streets of Tokyo were very narrow, and soon, Yamashita Nakayuki was crowded with people who could not move forward, and it was better to climb as fast as people were crowded.
"Woo......"
Suddenly, a much piercing sound of tearing air came from overhead, and it was getting closer and closer.
Yamashita Nakayuki may have been one of the few veterans in the fleeing crowd, but his own heart was tight, and this kind of screaming was obviously different from the screams he had heard from hundreds of meters or even more away.
"It shouldn't have landed here, maybe more than a hundred meters away......"
He had just risen an idea, and the screaming was already above his head, and it was clear that this time the bomb was not far away, but right here.
"Boom!"
After a much lighter explosion than a heavy aerial bomb, a 1,000-kilogram napalm incendiary bomb exploded at the corner of the street more than 50 meters away.
Rumble! Suddenly, in the skyrocketing fire, the center of the napalm was directly ignited, and both people and buildings were shrouded in it.
The exploded gasoline bomb, the bursting napalm began to pour mercilessly in all directions.
"Ahh
In the screams, Yamashita Nakayuki and his grandson Yamashita Hideaki were stained with burning napalm almost at the same time, and then they were ignited, unlike ordinary aerial bombs, 1000kg of incendiary bombs mixed with napalm as much as 600-700 kg or even more, the result is that once it explodes, in addition to the air near the explosion was quickly drained, there were many burning people who were stained with burning napalm and ignited alive.
"Ah......h
In the screams, Yamashita Nakayuki only felt that his grandson was quickly burned into a fireball, the napalm fire on his body was not so strong, but it still could not be extinguished, and even his breath felt suffocated, and the nearby air was instantly evacuated, and the fire burning on his body, suffocation, and toxic gases hit at the same time...... In great reluctance, Yamashita Nakayuki fell down with his grandson, accompanied by hundreds of people who had lived on most of the streets around this corner.
And that's not all, not long after the napalm fell, two 1000kg heavy aerial bombs fell again, and this time, the people who could temporarily survive a street had also been buried in the rubble.
Everywhere there were corpses killed directly by the explosion, collapsed buildings, collapsed burning wooden houses, and the streets were covered with patches of people, again.
The fire spread unstoppably, there was no possibility of rescue or escape, and the entire neighborhood was filled with toxic gases and fires, collapsing...... The smell of gunsmoke, the smell of combustibles, the stench of human barbecue, and the piles of people still burning all over the street, some of them were not killed, they were still struggling, but there were almost no more who could stand up.
High-powered weapons of war are used in cities, and the lethality is so terrifying, and the destructive power is too strong.
…… The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo is located in a bustling area of downtown Tokyo, about 15 minutes by car from the Imperial Palace. Since the announcement of his accession to the Allies, the embassies of the Allied Powers that had been evacuated were the first to be restored, and the Americans even sent Bruce, an elite figure in the diplomatic ambassador field, to Bruce to preside over the work of the embassies.
Ambassador Bruce was back at the embassy tonight at 8 o'clock.
According to the original arrangement, after he and one of the important members of the military headquarters had dinner, there would be a series of activities to cheer up, and as a result, an urgent notice called the important officer back to the military headquarters for an overnight meeting, and Ambassador Bruce had to take a car back to the embassy.
Tonight's dinner, however, was very unique, and Ambassador Bruce couldn't sleep when he returned to the embassy, which had its own generator and didn't have to go without a power outage every night like anywhere else.
Sitting at his desk, he first dealt with some work related to ambassadors.
"Damn, 80% of the work is about the Chinese, bombing, do they really dare to bomb across the sea?" Bruce didn't quite believe that the Chinese would do that, not that the Chinese did not have that kind of strength, but he knew that once China and Yuben fell into a protracted air war, then a considerable part of the Chinese air force would be pinned down over the Yuben Sea, and other battlefields would be stretched.
"If they had the United States or the Soviet Union, and the Germans had so many planes, maybe they would have resolutely launched a cross-sea bombing."
This was Bruce's point of view, and he replied to him at the private banquet tonight when the representative of the military department complained to him about the threat of the Chinese to the homeland.
In order to curry favor with the U.S. representative of the highest power, the military and political officials in this country can be said to be closer to Bruce than their own relatives. Eating, drinking, and being merry are available every day, and giving money to women is endless, and the entire US Embassy, from the ambassador to the embassy's military attaché, has been completely bribed or bribed by himself in various ways.
Tonight's dinner was very stylish, and Bruce never got tired of eating the prestigious female body, and every time he went out for a big meal, he always ordered the most sumptuous meal.
The kind of teenage girl lying there naked, covered with all kinds of food, and eating little by little with her hands, or directly with her mouth, is very characteristic of the Yamato nation.
"Boom! ……”
Suddenly, a sudden explosion came instantly, and the huge explosion even cracked the window glass of the embassy, as if someone was violently shaking the window outside.
"Damn!!"
Bruce, who was reminiscing about the night's female body, was disturbed and stood up angrily, countless thoughts flashed through his heart, someone was sabotaging? Or did the ammunition in the nearby barracks explode due to poor storage?
"Someone!!"
Walking briskly to the window, Bruce shouted as he pushed the window open and looked into the distance.
"Damn!!"
In the distance, there is a brigade of the Japanese army stationed in the military camp, which is the second class division, the kind that maintains order in the city, but Bruce has always believed that this army is suspected of spying on the American embassy.
At this time, the entire barracks of the army were plunged into a sea of fire, and the skyrocketing flames did not know whether they were caused by the explosion or man-made fires.
The sound of explosions, which were much smaller than before, was still coming and going, and it seemed that the ammunition was still detonating one after another.
"It looks like we have to take refuge in the basement for the time being, in case this barracks has a lot of explosives or shells, it won't be safe here." Although Bruce did not flee directly, he was also afraid that the bombs in the barracks would fly around, so he made up his mind to go to the basement first.
"Tick Bell ......"
Right here, as soon as the footsteps of the military attache downstairs went upstairs, the phone in Bruce's office rang.
Picking up the phone, there was an anxious and even angry voice on the other end.
"Dear Ambassador Bruce, just now, Chinese shamefully launched an air raid on us, and it has now been confirmed that the Imperial Palace has been heavily bombed......"
Rumble!! …… Rumble!! …… Before the voice on the phone could finish, two explosions in a row, much more violent than just now, came from outside.
Bruce didn't care about listening to what the other party had to say, and turned to look at the phone when the barracks was bombed again, and a much larger fireball rose into the air than before, and the detonation of ammunition intensified.
"Mr. Bruce, an unknown enemy plane is attacking Tokyo!"
The military attaché's voice was restless, and he rushed into the office for Bruce to take immediate refuge.
"It's too dangerous on the ground, Mr. Ambassador."
"Raul, please pay attention to your identity, you are the great American military attaché in Japan, you should not be frightened by this kind of pediatric air raid." Bruce waved his hand lightly, then picked up the hat on the table and walked out of the office first, "But we should go to the safer basement and report this emergency to the American political axe, it's our duty." ”
The embassy was stirring, and according to Bruce's order, everyone went to the basement to take shelter first, and then came out after this Chinese air raid.
"Damn, the Chinese actually chose to conduct an air raid at night, and now I have suffered it, damn it, damn China."
Bruce kept cursing in his heart, the entrance to the basement was on the first floor near the storage room, and more than two dozen people in the embassy were lining up to enter the basement, and when they saw the ambassador coming downstairs, they were all waiting for him.
"Let's go into the basement and dodge this damn air raid."
Bruce headed for the basement first.
Rumble!!!
However, at this very moment, the U.S. Embassy in Yue, which had long been selected as a strategic target, was also bombed after the first nearby target, the military camp.
However, the embassy's target was clearly much smaller than the Emperor's Palace, and the mission was to bomb the streets of the area, including Embassy Street, which contained the embassies of the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
Therefore, the embassy was not hit at the first time, but bombs continued to explode nearby, napalm began to threaten, and the fire spread violently on the embassy street.
"Damn God, Chinese used incendiary bombs, and aerial bombs at least over 500kg!!"
The explosion occurred at the British Embassy 200 meters away, and although Bruce could not determine the location of the explosion, he knew that it was an explosion nearby, and he was so frightened that he was about to run towards the basement.
Rumble!!
Dense bombs began to fall in a row, and the U.S. Embassy finally did not escape one bomb after another, and one fell on the street in front of the embassy.
In the loud explosion, the entire fence in front of the embassy and a small building were directly knocked down, and all the glass of the embassy was shattered.
The explosion was so loud that Ambassador Bruce and a group of Americans ran into the basement.
"Ladies and gentlemen, now, we can wait here for the air strikes to pass......"
Bruce was about to express his prestige and calmness as a leader, but who knew that a 1000kg bomb that fell from the sky actually fell directly and burrowed into the main building of the US Embassy.
"Boom !!"
The huge explosion not only blew the four-storey main building into ruins, but also the 5-meter-deep basement, and after the huge explosion, a large crater of more than 80 cubic meters appeared on the location of the original main building.
More than 20 U.S. embassy staff members were all blown into minced meat by the bomb, which was directly ignited by the high temperature of the explosion and blown into flying ashes.
Next, the British embassy and the Soviet embassy were either bombed or napalm and pulled into flames, and the entire embassy street was almost five minutes away from the Emperor's Palace, and it was in ruins.
(To be continued)