By the time the Imperial Navy's Pacific Fleet capital ships sailed out of Hakata Bay, Fukuoka had become a living hell. Most of the entire Fukuoka city area was destroyed, and there were burning houses everywhere, and even more ruins and ruins were everywhere. The once bustling streets are riddled with bomb craters. The buildings on both sides of the street are in ruins. Broken bodies, scattered everywhere. There are still many Japanese who were lucky not to be killed, but who were deeply damaged, are howling miserably. As for those who were not injured, looking at the devastated homeland, their eyes were full of confusion.

In this shelling by the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Navy, most of the city was destroyed, and the casualties were even heavier. As many as 40,000 or 50,000 people were killed as a direct result of the bombing, and countless others were injured. And this, is the cruelty of standing. And that's just the beginning. There is something even more brutal that awaits these Japanese.

"Order the fleet, go north to another target!" On the battleship Fuxi, Admiral Liu Guanxiong, commander of the Pacific Fleet, looked at the burning Fukuoka and gave the order with a blank face. Although he knew that under his previous orders, quite a few Japanese had already died under the shelling of the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Navy. But he didn't feel guilty at all. As long as the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy could be forced out of the Sasebo naval base, it would be a victory for the Imperial Navy.

"Yes, Commander." Lieutenant General Li Dingxin, chief of staff, nodded.

Immediately, the fleet continued its voyage north, heading to another Japanese city, Kitakyushu. As one of the three major cities on the island of Kyushu, Kitakyushu is also a large city with hundreds of thousands of people. The destruction of this city would undoubtedly further dampen the morale of the Japanese. Let them know what will happen when they fight against the Empire.

The journey from Fukuoka to Kitakyushu is only four to five hours. Admiral Liu Guanxiong hoped that after the shelling of Kitakyushu, the Imperial Navy's Pacific Fleet would be able to return, and that tomorrow morning the Pacific Fleet would be able to appear south of the Sasebo naval base. If. The Japanese Navy was going to sea for a decisive battle with the Imperial Navy. Then the Pacific Fleet can eat the main forces of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy in one bite.

The tragic situation in Fukuoka was reported to the Prime Minister's Office as soon as possible. When Prime Minister Masashi Terauchi received the telegram, his face was gloomy and terrifying.

"Despicable and shameless Chinese people, who have done such a poisonous act against civilians, are they not afraid of being condemned by the whole world?" Terauchi Masaki roared angrily. He completely forgot that during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese soldiers also treated Chinese civilians like pigs and dogs. Killed at will. The Japanese have done such a thing as slaughtering the city more than once. This is the reason for the bitter blood feud between China and Japan.

Terauchi Masashi also regretted a little in his heart, if Japan knew that the Chinese Empire would develop to this point, it should not have given the Chinese Empire a chance to develop and grow in the first place. After all, before the rise of the Chinese Empire, if Japan did its best, it was completely capable of destroying the little force of Wu Haoxuan's father and son in one fell swoop. However, the Japanese government at the time feared that the losses would be significant. Therefore, Wu Haoxuan's father and son were spared. When the Japanese government felt the threat of Wu Haoxuan's father and son. It's too late. The Chinese Empire, which had already begun to rise, was no longer something that Japan could deal with. Even if they exert all their national strength, they will definitely be defeated. Therefore, they can only watch the Chinese Empire gradually rise and become bigger and bigger.

If the Japanese government at that time could have been ruthless and desperately annihilated Wu Haoxuan and his son at a huge price. Then, there would not be the fiasco we have now. It's just that it's useless to say that these are all now. In the world, there is no regret at all.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the people of China have destroyed Fukuoka. And that's just the beginning. We have received information that the Shina Navy is heading for Kitakyushu, and we must immediately notify the people of Kitakyushu to evacuate. Otherwise, the same tragedy as Fukuoka would have been repeated in a few hours. Lu Xiang Ishimoto Shinroku said. In the face of an attack from the sea, the rest of the Japanese army, except for the navy, had no choice at all. Even the army, which has hundreds of thousands of people, can only stare dryly. If they dare to break into the range of the capital ships of the Chinese Navy, the consequences will be even more serious. The fragile human body simply cannot compete with the large-caliber naval guns of the capital ship.

"Send a telegram to Kitakyushu and ask them to immediately organize the evacuation of the people, and there must be no further delay." Masaki Terauchi nodded.

"Your Excellency, what about our navy? Why not stop the Chinese people? They have already destroyed Fukuoka and are on their way to destroy Kitakyushu. If they are not stopped, the coastal cities of the Japanese Empire will be reduced to ruins one by one. When the time comes, Japan will be finished. Treasury Minister Tatsuo Yamamoto asked.

"The people of China have calculated the construction schedule of the 'Yamato-class' battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and they are stuck in the attack before our 'Yamato-class' battleships are completed. Before the completion of the 'Yamato-class' battleships, we did not have the capital to confront the Shina Navy. Wait another four months, no, three months, and our 'Yamato-class' battleships will be completed. At that time, we will have enough strength to deal with the Chinese people. Admiral Rokuro Yashiro, Minister of the Navy, said. He had to admit that this trick used by the Chinese Empire did bring great pressure to the Japanese Navy.

"Three months? Three months later, all of Japan's coastal cities had been destroyed by the Shina people. At that time, even if we can resist the attack of the Chinese navy, Japan will be finished. Tibetan Prime Minister Tatsuo Yamamoto rebuked angrily.

"You ....... Do you want the naval warriors of the Great Japanese Empire to be sent to their deaths? "General Rokuro Yashiro stared at Tatsuo Yamamoto viciously.

"To die for the sake of the Japanese Empire, the warriors of the navy also died as they deserved. If the people of China were not stopped, countless civilians of the Great Japanese Empire would have died. Tatsuo Yamamoto said.

"Yaga! In order to defeat the Shina people, even if it is a big price, it is worth it. Yashiro Rokuro said with a red face.

"How could you, as a soldier of the Great Japanese Empire, say such a thing?" Tatsuo Yamamoto accused.

However, General Rokuro Yashiro was unmoved. He knew that Admiral Takeshita had made the right choice to avoid a decisive battle with the Chinese Navy before the completion of the 'Yamato-class' battleships. In this way, the Japanese Navy will have a chance to win. However, if the Chinese navy continues to shell Japan's coastal cities, it will undoubtedly inflict greater casualties on Japan. Under such circumstances, the pressure on the Japanese Navy will also increase. At that time, the Japanese Navy will have no other way.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we can think of a way through diplomacy. Britain and the United States, the friends of the empire, would not have looked at the people of China so arrogantly. What's more, the attack on civilians by the Chinese was originally an act of extreme shamelessness. We can find a way to use world opinion to fight the Chinese and get them to stop this tactic. Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida said.

"Will this trick work? I'm afraid that the people of China will not pay attention to the so-called pressure of public opinion. Lu Xiang Ishimoto Shinroku said.

"Now, there's nothing we can do about it. Only a dead horse can be used as a live horse doctor. Yasuya Uchida said.

"Alright, let's do it, contact Britain and the United States, the Empire needs their help now." Prime Minister Masatsuki Terauchi said.

At 3 p.m. on August 18, 4621, the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Navy once again launched a heavy artillery bombardment of Kitakyushu. Perhaps it was the tragedy of Fukuoka that made the Japanese in Kitakyushu tremble. With the mobilization of the Japanese government, a large number of Japanese chose to leave here. However, even so, most of Kitakyushu was still in ruins under the bombardment of the Imperial Navy, and tens of thousands of people were killed or wounded. After all, large cities with a population of hundreds of thousands are not so easy to evacuate.

Fukuoka and Kitakyushu were destroyed by the Chinese navy in a single day, with more than 100,000 casualties and millions more homeless. This is a huge blow to all Japanese people. It is as if the scene of the Chinese navy's large-scale shelling of Japanese coastal cities has been reproduced again. As a result, a large number of Japanese began to flee the coastal areas and flee inland to escape the war. This will undoubtedly be devastating to Japan's economy and industry.

Britain and the United States also took action, and their ambassadors to China, appalled by the shelling of civilians by the Imperial Navy, expressed their indignation, and demanded that the Imperial Navy immediately stop this massacre of civilians.

However, the Imperial Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi replied to them. The Imperial Navy was nothing more than shelling Japanese military facilities. And those civilians are just affected. For this, the empire is sorry. However, as long as Japan did not surrender for a single day, the offensive of the Imperial Navy would not stop for a day.

Under the manipulation of Britain, France, the United States and other countries, the media throughout the Western world are promoting the brutality of the Imperial Navy's attacks on civilians, and in the minds of many Westerners, the Empire is completely equivalent to a barbaric country. In other words, the empire is an evil state. However, in the face of the pressure of public opinion in the Western world, the empire is still unmoved, and it will fight as it should be! As long as you can win this war, you will do anything. (To be continued.) )

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