In the Battle of Fukuoka, the Japanese army blocked the attack of the Chinese army for half a month, although in the end Otwa Jiro surrendered with the remnants, but this made the new Japanese cabinet see the hope of resisting the Chinese army's attack, before Ota Jiro has prepared to fight with the Chinese army in Fukuoka The plan to fight in the street has been reported to the base camp, and a detailed defense plan is attached, the Japanese base camp decided that the next battle will be around the city attack, and the Chinese army will fight in the city, in order to block the rapid offensive of the Chinese army, Let the Chinese army pay a heavy price for every city it gets.

The Japanese had a very good calculation, they wanted to arrange defensive measures in various cities to fight street battles with the Chinese army, which was nothing more than whimsical for the Chinese army, and the Japanese urban building structure was very unfavorable to the defenders of the street fighting, because there were no solid buildings for the Japanese army to build strong fortifications, and the Chinese army also took corresponding measures to crack the Japanese army's attempt to fight street battles.

As soon as it was discovered that the Japanese army had plans to fight in the streets of the city, the Chinese army immediately dispatched bomber groups to drop a large number of incendiary bombs on the city, burning the Japanese troops hiding in the houses in the city to the bones, and also burning the city to the ground, so as to prevent the Japanese troops from having a chance to fight in the streets.

On the other hand, the Chinese army has strengthened its intelligence work behind enemy lines, mobilized the strength of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau, and sent a large number of spies or bribed local Japanese to reconnoiter the terrain, buildings, and defense forces of various cities in Japan. If the Chinese army is not familiar with the street topography of Japanese cities, this is very detrimental to the operation. During the reconnaissance, the spy personnel will also leave secret marks on the streets of various cities, indicating which streets are not defended by Japanese troops, which alleys are dead ends, which roads are garrisoned by a large number of Japanese troops, and so on. And after the Chinese army has captured the city, it can quickly capture the cities according to these signs.

The Chinese army's method of collecting intelligence on various cities and cities in Japan in advance achieved very good results in the subsequent battles of capturing various parts of Japan one by one, saving a lot of time and reducing many casualties for the comprehensive occupation of Japan.

On November 15, according to the information obtained from the reconnaissance, the Japanese were preparing to engage in large-scale street battles with the Chinese army in the cities of Sasebo, Nagasaki and Kumamoto. In Sasebo, the Japanese deployed the 23rd and 24th Divisions, totaling nearly 40,000 men, to prepare with local residents to fight the Chinese army in street battles using the city's houses, buildings, and streets. In Nagasaki, the Japanese deployed the 25th and 26th divisions. In Kumamoto, the Japanese army deployed the 27th Division.

The Japanese army kidnapped the local Japanese residents and asked the local residents to cooperate with the army to resist the attack of the Chinese army, and the Japanese army arranged fortifications in every house, alley and street in the three cities, and they also asked the local civilians to fight with them and issue cold weapons to the civilians.

After receiving the report from the intelligence department, Xu Shaozhen, commander of the Japanese mainland, immediately convened a meeting of senior generals to discuss the plan for the next battle.

At the meeting. Xu Shaozhen asked the adjutant to report the information to the senior generals attending the meeting and said: "A few days ago, the 45th Division fought a street battle with the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army in Fukuoka, which lasted 12 days in total. They thought that they could consume the strength and supplies of our army, so they decided to fight with us in the streets in the future, and fight with us for every inch of land in any city, big or small. If we really follow their way of playing, we won't be able to please us even if we use twice as many troops. Although there are not many Japanese, there are tens of millions. If they kidnap all the Japanese civilians against us, we will suffer, so we can't let their plot succeed! Tell me, how are we going to deal with the Japanese conspiracy? ”

Hua Yubao, commander of the 46th Division, said: "Commander, I think we can divide and disintegrate the Japanese and treat them differently, distinguish the Japanese government from ordinary Japanese civilians, carry out large-scale propaganda against them, publicize the evil nature of the Japanese government, and call on ordinary Japanese people not to listen to the bewitchment and brainwashing of the Japanese government, and resolutely draw a clear line with the Japanese government. And the wooden material accounts for the majority, this kind of house is easy to catch fire, since the Japanese like to hide in the house, then we don't have to fight them at all, directly mobilize the bomber group to drop incendiary bombs, once the houses in the city are burned on a large scale, the Japanese troops hiding will inevitably not be able to hide, they will either be burned to death, or obediently withdraw from the city to fight with us in the field, or surrender directly, there is no other way! ”

Chi Chuanshi, commander of the 47th Division, nodded and said: "These two are good, let me remind you, to prevent the Japanese from hiding underground, generally speaking, there are drainage and sewage sewers under the city!" ”

Another division commander shook his head and said: "I don't think there is any need to worry about this, not to mention that Japan's urban development has not yet been sent to Europe with a complete underground drainage system and subway lines, and even if there is, those ditches will not be too deep, and the internal space will not be too large." Besides, once we drop a large number of incendiary bombs to burn a large number of houses, a large amount of oxygen will be consumed, and the oxygen around the city will be drained, how can the Japanese hiding underground survive without oxygen? Their only result is that they all suffocate to death! ”

The generals expressed their opinions, but almost all of them believed that dropping incendiary bombs was the fastest, best, and most trouble-free way, and could also reduce the casualties and ammunition of soldiers, and then send troops into the city to search for the fish that had slipped through the net.

Xu Shaozhen listened to the opinions of the generals and said: "Okay, since everyone's opinions are similar, then use the Air Force bomber group to drop incendiary bombs on Kumamoto, Sasebo and Nagasaki, you are each ready, once the incendiary bombs are dropped, after the large-scale houses in the city are burned, if the Japanese troops plan to escape, you must block them as soon as possible, and they will surrender, if they do not surrender, they will all be annihilated. prevent anyone from taking refuge from the fire".

"Yes, Commander!"

On 16 November, the Chinese army dispatched a number of planes to drop a large number of propaganda leaflets on various cities to publicize the sinister intentions of the Japanese government, to advise the Japanese people to draw a clear line with the evil Japanese government, and to ask the Japanese people everywhere to go out of the cities and accompany the Japanese soldiers to their funerals.

After the leaflets were dropped, many Japanese picked up the leaflets and put them away, while the Japanese army frantically collected these leaflets, and the Japanese who did not hand them in were quickly killed, which aroused the anger of many Japanese civilians, and many Japanese people who saw the leaflets packed up and left the city to set off for Honshu Island, deciding to go to Honshu Island to escape the war.

On November 18, the Chinese army dispatched more than 100 bombers, divided into three groups, respectively dropped a large number of incendiary bombs on Kumamoto, Nagasaki and Sasebo urban areas, once the incendiary bombs were dropped, the nearby houses were on fire as if they had been poured with gasoline, those fires were very vigorous, and soon the surrounding houses were burning, and the Japanese soldiers hiding in the houses all ran out on fire and rolled on the ground, but it was okay not to roll, the more they rolled, the bigger the fire, and the water splashed could not extinguish, and the screams of the Japanese soldiers were burned to the point that they spread throughout the city, there were screams everywhere, there were fires everywhere, and the Japanese soldiers and Japanese civilians who were not burned fled in horror to the urban area that was not on fire, but the houses in the urban area were too dense, and the fire was so big that the fire began to spread, and under the action of the wind, the fire soon spread to the entire urban area.

A large number of Japanese soldiers and Japanese civilians fled from the cities in Nagasaki, Sasebo, and Kumamoto Castle, and in the face of this kind of fire, the Japanese officers could no longer restrain the soldiers, and a large number of soldiers began to flee, and the Chinese army began to block these fleeing Japanese soldiers on the periphery of the cities.

On November 20, Nagasaki, Sasebo, and Kumamoto, the three largest cities on the island of Kyushu, were burned to the ground, and tens of thousands of Japanese troops were burned to death, while the rest surrendered after being trapped for two days, and even more civilians were burned to death. After the news of this happened, it immediately gave the Japanese a great deterrent, and many Japanese civilians who were worried that the Chinese army would drop incendiary bombs in the city again did not dare to stay in the city anymore, and chose to cut off from the Japanese Huaqing.

After this incendiary bomb was dropped, the Japanese base camp was also frightened by the ruthlessness of the Chinese army, and some people wanted to cancel the plan to fight street battles with the Chinese army, but they could not delay the pace of the Chinese army's offensive without fighting street battles with the Chinese army, which put the Japanese base camp in a dilemma.

Because they were worried that the Chinese army would drop incendiary bombs on the city again, the Japanese defenders in some small cities on Kyushu Island did not dare to stay in the cities anymore, and they chose to choose some dangerous places in the field to block the attack, but Japan basically had no dangerous places, and there was no Xiongguan that could not be opened, and many small cities were soon occupied by the Chinese army, and a large area of land in Kyushu fell into the hands of the Chinese army, and the Japanese army was defeated and retreated.

As soon as the Chinese army saw the rout of the Japanese army, they immediately pursued it vigorously, not giving the Japanese army a chance to breathe at all, nor giving the Japanese army a chance to redeploy the defense, so that the Japanese army did not have the courage and mind to think about anything else, and only cared about fleeing for their lives, and the Japanese army was quickly consumed in the process. (To be continued......)