In the bombing of Lushunkou, the strategic bombing units of the Northern Air Force inflicted huge losses on the Japanese army, losing more than 1,220 soldiers alone, and 9 warships were sunk, 6 were seriously injured and stranded, 19 merchant ships were sunk, and dozens more were wounded, which dealt a great blow to the Japanese troops at Lushunkou.

At the same time, Pyongyang and the port of Busan on the Korean Peninsula were also attacked by the air force of the Eighth Theater of Operations, and the reason why Chen Feng wanted to attack these two places was because, on the one hand, the port of Busan, like the Port of Arthur, was an important external seaport of the Japanese army in its colony, and it was an important bridgehead connecting the colony with the Japanese mainland, and the bombing of this place would definitely be a major blow to the Japanese army.

On the other hand, in order to stimulate the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the Korean nation, Korea was no longer an independent country at this time, as early as 1904, when Russia was defeated in the Russo-Japanese War, the Korean regime was completely controlled by Japan. The following year, the DPRK and Japan signed the Otmi Protectorate Treaty, and Korea became a "protectorate" of Japan, and Japan's power controlled the entire peninsula, and a large number of Koreans, who did not want to be Japanese subjects, crossed the river and took refuge in China. In 1906, Japan established a Japanese-dispatched "unsupervised" regime in Korea.

In August 1910, Japan forced the Korean Empire to sign the Japan-Korea Merger Treaty, formally annexing the Korean Peninsula and establishing the Korean Governor-General's Office for colonial rule. Japan made the royal family of the Korean Empire a Japanese nobleman, forced Gojong to abdicate, and supported the Joseon Junjong.

In the face of Japanese aggression, a large part of the Koreans chose to resist, and from 1932 onwards, Kim Il Sung carried out anti-Japanese guerrilla activities in northeastern China. In 1937, Kim Il-sung's anti-Japanese forces captured Bucheonfort near Hyesan, a major military town in northern Korea. It was the first time that North Korea's armed forces had attacked the DPRK itself.

On March 1, 1919, a large-scale revolt began on the Korean Peninsula due to Japan's ban on the use of the Korean language in schools. Yoo Kwan-soon and other young students issued the "March 1st Declaration of Independence" at Tadong Park in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and spread the Declaration of Independence throughout the country. These independence activities aroused a sense of resistance among the people, and the people stormed the Japanese police offices everywhere, which led to violent repression by the Japanese police. It is known as the "March 1st Movement" in history.

In the same year, the leaders of the Korean independence movement established provisional governments in Vladivostok, Shanghai, and Seoul. Finally, the three provisional governments were merged into the "Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea" in Shanghai. The provisional government was recognized by the Protector Government led by Sun Yat-sen, as well as by France, Poland and other countries.

Therefore, it was the Japanese who ruled Korea at this time, and it was the Japanese governor who controlled the political situation in Korea. However, the governor's palace was not located in Pyongyang, but in Seoul. Originally, Chen Feng planned to bomb Seoul. However, Seoul has been the capital of North Korea since ancient times. There are a large number of Korean nobles living there, and once the bombing of the place is bound to cause a large number of casualties among the Korean nobles and arouse the hatred of the Korean people against China.

Pyongyang is different. Here Pyongyang is the same as the capital Seoul. Both were the two major commercial centers of North Korea at that time. But he was repeatedly attacked. In 1592, the Japanese captured the city of Pyongyang, and later Korea fought fiercely with the Japanese army with the help of Ming reinforcements. Pyongyang was recaptured. During the Dingmao Rebellion of 1627 and the Bingzi Rebellion of 1636, the Manchurian (Jurchen) army captured Pyongyang twice, and a large number of citizens were taken into slavery, and Pyongyang was severely damaged.

In May 1902, the Korean Empire upgraded Pyongyang to the status of a companion capital, called "Seogyong". At that time, Pyongyang was not only home to many Japanese and Westerners, but also an important place for overseas Chinese in Korea. With the opening up and status of Pyongyang, the process of modernization has accelerated, and it has gradually become the commercial and industrial center of the Korean Peninsula, and has become the Christian center of the Korean Peninsula, with more than 1,400 churches in its heyday, and is nicknamed the "Jerusalem of the East".

Due to its proximity to Northeast China, it became the main transit point for the Japanese army to transfer the minerals plundered from China, and due to the Japanese government's large-scale immigration, there were millions of Japanese living in Pyongyang at this time, more than the Korean locals, and it can be said that Pyongyang was already a standard Japanese city at this time, and its importance was no less than that of Seoul.

The air raids on Pyongyang and Pusan ports were personally formulated by Chen Feng and demanded the complete destruction of the military installations in these two cities, and since they were air raids on the ports of the cities in North Korea, Chen Feng ordered the air force pilots to bomb according to the actual situation on the battlefield and not be affected by the layout of the cities.

At 9:20 a.m. on November 20, 1940, the strategic bombing unit of the Northern Air Force successfully arrived over Pyongyang, because it was located in North Korea and had not experienced war for more than 30 years, so everyone seemed to be very relaxed, even the defenders of Pyongyang were very lax, and did not notice the danger coming.

At 9:24, under the command of Hou Zhiping, the commander of the Second Brigade, more than 60 warplanes swooped down towards Pyongyang, and thousands of heavy bombs fell on the city of Pyongyang.

Soon, a violent explosion sounded on the ground, and in an instant the whole of Pyongyang was engulfed in smoke. Unmoved, Hou Zhiping and his men continued to drop bombs into the city of Pyongyang, and they wanted to complete the task of the commander and completely destroy the city. The scene at the port of Busan was the same as in Pyongyang, and the half-hour bombing turned the two cities into flames.

When the news of Chen Feng's bombing of the ports of Lushunkou, Pyongyang, and Pusan reached Japan, the Japanese top level was in an uproar, especially when the huge losses were sent to the desk of Prime Minister Fumima Konoe, the Japanese government fell into a brief silence, and of course, in the afternoon, under the chairmanship of Fumima Konoe, the Japanese government quickly convened an imperial meeting.

Japan. Tokyo. Palace.

The Emperor of Japan, as always, acted as his own wooden man, and perhaps he had his own thoughts, but he was generally not free to express his opinions at the Imperial Council.

As Prime Minister, Fumima Konoe continued to assume the role of head of the government as usual. I saw Konoe Fumima look at the cabinet members, and then said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am really sorry to summon you here in such a hurry, not long ago the government just received news from the North Korean side that the people of China carried out a large-scale bombardment of the Port of Arthur in the Far East and the ports of Pyongyang and Busan in the DPRK an hour and a half ago, causing huge losses!" ”

As soon as Konoe Fumima's words fell, Interior Minister Eiji Yasui suddenly said, "Nani! Did the Chinese air raids Pyongyang and Pusan, with heavy losses? ”

Konoe Fumima did not answer Yasui Eiji's words, but turned his head to look at Seishiro Itagaki of the land minister, meaning to let him answer.

Seishiro Itagaki understood, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Yasui-kun, the air raid of the Shina people has caused huge losses to the empire, more than 1,300 soldiers have been lost in the Port of Arthur, more than 30 warships and merchant ships have been sunk, and Port Arthur has been seriously damaged, and I am afraid that it will not be able to help the combined fleet without a month's repairs!" ”

"Pyongyang suffered the most losses, the Chinese carpet bombed the city of Pyongyang, and the whole of Pyongyang was overturned by the Chinese aerial bombs. Due to the use of a large number of incendiary bombs by the Chinese people, it caused a fire in the city, which has not been extinguished until now, and has so far caused more than 2,600 casualties among soldiers, more than 7,000 civilian casualties, tens of thousands of houses destroyed, and other losses are still being counted! ”

"The port of Busan and the nearby city of Busan were completely destroyed, with more than 800 casualties, 12 large warships sunk, and many civilian casualties!"

"Yaga!" Eiji Yasui said angrily.

"Itagaki-kun, how is your War Department going to deal with this matter, we want to hear your opinion?" Minister of Finance Kawada asked loudly.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Seishiro Itagaki felt helpless, and the air raid of the Shina people hit the soft underbelly of the Japanese Empire. The first air raid caused such heavy losses to the empire, if I, the Minister of War, could not come up with a feasible solution, I am afraid that I would end up with the Minister of War.

Seishiro Itagaki got up and said, "Gentlemen, according to the analysis and judgment of our War Department, this air raid launched by Chen Feng's headquarters is mainly in retaliation for the actions of the imperial army in southern Hebei, especially against His Excellency Kimura's abduction of civilians in China. So we can't do this air strike."

"Itagaki-kun, let's not ask you why that bastard general attacked Pyongyang and other places, but ask you, what are the countermeasures of your War Department?" Kawada asked loudly.

Chen Feng's bombing of Pingran Pusan still caused a considerable shock to the Japanese high-level, and the losses were only one aspect, they were more concerned about whether the army could guarantee that similar things would not happen again, and were more concerned about whether the planes of the people of China could fly to Tokyo and whether the bombs would fall on their heads!

Itagaki Seishiro said: "The people of China are dispatching their latest large bomber this time, this kind of large bomber is extremely large in size, and the range is also extremely long, so if the empire also wants to retaliate against the defense area of Chen Feng's headquarters in China, I am afraid it will be very difficult!" ”

"Itagaki-kun, whether you retaliate or not, we don't care for the time being, I ask you to tell us now, whether the Air Force of the Chinese people will fly to Tokyo, and are you ready to intercept them?" Fumima Konoe asked loudly.

This question immediately attracted the attention of all the high-ranking officials present at the meeting, and it was a matter of life and death, and if the people of China suddenly bombed Tokyo one day, the problem would be serious, and they could not afford not to pay attention to it. The Japanese high-level is afraid, really afraid, the last time Chen Feng's headquarters just dropped a few virus agents, and dozens of millions of people in Tokyo were infected with the virus, if it was this kind of large fighter plane that flew to Tokyo that time, maybe the next time the people dropped it would not be bacteria and viruses, but heavy aerial bombs!

At this moment, the opinions of both the Imperial Road faction and the Unification faction were surprisingly unified, and the previous battle seemed to disappear all at once, and everyone was staring at Seishiro Itagaki in order to get the answer they wanted from him. (To be continued......)