This earthquake is destined to bring heavy losses to Japan. In addition to natural disasters, there are other causes. Many houses in Japan are made of wood. When the earthquake struck, many Japanese people were living and cooking at home. Thus, the tragedy is even greater.

When the earthquake struck, it was noon, and people in Tokyo and other places were busy cooking lunch, and many homes were blazing. When a great earthquake struck, the stove overturned, flames splashed, and sparks flew wildly. The two major cities of Tokyo and Yokohama, located in the Kanto region, are not only densely populated, but also have many wooden buildings, and the earthquake damaged the gas pipes, causing gas to overflow and ignite in case of fire. The combination of several factors, such as the stoves that provide the fire source and the gas and wooden houses that are the best fuels, has turned Tokyo and other places into a sea of fire, and the sound of explosions and the cries for help from people in the fires are heard one after another. After the earthquake, the fire demons began to wreak havoc in the Kanto region. Similarly, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, there were fires, but they were far less tragic than the Kanto region of Japan.

After the fire broke out, the fire was difficult to control, but the shock wave caused by the earthquake to stir up a huge wind in the area, and the fire area immediately turned into a sea of fire, and the wind helped the fire to burn more and more. Not only that, but the wind also spread the fire in all directions. Wherever the fire spreads, a sky-high fire ignites. Factories are burning, schools are burning, homes are burning...... It's all burning. The whole of Tokyo was engulfed in flames, as if the sky was burning and the earth was burning. The flames spread faster than people could have imagined. In the process of spreading the flames, whenever flammable and explosive materials are encountered, either a large explosion occurs or the flames soar into the sky. Since most of the houses in the area had been almost razed by the earthquake before the fire, the fire was unimpeded. Fire brigades in Tokyo and elsewhere are ready to fight the fire demons. However, due to the destruction of underground water pipes, there is no water source at all. Naturally, firefighters could not fight the fire with their bare hands, and the collapsed houses had blocked the streets and made it impossible for fire trucks to pass. It was also difficult for fire trucks to move an inch after entering the fire scene. In the face of fires as in the face of earthquakes, people are almost helpless to let them wreak havoc.

The most tragic are the survivors who are crushed in the rubble. If it weren't for the fire, there was still a chance that these people would have been rescued. After the fire was ignited, many survivors in the ruins and rubble were burned alive by the fire. Some of those who escaped the earthquake disaster were surrounded by fire. Billowing smoke smoked them down, and fire burned them to death. The pungent stench of burnt human flesh filled the air. The Great Kanto Earthquake did not last long, but the fire after the earthquake burned for three days and three nights, until it burned until everything in the fire was reduced to ashes. Those who managed to escape the earthquake had to escape the terrible fire demons in a state of panic. The panicked crowd left the residential area and left the fire. Crowd into the open area outside. Streets, squares, parks, beaches, school playgrounds, and other places have become places of refuge for people fleeing the fires. For a time, many open areas were crowded with people.

A military clothing factory has an open space similar to a stadium and is filled with tens of thousands of evacuees. There is no fire around this place, and it is safe for the time being. Before the crowd had time to rejoice in escaping the tiger's mouth, the fire quickly rushed here from all directions, and the fire surrounded the clothing factory at the fastest speed, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller. The victims trapped in the encirclement were in chaos. Like headless flies scurrying around, even if they don't get burned to death by fire. Also trampled to death. All exits were blocked by fire, and people had no way out. The fire began to consume everyone's life. Thick smoke completely enveloped the place, and many people suffocated to death due to lack of oxygen. None of the 32,000 people who took refuge here were spared, and the scene was horrible. The area around Asakusa Ward has been almost completely destroyed, and the ponds in the park have been burned dry!

Among the people who died in this disaster in the entire city of Tokyo. Eighty per cent of the deaths were caused by the post-earthquake fires, and most of the survivors suffered burns. In a park area in Yokohama, hundreds of people jumped into a pool to escape the fire. Man sits in the water, with only his head above the water. Trying to escape the fire demon in this way. But when the fire hit, sparks flew around their heads, and their hair was mostly burned. More than 24,000 people in Yokohama Park who tried to escape the fire were surrounded by flames and burned alive. Even the lake in the park was scorched hot by the fire, and those who jumped into the lake were scalded to death by the hot water. The Great Fire turned the Kanto region of Japan into a living hell and was full of murderous intent everywhere.

Incredibly, even the people on the beach could not save their lives. Thousands of victims fled to the beach and jumped into the sea, grabbing some floating objects and the edge of the boat. Fire and water are incompatible, and it seems natural to jump into the sea to avoid the flames. However, this time it became a different story entirely. A few hours later, an explosion occurred at an oil depot near the beach, and more than 100,000 tons of oil were poured into Yokohama Bay. The fire ignited the oil on the surface of the water, and Yokohama Bay became a veritable sea of fire. More than 3,000 people who had taken refuge in the sea were killed by the fire. If you can't hide from the fire demon in the water, there is almost nowhere to hide in the entire Kanto region. In Yokohama, more than 60,000 houses were destroyed by fire, accounting for about 60% of the city's total number of houses.

As a result, the epicenter of the earthquake was at the bottom of Xiangmo Bay, causing a large-scale tsunami. As a result of a strong earthquake, the seabed crust has moved on a large scale, and the seabed near the Big Island has moved up to 400 meters vertically and 4 meters to the north. The seabed near Tateyama was uplifted and moved 3 meters to the southeast. Such violent movements of the earth's crust at the bottom of the sea caused the sea to swell with huge waves that violently hit the coast. Earthquakes and fires were followed by large-scale tsunamis.

In order to escape the earthquake and fire, the people who were lucky enough to escape began to look for a place where the building could not be pressed down after the collapse and the fire could not burn. The only places that can meet both requirements are beaches, ports and marinas. As a result, frightened people flocked to the beaches, docks, and ports in Tokyo, Yokohama, and other places. But the tsunami caused by the earthquake set off huge waves and swooped down like a devil on the ports, docks, and beaches along the coast of Somo Bay -- where the victims thought they were safe. The sea suddenly lost the gentleness and romance of the literati's writings, and became hideous and terrifying. When the evacuees saw the huge waves more than 10 meters high rushing in the sky, they rushed inland and trampled to death. In fact, it is difficult to escape from the tiger's mouth of the tsunami, because the huge waves rush to the coast at a speed of 750 kilometers per hour, so the people on the shore are instantly swallowed by the big waves, or swept into the depths of the ocean, or thrown into the air by the big waves, and some are thrown to land by the huge waves. The various ships anchored in the ports and docks were either crushed and sunk by the fierce waves, or they were sunk by the impact of the tsunami. After the tsunami receded, it swept away all the wrecked ships. A large fishing boat was once moored in the port of Yokohama, and the huge waves broke it to pieces, leaving no one on board alive.

Ports in Tokyo and Yokohama, dock facilities, and houses destroyed in the earthquake were also looted by the huge waves of the tsunami. After the violent sea calmed down, the beaches of Tokyo and other places turned into large garbage dumps, full of roofs of wooden houses, bed boards, doors and windows, fragments of boats, and human corpses. Something similar floats on the surface of the sea. But these remnants are only a small part of what is left of the fury of the sea, and it has not had time to recede with the tide, and most of it has been swallowed up by the sea and has long since disappeared. The tsunami caused by the earthquake sank more than 8,000 ships of all kinds and paralyzed all large and small ports and wharves in Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, and Chiba. These places have experienced a real catastrophe.

According to post-earthquake statistics, 150,000 people were killed, more than 2 million people were left homeless, and property damage was 6.5 billion yen in the earthquake-stricken areas of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Shizuoka, and Yamanashi.

When the earthquake broke out, the 22-year-old Regent Hirohito held a grand state banquet to entertain envoys from various countries at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. As the guests and hosts were rejoicing, a violent, sudden tremor came from the depths of the earth; Amid the shaking earth, the clanging of chopsticks, and the stunned guests, Hirohito staggered to the garden outside the hall, regardless of etiquette. He saw a picture of a landslide. The newly completed 12-story Tokyo Tower is "cut in two like matchsticks"; Countless tall buildings crumbled in an instant. Tokyo suddenly seemed low and empty, with only the noisy crowds, the buzzing sounds, and the rising firelight connecting the island-like Akasaka Imperial Palace with the devastated Japan. In the courtyard of the palace with constant aftershocks, Hirohito's expression was wooden and "stunned".

As the first earthquake-resistant building in Japan's history, on this day, Akasaka Rikyu Palace suffered only minor damage; A few hundred miles away in the small town of Nikko, the emperor and empress were also unharmed. However, for the young crown prince and the "god of earth" who represented Japan for more than 60 years, the disaster, known as the Great Kanto Earthquake, was a lingering nightmare. To a large extent, it can be said that the long shadow it left behind made Hirohito's sluggish expression on this day, and the frenzied figure of tens of millions of Japanese people, freeze the history of Japan for more than 20 years after that.

However, the huge blow that this earthquake has dealt to Japan is undoubtedly catastrophic. In particular, Japan is now at war with the Chinese Empire. This is undoubtedly worse for Japan! If the Chinese Empire continued to attack, Japan would simply not have the strength to defend itself against the Chinese attack.

Of course, this earthquake was a catastrophe for Japan. However, for the Chinese Empire, it was a golden opportunity to destroy Japan. At this time, there was nothing left to prevent the Chinese Empire from destroying Japan! (To be continued.) )

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