As mentioned earlier, people are slow to respond to natural disasters such as earthquakes. After all, China is so big, although earthquakes are relatively frequent, but after sharing it, there is basically no feeling.

At least Yan Shao has never encountered anything like this except for two particularly minor earthquakes when he lived in a bungalow in his early years, and it can even be said that it was so slight that it ended before he could react―――――― of course, he definitely didn't want to encounter it again, after all, it was better to encounter this kind of thing less.

Compared with the Japanese people, the Japanese are obviously much more experienced in the face of earthquakes.

After all, as an island nation, Japan has the reputation of being an earthquake country, and for this country, earthquakes are almost a daily occurrence...

The so-called earthquake is the vibration caused by the rapid release of energy from the earth's crust, during which seismic waves are generated, of which seismic waves are divided into S waves and P waves.

In general, the term earthquake can refer to seismic waves caused by natural phenomena or man-made destruction. The destruction of man-made natural terrain, the migration or extraction of a large number of gases (especially biogas), reservoir water storage, mining, oil well water injection, underground nuclear testing, etc., natural volcanic activity, large landslides, underground cavity collapses, large meteorite falls, etc. can cause earthquakes―――――― in fact, this is also nonsense, after all, a large piece of meteorite thrown down, no matter what, it will definitely bring great destructive power.

The earthquake that collapsed the houses in the Wenchuan earthquake is one of the major natural disasters on the planet. Earthquakes occur every day on Earth, and most of them are small or occur in remote areas such as the bottom of the sea, and most people do not feel them. However, strong earthquakes that occur in areas of human activity often cause huge property damage and casualties. Generally speaking. Earthquakes with a magnitude of less than 3 on the Richter scale release very little energy and do not cause significant damage to buildings. Earthquakes with a magnitude of 4 on the Richter scale or higher are clearly felt. It is estimated that Yan Shao encountered it in his early years was about level 3, because at that time, except for feeling a little shaking. Actually, I don't feel anything.

The deadliest earthquake in historical records was the Jiajing earthquake that struck Shaanxi, China, on January 23, 1556, killing more than 830,000 people. At that time, most of the people in the area lived in caves dug out of the loess cliffs, and many of the caves collapsed due to the earthquake, causing a large number of casualties.

In general, it is better not to encounter such a thing as an earthquake, even if it is a small magnitude.

Then, here's the problem...

In the face of such an earthquake, the boss's reaction can naturally be described as fast. After all, born in such a country with frequent earthquakes, the boss has been through a hundred battles. What's more, this earthquake came so suddenly, and at the same time it seemed stronger?

Compared to the boss though. The ronins in the tavern were sluggish.

After all, these people were drinking at the time, and although the alcohol content of Japanese sake is usually relatively low, even if it is, drinking too much will still make people feel relatively low.

It was also because of this relationship that when they saw the boss running out of the tavern quickly, they were obviously stunned for a moment, and they didn't know why this guy was running so fast.

Finally, when the house shook violently, they finally understood.

"Earthquake !!"

Well, that's already the second voice.

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Although their speed is not slow. But after all, if you drink too much wine, your movements will inevitably be a little sluggish.

In addition, when they reacted, the speed was actually a little slower.

Therefore, before all the people ran out. The houses have already begun to collapse.

In front of these people's eyes, the collapsed house buried the ronin who had not yet escaped from the house. But at this time, they no longer had the time to express their grief or sadness, because they were already shocked by this time.

At this moment. Standing on the street, they can clearly feel a feeling of shaking the sky. I couldn't help but feel dizzy, especially after cooperating with the buildings around me that kept collapsing. This feeling is becoming more and more obvious...

Think about it, when your feet are constantly vibrating, even to the point of almost dizzying yourself, and the surrounding buildings are constantly collapsing like sand sculptures, how amazing it will be for you to see at this time...

Especially at this time, there is still a strong wind, which naturally makes many things unimaginable.

At least for the Japanese at this time, they would never want to encounter such a thing again―――――― forever, forever...

"God, what the hell is going on..."

When the earthquake was over, looking at the streets that were already in shambles, almost unrecognizable, the owner of the tavern couldn't help but groan...

It was in the midst of the cries and cries around them that these men stood in front of the tavern, looking at their buried companions.

One of them was almost on the verge of running out, but it was just a little bit worse, and as a result, half of his body was buried, leaving only the upper half of his body peeking out from the direction of the main entrance.

Although he was still half a body, both the tavern owner and the Japanese ronins who often called him brothers and sisters knew very well that the person in front of him was hopeless.

Because in the back half of his body, a very huge cement pier smashed right there...

And a large puddle of red liquid is also constantly flowing out. They don't even need to think about it, these people can imagine what this brother of theirs is like now after being hit by the cement pier...

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Not only this tavern, but almost all of Tokyo can be said to have suffered such a thing, a large number of buildings collapsed, followed by almost massive casualties―――――― and it was in the cry that the Japanese government launched a rescue operation...

It's just that...

On a corner of the streets of Tokyo, a family's house collapsed.

Unlike later generations, Tokyo in this era did not have as many skyscrapers as later generations, and the main number of wooden buildings was ordinary wooden buildings.

Although this type of building is usually very effective in dealing with earthquakes, this is only an ordinary earthquake, and if it is an ultra-high-intensity earthquake, then it is useless at all, even if it is a wooden building.

It is precisely because of this reason that a large number of buildings collapsed, and groups of people were also buried.

But that's not the real problem...

"Quick, quick, quick, someone here may be holding down, come and help!!"

More than 10 meters away from this house, a large number of people are urgently relieving the disaster.

These are the people who survived, although the earthquake just now did make them a little dizzy, but after coming to their senses, they still took immediate action, trying to save as many people as possible from the rubble!

It's just that at this time, these people obviously didn't notice that in the collapsed house not far away, there was a little bit of fire burning...

At 11 o'clock, it is the time for people to take a lunch break, and it is also the time to eat and replenish the calories needed for the day―――――― people are iron rice and steel, and they are hungry and panicked if they don't eat a meal.

For people in this era, it's okay not to eat in the morning, but it's okay not to eat at noon and in the evening.

In fact, not only the people of this era, even if it is not the same in later generations, there are often people who skip meals in the morning, and go to eat lunch or rice bowls or something―――――― of course, some people do this because they are lazy, but there are also some for weight loss, which is obviously a little different from the way of thinking of this era...

However, it has also been confirmed that because of this relationship, when the earthquake occurs in the middle of the day, it is easy to cause some unimaginable problems. For example...

When a family is cooking in a house, and there is an earthquake at this time, and no one is going to put out the fire, there is no doubt that it will definitely bring a lot of trouble, for example, a fire or something...

And if the house is still wooden, then the problem will obviously become more serious...

While those people were still trying to find a way to help the disaster, they didn't seem to notice that the house not far away was constantly being ignited by a little bit of sparks, and by the time they reacted, this could have been a small fire, and it was not so easy to extinguish.

Of course, the more important point is that there are definitely not a few people in Tokyo who are lighting a fire to cook at this moment. Although Japan is a country that has begun to modernize, these places full of wooden buildings are actually similar to the bungalow areas that can often be seen in the 90s.

Not to mention anything else, there is basically no firefighting equipment ...

As a result, fires naturally become difficult to tame.

To be exact, it is simply untamable.

At this time, it was just in time for a strong wind, so with the help of the strong wind, the fire soon became more and more difficult to control, and by the end of the day, the fire was about to burn all over Tokyo...

If the recent earthquake brought the first casualties to the city, then this fire brought another, and probably more casualties than the previous earthquake...

Historically, during the bombing of Tokyo, there were many more people burned to death than to be killed by bombing. (To be continued......)