The light of death has not yet dissipated from people's vision, and the nuclear storm that destroys the heavens and the earth has followed one after another.

-- After the hydrogen bomb was detonated in the air, the huge shock wave generated first rushed to the ground, and part of it was quickly bounced up, forming a huge bright and dazzling mushroom cloud, which rose from the ground, and while rolling the fire and smoke, it continued to spread and climb high, and finally stood proudly in the sky like an optimus...... This terrifying, bright, lethal mushroom cloud with deadly radiation is more than two kilometers in diameter at the base alone, and the height eventually reaches more than fifty kilometers, far exceeding Mount Everest, the first peak in Shijie!

As for the other part of the shockwave energy, it was wrapped in countless radioactive fallouts, sweeping an even deadlier nuclear storm on the ground!

-- The momentum of this nuclear storm is so terrifying that the wind speed at its center has far exceeded the speed of sound. And the destructive power of this supersonic nuclear storm is 100 times or even more than 1,000 times that of a 12-level typhoon. I saw that it was like Thor's giant hammer, easily stirring this side of the world:

Towering trees with lush foliage have been uprooted, lush hills have been shaved bald, sturdy buildings have been toppled and flown like matchboxes, tall lighthouses seem to have been twisted and crushed by a pair of invisible giant hands, and trains, cars, ferries, people and animals on the ground have been swept into the air by huge air currents, thrown around like leather balls...... Even the well-built coastal forts around the Sasebo Naval Port are like castles made of sand. Roughly torn off the shore and thrown into the boiling sea. There was a small unlucky freighter that was thrown off the land a full five kilometers away. Completely smashed a shrine with only ruins left.

In addition to the utterly destroyed Sasebo military port, the shock wave of the hydrogen bomb spread death and fear in all directions. Like the most violent typhoon, it has razed hundreds of villages and towns to the ground and lifted rooftops over a much larger area - in fact, the scene of the shock wave itself shaking people to death is already horrifying, even causing the eyeballs and internal organs of some of the victims. They all flew out of their bodies!

What's more, although in those places that are relatively far away from the center of the explosion, only by the impact of the nuclear storm itself. It may no longer be lethal to the human body, but the fragments of buildings and scrap metal destroyed by the shock wave are thrown everywhere like deadly shotguns, piercing through doors and walls at a bullet-like high speed. Rush to the victim who is caught off guard. Splash blood flowers and deal a staggering amount of secondary damage!

Then, under the light of a mushroom cloud as bright as a super torch, the raging fire also burned between the towns and mountains within a radius of hundreds of miles, and it was out of control - the lethal dose of nuclear radiation released when the hydrogen bomb exploded killed most of the potential firefighters in the first place; The high temperature and heat wave caused by the nuclear explosion made the already flammable Japanese-style paper and wood buildings feel like dry wood meets Mars...... In the midst of constant fires and prolonged high radiation, it was difficult for even those hiding in underground fortifications to survive. One can only pray that you are far enough away from the center of the nuclear explosion.

A report by a Japanese journalist recorded the catastrophe beneath the mushroom cloud: "...... Outside of the area of absolute death where nothing is left alive. The house collapsed in the flying of bricks and beams. About twenty kilometres from the epicentre of the explosion, most of the houses had been razed as if they were made of light cardboard. Almost all of the people in the house died on the spot, and even if some were spared by some miracle, they were immediately surrounded by flames, and the few who struggled to escape from the fire and reach the place of peace generally did not survive for ten days. And before they die, these people often shed a lot of skin, and their flesh and blood are blurred, and the indescribable misery and pain make people feel that they might as well die at that time......"

What's more, even the vast sea became boiling in the heat of the nuclear explosion, and millions of tons of seawater were evaporated to vaporization by the high temperature in an instant, and the swimming fish in the sea also suffered together, and they were roasted and even scorched in an instant, and rolled in the wind in the flames and heat waves...... And the seawater is an incompressible liquid, and the explosion can only transmit energy to the surrounding seawater, thus forming a huge wave around Sasebo that gallops for dozens of kilometers! Moreover, the rolling waves contain a large amount of radioactive material, leaving a terrifying kiss of death on everything that comes into contact......

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While the Sasebo Military Port, where the main forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet was assembled, had been wiped off the face of the earth by the 20 million tons of TNT-equivalent hydrogen bomb, the commercial port of Nagasaki, where the British, French, and American expeditionary fleets were moored, had not been too seriously damaged for the time being.

-- The distance between the city of Nagasaki and the center of the hydrogen bomb over Sasebo was about 50 kilometers in a straight line, and it was already the edge of the maximum killing range of the hydrogen bomb, and the lethality of the light of death became negligible. Moreover, between Nagasaki and Sasebo, there are several more rugged hills and dozens of kilometers of water in Omura Bay, which further reduces the lethality of the nuclear explosion...... But even then, the momentum is terrifying.

In short, at the first moment of the nuclear explosion, neither the ordinary citizens of Nagasaki Port nor the officers and men of the British, French, and American expeditionary fleets were aware of what was happening, but somehow got out of the house and the shipyard, and then looked in amazement at the artificial sun rising over the sea in the distance...... Then, there was a scorching wave of air from the north, violently washing over the people and buildings on the ground - the hot wind was as strong as a typhoon, lifting the roofs of countless Japanese-style buildings, making it impossible for most people to stand at all, so that they could only lie on the ground and listen in horror to the crazy howl of the air in their ears. The spark particles mixed with the hot wind quickly set the crowded and messy streets of Nagasaki City into flames.

But before the fire really spreads, people have to be greeted by a baptism of majestic water: a massive wave of waves that are several stories high and set off by the shock wave of a nuclear explosion. Sweeping across Omura Bay from north to south, it landed on the northern side of the Nagasaki Peninsula - the sea water is an incompressible liquid that explodes and transmits energy to the surrounding water. Like a sledgehammer, it struck at any obstacle in front of it: the fragile and thin breakwater was washed away or submerged in an instant, and the warships and merchant ships of various countries anchored in the anchorage of Omura Bay were washed up on the beachhead and ran aground, even crashing into the mountain wall...... Those who are unfortunate enough to stay in the north of the Nagasaki Peninsula can only hold the trees and pillars in the hot wind, muttering prayers to the gods and Buddhas in their mouths, while watching the mountain-like waves rush to the shore. There's nowhere to hide, and it feels like the end of Shijie is coming......

-- The earth trembled in the tremors, and the sea boiled in flames. Humanity suffers from the two heavens of ice and fire in the midst of great waves and hot winds...... The dazzling light and the deafening sound of thunder reminded one of the paintings of purgatory, a real horror in the abyss of hell. Finally, when this shijie temporarily returned to calm, the people who were lucky enough to escape came out of the ruins one after another. Come to an open place with a wide view. Then he stared up at the mushroom cloud that stood proudly between the heavens and the earth—colorful flames and smoke rolled in this cloud, and countless flashes of radioactive dust flew into the sky, obscuring the entire night sky, making people feel as if they were staying next to a smoky coal-fired boiler, or like being in a glittering jewelry store...... All this is changing so fast that most people's thinking can't catch up with the catastrophe, and some people are crazy and screaming and running; Some people are stunned, and their thinking is blank; Some people have words in their mouths. Kneel on the ground and pray to the gods and Buddhas for solace in their souls. Many others were so excited that they couldn't describe the magnificence of what they saw.

However, the vast majority of Nagasaki citizens did not have much time to be stunned, because the rising temperature, the brighter and brighter fire, and the smell of smoke in the nose soon brought them back to the cruel reality around them from the gorgeous scene in the distance - the fire broke out!

Illuminated by a mushroom cloud as bright as a super-lighthouse, the scorching foehn wind with red embers spread along every street, quickly burning uncontrollably. The electricity and running water in the urban area had long since been destroyed by the impact of the nuclear explosion, the collapsed houses had blocked the passage of the fire trucks, and the fire was further fueled by the strong and dry winds that had fanned the flames of thousands into a prairie fire, which crackled and flew in all directions, uprooting the trees and tearing off the corrugated roofs - the poor firefighters and policemen could neither control the flames that were rushing forward, nor could they stop the frightened fleeing crowd, and finally had to give up their efforts to extinguish the fire, Instead, he called on the public to evacuate as soon as possible......

All of a sudden, adults and children alike were running for their lives, rushing around like rats. They were so panicked that they didn't know what to do, they only knew that they were rushing around, and they didn't know that the clothes they had rescued in their hands were burning. Smoke and flames chased after them like living creatures, knocking them to the ground and dying in hundreds, if not thousands. Many huddled into monasteries and buildings for shelter, only to be reduced to ashes in the suffocating heat; Others jumped into the water tank on the roof of a building or into a pool in a park, and the water was quickly boiled, and the people in the water became dumplings. In the densest neighborhoods, the flames and scorching gases melted even the metal!

The fleets of the nations anchored in the sea south of the port of Nagasaki, following the mushroom cloud that had not yet dissipated in the distance, witnessed a terrible scene of catastrophe in the distance: the scorching wind was filled with a disgusting stench of burning human flesh, and the center of the city burned as hot as the sun. Plumes of smoke rolled into the air, and below it was reflected in the orange of the firelight, against the bright mushroom clouds in the distance, fueled by thousands of living beings and countless riches, showing a cruel beauty. Even the warships of various countries whose anchorages were close to the fire had to urgently light fires and move to the scene to prevent the sailors from being smoked to death by the smoke. As for the soldiers who indulged in the flower streets and willow alleys and stayed out of the brothels on the shore at night and did not return, they could only abandon them.

In addition to the port of Nagasaki, other cities such as Kokura, Karatsu, and Shimabara in the northern part of Kyushu, and even the port of Shimonoseki on the island of Honshu, are also struggling with fire and huge waves. Even the Yawata Iron Works, which had been built with the money from the First Sino-Japanese War, collapsed in the firelight.

By the time dawn came, the fires in downtown Nagasaki had finally begun to go out, but the most Europeanized, Christian-populated city in Japan was a mix of Eastern and Western cultures. It has also been burned to the ground in a large blackened, hideous, ugly, foul-smelling ruin, and its horrific condition is horrific to watch. Those quaint and exquisite churches and church schools, historic Western-style western-style buildings. There are also attractions that attract tourists, such as the legendary "Madame Butterfly", the former home of Glover Tower, which overlooks the harbour, all of which were wiped out in the fire...... Many citizens were left homeless after the fire, and they stood in the suburbs in despair, looking at the scorched earth in the city, with nothing but their lives.

However, although the tragic experience of these people is regrettable enough. But the suffering they are about to endure is far from over......

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At the same time, in the face of the fiery foehn wind and the raging waves, the cruiser Atago finally arrived near Sasebo on the morning of that day.

Before that. The sailors aboard the cruiser Atago had rescued a runaway Japanese torpedo boat that had been patrolling about 12 kilometers from the port of Sasebo before being turned into an oven by the bright light and hot wind, and then hit by a wave of huge waves on a shoal. As a result, several survivors in the cabin actually escaped with their lives. He then used a flare gun and a signal flag to contact the Atago.

“…… When that terrible flash of light suddenly lit up, I was standing in the hatch with my back to the outside. At first, I felt that my left shoulder was hot, but when I looked back, my shoulder had turned yellow. Bewildered, I reached out and touched it, and a piece of skin fell off. ”

The chief engineer of the torpedo boat, an old sailor with a scarred face, groaned in pain. While saying to Moritaro, who was bringing him rice balls and hot tea, "...... The people on deck were all scorched. The worst guy can't even tell the difference between his chest and back. The others also had no hair and were all black...... The captain was blind at the time, and when he was hit ashore by a strong wave, he died......"

Although the old sailor appeared to be in good spirits, his hair kept falling down, and the other survivors had similar symptoms in addition to extensive burns—nausea, then vomiting, then diarrhea and fever. Two of them had strange bright spots on their bodies—red, green, yellow, black, and purple—and it was strange how they could still be alive. Another man was burned on his arm and then ignored it, and then vomited blood. To alleviate the pain, he dipped his injured hand in water, and then in plain sight, he found something unbelievable, like blue smoke, slowly emerging from his hand......

-- The terrible experience of the survivors of the torpedo boat has made the people of the Atago somewhat mentally prepared for this tragedy. However, when the battleship continued to drive towards the Sasebo military port and reached the vicinity of the target, all the officers and men of the ship were completely stunned by the tragic scene in front of them.

At this moment, the mushroom cloud that shrouded the sky over Sasebo had begun to gradually dissipate, but even from a distance of more than a hundred kilometers, a pungent smell of burnt paste could be smelled. Radioactive dust obscured the sky and made the sunlight unusually dim...... And below the mushroom cloud, the Sasebo Town Guard, which the naval officers were originally very familiar with, has become a completely strange and terrifying shijie! A post-catastrophe apocalyptic shijie!

- Everything they knew before, Sasebo, both on the ground and on the sea, is now gone!

Under the lead-gray sky, there was not a single house in sight on the entire coastline, not even a single tree standing, and there were terrible ruins and debris everywhere, and all kinds of messy debris were piled up haphazardly. The lighthouses, turrets, and barracks had been razed to the ground, and the ground was covered with dark red and black scorched earth, with occasional sparkling and strange lights, and the mighty Combined Japanese Fleet was completely gone, leaving only the pile of broken wreckage on the sea and on the beach. All of the port facilities have been destroyed, and only some of the steel bars that have not been melted down remain, twisted into a spider's web......

On the sea, far from the military port, mutilated floating corpses floated everywhere. Some were clothed, some were naked, but all of them were as black as charcoal, and it was impossible to tell whether they were men or women, or whether the long strips of things that floated past were arms or legs, or just charred pieces of wood.

Looking at this hellish and terrifying scene in front of them, the Japanese sailors on the cruiser Atgo couldn't help but cry bitterly for a while.

But what they didn't know was that the nightmare of the Japanese Empire did not end there, and that their own bad luck had only just begun.

-- Just as the cruiser Atago arrived near the site of the hydrogen bomb explosion, a "heavy snowfall" began to fall. This miraculous "snowfall" is composed of radioactive fallout that falls after the mushroom cloud drifts away, so muddy and dense that everyone bathed in the "snow" suffers from almost incurable acute radiation sickness - the most common symptoms are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, hair loss, subcutaneous bleeding, etc., and some people get leukemia as a result. The vast majority of these patients will die quickly within a month at most.

What is even more terrifying is that the radiation dust contamination area of this 20-million-ton hydrogen bomb was centered on the explosion point of the hydrogen bomb and spread all the way along the prevailing southwest wind at that time, which was 400 kilometers long and about 100 kilometers wide! In this area of nuclear contamination, all exposed organisms are contaminated with lethal doses of radioactivity and are destined to die one after another in a very short time, or at least be crippled for life......

-- The Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Fleet is already finished. And the intervention fleets of Britain, France, and the United States, which went to the East, were also about to die and be destroyed. (To be continued......)