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Destroying the Sun Chapter 48: Retribution of Resentments

. "Tokyo Radio Station, Tokyo Radio Station, now broadcast an important news! Last night this morning, our Japanese Empire Special Operations Force launched a very successful retaliatory attack on the German capital Berlin. In this battle, more than 10,000 German soldiers and civilians were killed and injured, and countless buildings were destroyed. The city of Berlin has become a ruin. The German emperor and important officials fled in panic because of this sudden and resolute attack. Our side suffered less than 10 people!

This just act of justice warns any country in the world that dares or attempts to be enemies of our country. The great Japanese Empire is invincible and the emperor is invincible! If Germany continues to bomb Tokyo, every time their plane drops a bomb, we will resolutely fight back with ten or hundreds of times the bomb!"

This was the morning of December 25, 1928. The whole of Japan was cold and sanitary. German bombers taking off from Sea Cucumber and Kuye Island have continued to bombard important cities such as Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka in recent days. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to the morale of the Japanese military and civilians. Since the Tokugawa Shogunate "founded the country" under the force of European and American countries in the mid-19th century, Japan has never been humiliated for more than 70 years. Therefore, when the news of the Japanese Special Operations Force successfully creating a series of poison gas explosions in Berlin, Japan was greatly excited, and the excited people took to the streets to celebrate, and the morale on the Japanese archipelago was almost bursting for a while.

In the imperial residence in Tokyo, the ministers who came to meet and congratulate the emperor early in the morning were all waiting for the emperor's reception. Because the officials and generals who were unfavorable to resist the bombing were finally proud this time. The Prime Minister, Mainland Prime Minister, Maritime Prime Minister, Chief of Staff of the Army, Navy Commander and others were all full of red faces and smiles brightly.

"The Emperor's Message..." The Minister of the Interior finally appeared in front of everyone, and then reported the names of the people the Emperor was about to meet. Perhaps because the Emperor was in an extremely good mood, almost all those who came to see him today were summoned. If it were earlier, this would be the supreme honor of the "People in the Palace".

Today's Emperor Showa is indeed radiant and specially wore a military dress for the celebration. Although the round-framed glasses and thin figure give people a feeling of weakness, in fact, the fortitude and wildness of the emperor who studied under General Nogi Nogi in his youth is not essentially different from the generals present.

"Great victory! Great victory!" After everyone sat down, the emperor couldn't wait to applaud the special wars carried out against the German capital last night, and this order was issued by him after Germany's first air strike on Tokyo.

At this time, Emperor Showa was 27 years old, and was at the age of ambitiousness and great strength. Emperor Meiji's ambition and domineering aura have gradually shown that he wanted to plan and guide the country like Emperor Meiji. It was Showa's long-term wish and what he was working hard for.

(ps: There are many statements about whether the military and political power in the Showa era is controlled by the Emperor or the Cabinet. I personally think that according to objective historical data, the Japanese cabinet and the military ruled the war only to clear the war crimes for Showa at the end of the war. In fact, Showa was the main decision-maker in Japan's internal affairs, diplomacy and military affairs, which is the same as Emperor Meiji. However, the unfortunate Emperor Taisho in between, the son of Meiji and the father of Showa were unable to dominate military and political affairs due to illness)

"Your Majesty is wise! The Germans are so stupid that they attacked the land and capital of our great Japanese Empire. This is undoubtedly a fire! At this moment, they may have to weigh their weight!"

Tanaka Yoshihide's mockery immediately caused a burst of laughter, and even Showa smiled rare.

"Who is the intelligence officer who is carrying out this mission?" Showa seemed very satisfied with the "terrorist". He turned his attention to Tanaka Yoshiichi, who was nominally affiliated with the Japanese Army. But only the emperor himself had the right to issue an order to attack. Tanaka played the role of conveying orders.

"Go back to your Majesty, it's Colonel Seishiro Itagaki!" Tanaka nodded while saying.

"Yeah, it's great! I want to reward him well!" Showa looked very satisfied.

"Abide by the order. Your Majesty! We will convey your Majesty's commendation order in advance, but... Itagaki Kwan will not be able to return to the local area in the short term, because there are still many important things waiting for him to do!" At this time, Tanaka did not want to tell the news that Ichigaki had unexpectedly in the action, which was really disappointing.

"Okay, okay!" Showa Lian said three good things. Next, he asked about the situation where the army and the navy jointly attacked the sea cucumber power. Although the deadline for "three-day sea cucumber power" had already passed, he was obviously quite patient with the current progress of the army and the navy. At this moment, the shrill air defense sirens suddenly sounded. A moment later, a guard officer ran in panic.

"Your Majesty, air... air strike! Please and all of you enter the Imperial Library for a while, and the German bomber group will arrive within a few minutes!"

The Interior Minister on the side was about to scold the "unorthodox" officer, but when he heard the news, he was stunned for a while.

"What?" the Emperor and everyone were stunned. "So quickly? Why didn't the guard stations along the northern coast report in advance?"

"Go back to your Majesty! This time the German bomber group flew from the direction of Tokyo Bay. When we found their land, they had already flown by the vicinity of Yokosuka! As for how they came.

This is below..." The officer was a little speechless. This kind of thing was indeed not understood by the guard officers like him who were responsible for the command. Because the Japanese army deployed alert submarines on the sea cucumber, and there were also many air guard observation stations in Hokkaido and northern Honshu. Therefore, the German aircraft group would have been discovered before entering Japanese airspace, leaving at least half an hour for air defense preparations for inland cities. However, this time, not only did German bombers fly to Japan during the day for the first time, but also circled a large circle to avoid the Japanese air defense alert.

Emperor Showa and the generals present wanted to ask anything else, but the dense sound of anti-aircraft guns in the distance had already sounded, so they had to "condescend" to rush to the special air defense bunker in the imperial palace - Yuwenku. Fortunately, Showa's military uniforms would not be as difficult as kimono. However, the Minister of the Interior, and several other officials wearing traditional official uniforms had to follow everyone with a wide hem of clothes with difficulty.

Showa and his party stepped into the Imperial Library, and the loud bang of the bomb came from all sides. In the shaking basement, everyone looked as if they were dead, and the excitement they had just now disappeared.

In a suffocating atmosphere, the suffering ten minutes were as long as a whole year, and the ministers were sweating profusely.

Most generals and cabinet ministers were closed with their eyes and reluctant to face this frustrating fact. As for the emperor himself, the complex expression of confusion and disbelief on his face, which was like a ghostly confusion and disbelief on his face could not be removed for a long time.

The bombing stopped for about 5 minutes, and another guard officer walked in from outside, with his feet together and saluted: "Report, the Luftwaffe air strike has ended! Tokyo Arsenal, Tokyo Naval Shipyard and Imperial University were under concentrated bombing, and about 400 German aircraft dropped nearly 2,000 bombs, more than half of which were incendiary bombs.

The specific casualties are not clear. At present, the army and fire brigade are working hard to put out the fire! However, the air outside is very turbid, so I dare to ask Your Majesty and the generals to wait here!"

Showa closed her eyes and listened to the officer's report with a sad face, and finally nodded slightly.

Half a minute later, another officer came in and said, "Report that our air defense forces successfully shot down seven German aircraft and captured 51 German pilots, of which 19 were seriously injured! Major General Oshima asked you for instructions on how to deal with these captured German pilots!"

Upon hearing this news, Showa opened her eyes and looked at Tanaka before answering, then looked at the generals such as Prince of the Immortal Palace. "Precaution and interrogation!"

"Hi!" The officer saluted with a snap, then turned around and walked out the door.

"The people are filled with righteous indignation, and I'm afraid this news will be received soon!" Tanaka Yoshiichi said in a deep voice. The implications are not clear, but those German prisoners seem to be bad.

"The Germans dared to harass Tokyo during the day, and they would die!" Yoshinosaki Hakura took over the topic angrily. The capital was attacked by air. He, the Minister of the Army, also had an unshirkable responsibility, so he chose the word "harassment".

Prince Xianyuangong did not continue this topic, but said: "I suggest that anti-aircraft artillery troops be drawn from various places to strengthen Tokyo's air defense. So far, Tokyo is still the primary target of the Germans!"

"It is best to capture the sea cucumber and Kuye Island as soon as possible!" Okada Keisuke of the Navy Department put forward different opinions, and he then turned to Emperor Showa, "Your Majesty, the main force of the 2nd Fleet of our Navy and 100,000 officers and soldiers have gathered in Hokkaido on standby. The morale of the soldiers is high and they share the same hatred for the enemy. As long as your Majesty's order is given, our army will launch a landing battle on Kuye Island without hesitation until all German enemies are expelled!"

"But Okada-kun, German mines and submarines in the Soshi Strait..." Tanaka reminded cautiously.

"From ancient times to the present, that victory was not obtained through huge casualties?" Okada Keisuke said with a slight silence, "Your Majesty, as long as your Majesty agrees, he is willing to personally lead the main force of the navy to attack Kuye Island. Even if he fights to the last person, he will eliminate the threat from the German gangs to the empire's homeland!"

At this time, Showa finally spoke deeply: "The loyalty and courage of the Qing family understands that the current plan should be to send the army to Kuye Island, rather than to consume the lives of soldiers in the cold sea water! I think the suggestions of Prince Xianyuangong are very valuable. Judging from today's situation, as long as our army continues to carry out special operations against Berlin, the German air force in the Far East will be concentrated in Tokyo.

As long as we are ready, Tokyo will become their cemetery!”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Prince Xianyuangong responded, "The Germans are thousands of miles away. If they want to replenish the loss, they need to cross our naval blockade line. When their planes in the Far East are exhausted, the two fleets of Qingdao and Sea Cucumber Power will not be in a state of climate. If the German local fleet comes from Europe, the Russians will be their role models!"

"High! It's really high!" Several generals of the army couldn't help but praise, and the atmosphere in the underground hidden site finally rekindled.

At the same time, in the distant Berlin, German Emperor William III did not think of the "Canghuang escape" as the Japanese radio said, but sat in a room south of Olaf Palace with a serious expression. Through the bright large floor-to-ceiling windows, he could see the scene in the city of Berlin from afar.

Although most people still feel unbelievable about the enemy's use of poison gas to attack Berlin, whether it is crazy or not to take into account the consequences, it has become an indisputable fact after all. Since the German bomber dropped the first bomb over Tokyo, Germany has been prepared to deal with the enemy's revenge, but this method of poison gas is somewhat unexpected. On Christmas Eve, the destruction elements used mustard gas and Louis gas to be sent on four main streets and five squares in Berlin. These extremely lethal poison gas caused considerable destructive power even in the cold winter. A total of 113 Germans and 12 foreigners were killed in the attack, and nearly a thousand others were injured. This has hit the full confidence of the German military and civilians since the war started. At the same time, calls for punishing Tokyo, Japan with retaliatory means are also rapidly increasing.

"Your Majesty, here is a list of missing or assassinated people. There are 45 people in total, most of them are technical personnel from various military enterprises, and some are political figures! Judging from the other party's means and methods, they should be the same group of people who emitted the poison gas. The purpose is very obvious, to create panic in Germany!"

Matthew handed Chen Tian a single list, but Chen Tian didn't look at it.

"Our opponents seem to be taking a chess in a dangerous way. They still do this even though they know they will be retaliated by us even more violently! The impact of our morale may only be a side effect. If I guess correctly, their real purpose is to anger us and interfere with our original deployment and judgment! Although our chemical industry is powerful, there is almost no reserve of chemical weapons in the Far East. It is not feasible to transport by land through Russia, so the rest are only sea routes and India-China routes, but no matter which one is taken, it is difficult to achieve large-scale transportation now! In the past two days, nine neutral merchant ships have been sunk or detained in Southeast Asia and the coast of China, right?"

"It seems like this, Your Majesty!" As the commander of the Guards, Matthew could only answer Chen Tian's last sentence like this.

"Okay, we will continue to use conventional bombs to attack Japanese targets, arsenals, steel factories, aircraft factories, shipyards and major industrial areas. By the way, Dr. Fritz Harbor is coming soon, so you can stay and talk! Although we will not use poison gas wars at present, it does not mean we will not do so in the future! As for comforting the people..." Chen Tian turned his eyes out of the window, and an important news was being broadcast on the radio in the city:
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