There was a heavy rumble on the ground again. In an instant, the hanging lantern in the bunker shook, and then the bunker was shaking. Dust fell from the gaps between the logs, and dazzling flashes of light shot out from the vents from time to time.
Entering this underground bunker, through the deafening roars and whistling sounds, the rumbling explosions of the shells exploding became increasingly clear.
"The British shelling was very fierce!"
Through the vents, Chen Dexuan saw the sky and earth shrouded in gunpowder smoke, with orange-yellow fires rising from time to time. The narrow streets were filled with thick smoke and dust, and the smell of explosives made people breathless.
The shelter room was shaking violently, and even though he was separated from the shelter room, he could still hear the wailing and moaning around him.
You can also see tens of thousands of citizens running desperately, with shells falling from time to time behind them, and houses burning.
At this time, what appeared in front of him was a scene like hell. The fires in burning houses were expanding continuously. Thousands of people were running on the streets. The bombardment was still continuing, but it seemed to have slowed down.
Rhythm, the shells were still falling, but they were no longer blindly bombing, but were fired strictly in a certain direction, so Chen Dekun was able to observe carefully.
Everything around is burning - houses, trees, everything, everything that can burn is burning, and even what can't burn is burning. In the roar of the flames, in the rumble of the shells and the flying of hot shrapnel
, some almost naked people were running around here and there.
Occasionally, terrible, inhuman shouts came from the burning house. There, those people who were caught in the sea of fire had no chance to escape. At this moment, people were being burned alive.
Occasionally, he would cast his eyes on the people sitting in the shelter room - they all looked like Westerners. They were just sitting there smoking cigarettes and playing cards, looking indifferent. They were from the Naval Intelligence Service.
Commandos, most of the commandos are of European descent, this is to facilitate infiltration operations behind enemy lines.
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"Sir Chen, will they come out?"
Xiao Nanlin walked up to him and asked, just by looking at his name or listening to his words, he was no different from a Ming Dynasty man, but he was of European descent, and he was also a blond guy.
"It should come out. The most important thing is whether the British will cooperate!"
"Will the British troops come ashore?"
Faced with Xiao Nanlin's question, Chen Dekun smiled and did not answer. According to the intelligence he had, Britain and the United States would occupy Tokyo and force the emperor to appoint Tokugawa Shigemai as the new shogun.
"We just have to stay on track."
Then, Chen Dekun turned his attention to the Imperial Palace in the distance, which is the Imperial Palace of Japan. Now, the Xinghua Emperor should be making a decision!
"Your Majesty, it's time to make a decision!"
Standing in front of the emperor, Sanjo Sanimi said again.
"If we do not accept the conditions proposed by Britain and the United States and remove Iwakura and others, Britain and the United States will definitely further attack Tokyo. Now that such a chaos has occurred, Iwakura and the others are guilty of an unpardonable crime. In my opinion, they can be beheaded.
To appease the anger of Britain and the United States!"
Although he was once a representative of the pro-maintenance faction in the public sector, Sanjo Sanimi was still a politician in essence. He supported the overthrow of the curtain for the sake of power, and supported the reform reforms also for the sake of power.
Ever since Emperor Meiji died of a sudden illness last year, he has been planning a new coup. However, he will not act rashly until the situation is clear. This is why the public and military forces have not merged until now.
Politicians will always be politicians, and in their eyes, interests are the most important.
"But if we are forced to make concessions now due to threats from Britain and the United States, what will happen in the future?"
Wagongong looked at the smoke in the distance with a worried look on her face, and she said without looking back with a pale face.
"In the future, Japan will become like the Qing Dynasty, allowing the foreign powers to extort and exploit. By then, the country will really be destitute."
As the emperor, Wagoniya clearly knows what this concession means to Japan. After all, there is a ready-made example next to Japan.
"But do we have a choice?"
Sanjo Sanimi said helplessly.
"The Qing Dynasty had no choice at that time. They fought several wars with the British and lost each time. They could only solve the problem through peace talks. Now, our problem is the same, and we are even worse than the Qing Dynasty. We are both
There is no navy and no army strong enough to withstand the enemy's invasion. Now...peace talks are the only option."
"Where's Sheng Haizhou? Still..."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Wakiya remembered where Katsu Kaishu had gone. As the Navy Minister, he went to Hiroshima to discuss the aftermath of the incident with the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to end the conflict with Britain and the United States as soon as possible!"
Once again, Sanjou Sanimi said directly.
"After all, if it's too late, it won't be in a hurry..."
Just as he finished speaking, a chamberlain came in to report hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, someone from the Daisuke Yama Prefecture of the Army reported that the fort has been completely destroyed by the American fleet. Now the British and American sailors seem to be preparing to go ashore. Please make plans early!"
"What!"
Three paths of real beauty and astonishment.
"They are going to land! What do those foreigners want to do!"
Not to mention that Sanjo Sanimi was surprised, even Iwakura Tomomi and the others were so shocked that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear after hearing the news, and they took a long time to speak.
"That's it, that's it..."
Iwakura Tomoshi said.
"The conditions previously offered by Britain and the United States were just excuses, just to annex Japan! Damn foreign devils, they are indeed a country of tigers and wolves!"
It seemed that at this moment, all the things that had been thought about and could not be understood were figured out. Why did Britain and the United States interfere in Japan's internal affairs? What was it for the Tokugawa family? They clearly wanted to melon Japan. It was like the British occupation.
India and France occupied Vietnam.
"The Western country of tigers and wolves really does not deceive me!"
In fact, the Japanese essentially have a kind of persecution paranoia. Living on this earthquake-prone island, the crises that accompany them day and night make them more crisis-conscious than other nations. What is the extreme development of this consciousness?
?Of course it is persecution paranoia. Their stubborn character makes them find 10,000 reasons to prove that their choice is correct as long as they believe in the existence of something. They will try every means to use all kinds of lies.
and imagination to deepen this impression.
Of course, if there is even the slightest hint to prove their speculation, they believe it to be true.
Just like before the Pacific War, these Japanese used American steel, gasoline and weapons to invade China, bombed Chinese cities, and killed Chinese people.
They believed that the United States would definitely "intervene with force", so almost those Zhaohe men directly attacked Pearl Harbor after the onset of persecution paranoia. Then they felt proud that they blocked the United States from interfering, but they did not consider it at all.
However, when they invaded China, they used American oil and steel. On the contrary, the United States was attacked by surprise. I am a little confused. Don’t you want to do business?
And now, the situation... although there is a difference, in essence, there is not much difference. After all, for Iwakura and the others, they have long believed that the Western monsters are going to occupy Japan. It is only a matter of time or later. The reason why they are looking for Daming's father
It's for this reason.
And now?
The British and American bombardments and the landing of sailors just confirmed their previous speculations.
"No matter what, they cannot be allowed to attack the Imperial Palace, send a message to Yama County, asking him to abandon the fort, summon all the troops that can be mobilized, and cover His Majesty's withdrawal from Tokyo..."