Most people may not have an intuitive idea of the explosive power of a 500-kilogram aerial bomb, but in fact its explosive power is beyond many people's expectations.
The real situation is that a 500-kilogram aerial bomb has a charge of about 230 kilograms, and its explosive power is enough to lift a 30-ton object to a height of 50 meters.
When it explodes, it will instantly form a high temperature of 5,000 degrees in the center of the explosion, with a killing radius of hundreds of meters, and the shock wave can even affect thousands of meters away.
The aerial bomb dropped by Wu Huajian directly hit the headquarters building of the 33rd Army.
This three-story building covering an area of more than 3,000 square meters instantly turned into ruins.
At this time, Tamoto Masasai and Sawamoto Rikichiro, who had already fled more than 300 meters away, were not spared. The huge shock wave blew them several meters away like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
Duoben Zhengcai didn't even have time to say a word before his eyes darkened and he fainted.
What he didn't see was that just after the first bomb landed, a group of vulture-like planes came over to cover the sky. Suddenly, they dived downward at an angle almost perpendicular to the ground, and their noses made a sharp sound.
The strange howling sound.
Just when the fleet suddenly attacked Mandalay, in a temporary camp hundreds of kilometers away, the prisoners of war were living a life they had never dreamed of.
Yes, maybe this is an exaggeration, but it is really happening.
On the first day, each prisoner of war was given half a box of hot salty noodle soup made from biscuits and dehydrated vegetables.
Not only that, the baggage train that stayed here also had a medical team of more than 30 doctors and nurses. They actually bandaged the wounds of the wounded and distributed medicine for the first time.
The next day, the prisoners of war still drank salty noodle soup, but the quantity had increased from half a box to one box.
On the third day, they were even able to eat rice, pork and fried potatoes.
These three days of life were like a dream to the prisoners of war.
Late at night, Qi Xueqi and Royce, who were supposed to be asleep, were suddenly forcibly awakened from their sleep by two Japanese soldiers and then taken to a tent.
Looking at the dozens of heavily armed Japanese soldiers standing in the tent, the two of them couldn't help but feel cold. Could it be that this Japanese major was going to attack them?
"God, are you going to kill us here?"
"Major Sonoda Kensaku, what on earth is going on?" Qi Xueqi asked calmly even though he was quite panicked.
"of course not."
Sonoda Kensaku shook his head lightly, and then suddenly said to Qi Xueqi in his fluent Chinese, although he could still hear it a bit stiff, "General Qi, please forgive me for my poor hospitality these days.
Time is running out, so I won't talk nonsense to you. I hope you can listen carefully to what I have to say and remember it carefully."
Facing the Japanese major who suddenly started speaking Chinese to him, Qi Xueqi was shocked at first, but he quickly came to his senses.
Kensaku Sonoda walked up to a pile of things covered with canvas and pulled the canvas open, revealing a pile of wooden boxes piled high.
Then Sonoda Kensaku opened one of the boxes, and with a harsh "squeaking" sound, a row of shiny 98K rifles appeared in front of him. Then two more boxes were opened, each filled with bullets and grenades.
"Oh... God, this is... this is..."
"You are... this is..."
Qi Xueqi and Royce never expected that they would see such outrageous things when they first came in. What happened to these Japanese? Did they want to issue weapons to these prisoners?
"General Qi, Colonel Royce, I don't have time to explain so much to you now. You go back immediately and select 600 people who are in the best physical condition and who are completely loyal to you and come to collect weapons at two o'clock in the morning.
And you must remember that this matter must be kept strictly confidential, and no one is allowed to leak it before coming here, do you understand?"
At this point, if Qi Xueqi and Royce didn't understand, their years as soldiers would have been in vain.
The Japanese major in front of them was 100% definitely one of their own sent by the expeditionary force to rescue them.
Just based on their observations in the past two days, Sonoda Kensaku and his hundreds of soldiers in front of them are absolutely 100% authentic Japanese soldiers. They don't even understand how they betrayed their country and army even if they think about it.
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"Sir, Huang Huaimin and General Doolittle sent a joint telegram. Just an hour ago, an escort formation composed of one hundred and six Stuka dive bombers and two Hellcat squadrons launched a large-scale attack on Mandalay.
bombing.
Visual inspection has achieved the expected bombing effect, and the headquarters of the Japanese 33rd Army has been completely blown up.
Most of the Japanese air defense positions deployed in Mandalay were blown up, as well as a Japanese arsenal, a barracks and any visible enemy targets.
It is predicted that at least 3,600 enemies will be wiped out."
"Bullshit."
Gao Hongming glared at the staff officer angrily, "Huang Huaimin and Doolittle are gods, how can they tell fortunes?
Without ground troops counting the results, how could they know that they had wiped out more than 3,600 enemy soldiers?"
The staff officer lowered his head and remained silent. In fact, after the air force fleet bombed the ground target, ground troops or reconnaissance personnel were required to conduct another reconnaissance of the air strike target.
The intelligence personnel then report it, and then the staff can report it to the commander.
But this time it was only more than an hour after the bombing, and the flight corps submitted an assessment report.
Moreover, more than 3,600 enemies were wiped out in one bombing. This number was a bit outrageous. No wonder Gao Hongming was angry.
"Brother Gao, don't be angry. I asked Huang Huaimin and General Doolittle to report this matter to the headquarters. They also did it under my order. Don't blame them." Following the voice, Luo
Zhuo Ying walked in from outside.
Gao Hongming was a little confused when he heard this and asked: "Sir Luo, what's going on?"
Luo Zhuoying did not answer immediately, but pointed to the sky with her index finger.
Now Gao Hongming immediately understood that it was not Luo Zhuoying who wanted the results, but Chongqing.
He said helplessly: "Sir Luo, is the Chairman too impatient? We are fighting here, but he can't calm down.
Besides, is the difference really that big between two days earlier and two days later? We have to verify the situation before we can report back. Otherwise, if we announce it so eagerly, once the secret is revealed in the future, it will be the central government that will be embarrassed."
"You think I haven't persuaded you."
Luo Zhuoying glared at him: "But as the committee member said, the United States is now focusing on the rescue of prisoners of war every day. The U.S. Ambassador to China, Gao Si, went to the chairman of the Generalissimo three times a day, and the committee couldn't bear the disturbance.
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"Is that why the Chairman came up with such a way to divert the attention of the Americans?" Gao Hongming understood immediately.