Yue Ishii could not tell with the naked eye whether the incoming enemy was flying a fighter jet or a bomber.
So I can't figure out the enemy's intentions.
If the Army people were willing to tell him, all the Army and Air Force planes had been destroyed, and even the airport had been blown up a few days ago.
He might be able to understand the enemy's intentions earlier.
But it didn't make much sense sooner or later. Yunjie Ishii didn't have the ability to bring down the plane, so he could only watch helplessly.
A bomber seemed to have eyes and headed straight for the headquarters.
Amidst the huge roar of the bomber, an oversized bucket-shaped object quickly fell from a high altitude like airdropped supplies.
A moment later, the bomb suddenly exploded in the air, throwing out a large amount of fuel like clouds.
"Is it a white phosphorus bomb?!"
This was the closest weapon Ishii Yunjiang could think of. His eyes widened. The enemy's brutality was beyond his expectation.
Who would use white phosphorous bombs when they have a disagreement? This weapon is too vicious.
White phosphorus bombs can burn at temperatures as high as 1,000 degrees, earning them the nickname Hellfire.
Within its burning range, almost no living thing can escape, and the white phosphorus bomb will also cause splash damage when it explodes.
If even a tiny bit sticks to your body, it will burn through your bones.
The fatality rate is as high as 99%, and few people survive.
It only took a moment for the thoughts to unfold in his mind. Yunjiang Ishii watched helplessly as the fuel flowed and splashed like water, falling downwards.
Suddenly, there was another huge sound, and the ground was shaking.
An invincible shock wave mixed with a terrifying fireball began to spread crazily around.
In an instant, all living creatures within a range of hundreds of meters were wiped out.
"No, this is not a white phosphorus bomb, it is more terrifying than a white phosphorus bomb!"
Ishii Yunjiang roared in horror.
The lieutenant next to him witnessed everything and asked eagerly: "Then what is this?"
"I don't know either, but white phosphorus bombs are certainly not like this."
Ishii Yunjie subconsciously answered that witnessing the bombing by enemy planes had a great psychological impact on him, and he was so shocked that he could not care about the dispute between the services.
The enemy sent far more planes than the four he saw.
The original military headquarters received special care, taking two hits from the powerful bomb just now, as well as some real white phosphorus bombs.
This time Ishii Yunjiang saw it very clearly, and all the courtyards of Noda were plunged into billowing black smoke.
When he arrived at the air-raid shelter by car, he realized belatedly that he had broken out in a cold sweat and his uniform was soaked through.
If they really discussed things in the headquarters, would he still be alive?
The bombing went away as quickly as it came. In just ten minutes, the air raid siren was lifted.
Black smoke billowed from many parts of the city and fires were burning.
Bad news keeps coming from the outside world.
"The power plant was bombed and the equipment was seriously damaged. We need to wait for the fire to be extinguished before evaluating..."
"Warships parked in the port have become the main targets of attacks. Seven warships have been damaged and other warships are urgently leaving the port to avoid disaster."
"The Navy sent a telegram questioning why we did not send aircraft to fight and allowed the enemy to bomb indiscriminately. What was our intention... This is what the Navy said."
After listening to the report, Mutaguchi Lian's face turned into shame. Was this because they didn't want to save him?
"Asshole, even our own headquarters was bombed. The navy bombed a few warships, it's nothing!" Muta cursed rudely.
Don't say that the navy has any grudge against them. Even if they don't have any grudge, he will scold them when he hears such doubts.
Chief of Staff Jiro Kikuta reminded him: "To prevent the enemy from advancing from the Inrawady River, we have to rely on the help of the navy. Such a reply will only intensify the conflict, and they may not be willing to help."
Mutaguchi Renya became even more angry when he heard this, saying that he would never become an enemy of the navy in his life.
"The navy is nothing. Without the navy, the Imperial Japanese Army can still fight!"
He went on to talk nonsense, which fit perfectly with the nickname Muta the Ghostly Beast given to him by his subordinates. He was demanding, and he was tougher than a duck's mouth.
After entering, Ishii Yunjiang stood at the entrance of the cave, pursed his lips and said nothing.
"These Army Red Deers are just uneducated people. They also asked our navy to provide help and help you, big-headed devil, to fulfill your dreams."
Ishii Yunjiang just cursed these words in his heart.
Alone, he lacked the courage to curse in front of dozens of senior Army officers.
He was furious after being bombed. If the army's red deer really took action, he would have to be killed.
Jiro Kikuta turned his head and was about to tell his subordinates not to reply to the telegram like that when he noticed the conspicuous navy uniform at the door.
He had little contact with the navy, so he didn't recognize Yunjie Ishii.
Judging from Ishii Yunjie's livid face, he must have listened to everything.
"When did you come?" Jiro Kikuta asked.
Ishii Yunjiang was silent for a while and said: "I've been here for a while. Is what the Commander just said the result of discussion? If so, then I will report it immediately."
The scene cooled down for a while, making everyone quite embarrassed.
Mutaguchi Ren would never be able to take back what he just said. If he could take it back, it wouldn't be him.
As the chief of staff, Jiro Kikuta had no choice but to smooth things over between the two parties and put the topic aside first.
The enemy's troops advancing from the waterway are still on the way. The top priority is to count the losses caused by the bombing and recover the losses as much as possible.
This place is extremely busy, news is constantly coming, and orders are constantly being sent out from here.
Ishii Yunjiang was comforted but did not leave directly.
He stood in the corner and acted as a transparent person, listening patiently.
The Army Red Deer didn't know how many things he had hidden from them. Even the Army and Air Force planes were all gone. He had just analyzed it from the few words of others.
At last count, the enemy has sent fourteen aircraft.
Twelve of them were bombers, and only two fighters were used for escort.
The number one target turned out to be the navy's ships staying in the port, followed by the army's headquarters, and power plants and the like were just helpers.
It is not unusual at all for the army headquarters to be bombed.
In a war, attack the command system first, just like shooting the man first, the horse first, and the thief first. It is a very simple principle.
The Fifteenth Army Headquarters is such a big target, and those who collect intelligence need not be blind to find it.
I guess these Army Red Deers were not too stupid. They lost their air superiority and realized that the headquarters would become a target, so they all moved to the air raid shelter.
Ishii Yunjiang secretly thought, "Why didn't we blow up these grandsons two days earlier?"
Even if the army was bombed, how come these unlucky guys made their navy also unlucky?
I don’t know what happened to the ship I served on, whether it was damaged or not. I hope it is safe and sound.
"Report, the fire at the original headquarters site has not been extinguished. Only a few people on the outside have been rescued, and everyone inside is dead."
A staff officer holding a phone relayed.
"All dead? Impossible, how could it be possible?!"
Mutaguchi Lian also stared at him angrily, with ten thousand people in disbelief.
The original headquarters of the 15th Army accommodated 3,000 people and divided a large area into a very large building complex.
Two planes dropped less than ten bombs, destroying such a large building complex.
After the place was vacated, it was used for other purposes, and more than a thousand people had moved in... If there were heavy casualties, wouldn't it be that he who gave the order in the first place had an unshirkable responsibility?
Jiro Kikuta stepped forward and took the call from the staff officer, and talked with the officer on the other side who went to the scene to command.
The situation he learned after asking was very pessimistic.
The building in the center of the courtyard was blown to pieces, which was caused by the shock wave of the bomb explosion.
The houses surrounding the explosion are burning with raging fires, which may be white phosphorus bombs and cannot be extinguished at present.
Fire and water are merciless.
If there are people inside, the consequences can be imagined.
Many people were found dead of suffocation and some died of poison gas outside the fire.
Only a small number of people in the outermost area who were affected were rescued. The officers on the scene judged that those inside would definitely not survive.
Jiro Kikuta put down the phone and was silent for a long time: "White phosphorus bombs are highly toxic. I can understand that some people died from poisonous gas. But what is the reason for death from suffocation?"
No one among the crowd could answer it, and few dared to make wild guesses.
It's okay if you guess right, but if you guess wrong you will attract the wrath of the superior.
A scolding is inevitable, and you may also be rewarded with two big slaps in the face.
The Japanese troops who suffered the bombing were very distressed, including the loss of personnel and equipment. What was sad was that they were unable to cope with it.
The meager air defense firepower was unable to effectively block enemy air attacks.
This means that they will have to be passively attacked and withstand air attacks that may come at any time.
The headquarters of the Sichuan Army Corps that launched the air raid was filled with cheerful laughter.
After the bomber dropped the bomb, the camera it carried filmed the entire explosion process after the bomb was dropped.
This is used to estimate damage effects and calculate the combat merit of bomber crew members.
Everyone looked at the headquarters of the 15th Army, which was destroyed by cloud bombs, with amusement.
"The super bomb is too powerful. The mushroom cloud formed by high-temperature flames will burn everyone inside to ashes, right?!"
"That's not true. Just cremate the little devil without having to clean up the battlefield."
"Adjutant Meng, what is the yield of this cloud bomb?"
"According to the explanation, one hundred thousand tons of TNT is equivalent to a small nuclear bomb."
"Fuck!"
I often hear members of the group talk about how powerful nuclear weapons are. It turns out that this is the power of nuclear weapons!
Everyone sighed and felt that it was an eye-opener.
"Then this time we blew up the little devils' headquarters and destroyed the command system. Now the little devils should be leaderless!"
A staff officer said excitedly.
His words aroused everyone's interest. Everyone looked at each other, is this possible?
Meng Fanlian held the document in his hand, raised his chin and said: "Cloud bombs have multiple damaging effects such as shock waves, hypoxic suffocation, toxic gas suffocation and high temperature.
It can destroy all living targets in the cloud explosion area, and the damage area is several times larger than ordinary bombs with the same charge.
Its destructive power is comparable to that of nuclear weapons, so cloud bombs are called sub-nuclear weapons.
The conclusion is obvious, do you need to say it?”
He looked like a villain, as if he had researched the cloud bomb.
However, everyone didn't care about him. In the face of the great good thing that the Japanese military headquarters was destroyed, no matter what he did, everyone wanted to toast to celebrate.
Chen Hao, who walked in from outside, coughed: "You are too happy too early. The Japanese army's headquarters has not been destroyed and is still in operation."
"Ah! How is it possible? Can they withstand two cloud bombs?"
Meng Fanxiao, who was very upset just now, couldn't believe it the most.
The photos have been taken very clearly, and the buildings below were enveloped in huge flames.
In full view of everyone, Chen Hao threw a deciphered telegram on the table:
"You can still monitor the long-wave radio signal of the 15th Army. You don't think that after being hit by two cloud bombs, the radio station will be unscathed and still running."
Obviously that's impossible.
Meng Fangli grabbed the telegram on the table and scanned it quickly.
This telegram was sent directly by the Japanese Fifteenth Army to their superiors to report losses.
The main reason is the estimated loss of Army personnel. The Navy's warship loss telegram only mentioned it briefly and did not provide a detailed description of the loss.
This is enough to show that the command center of the 15th Army still exists and operates.
"how could it be possible!"
Meng Fanxiao muttered to himself in disbelief.
"How is it impossible?"
Chen Hao sat down and said calmly: "Maybe they bombed the wrong target, maybe their headquarters was transferred. You can't let people keep waiting for you to bomb!"
Simple logical inference, everyone present can think of it.
It's just that I was carried away by the joy, and the "bad news" came too quickly, and my mind didn't turn around for a while.
Chen Hao comforted everyone and said: "It doesn't matter, the attack on Pearl Harbor we launched had an effect.
The Japanese Navy's warships were severely damaged and were forced to evacuate the port. The main mission was still completed."
Everyone who was comforted nodded and looked much better.
Everyone in the group said there was nothing to worry about.
The main target of this air strike was the warships staying in the port.
These Japanese warships pose a considerable threat.
They were able to use naval guns to provide fire support in the subsequent battle to defend Yangon.
Small-tonnage vessels can also be sent north along the Yinrawaddy River to attack the Sichuan Army's transport fleet.
In the section of the Ravaddy River close to the sea, the waterway is wider, and a thousand-ton destroyer can sail rampant without taking into account the risks.
The Japanese warship was severely damaged and was forced to evacuate the port and did not dare to come back in a short time.
This air raid by the Sichuan Army killed two birds with one stone.
Chen Hao suddenly said: "Actually, the air-raid shelter is a big project, and many people will hide there when the air raid comes.
If you find the air raid shelter where the 15th Army headquarters is hiding and fire two thermobaric bombs, you can still destroy its command system."
Everyone suddenly realized that it seemed that Tuan Zuo's comfort to them was an illusion, and they were still upset.
Currently, countries facing air raids can effectively avoid the threat of bombing by hiding in air raid shelters dug into mountains or digging underground tunnels.
The main reason is that current aerial bombs are not powerful enough.
Thermobaric bombs developed on the basis of air-burst bombs, also known as sub-nuclear bombs, can effectively solve this difficulty.
Chief of Staff Wang Yunshan reacted and immediately said excitedly:
"Team leader, then activate all our secret spies in Yangon, offer a large reward, and be sure to find the air-raid shelter where the enemy's command system is hiding."