At four o'clock in the morning on April 25, 1942, more than a dozen large bombers, blackened by the explosion of anti-aircraft shells, flew into the black night sky. The condition of these aircraft was not very good, and most of them had or
More or less scars.
There were three blond and blue-eyed crew members sitting in the cockpit of the leading plane, but none of them looked very good at this time.
A young navigator in his twenties who was sitting in the back worriedly asked an older officer next to him: "Sir, how long can our plane have enough fuel to fly?"
The older officer turned his head with an encouraging smile on his face: "Young man, you can rest assured that our fuel is enough to support us to land safely. We will definitely be able to get home. I guarantee you with my rank.
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"Sir, Coco, are we really going to enter China?" The young navigator was still very uneasy.
"Of course, we had planned this beforehand. Didn't you just know it now?" the officer said calmly, holding the cock joystick in his hand.
"But I'm still a little worried. Aren't the Chinese people fighting fiercely with the Germans? Will they tie us up and hand us over to the Japanese?"
"You can't look at this question like that." The officer said nonchalantly: "If we were bombing Berlin, that would be a different matter, but what I am bombing now is Tokyo. I believe the Chinese people will definitely raise their hands in approval."
Just as the officer was instructing the navigator beside him, a hurried voice came from the earphone, "Sir, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle, if you hear me, please answer."
"I heard it. Please tell me if you have anything to say."
"Sir, we don't have much fuel. We probably won't be able to fly to the Chinese mainland." The voice coming from the headset was rather urgent.
The officer pondered for a moment and then said: "I understand. Now everyone listens to my order, and the direction is three degrees north, targeting Jeju Island, North Korea."
Under the officer's order, the scarred bombers in the sky turned slightly and flew towards the distant night sky.
"Americans bomb Tokyo."
"A U.S. heavy bomber forced an emergency landing on Jeju Island, China's overseas base."
Su Tong rubbed the corners of his eyes while looking at the information compiled in his hand. Unwilling to be passively beaten, the Americans launched a counterattack against the Japanese as in history, but it was a week later than in another time and space. The leader was still
It was Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle, known as the "Desperate Saburo".
Well now, after the bombing, Japan actually made an emergency landing on Jeju Island. What do you think of China's military base as your backyard? You can come and go as you please. When I think of this, our Chief Su
It reminds me of the Yankee ep3 electronic reconnaissance plane of later generations that collided with a Chinese fighter plane and then forced an emergency landing at Hainan Airport. They first put on a pitiful appearance and pretended to coax the Chinese government to transport their pilots and planes back to China.
As soon as the plane returned to China, it made a face and refused to recognize anyone. It was obviously flying to the border of China to conduct military reconnaissance on China, but it acted rogue and said it was a normal flight on the high seas. Even if it flew to someone else's door, it was still plausible. I saw it at the time.
I don’t know how painful it is for Mr. Su.
Today's scene is so similar. After bombing Japan, I was forced to land at the Jeju Island base without even being informed. I was coaxed and coaxed to come back from bombing Tokyo. I have done a lot to land at your airport.
That's how he looks down on you. This makes our Chief Su angry.
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Officer Su reached out and picked up the phone: "Pick me up to the Navy Headquarters."
Jeju Island, China's Overseas Military Base, with an area of more than 1,800 square meters, is not only a very good tourist resort, but also China's first military base overseas. It is also a nail inserted into Japan. It belongs to the East China Sea.
The Chinese Navy has built three large military airports at the Jeju Island military base under the jurisdiction of the fleet. The East China Sea Fleet has stationed a land-based aviation division here, two divisions of marines, and dozens of warships stationed all year round. From this, it can
It shows how much the Chinese military attaches great importance to Jeju Island.
After Doolittle and others' sixteen B25 heavy bombers made an emergency landing on Jeju Island, they were detained by the guards at the airport.
Outside a small gray second-floor foreign-style building next to Jeju Island Airport No. 2, hundreds of heavily armed Marines were patrolling back and forth outside the house. Doolittle and his 80 crew members were imprisoned.
In this small western-style building.
James Doolittle is a very outstanding flying officer in the United States. He is 46 years old this year and is serving in the military for the second time. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the morale of the American people was once low. In order to improve the morale of the American people,
Due to his awareness and emotions about participating in the war, he participated in the very dangerous plan proposed by US President Roosevelt to bomb Tokyo. From this point of view, Doolittle is worthy of being a very good soldier, but what makes Doolittle wonder is why
How will China, which is also a mortal enemy of Japan, treat people like itself?
The weather in Jeju Island at the end of April was very hot. The noon sun reflected a dazzling white light on the cement board of the sex yard outside the small foreign building. Sergeant Edward, a member of the Doolittle unit, sat on the bed blankly.
Looking at the guard standing upright under the eaves with a gun, he asked Dolittle dejectedly, "Sir, why did the Chinese lock us up? We bombed Japan. Shouldn't they be happy? Why are they still locking us up?"
"Detained"
"Yes, shouldn't we be allies? The Chinese have also bombed Tokyo. Don't they hate the Japanese the most? Why are they still detaining us?" A group of American soldiers on the side were also puzzled.
Dolittle answered Edward helplessly and bitterly: "I think only God knows this question."
What really frustrated Dulit and the others was that they did not make an emergency landing at the military airport on Jeju Island by themselves, but landed under the hijacking of Chinese fighter planes. When Lieutenant Colonel Dulit and the others arrived more than 30 kilometers away from Jeju Island,
, a black mass of fighter planes flew in from the southwest and surrounded our sixteen fighter planes, and then we and the others were obediently herded to the airport like a bunch of little sheep.
Dolittle was really depressed when he thought of this. It was obviously planned that after the bombing of Tokyo, the plane would go directly to Zhejiang Province on the coast of China. If there was not enough fuel or the plane was seriously damaged and it was not enough to fly to the coast, it would go directly to the coast.
They made an emergency landing on Jeju Island, which is the overseas military base of the Chinese. Both myself and my superiors expected that the Chinese would warmly welcome them. The bombing of Tokyo went smoothly this time, and the sixteen planes flew from Japan smoothly.
They escaped, but they didn't expect that things would go wrong here. Instead of welcoming them warmly, the Chinese people locked them up. This was one of the reasons why Lieutenant Colonel Dulittle was puzzled.
And when he thought of the advanced and sharp Chinese fighter planes and the cold warning words coming from the headset at that time, Dulit broke into a cold sweat. He had no doubt that if he had not followed the other party's instructions at that time, people like him would have been killed long ago.
Feed the sharks in the sea.
"Creak" the door opened softly, and a Marine major and four soldiers came in carrying two large buckets of rice, followed by four guards with guns. They opened it in front of them. Inside was a large bucket of white rice.
and a bucket of cabbage stewed with pork, a tangy aroma suddenly filled the room.
Dolittle and the crew members, who had been hungry all day, were not polite. They picked up the bowls and chopsticks and started to wolf down the food. Looking at the indecent appearance of these Americans eating, the officer and the guards just watched silently.
Half an hour later, after the Americans had finished eating, he asked the soldiers to pick up the empty barrels and prepare to go out, but was stopped by Doolittle.
"Hello, do you understand English?" Dolittle tried to communicate with the officer.
"Of course I understand. Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, what can I do for you?" the officer asked calmly in English.
"Oh thank God, it's great that you can understand English." Dolittle happily crossed himself on his chest, "That's right, why do you want to lock us up? We are here to bomb Tokyo.
, we are not your enemies, we should be allies."
The officer sneered: "Oh, has China and the United States already formed an alliance? When did this happen? Why didn't I know?"
"Uh," Dulittle hesitated in embarrassment before saying, "Although our two countries have not formed an alliance, we have the same stance on fighting the Japanese invaders. As the saying goes, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
From this point of view, it’s not wrong for me to say that we are allies. Isn’t it too much for you to treat us like this?”
The officer smiled faintly: "Haha, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, your imagination is really rich. Even we ourselves don't know whether we have an ally in your country, but you gave us the title of ally in the first place.
, This also makes us ashamed, but I would like to ask you, did you notify us or get our approval when you entered our military base?"
"Well," Dolittle was speechless for a moment.
At the same time, two people in the small living room of the Nanjing Presidential Palace were discussing the same topic between Dolittle and the young officer.
On the sofa opposite Su Tong, the U.S. Ambassador to China Johnson said to Su Tong with a righteous look: "Mr. President, given that our pilots accidentally entered your country's military base on the way to fight against Japanese fascism, they deserve to be punished."
Your country's proper placement and protection, rather than illegal imprisonment. You should let our staff go to Jeju Island to visit those brave warriors. Our warriors risked their lives to fly bombs in order to fight against the Japanese fascists.
Tokyo, they don't deserve this kind of treatment, our government believes"
Jason, who was sitting opposite Su Tong, was talking so much that he was almost moved. But as he was talking, he was surprised to find that the Chinese president opposite him was a little distracted, "Mr. President, are you listening?"
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Johnson was both surprised and a little angry. As a dignified president of a country, he should be distracted when meeting foreign ambassadors. This is very rude.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I was distracted. I'm really sorry." Su Tong came back to his senses and smiled apologetically at Jason. "Sorry, I thought of something important at the moment, so I didn't hear what you said."
"It doesn't matter, let's continue talking," Jason said angrily. What else could he say after everyone apologized.
Su Tong smiled slightly, changed into a comfortable position and sat on the sofa and started talking with Jason again.
The reason why Su Tong was distracted just now was because what Jason said at the beginning seemed so familiar to our Chief Su. Then he thought about it: Hey, isn't this what the Yankees said to the Chinese government after the plane collision sixty years later?
Damn it, it turns out that Yankees have a tradition of being scoundrels. People who have feelings have already said this sixty years ago. It was not created by later generations of American politicians. I thought that I was sixty years ahead of schedule.
Nian heard such a familiar phrase with his own ears, so Chief Su, who was a little dumbfounded for a moment, couldn't help but get distracted.
After calming down, Su Tong, who was both amused and angry, organized his speech and said slowly: "Ambassador Johnson, I don't agree with your country's statement. You said that your country's plane accidentally entered our country after bombing Tokyo.
Within the territory, I have to ask here, according to you, where did your country land in its original plan after bombing Tokyo? As far as I know, there is no military base or aircraft carrier formation of your country in the South China Sea of our country.
Why are all your planes flying towards the border of our country? The answer comes out now. Your bombers flying into our country were an organized and premeditated action, rather than entering our country by mistake as you just said.
within the territory.”
Hearing this, Jason's face turned a little red. He also knew that the rhetoric he used just now was okay to coax the ignorant children, but it was simply impossible to deceive the Chinese government and so many military generals.
It's insulting the other person's intelligence.
Su Tong's face began to darken when he said this: "Since this was an organized and premeditated action by your country, and the plane was going to land in our country afterwards, why didn't you notify our country through our ambassador to the United States? Instead, it caused such a series of
If our country's aircraft and anti-aircraft fire shot down your country's aircraft at that time, who would be blamed for provoking a dispute between the two countries? Jeju Island is a military base of our country, and your aircraft was shot down without our consent.
Landing like this has led to the possibility of leaking our military secrets. Do you think we can't respond immediately? In other words, if our bombers land in your country in such a arrogant manner without your knowledge,
What will be your reaction at the military base in Hawaii?"
"We, we" faced Su Tong's series of questions. Even though Johnson was famous for his eloquence, he didn't know how to answer. What else should we say? If the Chinese bombers landed at the Pearl Harbor airport in the United States with such arrogance, it would be like this.
The Americans, accustomed to being domineering, had already become furious and shouted that they were going to start a fight.
But things in the world are so strange. In some people's minds, if they do something that is normal, if others do it, it would be an unforgivable sin. That's what they think.
Jason, who couldn't think of any good ideas at the moment, had no choice but to spread his hands: "Okay, Mr. President, what do you think we should do? You should come up with an opinion. I think it's just sitting here and shirking responsibility."
It doesn’t solve any problems.”
Su Tong took a deep look at Jason: "Well, since you said so, I will express our preliminary opinions on behalf of our country's government: First, the US government must respond to the incident of US bombers intruding into our country's military base.
We formally apologize in writing to our country and promise not to make similar mistakes in the future. Second, the US government will make financial compensation for this behavior, and we have initially set the amount of compensation at five million US dollars. Third
, If the United States wants to launch ground operations against the Japanese mainland and islands in the future, it must obtain the consent of the Chinese government, otherwise the Chinese government has the right to launch actions including force to defend its interests."
Su Tong read it out one by one, and Jason broke into a cold sweat while listening, "Damn it, the Chinese government is not asking the American government to apologize, it is asking the American government to write a letter of guarantee.
." Jensen couldn't imagine how much trouble there would be if these conditions were known to the people in the country.
"Mr. President, don't you think your conditions are too excessive? Our government will not agree to these conditions." When Johnson heard this, he felt an unknown fire rising in his heart. Regardless of these conditions, the U.S. government will not agree to these conditions.
It is unacceptable at all costs, especially the last one. If the US government agrees to it, it will put a yoke on its own head.
"Oh, by saying that, you are officially vetoing our proposal on behalf of the U.S. government." Su Tong's face could not help but darken when he heard this. Damn it, you are so shameless. Do you really have to fight us to know how powerful it is?
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When he saw Su Tong's downcast face, Johnson suddenly woke up. He was just the ambassador to China, not the president of the United States. He had no power to agree or refuse to set anything on behalf of the U.S. government. No matter what these conditions were, they should be left to the U.S. government.
Make decisions rather than veto them on the spot.
"I'm sorry, Mr. President, I just made a mistake." Secretly wiping a cold sweat, Johnson secretly cursed himself for making such a low-level mistake of making the decision for his own politics. He could only smile bitterly and said: "You just said
I don’t have the right to make the final decision on the conditions mentioned, and they must be reported to our country’s government for them to make a decision.”
"Of course, of course you have the right to report." Su Tong smiled lightly, but there was an indescribable sense of ridicule in his eyes.