I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 178 Shot Down Again

The Japanese high-ranking officials knew that if they surrendered unconditionally, they would be severely punished by the International Military Tribunal.
So he refused to lay down his arms.
On the one hand, they were desperately preparing the so-called "one hundred million deaths" battle plan, and on the other hand, they wanted to negotiate terms with the Allies and seek conditional surrender.

The former's battle plan was nothing more than dragging all the people to their deaths.
The latter is not very realistic either.

The war has come to this point, and the hatred between the two countries is as deep as the sea. If they want to ask for peace now, who will agree, and who dares to agree?
Seeing that their peace talks were fruitless, the Japanese also set their minds on the "dying with honor" plan.
This caused great trouble to the US military.
It's obvious that there's no chance of winning, but they still want to drag the people down with them. What kind of a trick is this?

But the U.S. military had already fought all the way to the enemy's doorstep, and it would be hard to justify its failure at this moment.

So they could only repeatedly ask the bomber units to continue bombing.
At the same time, they demanded that the Soviet army declare war on Japan as soon as possible.

Lin Chen, together with other commanders, formulated bombing plans and carried out necessary bombings on increasingly worthless targets on Japanese territory. At the same time, he was also actively planning the next beach landing.

Suddenly one day at the end of July, Lin Chen was called in for a talk by General LM.

In the general's office, there was actually the DNW director of the OSS and two other unfamiliar officials.

"Colonel Lin Chen, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on your outstanding performance in the last operation. The commanders in the European theater of operations were full of praise for you." Director Duo is very good at interpersonal relationships and he would definitely be happy to say a few good words.

"That was all thanks to my superiors' cultivation! Lin Chen doesn't dare to take credit for it." Lin Chen quickly stood at attention. One must be careful when dealing with such old hands, otherwise he would be sold out by them and have to help them count money.

"It's the boss's cultivation and my personal performance! Hahaha." Director Duo laughed.

Then he quickly handed over a check, "This is the reward for your last mission."

Lin Chen took a glance and saw the amount was 1 US dollars.

Although this seems like a huge sum of money to most people, it is just a drop in the bucket for a wealthy man like him who has seen 1000 million US dollars.

But he still pretended to be flattered.

"I can't accept so much money."

Director Duo was very satisfied. This was exactly the effect he wanted. In fact, he got a lot of money from the wealth Lin Chen brought back last time, and his rank was also raised. It was really great.

What I gave to Lin Chen is just a drop in the bucket.

"No reward without merit, and if you receive a reward, you must have merit! Just take it."

"I have another thing for you to do."

Lin Chen knew that this was the main reason why he was called here.

"We need to conduct detailed aerial reconnaissance of the Japanese mainland. Next, we will use one of the most powerful weapons in human history to force Japan to surrender. Therefore, we need to select one or two locations. This task is left to you."

"The most powerful?" Lin Chen had actually guessed that it was an atomic bomb, but he still pretended to be ignorant.

"Well, to tell you the truth, the power of this weapon far exceeds our previous knowledge. Just one bomb can easily destroy a large city, and completely wipe it out." Director Duo looked fascinated.
Lin Chen estimated that this guy must have witnessed the real scene of an atomic bomb explosion.
Based on past experience, the United States’ first atomic bomb should have been successfully detonated during this period of time.

"Is it so exaggerated? How is this possible?"

"Okay, don't ask any more questions about this. I can only say this much, which is already a violation of the rules. As long as you help us with the reconnaissance and give me first-hand aerial reconnaissance information, it will be a great achievement!"

"Well, Deputy Chief of Staff Lin, you just do it according to the instructions of your superiors. You can report directly to Director Duo." General LM also adhered to the principle of less trouble is worse than more, and directly sold Lin Chen out.

After coming out from the general, Lin Chen looked at the site selection requirements he had received from other technical officials and couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

Tokyo wasn't your first choice?

But Lin Chen thought about it and it was true. If those locusts were really blown to death, wouldn’t the ignorant Japanese people fight the US military to the death?
According to the plan, the US military will determine the bombing locations based on weather conditions: Niigata, Hiroshima, Kokura, and Nagasaki.

Hiroshima, unlike the "city of peace" image it had tried so hard to present to the world for more than half a century, was actually an army city.

It is the headquarters of the Second General Army of the Japanese Homeland Defense Force.

At Ujina Port in the south of Hiroshima, generation after generation of Japanese troops, with the "peace-loving, anti-war" citizens lining the streets to see them off, boarded troop transports and headed to the Yalu River to fight the Qing army, to Fengtian to fight the Russian army, to annex Korea, to occupy Northeast China, to Marco Polo Bridge, to Nanjing, and to Wuhan.
Also near Hiroshima is the famous Kure Naval Shipyard, which has Japan's top naval shipyard.

Nagasaki is one of Japan's most important shipbuilding bases.

Kokura and Niigata are weapons industrial cities in the Kitakyushu region of Japan, and Niigata is also a chemical industrial city.

To be honest, Lin Chen wanted to throw one to each of these places for them to try.
But he also knew that the US military only had two missiles left, so they must demand the best possible effect, otherwise they would not have issued any reconnaissance orders to him.

At that time, the most important military reconnaissance aircraft for aerial reconnaissance was the F-5.

This is not the later combination of four handsome guys, but a very famous high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft in World War II.

I guess many people feel that this name is not very famous.
But if you mention its other code name - P-38 Lightning, it will be well-known.

Because the P-38's most outstanding achievement was the assassination of Japanese Navy Admiral SB in the "Operation Revenge" in 1943.

The F-5 was similar to the reconnaissance aircraft used by other countries at the time. Their original design was not specifically for reconnaissance, but rather to be a heavy fighter.

However, the P-38's excellent high-altitude performance, especially its ceiling of 13400 meters and its excellent climb rate, were beyond the reach of many Axis fighters at the time, so the designers converted the P-38 into a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.

Equipped with a new camera system, the later model was named F-5 reconnaissance aircraft.

Relying on these advanced equipment, Lin Chen dispatched a large number of reconnaissance aircraft to take comprehensive photos and compare these cities.
But for some reason, Director Duo was always dissatisfied.

Every time I can raise some questions,

Finally, Lin Chen got so annoyed that he decided to go there in person for the first time.

Normally, senior military officers like Lin Chen don't have to go there by themselves, but Lin Chen is really itching to go there. He wants to see the country with his own eyes to see what else can keep them going.

Frankly speaking, he prefers a direct landing by US troops.

This has a much better killing effect than dropping two atomic bombs.

Of course, these words must not be said to outsiders.

So he began to personally scout the above-mentioned cities.
The Japanese air defense force was already minimal, because at this time even an anti-aircraft gun would cause the American fighter planes flying in the air to come and shoot.
Not to mention sending fighter jets to intercept,
The Japanese fighter planes had run out of fuel.

I am simply unable to fight anymore.

This situation also made Lin Chen no longer satisfied with high-altitude photography, and he advocated close-up photography.

On August 8, he was going to complete the low-altitude photography of the last city, Hiroshima, and would return to the plane near dusk.

Suddenly, a string of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets flew over from the ground.

It's really unlucky.
The bullet hit the plane's fuel line, causing the plane to catch fire.
"Are you kidding me? We still need to defend against air attacks at this time?" But there was no other way.

Because the plane was only a thousand meters above the ground, it could only find a flat place nearby for emergency landing. After sending an emergency distress signal using communication equipment,

He immediately activated the self-destruct device of the high-definition camera. These valuable facilities must not be used by the enemy.
At this time, Hiroshima was full of ruins, and there was not a single decent building.
After choosing for a long time, we could only choose to make an emergency landing in a relatively remote rice field.

The landing was safe, but this is mainland Japan, which is terrible.

After thinking for a while, Lin Chen immediately unbuckled his seat belt and ran to the nearby forest.
The Japanese army will come here to search for us soon, and it would be a fate worse than death if we were caught by them.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the forest, he saw many people holding torches and surrounding him.

And there he shouted,

They were too far away, and Lin Chen couldn't hear what they were saying.
I just kept running forward.
Because of the bombing by the US military, the forest has been blown to pieces. It is not a solution to escape like this.
He happened to see a farmer's house.
There are clothes hanging outside the low house.

He suddenly had an idea, and quickly took off his pilot's clothes and changed into Japanese civilian clothes.

But the clothes were too small, so I could only wear shorts.

Then I found a place to hide my clothes.

He began to walk slowly towards the road barefoot.

More and more Japanese soldiers and spontaneously organized civilians rushed here.
"Asshole, why are you running outside instead of going to catch the American pilot?" The leading Japanese sergeant saw Lin Chen walking in another direction and immediately grabbed him and shouted.

He was also a little puzzled, why was this guy so tall?

I actually can't figure it out.

"Ah? Oh, oh, oh."

Lin Chen tried hard to pretend that he wanted to speak, then pointed to his head.

"Sir, this guy must have retreated from the south. He must have been stunned by the explosion?" One of his men immediately began to explain in a smart way.

“Woo~~~Oh~~~”

Lin Chen could only pretend to be very excited.

"Oh, he's quite pitiful." Everyone looked at his dark skin and the gunshot wounds and shrapnel wounds all over his body, and he was obviously a veteran.

"What a pity! Isn't it good enough to be able to return home alive?" the sergeant scolded impatiently.
"Forget it. We can't count on you. Let's go and capture the American pilot. There's a reward for capturing him. Half a pound of rice for each pilot!"

When everyone heard that there would be rice to be distributed, they were overjoyed. Now all supplies are under strict control, and they usually live on wild vegetables. They can't even remember what rice tastes like.

Lin Chen was squeezed by them and staggered, and deliberately fell into the stinky ditch.

This caused everyone to despise him.
The Japanese people admire the strong, and the martial spirit is deeply rooted. Although Lin Chen is a veteran, he did not die in the front line, but instead survived and came back, so naturally he is not liked by everyone.

Of course he couldn't take advantage of this opportunity to make some money.

Lin Chen pretended to be aggrieved, and when they ran far away, he immediately ran outside.

The bombing was so severe that almost all the villages and towns were razed to the ground.
"Okay, okay, give it to the one who stutters."

There were actually a few hungry refugees on the roadside. Seeing that Lin Chen did not look like a starving person, they immediately came forward to try their luck and ask for some food.

Lin Chen thought, at the end of the war, aren’t your own people still in this state?

He still had two bars of chocolate in his pocket, but he would never be a saint and give them to his enemies.

Firstly, it is easy to be exposed. Secondly, if I give them food, are I still Chinese?
"I'm terribly sorry, but I don't have anything to eat either. I haven't had anything to eat all day."

"Ah? You haven't eaten for just one day? We haven't found anything for three days. It seems you must be a capable person to find food!"

The refugees' eyes suddenly lit up, and they were unwilling to give up any chance to get food.

Lin Chen could only explain to them in Japanese, and then ran away.

These people could only watch Lin Chen leave.

They don't have the energy to run anymore.

After walking a distance further, Lin Chen found a rather nice big house with several Japanese soldiers inside.
Lin Chen estimated that this might be a military facility.
Japan is currently facing a shortage of supplies and has implemented a rationing system. Soldiers fighting on the front line can barely fill their stomachs, while other citizens have nothing to eat at all.

With his skills, it would not be difficult to go in and kill them, but it would be easy to expose his identity.

So he planned to just leave.

"Hey, come here!"

Suddenly, someone called him.
He was actually a captain in the Japanese army, which is quite rare.

"Hayi~"

Lin Chen has been dealing with the Japanese army for so long that he has long understood their military tactics.

Although I don't like doing this, I have no choice but to do it in order to stay alive.

"You are strong and healthy, why are you running?"

The captain shouted.

Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the other party didn’t realize his identity.

"Reporting to the commander, I heard an explosion over there and was scared." Lin Chen pretended to be timid.

"Baga, you're a man, why are you so timid?" The Japanese captain said with disdain, "The country is in crisis right now, you should fight hard and repay the emperor's grace!"

"Hayi~"

Damn, is this ever going to end?
"Put on your clothes and come with us to build a bomb shelter downtown!"

The captain threw over a set of worn Japanese soldier's uniform.

There are actually bloodstains on it, maybe they are from the bodies of Japanese soldiers killed in the air raid.

Damn, it's really unlucky.
But Lin Chen had no other choice but to take it one step at a time.

(End of this chapter)