Glorious Mission 1937

Bombing Lushunkou, the Northern Air Force's strategic bombing force caused huge losses to the Japanese army. More than 1000 and 20 soldiers were lost. In addition, 9 warships were sunk, 6 were seriously injured and stranded, and 19 merchant ships were sunk. , In addition, dozens of ships were injured, which greatly hit the Japanese army at Lushunkou.

At the same time, Pyongyang and Pusan ​​Port on the Korean Peninsula were also attacked by the air force of the Eighth Theater. The reason why Chen Feng wanted to attack these two places was because Pusan ​​Port, like Lushunkou, was established by the Japanese army in its colonies. An important external seaport is an important bridgehead connecting the colony with the mainland of Japan. The bombing here must have been a major blow to the Japanese army.

On the other hand, it was to stimulate the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the Korean nation. At this time, North Korea was no longer an independent country. As early as 1904, Russia was defeated in the Russo-Japanese War, and the Korean regime was completely controlled by Japan.The following year, North Korea and Japan signed the "Otomi Protection Treaty", and North Korea became Japan's "protectorate". Japanese forces controlled the entire peninsula, and a large number of Koreans who did not want to be Japanese subjects crossed the river and entered China for refuge. In 1906, Japan established a "supervisor" regime sent by Japan in North Korea.

In August 1910, Japan forced the Korean Empire to sign the "Japan-Korea Merger Treaty", formally annexing the Korean peninsula, establishing the Korean Governor's Office, and carrying out colonial rule.Japan enshrined the royal family of the Korean Empire as Japanese aristocrats, forced Gojong to abdicate, and supported Sunjong of Joseon.

Faced with the Japanese aggression, a large part of the Koreans chose to resist. From 1932, Kim Il Sung carried out anti-Japanese guerrilla activities in Northeast China.In 1937, Kim Il Sung's anti-Japanese troops captured Pocheon Fort near Hyesan, an important military town in northern North Korea.It was the first time that the North Korean armed forces returned to the North Korean mainland.

On March 1919, 3, because Japan banned the use of Korean in schools, a large-scale rebellion was launched on the Korean peninsula.Young students such as Liu Kuanshun published the "March 1 Declaration of Independence" in Tapdong Park in Jongno District, Seoul, and spread the Declaration of Independence throughout the country.These independent activities aroused the people's sense of resistance, and the people attacked Japanese police agencies everywhere, which led to riots by the Japanese police.Known as the "March [-] Movement" in history.

In the same year, the leaders of the Korean independence movement successively established interim governments in Vladivostok, Shanghai, and Seoul.In the end, the three provisional governments were merged into the "Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea" in Shanghai.The provisional government was recognized by the law-protecting government led by Sun Yat-sen, France, Poland and other countries.

Therefore, it was the Japanese who ruled North Korea at this time, and it was the Japanese governor who controlled the political situation in North Korea.However, the Governor's Office is not located in Pyongyang, but in Seoul.Originally, Chen Feng planned to bomb Seoul.But Seoul has been the capital of North Korea since ancient times.There are a large number of Korean nobles living there. Once the bombing is carried out there, it will inevitably cause a large number of casualties of the Korean nobles, and it will arouse the hatred of the Korean people towards China.

Pyongyang was different.Although Pyongyang here is the same as the capital Seoul.Both were the two major commercial centers of North Korea at that time.But he was repeatedly attacked by soldiers. In 1592, the Imjin Japanese Invasion occurred, and Japan captured Pyongyang. Later, North Korea fought fiercely with the Japanese army with the help of reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty.regained Pyongyang. During the Dingmao Rebellion in 1627 and the Bingzi Rebellion in 1636, Manchurian (Jurchen) troops captured Pyongyang twice, a large number of citizens were taken into slavery, and Pyongyang was severely damaged.

In May 1902, the Korean Empire upgraded Pyongyang to a capital, called "Xijing".At that time, there were not only many Japanese and Westerners in Pyongyang, but also an important settlement of overseas Chinese in North Korea.With the opening up of Pyongyang and the improvement of its status, Pyongyang's modernization process has accelerated, and it has gradually become the commercial and industrial center of the Korean Peninsula, and has become the Christian center of the Korean Peninsula. At its peak, there were more than 5 churches, and it was nicknamed "Oriental Jerusalem".

Because it is close to Northeast China, it became the main transit point for the Japanese army to transfer the mineral assets looted from China. At the same time, due to the large-scale immigration of the Japanese government, there are as many as several million Japanese living in Pyongyang at this time, compared with the North Koreans. There are even more locals. It can be said that Pyongyang at this time is already a standard Japanese city, and its importance is no less than that of Seoul.

The air strikes on Pyongyang and Busan ports were planned by Chen Feng himself, and he demanded to completely destroy the military installations in these two cities. Since the air strikes were carried out on the cities and ports in North Korea, Chen Feng ordered the air force pilots to carry out the bombing according to the actual situation of the battlefield. , not to be affected by the layout of the city.

At 1940:11 am on November 20, 9, the strategic bombing force of the Northern Air Force successfully arrived over Pyongyang. Since this place is located in North Korea, there has been no war for more than 20 years, so everyone seemed very relaxed. Even The guards in Pyongyang were very relaxed and did not notice the danger at all.

At 9:24, under the command of Hou Zhiping, the captain of the second battalion, more than [-] fighter planes swooped down towards Pyongyang, and thousands of heavy aerial bombs fell towards the city of Pyongyang.

Soon, there was a violent explosion on the ground, and the whole of Pyongyang was engulfed in billowing smoke.Hou Zhiping and others remained unmoved, and continued to drop bombs into the city of Pyongyang. They wanted to complete the task of the commander and completely destroy the city.The scene in Busan Port was the same as that in Pyongyang. The bombing for half an hour completely turned the two cities into a sea of ​​flames.

The news of the bombing of Lushunkou, Pyongyang, and Busan Port by Chen Feng's troops reached Japan, causing an uproar among the top Japanese, especially when the huge loss was sent to the desk of Prime Minister Fumma Konoe, the Japanese government fell into a brief silence Of course, in the afternoon, under the auspices of Fumma Konoe, the Japanese government quickly held an imperial meeting.

Japan. Tokyo. Imperial Palace.

The Emperor of Japan acted as his own wooden man as always. Maybe he had his own thoughts, but he generally would not express his opinions at will in the imperial meeting.

As the prime minister, Fumma Konoe continued to serve as the head of the government as usual.Konoe Fummo looked at the cabinet members, and then said loudly: "Masters, I'm sorry for calling you here in such a hurry. Not long ago, the government just received news from the North Korean side that the Chinese people were in an hour and a half. Large-scale bombings were carried out on Lushunkou in the Far East and Pyongyang and Busan ports in North Korea, causing huge losses!"

As soon as Konoe Fummo's voice fell, Yasui Eiji, the Minister of Internal Affairs, suddenly said: "Nani! Did the Chinese attack Pyongyang and Busan with heavy losses?"

Konoe Fumma did not answer Yasui Eiji's words, but turned to look at Lu Xiang Itagaki Seishiro, meaning to let him answer.

Itagaki Seishiro understood, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Yasui-san, the Chinese air strikes have caused huge losses to the empire. More than 1300 soldiers have been lost at Lushunkou, more than 30 warships and merchant ships have been bombed and sunk, and Lushun Port has been severely damaged. , without a month of repairs, I am afraid that it will not be able to provide assistance to the United Fleet!"

"Pyongyang suffered the most serious losses. The Chinese carried out carpet bombing of the city of Pyongyang, and the whole of Pyongyang was overturned by the Chinese aerial bombs. Because the Chinese used a large number of incendiary bombs, the fire in the city was triggered. The extinguishing has caused more than 2600 soldier casualties so far, and there are more than 7000 civilian casualties, as many as tens of thousands of houses have been destroyed, and other losses are still being counted!"

"Busan Port and the nearby Busan City were completely destroyed, with more than 800 casualties, 12 large warships were sunk, and many civilian casualties!"

"Baga!" Eiji Yasui said angrily.

"Itagaki-kun, how does your Ministry of the Army plan to deal with this matter, we want to hear your opinion?" Minister of Finance Kawada Retsu asked loudly.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Seishiro Itagaki felt quite helpless. This air strike by the Chinese had hit the weakness of the Great Japanese Empire.The first air strike caused such a heavy loss to the empire. If I, the Minister of War, can't come up with a feasible solution, I'm afraid that I, the Minister of War, will end up as the Minister of War.

Seishiro Itagaki got up and said, "Masters, according to the analysis and judgment of our Army Department, the air strike launched by Chen Feng's troops was mainly aimed at retaliation for the actions of the imperial army in southern Hebei, especially for His Excellency Kimura's kidnapping of civilians in China. So this airstrike we can't..."

"Itagaki-kun, we are not asking you why that bastard general of China attacked Pyongyang and other places, but asking you, what countermeasures does your Army Department have?" Kawada asked loudly.

The bombing of Pingran Busan by Chen Feng's headquarters caused quite a shock to the Japanese high-level. The loss was only one aspect. They were more concerned about whether the army could guarantee that similar things would not happen again, and they were more concerned about whether the Chinese planes could fly to Tokyo, will the bomb fall on them!

Itagaki Seishiro said: "The Chinese sent out their latest large bomber this time. This large bomber is extremely large and has an extremely long range, so if the empire also wants to carry out retaliatory bombing of the defense area of ​​Chen Feng in China, I'm afraid it will be very difficult!"

"Itagaki-kun, we don't care about retaliation or not. I ask you to tell us now, will the Chinese Air Force fly to Tokyo? Are you ready to intercept them?" Konoe asked loudly.

This issue immediately attracted the attention of all the high-ranking officials present at the meeting. It was a matter of their lives and deaths. If the Chinese suddenly bombed Tokyo one day, the problem would be serious, and they couldn't help but ignore it.The Japanese higher-ups were scared, really scared. The last time Chen Feng's subordinates just dropped a few doses of the virus, causing tens of millions of people in Tokyo to be infected with the virus. If it was this large fighter that flew to Tokyo that time, maybe The next time the Chinese people drop not bacteria and viruses, but heavy aerial bombs!

At this moment, the opinions of both the Imperial Daoist faction and the Controlling faction were surprisingly unified, and the previous struggle seemed to disappear all of a sudden, and everyone was staring at Seishiro Itagaki, hoping to get the answer they wanted from him. (To be continued..)