Kazuya Nakajima went straight back to the tavern to drink. Ritakanosuke silently looked at his somewhat lonely back. After a while, he turned around and asked Hu: "Are you going back to the military police headquarters, or go to my small nest to have a meeting."

Hu Chenmo would shake his head and chase Tatsuosuke to pay slight salute: "I'm very sorry, I won't bother you when I have the responsibility."

After saying that, Lien Hu left first, and the boatmate followed him and walked a distance.

He asked in wonder: "Your Excellency, what do you mean?"

"Hoshimoto, it is not yet clear whether Li Takanosuke is a spy. The file of Xiaoshan in Qingcheng has not provided any evidence. Several clues have been cut. Whether it can be verified, or whether it is him, it is still unclear. This industry requires bold assumptions and careful verification, but to take action, there must be certain evidence, otherwise, the wrong person will be arrested, but the real spy will also slip away."

Tanabe did not walk with Ritakanosuke either. He asked Ritakanosuke for his address, so he decided to move over after a while and then left on his own.

Ritakanosuke did not try to keep him. After the bombing, Tanabe would definitely not bring his wife and children to Tokyo again, and he himself was unwilling to go back to his hometown and could only stay in Tokyo. On the other hand, Ritakanosuke was not married and was alone. He claimed to the outside world that if he wanted to fall in love and get married after the war, renting a house for two people could save a lot of money. This is very important to them now, because for a period of time, they may find it difficult to find a job.

Looking around, Ritakanosuke's eyes fell on the tavern again. He still didn't understand the purpose of Kazukai Nakajima doing this. He took the risk to pass on the information to himself. He wanted to go into the tavern and chat with Kazukai Nakajima, but he quickly denied this idea. Now his mission is not to obtain information, but to preserve himself. Even if he can obtain information, he cannot send it out. And once he leaks out the sign of leaving Japan, he will be arrested immediately. Dohihara can no longer conduct any investigation and execute him secretly. He even suspects that he cannot leave Tokyo at all.

The smoke spread, but the burnt smell of human flesh in the air became slightly weaker. Several firetrucks were running along the road with bells. Ritakanosuke felt the burning heat coming to his face as soon as he walked a block. Several houses in the distance had been engulfed by flames, which were rolling towards this side with the sea wind.

A group of policemen and military police pulled the citizens out of the cordon. Two forklifts pushed down several houses near the fire. Firefighters set up faucets to spray water into the fire. A large group of citizens lined up a long line under the command of the police, spraying water at the flames as they were during the exercise. Some women carried buckets and basins, as well as various tools to hold water to the flames in the direction of the flames, watering the ground and all possible things.

"Give it! Give it!" A middle-aged man in a Kaji national uniform shouted in front. The crowd separated to both sides and a passage was drawn. The Kaji national uniform was in front. A stretcher lay on the back stretcher. A man with dark bodies was unable to see clearly. The two nurses trotted and cheered him up: "Persevere! Persist! It's almost here!"

The crowd looked at the stretcher carrying it away silently, and Ritakasuke went up to ask the policeman if he could go over. The policeman looked at him and told him that he could go over from Shimomachi.

Ritakasuke looked at the flames quietly and decided to move in his heart, at least to the edge of the city. This is just the beginning. Next, the Chinese Air Force will continue to bomb Tokyo until the entire Tokyo is ashes.

In fact, although the fire ignited Tokyo was very large, the actual effect was not as great as Li Takanosuke imagined. The bombs dropped by the Chinese Air Force were relatively scattered, and some of the bombs fell into rivers and seawater. By the evening, the losses had been summarized to the Prime Minister's Office, the commander of the Eastern Military Region, the commander of the Tokyo Air Defense Command, and the Capital Police Department went to the Prime Minister's Office to report.

"The Tokyo Iron and Steel Plant suffered certain losses, mainly because of the steel rolling workshop. Almost all the factory buildings were burned down and the steelmaking blast furnace was well preserved. This is a great blessing in disguise. The steel plant is trying to resume production as soon as possible.

The shipyard suffered a little greater losses, two workshops were burned, administrative buildings were burned, and more than 160 houses were burned in the city, and personnel,..."

After hearing this, Suzuki Kantaro remained silent. Nishiosuki raised his eyebrows slightly. Because it was a sky raid during the day, there were not many personnel losses, and most of them were injured. However, Tokyo was bombed, which had a great impact on the people. The official has always claimed that Tokyo has enough protective power, but the Chinese Air Force bombed Tokyo in broad daylight.

"The Chinese Air Force must be solved. Is there any way for the Army Province?" Suzuki Kantaro asked Nishio Suzuo and Umezu Mijiro: "I will enter the palace later. Your Majesty will definitely ask, how to prevent the Chinese Air Force from bombing?"

Nishio Suzuki ignored Suzuki's gaze. He looked at Mejiro Umezu and Navy Minister Minumasa Minuta. Since Kyushu was bombed, the army and the navy have been studying countermeasures, but no one can do it. The b29 dropped bombs at a height of 10,000 meters. The most advanced fighter jet in Japan can only fly eight thousand meters and cannot threaten the b29 at all. The best anti-aircraft gun in Japan is the 88mm anti-aircraft gun introduced from Germany, which can only barely hit about 10,000 meters.

Mine Mitsumasa felt the gaze of Mejiro Umezu and Suzuo Nishio, and he slowly spoke: "The Joint Fleet is now carrying out Operation No. 1. The Joint Fleet has invested all its strength. Only after the Joint Fleet returns from Mariana can it attack Shandong. Now I suggest strengthening the research on anti-aircraft guns, and mass production of 88mm anti-aircraft guns, and studying new anti-aircraft guns that can be fired above 10,000 meters altitude."

It was learned from intelligence that most of the air bases in China were built in Jiaodong, and the Navy proposed a plan to use the main aircraft carrier of the joint fleet to attack Jiaodong and completely destroy the air base in China.

But all this will not be achieved at all when the Joint Fleet returns from Mariana, or after the Joint Fleet defeats the US Pacific Fleet.

From its establishment to the present, the joint fleet has won the Japanese-Singapore War and the Russo-Japanese War. It was regarded as the protector of Japan and Japan by the Japanese people. There was almost no Japanese who believed that the joint fleet would be defeated, but the senior management knew that the joint fleet was not invincible and suffered great losses in the Battle of Midway.

The United States stabilized the Pacific War through the Midway Naval Battle. After this battle, the United Fleet was no longer able to continue to launch an offensive, and the United States gained two years of preparation. With the strong industrial strength of the United States, two years were enough to recover the losses suffered in Pearl Harbor. This time, the United Fleet attacked Mariana and would face the US Pacific Fleet that had recovered its strength.

"What else is there besides these?" Suzuki Kazutaro continued to ask. It was obvious that it would take some time to implement these measures. During this period, the Chinese Air Force had enough strength to cause great damage to Japan.

"The base camp believes that we can take a more active approach, add isolation belts to block balloons, and evacuate some unnecessary citizens from the city. The publicity department should cooperate and recommend that citizens go to rural areas or small cities, so that they can enhance agricultural productivity and reduce the burden on cities." Meijiro Umezu replied.

After hearing this, Suzuki Kantaro was speechless. He was the most vulnerable prime minister in Japanese history. He himself did not want to be strong. If he had changed to a prime minister, he would definitely take advantage of the opportunity of the army's failures to greatly weaken the army's influence and change the situation where the government's decisions were seriously controlled by the military, but he did not. Therefore, the military, especially the army, also supported most of his decisions, such as conducting peace tests in Switzerland, partially revising the outline of the final battle, and supporting Suzuki's decision in economic adjustment planning.

But Suzuki was still a little dissatisfied with the answers of Mejiro Umezu and Minumasa today. He would go to the palace later. Seeing the emperor, His Majesty would definitely ask about the Tokyo bombing, but these points would not satisfy His Majesty.

Seeing that no one continued to speak, Suzuki had to ask herself: "The idea of ​​evacuating citizens is good, but how many citizens should be evacuated? There are six million citizens in Tokyo and three million citizens in the city. In addition to Tokyo, there are also many other cities. How many people should be evacuated from the city?

Can rural areas accommodate so many people? Will factory production be affected? These issues require detailed plans."

"Yes, please don't worry, the Prime Minister. The base camp will formulate a detailed plan and report it to the cabinet for review and approval." Meijiro Umezu gave a slightly apologetic salute.

"The news department must be well-managed," Suzuki reminded again: "It is necessary to explain to the people that evacuating citizens is not because they cannot bomb the enemy, but to increase agricultural production. In addition, more tragic phenomena caused by bombing should be published to arouse the anger of the people towards the enemy and enhance their confidence."

Suzuki's words made Mijiro Umezu and Suzuo Nishio nod frequently, especially about news reports. The successive failures in recent years have put huge pressure on the army. Although news control has been implemented, it has become very difficult to continue to implement the ** with the bombing of Tokyo. Suzuki's method may be a good solution.

Nishio Suzuo and others said goodbye. Suzuki looked at their backs, staring blankly for a few minutes, and then sighed heavily. The chief of the Inner Records Mai Mizu looked at his somewhat lonely figure sympathetically. The Prime Minister is not an enviable position now. With the failure of the Battle of North China, the North China Expeditionary Army was almost completely destroyed, and failure was almost inevitable. The senior officials have publicly discussed the possibility of peace talks, and the pressure Suzuki was under unprecedentedly strong.

"This is such a tenacious old guy." Mashui admired Suzuki in her heart. If someone had a slightly poor psychological endurance, she might have proposed to resign.

"Let's go to the palace." Suzuki said to Masashi. Masashi agreed and turned around to prepare the car.

The car drove out of the Prime Minister's residence in the sunset and headed towards the palace. The sky above the city was still dripping black smoke. The fire had been extinguished. The burning smell of human flesh in the air was blown away by the sea breeze. The driver did not choose the route he usually drove, but followed Suzuki's order to go from another road to the palace. This road had to pass through the newly bombed neighborhood...
Chapter completed!