1890 King of Southeast Asia

At 1 a.m. on March 8, 1916, 4,000 meters above Tokyo.

"Send a message to Ryukyu that our unit has arrived above Tokyo in advance and has not been discovered. After checking, we will bomb Tokyo and set it on fire." Makura looked at the buildings below.

Tokyo was not bright, and even a little dark. It was not that Japan knew about the blackout, but simply had no resources.

At this time in Tokyo, fuel was already a luxury for ordinary people, not to mention electricity.

Street lights, whether kerosene street lights or electric lights, had stopped, and most houses were dark.

In addition to the time reason at this time, more importantly, Japan's resources were jealous and scarce.

Except for the Imperial Palace and the homes of some ministers and big capitalists, it was dark everywhere.

Because light positioning was needed, Makura's No. 021 was above the Imperial Palace at this time.

"Report, 017 reports, they can't find the warehouse."

"007 too, it's too dark, they can't find the target."

"17 is the same, there are no lights in the barracks."

"0713 is the same, there are no street lights, they can't find the location of the factory."

The telegraph operator reported the difficulties of each boat, the difficulties are very consistent, they can't find the target.

According to the number, it can be seen that it originally belonged to the three-digit air force, the two-digit army, and the four-digit navy. The navy number 07 refers to the airship.

The Tokyo area is not small, the population is relatively dense, and the supplies are scarce. The method of using bonfires to point out the target cannot be used here.

"What are the final inspection results of each boat?" Ma Cang frowned and looked at the sky. He had no better way.

Today is a crescent moon, plus the cloudy weather, visibility is extremely low. As for the intelligence personnel in the city?

Direct intelligence personnel and very reliable users have received orders to leave Tokyo and go to other areas to "perform missions."

There are no intelligence department personnel in the city. At most, there are some channels, channels bought with money.

"Everything is normal, we can carry out the mission." The telegraph operator returned.

"Boats 002 to 026, continue to fly forward for one minute, the rest of the boats turn on the spot, turn 180 degrees, and fly for three minutes." Makura thought about it, but couldn't think of a solution, so he just bombed indiscriminately.

One minute is about two kilometers, and turning and flying for three minutes should not be two kilometers, after all, it needs to restart.

Ten minutes later, all the airships were in place, and the originally dense formation was now very separated, so that the indicator lights on the same floor could not be seen.

"It is now 1:17, send a telegram, boats 02 to 026 turn around." After receiving the report, Makura continued to adjust the formation, anyway, he was not discovered.

At 1:25, the adjustment was completed.

"Send a telegram to Ryukyu, it is now 1:25 in the morning, the bombing troops have completed the attack preparations over Tokyo, I am now over the Emperor's Palace, and will launch the bombing at 1:30."

"Forward Chang'an immediately after receiving this telegram, Makura's telegram."

Makura first sent a telegram to Ryukyu.

"Send a message to all boats, and start the bombing on time at 1:30 a.m. At that time, the whole team will fly straight ahead at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. After the bombing is completed, sail in the direction of 140."

Ma Cang issued a combat order, and only waited for 1:30 to arrive.

The waiting time was undoubtedly the most torturous. Ma Cang looked at the watch twice a minute, and time passed by minute by minute.

"Chief of Staff, Ryukyu forwarded the telegram from Chang'an." The telegraph operator handed over the telegram excitedly.

"Wish the bombing brigade all the best-Joint Operations Command-Liu Yiming."

"Reply, we will do our best!"

"Forward this telegram to all boats, His Majesty is waiting for us, and the empire is waiting for us." Ma Cang shouted excitedly.

Hesitant Liu Yiming hid it. Compared with the army and navy, the presence of the air force was too weak.

In addition, the major powers did not have the air force as an organization, and the aircraft belonged to the navy and the army respectively. Ma Cang was actually a little confused.

Sometimes, even as the Air Force Chief of Staff, he felt that if the Air Force was assigned to the Navy and the Army, would it play a greater role?

So even if he received a little encouragement, Ma Cang was excited.

boom...

At this moment, a not-so-loud explosion sounded, and Ma Cang looked down and saw small groups of fire appearing frequently.

This time, all the airships carried small bombs weighing ten kilograms, which were specially customized, and this was the reason why Ma Cang delayed the air strike until March.

The bombs were called oval, and each bomb consisted of six kilograms of semi-solid fuel and four kilograms of fuses or cast iron shells and explosives. They were completely new bombs.

The fuses used time fuses, and the parameters of the bombs were set in advance for the altitude at which each airship performed its mission, ensuring that each bomb would explode at an altitude of five to twenty meters from the ground.

The bomb charge was only more than three hundred grams, which was only equivalent to the charge of two M24 grenades, so the explosion power was not great.

However, the explosives were loaded in an octopus shape, which was enough to ensure that the cast iron shell was shattered and the semi-solid fuel was evenly sprayed out, forming a coverage area with a radius of more than eight meters.

In order to maximize the coverage area, Ma Cang also let the airship drop bombs at intervals while moving, so as to maximize the fire area.

In addition to the No. 021 airship, the other airships carried at least 500 bombs, with a total of more than 30,000 bombs.

If it were 30,000 conventional bombs, it would be extremely effective in damaging a huge city like Tokyo (Tokyo had a large population at that time, but the buildings were very low and large).

Even if each bomb accurately killed three people, it would only be 90,000 people, which would only cause a small amount of damage to Japan.

Some people say that a bomb killed dozens of people and affected hundreds of people, but that was the case with large-scale bombs, and many of the bombs were necessary and ineffective bombings in large-scale bombings.

But if the bombs were replaced with incendiary bombs, especially a large number of small incendiary bombs, it would be different for this city.

"The brightness is higher than before, it's burning, and the operation is effective." Ma Cang has been observing the explosion point.

Semi-solid fuel can burn for a long time, but if no one touches it after it is ignited, the fire will hardly get bigger, and in just a few minutes, he has found that the flames in several places are brighter.

This proves that flammable materials have been ignited, and tens of thousands of other fire points are also trying to ignite everything.

In fact, due to the absolute mass, the speed of the fire is not fast, and these places of fire were discovered by the awakened Japanese.

When the Japanese found the flames, they subconsciously put out the flames with water. However, there are active metal elements in the semi-solid fuel, which release a large amount of hydrogen and oxygen after combining with water, and the combustion intensifies.

"Chief of Staff, a large number of people are evacuating. It should be that the emperor wants to escape." The observer stared at the Imperial Palace.

No. 021 only carried 150 bombs, half of which were dropped on the Imperial Palace.

To be honest, the Imperial Palace is not a good bombing target because it occupies a large area and the buildings are relatively loose.

The bomb power is too small, and there is no accuracy in night bombing, so many bombs are wasted.

So after dropping half of the bombs, Makura decisively stopped the idea of ​​dropping more.

75 bombs only caused two buildings to burn. Many Japanese gathered at the Imperial Palace, and the flames would be extinguished soon.

boom...

In the distance, the explosions continued.

Makura watched the "fireworks" explode one by one, and the shape of the flames was similar to that of fireworks, but they would not go out, but fell down burning, burning whatever they stuck to.

The bombing lasted for twenty minutes. Each airship bombed more than seven kilometers. The fire area in Tokyo exceeded two square kilometers and was distributed in every corner of the city.

The limited firefighting force was not enough to solve such a big problem. The people who spontaneously put out the fire made the fire worse by pouring water.

At two o'clock in the morning, Ma Cang had already reached the seaside. The sky in his northwest was already red, which was the color of the fire.

"What is the situation of each boat? Is there any missing?" Ma Cang didn't even have a telescope, and he was staring at the northwest.

"031 and No. 11 boats said that they did not find any indicator lights flashing around."

"Turn on all the indicator lights on the top and let them rise too high to see if they can see us." Ma Cang put down the telescope with satisfaction after confirming that the fire was out of control.

"Send electricity to Ryukyu. Our department has successfully ignited Tokyo. This electricity is also forwarded to Chang'an." Ma Cang walked back to the position of the bridge and stopped staring at Tokyo.

"Contact 031 and No. 11, gather on the sea, if you don't see us, sail to the direction of 140."

"Departure, return."

…………

Tokyo, at this time, has become a purgatory.

Because the fifty airships are almost distributed in a ring shape, the initial fire point is a ring, a ring with a radius of more than two kilometers.

When the first batch of bombs burned, the Tokyo Fire Department had already been dispatched. If some fire points could be extinguished at this time, the subsequent losses could be reduced a lot, and isolation could also be used to control the fire.

However, the Imperial Palace was burned!

The bosses at all levels put pressure on the fire department to rush to the Imperial Palace to put out the fire. In fact, the Imperial Palace only burned two houses, and there were no other buildings around, so there was no need to use hundreds of firefighters.

But...

Then, the fire gradually rose, and what added fuel to the fire was that the airships continued to throw incendiary bombs, and more and more places were ignited.

When the airship left the sky over Tokyo, the fire was out of control, but the fire in the Imperial Palace was extinguished, and the emperor was also transferred out.

Well, if you can't live in Tokyo, you can go to Kyoto.

At two o'clock in the morning, Tokyo Fire Department began to try to establish isolation belts and put out some fires. Just when they were implementing it effectively, the wind started to blow.

Tokyo is not far from the sea. The raging flames changed the airflow temperature, and then changed the air flow.

The wind helped the fire. The flames, which were already raging, rose several meters at once. The flames began to connect into pieces, and the whole city could hear the whirring sound.

At three o'clock, a ring-shaped flame circle was formed, and several fire tornadoes were formed, wreaking havoc.

The bigger the flame, the more violent the airflow, and the more violent the burning.

All the efforts of Tokyo Fire Department failed to achieve results, and they could only organize the evacuation of personnel. As for the people in the flame circle, they could only pray that Amaterasu would bless them.