Japan is a country prone to earthquakes. In order to reduce losses, the Japanese have insisted on using wooden houses from very early on.
In view of the fact that this island country is full of wooden houses, the US military tried a combination of bombs and incendiary bombs for this bombing. The explosion of the bomb first caused panic among the Japanese people, and then used incendiary bombs to ignite the fear in the Japanese people's hearts, killing people. Heart-breaking effect.
There are fires everywhere in the East Longitude, and the photos taken by B25 are more shocking and can inspire the morale of anti-fascist countries in the United States and even the world.
The last incendiary bomb dropped by the No. 1 aircraft was too vicious. It was the M-47A incendiary bomb newly developed by the US military. It would explode in the air at a distance of 130 meters from the ground. All the long strips of 2.73 kilogram bomblets scattered in all directions, destroying this incendiary bomb. The area turned into a living hell.
These bombs contained napalm—gasoline that has been turned into a gel—in the center.
These solid gasoline bombs fell from the sky, hit the extremely flammable wooden houses, and splashed everywhere, releasing highly flammable napalm and igniting countless small flames that could not be extinguished. Then they would quickly connect into one, and then spread out in all directions. The spread can cover an area of five to six kilometers. In this area, almost all wooden houses will not be spared.
The fire and water were merciless, coupled with the huge deterrent effect of the aerial bomb explosion, the crowd that was caught off guard began to panic on a large scale. There were cries and stampedes everywhere, and there were countless cries on the ground.
Drills are one thing, war is another.
The Japanese, who had not experienced a local war for a long time, panicked at this moment. Many people's clothes were ignited by solid gasoline. Even rolling on the ground could not stop the fire from getting bigger and bigger. The liquid gasoline stuck to their bodies, burning people to the point of burning. The heart-rending wails made the crowd panic to the extreme.
The bombs and incendiary bombs dropped by the No. 1 aircraft were like several fire dragons spitting fire and burning on the ground, indicating the bombing positions for the other 12 bombers.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese were caught off guard, another 12 bombers filed in, one after another at intervals of 150-200 meters. At an altitude of 2,500 meters, they quickly dropped bombs and incendiary bombs around the target area, and the fire continued to spread around. Spreading, turning twenty to thirty square kilometers of ground into red flames.
Before bombing Japan, Doolittle and the others formulated several bombing plans. One of them was that when the fleet flew over the east longitude and was not intercepted by the Japanese army, all bombers could use Doolittle's bombing point as the coordinates and fly around it. Bombing.
The purpose of this air strike was to quickly drop the bomb and then escape quickly. There was no high requirement for the bomb's accuracy. The U.S. military believed that as long as the bomb was dropped on Japanese territory, it would be a great victory.
Therefore, when Doolittle dropped his bomb first, igniting fire and billowing smoke on the ground, the other 12 bombers followed closely like hyenas smelling blood and quickly dropped their bombs.
Under the attack of the fire, the Japanese wooden houses simply contributed to the disaster, and the air became so hot that it almost melted people's lungs.
The power of solid gasoline incendiary bombs is so powerful that it can instantly turn a wooden house and the people inside it into charcoal, and even many people hiding around the house will be roasted alive.
Many people were unable to fight back against the violent fire and chose to take refuge in nearby ponds or rivers.
However.
The intensive bombing drops of these 13 bombers invisibly drew a line of death. The high temperature caused by the scorching flames actually boiled the water in ponds and rivers, like a cauldron of hot water, boiling those The Japanese who jumped into the water to seek refuge were scalded to death...
The heat wave airflow generated by the incendiary bombs was continuously rolled upward by the high-explosive bombs, causing the B-25 bomber flying at an altitude of 1,000 meters to shake slightly.
Watching the Japs people in Dongjing being burned by the fire, Zhou Zhihan, who was driving a Mustang at high altitude, looked at China: "Have you seen the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country in the Anti-Japanese War and the people who died tragically in the Japs' war? The retribution of the little Japs is coming. ”
Seeing the tragic situation of the Japanese on the ground, and the smell of burnt corpses floating into the air, several American pilots and bombardiers couldn't bear it, and asked Doolittle to burn the remaining bombs. Drop the bomb elsewhere.
Doolittle, who was evacuating, said: "The Japanese trampled on international conventions and used incendiary bombs first. As early as 1940, they dropped a large number of incendiary bombs in Chongqing, China, causing many casualties to innocent people. We are responding as human beings. Treat the person. Have you forgotten their vicious act of brazenly dropping bombs on our hospital ships, hospitals and innocent people when they attacked Pearl Harbor?"
Zhou Zhihan said: "You cannot be humane to the Japanese because they have never been humane and are not worthy of being humane. From Nanjing to Chongqing to the Pearl Harbor incident, the Japanese have never been humane. If anyone wants to treat Japan If people are humane, then ask them to ask the souls of those who died tragically under their guns and bayonets if they agree."
Bombardier No. 9 shouted loudly: "Yes, you can't talk about humanity with the Japanese. They have created atrocities one after another. If we talk about humanity with them, it is tantamount to aiding the evil. For such a country and nation, the bombs that fall on their heads That’s the ending they deserve.”
"Okay, okay!" said the bombardier of Unit 7, who was a priest before. "Since God has given us weapons and allowed us to come here safely, let's use them!" As he said, he dropped the weapon. A terrifying incendiary bomb made the fire on the ground even more fierce.
The ground was in chaos, and Japan's air defense positions were even more chaotic. They were recovering balloons to prevent low-altitude raids, and were suddenly attacked by an air attack. The gunners were unable to get in place, and there were dozens of fighter planes in the sky. It looked very chaotic, and it was very confusing for a while. It is difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Seeing the fire raging on the ground, the eyes of the two Zero Fighter pilots were shattered. Seeing that the No. 1 enemy plane that dropped the bomb first wanted to escape, they immediately pressed the stick and chased, but they looked at the black hole of the B-25 that was comparable to a naval gun. At the muzzle of the gun, the two Zero Fighters did not dare to approach too closely, but only cautiously tested. Being hit by a machine gun of such a caliber would have terrible consequences.
The B-25 gunner smiled bitterly, and the black bamboo tube on the tail of the bomber scared the Zero Fighter pilots, but this was only temporary. After the Japanese planes found out that the bomber's rear machine gun was fake, they would die miserably.
Suddenly, with the sun behind it, a fighter plane pounced towards Bomber No. 1 at an angle of 30 degrees.
The speed of this fighter plane was so fast that it swooped down from a high altitude like a bolt of yellow lightning. It immediately attracted cheers from the Japanese who had found a safe haven far away from the ignition point of the explosion. They hated the No. 1 U.S. The bombers shouted loudly:
"This is our fighter plane..."
"Oh... our fighter planes rushed down..."
"Baga... something is wrong. What kind of logo is painted on the nose of this fighter jet... Oh, it seems to be a huge tooth..."
"What is painted on the wing of this fighter plane is not the sun... Baga... it is the blue sky and white sun emblem... it is a Chinese aircraft..."
