Chapter 164 The Death of the Empire
At this time, a buzzing sound was heard in the sky above Tokyo.

Tens of thousands of Japanese who participated in the firefighting, including Ryuji Nitta, raised their heads.

Those were the bombers that blocked out the sky.

Of course, this is not an American plane. After all, the main force of the Japanese navy still exists in Guam. Unless the Japanese navy is destroyed, the US bombers cannot get here at all.

These bombers belong to Japan itself.

It turned out that the raging fire in Tokyo Bay had seriously endangered several battleships under construction. The semi-finished battleships were certainly unable to move. These were the treasures that the Japanese had spent all their money on, and they must not be lost.

But the fire blocked the rescue.

In order to avoid the subsequent heavy losses, the only way is to drop fire extinguishing agents from the air, just like putting out a wildfire.

As a result, dozens of light bombers that were urgently modified and equipped with fire-extinguishing dry powder were dispatched from other air force bases.

They are the hope of all Japan! Especially the hope of the navy.

Now everyone in Tokyo, from the emperor to the common people, is praying silently to Amaterasu, hoping that these bombers can succeed in one strike and that these dry powder fire extinguishers can put out the fire in the oil tank area.

However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

This is no ordinary wildfire, but a colloid fire produced by a crude oil explosion, the temperature at its center is comparable to the surface of the sun.

The air in this area is heated to hundreds or thousands of degrees.

Anyone who has studied a little physics knows that hot air rises and cold air falls.

Waves of heat that could melt steel continued to roll back vertically into the sky.

The wings of the leading bombers melted piece by piece when they entered the heat zone. The bomb bays were even melted and welded shut by the high temperature, and the pilots inside were roasted immediately.

Then one after another the out-of-control bombers exploded in mid-air or fell down.

The plane behind saw that the situation was not good and wanted to turn.

But everyone knows that airplanes are not like cars. Their turning radius is very large, especially the Type 96 land attack aircraft, which has a turning radius of over a thousand meters.

Next, a wonderful scene unfolded in front of Nitta Ryuji and others. Even all the people in Tokyo saw it.

One after another, the Type 96 land-based attack aircraft had their wings melted under the heat wave, and then plunged headfirst.

This is Tokyo!

Tokyo is densely populated and full of people.

Some of the bombers fell into the sea, which was fine. Some of them fell like heavy bombs in various areas north of Tokyo.

The fuel carried by the bombers turned them into flame bombs and exploded in residential areas in the north.

This time, the fire was not put out, but instead ignited other scattered areas.

Suddenly, wailing and crying could be heard all over North Tokyo.

Of course, with such a big accident, the Japanese no longer dared to send the air force to put out the fire, and could only rely on manpower.——
"Captain, we've received a notification from Yodobashi Reservoir that they have opened the gates to release unlimited water! All water systems in Tokyo are now fully supporting us."

A firefighter covered in black and gray, looking extremely disheveled, ran to Ryuji Nitta and reported.

"Yoshi! Let's fill our blankets with water before putting out the fire! Otherwise, the high temperature will cause everyone to become dehydrated!"

Ryuji Nitta picked up a felt and dipped it heavily into the water spraying from the fire hydrant. Perhaps because the fire was so widespread, no one noticed that the water seemed a little different today.

The water in Yodobashi today seems a little gray, with a faint, barely perceptible stench of corpse.

Of course, even if they knew, these people could only assume that it was the gray mist produced by the fire that polluted the water.

Ryuji Nitta wrapped the felt blanket around his body, not noticing that the gray corpse gas emitting from the wet felt under the high temperature was seeping into his pores.

Of course, this scene not only happened to him, but also to others.

Countless Japanese firefighters and infantrymen on the front line were wearing felt and holding high-pressure water guns, continuously pressing and releasing water into the flames.

Unfortunately, this is just a drop in the bucket.

On the contrary, after the water is evaporated by high temperature, it provides sufficient oxygen to help combustion.

But they didn't notice that the evaporated water mist seemed to smell a little different, as if it had a bit of the stench of corpse.

Half an hour later, Ryuji Nitta was substituted.

Under such high temperatures, each team member can only last for half an hour at most, and they will become dehydrated under the high temperature for too long.

Ryuji Nitta sat down in the mud in a panic. He only felt his heart beating very fast in his chest, his vision began to blur, and his whole will became vague.

"What's wrong with me? Am I dehydrated? Yes, I must be dehydrated! I need to drink some water."

At this moment, Ryuji Nitta's eyes were completely bloodshot, and the area around his eye sockets was covered with a large number of black blood vessel lines.

Its mouth was split open with two sharp canine teeth like a wolfdog.

He stared with bloodshot eyes, and in his blurred consciousness, there seemed to be a bucket as tall as a person shaking constantly in front of him.

Gurgle, Ryuji Nitta made a sound like a wild animal in his throat: "Thirsty! I'm so thirsty!"

Then, unable to control himself any longer, he instinctively lunged towards the human-shaped bucket.

Kita Keiichi is a private first class who replaced Captain Nitta Ryuji. He is holding a high-pressure water hose and spraying water at the fire in front.

He didn't even notice that a dark shadow suddenly appeared behind him.

"Ah! It hurts! Captain Nitta Ryuji, what are you doing? Stop it!"

Kita Eiichi felt his back sink and his neck hurt. When he turned around, he was horrified to find that his captain was lying on him like a vampire, biting his neck and sucking blood in big gulps.

It seemed as if she was dissatisfied with Kita Eichi's restless movement.

With a ripping sound, Ryuji Nitta simply bit off half of his throat, and then chewed the fresh meat in big mouthfuls, roaring to the sky!
The blood-stained Ryuji Nitta no longer looked like a human at all. His eyes were devoid of humanity with black pupils like those of evil spirits. Brown blood vessels burst and scattered around the corners of his eyes. His mouth was wide open, revealing sharp teeth like a wolfhound. The nails on his hands had grown huge, and the black nails were as sharp as daggers.

Whoosh, whoosh, who lost half of his trachea, felt as if his throat was leaking air, and hot air rushed in through the broken part. All the strength in his body quickly disappeared, and then he fell heavily to the ground. His lifeless eyes reflected Ryuji Nitta, who had turned into an evil spirit and was about to bite his next victim.

No! It wasn't just him! Many of the comrades who had drunk the well water and covered themselves with felt seemed to have turned into evil spirits, stretching out their vicious claws towards their former colleagues.

"There's something wrong with this water." This was Kita Keichi's last thought when he was alive.

The roars, screams, and crackling sounds of burning flames seemed to echo throughout northern Tokyo.

At this moment, the sun has set, but Tokyo is still as bright as day.

It was because the flames that no one was trying to put out were becoming more and more fierce, and seemed to be spreading gradually into the city.

Yes!

At this time, there was no one on the front line to put out the fire, because the corpse poison that was caused by the release of "black blood" and the disintegration of the entire green-haired zombie had completely erupted. The 70,000 to 80,000 people on the front line had been drinking Yodobashi water with corpse poison for a long time, and the firefighters had been completely attacked by the corpse gas.

Although the black blood was extremely diluted and could not transform them into the extremely difficult zombies in Base 114, it was easy for them to transform into bloodthirsty zombies.

At this moment, the paramilitary personnel of the 1st Guards Division, Kyoto Guard Division, various police detachments, and fire detachments have completely turned into zombies. Their humanity has disappeared, and they naturally will no longer put out fires. Instead, they rush to densely populated areas and wantonly drink human flesh and blood.

As mentioned before, in order to put out the fire, the Tokyo Military Headquarters dispatched a large number of military personnel. Now that the entire army was turned into zombies, there was no other military force to stop these zombies.

Only some key departments such as the Imperial Palace, the Academy of Sciences, the residences of senior officials, and the military departments seemed to still have some resistance.

As for the rest of the civilians, they are on their own.

At this moment, rumors were spreading in the city that the fire was the fire of hell, the gates of hell had been opened, and these zombies that drank human blood were the evil spirits that came out of hell.

A vast number of Tokyo citizens fled continuously from north to south, forming a huge flow of people. The number of people increased, one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, or three hundred thousand people, fleeing continuously to the south under the pressure of zombies and fire.

But the tragic fate of Tokyo residents seems to be far more than that.

Although water from the Yodobashi Reservoir was immediately diverted to Edogawa District to put out the fire, a small portion of it flowed into several areas adjacent to Edogawa District.

Those residents who drank the Yodobashi water accelerated the flow of corpse poison in their bodies as they fled.

And then nothing happened. Zombies suddenly broke out among the fleeing crowd.

Although the number was small, it caused the terrified citizens to completely lose the last bit of their sanity, just like a camp roar.

You push me, I push you, and we run away desperately in all directions without any reason!

One of them fell, and the ones behind him fell like dominoes, and then a stampede occurred.

People's rationality seemed to have completely disappeared, and they didn't care about the people under their feet at all. These people were trampled into meat paste and turned into blood flowing into the ditches around them.

Some people had no way to escape, so they jumped into the water of Tokyo Bay, but were soon scalded to death by the already burning sea water.

People were roaring madly and screaming irrationally!
Some people even picked up whatever was in their hands and hit the people around them fiercely, just because the other person was blocking their way!

Tokyo, this once prosperous city, is now plunged into unprecedented chaos and panic.

Flames shot up into the sky and raged. What was even more terrifying was that those comrades-in-arms, neighbors, and even close family members who had once fought side by side turned into bloodthirsty zombies in an instant, stretching out their hideous claws towards their former compatriots.

Trust between people has completely disappeared, and no one can guarantee that their companions will not turn into zombies.

At this time, the northern part of Tokyo had completely lost order and became a mess.

The fire + corpse poison produced a chemical chain reaction, and the disaster index increased infinitely, which was beyond the imagination of Song Tianen, the instigator.

"What a magnificent scene! Do you think so too?"

Iga Oboro's body was placed under a cherry tree, his empty eyes staring at Tokyo, which had turned into hell.

Even though the person was dead, blood continued to drip out of the empty eye sockets.

Song Tianen put out the cigarette and pulled out his knife.

At this moment, the blade was shaking constantly under the illumination of the red clouds of fire, as if to express its approval of what Song Tianen had done! The sound of excited sword chanting continued to be heard.

"Don't be impatient. I will let you drink the blood of your enemies."

As if assured, Qiu Kou Dao stopped vibrating. At this time, Song Tianen's gaze was directed towards the Academy of Sciences in southern Tokyo and the Japanese imperial palace.
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At ten o'clock in the evening, Tokyo had fallen into a state of tranquility as usual.

But tonight Tokyo is like boiling water! Tokyo's night is no longer as beautiful and prosperous as it used to be. Just as a famous poet said, she is slowly dying.

Even in the Imperial Palace in Chiyo District, which is more than ten miles away from Edogawa District, one can still hear the loud screams and occasional explosions at the Tokyo Bay oil depot.

At this time, the Imperial Palace was heavily guarded by three layers of defense inside and outside, with about 5,000 remaining remnants of the 1st Guards Division.

But the fearful Tamai Ren felt that this was not enough, and he used the radio to order several national defense divisions stationed outside Kyoto to set off urgently!
It is expected that at 1 a.m., 30,000 troops from the 5th and 18th defense divisions near Hachioji City will take a train to march quickly to defend Kyoto and suppress the "rioters."

As for the fire? Even the most optimistic people do not think that this sea of ​​fire can be put out. We can only hope that the fire in the oil field will go out automatically after the oil is burned out.

The main hall of the Imperial Palace was brightly lit.

Emperor Tamashii sat in the middle like a mascot, letting the Dacheng below make a lot of noise.

The Navy Minister Shimataro Shimada grabbed the collar of the Minister of Internal Affairs Okinori Kaya and said, "Damn it! You bastards! The oil depot has always been under the responsibility of your Ministry of Internal Affairs. Why! Why! The oil depot exploded? Did you know that the loss of these tanks of the oil empire will only make the battleships become decorations! And can you be responsible for the loss of several battleships in Tokyo Bay, including the Yamato and Musashi?"

When Shimada Shigetaro thought about the decisive battle weapons in Tokyo Bay that were built with the whole country's efforts and burned into a pile of scrap metal without firing a single shot, his heart was bleeding! As for the 70,000 or 80,000 dead army idiots, they were dead! Even if they added another zero to the end, they were not worth as much as those battleships.

Minister of Internal Affairs Okinori Kaya stammered in response, "No, it's impossible! I entrust Lieutenant General Ishimura Goro to conduct safety inspections every week! The safety standards of the oil depot are comparable to those of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office. How could an explosion occur? There must be an outsider who caused the sabotage, yes! It must be like this!"

The Minister of the Navy Shimada Shigetaro did not want to hear his explanation, and threw the samurai sword at his waist in front of him with a clang: "Useless! You made such a big mistake, you should commit suicide by disembowelment in front of His Majesty, and I will help you!"

"Bagayalu! Who do you think you are? We are equals, so what qualifications do you have to ask me to commit suicide by disembowelment?" The Minister of the Interior, Kaya Okinori, glared at the Minister of the Navy, Shimada Shigetaro, and for a while there was a constant noise in the main hall.

boom!
The then Prime Minister, Tojo Koki, slammed the table hard.

After attracting everyone's attention, he said, "You bastards! What do you think this place is? Your office? This is the Imperial Palace. You are so disrespectful in front of His Majesty!"

"Shimataro Shimada, put away your katana!"

"Hmph!" Shimada Shigetaro picked up his samurai sword angrily and sat back in his original position heavily, but the murderous intent in his eyes was not concealed at all.

After the main hall has become completely quiet.

Tojo Koki ignored these idiots in the cabinet and turned his attention to Tamashi, who was like a mascot.

"Your Majesty! Whether the oil tank fire was caused by human or natural disaster, it is an established fact that cannot be reversed. The most urgent task now is to stop the blood-sucking zombies from continuing to move south. Otherwise, the entire Tokyo will fall into complete turmoil. By then, the loss of the empire will be immeasurable. The safety of the five million people in other districts of Tokyo cannot be guaranteed, and the safety of the royal family cannot be guaranteed either."

Yu Ren, who was like a retarded child, finally showed some reaction at this time, and asked in his unique duck voice: "Does Tojo Aiqing have any solution?"

Seeing the mascot's reaction, Tojo Koki nodded and asked his subordinates to use secret techniques to pull up a large map of Tokyo.

He said while tapping the map with his baton.

"Your Majesty! Four hours ago, most of our Tokyo Guard Division was suddenly transformed into corpses while fighting a fire. Now these transformed soldiers are carrying 300,000 people from the entire Edogawa District and are rolling south. In order to stop them, we must now form a firepower network from Qingxin Town in the south to Komatsu River in the north to Chuo 2-chome! But there are very few soldiers available in Tokyo now, so we must dispatch most of the First Guard Division from the Imperial Palace."

"Prime Minister! The mission of the Imperial Guard Division is only to protect His Majesty. We cannot accept any other missions." Yu Ren hadn't spoken yet.

Lieutenant General Nagano Eio, commander of the 1st Guards Division, was the first to stand up and refuse.

Tojo Koki stared at the ignorant lieutenant general. Although he was the Prime Minister and the Minister of War, he had no authority to dispatch the Imperial Guard Division directly under the Royal Family. Otherwise, he would not have asked for permission from the wooden man, Tamahide.

Seeing that Tamahide was a little hesitant, Tojo Koki leaned over again and reported: "Your Majesty! Now is a matter of urgency. Once those rioters are taken hostage by the blood-sucking zombies, everything will be too late. By then, even if the Imperial Palace is heavily guarded, it will not be able to ensure Your Majesty's safety. We will take the initiative to attack and defend, and compress the rioters in the Edogawa area. As long as we hold out for three hours, several divisions around us will enter Tokyo and everything will be peaceful!"

Although Nagano Eio had been hinting at Yu Ren not to agree, seeing the stares of Tojo Hideki and several other masters, Yu Ren had no courage to refuse and could only nod and agree: "As you say, my dear."

Tojo Xiaoji's face lit up: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will stay by your side and ensure your safety."

Several ministers followed suit and said, "We will stay by your Majesty's side."

(End of this chapter)