The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1280 - 939 Times Up
Chapter 1280: Chapter 939: Time’s Up
Chapter 1280 -939: Time’s Up
Thanks to the generosity of the Island Nation’s Government, foreign nationals currently staying on Native Land have been able to find sustenance.
Of course, there are some foreigners who have substantial industries in the Island Nation, and they are not willing to leave for the sake of the Australasian threat.
For these people, the Australasian Government will show no mercy.
The only chance was the previous attempt to persuade through public opinion, and since they missed it, they will be treated as citizens of the Native Land.
The quick three days passed by, but the news of Australasia using a new weapon to bomb Hiroshima was still spreading at a very fast pace.
The Islanders began their propaganda campaign as planned, using many media outlets to promote Australasia’s cruel acts in Hiroshima, and furiously accusing the Australasian Government of slaughtering at least 500,000 Islanders.
Although this propaganda initially had some effect, in the realm of public opinion, Australasia was not something that the Island Nation could withstand alone.
Arthur first promoted through newspapers controlled by the Royal Consortium the inhumane human and biochemical experiments conducted by the Island Nation in the occupied areas, and he also presented substantial photographic evidence.
This tarnished the reputation of the Island Nation, and following that, Australasia claimed that the bombing of Hiroshima was for military purposes, even providing several photos of the Island Nation’s military forces stationed around Hiroshima.
It was clear from the photos that the scale of the troops stationed around Hiroshima likely far exceeded the urban population of Hiroshima.
Upon reflection, it seemed only right that Australasia bombed the enemy’s military bases, and civilian casualties in Hiroshima were an inevitable consequence.
After the propaganda war ended, the Islanders hastened to restore order in Hiroshima while organizing their Military to head towards Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island.
This was somewhat good news because, as Hiroshima was almost destroyed, the Australasian Air Force paid much less attention to it.
This finally gave the Island Nation’s Government a chance to safely transport troops to Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island.
As the building ruins around the outskirts of Hiroshima were gradually cleared, the Island Nation Army could finally enter the Hiroshima City Area and see for themselves the stunning power of Australasia’s bombardment.
From the blast center to the nearest point on the outskirts of Hiroshima, two kilometers, to the furthest point, six kilometers.
Whether entering from the nearest or the furthest point, all that met the eye was rubble.
All buildings in the Urban City of Hiroshima, whether reinforced concrete or wooden, were turned into ruins, and the scene was devastating to behold.
What surprised the Island Nation Army and those clearing the site was that the outskirts were better off, where some surviving buildings and people could still be seen.
But the deeper they went into Hiroshima, not only was there no surviving architecture, there were also no surviving citizens of Hiroshima.
Even more horrifying, not only were no surviving citizens found, but their bodies were not discovered either!
The Island Nation’s Government immediately invited a team of experts to survey the area and arrived at a shocking conclusion: the center of the Hiroshima City Area had at some point experienced temperatures exceeding 5000 degrees Celsius, vaporizing these civilians in an instant.
Some of the remaining traces at the scene confirmed this, the only evidence left by the vaporized bodies.
Everyone at the site swallowed hard, filled with terror at the thought of Australasia’s horrific weapon.
To directly destroy a city was one thing, but to generate temperatures over 5000 degrees Celsius that could vaporize a person was something entirely different. What kind of terrifying weapon was this, and why did Australasia possess it?
What these Islanders did not know was that although the explosion of the Atomic Bomb was in the past, its impact on Hiroshima was far from over.
The second day after order in Hiroshima started to be restored, personnel began to show signs of discomfort.
At first, it was just dizziness and nausea, but after a while, it turned into whole-body purpura, hair loss, bleeding from the nose and gums, and even bloody stools.
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If it had been an isolated case, it might have been dismissed, but these symptoms quickly spread to all the Island Nation’s Military and people who entered Hiroshima.
Just on the third day, August 27, 1937, over a thousand soldiers manifested these symptoms, with rapidly deteriorating skin tissue and life hanging by a thread.
Only then did the Islanders begin to realize that the effects of Australasia’s weapon were not just from the explosion, and that there was ongoing damage beyond their imagination.
But by the time they realized it, it was already too late. By the time these symptoms were discovered and taken seriously, over 100,000 people had entered Hiroshima, and more than 300,000 had come into contact with various building ruins and debris from the city center.
The magnitude of this impact was far beyond what the Island Nation’s Government had anticipated; they didn’t even have time to denounce Australasia’s inhumanity in the newspapers, and had to rapidly evacuate their troops from around Hiroshima in fear that the effects would spread through the entire Military.
An exceedingly thorny issue for the Island Nation’s Government was whether or not to spend a great cost to treat the survivors of the Hiroshima Bombing and the affected soldiers afterward.
Looking at their current symptoms, it was clear that the Island Nation’s medical technology was insufficient to save their lives.
Rather than treating them, it would be more like keeping them on their last breath, prolonging their suffering.
