Expedition to Europe

If it was a "divine punishment", it would have happened on Penglai Island, which would have been logical.

However, reality is always more absurd than fiction. It seems that God also thinks that Lan Fang has not tormented the Japanese enough, and retribution has come to the Japanese again.

Although Girardin was confident, he did not dare to be careless. The earth had just calmed down, because the commander-in-chief in Japan, Yang Kai, was injured and could not continue to work. Girardin, who was ordered to take charge of the situation, immediately ordered all troops to enter a state of war. The troops should fight to save themselves as soon as possible, and then start to restore social order.

It was not until the third day of the earthquake that the relevant data was counted.

This earthquake did not only occur in Tokyo, but also affected the entire Kanto region.

The earthquake occurred at noon, and citizens in Tokyo and other places were busy making lunch, and many families were burning.

The earthquake destroyed the gas pipeline, and the gas overflowed and ignited when it encountered fire. Tokyo and other places suddenly turned into a sea of ​​fire. The fire almost turned the Kanto region of Japan into a hell on earth. Thousands of victims fled to the beach and jumped into the sea to avoid the flames.

But a few hours later, an oil depot near the beach exploded, and more than 100,000 tons of oil was poured into the bay. The fire ignited the oil on the surface of the water, and the bay instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire. All the people who took refuge in the sea were burned to death.

Some people fled to the beaches and ports that were not affected by the fire for the time being. But the tsunami caused by the earthquake set off huge waves, rushing towards the coast of the harbor bay at a speed of 750 kilometers per hour, destroying all ships, port facilities and near-shore houses, sweeping away and smashing 4,000 ships, and drowning more than 50,000 people.

Ports of all sizes, such as Tokyo, Yokohama, and Yokosuka, were paralyzed. In this earthquake, 85% of the houses in Tokyo were destroyed, 96% of the houses in Yokohama were razed to the ground, and the number of deaths and missing people in the entire Greater Tokyo area exceeded 140,000, more than 200,000 were injured, and more than 3 million people suffered property damage.

The loss report was sent to Qin Zhiyuan's desk as soon as possible, and at the same time, a telegram from Girardin asking to continue to stay in Japan was sent.

In fact, the telegram about the earthquake was delivered to Qin Zhiyuan just fifteen minutes after the earthquake occurred.

To be honest, there was a moment when Qin Zhiyuan wished he could grow wings and fly to Tokyo to rescue Girardine from that hell on earth. It was at this time that Qin Zhiyuan realized how important Girardine was to her. The little girl who was once lonely and helpless had become Qin Zhiyuan's inseparable family and the first concern of Qin Zhiyuan for this era.

Misha behaved even more out of control. When he learned about the news of the earthquake in Tokyo, Misha actually made an unprecedented request to Qin Zhiyuan, asking Qin Zhiyuan to withdraw Girardine immediately.

Although Qin Zhiyuan knew that asking Girardine to come back would probably be fruitless, he still followed Misha's wishes and asked Girardine to withdraw to Lanfang.

Sure enough, Girardine refused to withdraw to Lanfang.

Girardin's reasons are very sufficient. Japan is now in a critical period of social change. The death of the emperor has caused Japanese society to lose its spiritual pillar. The Lanfang government should take advantage of the opportunity and gain the recognition of most Japanese. It is not worth the loss to evacuate Japan now.

Moreover, Yang Kai was seriously injured in the earthquake and is unable to handle affairs now. If a commander is temporarily transferred from Lanfang, he will inevitably miss the best opportunity to gain the recognition of the Japanese because he is not familiar with the situation.

After explaining the situation to Qin Zhiyuan, Girardin immediately led the army and members of the "Qin Corps" to start earthquake relief.

In fact, ordinary people have very low resistance to such natural disasters that cannot be resisted by human power. Many ordinary people may spend their entire lives and all their property is concentrated in that house. After this earthquake, it is almost like working hard for decades, and it is back to the pre-liberation period in one day.

For Tokyo citizens, self-help is not a problem, but the difficulty is post-disaster reconstruction, and Tokyo citizens really do not have the ability.

When Lan Fang was fighting against Japan, they once carried out a Tokyo bombing, which almost destroyed Tokyo. In fact, Tokyo had just recovered some popularity before the earthquake, but it was exhausted again in this earthquake.

The earthquake did help Girardin a lot. Those emperor's supporters who were imprisoned in prison and News Street a few days ago were almost all killed in this earthquake.

In fact, most of the houses in Tokyo are wooden structures. Such wooden structures will basically not collapse in earthquakes, and even if they collapse, they will not cause serious casualties. Prisons are different. In order to prevent prisoners from escaping, most prisons use brick and stone structures. As a result, in this earthquake, brick and stone structures were severely damaged. Almost one in ten of the entire Tokyo city survived. Naturally, the people in the houses did not have a good end. Even if they were not killed by the houses, they would die of hunger and cold in the ruins.

Girardin's disaster relief started with the families of the "Qin Corps" members.

There are about 30,000 "Qin Corps" members in the entire Tokyo city, and their families are given priority care.

In fact, the help they could provide was not much, but at least there was food to sustain life and temporary tents, which was very rare in Tokyo just after the earthquake.

The families of these "Qin Corps" members were given priority to be transferred to the vicinity of the Lan Fang headquarters in Japan, where post-disaster reconstruction work would begin first, and there would be five to six large communities to accommodate the families of these "Qin Corps" members.

All military doctors and military chaplains were also dispatched at the same time. The military doctors were busy rescuing the wounded, and the chaplains were responsible for handling the aftermath of the victims who died in the earthquake.

This action immediately changed many Tokyo people's views on Lanfang's army. Facts have proved that the Japanese do not care much about who they are loyal to, whether it is the Emperor of Japan or King Lanfang. The key is who can provide them with a stable life. As well as a promising future, the Emperor of Japan made a promise to the Japanese in the past. Although it has not yet been fulfilled, there is still hope to look forward to. What Qin Zhiyuan provided to the Japanese was help in times of need, which seemed to be more popular with Tokyo citizens than empty promises.

In this major earthquake, Tokyo suffered heavy losses, and social order was almost completely out of control. Compared with the hopeless future, the immediate difficulties seem more urgent.

The most obvious problem is that the earthquake destroyed almost all government agencies and factories in Tokyo. A large number of workers lost their jobs, their houses were also damaged in the earthquake, and all their property was lost. Let alone rebuilding after the disaster, can they even survive? All very problematic.

In order to stabilize the emotions of these victims, Girardine almost immediately launched "relief for work".

"Relief for work" refers to a support policy in which the government invests in the construction of infrastructure projects, and the recipients participate in the construction of the projects and receive labor remuneration, thereby replacing direct relief.

Lanfang often implements "relief for work" in China. This method has many benefits. First of all, it can stabilize the mood of the victims and allow them to have work and food for the time being. This also reduces many hidden dangers. At least they will not be fighting for a bite. Take risks out of desperation.

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In fact, the materials needed for disaster relief have not been shipped yet. In order to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, Girardin brought out the food prepared by the garrison. Most of the food prepared by the army was canned, and the quantity was somewhat insufficient. The quality was passable in the previous generation.

Money has no meaning at this time. Japan's economic system has been messed up by the two commanders stationed in Japan. Even if you have money, you can't buy anything. Direct distribution of food is the most reliable way.

In addition to working meals, the workers hired by Girardine also receive an extra can per person per day. Although this is not enough to fill the stomachs of the workers' families, it will certainly not starve to death.

As long as you don't starve to death, there is hope.

After the earthquake, everything in Tokyo was ruined. The entire city had become a huge ruin. Almost all the masonry houses collapsed. Although not many wooden houses collapsed, they did not escape the subsequent fire. Starting from the work of clearing the ruins, and more importantly, rescuing the wounded and resettling the victims, the dead have passed away, but the living remain the same.

The military doctors at the headquarters in Japan are the busiest. On average, each military doctor has to deal with hundreds of wounded people every day. In the first three days after the earthquake, many military doctors worked non-stop for three days and three nights. Some of them have already collapsed at work from exhaustion. , these people were immediately established as models and widely publicized in the Mainichi Shimbun and the Asahi Shimbun.

It can be said that those Japanese who were once hostile to the Lanfang government began to change their views on the Lanfang government from these military doctors.

In fact, even in the 21st century, among all the armies in the world, only the PLA will devote its field troops to various rescue and disaster relief operations. The PLA does this because of its inherent glorious tradition and to live up to its reputation as a "people's soldier". "The glorious title, so every major disaster will become an opportunity to unite people's hearts. In Japan, the shock of Lanfang's military involvement in emergency rescue and disaster relief was even greater.

Because of his high status, Soldier Lanfang has always had a somewhat arrogant temperament.

This "arrogance" is different from "arrogance". Ordinary people will get help when they ask Lanfang soldiers for help, but at the same time they can also feel the alienation in the bones of soldiers who do not allow strangers to enter. The Japanese feel this even more deeply. .

But when disaster strikes, when despair fills every corner of the city, it is the soldiers who used to "keep strangers out" of the Japanese people to lend a helping hand. It is these soldiers who gave up their rations to They allowed millions of citizens to survive because of the disaster victims. It was they who gave tents to the wounded so that they could receive good care while they slept in the open air. It was also they who picked up many victims who were still buried in the rubble. come out--

Really, there are no large machines for demolition now, so we can only carry it on our shoulders and carry it with our hands.

Such soldiers, even if they are enemies, I'm afraid they can only feel love and hate towards them.