What happened to the atomic bombing in Nagasaki?

16 after the atomic bomb bombed Hiroshima, President Truman issued a statement to the world, claiming that the United States used an atomic bomb against Japan, and its explosive power was equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT. If Japan still refuses to accept the terms of the United States, an unprecedented destructive flood will fall from the sky, and a devastating blow that has never been seen on earth will come to Japan. The next day, all major cities in Japan saw the letter to the Japanese people printed with Truman's speech dropped by American planes.

The destruction of Hiroshima brought great shock to the Japanese ruling and opposition parties. Several cabinet members headed by Dongxiang Foreign Minister suggested that Japan stop the war and accept the Potsdam Proclamation. However, this opinion was strongly opposed by the Japanese military, who believed that the morale of the Japanese army was high and the million-strong army was high. Even if the government declares a truce, they may refuse to surrender. The two factions are at loggerheads

Just as the Japanese cabinet met again and again to debate whether to stop fighting, the United States was ready to drop the second atomic bomb. The American government is worried that the atomic bombing in Hiroshima will arouse Japanese resistance, and at the same time, it is afraid that the bombing will be regarded as at the end of its tether, so it decided to use "fat man". The target is a small warehouse.

The second airdrop mission fell on the sweeney crew of the 509 HunChengLv. Sweeney once led his crew to fly an "art master" observation plane to observe the bombing effect in the Hiroshima bombing. As the "Master of Art" still retains scientific instruments, it will be used as an observation machine again. Sweeney had to use another 1 B-29 plane-"Bok's Car" as the carrier of the atomic bomb. At 3: 39 in the morning of August 9, the "Bok Car" carrying "Fat Man" took off from Tianning Airport and flew to Japan. Sweeney prayed again and again, hoping to be as lucky as paul tibbets.

However, things are not going well. Shortly after the plane took off, it was found that one of the fuel tanks was out of order, and 600 gallons of fuel might be unusable. Sweeney roughly estimated the voyage, thought that the fuel was basically enough, and decided to continue flying.

When "Bok's car" flew to the air assembly point in Iwo Jima, two other observation and camera planes that took off early should have been waiting to meet him there, but he only met 1 of them. Sweeney waited there for 30 minutes, but there was still no sign of other 1, so he resolutely flew to Kokura. At 9: 05, Bok's car flew over the small warehouse. On this day, the meteorological conditions over the warehouse were very poor, the air was covered with thick clouds, and the ground was also filled with smoke, with extremely low visibility. "Bok's car" circled over the small warehouse for three weeks, but never found the aiming point-Arsenal 5. At this time, Kokura's ground air defense forces fired intensive anti-aircraft guns, and sweeney had to raise the flying altitude.

When sweeney decided to search for the target again over Kokura, he received a report from the radio operator: judging from the interception frequency used by Japanese interception aviation, there might be a fighter plane taking off to intercept. There was panic on the plane. Sweeney didn't have time to contact the base, so he turned around and flew to the southwest. He decided to bomb Nagasaki. After leaving the warehouse, he ordered to send a message to the base: instead of dropping bombs on the warehouse, he bombed Nagasaki. 10: 28, the plane arrived over Nagasaki. It happened that Nagasaki was cloudy that day, and the 1 flight failed to find the target when it entered Nagasaki. The pointer of the fuel gauge is dropping sharply, and sweeney is extremely nervous. He decided to throw the "fat man" out anyway when he entered the second time, so he announced to the crew on board: "aim with radar, prepare for bombing, and return."

Bomber Cmit Bihan is as old as Fiabi. When he was ready to aim with radar equipment, he suddenly found a big gap between the two clouds below him. Through this gap, he could clearly see the aiming point. He immediately informed sweeney that he could carry out visual bombing. 10: 58, "Fat Man" left "Bok Car" and flew to Nagasaki.

After the bombing, the fuel of Bok car was seriously insufficient, and it had to be replenished at crash landing in Okinawa on the way back. After a 20-hour flight, Bok Car returned to Tianning Island very late. The explosion equivalent of "Fat Man" is larger than that of "Little Boy", but Nagasaki is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the loss is smaller than that of Hiroshima. According to Japanese statistics, nearly 70,000 people died and more than 60,000 people were injured.