In 1944, the US B29 bombed into Hankou/Wuhan city in China. Japanese newspaper says it was carpet bombing. Chiang kai-shek says in his diary, 40K Chinese people died(probably exaggerated ).
https://view.inews.qq.com/a/20200629A0OOVK00
¶ How Japanese media reported
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漢口地区を盲爆 【漢口 十二日 同盟】 在支米空軍は後方攪乱を狙って、十日午後八時ごろB24廿数機を以て、漢口地区に侵攻、市内数か所を盲爆、軍事施設には何らの被害も與へずして、遁走(とんそう)したが、第三国人にも若干死傷者を出したほか、無実の市民を低空銃爆撃、多数を殺傷した。 (English Translation) Carpet Bombing of the Hankou Area [Hankou, 12th, Alliance] Aiming to disrupt the rear lines, the U.S. Air Force in China launched an attack on the Hankou area at around 8:00 p.m. on the 10th with some twenty B-24s. They carried out indiscriminate bombing raids on several locations within the city and fled without causing any damage to military facilities. However, in addition to causing a few casualties among nationals of third countries, they conducted low-altitude strafing runs on innocent civilians, killing and wounding many. |
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1944年（昭和19年）12月24日 東京 朝刊 1ページ , 13段 , 記事 漢口に敵の絨毯爆撃 【大陸前線基地特電二十一日発】 去る十八日、漢口を襲ったB29は、徹底的な無差別爆撃に終始し、我軍の施設の被害は皆無であったが、注目すべきはこの爆撃が徹底した絨毯爆撃であったことだ。第二十爆撃隊司令カーチス・ルメーは、かつて、対独戦に味をしめたそのままを、漢口に実行し、街の一角はすっかり焦土と化した。爆弾をぶち撒きつつ、一梯団が過ぎると、次の梯団が同じ地域に再び投弾を繰り返し、街は火の海になり、その中きらあがる火焔、かくて従来の軍事施設を狙った大陸爆撃戦は絨毯爆撃へと相貌をかへた。 (English Translation) December 24, 1944 (Showa 19) Tokyo Morning Edition, Page 1, Column 13, Article Enemy Carpet Bombing of Hankou (Special Dispatch from Continental Front Base, Sent the 21st) The B-29s that attacked Hankou on the 18th carried out a thorough indiscriminate bombing campaign. While there was no damage to our military facilities, what is noteworthy is that this bombing was a complete carpet bombing. Commander Curtis LeMay of the 20th Bombardment Group applied the tactics he had tasted success with against Germany directly to Hankou, reducing one section of the city to scorched earth. As bombs rained down, one wave passed only for the next wave to repeat the bombing on the same area, turning the city into a sea of fire. Amidst the blazing inferno, the conventional continental bombing campaign targeting military facilities thus transformed into carpet bombing. |
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1945年（昭和20年）02月02日 朝日新聞 東京 朝刊 1ページ , 4段 , 記事 漢口にも戦爆三十機 【漢口特電一日発】去る三十日午後、B24二十五機を主体とする在支米空軍戦爆連合、約三十機が漢口に来襲、江岸及び市街地区 焼夷弾を投下、約五十分の後、南方に遁走し去った。 February 2, 1945 (Showa 20) Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Morning Edition Page 1 Thirty Warplanes Attack Hankou (Hankou Special Dispatch, 1st) On the afternoon of the 30th, approximately 30 aircraft—primarily 25 B-24s—from the U.S. Air Force’s fighter-bomber wing stationed in China launched an attack on Hankou, dropping incendiary bombs on the riverside and downtown areas. About 50 minutes later, they fled southward. |