1944年6月的一天,75架全新的B-29“超级堡垒”轰炸机,从中国成都基地飞往日本八幡,试图炸毁日本战舰和坦克装备的主要供应商帝国钢铁厂。47架轰炸机顺利抵达八幡上空,总共投下了376枚500磅的炸弹。其中仅有一枚炸弹击中了距离焦炉3/4英里远的一个电站,其余炸弹全都落进了水田。 One new day in June 1944, 75 new B-29 “Super Bastion” bombers flew from its base in Chengdu, China, to Yawata, Japan, in an attempt to blow up the Imperial Steel Works, a major supplier of Japanese warships and tank equipment. Forty-seven bombers successfully arrived over Yawanda, dropping a total of 376 500-pound bombs. Only one of the bombs hit a power plant 3/4 miles from the coke oven, and the remaining bombs all fell into paddy fields.