The complete silence from that city puzzled the General Staff; they knew that no large enemy raid had occurred and that no sizable store of explosives was in Hiroshima at that time.
O absoluto silencio proveniente da zona confundiu os homes do cuartel; sabían que ningún ataque inimigo a grande escala podería ter ocorrido, e sabían que daquela non existían depósitos de explosivos de grande tamaño en Hiroshima.