While the Japanese government assigned Tokyoites the responsibility of protecting the Imperial capital, devastating American firebombing raids revealed in an instant the impossibility of carrying out such a task.
尽管日本政府指定了东京市民有保卫帝国首都的任务，但美国投下的毁灭性的火焰炸弹，立刻就让执行这一任务变成了不可能的事情。