Lemay planned to attack Japan late at night because the damage would become bigger than attacking in the daytime. The bombing toward Tokyo had taken place in March 9-10 in 1945. Civilians were unprepared so that most of them were ineffective. (Searle)
This happened on March 9 to 10 in 1945. For only two days, more than 80,000 Japanese civilians were killed by over 2,000 of American firebombing. This is the worst firestorm in the