Takeshita Shun rejected the idea of inviting him to dinner by the adjuncts here, but asked them to prepare their bags. He was going to return home immediately to start his plan. He couldn't wait a moment longer.
Subsequently, Takeshita Jun planned to transfer from Huaibei to Anhui, then go to Shanghai, and then return to China from Shanghai.
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Guadalcanal is the second largest island in the Solomon Islands. It is located at low latitudes south of the equator and has a typical tropical climate that is hot and humid.
On the evening of August 6, 1942, the U.S. military landing formation reached the waters about 60 nautical miles away from Guadalcanal. With the help of the cover of bad weather, it was not discovered by the Japanese army. While the landing formation sailed across, the U.S. military troops stationed on Efate Island and St.
The U.S. aviation force on Espiritu Island dispatched B-17 bombers to conduct suppressive air strikes against the Japanese troops in the Solomon Islands, while U.S. aircraft taking off from New Guinea closely monitored the Japanese troops in the Bismarck Islands and northeastern New Guinea.
At 1 o'clock in the morning on August 7, the landing formation arrived at the sea area ten nautical miles away from Guadalcanal and split into two. The force code-named X-Ray was the 1st and 5th Marine Regiments commanded by Vandegrift, passing through the south of Savo Island.
To attack Guadalcanal via the water channel, the force code-named Y-Ray was composed of four battalions commanded by the deputy division commander Brigadier General Rupustas and attacked Tulagi Island via the North Water Channel of Savo Island. The other two battalions served as reserves.
The Battle of Guadalcanal officially began. The horn of the Allied counterattack also began to sound.
At about 6 o'clock, the warships covering the formation began to bombard the Japanese positions on Guadalcanal. Then carrier-based aircraft taking off from the aircraft carriers flew to Guadalcanal and carried out violent bombing and strafing.
"Captain! The Americans are attacking! They want to land!" A Japanese soldier opened his mouth wide and looked at the captain next to him.
"Baga! Run away! We are engineers! We don't even have weapons! Baga!"
That's right, although the Japanese troops on Guadalcanal were engineers, they were actually Korean laborers building the airport. They did not bring any weapons. When a few security forces saw the American soldiers pressing down on the border, they did not dare to resist and fled into the jungle. Therefore, the American troops did not fire a single shot.
They successfully landed on Guadalcanal, and by sunset, more than 11,000 people had landed on Guadalcanal.
"Your Excellency, Colonel! The Japanese are vulnerable! They have all escaped!" an American soldier said to a colonel, "However, because we do not have an accurate map, we have not found the location of the Japanese airport yet!"
"Send someone to search immediately!"
"yes!"
On the other side of Guadalcanal, the Japanese were panicked.
"Captain, what should we do now? Americans..."
"Report to the command center immediately! Now!"
"Hi!"
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When the battle report in the Pacific was presented to the Japanese base camp, everyone was confused!
I never heard that the Americans were going to attack us! Why did they suddenly attack us? And the Americans have already landed?
As a result, a group of senior executives started an emergency meeting again.
At this time, Tojo Hideki realized how correct Zhou Weiguo's previous analysis of the situation was. Intelligence! In the battle against the United States, intelligence was their shortcoming!
The Japanese look so different from the Americans! It is almost impossible for them to plant spies!
America is not China!
In order to attack China, they have been preparing hard for many years! They even occupied North Korea first and then the three eastern provinces as a springboard to capture China! But what about the United States?
It is now difficult to seize the initiative in the Pacific. What should we do?
"Hyakutake-kun, what do you say?" Tojo Hideki looked at Hyakutake Gengo. At this time, he should listen to the opinions of the experienced general.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it is necessary to immediately order all ministries to defend themselves. However, the American invasion force must be eliminated on Guadalcanal! Otherwise, once the Americans use Guadalcanal as a springboard, the empire's layout in the South Pacific may be destroyed.
Once!" As an experienced naval admiral, Hyakutake Gengo has his own considerations. These naval attacks were too risky, so much so that they were completely defeated at Midway. Of course, Yamamoto Isoroku
The idea is very risky, and it is in line with the gambling characteristics of the people in the current military department. But it does not mean that the Japanese navy is hopeless now. They actually still have the advantage, except that the battle line is too long, and there is no way to save the Japanese navy in the South Pacific.
, requires too many troops. But there is only one thing that is worth celebrating, that is, the independent division navy is no longer a concern.
"Does anyone else have any ideas?" Tojo Hideki looked at Yamamoto Isoroku and others. The navy is also divided into factions.
Yamamoto Isoroku shook his head, "General Hyakutake's idea is very sound."
Even he did not expect that the Americans would take the initiative to attack, so he was a little surprised. But he was relieved immediately. They failed at Midway Island. If the Americans did not attack, they would soon recover.
However, they did not expect that Guadalcanal would be landed by the Americans so quickly. But now, they can only order the defenders to defend on the spot and hold their position, and then ask the surrounding forces to eliminate this American force as soon as possible.
Otherwise, the arrangements they made in the South Pacific will soon fall short.
"However, there is a lot of supplies on Guadalcanal!" Yamamoto Isoroku's expression changed. "We must defend it. If we cannot defend it, we must destroy it!"
Hideki Tojo narrowed his eyes and nodded, "That's true. Before now, 80% of Guadalcanal's airport should have been built."
"Hi!"
"Ask General Hyakutake Haruyoshi to send troops to defend Guadalcanal! This island is extremely important!"
"Hi!"
Hyakutake Gengo sighed slightly. His younger brother was already a military commander and was still on the front line, shouldering heavy responsibilities. To be honest, he also wanted to go to the battlefield, although he was already a little older.
However, he always felt that if Isoroku Yamamoto and Shitaro Shimada continued like this, the Japanese Navy would eventually be destroyed. He had always insisted on coordinating with the United States and was almost expelled from the Navy.
He shook his head slightly. Nowadays, he is not too trusted. If he wants to lead the army, he will not be allowed.
"Gentlemen! Please cheer up!" Tojo Hideki stood up and looked at everyone with stern eyes, "The future of the empire is in your and my hands! Gentlemen, please work hard! Don't give up! As long as we don't give up, we will
It will succeed! Only then will the empire have glory and glory!"
"Please!" Tojo Hideki bowed to everyone.
"Hi!"
The naval generals were still very moved.
This shows that Hideki Tojo values them, but it is also true that the navy is very important in the war with the United States! If not, they would not be sitting here now.
Afterwards, Tojo Hideki left, he was going to report the matter to the emperor.
Everyone in the navy was talking about it. The order they had just discussed would be issued soon, and they also believed that the warriors in the Pacific today could deal with this problem.
However, the problem is how to eliminate this force of the US military.
Since the US military dares to fight, it must be fully prepared! The most important thing is that Guadalcanal is likely to be undefendable, because most of the soldiers on Guadalcanal are Korean laborers.
If you really want to keep it, it's impossible.
But once Guadalcanal is lost, it will give the US military a lot of things for free. This is something they don't want to see, but what should they do?
