Chapter 1157 The absolute defense circle is broken
Just when the 11th Army of the Expeditionary Force temporarily stopped attacking Hengzhou, the Mariana Islands Campaign entered a fever pitch. The U.S. Navy, which defeated the main force of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, began to turn around to support the Marine Corps and Army and attack the Mariana Islands.
Attack on the Isles.
Under such circumstances, Saipan was the first to come under tremendous pressure, and the island's defenders were gradually reduced to a corner and struggling to their death.
Amidst the lively sound of firecrackers, the Shanghai Higher Police School of the Police Department of the Ministry of the Interior held a graduation ceremony for the first batch of graduates. Chen Mingxiang and the three deputy directors of the Police Department and the deputy directors of the Shanghai No. 1 and No. 2 police stations
Director, of course you must be present.
For this reason, the Minister of the Interior, Mei Siping, went to the school to attend the ceremony on behalf of the senior leaders of the Jinling government, and delivered a speech to the graduates on behalf of Chen Gongbo. The Secretary-General of the Municipal Government and senior leaders came to congratulate.
In North China, Lieutenant General Kato Torajiro, commander of the North China Military Police Headquarters, and Men Qingyuan, director of the Public Security Bureau of the North China Political Affairs Commission, were present to congratulate.
For the Japanese army in Shanghai, Lieutenant General Shibayama Kaneshiro, the head of the Mei Agency, Major General Kinoshita Sakaeichi of the Military Police Headquarters, Major General Yoshitaro Kawamoto, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Dispatch Force, Major General Ono Ichiro of the Marine Corps Headquarters, and Horiuchi Yujo, the Consul General in Shanghai.
and others attended the ceremony.
It was July and the temperature was quite high. Chen Mingxiang didn't make things too complicated. Maybe these graduates would faint from heatstroke.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Kenshiro Shibayama spoke first, followed by Major General Kinoshita Sakaeichi and Mei Jishou. As the police chief and principal, he made the final summary, and then reviewed the phalanx of students and handed out diplomas, which lasted about
After two hours, the graduation ceremony was announced to be over.
Chen Mingxiang held a grand banquet at Wang Baohe Restaurant to entertain all parties attending the graduation ceremony. This was a rare and lively scene.
"Mr. Gangcun, I really want to congratulate you this time for taking over the Shanghai Suburban Intelligence Station, which has been in Shanghai for the longest time. This will severely hit the military command bureau's power in Shanghai and is of great significance for stabilizing the situation in Shanghai.
It can be called a great achievement." Chen Mingxiang said to Lieutenant Colonel Okamura with a smile on the side of the rostrum.
"Actually, from finding clues to tracking and monitoring, and then deploying and arresting, this is all due to Wan Lilang. I was just assisting, but no matter what, it is always beneficial to the empire. Everything that came out during this period was bad.
News." Okamura Shizo said, shaking his head.
He does not covet the credit of Wan Lilang. As the director of the special high school, he will do his best to support anything that is beneficial to Japan.
"Chen Jun, you haven't been there since I took over as the commander of the military police in North China. When will I come to Peiping so that I can entertain you?" Kato Tomarijiro said with a smile.
"Isn't this the North China Front Army that is fighting? I considered that you have many affairs, so I didn't bother you. When the war stabilizes, I will definitely go to visit the general." Chen Mingxiang said.
"Director Chen, I am Men Qingyuan. Welcome to North China to inspect police affairs in the future," Men Qingyuan said.
The police system in North China is under the jurisdiction of the General Administration of Public Security, and Men Qingyuan is the highest-level leader. But in fact, he should be regarded as a subordinate of Chen Mingxiang, because nominally, North China is also under the rule of the Wang Puppet Government.
Seeing that Chen Mingxiang was so familiar with Lieutenant General Kato Torajiro, the commander of the North China Military Police Force, he was secretly lucky. Fortunately, he did not object to the Police Department's deployment of personnel to the police stations in North China, otherwise he would have been in trouble.
Chen Mingxiang had a close relationship with his former commander, Major General Otonzaburo Yano. He knew this, but he did not expect that the successor commander would also have an old relationship. The boss of the police system was really very knowledgeable.
"I will go to Peiping in a while. This time, the Higher Police School will allocate personnel to major police stations in North China. I also asked the police inspectors to take care of them and implement the allocation requirements." Chen Mingxiang said.
"Please rest assured on this point. I am in charge of this aspect of the work, and there will definitely be no problems with the implementation. Besides, this is also a good thing. The students are all trained by imperial experts, and they must have real abilities." Men Qingyuan
Said somewhat flatteringly.
One after another, the Military Command Headquarters forwarded the status of the US Navy and Army's attack on the Mariana Islands to Chen Mingxiang. Overall, the process was relatively smooth.
On July 6, the thirty-third year of the Republic of China, the Battle of Saipan entered its final stages. Lieutenant General Saito Yoshitsugu, commander of the 43rd Division of the Japanese Army, and Lieutenant General Nagumo Chuichi, commander of the Navy's Central Pacific Fleet, reported to the Tokyo base camp.
Sent a final farewell telegram.
Then the top commander of the navy and army gathered the remaining 5,000 officers and soldiers on the island and deployed a final desperate attack. That night, Lieutenant General Saito Yoshiji committed suicide by caesarean section with a samurai sword, while Lieutenant General Nagumo Chuichi committed suicide with a samurai sword.
The pistol ended his life.
Lieutenant General Smith, the commander of the U.S. Fifth Army, knew the habits of the Japanese army very well. He expected that the Japanese army would definitely carry out a suicide attack before the final failure. He went to the headquarters of the Army's 27th Division and told his subordinates to be on guard.
Strictly guard against suicide charges by the Japanese army.
However, the officers of the 27th Army Division did not take this seriously and were mentally indifferent. Because they had never seen such a scene, they lacked the necessary preparations for the battle. There was even a gap of nearly 3,300 meters between the joints of the two U.S. battalions.
of large gaps.
At 4:45 on July 7, more than 5,000 Japanese troops suddenly launched a desperate charge. The officers waved their sabers and took the lead in charging at the front. The soldiers who had guns carried them, and those who did not held bayonets and
Sticks and even wounded soldiers with their heads wrapped in bandages and holding crutches limped forward, completely ignoring the U.S. military's shooting.
The Japanese army broke into the US battle line through the gap between the two battalions of the 27th US Division. One battalion of the 105th Regiment immediately collapsed under the crazy charge of the Japanese army, while the other two battalions were destroyed.
He suffered heavy losses due to accidental fire from his own artillery fire.
After the battle lasted for several hours, the 27th Division even incorporated the rear service personnel into the combat troops to crush the attack. Just this desperate charge alone caused the US military casualties to reach 2,000.
More than 4,000 Japanese soldiers died in the battle.
On July 9, the U.S. military advanced to the northernmost tip of Saipan and basically occupied the entire island. In this landing battle on Saipan, the U.S. military killed more than 3,400 people and wounded more than 13,000 people.
Among the Japanese naval and land garrison troops on Saipan, including those who were attacked and killed during reinforcements, a total of 41,000 people were killed. Among them, there were more than 26,000 in the army and 15,000 in the navy.
There were many people, and more than 2,000 people were captured.
