"Then let's send Buddha to the West! I remember that after they were arrested, they were all detained because they were unwilling to join the secret service headquarters. That's why they have been detained until now. It's quite admirable to say that."
"This matter is easy to handle. I'll call Wang Ji'an. You go and meet them. Everyone must write a letter of guarantee that they are willing to join the Institute of East Asian Political Economics. Then you write a handwritten application and state your wishes.
Everyone has noted it.”
"I took the guarantee letter and application to Section Chief Gangcun. After he signs, Wang Ji'an can go through the release procedures. The Japanese are so panicked right now, how can they be in the mood to deal with these people?" Chen Mingxiang said.
When power and relationships reach a certain level, problems that often seemed difficult to solve are now just a matter of words.
Chen Mingxiang also made a bet. The bet was that Chen Gongshu was not a white-eyed wolf and that his efforts would be rewarded generously. Of course, he was not afraid of this guy's tricks and dared to play tricks with him that would cause disaster. He wanted to deal with him.
, it’s also a matter of one sentence.
The U.S. military's attack on Guam, the largest island in the Mariana Islands, was far smoother than its attack on Saipan, the second largest island. In fact, this landing battle was almost at the same time as the attack on Tinian, the third largest island in the archipelago.
ongoing.
Let’s talk about the Guam campaign first. It started on July 21st after thirteen consecutive days of fierce shelling and bombing. It seemed to be a positive response to Tojo Hideki’s resignation.
The defenders of Japan's Guam are the 29th Army Infantry Division, the 48th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 10th Independent Mixed Regiment, the 52nd Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion and the 54th Navy, which originally belonged to the Kwantung Army.
The garrison, totaling more than 20,000 people, was under the unified command of Lieutenant General Gao Pinbiao, the commander of the Japanese 29th Division, and the commander of the 31st Army, Lieutenant General Obata Hideyoshi, happened to be in Guam.
On July 26, Major General Shigematsu, the commander of the 48th Mixed Brigade, was killed in battle. On the 28th, Lieutenant General Gao Pinbiao was killed in battle. The battle continued until August 10, and Hide Obata saw no hope.
Lieutenant General Liang sent a farewell telegram to the Tokyo base camp and committed suicide at the headquarters.
In this battle on Guam, the US military itself suffered 1,435 killed and 5,6848 injured, while the Japanese killed 18,560 and captured 1,200.
Fifty people.
The battle on Tinian Island was smoother in comparison. Here, Lieutenant General Kakuharu Tsunoda, commander of the Japanese Navy's First Air Fleet, led 4,500 naval officers and soldiers, and the 50th Regiment of the Japanese Army's 29th Division
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Ogata Keishi, and the first battalion of the 135th Regiment of the 43rd Division, about 4,000 people.
At dawn on August 2nd, Colonel Ogata Keishi held a flag-burning ceremony, because the regiment flag was personally awarded by the Emperor to the regiment commander at the Imperial Palace. According to the regulations of the Japanese Army, when the situation is judged to be critical, the regiment flag should be burned.
It cannot fall into the hands of the enemy.
He then led the last thousand Japanese troops and temporarily recruited island militiamen to launch a suicide attack on the U.S. military. Ogata Keishi was hit by a U.S. machine gun and died.
Lieutenant General Kakuharu Tsunoda, commander of the Navy's First Air Fleet, ran out of the headquarters ditch, threw grenades at the U.S. military, killing several U.S. troops, and then left the last grenade to detonate and committed suicide. The headquarters, from the chief of staff to the staff, committed suicide.
After the U.S. military captured Tinian Island on August 3, they began to repair the barracks base that accommodated 50,000 U.S. troops, built a lengthened airport runway, and mobilized 15,000 U.S. naval engineers to complete the project.
A total of six 2,400-meter airstrips were built on Tinian Island so that B-29 long-range heavy bombers could take off and land. From then on, they began to attack the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands and the Japanese mainland.
The Pacific War of World War II also saw a major change. Allied bombers could bomb important facilities in Japan every day.
When Tianning Island was captured, the third Battle of Hengzhou was about to begin. If it could not be won this time, the impact would be too great. Therefore, on August 2, Hengshan Yongzhong
The general took the chief of staff and staff to the outside of Hengzhou City and took personal command.
Not only that, when the 68th Division and the 116th Division suffered serious attrition, in order to ensure that Hengzhou could be captured, he mobilized troops from the 58th Division and the 13th Division to carry out the attack.
To strengthen it, the artillery units directly under the Eleventh Army were also transferred.
On August 4th, the third battle started. There was a small surprise. In the first two attacks on Hengyang, the captain of the 133rd Regiment of the 116th Division, Colonel Kurosehei, was willing to use
The troops went on a hopeless charge and caused a large number of casualties to the regiment.
Some of the battalion captains under the wing have been replaced four times, but they did not provide any breakthrough for the wing's offense. However, his actions were regarded by Commander Yokoyama Isamu and 116th Division Commander Iwanaga Wang as a sign of high combat enthusiasm.
, he submitted a report to the base camp to promote him to the rank of major general, and the approval was quickly received.
Because there was no vacancy at the brigade commander level in the Eleventh Army's order of operations at this time, Kurose Heiichi, known as the general who sent death, continued to serve as the 133rd Infantry Regiment with the rank of Army Major General.
Captain of the unit.
Major General Shima Genkichi, the brigade commander of the 57th Infantry Brigade of the 68th Division of the Japanese Army, was killed by a bullet from the defenders while supervising the battle on the front line on August 6. Therefore, on the 15th,
Major General Heiichi Kurose succeeded as the brigade commander of the 57th Infantry Brigade. Of course, this was after the battle.
"What did you say? The Special Intelligence Section of the Eleventh Army Headquarters actually deciphered the mountain city government's military code?" Chen Mingxiang asked in surprise.
This was not the first time he heard this name. When the Japanese army attacked Tanzhou for the second time, he learned about this organization from Major Gangcun of Jiangxia. He also had a meal with the section chief, Colonel Inoue, and obtained it through
news and promptly issued an early warning to the 74th Army that was surrounded at the time.
"Yes, on July 23, their commission issued strict combat instructions to the 62nd Army, 79th Army, 37th Army and 100th Army, requiring these
The troops quickly broke through the imperial army's defense line and rescued the Tenth Army in Hengzhou."
"It's a pity that these orders were uncovered by the Special Intelligence Section. In addition to reporting to each division, the Eleventh Army Headquarters also reported to the Dispatch Army Headquarters. When I went to Jiangcheng for a meeting, the Chief of General Staff said
this matter."
"The Eleventh Army Headquarters has already responded to this, deploying the main forces of the 34th Division, 27th Division, 40th Division and 3rd Division, and setting up a blocking line along the offensive route.
, this military operation to rescue Hengzhou will no longer be effective." Kawamoto Yoshitaro said with a smile.
