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Volume 1: Songhua River Chapter 1631: Lieutenant General Hirano¡¯s Performance (Part 2)

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    All day long on July 5th, the Japanese Seventh Army was making careful preparations for a victory without any suspense. Ships carrying ammunition and supplies were constantly docked at the Pearl Harbor pier. There was General Yamamoto.  The combined fleet cruises in the waters from Midway to the Hawaiian Islands. Japan's logistics fleet is as safe as in its own swimming pool.

    Guangzhou, mainland China, the office of the division commander Tang Qiuli at the Guangzhou Garrison District Headquarters of the ** Division. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Tang Qiuli was reviewing the campaign plan to recapture Hong Kong formulated by the staff office.

    Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and picked up the phone on the table, "The staff office, is Chief of Staff Zhao here?"

    After a while, the sound of footsteps sounded on the phone receiver, and Zhao Yuhe's voice came over, "Teacher, I am Zhao Yuhe, what can I do for you?"

    Tang Qiuli said: "Yu He, I suddenly remembered that after the naval battle between the US and Japanese fleets, the war on the battlefield on Hawaii Island should also be over. Does the Intelligence Department have any information about this?"

    Zhao Yuhe replied: "Commander, yes, I just received a telegram from the Intelligence Department. I will go to your office right away!"

    After a while, Zhao Yuhe knocked on the door and came in, handing a telegram into Tang Qiuli's hands. "The Intelligence Department reported to the division headquarters. Based on the analysis of the intercepted telegrams between the Japanese and American armies, the following conclusions were drawn. Since July  On the afternoon of the 4th, so far, no large-scale battle has occurred on the Hawaiian Island battlefield. However, about 400 nautical miles east of Midway Island, the Japanese Combined Fleet engaged in a large-scale air battle with the U.S. land-based aircraft fleet. The air battle ended with the U.S. military aircraft fleet withdrawing.  The battlefield is over!"

    "In addition, a U.S. military transport ship formation also turned around and returned to Los Angeles after the U.S. military's land-based fleet withdrew from the battle. According to other intelligence, the messages sent by the Japanese Seventh Army to the country were all urging the replenishment of ammunition for the battle.  Preliminary preparations." After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli shook his head repeatedly, looking puzzled.

    Zhao Yuhe hurriedly asked: "Commander, is there any problem? There have been unexpected changes on the Hawaiian Island battlefield?"

    Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "It's not that situation. I just don't understand why the Japanese Seventh Army didn't respond to the desperate situation yesterday afternoon when the entire U.S. Pacific Fleet was wiped out and 60,000 reinforcements perished in the sea.  The US Second Army launched an attack, but it didn¡¯t take action today. I really can¡¯t guess what the Japanese were thinking!¡±

    Zhao Yuhe put forward his own opinion from another perspective, "Division commander, it may be that the Japanese army has consumed too much ammunition and supplies and is replenishing it, and is unable to launch an attack immediately. The telegram from the Intelligence Department also stated this. The Japanese army is vigorously  Replenish ammunition and supplies, or the Japanese army still wants to use the U.S. Second Army as bait to lure U.S. troops to come for reinforcements to expand their results! "

    Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "No, that's not the case. With the Japanese Seventh Army and the two strengthened divisions, there is no need to act like a formidable enemy against the US Second Group Army, which has been severely damaged.  Just imagine, the U.S. Second Army is compressed into a small area, with no danger to defend and loses the fire cover of the Pacific Fleet. Is it necessary for the Japanese commander to do this? "

    "In fact, the U.S. Second Army is in a state of encirclement. With their current strength and morale, they cannot break through the Japanese encirclement that is several times larger than their own and expand their battlefield space. If they retreat, there is a vast sea behind them.  There was no other way to hold on and wait for rescue, and the air battle that took place about four hundred nautical miles east of Midway Island should be the Americans' attempt to evacuate the Second Army. "

    "However, it is obvious that they have not succeeded. The Japanese do not intend to let go of the US Second Army. Forget it, the Japanese are inherently unreasonable and cannot use normal thinking to judge that nation and play a game of cat and mouse.  , it¡¯s not impossible, just ignore him and let the Intelligence Department pay attention to the situation on the Hawaiian Island battlefield!¡±

    On the afternoon of July 5th, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Island, the headquarters of the Japanese Seventh Army. At midnight yesterday, more than 20 Japanese journalists who arrived at the battlefield in Hawaii were all in high spirits after a full rest. They were in the war room,  Listen to the commander, Lieutenant General Hirano, explain the upcoming offensive campaign against the US Second Army.

    On the snow-white wall, there is a large battle deployment map, with red and blue arrows intertwined. If Lieutenant General Hirano hadn't explained it, the reporters would not have been able to understand the battle deployment map, which was like a book from heaven. Lieutenant General Hirano, who was holding a wooden stick,  , with the air of a famous general who is strategizing, talking eloquently in front of more than 20 reporters, quite a bit like giving guidance and having everything under control!

    Lieutenant General Hirano looks very good today, with a straight general uniform, snow-white gloves, and a shaved chin. The two gold stars on the collar badge are shining in the afternoon sun. After the explanation, Commander Hirano concluded as follows:He said with a smile: "Everyone, tomorrow, you will see a magnificent annihilation battle launched by our Seventh Army jointly carried out by land and air forces. I think you will definitely make this trip worthwhile!"

    The reporters applauded warmly, and then picked up their cameras and took a quick photo. The flashing spotlight dazzled Lieutenant General Hirano. A beautiful and enchanting female reporter squeezed to the front and asked softly: "Your Excellency, General."  , do you have any predictions about the outcome of the battle?"

    With the fragrant wind blowing on his face, Lieutenant General Hirano, obviously very concerned about the beauty's question, answered confidently and concisely: "I have no doubt to tell this beautiful lady that this battle will fully demonstrate the power of the Imperial Japanese Army.  The result will be a complete victory!¡±

    On the evening of July 5th, the Pacific sea breeze blew strongly through the positions of the U.S. Second Army, making every U.S. soldier feel chilly. The commander, Lieutenant General Harrison, was also holding a military meeting with the commander of the Japanese Seventh Army.  Lieutenant General Kanhirano Yoshida's meeting was different from a meeting full of confidence in victory. The American military meeting was full of an atmosphere of fear and despair!

    Lieutenant General Harrison had received a telegram from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which told him, "Prepare to evacuate the transport ship formation of the Second Army. Due to the blockade of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, it is unable to do so. The Air Force dispatched a large fleet of aircraft to fight with the Japanese Navy's carriers."  The fierce machine-to-machine battle has so far failed to break the Japanese blockade. In the near future, your army group will mainly stick to its current positions. The Joint Chiefs of Staff will do everything possible to withdraw your troops from the Hawaiian Island battlefield! "

    Lieutenant General Harrison understood that his army group was alone. In an area as big as a palm, surrounded by the Japanese on three sides and the vast sea on one side, more than 60,000 soldiers had reached a dead end and had to either die in battle or surrender.  !

    Today's meeting is a telegram to inform the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After listening to it, the faces of the US military generals who participated in the meeting darkened. This is by no means good news. The Japanese have already occupied an absolute advantage in the Eastern Pacific. Domestic ships  No one is sure whether the team can come, or in other words, how many days, a week, or a month can they come?  Can the Japanese give them enough time?

    The answer is of course no. Lieutenant General Harrison, looking at the faces of the division commanders, sighed and said: "Everyone, we are facing a desperate situation. Maybe tomorrow morning, the Japanese artillery shells will flatten our position.  I have a suggestion. Let us surrender to the Japanese. This way, the lives of more than 60,000 soldiers can be saved. As for the shame of surrender, I will bear it personally. Do you have any opinions? "

    No one spoke, and the atmosphere was dull, depressing, and breathless. Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, Brigadier General Field, commander of the 1st Marine Division, who had been fighting fierce battles with the Japanese Seventh Army on the Hawaiian Island battlefield, suddenly stood up and his voice  Trembling with excitement, he said: "Commander, I have been fighting the Japanese for more than twenty days. My division has lost more than 80% of its troops."

    "From the bottom of my heart, I don't want to fight anymore, but, Commander, do you know how the Japanese treat our captured soldiers? I saw with my own eyes that just in front of the formation, hundreds of us were captured  The soldiers had their heads chopped off with knives by Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese soldiers also piled their heads into a tower.¡±

    "That kind of bloody scene is the most terrifying scene I have ever seen. The Japanese are beasts, devils who kill without batting an eye. They do not keep prisoners of war. Killing prisoners of war is something Japanese soldiers often do, Holek.  Brigadier General Deng, you have witnessed that kind of bloody and cruel scene with your own eyes!"

    Brigadier General Holekden, commander of the Third Marine Division, also stood up suddenly and said loudly: "Yes, Commander, what Commander Field said is true. The soldiers of our division who were captured by the Japanese are in my  In front of me, Japanese soldiers poured gasoline on their bodies and set them on fire. Instead of a few dozen people, there were hundreds of soldiers, covered in fire, running in pain, while the Japanese soldiers laughed crazily. "

    "The Japanese don't keep prisoners of war. Don't expect that we can save our lives if we surrender. Commander, are you going to send more than 60,000 soldiers to the Japanese and let those beasts chop off our heads and set us on fire?"  body?"

    Including Lieutenant General Harrison, more than a dozen senior officers of the US Second Army took a breath of air, and the hairs on their bodies stood up. They may have never seen such a scene, except for being exposed to a shell.  Since they landed on Hawaii Island, they have not fought against the Japanese infantry, but the two Marine Corps division commanders are different. They have been fighting the Japanese on Hawaii Island since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Their words are absolutely  Believable!

    An atmosphere of despair and hopelessness enveloped everyone's heart. Surrendering was a dead end. If the fight continued, everyone would be killed in the end. They were constantly struggling in their hearts to choose how to die.

    After extreme despair, it is rightThe fight to death gradually defeated fear. A desperate atmosphere arose in the venue, and the eyes of the US military generals began to turn blood red!
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