Six Hundred and Forty Different Jobs
On the endless sea, the refreshing calmness, this is one of the most beautiful resorts in the world, and it is also one of the most important battlefields. The Hawaiian Islands, a place that both the United States and Japan are dreaming of.
Several Japanese military officers stood on the beach, staring at the sea not far away in a daze. They have been trapped here for 20 days. Although the Americans only recaptured Oahu that was not fully occupied, this is comparable to the cruelest suffering for the 29,000 Imperial Japanese soldiers on Kauai.
The Japanese soldiers tried their best to strengthen their defenses. When the combined fleet retreated, they searched for all the ammunition they could find, and left them for these imperial soldiers who were in urgent need of supplies. However, after more than ten days, these Japanese soldiers realized that what they needed most were not ammunition and bunkers, but fresh water and food.
The American bloody battle on Kauai Island destroyed the seawater desalination system on the island. What's more terrible is that there is not much food on the island. In addition, the American army deliberately destroyed and transferred it. Japanese soldiers could not find anything to eat. A lot, the ammunition is hardly used now, and the stomachs of Japanese soldiers are already empty.
"Baga, my brave Japanese Imperial Army was defeated by hunger just like that! Why didn't those nasty Americans counterattack and land, and fight us to the death?" A general held his sword and said hoarsely The voice complained, his lips were terribly dry, as if he hadn't drank water for a long time.
The person who spoke was Lieutenant General Oshima of the 4th Division, the main force of the Japanese army, and the general beside him was Lieutenant General Fukuda of the 131st Division, the deputy commander of the Japanese army on the island and also the chief of staff. . At this moment, the divisions of the two of them still maintain a relatively complete half of their combat effectiveness. As for the poor two Japanese marines, most of them have been exhausted on the island of Oahu.
But now the two of them are more envious of the two Marine Corps divisions who can fight to the death on Oahu Island. It is obviously more refreshing to die on the battlefield than to starve to death on the battlefield.
"Didn't the telegram from the base camp tell us to prepare boats and swimmers to wait for supplies here?" Lieutenant General Fukuda, the commander of the 131st Division, wore Japan's most classic Hitler moustache and frowned. Frowning with some dissatisfaction, he said such a sentence.
They have been waiting here for almost 5 hours. Not far behind them, they have hidden two assault boats with camouflage, and in the trenches farther away, there are 200 Japanese soldiers who are proficient in water. His face was disheveled, but he still had the heavy hostility of an executioner all over his body.
"Hey! Hey! Look over there!" A Japanese soldier lying on a tree shouted loudly, pointing to the distant sea, which attracted everyone's attention. On the distant sea, a bridge is slowly floating, the gray railings are exposed from the water, the sea water above is still dripping, and the corroded white hull number on the bridge is already faintly visible.
"It's a navy submarine! The empire has not given up on us! We can continue to fight!" Lieutenant General Fukuda almost burst into tears when he saw the submarine.
If he had a choice, he didn't want to die on this American island, but according to the tradition of Japanese soldiers committing suicide if they can't fight, his death seems to be doomed.
Now that the supplies have arrived, it has obviously rekindled his hope of survival. At least with these supplies, his troops can last for a few more days. With these few days, then he can look forward to it. The next supply comes - the feeling of seeing hope in despair is really wonderful.
"Hurry up! Let people go to the sea to respond! There are often American planes patrolling nearby. We have to hurry up and get back the supplies sent by the submarine!" Lieutenant General Oshima, the division commander of the 4th Division, was obviously more calm. As the entire Japanese army The commander, he always has a standard poker face, but his hand on the command knife is trembling slightly.
So many soldiers died on the battlefield in vain because of disease and lack of water. The enemy eliminated thousands of elite soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Empire without wasting a single shot. Japan spent all its time training these soldiers. hard work. Many soldiers are veterans who have served for more than 3 years. Their fighting skills are world-class, they shoot accurately and they fight bravely. In the end, such soldiers died of hunger and thirst on the battlefield.
In the end, the desperate Japanese soldiers went out of their way to find something to eat, and they put all the little things they could find on the beach. After the tide passed, these things, such as bullet-holed helmets, would be crowded Creatures such as small crabs, and Japanese soldiers rely on these foods to fill their stomachs.
Poor food and unclean drinking water led to outbreaks of disease among these Japanese soldiers, which made it even more difficult for the Japanese garrison on Kauai Island, which lacked medical care and medicine. Now that the supplies have finally arrived, everything can be alleviated. This is definitely super encouraging news for the Japanese soldiers on the island.
"Long live!" I don't know if it's the emperor's long live, or the base camp, or those who started the war. In short, someone shouted long live, and everyone shouted long live together. As for who can really live long live, it's hard to say Only the existence of God's level can know.
"Quick! Quick!" Showing the speed and spirit they had when charging, a group of Japanese soldiers rushed into the blue water naked with only their crotch pants, and behind them, some Japanese soldiers carried assault boats Frantically leaning towards the coast, it seems that from there, he can drive an assault boat back to Japan.
In the face of hunger and despair, people will forget many too distant expectations. At the beginning of the war, everyone prayed that they could win the war, and later they hoped that they could go home and rest. On Kauai Island, the Japanese soldiers just I hope I can get a bottle of boiled water and a piece of rice dumpling.
On the distant sea, the Japanese submarine has completely emerged from the water, and the sailors are taking out the materials packed with waterproof materials from the submarine hatch and putting them on the deck. And some worthless supplies that could float on the water were thrown into the sea without mercy.
The Japanese soldiers swam to the vicinity of the submarine and swam back with supplies. Obviously they didn't have much energy, so they were not fast. There are too many types of supplies, including gasoline and diesel for burning, as well as ammunition and various supplementary equipment that are not lacking, and of course there are some urgently needed medicines and food.
Because when the Japanese submarine was loaded with supplies and set sail, Japanese soldiers were still fighting the United States on Oahu Island, and there was no sign of a shortage of food and fresh water. Therefore, the important supplies and food urgently needed by the Japanese troops were not too much.
The submarine officers and soldiers even took out some of their food reserves, but they still couldn't feed the friendly troops on land. After all, the rations of dozens of submarine officers and soldiers were compared with nearly 30,000 mouths that needed to eat. It does seem like a drop in the bucket.
When the soldiers who finally went ashore with great difficulty opened the package and saw the ammunition wrapped in oiled paper inside, a heart full of hope immediately fell into the cold bottom of the valley. They fell on the beach and let others shout. Don't move your body for anything. The only few packages of food were looted as soon as they landed.
"How did the war end like this?" Lieutenant General Oshima, the Japanese commander, sighed and shook his head when he saw the chaotic situation in front of him. Fortunately, some Japanese soldiers retained their last sanity and delivered a few packets of food to Lieutenant General Oshima. Otherwise, this Japanese commander might become the first senior Japanese general to commit suicide by caesarean section due to hunger.
And in the Japanese submarine in the distance, through the periscope, the captain looked at the brothers in the same robe on the beach in the distance, and uttered the same lament: "How did the war end like this?"
He studied for a long time in the submarine training class and mastered a lot of submarine command knowledge. As a result, after Japan and the United States went to war, he could only serve as a small follower, following behind the Japanese combined fleet, doing some reconnaissance in a daze weird tasks like that.
As for the German counterparts attacking the opponent's transportation line and sinking tens of thousands of tons of enemy warships, that is a good thing that I dare not even think about. A few days ago, a Japanese battleship was sunk by an unknown submarine. When all Japanese submarine commanders lamented, they also hoped that they could achieve such brilliant results.
However, the Japanese Navy has never had a submarine commander who can be promoted to the top. Those bigwigs from the Navy Ministry, the headquarters of the battleship commander, even look down on such "non-mainstream" aircraft carrier commander Nagumo Chuichi, let alone these "Not popular" submarine commander.
Not everyone has the absolutely correct strategic vision from later generations like Akado, and not all navies of all countries have their own traditions. The annihilation of the German Navy in World War I was not without its benefits, at least in terms of the establishment of a new officer system and the elimination of traditional barriers between commanders.
After the German submarine force has proved its superb value with its actual actions, the naval powers in the world did not immediately jump out of the traditional shackles, but slowly responded with inefficiency under the action of inertia. At least in Japan, a naval power, it has not learned the essence of a powerful German submarine force.
So the originally powerful Japanese ocean-going submarine force can only be used as a super transport ship. Why do the same arms do different jobs? The Japanese submarine commander thought helplessly.
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