Six Hundred Fifty-Seven Songs
The fact that Akado inspected the production workshop of the King Tiger tank is just one of the many major events these days, and what really attracted the attention of the world was the fateful Kauai Island that broke out in the Pacific Ocean between the United States and Japan. Battle.
The two aircraft carrier fleets of the U.S. Navy, that is, the fleet composed of the Assaulter and the Hornet fleet went south, cutting into the route between the Japanese mainland and Darwin Port, Australia, which once caused panic in the nearby Japanese army.
As a result, the Japanese combined fleet was forced to give up its plan to return to Kauai Island immediately, and led the fleet to attack the American fleet heading south aggressively. As a result, the joint fleet counterattack that the Japanese soldiers on Kauai Island were looking forward to did not come until the end of October. The two divisions of the Japanese army on the entire island have been reduced to the strength of one division.
What makes people even more desperate is that this Japanese army has shot out all the shells of heavy weapons, lacks food and basic supplies of ammunition, and even has very little ammunition left for grenade launchers. It can be said that the combat effectiveness has been completely lost. The most important thing is the counterattack of the combined fleet and the illusory emperor's blessing.
Lieutenant General Fukuda, the head of the 131st Division, was killed by the U.S. military in a desperate counterattack launched not long ago. The hungry green-eyed head of the division was even killed by two slightly stronger soldiers during the charge. The Japanese soldiers helped him walk. Many Japanese soldiers were so hungry that they couldn't lift their weapons at all, and they didn't even have the strength to shout slogans to strengthen their courage. Some even hoped to be killed by the U.S. Army as soon as possible, so that this nightmare-like difficult time could end.
Just when the Japanese army was worrying about a morsel of food, a shell, or even a pill on Kauai Island, the Americans ate canned beef and threw a large-caliber howitzer on Kauai Island to greet these Hateful Japanese from the west.
Moreover, the U.S. Navy has no rest at this time. A dozen of the latest destroyers have joined the U.S. Navy, and Nimitz has not hesitated to put them into the battle of Kauai's anti-submarine blockade. The arrival of these warships immediately put the Japanese Navy's submarine transportation into despair. After all, these destroyers were built based on the experience of being ravaged by the Germans. The anti-submarine capability can be said to be unprecedented. It is used to deal with Germany. Submarines may still be a little difficult, but it is easy to deal with Japanese submarines with little actual combat experience.
In the process of supporting the Japanese Army on Kauai Island, the Japanese Navy has sunk 6 large ocean-going submarines. Although this loss does not sound terrible, if you think that these sunk submarines are related to the materials on the submarine The Japanese soldiers on Kauai Island lost as many supplies as the submarines that sank together. If you think about it this way, you can know what a heavy price the Japanese army has paid.
"Those idiots in the base camp are simply the accomplices of the Americans!" Nagumo Chuichi complained to Marshal Yamamoto Fifty-Six beside him depressedly. He knew that Yamamoto was planning to go east and take the Hawaiian Islands in one go, and then go south to encircle and annihilate the United States. Aircraft carrier squadron. But Yamamoto Fifty-Six's suggestion was rejected by the base camp like a fool,
These adults far away in Japan hope that the combined fleet will ensure the safety of the route against Australia, so the entire fleet must go south.
The result is that the two divisions on Kauai can only rely on firm will to fight the Americans, while the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has to play hide and seek with a guerrilla force of the US Navy in the vast sea area.
You can't blame Nagumo Tadaichi for being impatient, because when Yamamoto was patrolling on his command ship Akagi, he received a telegram from the Ministry of the Navy, which claimed that the seventh submarine had lost contact in the waters near Kauai Island. Imperial Japan's supply lines to the Japanese forces on Kauai are completely cut off by the U.S. Navy.
Yamamoto Fifty-Six is in an extremely depressed mood now. After returning to Japan to rest for a few days, his mood is getting heavier every day. Just when the United States has relied on its huge industrial system to produce dozens of destroyers and cruisers, the two most powerful battleships in the world are still slowly being manufactured in the Japanese naval dockyard in Japan.
Although several big ships and big guns of the Japanese Navy Ministry claim that these two battleships are definitely the most powerful battleships in the world, Yamamoto Fifty-Six still feels that relying on these two battleships that cannot be put into service in a short period of time will win a war , is an unlikely unilateral conjecture.
Of course, like all the senior generals of the Japanese navy, he was not worried about the few submarines. He was mainly worried about the impact on the entire Japanese Pacific War situation once the Japanese army on Kauai Island was wiped out by the United States.
But Nagumo Tadaichi thought a lot more than Yamamoto Fifty-Six. First of all, he himself belonged to the commander of the air fleet, and among the senior commanders of the Japanese combined fleet, he was not liked by mainstream Japanese naval generals. Since the day his carrier-based aircraft was born, he has been regarded as a different kind by the high-level navy who firmly believes in the idea of large ships and giant guns, so the loss of the submarine made him feel a little bit sad.
"Mr. Nagumo, we are Japanese soldiers. The soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire must take obedience to orders as their bounden duty. Since the chiefs of the base camp asked us to go south to annihilate the American fleet, we only need to do it. After all, if we can strike Sinking the U.S. guerrilla fleet is also helpful in supporting Kauai." Yamamoto Fifty-Six was very grateful for the fact that the base camp did not pursue the responsibility for the combined fleet's retreat during the Hawaiian naval battle, so he decided to pay back now.
So this time Yamamoto Fifty-Six took General Kurita's battleship squadron as the pioneer and the aircraft carrier fleet as the core, gathered most of the combined fleet's strength, and went south to find the US fleet for a strategic decisive battle. He planned to severely damage the US fleet for the third time and serve Japan. Make peace with the United States for opportunities.
"However, Marshal Yamamoto, we only have the secret weapon Type 1 electric detector installed on the battleship Nagato. It is not easy to find the US fleet in such a vast sea area?" Chuichi Nagumo The commander naturally has his own worries, he frowned and asked his doubts.
"There's no way around it. Before I came here, there was a problem with the first type of electric detective. The reconnaissance plane in your hand is our only long-range reconnaissance method. I came here to get first-hand information. Yes." Yamamoto said with his hands behind his back. After finishing speaking, he walked to the row of glass windows facing the distance on the bridge, looked at the north and sighed depressingly: "Japanese soldiers on Kauai Island, I hope you can really persevere, for the sake of the great Japan. The future of the empire, hold on!"
In the north of the United Fleet, Kauai Island, Lieutenant General Oshima received the encrypted message from the base camp with trembling hands at this time, none of the above news was good for Lieutenant General Oshima. The previous few telegrams either told him that he must persevere on his own, or told him that the delivery of the submarine's sunk cargo would be delayed. Now he really wanted to smash that radio station, so that he would not be so well-informed.
"In order to support your continued defense on Kauai Island, the seventh submarine from the mainland was sunk by the US military, and the delivery of the goods could only be postponed. I hope you can continue to persevere on Kauai Island and wait for the arrival of the joint fleet." General Shima smiled wryly, and just dropped the telegram on the desk full of documents.
This is one of his underground bunkers on the island. It was temporarily reinforced and modified from the basement of a private house. The lights inside are extremely dim, but it is still durable. Oshima had eaten the last box of American canned food from the seized supplies the day before yesterday. These days, he only had poor dough to satisfy his hunger. Hunger made his complexion very ugly, and his whole body was as ferocious as a ghost.
"Baga! These damn navy bastards! Send a telegram saying how many submarines were sunk, who knows if it is true? They are playing us! They are killing us with the hands of the Americans. General of the dead army!" The Japanese officer who replaced Lieutenant General Fukuda as chief of staff picked up the telegram from the table, glanced at it and cursed.
They are now at the end of the road. It seems that the Americans have no intention of letting go of any Japanese soldiers on Kauai. Their plan is very simple, that is to starve to death all the Japanese troops who invaded Hawaii.
On the other side of the wall, there is a small cabinet that was moved in to store items, and a radio was placed on it. In it, inspirational songs played 24 hours a day in Japan, most of which were sung by children, encouraged the frontline soldiers Fight bravely and be invincible in Australia. The child's voice sounds very inspiring, but the content of the lyrics has nothing to do with me.
The staff officer became more and more annoyed, reached out and turned off the power switch, and continued to complain: "Australia, Australia! They only remember Australia, don't we here are soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire? Do they still remember us? Does anyone remember us on Kauai? Lieutenant General Fukuda... died in vain?"
"Baga! Shut up! Are you an idiot? Be cautious in your words and deeds!" Lieutenant General Oshima frowned and shouted at his subordinates: "We are all His Majesty's most loyal soldiers! Even if we are only for His Majesty , just for the sake of all the Japanese on the mainland, we must stick to this place until the last person!"
He gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Send a telegram to the mainland! Send the telegram clearly! Just say that Lieutenant General Oshima is determined to live and die with Kauai Island! I would rather die here than take a step back! Your Majesty...Long live! "
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