Subsequently, the Japanese swept away Southeast Asia with a devastating force. On February 15, 1942, Percival, the commander of the British forces in Singapore, signed the instrument of surrender, and Singapore abandoned it. On March 9, 1942, the Dutch forces in the Indonesian archipelago surrendered. On May 6, 1942, more than 70,000 U.S.-Filipino troops surrendered to the Japanese at Bataan, led by Corregidore, and the Philippines fell. On May 8, 1942, Myitkyina, an important town in northern Burma, was lost, the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the British and Indian troops fully retreated, and Burma fell into the hands of the Japanese army. China's land communications with its allies have been completely cut off, and aid has to be airlifted on the Hump route.

And the good days of the Japanese came to an end when the Americans were ready for war.

On 18 April 1942, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle led the crew of 16 B-25 bombers from the Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet and successfully bombed Tokyo. This bombing was the first air raid on the Japanese mainland in World War II, which shocked the Japanese government and the public. And the Doolittle air raid is also known as the first victory of the United States in World War II.

The bombing made the Japanese feel that their homeland was not safe. The Japanese believe that the planes took off from Midway. So, in a hurry, the Battle of Midway was launched. And in such a rush to war, all intelligence information is insufficient. Moreover, after the successful sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese self-confidence swelled a little. already looks down on the original American boss.

And the consequences of this underestimation of the enemy are serious. The Japanese army was scattered and poorly commanded. It was successfully attacked by the Americans, and in just five minutes, three elite aircraft carriers were lost!

According to post-war statistics, the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers and one cruiser in the Battle of Midway! A total of 322 aircraft were lost and 3,507 killed. Many of them are carefully cultivated and experienced elite talents in Japan. After this battle, the Japanese Combined Fleet collapsed.

In later generations, this battle was regarded as a turning point for the Japanese from strategic offensive to strategic stalemate! Or even a turning point in the Pacific War!

And after the war, decades later, when all secrets cease to be secrets. The Japanese were depressed to find that before the Battle of Midway, the fundamental reason why the Americans were able to easily decipher the Japanese code and learn about the movements of the Japanese was because of the help of the Japanese!

The Japanese who deciphered the Japanese code, from the Japanese diaspora in the United States.

Since Roosevelt's proclamation of the decree. According to the law, 110,000 Japanese expatriates who have settled in the United States are required to move to the places designated by the U.S. government!

The private investments and bank deposits of these Japanese nationals were confiscated, and even the conditions for appeals and protests were unconditionally denied. After the order was issued, all Japanese expatriates had only forty-eight days to disappear to pack their belongings, sell their possessions, and cease their long-established business. However, all razors and liquor are to be confiscated, and all clothing and luggage carried by a person must not exceed one hundred and fifty pounds.

With the attitude of the Americans towards the Japanese at this time, the newly built settlements will naturally not be luxury villas with complete facilities. Even Roosevelt, when he once spoke out, bluntly called the settlement a concentration camp. In the settlement, each room is seven meters wide and eight meters long. Lined up horizontally and vertically. For each row of rooms, there is only one laundry room, one cafeteria, and one toilet.

Outside the barracks, it was surrounded by dense barbed wire. There will also be searchlights to prevent anyone from fleeing or organizing a rebellion.

What the Americans did not expect, however, was that the Japanese were far more patient than they expected. These Japanese lived in concentration camps, uh, no, for a few years in the settlements, and not only did they not riot. And I was very happy. Not only can they draw all kinds of recruitment posters for the U.S. military for free, but they also gather like an army every morning to recite the oath of allegiance to the United States, raise the Star-Spangled Banner, and salute the U.S. flag. Even the Japanese children in the camp are taught English and American history!

For such a well-behaved little brother, the Americans are really dumbfounded. And the patience of the Japanese also made the Americans, who were originally prepared to treat the Japanese harshly, have no reason to start. After all, people's hearts are made of flesh. Fighting back against the robbers is done, bullying the weak and the good, but it is difficult to start.

At this time, the Americans began to collect a large amount of information about the Japanese. There is a shortage of people who are proficient in both Japanese and English. A large number of people who were proficient in Japanese and English were imprisoned in the concentration camps. The Americans had no choice but to select 60 people from among the 110,000 Japanese nationals in the settlements in March 1942 after a series of selections and examinations to take part in their intelligence analysis and translation work against Japan.

Originally, according to normal logic, even if the Japanese immigrated to the United States and identified with the United States, it was inevitable that blood and family ties would still exist. Just like many traitors, although they are in the Japanese, their hearts are also in the Japanese, but when facing the Chinese, they will still be a little weak-hearted.

However, what these Japanese diasporas are doing is completely out of normal logic. With great enthusiasm and loyalty, they devoted themselves to the work of helping Americans translate and analyze intelligence! And, complete, complete, none, have, any, what, mind, reason, obstacles, obstacles!

This has left even some Americans at a loss. It has to be said that these Japanese diasporas who are proficient in Chinese the American and Japanese dialects and cultures, and who have received higher education, are extremely efficient. Not only did he quickly decipher the military code that the Japanese used to communicate before the Battle of Midway, but he also deciphered the information that Yamamoto Isoroku later inspected the naval base. Let Yamamoto Fifty-Six drink hatred in the primeval jungle!

Subsequently, these Japanese expatriates translated into English the battle plan carried by Japan's Admiral Koga Mineichi, who died in a plane crash in the Philippines, into English with great speed and accuracy. In addition, from dozens of tons of materials that were originally marked as of no military value, an incomparably detailed "list of Japanese munitions stocks" was sorted out, which provided accurate targets and directions for the bombers of the 20th Air Force of the US Army to bomb Japan.

Such a Japanese, such a little brother, and such a character really make Americans at a loss. It is the people of this race who attack the United States and are treacherous, and it is also the people of this race who are extremely loyal and have made great contributions to the Americans. It is natural for such a contradictory thing to be done by the people of this nation.

It is no wonder that Benedict, an American anthropologist of his time, in his book "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", although there are too many criticisms of the character and nation of the Japanese, there is still an indelible sense of awe and vigilance. Although this book was originally a research report written by the U.S. Wartime Intelligence Agency, it is also the best scalpel to dissect the soul of the Japanese nation until later generations!

With such a little brother, Lao Mei is also quite hard!