All day on 5 July, the Japanese Seventh Army was making meticulous preparations for a victory without suspense, and one ship after another transporting ammunition and supplies was constantly docked at the Pearl Harbor docks, and Admiral Yamamoto's combined ship squadron was cruising in the waters from Midway to the Hawaiian Islands, and Japan's logistics fleet was as safe as being in a swimming pool at home.

In Guangzhou, Chinese mainland, the Guangzhou Garrison District Command of the Independent Division, the office of division commander Tang Qiuli, at about 3 p.m., Tang Qiuli was reviewing the plan for recovering Hong Kong formulated by the General Staff Office.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he picked up the phone on the table, "Is the staff office, Chief of Staff Zhao is not there?" ”

After a while, footsteps rang in the receiver of the phone, and Zhao Yuhe's voice came, "Commander, I'm Zhao Yuhe, do you have anything?" ”

Tang Qiuli said: "Yuhe, I suddenly remembered that after the naval battle between the US and Japanese fleets is over, the battle on the battlefield on Hawaii Island should also be over, does the intelligence department have any information on this aspect?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Division commander, yes, I just received a telegram from the Intelligence Department, and I will go to your office immediately!" ”

After a while, Zhao Yuhe knocked on the door and came in, and handed a telegram to Tang Qiuli's hand, "The intelligence department reported to the division headquarters, and based on the analysis of the intercepted telegrams between the Japanese and US armies, it came to the following conclusion: Since the afternoon of 4 July, up to now, there has been no large-scale battle on the battlefield on Hawaii Island, and about 400 nautical miles east of Midway, a large-scale air battle broke out between the Japanese Combined Fleet and the US land-based aircraft group, and the air battle ended with the US aircraft group withdrawing from the battlefield!" ”

"In addition, a transport ship formation of the US military also turned around and returned to Los Angeles after the US land-based aircraft group withdrew from the battle, and according to intelligence, the telegrams sent by the Japanese Seventh Army to China were all urging the replenishment of ammunition to be prepared for the campaign," Tang Qiuli shook his head again and again, looking puzzled.

Zhao Yuhe hurriedly asked, "Is there anything wrong with the division commander?" Hawaii Island battlefield, an unexpected change? ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "It's not that kind of situation, I just don't understand, why didn't the Japanese Seventh Army launch an attack on the desperate Second Army yesterday afternoon when the US Pacific Fleet was completely wiped out and 60,000 reinforcements were buried in the sea. ”

Zhao Yuhe put forward his own views from another angle, "Division commander, it may be that the Japanese army has consumed too much ammunition and materials, and is in the process of replenishing them, and is unable to launch an attack immediately, and the telegram of the intelligence department also shows that the Japanese army is vigorously replenishing ammunition and materials, or the Japanese army still wants to use the US Second Army as a bait to lure US troops to come for reinforcements in order to expand the results of the battle!" ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "No, this is not the case, with the strength of the Japanese Seventh Army and the two reinforced divisions, there is no need to look like the US Second Army has been heavily damaged, just imagine, the US Second Army is compressed in a small area, there is no danger to defend and the Pacific Fleet has lost the fire cover, Japanese commander, is it necessary to do this?" ”

"In fact, the US Second Army is in a state of encirclement, with their current strength and morale, attacking, unable to break through the encirclement of the Japanese army, which is several times their own, expand their battlefield space, retreat, behind the vast sea, there is no other way but to defend and wait for rescue, and about 400 nautical miles east of Midway, the air battle that took place should be the action of the Americans wanting 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 unreasonable, they can't judge that nation with normal thinking, and it is not impossible to play a game of cat and mouse, just leave him alone, let the intelligence department pay attention to the situation on the battlefield on Hawaii Island, it's okay!"

On the afternoon of 5 July, at Pearl Harbor on the island of Hawaii, the headquarters of the Japanese Seventh Army, at midnight yesterday, more than 20 Japanese reporters who arrived at the battlefield in Hawaii were all in high spirits after a thorough rest, and they were in the war room, listening to Lieutenant General Hirano, commander, explain the offensive campaign launched against the US Second Army.

If it weren't for Lieutenant General Hirano's explanation, the reporters would really not understand the battle deployment map like a book from heaven, and Lieutenant General Hirano, who was holding a wooden stick, was a famous general in the strategizing style, facing more than 20 reporters, talking eloquently, quite a bit of guidance, and the spirit of being in control!

Lieutenant General Hirano has an excellent complexion today, with a straight general's uniform, snow-white gloves, a shaved chin, and two gold stars on his collar badge, shining against the background of the afternoon sun. ”

The reporters burst into warm applause, and then, picking up the camera, the magnesium light flashed, dazzling the eyes of Lieutenant General Hirano, a beautiful and enchanting female reporter, squeezed to the front, and asked in a coquettish voice: "Your Excellency, General, do you have any predictions for the outcome of the battle?" ”

The fragrant breeze was blowing in his face, and Lieutenant General Hirano, obviously caring about the beauty's question, replied confidently and concisely: "I have no doubt that this beautiful young lady will show the might of the Imperial Japanese Army in this battle, and the result of the battle will be a complete victory!" ”

On the evening of 5 July, the Pacific breeze blew strongly through the positions of the US Second Army, causing chills in the hearts of all the US soldiers, and the commander, Lieutenant General Harrison, was also holding a military meeting.

Vice Admiral Harrison had already received a telegram from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in which he told him, "Prepare to evacuate the transport ship formation of the Second Army, because of the blockade of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, it is impossible for the Air Force to dispatch a large group of aircraft to fight fiercely with the Japanese Navy's carrier-based aircraft, and so far, it has not been able to break the Japanese blockade. ”

Lieutenant General Harrison understood that his army group had become a lone army, a place with a big palm, surrounded by the Japanese on three sides, and the vast sea on one side, with more than 60,000 soldiers, who had reached a dead end, either killed in battle or surrendered!

After listening to today's meeting, the faces of the US generals attending the meeting darkened, and this is by no means good news, because the Japanese have already occupied an absolute advantage in the eastern Pacific, and no one is sure whether the domestic fleet can come, or in other words, it will be a few days, a week, or a month. Can the Japanese give enough time?

Of course, the answer is no, Lieutenant General Harrison, looking at the faces of several division commanders, sighed, and said: "Everyone, we are already facing a desperate situation, maybe tomorrow morning, the Japanese artillery shells will blow up our positions, I have a mention, let's surrender to the Japanese, in this way, we can save the lives of more than 60,000 soldiers, as for the shame of surrender, I personally bear it, do you have any opinions?" ”

Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, Brigadier General Field, commander of the 1st Marine Division, who has been fighting fiercely with the Japanese Seventh Army on the battlefield of Hawaii Island, Huo Ran got up, his voice trembled with excitement, and said: "Commander, I have been fighting with the Japanese for more than 20 days, and my division has lost more than 80 percent of its troops. ”

"From the bottom of my heart, I don't want to fight anymore, but, Your Excellency Commander, do you know how the Japanese treat our captured soldiers, I saw with my own eyes that just before the battle, hundreds of our captured soldiers were cut off by Japanese soldiers with knives, and the Japanese soldiers also piled their heads into a tower."

"That kind of bloody scene, I have ever seen, the most terrifying scene, the Japanese are all beasts, devils who kill people without blinking, they do not leave prisoners of war, killing prisoners of war is what Japanese soldiers often do, Brigadier General Holekden, you have also witnessed it with your own eyes, that kind of bloody and cruel scene!"

Brigadier General Holekden, commander of the 3rd Marine Division, also stood up abruptly and said loudly: "Yes, Commander, what Commander Field said is all true, the soldiers of our division who were captured by the Japanese were doused with gasoline by the Japanese soldiers right in front of my eyes, and then set on fire, not a few dozens, but hundreds, soldiers on fire, running in pain, but the Japanese soldiers laughed wildly. ”

"The Japanese don't keep prisoners of war, don't expect it, if we surrender, we will save our lives, commander, do you want to send more than 60,000 soldiers to the Japanese, let those brutes, cut off our heads and set our bodies on fire?"

Including Lieutenant General Harrison, more than a dozen senior officers of the US Second Army all gasped, and the hairs on their bodies stood up, they may not have seen such a scene, except for a shell, since they landed on Hawaii Island, they have not fought with the Japanese infantry, but the two division commanders of the Marine Corps are different, since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they have been fighting on Hawaii Island, fighting against the Japanese army, their words are absolutely credible!

The atmosphere of despair and despair is shrouded in everyone's heart, surrender is a dead end, and if you fight, it will be the result of all the deaths, and you will continue to struggle in your heart and choose how to die.

After the extreme despair, it was the struggle to death, which gradually overcame fear, and in the venue, a desperate atmosphere rose, and the eyes of the American generals began to be bloody!

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