"Late at night, the hungry soldiers are targeting the Red Alert Imperial positions. The soldiers who had managed to infiltrate the position returned to the trenches excitedly with green peas and canned beef and mutton, but many of them died because they stepped on a trap on the way.

There were fuses connecting bombs and flares all around the position, and the guards who lost their lives were found when they touched the fuses.

However, going out has a life, which has also stimulated many people, and more and more people have gone to extremes. ”

"The war lasted until the twentieth day, and today I went through all the trenches and tunnels, and found that there were not even a thousand of the garrisons left, and how much money did they have when they came? 18,000 people, how many people died in the battle a few days before the start of the war?

Although I don't know about this question, I do know one thing, on the fifth day of the war, when the number of troops was summed up, there were tens of thousands of people, and in only half a month, there were only 1,000 left, and maybe even less. ”

"Today I went to the Surin trench to inquire about General Surin Tadamichi, and found the two surviving soldiers of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, and through their narration, I learned about the course of the battle.

There were only ten enemies who attacked the trenches, but each of them couldn't see clearly, and the equipment on their bodies was unprecedented, and even the two soldiers after the war suspected that they were not fighting against humans.

'They are so terrible, the bullets seem to turn around, no matter how we shoot, they just can't hit each other, and every time the other side shoots, we are killed'

"Lieutenant General Awabayashi Tadamichi, just had time to send a farewell message to the country, and before the nearby defenders arrived, they killed Lieutenant General Awabayashi and left with the body of Lieutenant General at a rapid pace, we wanted to intercept it, but there was no way."

I later learned that the enemy had launched an attack on the 2nd Mixed Brigade that night, and that the remnants of the 2nd Mixed Brigade were left with only two soldiers after the battle.

Major General Chida, who was known in the army as a proficient infantry soldier and one of the few in the Imperial Army, was known as the fierce general, and his entire army was killed, and his opponent was only a hundred men.

This news was completely blocked, and if it weren't for the fact that I was familiar with many people in the Corngrove trenches, I wouldn't have heard such shocking news, the enemy is strong and invincible. ”

Putting down the pencil that had less than a third left in his hand, Honda Shimoki flipped through the pages of the notebook.

He knew very well that many of the contents recorded above could not be made public.

In particular, once the news in the tunnels is known to the country, the blow to the people, especially to the families of all the soldiers on the island, will be unprecedentedly severe.

It's just that he can't care so much now, Honda got up from the tree, walked towards the depths of the trench, and began today's operation to search for food.

Trenches were dug out of the dirt, water and food were searched for drinkable water, and living people could often be seen hiding with the corpses of their comrades.

In the trenches, the people who can survive are thinking about how to survive, even if they are comrades-in-arms, they have no feelings and friendship for mutual assistance.

Honda Shimoki had the rifle in his hand and always turned on the safe, because yesterday he saw two soldiers because of a kettle, and then one of them shot and killed the other, just for the few drinking water in the kettle.

When he was spotted by Honda Shimoki, the man just walked away with the kettle with a blank face.

It's normal to get a shot in the back as well.

It's just that today, when I found nothing, I returned to the observation port and picked up the pen and paper again, and continued to write, as if only in this way could I forget the environment, forget my hunger and thirst, and know that I have a mind and am still a person.

"The army commander told us that even if we surrendered voluntarily and became prisoners, we would only live for a few days, and after they were investigated, we would definitely be shot. We all think that if we surrender, we will not survive, and that we will all be killed in the end. Anyway, I won't be able to leave Iwo Jima alive anyway, so it's better to persevere to the end than to be a captive and be humiliated.

The enemy may have understood our idea, and they have made a strategy to deal with it, so that the soldiers who surrendered, called on us lurking in the underground trenches to surrender.

Today I saw one, hovering over the edge of the trench, saying his name, and wandering around the trench where he had lurked with his comrades. When they find the entrance to the trenches, they will say, 'Is so-and-so here?' Is Private So-and-so there? The war is over, Japan has been defeated, come out. In this way, he called on his comrades in the trenches to surrender.

These surrenderers not only shouted the names of their comrades, but also showed that they were being treated favorably by offering a lot of food and drinking water that they had received from the enemy.

Today, the surrenderer, who was shouting outside, entered the trenches, he was persuaded by the enemy to surrender, he handed me a pack of chocolates and cigarettes, and persuaded me to leave with him, as long as I surrendered, water and food were not a problem.

In communicating with him, I believed his words and believed everything he said, not that I did not have doubts, but that the enemy did not need to be so.

According to his account, I know that those who surrender voluntarily will not be mistreated, although they also stay in the prisoner of war camp, they will have three meals a day without interruption, there will be water to bathe, medical treatment, a canned meat every day, cigarettes, and juice to drink.

I believe the sincere gaze that came out of his eyes as he spoke of this, and I believed his words.

That morning, many people followed him out and surrendered, and I could only silently bless them in my heart. ”

Putting down the pen in his hand, Honda Shimoki took out the pack of cigarettes and a lighter, lit a cigarette for himself, and then ate the chocolate, looking at the scenery outside, and his mind didn't know where it had drifted to.

The cigarettes attracted a lot of wandering lonely ghosts to come over, and Honda sent out all the cigarettes in his hands, nineteen cigarettes, and those who came late could only leave helplessly.

Looking at the people smoking cigarettes in the corner, Honda looked at the filter holder in his hand expressionlessly.

Take a peek and see the whole leopard, from this small cigarette, Honda Shimoki has seen the gap between the two sides, such a beautiful cigarette, actually handed over to a captive casually, casually distributed, it can be seen that this kind of thing is nothing at all where the enemy is.

And Japanese cigarettes, how can there be such a beautiful packaging and ingenious filters.