Jun Takeshita rejected the idea that the adjutants here wanted to invite him to dinner, but asked them to prepare their bags, he was going to return to China immediately, to start his plan, he couldn't wait for a moment.
Subsequently, Takeshita Jun planned to transfer from Huaibei to Anhui, then to Shanghai, and then return from Shanghai.
Kuah is the second largest island in the Solomon Islands, located at low latitudes south of the equator, with a typically hot and humid tropical climate.
On the evening of August 6, 1942, the US landing formation had reached the sea area about 60 nautical miles away from Kuah Island, and with the cover of bad weather, it was never discovered by the Japanese army.
At the same time as the landing formation sailed across, the US air units stationed on Efate and Espírito Santo dispatched B17 bombers to suppress the Japanese troops in the Solomon Islands, while the US planes taking off from the island of New Guinea closely monitored the Japanese troops in the Bismarck Islands and the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea.
At 1 a.m. on 7 August, the landing formation reached the sea area ten nautical miles from Kuah Island and was divided into two, the 1st and 5th Marine Regiments under the command of Van der Graft attacked Kuah Island through the southern waterway of Savo Island, and the unit codenamed Y-ray was four battalions commanded by Brigadier General Ruptas under the command of Deputy Division Commander to attack Tulagi Island through the northern waterway of Savo Island.
Two other battalions served as reserves.
The Battle of Kuah Island officially began.
The clarion call for the Allied counteroffensive also began to sound.
At about 6 o'clock, the warships covering the formation began shelling the Japanese positions on Kuah Island, and then the carrier-based planes that took off from the aircraft carrier flew over Kuah Island and carried out fierce bombing and strafing.
"Captain Yankees attacked, they want to land," a Japanese soldier opened his mouth wide and looked at the captain next to him.
"Baga, run away, we are sappers, we don't even have weapons, Baga" That's right, although the Japanese troops on Kuah Island were engineers, but they were actually Korean laborers who built the airport, and they didn't bring any weapons, and a small number of garrison troops fled into the jungle when they saw that the US soldiers were pressing the border, and they did not dare to resist, so the US troops successfully landed on Kuah Island without firing a shot, and by sunset, more than 110,000 people had landed on Kuah Island.
"Your Excellency Colonel, the Japanese have fled in a vulnerable way," an American soldier said to a colonel, "but since we don't have an accurate map, we haven't been able to find the location of the Japanese airfield yet."
"Send Someone to Find It Immediately" "Yes" On the other side of Kuah Island, the Japanese were terrified.
"Captain, what to do now Americans" "Report to Command immediately, right now" "Hi" When the war report in the Pacific was presented to the Japanese army base camp, everyone was confused I hadn't heard that the Americans were going to attack us before, why did they suddenly hit us, and the Americans had already landed As a result, a group of high-level officials began an emergency meeting again.
At this time, Hideki Tojo realized how correct the situation analyzed by Zhou Weiguo before.
Intelligence against the United States, intelligence is their shortcoming The Japanese look so different from the Americans that it's almost impossible for them to plant spies The United States is not China In order to fight China, they can be said to have worked hard for many years to prepare for many years, and even occupied Korea first, and then took the three eastern provinces, as a springboard for the capture of China, but the United States Now it is difficult to fight for the initiative in the Pacific, what to do "Hyakutake-kun, what do you say" Tojo Hideki looked at Hyakutake Gengo, at this time, he should listen to the advice of the old general.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, it is certain to immediately order all departments to defend, but the forces of the American invasion must be wiped out on Kuah Island, otherwise, once the Americans use Kuah Island as a springboard, the Empire's layout in the South Pacific may be ruined."
These naval attacks were too risky, so much so that they failed at Midway.
Of course, Yamamoto's idea is very risky and very consistent with the characteristics of the current group of people in the military department who love to gamble.
But it's not that the Japanese Navy is not saved now, they actually still have the advantage, except that the battle line is too long, and there are too many troops needed on the South Pacific side.
But there is only one thing that is to be thankful, that is, the independent division of the navy is no longer a cause for concern.
"Do the others have any other ideas" Hideki Tojo looked at Yamamoto Fifty-six and the others, the navy, which is also considered a faction.
Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head, "General Hyakwu's thoughts are very sound. ” Rao was he, and indeed he did not expect the Americans to take the initiative to attack, and he was a little stunned.
But then it was relieved that they had failed at Midway, and if the Americans did not attack again, they would soon have to recover.
However, it is true that Kuah Island was landed by the Americans so quickly, and it was indeed something they did not expect, but now, they can only let the defenders defend on the spot and hold their positions, and then let the surrounding forces destroy this force of American troops as soon as possible, otherwise, the arrangements they made in the South Pacific will soon fall short.
"However, there are a lot of supplies on Kuah Island" Yamamoto Fifty-six's expression changed, "It must be defended, if it can't be kept, then it must be destroyed" Hideki Tojo narrowed his eyes and nodded, "That's true, before, the airport on Kuah Island should have been built 80 years ago." ” "Hi" "Let General Hyakutake Haruyoshi be sure to send troops, and it is extremely important to defend Kuah Island" "Hi" Baiwu Yuanwu sighed slightly, his younger brother was already a military commander, and he was still on the front line, shouldering heavy responsibilities, to be honest, he also wanted to go to the battlefield, although he was already a little older.
However, he always felt that if Yamamoto Isoroku and Shigetaro Shimada continued like this, the Japanese Navy would always be destroyed.
All along, he insisted on coordinating with the United States, and was almost banished from the Navy.
Shaking his head slightly, now, he is not too trusted, and if he wants to lead the army, he will not be agreed.
"Gentlemen, please cheer up" Hideki Tojo stood up and looked at everyone with burning eyes, "The future of the empire, in the hands of you and me, please work hard, don't give up, as long as we don't give up, we will succeed in the empire, and there will be glory and glory."
"Please," Hideki Tojo bowed to everyone.
"Hi" The admirals are still very moved.
This shows that Hideki Tojo values them, but it is also true that the navy is important in the war with the United States, and if it weren't for this, they wouldn't be sitting here at this moment.
Subsequently, Hideki Tojo departed, and he was going to report the matter to the emperor.
As for the navy, the people are talking about it, and the order that has just been discussed will be issued soon, and they also believe that the warriors in the Pacific can deal with this problem.
It's just that the question is how to eliminate this force of the US military.
Since the U.S. military dares to fight, it must be fully prepared, and the most important thing is that Kuah Island is very likely to be unable to hold it, because most of the soldiers on Kuah Island are North Korean laborers.
If you really want to keep it, it can't be.
But as soon as Kuah Island is lost, it will give the US military some things for nothing, which is also what they don't want to see, but what should it be?