Cherry blossoms are widely planted in Japan because they are loved by the Japanese and are designated as the national flower of Japan along with the chrysanthemum, which symbolizes the royal family.
Mt.
Yoshino is the most famous cherry blossom in Mt.
Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, which is known as "Yoshino Thousand Cherry Blossoms": about 50 days, but it only takes 7 to 10 days from bloom to blossom in each area, so traveling around the Japanese archipelago in pursuit of the flowering season has become a favorite and conspicuous way for wealthy Japanese families.
Showa is a light rain day, rain will not be in danger of bombing, so in Nara gathered tens of thousands of Japanese to enjoy the flowers, Japan gathered under the cherry blossom trees with umbrellas, and the food brought was not so rich, compared with the pre-war period, the Japanese people seemed to get only a miserable life, and the military propaganda of those great victories one after another, but the number of conscription places is increasing, and the smoke of gunpowder is getting closer and closer to people's daily life.
But under the cherry blossom trees, in this sea of flowers, the scars are gradually being healed, and in war, what could be better than to live At 10:29 a.m., 31 Flying Fortress B29 heavy bombers of the U.S. 20th Air Force visited Nara Prefecture in the midst of their busy schedules, offering an auspicious piece of auspiciousness to the Japanese who were enjoying the flowers, adding a few beautiful flowers.
The Japanese were running like crazy all over the mountains, but in any case, their escape was doomed to be futile, and after the intensive bombing similar to the carpet bombing of later generations, the scene like the Shura field made the Japanese rescuers timid.
The scorched black earth was littered with stumps and broken arms, internal organs and intestines hung on the treetops, and miserable cries and miserable groans were mixed together, and the U.S. air raids were at the peak of the number of people viewing the flowers, so they caused unimaginable casualties.
At this moment, the Japanese seem to have forgotten that they used incendiary bombs in the densely populated slums of Shanghai because they could not overcome the attack for a long time, causing more than 10,000 casualties among the Chinese people, forgetting the various special warfare agent shells they frequently used, forgetting the Nanjing tragedy, and still more forgetting the tragedy of the suffocation of thousands of Chinese civilians caused by the bombing of Chongqing.
No one in the U.S. government, including Brigadier General Hill, who carried out the bombing, felt any guilt in response to the Japanese complaints, and they were very glad that their actions had dealt a serious blow to the arrogance and morale of the Japanese After learning that the Allied air raids had achieved significant results and Japan's accusations, Song Yuhang had to admire the United States, a country that later flaunted democracy, freedom, and human rights, and there was no doubt that if the atomic bomb had been developed a few years later, the Japanese might really have been killed by the Americans, and the history of later generations also proved that the Japanese troops who laid down their arms in China were basically well cared for and repatriated under the false benevolence of the Chinese, while only a very small part of the Japanese captured by the American army survived, and generally compared with the preferential treatment of German prisoners of war by the US military, The U.S. military treated the Germans as soldiers and settled them according to human moral standards, while the U.S. military treated the Japanese army like a wild beast, just like Bradley once said to MacArthur, "Kill little Japan" The Nara tragedy had already made the base camp extremely ugly, and when the news of the attack and death of the commander of the 11th Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, reached the Japanese base camp, the already gloomy atmosphere began to become strange.
The death of Isamu Yokoyama gives people the feeling that the war seems to be going downhill, since 1943, that is, the eighteenth year of Showa, the division commanders who were originally high above began to be no longer safe, and the division commanders appeared one after another, and the infantry wing was annihilated, and the military flag was captured, until the end of the eighteenth year of Showa, this trend reached its peak under the collapse of the 53rd Infantry Division.
From the Manchurian Incident to the China Incident.
Fought for so many years.
The army has set a precedent for the annihilation of ground combat units at the level of wings and divisions.
This has already terrified the base camp.
Emperor Hirohito no longer believed in the promises of his generals.
The prestige of the Tojo Cabinet declined dramatically.
It's almost on the verge of losing prestige.
Now they urgently need an iron man to reorganize the Chinese sending army.
At this time, it was arranged by someone with a heart.
The name of the newly promoted general Jiokamura Ninjichi appeared on the agenda of the discussion meeting at the base camp.
The name Okamura Ninji is not unfamiliar to almost all later Chinese, including Song Yuhang.
Okamura Ninji, who is known as the demon of invading China, is a very typical Japanese militarist.
He was born into a family of samurai in the Shinasaka neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan.
As a descendant of a fallen samurai land.
He has a desperate desire for honor that is different from ordinary people.
With a sense of urgency to make a contribution to the emperor.
I can't wait to gallop on the field.
Kill the enemy and bleed the river.
He, a descendant of the Tokugawa shogunate, has been a graduate of the non-commissioned officer school since he graduated.
It is by the grassroots troops step by step Come to the ground.
For this time, he was able to succeed Shunroku Hata as the head of the Chinese dispatch army.
He was a little surprised.
But it was also expected.
Okamura Ninji is playing with a walnut-sized round jade Buddha.
It is said that it was a treasure that flowed out of the Qing court palace in China that year.
Generations of emperors "hand treasure".
After several generations of tantric living Buddha consecration.
It can play a role in calming the mind and nourishing the qi.
But at this moment, Okamura Ningji's mind was churning, and he was full of emotion.
Shunroku Hata is too old.
He was so old that even people could not recognize it, and after the Battle of Changde, Yokoyama Yong, who was responsible for the defeat, should be transferred from the command of the 11th Army.
With Yokoyama's qualifications, how to control such a large number of troops to control those with similar qualifications to him.
The same rank is a proud general, especially those veteran division commanders with deep backgrounds.
The Great War has not yet begun.
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There was a gap between the generals.
Isamu Yokoyama also blindly suppressed officials at all levels.
Shirk the responsibility of the local command that should be due.
There is no higher command at all who should be conscious.
So much so that there was a farce of disobedience before the battle.
This battle can be won by a big margin Yokoyama's death was undoubtedly the best outcome in the eyes of Okamura Ninji.
At least there's one more guy with a black pot.
Shunroku Hata can also save face at the last of his face.
Who would seriously care about that with a dead man?
If there are achievements on the front line of this trip, of course, it is also the merit of himself, the commander-in-chief who personally arrived at the front line to boost the morale of the army, if he is unable to return to the sky, then it is also a dereliction of duty by Isamu Yokoyama, and in any case, it will be him Okamura Ninji who will turn the tide.
Although Okamura Ninji, who had a grim expression, did not speak, the staff officers in the cabin were talking in a whisper in the cabin, and a man with black-rimmed eyes moved his shoulders and sighed: "Since 1942, Germany has made great brilliant achievements on all fronts, and our Great Japanese Empire seems to have hit a wall everywhere."
A captain with Erlang's legs crossed looked at the white clouds outside the window, and continued mysteriously: "It's not for the blessing of Song Yuhang, the First Mechanized Army of China, three division commanders have been sent by him to enjoy the offering, this person is simply the nemesis of my Japanese army, every time we are about to achieve the final victory, he will give us a fatal knife The grassroots troops below talk about the color change."
"What's more" Shao Zuo, who had black-rimmed eyes, timidly glanced at the front cabin, and lowered his voice and said: "Now when the captains and wing captains of the front line want to swear, they will say that if I lie to people, then let me meet Song Yuhang's First Mechanized Army next time."
Oh, oh, a group of young staff officers who had just come from the base camp for an internship around them let out a sound of surprise for the First Mechanized Army and Song Yuhang of the Zhina people, although they were very dissatisfied with the two seniors touting the enemy so much, but as rookies, they were not qualified to speak, after all, even senior generals like the commander of the 11th Army, Isamu Yokoyama, were attacked and killed in the barracks, and even the huge occupied area had no rear safety at all.
The huge roar generated by the flight of the plane made Okamura Ninji only occasionally hear a few words such as Song Yuhang, which he did not take to heart and understood, and the young man was still curious.
At the beginning of the "No. 1 operation", the huge results of the light victory over Changsha made the base camp including the people feel very excited, but then the quagmire in Hengyang made the attacking imperial team sink deeper and deeper.
Okamura Ninji clearly knew that the First Mechanized Army on the side of China was a force that could turn the tide of the battle, and this force had been guarding near Shaoyang, if it weren't for the fact that most of the squadrons on the outer line were still wandering and watching, the First Mechanized Army would have rushed up long ago, and its powerful assault force and huge strength would be a nightmare for any Imperial Army division that encountered it in the field.
In Okamura Ningji's view, the actual dispatch of troops in Hengyang should have stopped a long time ago, because the divisions and regiments that had lost their edge were exhausted, and even if Hengyang was occupied, they could not continue to attack Guilin and Shaoyang, but in order to cooperate with the "horizontal sword" plan of Yamashita Fengwen of the Burmese side, the dispatched army had to continue to work hard under the condition that it had already appeared passive, so that Chongqing could not send more troops to fight in Burma.
As soon as he got off the plane at Changsha Airport, Okamura Ninji immediately grabbed more than a dozen Type 95 tanks and more than a dozen armored vehicles on the airport and almost surrounded the plane, and a large number of armed soldiers blocked the concentrated expatriates and reporters from 100 meters away.
Okamura Ninji deeply realized the tremendous impact of the attack on Isamu Yokoyama this time, and Major General Kuroda, deputy chief of staff, personally opened the door of an armored car and made a gesture of please.
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