Chapter 256 The role of Jima
August 30, 1942
4,500 people from the Kawaguchi detachment of the Japanese army and 1,200 remaining people from the Ichiki detachment, under the cover of the Japanese navy with sea control, took advantage of the night to Landings were made on the east and west sides of Guadalcanal.
Nearly 5,000 troops from the main force on the east side successfully landed ashore and established a beachhead. However, the small barge carried by the Rangers on the west side capsized and became lost on a large scale due to the harsh weather. At least more than 400 army troops After falling into the water, the navy rescued some of the soldiers who fell into the water.
But one thing left everyone including the headquarters and base camp of the 17th Army scratching their heads. The command of Major Akinosuke Oka, the commander of the early action, once reported in lantern language, "Our troops have landed and consolidated on the spot. Position" information, and then mysteriously disappeared.
Yes, they are missing, not killed or wiped out. From the perspective of the subsequent landing troops, Major Oka Akenosuke and others seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
It stands to reason that there are more than a hundred people, at least the configuration of a strengthened squadron. Even if they are wiped out by a sudden attack by the enemy, there must be at least traces of fighting at the scene. However, the soldiers who subsequently landed on the island confessed that in addition to finding some No signs of an exchange of fire were found outside the logs used for heating.
The people behind also swore that they never heard artillery fire or gunshots on the west side of Guadalcanal that night.
So where exactly these more than 100 people went was an unsolved mystery for the base camp until Japan surrendered.
It was not until the end of World War II that the newly formed Japanese government declassified a document from its own intelligence agency. Only then did the public know that that night was the true first field activity of the intelligence organization, and that it had achieved great success in the Battle of Guadalcanal. plays an important role.
But at that time, this incident was just a small episode in the Battle of Guadalcanal...
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Early the next morning, there were strange sounds outside the temporary barracks of the New Japan Founding Army. The voice came out.
“The sky carries the black card...woo~woo~”
Bump! ! bump! !
Boom! ! ! Boom! ! !
"Hey, what are they doing?" Major General Vandergrift came over and asked after inspecting the military camp, and Miss Gemma appeared next to the major general wearing a British military uniform.
"Kojiro and the others have just obtained some prisoners, and are now trying to convert some of them into additional sources of troops..." He Chi just glanced at the things in his hands.
"The kind with fists and whips?" the major general asked, raising his eyebrows.
“Of course not.” He Chi denied it directly and righteously, and then added in the calmest tone
"Sometimes they also use sticks."
"Hey, although we don't interfere with their behavior, there are ladies here, please let them restrain themselves." The major general looked at Jima beside him and confessed. .
"Please don't pay attention to me." Jima came up and stood beside Hechi. "I fought with the commander in Copenhagen. He knows that I am not a flower in the greenhouse."
"Oh. "Major General Vandergrift looked at the young girl. Although he knew that both parties were from London, it was only then that he realized that the two of them had a superior-subordinate relationship and had performed missions together.
"Gemma, you came just in time. Take a look at these things. I need your help." He Chi waved his hand and greeted the girl naturally, while Gemma obediently pulled her hair and bent down.
With just a small movement, the major general saw several jealous glances from around him.
He Chi unfolded a package and revealed a lot of paper items. "These are what we collected from the prisoners yesterday. We need to translate them and conduct intelligence in the shortest possible time." Refining."
"Sir, what can I do?" Jima stood next to He Chi with eyes filled with excitement. She seemed to have returned to that night in Copenhagen.
"I will arrange for Kojiro and the others to translate these documents, but considering their identities, I need someone to supervise them. I remember that you understand Japanese, and I plan to leave this task to you." He Chi started directly Assign work to Gemma. "Yes!" Gemma saluted directly, and then asked, "Sir, do you have any other requests?"
He Chi thought for a moment and then said, "Observe whether any of these people are suitable to be intelligence agents. Find such people and teach them some basic spy skills."
That afternoon, Jima He appeared in the camp of the New Japan National Founding Army. His youthful and beautiful appearance also made these "Japanese puppet soldiers" who had not seen women for a long time so greedy. One guy even boldly used Japanese to lust after his companions and lusted after Jima's hot thighs. and hip curves.
The next moment, something shocking happened to everyone.
Boom! ! ! !
Ah! ! ! ! ! !
Painful moans sounded, and Jima took out the Xiuzhen pistol from her handbag and shot the unobtrusive man through the thigh. While the other party was wailing, she announced in Japanese, "Don't play tricks with me, I know everything about you!"
This shot not only shocked all the New Japan Founding Army present, but even Kennedy, who had thought about it before, felt a chill in his lower body.
Iikuni Kojiro belatedly realized that this British girl was the adult's woman, and then called all the members of the New Japan Founding King together for an emergency meeting
"Jima Miss nods, you have to bow! The lady smiles, you guys have to kneel down! Don’t cause her any trouble, understand? Otherwise, the master will not let you go!”
Since then, Jima’s translation work has been carried out very quickly. , even the selection of Japanese agents quickly took shape.
Seven or eight people were selected by her for simple spy skills training and became the earliest intelligence officers of this unit. Kojiro Iiguni was the leader of these people.
For a long time thereafter, the intelligence system of the New Japan Founding Army always had a British flavor, whether it was secret codes, passwords, or infiltration habits.
These people formed the Intelligence Department (also called the Iikuni Department) headed by Kojiro Iikuni, and together with the Army Department (also called the Aoki Department) that would be closer to the U.S. Army in the future, they became the most primitive post-war Japanese government. of the two major factions.
On the second day of Jima's work, she brought important intelligence.
"Gentlemen, we are in trouble!" This was the first sentence of Major General Vandergrift who entered the conference room with Gemma.
"After our allies' intelligence analysis of the Japanese, the Japanese army will land a third wave of troops during this period. The total number will exceed 10,000, and there may be armored troops."
As soon as these words came out, including Egypt The expressions of the middle-level commanders, including Colonel Dessen, became grim. The Japanese were slowly reducing their numerical disadvantage, which was not a good sign.
"Second, within 24 hours, the Japanese army will launch the first attack, and the target is the location of the New Japan Founding Army."
"Third, the Japanese Navy submarine force is secretly Heading to the southern waters, I have already forwarded the information to Fletcher, but it seems it is too late..."
< br>On August 31, 1942, Fletcher's flagship Saratoga was attacked by a salvo of four torpedoes from a Japanese submarine. Although the Saratoga tried its best to avoid it, it was still hit by one of the torpedoes in the stern and was injured. Having to withdraw from the battle for emergency repairs, only the last two US aircraft carriers were left on duty in the Solomon area, and their air power was greatly reduced.
At the same time, 4,000 men from the Kawaguchi detachment passed through the woods and rushed towards the position of the 1st Division of the US Army.
(End of this chapter)