Chapter 26, Tongzhajian (Part 2)
At the U.S. Army's frontline field hospital located on the ancient battlefield of Okezama, Marshal MacArthur, with a large entourage, was visiting the wounded U.S. soldiers in the hospital.
This time when he came to the front line to express condolences to the wounded, Marshal MacArthur did not come empty-handed. Instead, he prepared a large amount of chocolate candies, Camel cigarettes, whiskey and illustrated magazines for the wounded soldiers. He also cheered the wounded soldiers with a smile and full of confidence. People all over the world announced that they would end this "damn war" before Christmas! He won a round of cheers from all the wounded soldiers and medical staff.
In addition, Marshal MacArthur also brought a performance troupe to accompany the troops and played authentic American country music in the hospital.
For a time, everyone was enjoying themselves, and the accompanying journalists took the opportunity to write many articles praising the commander-in-chief who loved his soldiers as much as his sons.
Instigated by several reporters, Marshal MacArthur enthusiastically delivered an impromptu speech through a microphone and loudspeaker:
"...Dear warriors, citizens of the entire free world are cheering for your feat of landing on the Japanese islands! They are all paying tribute to you! Four years of cruel war is about to usher in the final victory, and you are The biggest contributor to winning this highest honor for the country!
Your profession requires you to sacrifice yourself in this life-or-death situation and ask for nothing more. Your profession is to fight, to fight in a smoke-filled arena. In the past four years, you have endured so much suffering, traveling through scorching deserts where the sand can bake eggs, dark and dirty foxholes, eerie and stinking trenches, wet and filthy tunnels, and scorching fires. Scorching sunshine, violent downpours, deserted jungle trails, dilapidated and messy ruined cities, every day is spent amidst the roar of shells and the roar of bullets!
You have endured the painful suffering of long-term separation from your loved ones, the rampant spread of tropical diseases, horrific killings in troubled areas, hunger, thirst and embarrassment due to shortage of supplies. With your firm and courageous defense and swift and accurate attacks, you have dedicated your life to the happiness of our people and the peace of the world. You have always been unyielding and persisted in fighting in a pool of blood, just to defeat the powerful and brutal enemy and win a comprehensive and complete victory! The victory of freedom over tyranny!
I don't know what words to use to express my gratitude to you! It's just an honor to lead you onto the battlefield!
Now, the darkest nightmare is over and the dawn of victory has finally arrived! It turns out that no one can defeat you, the defenders of the free world. For a century and a half, you have defended, guarded, and protected the sacred traditions of liberation and freedom, rights, and justice.
From Pearl Harbor, where the war broke out four years ago, to the Japanese archipelago that we are stepping on now, there is a long, bloody road in between. God helped us achieve this victory today. But we will never forget Pearl Harbor. The crimes committed by the Japanese warlords cannot be repaired or forgotten. We must completely deprive them of the power to destroy and kill. Although we have destroyed Tokyo and reduced most of the Japanese war criminals to dust in the mushroom cloud, the remaining enemies still have not surrendered and continue to fight against the righteous forces of the United States on land and sea!
Therefore, I hope you can continue to fight hard and fill in the last shovelful of soil for the final funeral of the Japanese fascist army! …”
However, when Marshal MacArthur was talking so eloquently, he didn't know that there was a special group of listeners crawling under his feet...
——As a frontier battlefield where the Oda family and the Imagawa family fought for many years during the Warring States Period, Okehazama was surrounded by mountains, and the US military’s field hospital, just like Imagawa Yoshimoto’s main camp, was set up in a traffic area Convenient flat swale.
Of course, this does not mean that the US military has ignored the vigilance of the surrounding mountainous areas. Barbed wire fences have also been set up around the field hospital and sentries have been set up. Moreover, after all, the importance of units like field hospitals is not as important as that of arsenals and headquarters. This level of defense is about the same.
However, what they didn't know was that just under the dense vegetation of Tezhajama Mountain, the Japanese Navy had built a giant underground warehouse here a few years ago to store arms and ammunition. Although this underground warehouse suffered serious water seepage and landslide problems due to improper construction shortly after it was put into use, and was eventually forced to be abandoned, the main structure was still intact and was reported to the Nagoya defenders by insiders.
What the US military didn't even know was that there was an escape tunnel in this underground warehouse, which happened to pass directly under their field hospital... What's even better is that although the warehouse itself has been basically abandoned, for some reason there are still several Boxes of engineering explosives and a batch of mines were left inside...
As a result, a Japanese commando force of nearly a thousand people successfully evaded the US military sentries and patrols and quietly approached the place from underground.
When Lieutenant Kasai, who originally belonged to the Japanese Navy, wearing a miner's hat, emerged from the tunnel, Major General Tsuji Masanobu pulled him out.
"...Thank you for your hard work, Kasai-kun. How is the installation of the explosives going? Didn't the Americans notice anything strange?"
"...Everything went well! The detonators and detonators were installed. The Americans were definitely not alarmed."
Lieutenant Kasai said as he dusted himself off, and at the same time pulled out a few engineers who were following him. These people were obviously very tired. As soon as they climbed out, they lay on the ground panting and were frozen by the cold rain on the grass blades. Deji Lingling shuddered, "...the Yankees were playing music on the ground, which made my ears buzz in the tunnel. We are not going to do it temporarily." Digging a tunnel and just installing some things inside, how could they possibly find it? Well, the location of the tunnel is a bit off, and the amount of explosives is a little too small. It is possible that the power of the explosion is not enough to kill all those Americans at once. , and I don’t know if the U.S. Marshal is still inside, or if he has left..."
"...It doesn't matter, it's already great if you can do this. Leave the rest to us!"
Major General Tsuji Masanobu said comfortingly, "...As for whether U.S. Marshal MacArthur is still there...we can only pray for God's blessing."
As we all know, there were deep gaps and contradictions between the navy and the army of the old Japanese Empire. To the extent that the army built aircraft carriers and the navy built tanks. The same country and the same company used the same weapon technology. The Japanese navy and the army had to work independently. Procurement is introduced once and cannot be communicated internally. But this is more of a power struggle between the upper class. Specifically, when it comes to the lower class officers and soldiers, it has not reached the level of treating them as enemies. Otherwise, they would not be able to cooperate in fighting in Nanyang. And now that the empire itself has collapsed, these old grudges are even less relevant.
The ragtag group of people currently collected by Major General Tsuji Masanobu include those from the navy and army, retired and active duty. At present, the Red Guards of the Japanese Communist Party and the extreme elements of the gang violence group have infiltrated. Of course, there are more wandering refugees whose homes were burned by the US military. Under normal circumstances, such a group of people would have started killing each other long ago, but under the banner of "repelling the barbarians and saving the country", they can still stand together for the time being.
"...May Atsuta Daimyojin bless us, and we will win this battle!"
Just like Oda Nobunaga who took action here four centuries ago, Major General Tsuji Masanobu muttered this, and then waved his hand: "Detonate!"
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Boom!
The earth trembled and the mountains shook, and the earth was shattered!
About two tons of explosives exploded underground, causing the entire US military field hospital to jump. A huge shock wave swept across the entire depression, flying the tents of the field hospital everywhere like pieces of paper in a storm. It also brought Marshal MacArthur's speech to an abrupt end.
When Marshal MacArthur woke up from his dizziness, he could hardly believe what he saw: mutilated bodies everywhere. Various mutilated limbs and bloody pieces of flesh were scattered everywhere. The ground and the collapsed tent were covered with large smears of black blood.
"...Damn! Could it be the Japanese? If they are attacked at this time..."
The next moment, his crow's mouth came true: before the smoke and dust of the explosion completely cleared, intensive gunshots and explosions rang out from all directions.
On the slopes of Okezama Mountain, all kinds of light rocket launchers, mortars, rocket launchers and grenade launchers opened fire like a torrential rain, and hot shrapnel roared in the air. The ground shook violently like a never-ending earthquake. Several heavy machine guns continued to spray blood-red flames, pouring down the hot molten iron. The American patrols deployed on the mountain were killed by snipers at the first opportunity. Groups of Japanese soldiers emerged from various underground tunnels covered by bushes, shouting various slogans and killed the soldiers who had just been bombed. U.S. military field hospital.
"...Kill me!!" "...Assault!" "...Long live!"
"...shoot, shoot! Kill these Japanese devils!"
It was not until this life-and-death moment that the US military, which had been stunned by the bombing, finally recovered its normal reaction. Under the kicking and scolding of several officers, it lifted up the collapsed machine gun and fired back violently. Continuous chains of bullets and fire hit some Japanese, but the successors stepped on the bodies of their comrades and continued to advance. Some of the fallen people struggled to crawl forward and were knocked down again. The piercing howl was mixed with the sound of gunfire, which was extremely sad.
The barbed wire fence that had been blown away by underground blasting did not delay the Japanese army at all. They have been running and living here since they were children, and they are the real masters of this land. The trembling rhythm of the earth cheered them, and the rolling heat wave made Americans' hearts suddenly freeze...
Finally, several Japanese soldiers jumped into the chaos of the American troops, fighting with bayonets, sabers and submachine guns, or dropping grenades one after another. Some Japanese soldiers were killed. Some American soldiers were chopped down and knocked down. But on this local battlefield, the Japanese far outnumbered the Americans. In particular, a group of Japanese samurai wielding swords with both hands seemed to be determined to die. They attacked the US military position like a tide, overwhelming the crumbling defense line in an instant. Then, they wielded their knives with murderous hands, slashing, chopping, stabbing, and killing at lightning speed against the unarmed wounded soldiers and medical staff. The Japanese slaughtered and cut up inhumanely. The distraught American troops suffered broken muscles and fractures, and two parts of their body and head: At this point in the war, both the Japanese and American troops no longer took the Geneva Convention seriously, but massacred them wherever they went.
"...Your Excellency, Marshal! I can't hold it anymore! Get in the car quickly!"
In the chaos of gunfire and bullets, MacArthur's Filipino valet and Australian adjutant obtained a jeep from nowhere, pushed MacArthur into the passenger seat, and then tried to drive away from the field hospital that had turned into a slaughterhouse of flesh and blood. .
However, the jeep carrying MacArthur did not drive out long before a screaming rocket pounced hard.
Immediately afterwards, as the driver shouted in terror, a line of gray smoke was dragged by a portable individual killer and hit the rear of the car!
"...Boom!"
Countless hot fragments and bright flames engulfed the entire jeep in an instant. Some of the occupants were blown into pieces on the spot, while others turned into burning fireballs. Marshal MacArthur himself was lucky enough to be thrown out and landed in a dense bush. Relying on the buffer of vegetation, the marshal only suffered some flesh injuries, but he was also shocked by the shock wave to the point where he vomited blood and became deaf. He was in a daze for a while before he came back to his senses.
After taking a few breaths, MacArthur tried to stand up, but found that he was dizzy and had no strength at all. He had to turn over on the spot, from lying on the ground to facing up. Next, he saw a The Japanese major general with round eyes and a bloody saber walked towards him with a sinister smile.
It was only then that MacArthur remembered one thing. He was still wearing a very conspicuous admiral's uniform...
Then, the Japanese major general took out a photo from his pocket, looked at it, and spoke in fluent English:
"...General MacArthur, it's a pleasure to meet you. You may have heard of my name. My name is Masanobu Tsuji! In the Philippines, New Guinea, and Australia, you have escaped from the imperial army again and again. But this time there is no escape!”
After hearing the name of this "Jackal Staff Officer", MacArthur suddenly opened his eyes angrily, and wanted to curse, but unexpectedly, a mouthful of dirty blood immediately poured out of his throat, choking him so much that he could not speak at all... At this time, another man A Japanese military commander also raised a sword He walked up and wanted to behead Marshal MacArthur, but Tsuji Masanobu stopped him: "...No, don't behead him yet. Capturing a living MacArthur is more useful than asking for the head of a marshal..."
——A few days later, there was a legend that "Masanobu made a surprise attack on the barrel room, broke the enemy's main line, and captured Amiliga's name, Mai", as well as a leaflet with photos of Marshal MacArthur being put into an iron cage for display. At the same time, it spread throughout the prefectures and counties of the Japanese archipelago, igniting the fighting passion of the entire island nation. And Major General Tsuji Masanobu, who captured MacArthur alive, instantly shocked the world as "a generation of anti-Meqi warriors" and became famous all over the world...