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Rabaul is located on the ghazel peninsula at the northeast end of New Britain, surrounded by blanch Bay and facing Simpson bay to the south.
When it comes to Rabaul, what people think of most is not that this city is the largest city on the new British island, but the cruel war history that this city has experienced.
After the Australian style docked at the wharf of Rabaul, Yang Jing and his party got off the ship, while William Howard, as the captain, took the initiative to undertake the task of tour guide.
Just like those cruel battles that the city has experienced, even if the city has been destroyed by the volcano once, you can still see the military fortress built by Japan and the traces left over from the US Japan war.
William Howard was very familiar with Rabaul, and when they docked at the dock, the sun was still hanging in the western sky, so Yang Jing decided to visit the city before eating and staying. William Howard naturally acted as a tour guide.
"In 1910, the Germans first built a town on the mangrove swamp of New Britain and named it Rabaul Town, which means" mangrove of kuanua "in the local language "After World War I, the ownership of Rabaul was transferred from Germany to Britain, and then became the capital of the territory of New Guinea, the colonial authority of Britain and Australia. Before World War II, Rabaul town was built into a local base."
Walking out of the dock, William Howard began to introduce the origin of the city to Yang Jing and his party.
"Do you see these semi buried military fortresses? These military fortresses were left by Japan. On December 7, 1941, Japan secretly attacked Pearl Harbor, expanding the original war of aggression against China into the Pacific War, and Rabaul became the target of Japanese attack. Therefore, the British and Australian colonial authorities evacuated all women and children in the town in December 1941. Rabaul was killed in January 1942 When the Japanese bombed on a large scale, the battle of Rabaul began on January 23 of the same year. Tens of thousands of Japanese Marines landed in Rabaul. The Australian army was defeated. Japan itself completely occupied the surrounding islands based in Rabaul. "
"Captain Howard, why are you so familiar with here?" Guo Xiaoxiang asked curiously.
The captain smiled and said, "I can't be unfamiliar. I grew up here. My grandfather was an officer stationed here after my surrender. My father was born here and I was born and raised here."
After a pause, Captain Howard continued, "it's a pity that a volcanic eruption more than 20 years ago almost destroyed the city. Otherwise, we can see more military facilities left during World War II."
After a little emotion, the captain continued to introduce: "After the battle of Rabaul, Japan's eighth front army, under the leadership of Army General Imamura Jun, built Rabaul into a stronger military base. Naval ships, naval aviation and army aviation took Rabaul as the center to attack the surrounding allied forces and communication lines. The Japanese army excavated nearly 100 kilometers of crisscross land in Rabaul area By the end of 1942, about 110000 Japanese troops were stationed in Rabaul, and more than 40000 Japanese troops were stationed on the surrounding islands. "
"So many people? I seem to be worried about being taken back by the Allied forces," said Liu Zhaoming.
"Yes, although Rabaul is small, its strategic position is very important. Unfortunately, Japan attaches great importance to Rabaul, but Rabaul is not so important to Americans. Do you know what Americans thought of the Pacific War?"
Yang Jing and they all shook their heads.
Howard smiled and said: "In the eyes of Americans, the so-called Pacific War is just a 'trip to Tokyo' in the eyes of Americans. It's just that MacArthur took the army from Australia and Nimitz took the Navy from Hawaii. On the way, the U.S. Army and Navy also quarreled, and there were three or six or nine big quarrels every day. The quarrel was just about which way to go and who led the way However, there has never been a quarrel about the goal of the whole operation - the occupation of Tokyo. "
"But no matter which way the U.S. Army takes or who leads the way, it must pull out the nail of labaul. MacArthur will borrow an aircraft carrier from Nimitz to attack labaul before the attack on Gua island. Nimitz will certainly not let MacArthur cross the boundary. Therefore, the battle of Solomon Islands broke out here."
Yang Jing asked, "at the beginning, the US military must have suffered a great loss in Rabaul?"
Howard nodded and said: "Yes, as the most important military base of the U.S. military in the southwest Pacific, Rabaul was an important base that MacArthur had to win at the beginning. However, the U.S. military was invincible when fighting within 50 to 100 kilometers of the coastline, but when it left the coastline and entered the mountains, the U.S. military's advantages in firepower and mobility disappeared. At that time, the U.S. military did not realize it At this point, he suffered a lot when he first attacked Rabaul. In the whole battle of Solomon Islands, the U.S. army killed nearly 10000 people, and no less than 3000 bodies were dropped in Rabaul alone. However, he was not without losses, and the losses of ordinary Japanese soldiers were just, even Yamamoto, who planned the Pacific War, in 1943 On April 18, 2004, after taking off from Rabaul airport by plane, it was finally beaten down by Americans on Bougainville island. "
"Later, the U.S. military realized that such a strong attack on Rabaul was not the right thing, so MacArthur and Nimitz adopted the 'leapfrog tactics', finally skipped Rabaul to attack other Japanese military bases in the Pacific, and finally defeated Japan completely by relying on the deterrence of two atomic bombs. Then, when the village led the Japanese army in Rabaul to surrender , the number of Japanese troops stationed in Solomon Islands alone is still as high as 140000. "
Yang Jing nodded. Thanks to his survival in the era of the information explosion, he had more or less learned about the Pacific War. "Captain, if MacArthur still insisted on attacking Rabaul at that time, I'm afraid the number of casualties of the U.S. military would be more than that?"
Howard nodded and said, "if MacArthur didn't decisively take the leapfrog tactics to jump over Rabaul, but continued to attack Rabaul, I'm afraid the number of allied casualties would at least reach 30000 or more. Today, Murakami still has a set, and Americans can't get any light in front of him."
Guo Xiaoxiang asked strangely, "then why didn't the Americans block Rabaul with their superior sea and air power? After all, Rabaul is only an overseas enclave. As long as the Americans block the sea and air around Rabaul, they will cut off Rabaul's supplies? For a long time, they say they will lose without war."
Howard glanced at Guo Xiaoxiang, shook his head and said: "Mr. Guo, things are not as simple as you think. As I said just now, Kimura is not a simple figure. As a Japanese army general, this guy is already a high-level figure in the Japanese military, but he is different from other high-level Japanese military officials. He is a very enlightened general and a rare good man among Japanese high-level generals."
This made Yang Jing and his Chinese people feel a little unhappy. In the eyes of the Chinese people, there was no good man among the Japanese * * elements. They were all the guys who should go to hell.
It seemed that he saw Yang Jing's disbelief. Howard smiled and explained: "I didn't judge the man of Imamura, but many experts of later generations gave him a fair evaluation. In fact, Imamura strongly restrained his men when ruling Rabaul and its surrounding areas. Therefore, the Japanese army did not carry out crazy burning, killing and looting against the natives. Even the surrendered Dutch and Australian prisoners of war were treated humanely as much as possible In fact, in order to reduce the livelihood pressure of Rabaul residents, Jincun even asked to send agricultural technicians from the bay island to work locally. "
"Under the Huairou policy of jinmurazu, the 110000 Japanese troops stationed in Rabaul have a very harmonious relationship with the local people. This enables the Japanese eighth front army trapped in Rabaul to guard Rabaul well even after cutting off local supplies for two years. Because even without local supplies, under the policies of jinmurazu, the Japanese troops in Rabaul can be self-sufficient."
"So powerful? If this is true, this village is really a good person today." Guo Xiaoxiang smacked his tongue.
Howard nodded and said, "in fact, there is another little story that can also show that it is not nonsense that Kimura can stick to labour for more than two years. This little story happened after Japan's surrender, when Kimura led the Japanese troops stationed in labour to surrender to the Australian military."
Several people were very interested. They quickly asked Howard to talk about it.
Howard amused these people when he said it.
So this is the case.
In August 1945, the commander of the Japanese eighth front army, senior general Kimura, boarded the Australian warship moored on the sea of Rabaul and surrendered to the Australian army. There was such a funny dialogue at the surrender ceremony.
Commander of the Australian Army demobilized force: "how many people do you have?"
Kimura said: "with the surrounding islands, there are more than 140000 army and navy soldiers of the great Japanese Empire in Solomon Islands.
The commander of the Australian army was happy: "nonsense again."
Kimura Jun: "these are all facts. We have brought all the rosters. You can see them."
Australian Army Commander: "where are these people?"
"100000 around Rabaul and 40000 around the islands."
"Why can't you see?"
"They are basically in the underground cave fortifications. They don't come out if they have nothing."
"What do you eat?"
"We have grain reserves, plus our own grain, and there is no problem for 10 years."
"What about the armed forces?"
"We have an arsenal that can produce by ourselves and even assemble aircraft. The existing two zero type 21 and 22 fighters and one 100 type command reconnaissance aircraft are self-assembled. If we have time, we can assemble more aircraft."
In fact, Kimura hasn't completely told the truth. He gathered all the science and engineering students, lecturers and professors of Imperial University in the eighth front army and set up a weapons research institute. Up to now, no one has said what the Institute has done. Just know that after the defeat, the people of the Institute returned to the original army, and all the finished and semi-finished materials were destroyed Destroy.
The commander of the Australian Army couldn't figure it out: "what else do you vote for?"
The village was covered with circles: "I don't know. The emperor asked me to surrender."
The commander of the Australian Army felt a drum in his heart: he said he had 140000 fully armed people. There are only a few ships here, and only 3000 people. What should I do?
Today, Murakami saw the thoughts of the commander of the Australian Army and smiled: "it's all right. We really surrender. You can wait at sea for a few more days. I'll inform you at that time."
I saw that Murakami got off the warship and returned to Rabaul. Suddenly, countless people said that I began to build buildings. First, build a military camp for Australian ghost cattle and children, which is beautifully built and of good quality. Then build a straw shed around the Australian military camp, which is a prisoner of war camp for you to live in. After you have built it, pull a barbed wire fence around the straw shed, polish the weapons and put them neatly. Then you get into the barbed wire fence. It's very regular and honest.
Today, Murakami came to the commander of the Australian Army: "now you can settle in.".
3000 crying and laughing Australian soldiers lived in the middle of 140000 Japanese prisoners, and from time to time they had to take a cold breath on their backs: "who is the prisoner of his sister?"
This anecdote is funny, but it really shows that this man is not simple. It can be said that Rabaul can become the only important Japanese military base not directly lost in the Pacific War, which is closely related to his personal ability.
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Rabaul is located on the ghazel peninsula at the northeast end of New Britain, surrounded by blanch Bay and facing Simpson bay to the south.
When it comes to Rabaul, what people think of most is not that this city is the largest city on the new British island, but the cruel war history that this city has experienced.
After the Australian style docked at the wharf of Rabaul, Yang Jing and his party got off the ship, while William Howard, as the captain, took the initiative to undertake the task of tour guide.
Just like those cruel battles that the city has experienced, even if the city has been destroyed by the volcano once, you can still see the military fortress built by Japan and the traces left over from the US Japan war.
William Howard was very familiar with Rabaul, and when they docked at the dock, the sun was still hanging in the western sky, so Yang Jing decided to visit the city before eating and staying. William Howard naturally acted as a tour guide.
"In 1910, the Germans first built a town on the mangrove swamp of New Britain and named it Rabaul Town, which means" mangrove of kuanua "in the local language "After World War I, the ownership of Rabaul was transferred from Germany to Britain, and then became the capital of the territory of New Guinea, the colonial authority of Britain and Australia. Before World War II, Rabaul town was built into a local base."
Walking out of the dock, William Howard began to introduce the origin of the city to Yang Jing and his party.
"Do you see these semi buried military fortresses? These military fortresses were left by Japan. On December 7, 1941, Japan secretly attacked Pearl Harbor, expanding the original war of aggression against China into the Pacific War, and Rabaul became the target of Japanese attack. Therefore, the British and Australian colonial authorities evacuated all women and children in the town in December 1941. Rabaul was killed in January 1942 When the Japanese bombed on a large scale, the battle of Rabaul began on January 23 of the same year. Tens of thousands of Japanese Marines landed in Rabaul. The Australian army was defeated. Japan itself completely occupied the surrounding islands based in Rabaul. "
"Captain Howard, why are you so familiar with here?" Guo Xiaoxiang asked curiously.
The captain smiled and said, "I can't be unfamiliar. I grew up here. My grandfather was an officer stationed here after my surrender. My father was born here and I was born and raised here."
After a pause, Captain Howard continued, "it's a pity that a volcanic eruption more than 20 years ago almost destroyed the city. Otherwise, we can see more military facilities left during World War II."
After a little emotion, the captain continued to introduce: "After the battle of Rabaul, Japan's eighth front army, under the leadership of Army General Imamura Jun, built Rabaul into a stronger military base. Naval ships, naval aviation and army aviation took Rabaul as the center to attack the surrounding allied forces and communication lines. The Japanese army excavated nearly 100 kilometers of crisscross land in Rabaul area By the end of 1942, about 110000 Japanese troops were stationed in Rabaul, and more than 40000 Japanese troops were stationed on the surrounding islands. "
"So many people? I seem to be worried about being taken back by the Allied forces," said Liu Zhaoming.
"Yes, although Rabaul is small, its strategic position is very important. Unfortunately, Japan attaches great importance to Rabaul, but Rabaul is not so important to Americans. Do you know what Americans thought of the Pacific War?"
Yang Jing and they all shook their heads.
Howard smiled and said: "In the eyes of Americans, the so-called Pacific War is just a 'trip to Tokyo' in the eyes of Americans. It's just that MacArthur took the army from Australia and Nimitz took the Navy from Hawaii. On the way, the U.S. Army and Navy also quarreled, and there were three or six or nine big quarrels every day. The quarrel was just about which way to go and who led the way However, there has never been a quarrel about the goal of the whole operation - the occupation of Tokyo. "
"But no matter which way the U.S. Army takes or who leads the way, it must pull out the nail of labaul. MacArthur will borrow an aircraft carrier from Nimitz to attack labaul before the attack on Gua island. Nimitz will certainly not let MacArthur cross the boundary. Therefore, the battle of Solomon Islands broke out here."
Yang Jing asked, "at the beginning, the US military must have suffered a great loss in Rabaul?"
Howard nodded and said: "Yes, as the most important military base of the U.S. military in the southwest Pacific, Rabaul was an important base that MacArthur had to win at the beginning. However, the U.S. military was invincible when fighting within 50 to 100 kilometers of the coastline, but when it left the coastline and entered the mountains, the U.S. military's advantages in firepower and mobility disappeared. At that time, the U.S. military did not realize it At this point, he suffered a lot when he first attacked Rabaul. In the whole battle of Solomon Islands, the U.S. army killed nearly 10000 people, and no less than 3000 bodies were dropped in Rabaul alone. However, he was not without losses, and the losses of ordinary Japanese soldiers were just, even Yamamoto, who planned the Pacific War, in 1943 On April 18, 2004, after taking off from Rabaul airport by plane, it was finally beaten down by Americans on Bougainville island. "
"Later, the U.S. military realized that such a strong attack on Rabaul was not the right thing, so MacArthur and Nimitz adopted the 'leapfrog tactics', finally skipped Rabaul to attack other Japanese military bases in the Pacific, and finally defeated Japan completely by relying on the deterrence of two atomic bombs. Then, when the village led the Japanese army in Rabaul to surrender , the number of Japanese troops stationed in Solomon Islands alone is still as high as 140000. "
Yang Jing nodded. Thanks to his survival in the era of the information explosion, he had more or less learned about the Pacific War. "Captain, if MacArthur still insisted on attacking Rabaul at that time, I'm afraid the number of casualties of the U.S. military would be more than that?"
Howard nodded and said, "if MacArthur didn't decisively take the leapfrog tactics to jump over Rabaul, but continued to attack Rabaul, I'm afraid the number of allied casualties would at least reach 30000 or more. Today, Murakami still has a set, and Americans can't get any light in front of him."
Guo Xiaoxiang asked strangely, "then why didn't the Americans block Rabaul with their superior sea and air power? After all, Rabaul is only an overseas enclave. As long as the Americans block the sea and air around Rabaul, they will cut off Rabaul's supplies? For a long time, they say they will lose without war."
Howard glanced at Guo Xiaoxiang, shook his head and said: "Mr. Guo, things are not as simple as you think. As I said just now, Kimura is not a simple figure. As a Japanese army general, this guy is already a high-level figure in the Japanese military, but he is different from other high-level Japanese military officials. He is a very enlightened general and a rare good man among Japanese high-level generals."
This made Yang Jing and his Chinese people feel a little unhappy. In the eyes of the Chinese people, there was no good man among the Japanese * * elements. They were all the guys who should go to hell.
It seemed that he saw Yang Jing's disbelief. Howard smiled and explained: "I didn't judge the man of Imamura, but many experts of later generations gave him a fair evaluation. In fact, Imamura strongly restrained his men when ruling Rabaul and its surrounding areas. Therefore, the Japanese army did not carry out crazy burning, killing and looting against the natives. Even the surrendered Dutch and Australian prisoners of war were treated humanely as much as possible In fact, in order to reduce the livelihood pressure of Rabaul residents, Jincun even asked to send agricultural technicians from the bay island to work locally. "
"Under the Huairou policy of jinmurazu, the 110000 Japanese troops stationed in Rabaul have a very harmonious relationship with the local people. This enables the Japanese eighth front army trapped in Rabaul to guard Rabaul well even after cutting off local supplies for two years. Because even without local supplies, under the policies of jinmurazu, the Japanese troops in Rabaul can be self-sufficient."
"So powerful? If this is true, this village is really a good person today." Guo Xiaoxiang smacked his tongue.
Howard nodded and said, "in fact, there is another little story that can also show that it is not nonsense that Kimura can stick to labour for more than two years. This little story happened after Japan's surrender, when Kimura led the Japanese troops stationed in labour to surrender to the Australian military."
Several people were very interested. They quickly asked Howard to talk about it.
Howard amused these people when he said it.
So this is the case.
In August 1945, the commander of the Japanese eighth front army, senior general Kimura, boarded the Australian warship moored on the sea of Rabaul and surrendered to the Australian army. There was such a funny dialogue at the surrender ceremony.
Commander of the Australian Army demobilized force: "how many people do you have?"
Kimura said: "with the surrounding islands, there are more than 140000 army and navy soldiers of the great Japanese Empire in Solomon Islands.
The commander of the Australian army was happy: "nonsense again."
Kimura Jun: "these are all facts. We have brought all the rosters. You can see them."
Australian Army Commander: "where are these people?"
"100000 around Rabaul and 40000 around the islands."
"Why can't you see?"
"They are basically in the underground cave fortifications. They don't come out if they have nothing."
"What do you eat?"
"We have grain reserves, plus our own grain, and there is no problem for 10 years."
"What about the armed forces?"
"We have an arsenal that can produce by ourselves and even assemble aircraft. The existing two zero type 21 and 22 fighters and one 100 type command reconnaissance aircraft are self-assembled. If we have time, we can assemble more aircraft."
In fact, Kimura hasn't completely told the truth. He gathered all the science and engineering students, lecturers and professors of Imperial University in the eighth front army and set up a weapons research institute. Up to now, no one has said what the Institute has done. Just know that after the defeat, the people of the Institute returned to the original army, and all the finished and semi-finished materials were destroyed Destroy.
The commander of the Australian Army couldn't figure it out: "what else do you vote for?"
The village was covered with circles: "I don't know. The emperor asked me to surrender."
The commander of the Australian Army felt a drum in his heart: he said he had 140000 fully armed people. There are only a few ships here, and only 3000 people. What should I do?
Today, Murakami saw the thoughts of the commander of the Australian Army and smiled: "it's all right. We really surrender. You can wait at sea for a few more days. I'll inform you at that time."
I saw that Murakami got off the warship and returned to Rabaul. Suddenly, countless people said that I began to build buildings. First, build a military camp for Australian ghost cattle and children, which is beautifully built and of good quality. Then build a straw shed around the Australian military camp, which is a prisoner of war camp for you to live in. After you have built it, pull a barbed wire fence around the straw shed, polish the weapons and put them neatly. Then you get into the barbed wire fence. It's very regular and honest.
Today, Murakami came to the commander of the Australian Army: "now you can settle in.".
3000 crying and laughing Australian soldiers lived in the middle of 140000 Japanese prisoners, and from time to time they had to take a cold breath on their backs: "who is the prisoner of his sister?"
This anecdote is funny, but it really shows that this man is not simple. It can be said that Rabaul can become the only important Japanese military base not directly lost in the Pacific War, which is closely related to his personal ability.
Rabaul is located on the ghazel peninsula at the northeast end of New Britain, surrounded by blanch Bay and facing Simpson bay to the south.When it comes to Rabaul, what people think of most is not that this city is the largest city on the new British island, but the cruel war history that this city has experienced.After the Australian style docked at the wharf of Rabaul, Yang Jing and his party got off the ship, while William Howard, as the captain, took the initiative to undertake the task of tour guide.Just like those cruel battles that the city has experienced, even if the city has been destroyed by the volcano once, you can still see the military fortress built by Japan and the traces left over from the US Japan war.William Howard was very familiar with Rabaul, and when they docked at the dock, the sun was still hanging in the western sky, so Yang Jing decided to visit the city before eating and staying. William Howard naturally acted as a tour guide."In 1910, the Germans first built a town on the mangrove swamp of New Britain and named it Rabaul Town, which means" mangrove of kuanua "in the local language "After World War I, the ownership of Rabaul was transferred from Germany to Britain, and then became the capital of the territory of New Guinea, the colonial authority of Britain and Australia. Before World War II, Rabaul town was built into a local base."Walking out of the dock, William Howard began to introduce the origin of the city to Yang Jing and his party."Do you see these semi buried military fortresses? These military fortresses were left by Japan. On December 7, 1941, Japan secretly attacked Pearl Harbor, expanding the original war of aggression against China into the Pacific War, and Rabaul became the target of Japanese attack. Therefore, the British and Australian colonial authorities evacuated all women and children in the town in December 1941. Rabaul was killed in January 1942 When the Japanese bombed on a large scale, the battle of Rabaul began on January 23 of the same year. Tens of thousands of Japanese Marines landed in Rabaul. The Australian army was defeated. Japan itself completely occupied the surrounding islands based in Rabaul. ""Captain Howard, why are you so familiar with here?" Guo Xiaoxiang asked curiously.The captain smiled and said, "I can't be unfamiliar. I grew up here. My grandfather was an officer stationed here after my surrender. My father was born here and I was born and raised here."After a pause, Captain Howard continued, "it's a pity that a volcanic eruption more than 20 years ago almost destroyed the city. Otherwise, we can see more military facilities left during World War II."After a little emotion, the captain continued to introduce: "After the battle of Rabaul, Japan's eighth front army, under the leadership of Army General Imamura Jun, built Rabaul into a stronger military base. Naval ships, naval aviation and army aviation took Rabaul as the center to attack the surrounding allied forces and communication lines. The Japanese army excavated nearly 100 kilometers of crisscross land in Rabaul area By the end of 1942, about 110000 Japanese troops were stationed in Rabaul, and more than 40000 Japanese troops were stationed on the surrounding islands. ""So many people? I seem to be worried about being taken back by the Allied forces," said Liu Zhaoming."Yes, although Rabaul is small, its strategic position is very important. Unfortunately, Japan attaches great importance to Rabaul, but Rabaul is not so important to Americans. Do you know what Americans thought of the Pacific War?"Yang Jing and they all shook their heads.Howard smiled and said: "In the eyes of Americans, the so-called Pacific War is just a 'trip to Tokyo' in the eyes of Americans. It's just that MacArthur took the army from Australia and Nimitz took the Navy from Hawaii. On the way, the U.S. Army and Navy also quarreled, and there were three or six or nine big quarrels every day. The quarrel was just about which way to go and who led the way However, there has never been a quarrel about the goal of the whole operation - the occupation of Tokyo. ""But no matter which way the U.S. Army takes or who leads the way, it must pull out the nail of labaul. MacArthur will borrow an aircraft carrier from Nimitz to attack labaul before the attack on Gua island. Nimitz will certainly not let MacArthur cross the boundary. Therefore, the battle of Solomon Islands broke out here."Yang Jing asked, "at the beginning, the US military must have suffered a great loss in Rabaul?"Howard nodded and said: "Yes, as the most important military base of the U.S. military in the southwest Pacific, Rabaul was an important base that MacArthur had to win at the beginning. However, the U.S. military was invincible when fighting within 50 to 100 kilometers of the coastline, but when it left the coastline and entered the mountains, the U.S. military's advantages in firepower and mobility disappeared. At that time, the U.S. military did not realize it At this point, he suffered a lot when he first attacked Rabaul. In the whole battle of Solomon Islands, the U.S. army killed nearly 10000 people, and no less than 3000 bodies were dropped in Rabaul alone. However, he was not without losses, and the losses of ordinary Japanese soldiers were just, even Yamamoto, who planned the Pacific War, in 1943 On April 18, 2004, after taking off from Rabaul airport by plane, it was finally beaten down by Americans on Bougainville island. ""Later, the U.S. military realized that such a strong attack on Rabaul was not the right thing, so MacArthur and Nimitz adopted the 'leapfrog tactics', finally skipped Rabaul to attack other Japanese military bases in the Pacific, and finally defeated Japan completely by relying on the deterrence of two atomic bombs. Then, when the village led the Japanese army in Rabaul to surrender , the number of Japanese troops stationed in Solomon Islands alone is still as high as 140000. "Yang Jing nodded. Thanks to his survival in the era of the information explosion, he had more or less learned about the Pacific War. "Captain, if MacArthur still insisted on attacking Rabaul at that time, I'm afraid the number of casualties of the U.S. military would be more than that?"Howard nodded and said, "if MacArthur didn't decisively take the leapfrog tactics to jump over Rabaul, but continued to attack Rabaul, I'm afraid the number of allied casualties would at least reach 30000 or more. Today, Murakami still has a set, and Americans can't get any light in front of him."Guo Xiaoxiang asked strangely, "then why didn't the Americans block Rabaul with their superior sea and air power? After all, Rabaul is only an overseas enclave. As long as the Americans block the sea and air around Rabaul, they will cut off Rabaul's supplies? For a long time, they say they will lose without war."Howard glanced at Guo Xiaoxiang, shook his head and said: "Mr. Guo, things are not as simple as you think. As I said just now, Kimura is not a simple figure. As a Japanese army general, this guy is already a high-level figure in the Japanese military, but he is different from other high-level Japanese military officials. He is a very enlightened general and a rare good man among Japanese high-level generals."This made Yang Jing and his Chinese people feel a little unhappy. In the eyes of the Chinese people, there was no good man among the Japanese * * elements. They were all the guys who should go to hell.It seemed that he saw Yang Jing's disbelief. Howard smiled and explained: "I didn't judge the man of Imamura, but many experts of later generations gave him a fair evaluation. In fact, Imamura strongly restrained his men when ruling Rabaul and its surrounding areas. Therefore, the Japanese army did not carry out crazy burning, killing and looting against the natives. Even the surrendered Dutch and Australian prisoners of war were treated humanely as much as possible In fact, in order to reduce the livelihood pressure of Rabaul residents, Jincun even asked to send agricultural technicians from the bay island to work locally. ""Under the Huairou policy of jinmurazu, the 110000 Japanese troops stationed in Rabaul have a very harmonious relationship with the local people. This enables the Japanese eighth front army trapped in Rabaul to guard Rabaul well even after cutting off local supplies for two years. Because even without local supplies, under the policies of jinmurazu, the Japanese troops in Rabaul can be self-sufficient.""So powerful? If this is true, this village is really a good person today." Guo Xiaoxiang smacked his tongue.Howard nodded and said, "in fact, there is another little story that can also show that it is not nonsense that Kimura can stick to labour for more than two years. This little story happened after Japan's surrender, when Kimura led the Japanese troops stationed in labour to surrender to the Australian military."Several people were very interested. They quickly asked Howard to talk about it.Howard amused these people when he said it.So this is the case.In August 1945, the commander of the Japanese eighth front army, senior general Kimura, boarded the Australian warship moored on the sea of Rabaul and surrendered to the Australian army. There was such a funny dialogue at the surrender ceremony.Commander of the Australian Army demobilized force: "how many people do you have?"Kimura said: "with the surrounding islands, there are more than 140000 army and navy soldiers of the great Japanese Empire in Solomon Islands.The commander of the Australian army was happy: "nonsense again."Kimura Jun: "these are all facts. We have brought all the rosters. You can see them."Australian Army Commander: "where are these people?""100000 around Rabaul and 40000 around the islands.""Why can't you see?""They are basically in the underground cave fortifications. They don't come out if they have nothing.""What do you eat?""We have grain reserves, plus our own grain, and there is no problem for 10 years.""What about the armed forces?""We have an arsenal that can produce by ourselves and even assemble aircraft. The existing two zero type 21 and 22 fighters and one 100 type command reconnaissance aircraft are self-assembled. If we have time, we can assemble more aircraft."In fact, Kimura hasn't completely told the truth. He gathered all the science and engineering students, lecturers and professors of Imperial University in the eighth front army and set up a weapons research institute. Up to now, no one has said what the Institute has done. Just know that after the defeat, the people of the Institute returned to the original army, and all the finished and semi-finished materials were destroyed Destroy.The commander of the Australian Army couldn't figure it out: "what else do you vote for?"The village was covered with circles: "I don't know. The emperor asked me to surrender."The commander of the Australian Army felt a drum in his heart: he said he had 140000 fully armed people. There are only a few ships here, and only 3000 people. What should I do?Today, Murakami saw the thoughts of the commander of the Australian Army and smiled: "it's all right. We really surrender. You can wait at sea for a few more days. I'll inform you at that time."I saw that Murakami got off the warship and returned to Rabaul. Suddenly, countless people said that I began to build buildings. First, build a military camp for Australian ghost cattle and children, which is beautifully built and of good quality. Then build a straw shed around the Australian military camp, which is a prisoner of war camp for you to live in. After you have built it, pull a barbed wire fence around the straw shed, polish the weapons and put them neatly. Then you get into the barbed wire fence. It's very regular and honest.Today, Murakami came to the commander of the Australian Army: "now you can settle in.".3000 crying and laughing Australian soldiers lived in the middle of 140000 Japanese prisoners, and from time to time they had to take a cold breath on their backs: "who is the prisoner of his sister?"This anecdote is funny, but it really shows that this man is not simple. It can be said that Rabaul can become the only important Japanese military base not directly lost in the Pacific War, which is closely related to his personal ability.
