Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 630 Seven: Great Northeast Strategy - Northeast Asia Theater

Roosevelt and others did not expect that the U.S. military on Bataan Island would be treated so cruelly. This was unacceptable to Americans who boasted that they were overly sensitive. For a while, the vast majority of members of the U.S. House of Lords and House of Representatives demanded that the government Come up with a viable plan to save those poor soldiers.

Under the strong protests of all American citizens, huge anti-Japanese demonstrations were launched in most cities in the United States, and there were even incidents such as smashing and smashing Japanese-American shops. Insignificant, which caused heavy losses to many Japanese Americans.

The scale of anti-Japanese demonstrations continued to expand, and the Roosevelt administration immediately lodged a formal protest to Japan, expressing great indignation at the brutal and cruel treatment of Japanese soldiers who had given up on American captives.At the same time, high-level government voices on the treatment of Japanese Americans are also getting louder.

On October 10, the US intelligence agency submitted a report to Roosevelt. They believed that a large number of Japanese Americans were providing services for the Japanese government. Their tentacles had penetrated into all aspects of American society and were completely composed of Japanese Americans. The headquarters of the "fifth column" of the United States is in the United States.Therefore, the intelligence agency suggested that the government immediately imprison all Japanese Americans.

On October 1941, 10, Roosevelt issued Presidential Executive Order No. 10, which designated certain areas of the United States as "war zones" and imposed any necessary restrictions on people living in the "battle zone", and could even exclude them from the "battle zone". "Except.And the 9066 Japanese on the west coast were exiled to the American mainland as enemy overseas Chinese.

According to the President's instructions, General DeWitt first imposed a "curfew" on all Japanese residents in the west coast states under the pretext of Japanese military invasion and "threat of subversion."Then a forced resettlement operation was launched. The government required the Japanese in the United States to sell their houses and businesses and report to a designated place.About 11 Japanese-Americans across the United States were sent to ten specially-built camps in the Midwest of the United States that were actually concentration camps, waiting to be resettled.

Japanese-Americans who reported to the designated place were temporarily detained, and each adult could only carry 150 pounds of luggage, including bedding, cosmetics, and seasonal clothing.Each child can carry up to 75 pounds.There is a tag for each person and each piece of luggage.They no longer have names, but only personal numbers.He was told he couldn't bring pets, money, jewellery, cameras, radios, weapons or any metal objects.The government will provide warehouses for bulky items.Such as refrigerators, washing machines, large furniture, pianos, etc. for unified storage.Then.Transportation is arranged by the government.Send these Japanese-Americans to concentration camps.

The U.S. government’s protest has no legal effect on the Japanese government. After receiving the U.S. government’s protest, the Japanese government only informed the headquarters.Let them send a report to the Japanese army on Bataan Island and let them restrain themselves a little.

After receiving the telegram from the base camp, Lieutenant General Masahiro Homma was a little depressed. In fact, he didn't know much about the disappointment of the large number of prisoners.

But Masaharu Honma didn't know. He thought that he could capture up to 5000 captives, so he ordered Major General Ryoken Kawane to make a logistics plan based on 7 people. But in fact, the Japanese army was on Bataan Island. A total of nearly [-] American and Philippine troops were captured, and the biggest problem appeared here.

In the escort plan formulated by Kawane, the American prisoners would have the same rations as the Japanese army. In addition, the Japanese army also established several field hospitals in Baranga and San Fernando, and set up medical stations, first aid stations, and "rest stops" every few miles along the route.

But sadly, this plan was based on a miscalculation. Wainwright's army was already weakened by starvation and malaria, so the total number of prisoners was more than 7, not [-].

The total number of captives exceeded the estimate of the Japanese army and exceeded the Japanese army's transportation plan. This is one reason why the Japanese army tortured and slaughtered American prisoners. Another reason is that Tsuji Masanobu went to Bataan.

Who is Masanobu Tsuji, as I have already explained in the previous article, this person graduated from the 43rd period of the Japanese Continental University.Served as the squadron leader of the 7th Infantry Regiment, member of the staff headquarters, staff officer of the North China Front Army, combat staff officer of the Kwantung Army, member of the 11th Army Headquarters, member of the General Headquarters of the China Dispatch Army, and staff officer of the 25th Army. Colonel rank.Masanobu Tsuji, Wanji Ishihara, and Ryuzo Seshima are collectively known as the "Showa Three Staff Advisers", and are known as the "Jackal Adviser".

Nakazu Tsuji had arrived in Manila from Singapore a few days ago. In Singapore, [-] Chinese were massacred for "supporting" British colonialism. This was mainly his idea.With Honma behind his back, Tsuji persuaded several officers in Honma's staff who admired him: "This war is a race war, so all prisoners captured in the Philippines must be executed. The execution of Americans is because they are white colonialists. Or, execute Filipinos for their betrayal of the Asian nation."

So a secret order was issued from Masahiro Honma's headquarters: "Kill all the captives, and kill all those who surrendered." This caused the suffering of the US military in Bataan.

Although due to Chen Feng's intervention, Honma Masharu strictly prohibited the random massacre of American captives, but more than [-] people died before that.

After that, a large number of photos are still sent to Washington every day, and each photo is more bloody and cruel, and every photo is challenging the bottom line of the American people and high-level officials.

On October 10, at the same time when Chen Feng’s troops wiped out the Japanese Eighth Theater in Tongliao, Roosevelt and Churchill jointly called the Nationalist Government, thinking that it was necessary to add a sub-battle in the Asian Theater, namely the Northeast Asian Theater, or the Far East The theater includes the Far East of the Soviet Union, Northeast China, the Korean Peninsula, and Alaska in the United States.

Of course, Lao Jiang nodded in agreement, but Lao Jiang hoped that Tang Enbo or Hu Zongnan, his confidant, would be the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Asia theater, but this request was rejected by Roosevelt, because Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agreed that China's Eighth Theater The commander-in-chief, Admiral Chen Feng, is the most suitable commander-in-chief.

After communicating with Chen Feng, China, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union officially announced the establishment of the Northeast Asia theater, with Chen Feng as the commander-in-chief of the theater, and General Ivanov, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Far East Front Army, as the chief of staff. In addition to Chen Feng's troops, they also stationed in the Far East. More than 50 Soviet Red Army troops stationed in an American infantry division in Alaska.

But in this way, China and the Soviet Union suffered a lot, especially the Soviet Union. They had already reached a neutrality agreement with Japan. The two sides agreed that no one would invade anyone at such a critical moment.However, if the Northeast Asian theater of the four countries against Japan is established, it will inevitably force Japan to declare war on the Soviet Union, while the United States and the United Kingdom have almost no combat troops in Northeast Asia. The only infantry division is still far away in Alaska, and it is still a dissatisfaction The infantry division with only about 6000 people in the whole division can't play much role at all.

So if the day passes according to the ideas of the United States and Britain, Chen Feng and Stalin will really be taken advantage of, and the United States and Britain will become the biggest beneficiaries. You will bear the blame for the standard and I will pick the fruit.

Everyone is not a fool, and no one would do such a loss-making business if there is no benefit.Therefore, the U.S. government is also considered straightforward. In return, the United States promised to provide the Soviet Union with a free loan of 30 billion U.S. dollars and provide weapons and equipment for 50 divisions.

The United States did not treat another big customer who contributed labor, and agreed to unconditionally support Chen Feng's department in industrialization construction to make up for the loss of Chen Feng's department.In addition, China, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to open up a new route from the east coast of the United States to the Far East of the Soviet Union in order to deliver the required materials.And all this was done in secret, and the Japanese army knew nothing about it.

When China, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union were planning the Northeast Asian theater in the city, problems arose within the Japanese army.The Japanese army achieved brilliant victories one after another in the Pacific battlefield, and this kind of victory came too easily, but what the victory brought to the Japanese command was not unity, but discord.

The original war plan was to seize raw materials in Southeast Asia; after occupying the territory, it should be turned into a fortress, where a group of strategic bases for long-term combat by the powerful navy should be established.The Army still believes that the only sensible course is to make this base complex strong enough to force the United States to finally accept some kind of peace.

However, the Navy, cocky after its run of victories, is no longer willing to fill such a limited, defensive role.Why can't an offensive be launched against Australia, Hawaii and India?Attacking these places will inevitably require a sea battle, and at that time, like the Java sea battle, the enemy will definitely be wiped out.So far, in the process of conquering the whole of Southeast Asia, the navy has lost only less than [-] tons of ships, and the largest warship sunk is no more than a destroyer.

The navy began to put pressure on the army, proposing a series of plans far beyond the original goal, one of which was to destroy the British fleet in the Indian Ocean and join the German army.There is also an even more ambitious plan for the US - to cut off the supply lines between Australia and the US.If the U.S. warships dare to attack the blockade, the Japanese navy is confident that all the invading U.S. warships will be sent to the Pacific Ocean. (to be continued..)