Sugiyama Gen feels like a genius.
Yamamoto and the entire combined fleet failed to force the Americans to sue for peace. If it could be achieved in his own hands, wouldn't he be able to go one step further and be directly promoted to marshal?
In excitement, Sugiyama Yuan immediately issued an order to the entire army, ordering troops from all over the country to immediately repair trenches and fortifications.
Especially for isolated islands overseas, it is necessary to stock up on food and make complete preparations to attack the American troops who attempt to land, and must guard every inch of the country.
The order was also conveyed to Wei Wu.
After seeing the order, Wei Wu's eyes narrowed. It seemed that Sugiyama Yuan accepted his opinion and decided to use hedgehog tactics to scare away the American army.
In this case, Wei Wu decided to help add fire.
He specifically asked Lao Li for an authentic anti-Japanese tactical and technical manual, translated it into Japanese and sent it to Sugiyama Gen.
Let the Japanese troops in the Pacific use authentic tactics to deal with the evil beasts of the United States.
Let them dog eat dog.
In addition, Wei Wu also recommended Tadamichi Kuribayashi, who was the chief of staff of the 23rd Army at this time, and Captain Sakae Ohba of the 43rd Division.
It is hoped that they will be put in charge of the defense plan of the South Pacific islands.
It is believed that if they are responsible, Japan's island defense level can be improved by several levels.
After seeing Wei Wu's recommendation, Sugiyama Yuan was confused for a while.
He could still understand Tadashi Kuribayashi. After all, he was from a serious military major and had a rich resume, having worked both on the front line and in the headquarters.
I have also spent a long time in the United States and know the country very well.
And his behavior is very stable.
It would indeed be of great benefit if there was such a person in charge of the defense plan.
But he didn't know who Ohba Ei was.
What Sugiyama Yuan didn't know was that the two people recommended by Wei Wu were both relatively powerful beings in history.
Kuribayashi Tadamichi was historically the defender of Iwo Jima, guarding the only way for the Allied forces to attack Tokyo.
Kuribayashi Tadamichi nearly hollowed out Iwo Jima and turned it into a huge fortress.
The 170 US warships and hundreds of aircraft bombed for three days, but they did not cause any losses.
As a result, he lost troops and generals, achieving a battle loss ratio of 1:1.2.
On the Pacific battlefield, it was the only battle in which the American casualties were higher than those of the enemy.
Although Ohba Sakae is not as dazzling as Kuribayashi Tadamichi, he is not bad either.
After the Battle of Saipan, Oba Yong led dozens of remaining soldiers to fight guerrillas with the American army in the mountains and forests.
They persisted until Japan was defeated without the support of reinforcements.
It can be seen that his ability is quite good.
Wei Wu recommended these two people because he hoped that these two people would not die trapped on Iwo Jima and Saipan.
Let them be active throughout the South Pacific islands.
Turn every island into Iwo Jima.
Turn every island into Saipan.
Only when the Mi Army is beaten painfully and red-eyed will the Mi Army's methods become more ruthless.
Drop more bombs, drop more incendiary bombs, drop more atomic bombs.
In this way, they will need more assistance from other directions.
There is also a greater need for the inside information he provides.
Only then can the strategy he planned to divide Japan be finally realized.
Wei Wu's ultimate goal was to keep Japan divided for a long time like Germany after World War II.
Better to stay divided forever.
Although Sugiyama Yuan does not know the historical development like Wei Wu.
But given that Wei Wu's suggestions have been constructive so far, and Wei Wu has been proven correct every time.
Sugiyama Yuan decided to trust Wei Wu again.
Then Tadamichi Kuribayashi was promoted to the commander-in-chief of defense in the South Pacific Theater, responsible for inspecting the defense work of various islands.
Has the power to command, rectify, and repair fortifications.
If necessary, officers below the rank of general may also be appointed or removed.
Ohba Sakae was promoted to Kuribayashi Tadamichi's staff officer and was responsible for accompanying supervision.
The two men quickly took office.
In order to cooperate with the two people's work, Sugiyama Yuan also specially allocated several planes as transportation for the two people.
Tadashi Kuribayashi was also confused about the sudden appointment.
But as a soldier, he still faithfully performed his duties.
His first stop was Iwo Jima, the only way to Tokyo.
Although Iwo Jima is barren, it is also settled.
In particular, there is a small village in Mount Suribachi.
Originally there were only a small number of pioneer immigrants.
But during this period, Japan continued to exile prisoners and prisoners' families here.
This led to a massive increase in the population here.
There are as many as 20,000 permanent residents alone.
Including the local garrison, there are nearly 30,000 people.
Tadamichi Kuribayashi flew to Iwo Jima.
As soon as he got off the plane, Captain Panasonic, who was responsible for guarding here, came to the plane to greet him personally.
"Welcome Lieutenant General Kuribayashi, the welcome banquet has been prepared."
"Let's go see the position first."
Kuribayashi Tadamichi held his hat and said.
"Please come this way."
Captain Matsushita led Kuribayashi to the beach.
At this time, many soldiers were digging trenches on the beach.
There are three trenches.
The front one is almost reaching the end of the tide.
You can even see the tide occasionally pouring into the trenches.
The front of the trench was filled with sandbags.
Circular positions were also constructed, and machine guns and mortars were set up.
"You just put your position on the beach?"
Kuribayashi raised his eyebrows.
"That's right, we will never let a US soldier set foot on our soil." Captain Matsushita shouted loudly.
"Place the position here, and you will directly face the American artillery."
Kuribayashi said.
"We're not afraid!" Matsushita frowned.
Li Lin was furious.
He finally understood why the base camp asked him to inspect the defenses on each island.
It turns out that these grassroots military officers do not understand the industrial strength of the United States at all.
By the time they saw the United States' country-destroying fleet, it was too late.
"Your defenses are substandard."
Kuribayashi shouted with a cold face.
"All the fortifications on the beach are abandoned and filled in!"
"Not only must it be filled, but all obstacles must be cleared away. Not even a big stone should be left behind."
"ah?"
Captain Panasonic was dumbfounded.
"Abandon them all? Then where can we stop the Americans?"
"over there!"
Kuribayashi pointed to Mount Suribachi not far away.
"Mount Suribachi? It's full of rocks and we can't dig it out."
Panasonic is in trouble.
"You can't dig it out, and even the cannonballs from the U.S. devil can't dig it out!"
"Unless you want to be worthless and wiped out by the cannonballs of the American monsters, otherwise, do as I say, everyone, run towards Mount Suribachi!"
Kuribayashi blew the whistle.
Everyone immediately picked up their tools and lined up to rush towards Mount Suribachi.
"Give you three months to dig bunkers and artillery positions on Mount Suribachi, and deploy all counterattack forces on Mount Suribachi."
"If the American army does not come in three months, we will continue to dig, connect all the tunnels, and build caves to hide soldiers, a combat command room, and a hospital."
"In short, as long as the American army doesn't come, we will keep digging until Mount Suribachi is hollowed out!"
