So the question is, after landing in Japan, how did General MacArthur tear off Emperor Hirohito's "divine cloak"? This has to talk about the story that happened before the US military landed.
In fact, as early as Japan's Emperor Hirohito announced his surrender, MacArthur, as the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, began to contact Emperor Hirohito. At that time, many countries, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China, demanded that the emperor be tried in the Far East Military Tribunal. Emperor Hirohito was executed during the trial, but MacArthur defended the emperor.
So why did MacArthur try to protect the war criminal Emperor Hirohito, who at that time seemed to be at the end of his rope and the initiator of the war? This started when MacArthur landed on the Japanese mainland. When MacArthur went to accept the surrender, he only brought 4,000 American troops with him. However, there were as many as 22 divisions of Japanese troops near Tokyo that had not disarmed, totaling more than 30 regiments. Thousands of people, as long as the Japanese army has the idea of resistance, MacArthur and the four thousand American troops will die without a burial place.
Originally, before MacArthur landed, he wanted to consider how to get the more than 300,000 Japanese troops to disarm safely before trying Emperor Hirohito. However, when MacArthur, as the ruler, took a special plane and stepped into Atsugi Airport in Tokyo Bay, he changed his mind. Because he was shocked by the scene in front of him - on both sides of the road leading from the airport to Yokohama, two Japanese divisions, totaling more than 30,000 soldiers, lined the road to welcome MacArthur. They were fully armed and their backs were facing MacArthur. If anyone It was easy to turn around and shoot MacArthur coldly, but this worry was obviously unnecessary. The Japanese soldiers who greeted him along the road were all respectful. This was a treatment that only the emperor enjoyed, which made MacArthur deeply feel The emperor is a "god"-like existence.
At that time, MacArthur knew in his heart that as long as the Emperor raised his arms, all the Japanese would charge for it and die for it without hesitation. He had seen this kind of situation too many times, fighting all the way from Melbourne, Australia to Tokyo, and those stubborn Japanese would not hesitate to fight for it. He has seen too many Japanese; similarly, he also knows that as long as the emperor gives an order, no matter how cruel the soldiers are, they will obediently put down their weapons and accept their adaptations.
If Emperor Hirohito is brought to court, it will inevitably cause riots and riots among the Japanese people. President Truman sent him here to take over Japan and to use American ideas to transform the Japanese minds so that they would not The purpose is to antagonize the United States again, not to kill the emperor. Therefore, MacArthur believed that it was necessary to maintain the emperor's rule and maintain Japan's stability. This is why MacArthur tried to protect the emperor.
Similarly, the emperor did not want to die, so Hirohito could only rely on MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, to save his life, because he knew that too many people wanted him to die.
In order to allow the Allies to better take over Japan, and to withstand the pressure from the Soviet Union and Britain, MacArthur came up with a good idea, which was to ask the emperor to issue a declaration to tear off his "godhead".
As a result, a statement called the "Human Declaration" came out. In this statement, Emperor Hirohito denied his godhood, denied the emperor's status as a "god in the modern human world", and declared that the emperor was also an ordinary person with only human nature. , this statement also greatly weakened the Japanese people's loyalty to the emperor in a sense...
Ahem, cough... I'm getting a little far off topic, so let's get back to the main story.
The Japanese army at this time was not the Japanese army after Emperor Hirohito issued the "Declaration of the World". Not only did they worship the emperor extremely, they believed that the emperor, the "god of the modern world", would allow them to reach heaven after death and live a good life. .
Therefore, these Japanese troops were not afraid of death, especially the soldiers of the Sixth Division, the backbone of the standing divisions, who had their brains washed the most thoroughly.
Under the order of Ozawa Mizuo, captain of the 1st Battalion of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, the Japanese troops began to use small teams to contain the national troops in front of them, and then sent other troops to abandon their horses and fight on foot in the mountains to seize the upper peak of Hulukou. position, at the same time, the second brigade and part of the third brigade set off from another road to aid Juankou Town.
In addition to taking these preparatory measures, Ozawa Mizuo also ordered the telegraph operator to call the division headquarters to inform him that the commander of the Kumamoto Kenji regiment had been "broken" and that he was commanding the cavalry regiment in combat.
Of course, Mizuo Ozawa ordered this telegram to be sent. In addition to reporting the frontline battle situation in a timely manner, more importantly, he wanted to prepare for the next step of being promoted to captain of the cavalry regiment!
Yes, just be prepared! If this battle was won under the command of Mizuo Ozawa, then besides him, who else among the other captains would be qualified to sit in this position?
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Time passed by minute by second, and the news that the reinforcements were blocked finally reached the headquarters of the Sixth Division in Yueyang.
After the combat staff reported the incident, the face of the division commander, Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro, was always cloudy, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Finally, Inaba Shiro couldn't help it anymore. He slapped the table in front of him hard, and there was a crisp sound. He cursed viciously: "Bagaya Deer! Damn the speed of the Chinese army." So fast! This must have been a premeditated action! Such an action is very similar to the scene when the 45th Regiment's Colonel Xiong Wumasaro's 'Jade Broken'..."
After cursing, Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro slowly calmed down. He felt that this matter was not that simple, and the most important thing was that cursing was useless... It was just incompetent rage...
"Reporting to your Excellency, the Division Commander, I believe that this may be the main force of the 15th Army of the China Army that has crossed the river. All signs indicate that the China Army has most likely dispatched at least one division of troops! Report completed! "The combat staff stood at attention and lowered his head, fearing that he would be slapped by the division commander if he said something wrong.
Shiro Inaba narrowed his eyes slightly and came to a conclusion: "The possibility of the main force of the 15th Army of the China Army going north is very small, but it is not completely impossible. They must be cooperating with the Suixian and Zaoyang areas. These Chinese people are really generous in the battle. They dispatched three entire armies and more than 500,000 troops to launch this battle. They even did not hesitate to use the troops north of Changsha. If this is the case, my troops will be even less able to reinforce. Already..."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what should we do? Please make it clear." the combat staff asked.
I saw Inaba Shiro's face was stern, and he said: "Order, the 13th Regiment and the 47th Regiment form a rapid column. They will no longer support the battle at Jiankou Town. Instead, they will go straight to the Xinqiang River to attack China. Advance the troops before the army! The 23rd Regiment, together with the Cavalry Regiment and the Special Forces (Poison Gas Force), go straight to the town of Jiankou! The entire 45th Regiment (Reconstruction) stays behind in Yueyang!"
"Hai!!" the combat staff responded.
I have to say that Inaba Shiro's decision is really bold, but does it mean that he is confident in his own troops? Although he had lost an integrated infantry regiment before, this did not destroy his confidence in his own troops!
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PS: The second update is here!
