For the current young generation, there is very little understanding of the brutal history of war, and those seemingly peaceful and Aetna societies were once accumulated by countless soldiers with their own flesh and blood.
There are countless important battles in history, and the biggest war in history is still World War II. The most brutal war in history involved tens of millions of square kilometers of battlefields in six years and affected a population of 100 million. However, a battle at the end of World War II not only wiped out the defenders, but also caused heavy losses to the attackers, that is, the Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Iwo Jima
The campaign took place at the end of World War II, from February 19 to March 26, 1945, a campaign that took place over a month, Iwo Jima became the most memorable battlefield in The history of the Pacific. The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought by Japan in order to hold its territory from being invaded, and the U.S. military also wanted to take the island, destroy Japan's last defensive position, and open the door of Japan.
World War II is almost over, so why did the United States and Japan fight so fiercely? This matter and from the beginning of World War II, the Japanese Navy is powerful, but also has the aircraft carrier to do the bottom, so Japan is also blindly arrogant, complacent.
In the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. army did not have time to counterattack, could only escape, in just ninety minutes, the U.S. army lost one hundred and eighty-eight aircraft, four battleships and two destroyers, which was undoubtedly a huge loss to the war economy at that time, which also became the fuse for the United States to declare war on Japan.
The "Revenge" of the US Military
The US military declared war on Japan because it was secretly attacked, and at the end of World War II, Japan's proud aircraft carriers were all destroyed by the US military, and there was very little left, so Japan could only flee in a hurry and cling to Japanese territory.
Iwo Jima is an important barrier to protect Japan's territory, and it is also the last barrier to protect Japan, which is only 1,080 kilometers away from Japan. Therefore, at that time, the Japanese army fought a battle against the water and retreated the soldiers to Iwo Jima.
Construction of bunker groups
There were already insufficient shells, insufficient non-commissioned officers, and even because there were no generals, many Japanese soldiers were forcibly recruited, so the Japanese troops who built fortifications in Iwo Jima were full of grievances and had no intention of working.
Among them, Nishitakeichi was one of them, he did not want to be a soldier, it was not that he did not want to defend the country, but his wife was pregnant, he should have been by his wife's side, in the national crisis had to go out with the army, he was building fortifications while complaining, this small island could not hold on.
There is no water source, and the ghost place where there is no grass is born, and when it comes, it is nothing more than sending death. It should have been given to the United States so that they could go home, and his complaints were being heard by the officers, who beat him, and this happened to be seen by the officer who had gone to the post.
Officer Kuribayashi stopped his rough behavior, believing that if he physically punished the soldiers when there were not many soldiers, it would only make everyone lose their combat effectiveness, and how could he not know the holding of this small island, but since he had accepted the king's order, he should stick to Iwo Jima.
When he came to the island, he first observed along the island, he found that although Iwo Jima is not very large, but Iwo Jima is soft in soil, which is not conducive to large machinery on the island, and the island is easy to defend, it is still difficult to attack, he comforted the soldiers' emotions, and then led the soldiers to practice, imagining the direction in which the US army might attack.
Later, Kuribayashi discovered that if he wanted to delay the U.S. army, he must adopt a roundabout tactic, so he planted a large number of mines at the beachhead, set up mortars in hidden corners, as long as the U.S. troops forced to land would inevitably bring great casualties, and then he asked the soldiers to dig tunnels on Iwo Jima on all sides to avoid U.S. air raids, and the soldiers would live in tunnels at night.
Smoke filled the air
U.S. fighter jets continued to hover over Iwo Jima, and the smoke of bombs filled the entire Iwo Jima, accompanied by the wailing of Japanese soldiers who had no time to escape, and the Battle of Iwo Jima began.
The US military originally thought that it was a sulfur island, the area was not large, the Japanese army was small, it did not need much troops at all, and it could be captured in a few days at most, in fact, in addition to Kuribayashi, the Japanese army and the US army also had the same idea at this point.
Officer Kuribayashi said to the soldiers, "We stand one more day, our wives and children can live one more day, we fight for the family behind us, each of our soldiers can not retreat, a soldier must kill at least ten American troops, so that it is considered to be dead without regrets, we have built a bunker, enough to carry more than a hundred tons of explosives, we have the hope of winning the battle."
Since then, the Japanese artillery machine guns, fierce, every second there are US Marines fall, the US Marines landed on Iwo Jima, but also surprised by the bravery of the Japanese army, and the important thing is that they can not even get close to the Japanese army.
The US military suffered heavy casualties, and it was found that the soft soil of Iwo Jima was found, and the tanks were also difficult to walk and conquer, which also made it difficult for the US mechanical troops to move.
Even if the US military dispatched a carrier-based aircraft, it could not effectively strike at the Japanese army, and could only rely on manpower to slowly advance, but the low bunker built by the Japanese army was also unthinkable by the US army, even if a fire point was lost, the reinforcements in the rear could quickly make up for it.
And the US tanks not only did not become the shells of the US army, but became the target of the Japanese army, hit their own army, even the US warships have not been spared, such a cruel war The US army insisted for a few days and only occupied a small piece of territory, the war was helpless, a soldier from the building was going out to pee, thinking of a plan.
He watched his urine leave along the mouth of the cave, so he proposed to fill the mouth of the cave with cement to defeat the Japanese army, and as soon as the plan was proposed, the commander applauded one after another, and since then, the island of Iwo Jima has changed from the smoke of war in the past, but began to transport cement to the island.
However, when the cement reached the Japanese bunker, it was also connected with the corpses of American soldiers, and even at the moment of imminent victory, a large number of soldiers were lost. Finally, on March 15, the U.S. military planted the victory flag above Iwo Jima.
According to statistics, the amount of ammunition consumed by the US military before landing was as high as 24,000 tons. Iwo Jima was responsible for 1,200 tons of ammunition per square kilometer, but there were no significant casualties in the Japanese fortifications.
brief summary
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a huge damage to the U.S. and Japanese troops, and in the face of the war, many people saw the great righteousness of the nation, the spirit of the soldiers, and the wisdom of the people, but was there a real victor in the war?
Battle after battle is nothing more than the ambition of the upper echelons, the embarrassment is some of the lowest soldiers, and countless families, although the spirit of soldiers to defend the family and the country is worthy of recognition, but the war is still cruel, I hope we can all remember the cruelty of history, cherish the peace today.