On 14 January 1943, Australian Lieutenant Clark was leading a search for Japanese troops when he passed a coconut grove on the Papua Peninsula when an exposed cement tile alerted him

On 14 January 1943, Australian Lieutenant Clark was leading a search for Japanese troops when he passed a coconut grove on the Papua Peninsula when an exposed cement tile alerted him, and he ordered his soldiers to remain quiet.

In Clarke's experience, if cement tiles appear in this dense coconut grove, it proves that someone has come here. There is no trace of civilian life in this coconut grove, so it is likely that it was left by the Japanese army guarding the island.

Immediately, Clark carefully observed the terrain with a telescope and found that the cement tiles were covered on a small slope, and there seemed to be a hole under the cement tiles. It can be seen that under this cement tile is likely to be the underground fortress of the Japanese army.

Soon, Clark arranged for two demolitionists to detour back to the dirt slope behind the cement tiles. After a closer look, the demolition man found that it was indeed an underground fortress in Japan.

At this point, the demolitionist made a gesture to Clark in the distance, confirming that there might be Japanese soldiers hidden in the fortress. Clark also responded with gestures to attack, and arranged for the machine gunner to aim at the cement tile position, ready to deal with the unexpected.

Soon, two demolition men began throwing grenades into the fort. With a few muffled noises, it was obvious that there was a noise in the fortress, so the demolitionist was more certain that the fortress contained Japanese soldiers.

However, they also found that the underground fortress was very deep and the internal structure may be more complicated, so the grenade just thrown may not have hurt the Japanese soldiers.

At this moment, the demolition man took out the smoke bomb again and looked at Clark in the distance. Clark, on the other hand, signaled that he could attack and asked the machine gunner to be ready to fire.

Soon, the demolitionist threw two smoke bombs into the fortress and quickly withdrew.

Just a few minutes later, a Japanese soldier, due to a severe lack of oxygen, climbed out of the mouth of the fort. Soon, Clark ordered the firing, and the Japanese soldier was killed on the spot.

By this time, Clark had realized that other Japanese soldiers might also escape from the mouth of the fort, so he gave the order to encircle. Immediately, the soldiers shot at the mouth of the fortress and threw mines into the fortress.

Soon after, however, the Japanese soldier "NO..." came from the fortress. Shouting. It turned out that the Japanese soldiers hiding inside knew that the trend was gone, so they decided to surrender.

It was eventually confirmed that the underground fortress contained a total of 6 Japanese soldiers. They had planned to ambush the US-Australian coalition here, but they were exposed by a cement tile. It can also be seen from this that it is often easier to win on the battlefield if attention to detail can be achieved.

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