The most faceless war - the battle of man and bird
Albatrosses are large seabirds that behave very tame on shore, so many albatrosses are also commonly known as "dumb gulls" or "stupid birds". With a wingspan of about 2 meters, albatrosses are powerful and powerful, and they are known for their effortless flight – they can glide with ships for hours without flapping their wings. In the past, superstitious sailors regarded albatrosses as the reappearance of their companions who were unfortunate enough to be buried in the sea, and were convinced that killing an albatross would bring misfortune.
The wings of albatrosses are like extremely efficient wings, allowing them to glide forward quickly, and the probability of sinking is very low. This adaptability to fast, long-distance flight allows albatrosses to take off from their breeding bases on islands and soar over vast oceans.
In World War II, a group of American soldiers invaded the "territory" of the albatross and were confronted by the albatross, and during the battle, the albatross was not afraid in the face of the US navy, army and air force equipped with modern weapons. This unparalleled human-bird war is carried in the "Pacific War History Archive" of the United States.
The U.S. Pentagon commented on the Battle of I when reorganizing the history of the Pacific War: the most destroyed "enemies" were the Battle of the Human Bird in the Pacific, annihilating more than a million albatrosses; The most faceless defeat was also this battle of man and bird. The Navy, Army, and Air Force were repulsed by the Albatross.
In the summer of 1942, the battle between the United States and Japan in the Pacific had entered a white-hot phase. In order to expand the achievements of the Pacific War, the Japanese Navy constantly dispatched naval forces and aimed to take Midway in one fell swoop. In order to break the Japanese Navy's attempt to seize Midway, the US military stepped up its efforts to replenish the strength of the Pacific Fleet, and on the other hand seized some small islands near Midway, built fortifications, and prepared to give the Japanese Navy a head-on attack. The U.S. Department of the Navy found an unnamed desert island near 30 degrees north latitude to be a very advantageous strategic location, and immediately sent a warship to quietly occupy the island.
When night fell, the battleship dropped anchor on the spot. The captain decided to send a small detachment of detectives to the island overnight, and staff officer Yuris took the lead in the dark search. Suddenly, he found that there was a gray-white "wall" not far away blocking the way, and he was very nervous: Had the Japanese already made the first move? Eurys motioned for the squad to stop advancing and lie down on the ground, ready to throw in battle.
After 10 minutes, there was no movement on the island, and Yuris felt that it was not the way to stay like this, so he formed the squad into two groups, one group staying in place as cover, and personally led a group to reconnoiter. As they approached, they suddenly realized that this "wall" was a large group of giant sleeping seabirds, albatrosses. After a false alarm, the American soldiers tried to cross this "bird wall", and did they know that the "bird wall" was like a flexible steel wall, and one after another huge albatrosses snuggled up to each other and hugged the island in a circle, forming an unparalleled "island protection fortification".
The actions of the American soldiers awakened the birds, and tens of thousands of albatrosses on the island took off, and these seabirds, under the leadership of the bird king, lined up and screamed wildly, and squeezed the landing scouts into the sea one by one to fail in the night battle, and the reconnaissance team rushed to the island again the next day, but before they could dock, the albatrosses swooped down from the air, and made a frantic swoop to these uninvited guests, pecking with their sharp beaks, grabbing with their sharp claws, and beating with their wings. These Marines were confused and embarrassed, so they had to obediently retreat again.
After receiving the report, the U.S. Department of the Navy believed that the situation was very serious and that they must drive out the albatrosses as soon as possible and repair the fortifications on the island in order to effectively resist the Japanese Navy. Therefore, the Admiralty immediately drew reinforcements from other warships in the nearby waters, and sent several aircraft from Midway to assist in the battle, while sending landing ships to the island to transport tanks and bulldozers. So a "war of man and bird" began again.
The U.S. military first sent planes to bomb the island, countless albatrosses died in the explosion, followed by a large number of troops and chariots quickly landed, but because of the mountain of bird corpses, bulldozers were difficult to drive. At this moment, they suddenly noticed that there were dark clouds in the sky floating from the islands in all directions, and it was not until they approached that they could clearly see that they were rescuers from the defeated albatrosses.
The bombing by the US troops infuriated the albatrosses on several nearby islands, and they flew to the islands one after another to fight with the US troops, so that the US troops had no way to do anything and were forced to use poison gas against the birds.
The US military spent a lot of effort to build a simple airstrip and road on the island, but it was occupied by the albatross at dawn, and the stubborn enemy of the albatross would still fall all over the runway from time to time, and even gave up his body to crash the propeller or engine to crash the plane. After the end of the Second World War, which shocked the world, the gunfire on the island continued to be fired, and a "protracted battle" between man and bird was performed, and the US military headquarters was forced to order the abandonment of the island.
After the war, a soldier who took part in this "war of man and bird" confessed from the heart in the face of the sea: "The giant seabird albatross is a sacred bird sent by god, they are sacred and inviolable, and whoever offends it will be severely punished by god."
This rare battle of man and bird has attracted the attention of many scientists around the world and has been studied for a long time, why would an albatross so sworn to defend his homeland and aid his own kind? Who is leading and directing them in this protracted war? Why do they see death as if they were not afraid to face a strong enemy? Many of these questions, which still have not been convincingly answered, have become a puzzle that confuses people #我在头条搞创作! #
