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In 1944, 1 woman and 32 men were stranded on a desert island, and after 6 years of absurd life, only 20 men remained on the island

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The famous novel "Robinson Crusoe" tells the story of a man who encountered a storm at sea, drifted to a desert island alone, and lived alone for 28 years. With his tenacity, he overcame all kinds of difficulties and was finally able to return to his hometown.

Although Robinson is lonely, he is trapped on a desert island alone and faces a relatively simple environment. Because, in the absence of effective rules, people are often the most dangerous animals.

Something similar happened during World War II, except that this time there were more people, 1 woman and 32 men. A small society is formed when there are many people, and without any rules and constraints, absurd things that test human nature are staged one after another.

In 1944, 1 woman and 32 men were stranded on a desert island, and after 6 years of absurd life, only 20 men remained on the island

Topographic map of Anantahan Island

1 woman and 32 men stranded on a desert island

In the Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan, there is a small island called Anantahan, belonging to the Mariana Islands, about 9 kilometers long from east to west and about 3.7 kilometers wide from north to south, and there are only a few dozen indigenous people.

The island was occupied by many countries, and after World War I, Japan was the victorious power. Japan used it as a springboard to the south and continued its colonial expansion into the South Pacific. In order to alleviate the dilemma of high population density and lack of resources in China.

Later, Toyo Takushoku Co., Ltd., which had a government background, established a new company, Nanyang Kogaku Co., Ltd., which grew cash crops such as sugar cane and copra on some islands in the Pacific Ocean.

On the eve of the Pacific Ocean eruption, 18-year-old Kazuko Higa went to work at a café on Gan Island in the Mariana Islands with the help of her brother, where she met her future husband, Shoichi Higa.

Her husband was the administrator of the Nanyang Company, overseeing Aboriginal work on the small island of Anantahan, and both later moved to Anantahan Island. Also living here is Kikuichiro Hika's superior, Kikuichiro Hika. Since they are fellow villagers, their surnames are the same.

After the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy was gradually at a disadvantage in the Pacific, and by 1944 it was at the end of its crossbow. The U.S. military decided to seize the Mariana Islands as a base for B-29 long-range bombers in order to launch air strikes on the Japanese mainland, further undermining its industrial capabilities.

US General MacArthur used the island-hopping tactic to launch attacks on Saipan, Guam, Tinian and other islands. The Mariana Islands were caught in the flames of war, but Anantahan Island was not bombed by the United States at first because it had no important military facilities and was not suitable for building an airstrip.

After the outbreak of war, the island's indigenous people were quickly evacuated. Kikuichiro feared for the safety of his wife and children and sent them back to their hometown, but he himself received no order to retreat and had to hold on to the island.

Higa Shoichi's sister works on Saipan, and he plans to pick her up. Before leaving, he entrusted his boss Kikuichiro with taking care of his wife temporarily.

Differences under fire are often meaningful, because farewell can become a farewell. Kazuko said goodbye to her husband reluctantly, looking at his distant back, she couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

In this way, there are only two people left on the island, Wako and Kikuichiro.

In 1944, 1 woman and 32 men were stranded on a desert island, and after 6 years of absurd life, only 20 men remained on the island

Kazuko Higa in the stills

Unfortunately, shortly after Higa left, U.S. aircraft attacked Anantahan Island. They did not spare a single inhabited place, almost all houses and facilities were destroyed, including the only means of transport to leave the island - boats.

Kikuichiro took Higa and Koto into hiding and escaped the bombing. After learning that the island has become an isolated island completely isolated from the outside world, Higa Kazuko's heart is extremely depressed, and her only hope is that her husband will return soon.

In a state of war, it was not possible to go wherever he wanted, and Higa lost his freedom as soon as he landed on Saipan. With the defeat of the Japanese army on Saipan, he was sent back to Japan.

Kazuko couldn't wait for her husband's news, and all thoughts were gone. The only person who can stay by her side to comfort her at this time is Kikuichiro, and with his constant encouragement, Wako becomes strong.

The Nanyang Company left some food on the island, and the aborigines also kept some production tools on the island, and the life of the two was not a problem for the time being. They made simple repairs to the bombed-out houses and gave them shelter from the elements.

As the saying goes, lonely men and widows living on the island will inevitably have good feelings and then cross the boundaries of morality:

On the one hand, because her husband had not been heard from, Wako thought that her husband had died in the war. On the other hand, although Kikuichiro has a wife and children, he doesn't know if he can still leave the island, life will always go on, and he can't care so much.

In this way, the two people on the isolated island lived like fairy daughters.

But the tranquility was soon broken. The Japanese requisitioned three fishing boats to transport supplies and were heading to the Truk Islands, when they were blown up by American planes on the way.

The 31 people on the three ships were all men, including 10 soldiers and 21 sailors, the youngest only 16 years old, mostly young people in their 20s. They managed to swim to Anantahan Island, where there were already 33 people by this time.

In 1944, 1 woman and 32 men were stranded on a desert island, and after 6 years of absurd life, only 20 men remained on the island

Outsiders arrive

The only woman in an awkward situation

At first, the crew thought it was a desert island, and while picking wild fruits and building a lodging, they found Wako and Kikuichiro within a few days. When the fellow villagers saw their fellow villagers, their excitement overflowed.

When the two sides met, they were excited at first, and the people on the island thought that someone was coming and could take them both together. The crew thought that there were families on the island and that it should be no problem to survive.

But after learning about their respective experiences, they couldn't help but be disappointed. Although the island is a little livelier than before, new problems have arisen.

The first is the food problem, and the food left by Nanyang Company is eaten by them in about a month. They had to catch lizards and mice, collect wild fruits to feed themselves, and use the seeds left by the company to grow food crops such as taro on the island.

At this time, American planes occasionally came to bomb, and they could only take shelter in caves. However, bombing became less and less, and on August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. But the people on the island do not have any communication equipment and know nothing about it.

U.S. troops used loudspeakers to call for surrender and dropped leaflets on the island. During the war, both Japanese soldiers and ordinary soldiers and civilians were deeply poisoned by militaristic ideas and were extremely fanatical, and they firmly did not believe that Japan would surrender, believing that this was a scam of the US military.

In particular, a few people with military experience, the troops have been brainwashing them: "You must not surrender, there is only one way to be shot if you are caught by the Yankees." ”

Therefore, these people hid deeper to avoid detection by the US military.

As the airstrikes ceased, the island's food supply began to improve, and they grew food such as fruit and fished from the sea. There is even a sap from palm trees to make sake, and banquets are held.

The most lacking thing on the island is clothing, which they wore and could only be covered with some leaves and animal skins. However, fortunately, the island is in a low latitude area, and the temperature is not too low.

In 1944, 1 woman and 32 men were stranded on a desert island, and after 6 years of absurd life, only 20 men remained on the island

Surrender Japan

As the saying goes, "full of lust", when the desire for food is satisfied, another instinct begins to awaken.

Wako and Kikuichiro initially appeared as husband and wife, but as they became more involved, they gradually learned their true identities. The island is full of bloody youths, who think that since Kazuko is not married, he also has the right to pursue her.

At this time, the men's eyes were obviously different from usual, and they continued to offer their courtesy to Wakko, and even fought openly and secretly. Seeing that the situation was about to become uncontrollable, everyone thought of a way and decided to let Higa Kazuko marry Kikuichiro in order to cut off the thoughts of others.

But the calm only lasted for a while, and Kikuichiro often suspected Kazuko Higa of hooking up with other men and inflicting violence on her. Wako gradually lost her liking for him, she thought she was still young, there were so many people on the island who were good to her, why not choose another one?

The balance was quickly upset. Around August 1946, they found the wreckage of a U.S. B-29 bomber from the jungle and found items such as canned food, gasoline, four broken pistols, and bullets nearby.

The parachute cloth was changed into clothes by Kazuko. The former soldiers pieced together the parts and quickly repaired two pistols, and some metal from the plane was also converted into knives.

In the jungle without rules, the law of survival is the law of the jungle, and humans are better at this than any animal. With weapons on the island, the strength has changed a lot, which means that the weak must submit to the stronger.

Since there is no specific name of the person left in the relevant file, we will replace it with a letter for the time being. The first to receive guns were A and B, who became the absolute leader of the island and controlled the distribution of all resources.

Often the most scarce resources are the most precious, and the position of the leader is reflected in the priority of the use of scarce resources. At this time, Wakko, as the opposite sex, has become the most scarce resource on the island.

So A and B naturally lived with Higa Kazuko, and Higa Kazuko also fell into the embarrassing situation of one wife and three husbands.

In 1944, 1 woman and 32 men were stranded on a desert island, and after 6 years of absurd life, only 20 men remained on the island

Absurdities are staged one by one

The rules have been broken, and other men have begun to covet Kazuko. Wako also relaxes her mind, in fact, under the rule of the jungle, she is the weakest on the island and the one who wants to possess by all parties, and she can only go with the flow to survive. Otherwise, the people on the island will have various struggles because of her, and may also act against her.

According to Wakko's later recollection, men on the island wrote love letters to her on a blue leaf. As long as she wanted, they all had a relationship, and in order to avoid strife, they agreed that their relationship would be kept secret. Over time, though, the islanders knew it.

Once, a man named C got into an argument with A because of Wakko, and within a few days he fell from a tree and died. As for the cause of C's death, everyone speculated that A was responsible, but there was no evidence.

After that, another man who had regular contact with Kazuko was also shot and killed months later, and the atmosphere on the island became increasingly tense. The clever Kikuichiro senses the danger, and he immediately finds A and B, indicating that he is willing to quit and no longer maintain a relationship with Wakko.

As the saying goes, one mountain does not allow two tigers, and in male-female relationships, triangles tend to be unstable. One day in 1947, two men with guns quarreled because they had drunk too much, and A shot and killed B, and since then he has monopolized Wakko.

A never expected Kikuichiro to make a move to retreat, and after deceiving A's trust, he stole a gun and shot A. In this way, Kikuichiro gets a gun and holds power on the island, and the first thing he does is get back together with Wakko.

Unfortunately, Kikuichiro died unexpectedly six months later. There are different theories about the cause of death, some say he died of eating coconut crab poisoning. But others say he was killed by a man named D with a gun left behind by B. In fact, after Kikuichiro's death, D took over Wakko.

D is smarter, holding two guns and no longer giving them to others, becoming the only leader on the island. Peace on the island lasted only a while, with "scarce resources" unevenly distributed, and the lucky men quickly forgot about killing and were ready to go.

Even if you have a gun, you can't always watch out for everyone. In order not to follow in the footsteps of previous generations, he gathered the people on the island to discuss countermeasures. It was agreed that the two guns should be thrown into the sea to avoid the killing from happening again, and then let Wako choose one of her own husbands.

This decision was approved by everyone, and Wako chose E as her husband.

In 1944, 1 woman and 32 men were stranded on a desert island, and after 6 years of absurd life, only 20 men remained on the island

There was no peace on the island, because the distribution conflict was never resolved. There are neither binding rules nor countervailing forces on the island. Even if there are no guns, there are offensive weapons such as knives.

The men discover that all the contradictions actually stem from Wakko, and that the way to restore peace is to execute her. But Wakko is actually innocent, in such an environment, she cannot control her own destiny, and can only survive by relying on the strong.

A man who is friendly with Wako secretly tells her about the decision of the meeting, and she immediately escapes into the mountains. As the saying goes, there is no way to go, and about a month later, Wako was pleasantly surprised to find a ship on the shore.

She untied the parachute cloth she wore on her body, waved it at the boat and shouted loudly. It was an American search ship that they eventually rescued Wako and returned him to Japan. It was already 1950.

When Wako returned to Japan, she told her story to the media, but in order to maintain her dignity, she portrayed herself as the ruler of the island, saying, "I am the queen of the island." Later, the media commented that she "ruled men because of food and sex", and the incident became known as the "Anantahan Queen Incident".

Knowing that there were still people on the island, the US military sent planes to scatter leaflets, but the people on the island still did not believe that Japan had surrendered. Later, based on the names provided by Wakko, their families wrote letters and were thrown to the island by American troops.

It was not until June 1951 that they raised the white flag to surrender to the U.S. forces, and only 20 of the original 32 men on the island remained.

After a few years, they returned to their hometown to find that they had been sacrificed, and their relatives had long thought that they had died, and some wives had remarried, and some even had wives married to their brothers. The war of aggression launched by the Japanese eventually made their own people swallow the bitter fruit.

In 1944, 1 woman and 32 men were stranded on a desert island, and after 6 years of absurd life, only 20 men remained on the island

As for their work on the island, they were not prosecuted because they did not have sufficient evidence.

The most injured person should still be Wakko, her husband has long remarried, and the two cannot get back together. Due to extensive media coverage, the Anantahan Queen incident became sensational news in Japan, and Wako quickly became popular in Japan, and photos became a hot selling product.

Some film companies turned the event into a movie and invited Wako to star herself, and later he was arranged to tour theaters around the world. The film company offered 2 million yen for the performance, but in the end she was not even given 50,000 yen.

Wakko quit the show business after finding out that she had been fooled and returned to her hometown to open a café. But it was poorly run, and the café closed down not long after. Forced to make a living, she was arranged by an agent to work as a stripper at the rock theater. However, she was deceived by her agent again, still did not make any money, and had to work as a waitress in a store in Osaka.

Wako has been exposed to the curiosity of the world, used by others, and then abandoned. She later recalled the experience: "The mainland is scarier than the islands. ”

Wakko, 34, eventually married a man with two children, and they had a good relationship and returned to Okinawa to run a takoyaki restaurant. Unfortunately, her husband died 9 years later. Wako died of a brain tumor in her early 50s.

In 1944, 1 woman and 32 men were stranded on a desert island, and after 6 years of absurd life, only 20 men remained on the island

Kazuko Higa herself

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Behind this absurd and bizarre story, some profound truths are revealed:

The ancients once said that "if you do not suffer from the few, you will suffer from inequality", and unfair distribution will lead to contention, which in turn will destroy social harmony.

If a society has no rules or the rules are trampled on at will, then the evil hidden in the human heart will erupt, and there will be endless struggles for power and resources.

The reason why our society today is called a civilized society is precisely because of the moral and legal norms of human behavior, and on this basis, a relatively fair distribution mechanism has been established, which is also the cornerstone of long-term social stability.

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