My own war game

Chapter 256: Jima's Role

August 1942, 8

Under the cover of the Japanese Navy, which had control of the sea, 4500 Japanese soldiers from the Kawaguchi Detachment and the remnants of the Ichiki Detachment of 1200 soldiers landed on the east and west sides of Guadalcanal under the cover of darkness.

Nearly 400 people from the main force on the east side successfully landed and established a beachhead. However, the small barge carrying the rangers on the west side capsized and got lost due to the severe weather. At least more than army soldiers fell into the water. The navy later rescued some of the soldiers who fell into the water.

However, one thing puzzled the 17th Army Headquarters and the Imperial Base Camp. The unit led by Major Oka Akinosuke, the leader of the advance ranger team, had reported in lantern language that "our troops have landed and are consolidating their positions on the spot", and then disappeared mysteriously.

Yes, they were missing, not killed or eliminated. To the subsequent landing troops, Major Oka Akinosuke and his men seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

Logically speaking, a group of more than a hundred people is at least the configuration of a reinforced squadron. Even if they were suddenly attacked and wiped out by the enemy, there should at least be traces of fighting at the scene. However, the soldiers who landed on the island later stated that apart from finding some wood used for heating, no signs of any exchange of fire were found at the scene.

The people behind also swore that no artillery fire or gunfire was heard on the west side of Guadalcanal that night.

Therefore, where these more than one hundred people went remained an unsolved mystery for the headquarters until Japan surrendered.

It was not until the end of World War II that the newly formed Japanese government declassified a document from its own intelligence agency, and the public learned that that night was the intelligence organization's first real field activity, and that it played a vital role in the Battle of Guadalcanal.

But at the time, this incident was just a small episode in the Battle of Guadalcanal...
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The next morning, a series of strange noises were heard outside the temporary barracks of the New Japan National Construction Army.

"Hei Ka...Woo~Woo~"

Bang! Bang!
Boom! ! ! Boom! ! !
"He, what are they doing?" Major General Vandergrift, who had just finished inspecting the military camp, came over and asked, while Miss Jima appeared beside the major general in a British military uniform.

"Kojiro and his men have just captured some prisoners, and are now trying to convert some of them into additional troops..." He Chi just glanced at them and then started to work on the things in his hands.

"The kind that uses fists and whips?" asked the major general with a raised eyebrow.

"Of course not." He Chi denied it directly and then added in the most calm tone:

“Sometimes they use sticks, too.”

"He, although we don't interfere with their behavior, there are ladies here, so please ask them to restrain themselves." The major general looked at Jima beside him and gave instructions.

"Please don't mind me." Jima came up and took the initiative to stand next to Hechi. "I fought with the commander in Copenhagen. He knows that I am not a greenhouse flower."

"Oh?" Major General Vandergrift looked at the young girl. Although he knew that both of them were from London, it was only then that he realized that the two were actually in a superior-subordinate relationship and had carried out missions together.

"Jima, you're here at the right time. Please take a look at these things. I need your help." He Chi waved his hand and greeted the girl naturally, and Jima obediently tied her hair and bent down.

It was just a small action, but the major general saw several jealous eyes from the surroundings looking over here.

He Chi unfolded a package, revealing a large pile of paper items. "These are what we collected from the prisoners yesterday. We need to translate them and extract intelligence in the shortest possible time."

"Sir, is there anything I can do?" Jima stood beside He Chi with a gleam in her eyes. She seemed to have returned to that night in Copenhagen.

"I will arrange for Kojiro and his men to translate these documents, but considering their identities, I need someone to supervise them. I remember that you know Japanese, so I plan to give this task to you." He Chi started assigning tasks to Jima. "Yes!" Jima saluted directly, and then asked, "Sir, do you have any other requests?"

He Chi thought about it and said, "Observe these people to see if there are any suitable intelligence agents. Find such people and teach them some basic spy skills."

That afternoon, Jima appeared in the camp of the new Japanese National Army. Her youthful and beautiful appearance made these "Japanese puppet soldiers" who had not seen women for a long time very greedy. One guy even boldly fantasized about Jima's hot thighs and buttocks curves in Japanese to his companions.

The next moment, something happened that shocked everyone.

Boom! ! ! !

what! ! ! ! ! !

A painful groan was heard, and Jima took out the Xiuzhen pistol from her handbag and shot the outspoken man in the thigh. Amid the man's wailing, she announced in Japanese, "Don't play tricks on me, I know everything about you!"

This shot not only shocked all the new Japanese founding army present, but even Kennedy, who had been thinking about it before, felt a chill down his spine.

Iikuni Kojiro realized belatedly that this British girl was the woman of that adult, and then called all the people of the New Japan Founding King to an emergency meeting.

"When Miss Jima nods, you must bow! When Miss Jima smiles, you must kneel down! Don't cause her any trouble, understand? Otherwise, that lady will not let you go!"

As a result, Jima's translation work progressed rapidly, and even the selection of Japanese agents soon came to light.

She picked out seven or eight people and gave them simple spy skills training, and they became the earliest intelligence personnel of this unit. Iikuni Kojiro was the leader of these people.

For a long time thereafter, the intelligence system of the new Japanese National Army, whether it was secret codes, passwords, or infiltration habits, always bore the shadow of British colors.

These people formed the Intelligence Faction (also known as the Iikuni Faction) headed by Iikuni Kojiro, and the Army Faction (also known as the Aoki Faction) which was closer to the US military in the future, becoming the two most original factions of the post-war Japanese government.

On the second day of Jima's work, she brought important intelligence.

"Gentlemen, we are in trouble!" This was the first words of Major General Vandergrift when he entered the conference room with Jima.

"According to our allies' analysis of the Japanese intelligence, during this period, the Japanese army will have a third wave of troops landing, with a total of more than 10,000 troops, and there may be armored units."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the middle-level commanders, including Colonel Edson, turned serious. The Japanese were slowly narrowing their numerical disadvantage, which was not a good sign.

"Second, within 24 hours, the Japanese army will launch its first attack, targeting the base of the New Japan National Construction Army."

"Third, the Japanese Navy submarine force is secretly heading to the southern waters. I have passed the information to Fletcher, but it seems too late..."

On August 1942, 8, the flagship Saratoga, on which Fletcher was aboard, was attacked by four torpedoes from a Japanese submarine. Although Saratoga tried her best to evade, she was still hit by one torpedo at the stern and was damaged. She had to withdraw from the battle for emergency repairs. Only the last two US aircraft carriers were left on duty in the Solomon region, and the air force was greatly reduced.

At the same time, 4,000 people from the Kawaguchi Detachment crossed the woods and rushed towards the position of the US Army's 1st Division.

(End of this chapter)