This episode reflects a total of four battles. The following is an analysis of history and movies.
1. The
history of the Blue Beach landing (early morning on August 7, 1942) : At 1 am on August 7, 16,000 people from the First Division of the U.S. Marine Corps arrived in the waters ten nautical miles away from Guadalcanal Island by 23 transport ships and divided into two. The unit code-named X-ray is the 1st and 5th Marine Regiments under the command of Van der Greft. They attacked Guadalcanal via the South Channel of Savo Island. The unit code-named Y-ray is commanded by the deputy commander Brigadier General Rupustas. The four battalions attacked Tulagi Island through the North Waterway of Savo Island. The other two battalions serve as reserves. At 6 o'clock, under the cover of fire from 3 heavy cruisers, 4 destroyers, and carrier-based aircraft, the first wave of landing troops successfully landed at 9:40, and occupied the most critical airport on Guadalcanal Island in the afternoon of the same day. Since the Japanese army stationed on Guadalcanal at that time only had 2,700 engineers, they were basically unarmed North Korean laborers who fled into the jungle before the arrival of the US army, so the entire landing process was not shot.
TV: Before the beach rush, the soldiers of the First Division in the transport ship were still confused about the slurred name "Guadalcanal", and clamored for what they were doing here, waiting for the turkey slaughter to wipe out the little Japan. , Set up a tent on the beach to bask in the sun. The protagonist of this episode, the newly recruited reporter Robert Lecky, willingly spoke the truth about the truth: "We are here, unanimously drawing out the sword, regardless of whether it is for the benefit of the country, thank the country!" Then we went to the deck. On the top, after a pre-war mobilization full of "FXXX" foul language, holding the Springfield rifle in hand, descending on the assault boat, came to a tropical beach sightseeing tour. Fortunately, at this time, the gunboat and the aircraft were eye-opening.
2. The
history of friendly fire (night of 1942.8.8) : I don't know if there is this unlucky case, but it is always inevitable that I was injured by my own fire during the war.
Television: As long as it is based on historical facts and a little artistic processing for the contradiction of the plot, it is allowed no matter what. What's more, the crew has reached a critical level of detail accuracy. Of course, on the strategic map in the film, Taiwan was not marked by the power of the Great Japanese Empire at the time. This jungle battle, which lasted less than a minute, proved to be a complete tragedy afterwards. In order not to pollute the temporary camp, the soldiers who rushed out of the dark and went to the wild, unfortunately were swept by colleagues who did not answer the password. At the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, the British, who were often so unlucky, called this kind of manslaughter by the American tycoons "friendly fire" friendly, but this kind of friendly bullet without long eyes, but took away young lives time and time again. .
3.
History of the Battle of Savo Island (early morning on August 1st, 1942) : After the U.S. Army landed effortlessly, Lieutenant General Mikawa Army, commander of the Japanese 8th Fleet, felt the situation was serious and immediately decided to launch a counterattack and quickly concentrated the nearby warships, totaling 5 ships. The heavy cruiser, 2 light cruisers, and 1 destroyer left the Rabaul base in New Britain on the evening of August 7 and headed south. The reconnaissance plane on the Allied side, due to radio silence and other considerations, failed to report the movements of the Japanese army in time. Fletcher, the commander of the aircraft carrier formation, who served as sea and air cover, used the loss of carrier-based aircraft and insufficient fuel on August 8. Evacuate the aircraft carrier formation at dusk. At 1:33 on August 9th, Lieutenant General Mikawa ordered the fleet that had just arrived in the northwest of Savo Island to launch a general attack. It took only six minutes to severely damage the American ship in the southern area. One hour later, the northern fleet of the Allied forces also lost combat effectiveness. . In this battle, 4 cruisers and several destroyers of the Allied forces were sunk, and 1270 people were killed.
TV: On this clear starry night, after a day of marching, the soldiers of the First Division lying comfortably on the beach saw this fiasco of their own naval battle. They confidently believed that it was the Japanese who had been beaten up, and a loud noise like fireworks made the soldiers excited. When the sun climbed out, I realized: "Where are the navy enough?" The sunken ship took away most of the excavation and medical equipment of the soldiers on the land, as well as the fart paper.
4. The
history of the Battle of Tenaru Estuary (early morning on 22nd August, 1942.8) : On August 14, the Japanese base camp appointed Lieutenant General Hyuktake Haruyoshi of the 17th Army to retake Gua Island. Hyakutake mistakenly thought that there were only 2,000 US troops on the island, so he only sent 6000 people seized the island. In fact, the US army had completely replenished 16,000 troops on the island at that time. On August 18, the Japanese army began its first of three counterattacks in the entire Battle of Guadalcanal. Ichiki Kiyochi Ozu, who was the first to initiate the "7.7 Incident" in North China in 1937, led a detachment of 1,000 people and landed at Cape Taipo, about 30 kilometers east of the airport, leaving 125 people guarding the beach. , More than 900 people in the impatient zone launched a general offensive. For the first and last time in their lives, 777 of them saw the strength of the U.S. military, cross-fired with machine guns like festive fireworks. This failed sneak attack caused the death rate of the Japanese army to as high as 85%. After daybreak, US intelligence officer Thor photographed the river beach with dead bodies. This may be the first image of the Japanese army's defeat. The next day, the division commander Van der Greft reported to the Marine Corps Commander Holtem that he had never seen this kind of battle. The Japanese soldiers refused to surrender, and they would even explode.
TV: This is the climax and the most powerful 7 minutes of the first episode. In the episode, the protagonist first-class soldier Robert Lecky got the chance to shoot frantically the Japanese soldiers who didn't want to charge for nothing, and swept from the other side of the river to the side that rushed over. The next morning, I witnessed the wounded Japanese man slamming a grenade and returning with the U.S. Army. Here is another commendable detail: Back then, the Japanese army’s grenades were double-insurance, so the guy was here. When committing suicide, the grenade knocked first. Upon learning of this desperate and stubborn tragic situation, Van der Greft flew into a rage and ordered that the surrenders be not protected for their lives. Then the audience saw the Japanese who survived the US military shooting game molesting, and Lacky, who couldn't stand it, finally killed him directly.
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