In fact, from the signatures of these generals, we can roughly infer the areas where those generals who secretly participated in this plan are stationed.

There is no need to mention Terauchi Juichi and Imamura Jun. Other senior generals, such as Yamagata Masago, were the commander of Kaohsiung in the southern part of the Taiwan Islands; Akiyama Monzo was the commander of Kwajalein Island, the main island of the Marshall Islands; Mori Kunizo was directly the highest commander of Chichijima Island in the Kasahara Islands; and Tanaka Raizo was the highest commander of Myanmar...

Judging from the map, the areas where these senior Japanese generals who secretly participated in this plan were stationed were mostly in the first and second island chains and Southeast Asia. The sunken Daiichi Shinko Maru transport ship was able to collect so many handwritten letters from senior generals, and it must have made a big circle around this sea area.

Obviously, except for Terauchi Hisaichi and Imamura Hitoshi, other generals were probably a little worried about carrying out this plan privately. After all, there was no clear order from the headquarters, and they carried out this plan privately. Strictly speaking, their actions were a serious violation of military orders. Even more seriously, they were suspected of treason.

Oh, the top leaders don't know about this yet, but you dare to secretly take 20% of the money shipped to the mainland. What do you mean? Are you planning a rebellion?

Therefore, although these senior generals had a clear conscience, they had to act according to their conscience.

Yang Jing felt embarrassed for these high-ranking generals. To be fair, whether it was the plan proposed by Isoroku Yamamoto or the plan privately implemented by these high-ranking generals under the leadership of Hisaichi Terauchi, it was actually for the good of Japan. After all, the defeats in the Battle of Midway and the Battle of Guadalcanal had made the situation in the Pacific dangerous for Japan. Senior generals with vision could definitely see this, so it was very necessary to prepare in advance.

However, why did the headquarters not agree to this plan? No one knows. After all, so many years have passed, and all the senior generals of the headquarters are dead. No one knows why the headquarters did not give these generals a clear order.

Perhaps there were different opinions within the headquarters. After all, Yamamoto Isoroku's status and record were still very impressive. Even if there were disagreements in the headquarters about the plan he proposed, there would definitely be supporters.

If Isoroku Yamamoto hadn't died, I'm afraid this wealth diversion plan could have been implemented. But he was killed by the Americans, and now that he's dead, there won't be many people in the headquarters who support Isoroku Yamamoto, which is not good.

Therefore, the senior generals who secretly implemented this plan under the leadership of Terauchi Juichi were actually quite worried. That's why they used the Daiichi Shinko Maru to link up and use this personal letter to "directly advise" the headquarters.

Presumably, the Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru set out from Singapore, first headed west to Myanmar, then returned to the Gulf Islands and the Philippines, then headed east to Chichijima in the Kasahara Islands, then south to the Marshall Islands, and finally arrived in Rabaul. This circle was a full 10,000 nautical miles. Even if the Dai-Ichi Shinko Maru ran at a cruising speed of 13 knots, including the time for refueling and supplies, it would have taken more than five months to complete this circle.

Fortunately, the Dai-ichi Shinko Maru finally arrived at Rabaul and received a handwritten letter from Hitoshi Imamura and the five tons of gold. If the Dai-ichi Shinko Maru had not been so unlucky to be sunk by an American plane, the letter might have been delivered to the headquarters long ago.

Yang Jing's consciousness withdrew from the space, and he couldn't help but feel shocked by the boldness of these high-ranking Japanese generals.

But Terauchi Hisaichi is not so good. This guy has always been known for his boldness and radicalism. When he was in China, he was a well-known example of "a general is not bound by the orders of the king when he is away from home". Many times, the combat plans issued by the headquarters would not be truly implemented when they reached Terauchi Hisaichi. This guy would often fight according to his own ideas and intentions, but he could always achieve good results.

Although I felt very uncomfortable, I had to admit that this guy was really good at fighting. The battle of Taiyuan was a classic example. If it weren't for the desperate resistance of General Zhang Zizhong and other generals in Taierzhuang, the Japanese might have realized their strategic intention of "attacking from the north and the south" long ago.

Terauchi Hisaichi was later transferred to the position of "Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Army", but when fighting in Southeast Asia, he still adopted the strategic idea of ​​"putting ourselves first".

The fact that Terauchi Hisaichi dared to lead a group of generals stationed overseas in Japan to implement this secret plan without clear orders from the headquarters shows his strong character.

Of course, Terauchi Juichi dared to lead these senior generals stationed overseas to carry out this plan privately, which was probably related to the support of someone in the headquarters. The headquarters could not have been unaware of the plan proposed by Yamamoto Isoroku, not to mention that Terauchi Juichi had personally called the headquarters many times to inquire about this plan.

But since the base camp did not give a clear order, it was obvious that there were disagreements within the base camp.

But no matter what, this secret plan was secretly implemented before getting the explicit consent of the headquarters. This incident is enough to show that these senior generals of the Japanese devils at that time were really crazy.

Yang Jing put his hands behind his head and thought involuntarily: "I wonder if the Japanese will use the property that was secretly transported to the secret base in the end? This amount of wealth is amazing!"

Thinking about the properties listed on the more than ten lists, Yang Jing was a little frightened.

That was one-fifth of the wealth that the Japanese looted from Southeast Asia, the Gulf Islands, the Marshall Islands, and New Guinea. Although the wealth looted from the Marshall Islands and New Guinea was almost negligible, the wealth looted by the Japanese in Southeast Asia was quite huge.

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