At the beginning of the year, when Yamamoto talked to me, he mentioned the plan of wealth diversion. But the funny thing is that I thought that Yamamoto's plan was to undermine the fighting spirit of the empire. But now it seems that I am far less insightful than Yamamoto. Gentlemen, although I am reluctant to admit it, the current situation is indeed falling into an unknown abyss. Rabaul is isolated and helpless, Guam is in danger, and the entire Southeast Asia is about to face a full-scale attack by the US-Australia coalition, especially the mainland...
Gentlemen, I don't want to say too many discouraging words, but Shouyi urges you to face the current situation squarely and at the same time comfort His Majesty, hoping that His Majesty can accept the plan proposed by Mr. Yamamoto.
After Yamamoto's death, I called you several times, hoping that you would agree to the wealth diversion plan proposed by Yamamoto, but you never gave Shouyi a definite reply. In view of the current tense situation, Shouyi took the initiative to secretly negotiate this plan with the highest officers stationed in various bases. Fortunately, he got the support of many colleagues.
At the same time, in view of the current situation, I have begun to order the execution of the plan left by Mr. Yamamoto. Starting from May, I have ordered 20% of the property shipped to the mainland to be secretly transported to the secret base on Mauge Island by transport ships. The underwater base that was secretly built when His Excellency Onishi Takijiro was stationed in Guam has been completed. We can allocate a portion of the wealth we have gained from our overseas bases and store it there. In case the situation deteriorates, it can also become the strength of the empire.
The situation is getting increasingly tense. Eleven colleagues have already started to secretly implement this plan with Shouyi. Although this plan has not been explicitly approved by you, our loyalty to the empire is evident. Shouyi, in this personal letter, together with all of his colleagues, implore the headquarters to approve this plan. I hope you can give me a reply as soon as possible. "
This is the general content of the letter written by Terauchi Juichi. Below is Terauchi Juichi's personal signature and date. Attached to the letter is a detailed list of the quantities of materials transported in four batches.
This letter gave Yang Jing a thrilling feeling.
Although he was very angry towards the Japanese, to be fair, Terauchi Juichi's letter was indeed very sharp.
The Yamamoto mentioned in the letter is undoubtedly Yamamoto Isoroku who was killed by the Americans.
It is well known that Yamamoto Isoroku and Terauchi Hisaichi were good friends. It is also undeniable that Yamamoto Isoroku was a very visionary general. This guy must have seen that the loss of Guadalcanal and Midway Island had caused the Japanese Navy to lose its two greatest guarantees in the Pacific, so he proposed this plan.
It’s a pity that Isoroku Yamamoto died too early, otherwise we would not know what the final outcome of the entire Pacific War would be.
Although Yamamoto Isoroku died, the plan he proposed before his death was supported by many people including Terauchi Hisaichi. Of course, this support may have been gained at the cost of Yamamoto Isoroku's death.
It was probably the death of Isoroku Yamamoto that made these high-ranking generals stationed overseas feel the urgency of the situation. In addition, with the Imperial Marshal Terauchi Hisaichi leading them, they spontaneously began to implement this plan before the headquarters gave clear orders.
There is also the Onishi Takijiro that Terauchi Juichi mentioned in his heart. This guy was a vice admiral of the Japanese Navy during World War II, the founder and advocate of the famous "Kamikaze suicide". This guy was also a close friend of Yamamoto Isoroku and the earliest participant in the Pearl Harbor operation plan. After the Battle of Pearl Harbor, Onishi Takijiro was stationed in Guam, which was captured from the Americans, for more than a year, but he committed suicide by seppuku after Japan's defeat in 1945.
Since this Onishi Takijiro had been stationed in Guam, it was not surprising that he built a secret base in the Northern Mariana Islands and the North Mauger Islands on the orders of Isoroku Yamamoto.
The contents of the other letters were similar, with a detailed list of transport materials attached to the back of each letter.
In comparison, the last person to sign, Imamura Hitoshi, transported the least amount of materials, just one item, which was five tons of gold.
Unfortunately, the batch of gold that Imamura Hitoshi ordered the Daiichi Shinko Maru to transport was sunk just after it ran out of the Bismarck Sea. The handwritten letters of these senior Japanese generals also sank to the bottom of the sea along with the ship.
The senior generals in the Japanese headquarters were destined not to receive this petition-like letter, nor could they know how much property the senior generals who secretly carried out the plan in advance had transported to the secret base.
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