A couple seconds I hear massive explosions and I see a huge cloud of smoke and a lot of fire. I quickly realized that those were Japanese planes and they just blew up our air force.I was very mad at the moment but there was no time for that because shortly after, at around 8:00 a.m., a Japanese invasion started.
They sent in a lot more troops than we had around 1:3 ratio for them. We were heavily outnumbered and they were a lot more experienced than us. They had just raided a lot of China and me and my a lot of my buddies haven't even fired a rifle in our lives. I was extremely scared but war is war, I had to do my country proud. So I kept my hopes up that we would win this battle and for some reason, the generals kept telling us to retreat, retreat and retreat. I realized our defensive line was weakening and not working so they told us to retreat. We kept retreating till eventually we were trapped on Hong Kong island. The British commanders told us everything was going to be fine, Hong Kong is an impenetrable fortress and that the Japanese would take forever to get to us. They also told us that they had bad night vision because of their eye shape and hated fighting in the rain, or so they say. By the time the Japanese reached the island, our defense was broken in 8 hours. I saw by the end of that a lot of my friends in my battalion were dead or missing. We had no other choice but to surrender. All those casualties for a lost cause.
So what kinds of difficult situations were you put in?
Well the whole liberation campaign was a "difficult situation" if you ask me. But the "Hunger Winter" takes the cake. Mobility was horrible. Not many of our vehicles made it before getting stuck in snow. Fuel and food supplies was incredibly sparse. As a result, our soldiers started dying and our machinery became obsolete. The Dutch locals had it even worse than us. They were at the verge of dying, and when WINTER arrived, thousands upon thousands of women, men and children lay dead. Yep, it was basically a.... "snowy" hell...
ReplyDeleteDifficult situations? Well the whole dang raid was a difficult scenario, nothing was planned right - equipment was failing - teammates that were going to help didn't end up showing...When each of these events happened, it seemed like my heart jamp from a high cliff. With nothing going right, the simple task of 'staying alive' was most difficult
ReplyDeleteOut of all of my battles in the entire campaign to recapture Europe and defeat Hilter, I felt that D-Day was the most difficult. There was a legion of troops down at the beaches waiting for us at our designated section of the beach. There were eleven heavily German batteries that had to neutralized at all costs, and an abundance of mines, wires, and other traps that could wreck our tanks and soldiers that have just landed. Luckily, everyone worked together and placed their lives in each other's hands. Generals commanded as if they were the ones on the battlefield, and soldiers ran forward and captured key positions, trusting their support to protect them. It was only through this perfect teamwork that we were able to win.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I believe my darkest hours in the war was a walk in the park compared to yours Pt. Edmond. I heard the Japanese were quite the extremists and the warriors. And to be outnumbered by them? My knees buckle at the thought of having to fight such folk. But I'd be happy to have taken your place just to kill one after what they did in Pearl Harbor..
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