1943年4月中旬二战激战正酣之时,统率日本联合舰队的山本五十六大将为了激励前线官兵,不听下属劝阻,执意飞往前线萧特兰地区(今所罗门群岛东南端)视察。不料,美军已破解密码获知此事,遂特遣16架“P38型战斗机”在卡希利湾海空设伏,将山本座机击落于布干维尔岛布因城北的莽莽丛林中,山本焚尸荒郊,“名将之花”遽然凋零。 In mid-April 1943, when the World War II battle was in full swing, Yamamoto’s 56th general, who commanded the Japanese joint fleet, insisted on fleeing to the front of the island of Sotatland (now the southeastern part of Solomon Islands) in order to motivate officers and soldiers on the front lines and discourage subordinates. Unexpectedly, the U.S. military cracked the code to get the information and dispatched 16 “P38 fighters” to sea in Cairoli Bay. The plane hit Yamamoto in the vast jungle north of Bouin in Bougainville, Dead wilderness, “star of flowers ” suddenly die.