After the attack, many Japanese surfaced, but they refused rescue by American submarines and perished with the ship.

2008 people have since sunk into the deep sea. There are war criminals with numerous crimes, senior professional and technical personnel, as well as the elderly, women and babies.

Kanichiro Shimoda also refused to recall anything related to the "Awa Maru".

Why did the "Awa Maru" do so many suspicious things?

Regarding this attack, in the U.S. military court-martial, Laughlin defended: Due to the thick fog at the time, the visibility was almost zero. Judging from the signal displayed by the sonar, it was a warship.

In addition, the "Sea Fox" had just attacked an enemy transport ship nine hours ago, so it was thought that the Japanese army was going to retaliate.

The Japanese side believes that the "Awa Maru" traveled according to the prescribed route. This was a deliberate attack and should compensate Japan for all losses.

Finally, the U.S. government admitted its responsibility for sinking the Awa Maru.

Regarding the compensation issue, the U.S. government hopes to resolve it as a victorious nation after the war in order to gain more initiative.

In April 1945, the U.S. military began the Battle of Okinawa, and the southern gate of Japan was opened.

On August 10, five days before Japan announced its unconditional surrender, the Japanese government filed a claim for compensation against the United States:

The cash compensation is US$720,000, and similar ships will be compensated to Japan to replace the "Awa Maru".

Amid the bargaining and the loud bang of the atomic bomb, World War II ended. On August 15, Japan announced its unconditional surrender.

The defeated Japanese economy was on the verge of collapse.

However, on April 14, 1949, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the agreement on behalf of the Japanese government, announcing that he would formally abandon various demands arising from the sinking of the "Awa Maru".

Japan not only gave up its right to claim compensation, but also used its own money to provide compensation to the families of the victims.

Laughlin was exempted from prosecution because the "Awa Maru" breached the contract to load strategic materials. He later became the commander of the Navy.

Kanichiro Shimoda, the only survivor of the "Awa Maru" incident, has always remained silent about the truth of what happened that night.

There are too many doubts.

At midnight on April 1, 1945, as a 10,000-ton Japanese ship with Allied security guarantees, what reason did it have to sail at full speed in this dark and dangerous sea?

According to the agreement between Japan and the United States, the drawings of the "Awa Maru" have been notified to the US military in advance, and the "Awa Maru" turned on its night navigation lights at that time. What reason did Laughlin have to judge that it was a Japanese warship about to launch an attack?

Laughlin's report mentioned that the torpedoes that attacked the "Awa Maru" were fired from the torpedo tubes at the stern of the boat, which meant that if the "Queenfish" chased the "Awa Maru" from behind, it would need to turn around to attack.

,is this logical?

The submarine "Queenfish" was the most ferocious alpha wolf in the US military's wolf-pack tactics during World War II. With its rich experience in many battles, how could it make errors in judgment?

The "Awa Maru" incident is far from being as simple as it appears in the documents.

That night, the only thing Kanichiro Shimoda described was this:

On the "Awa Maru", Captain Hamada reported the voyage to the Allies.

In the cabin, everyone was celebrating the new baby. The chef Kanichiro Shimoda, who had a busy day, walked to the deck to take a breath.

At this moment, the attack occurred. According to his recollection, as soon as the "Awa Maru" left Singapore, US military aircraft flew at low altitudes, and US submarines began to follow it the next day.

If what he says is true, Loughlin's explanation is unconvincing.

During World War II, the intelligence department provided unified intelligence for U.S. submarine missions, and the captain independently commanded them.

On March 10, 1945, the "Queenfish" and the companion boat "Sea Fox" performed an attack patrol mission to the Taiwan Strait. However, it did not attack any ship for half a month until April 1, "Sea Fox"

No. 1 attacked a Japanese transport ship in the Niushan waters.

Subsequently, the submarine "Queenfish" attacked the "Awa Maru". Is all this a coincidence?

In March 1973, former Army Lieutenant General Masazumi Inada, the top officer in charge of the Awa Maru transporting cargo and passengers in Southeast Asia and a Japanese Class B war criminal, provided an important clue:

The "Awa Maru" had been equipped with a self-explosion device when it sailed from Japan to Singapore, and received instructions that if it was attacked, it must take "jade crushing" measures at the cost.

Then, why did the "Queenfish" attack the "Awa Maru"?

No one can answer.

According to the cargo list obtained by the United States afterwards, the "Awa Maru" was loaded with 40 tons of gold, 12 tons of platinum, more than 150,000 carats of industrial diamonds, as well as rubber, tin ingots and other industrial products. As for Japanese currency, gems and works of art

There are countless more.

Information provided by Japanese civil society includes: 3,000 tons of tin, 3,000 tons of raw rubber, plus antimony, tungsten, and mercury, totaling 9,812 tons.

Not only that, the US military intelligence agency believes that there are signs that the "BJ skull" that disappeared a few years ago is also on this ship.

Decades later, the salvage of the "Awa Maru" began.

But something strange happened. No so-called gold or silver was found anyway, not even a single piece. However, 300 skeletons were found, as well as some glass, rubber, mica and other items, but they were not of high value.

What about gold?

Is there any gold on board the "Awa Maru"?

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April 1, 1945, Manila Port.

Meng Shaoyuan looked at the night in the distance and murmured to himself:
Chapter completed!