The life of Takasu Shiro

Takasu Shiro, a junior high school graduate from Old Tupu, graduated from Jiangtian Island Naval Academy (No.35) and Naval University (17). He studied in the British navy, served as a military attache in Britain, served in the post-Military Command and the Ministry of the Navy, and served as the presiding judge of the military court meeting of the May 15 Incident. Lieutenant General is the president of the Naval University. When the Sino-Japanese War broke out, he served as the commander of the First Air Force, commanding the aircraft carriers Longxiang and Fengxiang to support the Marine Corps in Shanghai. Later, as the commander of the navy stationed in Manchuria, he unified command of the maritime forces in Manchuria. 1938 served as commander of the fifth fleet, in charge of the blockade of southern zhina. From September 20 to September 23, it continuously attacked Guangzhou Baiyun Airport and Tianhe Airport. Although the Guangdong Air Force tried its best, it was outnumbered and sacrificed heroically. In the end, only three planes were available, and they retreated to Conghua and Shaoguan airports, only occasionally killing them in the Pearl River Estuary for guerrilla warfare. Subsequently, the Japanese army used the favorable conditions of fine weather to pursue and shell the naval vessels of Chen Ce Department for several days. Although the Guangdong navy fought with all its strength, it was single-handed and lacked air defense firepower. By 30th, besides completely blowing up the stranded Zhao He ship, it was sunk by gunboats Hu Hai, Haiqiang, Jiang Da, Jianru, Wufeng and Fu You. At this point, the main surface ships of the Guangdong Navy, except the shallow water gunboats such as Zhixin and Zhongyuan, retreated to the upper reaches of the Pearl River and were completely annihilated. After the war, Takasu Shiro was transferred to the commander of the Fourth Fleet under the command of the Joint Fleet.

Before the Anti-American War 194 1 August, he became the first full-time commander of the First Fleet because of the convenience of command and other factors. 1944 At the end of March, the commander of the joint fleet, General Gu Fenghe, died in the line of duty (Navy B incident). At this time, Commander Takasu of the South and West Fleet briefly served as Commander of the Joint Fleet before his successor, General Soeda Sobu, took office. Be promoted to general. Later, due to illness, he became a military senator after returning from Singapore and died in Tokyo soon. The cemetery is Castle Peak Cemetery. The eldest son died of illness in the war, and the second son Takasu Minxing was a professor of economics at Japanese University.