77 years after the war, a new part of the basement was found on the site of the former Japanese Navy's aviation corps in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, where many kamikaze members trained during the Pacific War. became.
The former Japanese Navy's "Tsukuba Naval Air Corps" in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, was a pilot training institution, and many kamikaze members headed to the battlefield from here during the Pacific War.
The headquarters building is still left as a memorial hall, but the entire picture of the underground facilities on the premises has not been clarified, although the battle command post and passages have been confirmed so far.
Under these circumstances, a heavy machinery survey was conducted on the 9th to find out if there were any other underground facilities.
As a result, concrete structures and concrete debris, which are thought to be the ceiling of the basement, were found in the soil near the headquarters building.
According to the memorial hall, the facility was 10 meters square and may have been built as an evacuation site during an air raid or as part of an underground fortress in preparation for the mainland decisive battle.
At the memorial hall, we will continue to investigate and investigate the details and the whole picture.
Daisuke Kanazawa, director of the Tsukuba Naval Air Corps Memorial Hall, said, "I think it is very valuable that the battlefield remains so far. It was an opportunity to think about why the facility was built here and what happened in the war. I hope it will be. "