Eighty-two years ago today, on April 17, 1943 (March 13, 1943 lunar calendar), China assisted the US military in the killing of Yamamoto Fifty-Six. Japanese Navy General Yamamoto Fifty-Six On April 16, 1943, the technical room of the Chinese government deciphered the secret telegram of the operation of General Yamamoto Fifty-six, commander of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet. Chiang Kai-shek immediately conveyed the secret telegram to the US side in Chongqing; the US personnel informed the US commander at the Handerson Airport in Guau that afternoon, Lieutenant Commander Mark Milch. On the morning of April 17, 16 US P-38 fighter jets attacked in a timely manner. Yamamoto Fifty-six's plane was accurately hit by Captain Thomas Lanfield, killing all 11 people on board. The US military searched the jungle for the wreckage of Yamamoto Fifty-six