Primary resistance was to be led in the south by Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima, his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Isamu Chō and his chief of operations, Colonel Hiromichi Yahara.
A resistencia primaria debería de ser no sur, comandada polo tenente xeneral Mitsuru Ushijima, o seu xefe de Estado maior, o tenente xeneral Isamu Chō e o seu xefe de operacións, Coronel Hiromichi Yahara.