The Filipinos, including the nine who were expelled from the military, and the Americans walked out of the air-raid shelter one after another. Many of them were originally resentful of the cadet army because Xiao Anbao insisted on gathering and provoked the bombing. But after seeing the tragic scene at the entrance of the cave, After that, many people asked themselves: What would have happened if the Chinese had not blocked the entrance to the cave?
The number of students who came with Xiao Anbao was not large. Among them, Xiao Anbao and Wang Mintian did not carry backpacks. There were a total of twelve backpacks, all of which were torn to pieces by the air waves. Several of them were burned to ashes and were seriously injured. All three students were injured in the upper body. From this, it can be judged that even when the explosion occurred, they were still carrying their backpacks with their hands and heads. After thinking about this, Sharp finally looked at Xiao Anbao and the others differently. Change, he suddenly realized: Even if the Chinese people's tactical literacy is limited, their strict military discipline and their fighting will are enough to make up for this. Perhaps, MacArthur's decision was right.
"Commander Malunan, please ask your people to rebuild the fortifications immediately. One regiment is a unit. Each regiment is responsible for a section. Priority is given to digging anti-gun pits. What, there are air-raid shelters where you can hide. If you don't want to be attacked by Japanese naval guns. If you are shocked to death, then just do as I say."
"General Sharp, please gather your men."
"General Sharp, call the garrison of Basilan Island and ask them to prepare for a retreat and withdraw as soon as dark.
...After coming out of the air-raid shelter, Xiao Anbao did not give the unfinished lecture before, but directly issued a series of orders. He first distinguished the Filipino soldiers and American soldiers in the 61st Division, and then transferred two from the Second Brigade. The regiments were mixed together, eventually forming an ultimate combat group consisting of a student soldier paired with an American soldier and two Filipino soldiers. From this combat group, they were shaped upwards and formed into four combat reinforcement regiments.
The four combat reinforcement regiments had just been formed. The screams of artillery shells reached everyone's ears. The Japanese ship's artillery preparations for the landing began. Xiao Anbao ordered one regiment to stay without hesitation, and then withdrew with the other three regiments. To the east of Qiu Ling,
This round of Japanese shelling lasted for twenty minutes. Amidst the deafening explosions, Xiao Anbao called Sharp and Malunan together and said to them: "Two generals, General MacArthur gave us an order to hold on for at least one day." Overnight, you also know that our biggest disadvantage now is that we do not have the support of the aviation force. Therefore, our artillery basically only has one chance to fire. So my idea is that they must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary, and Once they are used, the Japanese army will be severely damaged, what do you think?"
The US military in the Philippines has a total of four artillery brigades, one of which is stationed on Corregidor Island, one is stationed in Manila, and one is stationed in Negros Island. Mindanao is only assigned to one, and because the artillery of the cadet army is all self-propelled heavy artillery , is too large to move easily in the Zamboanga ranks, so now the only one that can provide artillery support to Zamboanga is the last artillery brigade. When the Japanese army has control of the air, this artillery brigade will definitely encounter difficulties once its position is exposed. The Japanese retaliatory air raid really only had one chance to fire.
Malunan: "General Xiao, do you mean to rely on pure infantry to snipe the Japanese landing?"
Sharp: "Without aviation support, artillery cannot easily enter the battle. I agree with your decision."
As a Filipino officer trained by Americans, Malunan has long been accustomed to the American way of thinking. Therefore, in his view, it is almost unimaginable to rely on infantry alone to contend with the Japanese army with aircraft and artillery without heavy fire support. , and Sharp couldn't think of a more effective way, so he could only choose to believe in him, hoping that a dead horse would become a living horse doctor.
After Xiao Anbao finished talking about the artillery issue, he began to ask when the 81st Division and the 101st Division would arrive on the battlefield. To this question, Ma Lunan had no right to answer, and Sharp did not know how to answer it at all. In front of Xiao Anbao, the United States For the first time, people felt ashamed. These two divisions, one stationed at Sibuco, 45 kilometers away, and the other stationed at Siocon, 80 kilometers away, Sharp had already shown sufficient strength in the Japanese Expeditionary Fleet. When there was hostility, they were asked to send troops for reinforcements. However, the answers of the commanders of the two divisions were surprisingly consistent. They both said that in order to prevent the Japanese from landing from them, they were seizing the time to build defensive positions and could not reinforce them.
Xiao Anbao observed the situation and estimated that it would be impossible for the two divisions to rush over for reinforcements within 24 hours, so he gave up the topic, picked up the chat box, and contacted Wang Laohu on the west side of the mountain.
The explosions on the west side of the mountain were loud and loud. The smoke rose into the sky and was blown away by the wind. Gradually, the mountains on the west side of Zamboanga were completely covered. Amidst the deafening explosions, the Filipino and American soldiers were often among the shells. They ran around screaming amidst the screams, only to be affected by the artillery fire. Seeing this scene, the commander of the first regiment, the commander of the second brigade and the fourth regiment, Wang Lao Lao, almost burst out of anger. Wang Lao Lao is a serious Bawangshan He was born a bandit, so his words and deeds all carried a bandit spirit. Five minutes after the bombardment started, he couldn't stand it anymore. He ran to his deputy, an American major named Dickson, and shouted loudly: "Dog Damn it, tell your people not to run around, grandma is a bear, so many people died before the little devils came up, this battle can't be fought."
Wang Lao Lao spoke in Cantonese, and Du Disheng's translator was confused. Wang Lao Lao didn't care whether Du Disheng understood it or not. He just thought that the foreign devil didn't listen to the greeting and was about to give him some color. Xiao Anbao's phone number He came and took the microphone from the communications staff. As soon as he heard Xiao Anbao's voice, he immediately complained: "Brigade, these foreign devils don't manage things. They dug holes for bombardment like dogs digging. , Grandma is such a bear, she was running around like crazy before the shell even hit the ground, but fortunately, she just happened to run into the impact point of the shell."
Xiao Anbao didn't listen to what he said and scolded: "Wang Laohu, don't make excuses for me. I have two demands. If you persist for four hours, the casualties among the brothers cannot exceed one-third. If you can't do it, immediately Come back here."
The brothers that Xiao Anbao refers to naturally refer to the more than 500 students who were mixed into the Filipino and American soldiers.
Wang Laohu knew this very well. After hearing this, he first exclaimed: "Businessman, no, no, in four hours, the casualties must not exceed," (He counted on his fingers) one hundred and fifty, "Businessman , then you can bring me a new batch of foreign devils."
"Get out of here, you think you're buying Chinese cabbage at the wet market, and you're going to replace the foreign devils. In a word, if you can do it, come back to me if you can't. I don't have anyone on my hands."
"Ah, yes, of course, sir, don't worry, I have a way to deal with these bastards."
Wang Laohu didn't know a lot of Chinese characters, but he was really good at leading troops in battle. Otherwise, Xiao Anbao wouldn't have dared to let him take the lead. He said there was a way, and there really was a way. He took the brothers from the security platoon and went group by group. They caught those Filipino and American soldiers who liked to run around, shot and lame a Filipino soldier's leg, pushed him into a good natural shell-proof cave, and used violence to force him to lie down inside. After having this example, other Filipino and American soldiers became more obedient, so the casualty rate plummeted, and finally more than 1,600 people were saved.