The lower-level officers and soldiers had no right to know and would not know about the intrigue between the senior officials of the US military stationed in the Philippines and the Second Expeditionary Corps. On the Zamboanga front line, when Wang Laohu received the order to retreat, he began to lead his cadets to gather the bodies of the fallen cadets. When the cremation was being carried out, Du Dickson and his American and Filipino officers and soldiers did not know that they would leave Zamboanga. Someone asked an acquaintance of the cadets: The war has not yet started, is it too early to dispose of the remains? The soldiers actually did not understand Shangfeng's order, but out of trust in Shangfeng, they would not question it even if they felt conflicted.
Soon, the news that the Second Mountain Brigade was about to evacuate Zamboanga spread to everyone. The officers and soldiers of the 61st Division, especially the one led by Du Disheng, immediately exploded. They first thought it was a strategic retreat and asked Du Disheng. Dickson asked them when they would retreat, and then learned that only the cadets were retreating. They stared with big eyes. The first thing they felt was that they had been abandoned, and then they felt that the Chinese were deserting. They looked at the cadets. They couldn't help but be full of hostility, including those who developed combat friendships with the cadets and felt that the two sides had become brothers, such as the American soldier Bryson who changed completely during the battle. He excitedly rushed up to question his cadet brothers, " "Wolf": "'Wolf', are you Chinese cowardly? This is a shameful act of desertion."
The nickname of "Wolf" is Wang Lang, and his comrades like to call him Xiao Lang. But when Americans call him, he becomes "Wolf". After the wound on Wang Lang's abdomen was treated by the medical soldiers and he was just able to move around, he stood for cremation. Next to the fire of the fallen brothers, this was originally to commemorate the brothers who died in the war. When he heard the translator's translation, he rolled his eyes and pointed at the remains of the cadets who were being burned in the flames and said coldly: "We are timid, how can you say this?" Say, who did we fight those two battles just now? Two hours ago, they were still alive and kicking. Now, just to help you bunch of bastard Americans, they fell on a foreign land. Fuck you, how dare you discuss bravery and cowardice with me, get out of here."
Regarding the retreat of the 2nd Mountain Brigade, the lower-level officers and soldiers of the 61st Division only judged whether it was good or bad from a personal standpoint. They were dissatisfied with the behavior of the cadets, mostly because they felt that without the cadets they would not be able to defeat the Japanese at all, and they lost calmly. Feeling a sense of security, they can't help but be full of fear and confusion about the future. For senior officers such as Sharp and Marunan who knew the reason, their reactions were full of contradictions. When the frontline joint command was first established, Sharp once felt that he had to transfer command authority He felt dissatisfied and embarrassed when he was handed over to Xiao Anbao. However, now, after seeing the combat power of the Xue Bing Army and Xiao Anbao's commanding ability, although he was still worried about it, he felt that if he were to command it, he might not be able to achieve such results. achievements, but at the same time, Go had to admit the fact that once Zamboanga lost the Second Mountain Brigade, it would be impossible for them to withstand the Japanese attack. How much he wanted to say to Xiao Anbao: Stay. I'm begging you, but out of pride, he looked coldly on as the students were busy packing supplies until the Second Mountain Brigade began to evacuate, without saying a word from the beginning to the end.
Unlike Sharp's cold shoulder, Malunan behaved very friendly, at least on the surface. Holding Xiao Anbao's hand tightly, the Filipino said a lot of words of friendship and gratitude between China and the Philippines, and finally said: He took off his pistol and gave it to Lu Da, asking him to ensure the safety of Chief Xiao...
The Second Expeditionary Army has a total of four camps in Mindanao. In addition to Marawi and Zamboanga, there are also Governor General City of Generoso and General Santos City. Assisting in the defense of Governor General City of Generoso is the Third Brigade of the Second Mountain Division. Assisting in the defense of General Santos City was the 17th Academy Division. The two cadets set out on their way to Capatagan at almost the same time. What is more interesting is that after receiving the order, the commander of the 17th Academy Division, Waleff , instead of ordering the troops to assemble, they quickly occupied a grain warehouse next to the camp, and then loaded or distributed more than 300 tons of grain to each soldier under the eyes of the Americans. , after leaving a note to Gunat that he had received some supplies, he walked away.
Gunate was the commander-in-chief of the US military stationed in the Philippines in Mindanao. After receiving MacArthur's telegram and learning that there were differences between the top brass of the two armies, he originally expected to use his relationship with the Zionist Organization to persuade the 17th Division to leave the Expeditionary Second Army. After joining the National Guard, he hurried to the headquarters of the 17th Division, but only received such a piece of paper. The Americans were so angry that they jumped up and cursed "the Jews are vampires". At that time, they were shot. Waleffe had all the moods,
Two hours later, at the Toledo ferry, something happened that made the Americans even more angry.
More than 300 student soldiers descended from the sky and took down about a regiment of Philippine troops, including Major Siwa, without firing a single shot. In one fell swoop, more than 20 troops, including a large landing ship, were taken over. The ferry was under control,
The person who led the team to carry out this task was Zhang Liang, who was ordered by Ouyang Yun to personally protect Guo Kui's safety. Zhang Liang was a lord who feared neither heaven nor earth. Siwa initially clamored to accuse them to the Xuebing Military Government. As for the atrocities, he was kicked into the corner by Zhang Liang, and with his cold eyes, he realized that this group of people was completely different from the Filipino soldiers he had encountered before, so he had the sense to shut up and no longer dare to act nonsense. Hey,
Another hour and a half later, the large force of the Second Expeditionary Army arrived and immediately began the operation across the Tañon Strait. At this time, MacArthur finally received a report that the Toledo Ferry was controlled by force by the cadet army. The U.S. The old man immediately became furious and claimed that the Xuebing army had gone too far to bully others. In order to safeguard the dignity of the United States of America, he would not hesitate to fight with them. His men then tried their best to persuade him to calm down and suggested that he report to Washington first and seek help from the Xuebing army. When the military headquarters intervened, urgent military intelligence reports were sent to Siaton Outpost and Labazon at the same time. They both said that they were attacked by the Japanese Western Expedition Fleet and requested support. The old American man immediately did not care about getting angry with the Second Expeditionary Army. ,
After about four and a half hours of sailing, the Hosho aircraft carrier fleet led by Soma Masafumi finally arrived at the offshore sea of Siaton at around 5:50 pm. After sending a reconnaissance plane for reconnaissance, he immediately launched an attack , and at the same time, the aircraft carrier Ryujo, which sailed to the offshore of Labazon, under the command of Koizumi, simultaneously launched a military operation against Labazon.
MacArthur only stationed one brigade of Philippine troops in Siaton, while Labazon was almost undefended except for two coastal defense forts. Therefore, Japanese fighter planes flew over these two areas. Not only did the local garrison fall into a huge They panicked and fled without firing a shot. The local Filipino people were affected by the garrison and joined the fleeing ranks. The Japanese army successfully landed in these two places without firing a single shot and quickly took control of the military fortresses. land, completing the full occupation of these two towns,