Capartagan's student army retreated towards the city of Valencia. After this news was reported to MacArthur by Wainwright IV, the old American man's first reaction was to fiercely hit the cigar with only a small part of it in his hand. He threw it to the ground, slammed the table and cursed: "Cowardly Chinese, they are shamelessly escaping."
Regardless of whether Koizumi's radio speech succeeded in shaking the morale of the Philippine army or truly establishing the image of a "liberator" in the hearts of the Filipino people, one goal was achieved, which was to successfully sow discord and let MacArthur succeed. They no longer dare to fully trust the Filipinos. The Philippine army is no longer worthy of complete trust. The idea of a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Duminga will not work. The old American man rolled his eyes and decided to target the cadets stationed in Capatagan. He hoped that the Chinese and Jews could withstand the Japanese attack, and then he acted like a squirrel to see if there was any chance of taking advantage.
This idea had just taken shape, but the student army retreated from Kapatagan. Kapatagan was a strategic military base that blocked the Japanese army from attacking Mindanao from the northwest. Once it fell, it meant that the entire Mindanao island would be open to the Japanese army. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for MacArthur to give up. However, in this way, the U.S. military must be on the front line to face the Japanese armed forces, which is completely different from what he had imagined before. It is no wonder that he would be so out of control and say such untrue words.
After gnashing his teeth and scolding the Chinese, the old American calmed down and issued a series of orders. First, Wainwright IV's troops advanced towards Kapatagan, and then, the main force of the Medan garrison led by Gunat, a division The U.S. National Guard and three divisions of the Philippine Division also began to march towards Kapatagan. This time, the old American wanted to use the human sea tactic to block the Japanese army in the northwest peninsula of Mindanao.
On the night of September 14th, because the Japanese made earth-shattering noises in the North Pacific, the shadow of war almost covered the entire earth. People in many parts of the world stayed up all night. At around five o'clock in the morning on the 15th, we anchored at On the island of the aircraft carrier "Ryujo" off the coast of Labazon, Koizumi Toshiichiro slowly came out of the captain's cabin, looked at the glimmer of light at the junction of the sea and the sky in the east, and said to himself: "Wait until the annihilation is over." After defeating the defenders west of the Leigh Line, the Battle of the Philippines can be said to have achieved a staged victory. Next, as long as the US Far East Fleet and aviation forces can be destroyed, then the entire Philippines will be placed under the flag of the sun... A hundred years later, I think my name can appear in textbooks like Togo Heihachiro-senpai."
MacArthur did not expect that while he was cursing the cadet army and massing heavy troops towards Kapatagan, Koizumi Minichiro had no intention of advancing eastward. At the same time, the Hosho aircraft carrier fleet led by Soma Masafumi also stopped further attacks. Instead of conducting military operations, they began a series of "goodwill actions" that shocked Americans and even the cadet army.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon on the 16th, in a small village called Usai to the north of Sangbo, on a mountain to the west of the village, Cao Bixiao, who was promoted to squadron leader, and two of his subordinates saw a very strange scene through the telescope: Thirty After Yu, a Japanese soldier carrying a Type 15 semi-automatic rifle, entered the village under the leadership of two locals, he first distributed candies from door to door, and then actually helped some of the families with farm work.
"What are you doing, kid?" said a jungle warrior named Wang Xiaofei.
Cao Bixiao was puzzled: "Are these still Japanese soldiers?"
At first, the Filipinos were full of fear of these Japanese soldiers with guns on their backs, and every household closed their doors. However, after the explanations of the two locals, they accepted the candies sent by the Japanese, and their attitudes slowly changed.
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Cao Bixiao and the other three watched for more than two hours. When they finally saw the Japanese soldiers leaving, the Filipinos actually smiled and looked reluctant to leave. They looked at each other and Cao Bixiao said: "I understand, little one."
The devils are trying to win people's hearts."
After Guo Kui discovered that the Americans were unreliable, he decided to achieve complete independence in intelligence in order to minimize his dependence on the Americans. He asked Huang Hua to formulate a targeted intelligence collection plan, and Cao Bixiao and the other three
, it was one of the many reconnaissance teams. Almost all the reconnaissance teams detected similar situations. One of them also caught a tongue and found out that the Japanese army did this because of orders from above. This information was compiled into the expedition
The Second Army Headquarters attracted great attention from Guo Kui and Huang Hua. From this, they thought that once the Japanese army's policy was effective, the local people would inevitably become Japanese spies, which would be of great benefit to them and the United States.
Everyone was a huge threat, so they sent electricity to Guangzhou and asked the General Headquarters to reach an agreement with the U.S. government on "dividing territories and defending them" as soon as possible.
When this telegram arrived in Guangzhou, Ouyang Yun was meeting with Song Ziwen, so it was not until the evening that Jiang Huangyong presented the telegram.
Song Ziwen came to Guangzhou for two purposes. First, for Madam Chiang's visit to the United States, he hoped that Gu Lianyun, the representative of the Xuebing Army in the United States, could cooperate. Secondly, he hoped that the Xuebing Army could assume greater responsibility in the anti-Japanese cause and take the initiative to
The Guangxi defense zone took over,
Chiang Kai-shek had long planned for his wife to visit the United States in an effort to obtain financial aid from the United States through his wife's route to alleviate the financial difficulties of the Chongqing government. This coincided with the successful attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese combined fleet and the destruction of the entire U.S. Pacific Fleet. After hearing the news, Chiang Kai-shek
The first thing I thought of was not that Japan would become stronger after this war, but that this was an opportunity for China and the United States to form an alliance, so I cheered loudly and thought that it was really great that my wife chose to visit at this time to bring the Chongqing government's condolences to the American people.
It couldn't be more appropriate, so Song Ziwen was assigned full responsibility for this matter in order to facilitate his wife's trip to the United States as soon as possible.
Regarding the matter of Mrs. Chiang's visit to the United States, Song Ziwen had previously communicated with the U.S. Ambassador to Chongqing, Gao Si, and received Gao Si's support. Therefore, the only thing missing now is an official invitation letter from Washington.
Lao Chiang had a very keen sense of politics. If it were not for the existence of the Xuebing Army, Americans would definitely be very enthusiastic about Mrs. Chiang's visit to the United States. However, it is like Gao Si because of the presence of George, the U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary in Guangzhou.
, its influence on Washington has been greatly weakened, because the Xuebing Army has formed an agreement and alliance with Washington early, so the Americans are not very urgent to form another ally in the Far East, so this invitation letter was late.
It was so late that when Song Ziwen came to visit Gao Si again, the latter was too embarrassed to see him again and hid directly.
Washington's approach naturally dealt a big blow to the veteran's self-esteem. Song Ziwen observed his words and immediately ordered Dai Li to investigate the matter. As a result, the fact that the Xuebing Army and Washington agreed to form an alliance came to light.