Turning Guangzhou into ruins should be the best wish of all the little devils with a bit of militarism, whether Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, Isoroku Yamamoto, or Hideki Tojo, whether they admit it or not, the fact is, The Xuebing Army has grown from a small armed force that is not even a warlord to a resistance force that they can take seriously. What makes the Japanese with a strong sense of honor unbearable is that the Xuebing Army has grown to this point. , they all climbed up on the shoulders of the Imperial Army, which makes them regard the Xuebing Army as a serious concern, and it seems natural.
Before this, the Japanese had not thought of turning Guangzhou into ruins through air raids, but it backfired. Whether it was the Army Air Force or the Hainan Airlines, they took action several times, but each time they failed to get any relief, and instead suffered losses as a result. Two aircraft carriers and several fighter planes, the standard loss of wives and troops, so Koizumi, the theorist's self-deception of "developing faster than the army of apprentices" gained a foothold, and succeeded within a certain period of time. Confused the Japanese. If it were half a year ago, Yamamoto Isoroku would not have the confidence to say such crazy words as "I hope to hear the news that Guangzhou will be in ruins in a week." It is different now. The United Fleet After successfully attacking Pearl Harbor and annihilating the U.S. Pacific Fleet, morale is at its peak. In addition, the performance of the new generation of main fighter Zero has been verified in actual combat. Although it is not yet comparable to the Baiji Dolphin, it has a numerical advantage. Under the circumstances, it is feasible to expand the advantage through consumption. So what if the Baiji is advanced? I can exchange two Zeros for you. I don’t believe it anymore. A mere China warlord can still produce comparable fighter aircraft. Will we conquer the Japanese Empire, Yamamoto thought in his mind, but he did not expect that this was actually Ouyang Yun's original intention of launching the "sinking" operation.
Capturing MacArthur alive is definitely a good move for the Japanese. If nothing else happens, Koizumi Toshiichiro may really be able to use this good move to capture Luzon Island without any bloodshed, and prevent the US military from withdrawing to Australia, thus gaining more gains at once There are more than 20,000 American hostages, and as long as Luzon Island is captured, the Western Expedition Fleet has actually completed the Philippines strategy. Next, it can completely use its bows to encircle and suppress the student army on Mindanao Island, while using Luzon Island as a base. Springboard to attack the Tainan area and "recover" Taiwan,
Ouyang Yun must have realized this, so for the first time he did not argue with the Americans on the issue of rescuing MacArthur. He almost conveyed the order to Guangzhou while replying to Gu Lianyun,
MacArthur's capture did not affect the Japanese attack on Kapatagan. During the day, the Kisarazu Air Force commanded by Yamabekawa Sankey once again bombed Kapatagan and surrounding areas indiscriminately. At the same time, Sakamoto The detachment moved forward lightly and set off from Labazon at 4:30 in the morning. It took only one and a half days to cover the distance of nearly 150 kilometers to Pagadian, and then rested for only two hours before setting off again. He arrived at the front line within four hours and took over from Osaka's 4th Division as the main force in the attack on Kapatagan.
The actions of the Japanese army were all under the surveillance of the Kapatagan Joint Command of the Cadet Army. Seeing that Sawada Shigeru's Osaka Fourth Division had no intention of launching an attack, Huang Haifu and Wallace discussed it and hid the Second Special Artillery Regiment again. , decided to counterattack the Japanese army when they launched a ground attack,
Guo Kui didn't know until later that MacArthur was captured alive by the Japanese. When Huang Hua told him the news, his first reaction was to be stunned. Then he came to his senses and said: "My God, the Americans are playing tricks on me." .”
Guo Da was by his side at the time. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "It's better to succeed than to fail. Now, we really have to fight alone."
Huang Hua smiled bitterly: "Originally, we were fighting alone. The Americans were originally going to evacuate to Australia."
"The Japanese dispatched airborne troops, which is a wake-up call for us. Our opponents also have special forces." Guo Kui quickly got out of the shadow of MacArthur being captured alive by the Japanese, and by extension thought of the things closely related to him. on matters,
In this regard, Guo Da and Huang Hua were not afraid. Guo Da joked and said: "Commander, you, an old special agent, are still afraid of the little devil's special forces."
Huang Hua said disapprovingly: "Aren't they just Xiongfeng and Yamatohun? It's not like I haven't seen them before. Hey, I remember Cao Bixiao and the others once tortured them like dogs."
Guo Kui was naturally not afraid of the so-called "heroic force" and "Yamato spirit", but after being reminded by this incident, he thought of another possibility. Mindanao is surrounded by the sea on all sides. The Japanese army has complete control of the sea power, but they have to prevent them from landing from the rear to attack from both front and rear. ,
"It's a pity that we are too far away from Manila, otherwise we could send a special jungle force to rescue MacArthur." Guo Da suddenly said,
Guo Kui: "The Americans will definitely make efforts in this regard. Maybe they have already asked the Commander-in-Chief." After saying this, he thought for a while and said: "The Japanese captured MacArthur alive, and the Americans put a trap on them. The fall of Manila will be a disaster." Regarding what happened in the past ten days, I sent an order to Huang Haifu and Wallace to fight harder and try to attract more attention from the little devil."
The order was conveyed to the Kapatagan Joint Command. Huang Haifu and Wallace learned that MacArthur had been captured alive by the Japanese. The former had always disliked Americans, but now he found sufficient reasons to despise him, and he rudely He called the Americans pig-headed and thought: If you want to run away, just run away, why bother with hypocrisy? Now it’s better. Not only did you become a prisoner of the Japs, it also hurt us. The latter smiled bitterly and kept saying that he knew the combat effectiveness of the US military. No, but I didn't expect it to be so bad. There are tens of thousands of troops, and even the top commander can't be protected. This is simply a big joke. The two brothers of the Huang family don't like to keep their mouth shut. Huang Hailu's statement is even more sharp: The old American man's head has definitely been kicked by a donkey. If he doesn't give up, he will withdraw. Doesn't this directly tell the Japanese that I am a coward and you can do whatever you want?
It was not a peaceful night. The Sakamoto detachment was an elite recognized by Koizumi. The leader of the detachment, Major General Takashi Sakamoto, was quite good at fighting. The little Japanese sent about a squadron of scouts to play infiltration, hoping to learn more about it by capturing one or two tongues. The defensive situation of the defenders. Coincidentally, Huang Haifu and Wallace also like to play this tune, so the main forces of the two sides have not yet met. The scouts on both sides are now engaged in a life-and-death battle in the jungle. The two sides are fighting to the death. In the end, less than a small group of Japanese scouts from the squadron escaped, and the student army also sacrificed more than sixty soldiers, including two soldiers who were bitten to death by poisonous snakes. I paid a little tuition for the tough jungle battle,