The dispute between the Japanese Army and the Navy has been going on for a long time. Since the Japanese Army's campaign to encircle and suppress the cadet army at the end of the 1940s was completely defeated, the Japanese Navy has risen strongly under the leadership of Isoroku Yamamoto, which not only changed the military department in one fell swoop. The situation was dominated by the Army, and the Marine Corps began to be vigorously developed. Gradually, a situation was formed in which the Japanese Army mainly attacked mainland China, and the Japanese Navy was responsible for the Southeast Asian strategy.
Things have turned, and after the Japanese navy has been in glory for more than half a year, the army finally caught the opportunity to counterattack. Although the combined fleet completely wiped out the US Pacific Fleet as a brilliant record, the war situation in Southeast Asia has been unable to go further. First, They were forced to withdraw their troops from Thailand, and then the mainland was bombed, and the retaliatory air strikes failed. Now it is even better, even a huge aircraft carrier fleet was lost, which directly caused the war in the Philippines to begin to develop in a direction that was not conducive to the Japanese army. In the words of "Soldier of the First Class", it is intolerable. We can no longer let your navy command indiscriminately and squander the lives of the imperial soldiers.
After a game, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and Isoroku Yamamoto, who had a more overall view, could only choose to make strategic concessions and hand over the leadership of the Philippine war to the Army. At the same time, they were forced to agree with the Army people led by Tojo Hideki that if Honma If Masaharu could solve the Philippines by the end of January 1942, then the next battles to conquer Taiwan and Hainan Island would still be dominated by the army. Perhaps because there was no confidence that the battle could be solved before the end of January next year, the Japanese army led by Tojo Hideki The efficiency of this operation was extremely fast. It only took three days to complete the dispatch. Then on the fourth day after the Hosho aircraft carrier fleet was destroyed, a division with two divisions under its jurisdiction was organized with Masaharu Honma as the commander. A detachment of the legion was escorted by an escort fleet with the Soryu aircraft carrier as its flagship. They set off from Nagasaki Naval Port by ship and headed straight for Luzon Island.
A lesson learned. After three main aircraft carriers were sunk by the Xuebing Army, the Japanese were very careful and sent a total of three aircraft carriers, Soryu, Ryūjō and Okyo, as well as several cruisers and destroyers to form a huge formation. The escort fleet carefully guarded the transport fleet heading west from the Pacific Ocean south of Taiwan. This action of the Japanese could not escape the detection of the coastal defense radar station established by the Xuebing Army on the southern coast of Taiwan. The relevant information was quickly spread to Guangzhou. It was then sent to Washington via Guangzhou. The Americans were anxious. Marshall, accompanied by Hull, visited Gu Lianyun and asked the Xuebing Army to immediately fulfill the agreement and evacuate the remaining U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines from Luzon Island to Taiwan. This matter was of great importance. Gu Lianyun Not daring to take it lightly, he contacted Guangzhou in front of Marshall and Hull. Guangzhou responded quickly, saying that Taiwan's military department did not have the ability to transport the U.S. troops from Luzon Island in one fell swoop. Since the Japanese fleet from the mainland can reach the waters between Luzon Island and Taiwan within two days, it is recommended to withdraw part of it first.
Although Marshall was very reluctant, he could only agree to this plan. That night, the fleet organized by the Taiwan Corps entered Lingayen Bay. The next morning, more than 10,000 Americans under the leadership of Gunat Yu Dagupan boarded the ship and landed in Pingtung County, Taiwan, which lasted about fifteen hours, completing the evacuation.
At about one o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the Japanese army captured Galayan Island in the north of Luzon Island without any blood. If the Americans had lost all fighting spirit after the Battle of Baohehai, then the Filipinos, who were the only ones who followed the lead of the Americans, were even more so now. They didn’t even have the courage to take up arms. The Japanese army had no strength advantage, so why did they defeat the American and Philippine troops in Manila? The final analysis is this. Gunnart, Pagar and Wainwright IV are very realistic and know that in Manila Confronting the Japanese in the coastal area is a recipe for death, so we directly shrink our troops to the Manila area. In this way, northern Luzon Island becomes undefended.
Masaharu Honma led the 14th Army Corps to have great ambitions for the expedition. He expected to attack the Philippines first and then Taiwan, so he deliberately built Galayan Island into an advance base for the use of troops against Taiwan. After capturing the island, he left behind a The soldiers of the brigade and the engineers of the brigade sent a lieutenant colonel in charge and asked them to start building an airport in Karayan. Then he led the large force through several islands in the south of Galayan Island and arrived in Luzon at about three o'clock. The island of Thachesmira completed the landing,
Masaharu Honma successfully landed on Luzon Island with a legion of the army. Koizumi Minichiro's term as commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition Fleet has come to an end. In exchange, the little devil can continue to command the Ryujo aircraft carrier fleet, but the war in the Philippines has He no longer had anything to do with him. Masaharu Honma's victory telegram came. The little devil stood on the island of the aircraft carrier Ryujo and stared in the direction of Kapatagan for a while. He closed his eyes and let out a long breath. Jiuye said: "Let's go."
"Hai." Hatano sent the order. A few minutes later, the whistle blew longly, and the Ryujo aircraft carrier fleet came in with great momentum and left in disgrace.
According to the agreement, the 4th Osaka Division and the 6th Marine Division will stay to guard the results of the previous strategy, so Sawada Shigeru and others stayed. On the pier where Labazon was just built, Sawada Shigeru led Wang Mingcheng. Hejiang Yige and others raised their hands to salute the aircraft carrier Ryujo as it left the dock. After the salute, Sawada Shigeru said: "I believe that Mr. Koizumi will return to the frontline troops in the future."
Jiang Yige said: "If the military had paid more attention to Hu Congjun earlier, I think the current situation in the Philippines would definitely not be so stalemate."
After Kapatagan and Guo Kui received the military intelligence telegram from Manila, they called Sharp and said to him: "The Japanese have landed in northern Luzon Island. Wainwright IV and Pajia asked us to take the initiative to attack Pagadi An forced landing of Japanese troops to support the 4th Osaka Division, what do you think?"
After the establishment of the Far East Command, Sharp deliberately regrouped and recruited about 5,000 Philippine security forces locally to form the First US Far East Army based on the original troops that had experienced the test of war. During this period, he personally presided over the training work, which was a bit shameful. Then what Yong meant, he took the telegram and read it, frowning slightly and said: "The Japanese did not choose to land in Manila Bay but in Sanchez Mira. It seems that they want to cooperate with the Japanese army in the south of Manila to encircle Manila."
Guo Kui nodded: "This is the only reason that makes sense."
"However, it is not a joke for them to rashly ask us to attack Pagadian without even understanding the size of the Japanese army. If the size of the Japanese army to support is more than two divisions, they can open two battlefields at the same time."
"Yes, listen to my thoughts. They will definitely not escape the fate of destruction if they stay in Manila. Instead of doing this, it is better to break out directly to the south or attack Cavite directly to try to rescue the prisoners there."
Sharp smiled bitterly: "Commander-in-Chief, you should be aware of their combat capabilities. I estimate that both roads will be difficult."
"Then the only option is to surrender. However, as far as I know, the Japanese army and the Japanese navy have different ways of dealing with prisoners. If they really choose to surrender, the result will only be worse."
Sharp's face became serious, and he thought for a while and said: "The only way is to let them break out south. The Japanese army south of Manila has just been hit hard by your aviation force. If they break out at this time, the hope of success will be higher. "
"Then the order will be issued in the name of both of us."
"yes."
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