The Far East Allied Forces Command had only been established for two days. Guo Kui and Sharp, two cheap commanders-in-chief, made an astonishing move. They actually asked the U.S.-Philippine coalition forces in Manila to break out to the south. Don't they know that there are about 100 kilometers southwest of Manila? There are more than 10,000 Japanese troops. Naturally, those who reacted the most to this were Wainwright IV and Pagar in Manila, as well as Gunnart, who had already arrived in Taiwan. Regarding the appointment of the command level of the Far East Allied Forces Command, regardless of the achievements of the Cadet Army in this regard, In the eyes of the Americans, the Academy Army's nomination of Sharp as deputy commander-in-chief definitely had ulterior motives. For example, Gurnutt and Wainwright IV even thought that Sharp had been bribed by the Academy Army and that Bojia was better than them. To be more optimistic, he believed that because of the special terrain of the Philippines, if the troops in Manila want to escape the fate of being encircled and annihilated, they really have to break through to the south before the encirclement is formed.
After Gurnutt withdrew to Taiwan, Pagar took charge of the military operations in Manila. Since he recognized the opinions of the Far East Allied Forces Command, Wainwright IV had no choice but to obey. The two men immediately convened staff to study the breakout route. It was then planned that Pagar would lead the 71st Infantry Division, the Philippine Boy Scouts and tank troops, as well as the 86th Field Artillery Brigade and a certain number of Philippine troops to attack Makati. After breaking through Makati, they would then march all the way along the west coast of Bay Lake. South; Wainwright IV led the 91st Infantry Brigade and the remnants of the Philippine Army to first move to the Canta area, and then move along the east coast of Bay Lake to Lucena, where they met with Pagar's troops, and then withdrew together to Legazpi City in southeastern Luzon Island,
The breakout operation began. About one and a half regiments of tanks from Pagar covered the 71st Infantry Division and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese outpost in Makati. It took two and a half hours to capture Makati, and then quickly advanced along the road towards Taguig City.
As for the Japanese army, after Soma Masafumi and Hirono Akio were "killed in action" one after another, Koizumi Minichiro integrated the remnants of the 6th Marine Division with Furumura Keizo as the supreme commander and organized them into the Furumura detachment. After the US military began to attack Makati, Furumura Judging their combat intentions, they reported to Masaharu Honma and ordered the outpost troops to stand by and wait for reinforcements. At the same time, they organized the more than 4,000 naval officers and soldiers who had survived the Hosho aircraft carrier fleet into an independent combat order and asked them to replace the prisoners of war. The two infantry brigades of the battalion allowed the latter to go to Bacool so that the brigade stationed in Bacoor could rush to Paranaque as soon as possible, thus bringing the size of the troops in Paranaque to 5,000 people,
Furumura Keizo never thought that one day he would command an opposing force, let alone turn the water force into a ground force, but at this moment, he had no other choice.
The Sixth Marine Division originally had four regiments with a total of about 14,000 regular troops, plus about 3,000 auxiliary troops, with a total strength of about 17,000. After the capture of Siaton, the number of troops was relatively high. Ma Zhengwen left two brigades there. After excluding the battle damage in the previous period and the more than 2,000 Japanese who were tortured to death by Ferro, although the ancient village detachment is said to have more than 10,000 people, in fact, the regular army only has over 6,000 people. , Six thousand Japanese troops are not too small. If used on the Chinese battlefield a year ago, it might be able to change the outcome of a large-scale battle. However, Furumura Keizo does not have such confidence. The naval commander who lost the Chikuma is like The tiger with its teeth pulled out made him feel at a loss when facing more than 20,000 U.S.-Philippine coalition forces.
The offensive and defensive sides fought fiercely for three hours in Taguig City. The Pajia troops annihilated a Japanese brigade stationed in Taguig City at the cost of losing three tanks and more than 3,000 men, and then marched to the eastern suburbs of Parañaque. , the Japanese army launched a fierce battle with the US-Philippine coalition forces in a small town called Shileiju. The battle lasted until about seven o'clock in the evening. After the Japanese commander, Captain Akimoto Shuntaro of the 23rd Marine Regiment, was disabled in two groups, He had no choice but to ask for help from Furumura Keizo. Previously, Furumura Keizang had just received an order from Honma Masaharu asking him to hold on for three days and nights. After receiving the call for help, he did not dare to be careless and led about a squadron of military police to Bacool. The Japanese troops from the two brigades stationed in Bacool rushed to Paranaque and decided to personally direct the defense of Paranaque.
Flares rose into the sky one after another, and the night sky in the eastern suburbs of Paranaque was illuminated as bright as day. A little further away, a red light flickered from time to time. It was the 86th U.S. Army's 86th The field artillery brigade was shelling the defenders' positions. When the war in Paranaque was raging, in a field on the western outskirts of Muntinlupa City, six kilometers south of Paranaque, a group of soldiers in camouflage uniforms were Run quickly into the middle,
The leader of the team was Zhang Liang. They were ordered to sneak into Luzon Island to rescue MacArthur, but they were one step behind the Wolf Fang Operation Team that set out from Guangzhou. Without a long-distance ship to take them, they went all the way north from Mindanao and sneaked into Luzon Island. It was not an easy task. He didn’t want to go back home without any results. After discussing with Cao Bixiao, the deputy leader of the action team, Zhang Liang decided to go to the front line to see if there was any chance to fish in troubled waters. Their luck was quite good. When I arrived near Muntinlupa City by traveling day and night, it happened that the American-Philippine coalition's Pajia Division was fighting a fierce battle with the Japanese army near Paranaque City. I immediately decided to go to the front line to look for fighter planes.
A group of sixteen people passed through the western suburbs of Muntinlupa City around seven o'clock, and lurked in Las Pinas, five kilometers southwest of Paranaque, around eight-thirty. The Rifengxiang aircraft carrier fleet appeared on Luzon Island. When near the sea, the local Filipinos fled after hearing the news. At this time, they had already hid in the mountains in the northeastern part of Luzon Island. Marching in a hurry at night, Zhang Liang and the others could not get the accurate position. They just relied on the position of the battle ahead to groping forward. It was pitch dark in Las Pinas at night, and everyone was passing through quickly. Just as they were about to adjust their direction and turn eastbound, Cao Bixiao, who was responsible for opening the road in front, suddenly sounded a warning.
Everyone immediately took cover on the spot, while Zhang Liang stepped forward, found Cao Bixiao and asked in a low voice: "What's going on."
Cao Bixiao was hiding in the south of a residential building. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the left. Zhang Liang looked around and saw several lights and shadows of people behind them.
"Hurry up." Occasionally, one or two voices in Japanese were heard. Zhang Liang retracted his head and whispered: "Japanese."
"It should be to support the front line."
Zhang Liang didn't know that the Japanese troops had landed in northern Luzon Island. He whispered: "No, we have to grab a tongue to understand the situation."
"It's not easy to handle." Cao Bixiao said,
"Look for an opportunity." After Zhang Liang finished speaking, he pursed his lips and imitated a bird call,
Soon, other people sneaked over. Zhang Liang told everyone what he thought, then ordered six people and asked them to go in pairs to grab their tongues: "It's eight forty-three now, nine o'clock three." Regardless of whether we have gained something or not, we will come back and gather together.”
The six people took the order and immediately disappeared into the night.