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. Flying to the front line of Zamboanga, when Wang Laohu received the order to retreat, he began to lead his soldiers to gather the bodies of the fallen students.
When they got up for the cremation, 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 students did not actually 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 to retreat.
Dickson asked them when they would retreat, and then learned that only the cadets were retreating. They stared at each other. The first thing they felt was that they had been abandoned, and then they felt that the Chinese were deserting. They couldn't help but look at the cadets.
They were full of hostility. Some of them developed combat friendships with the cadets and felt that the two sides had become brothers. For example, the American soldier Bryson changed completely during the battle. He excitedly rushed up to question his cadet brother "Wolf"
: "'Wolf'? Are your people timid? This is a shameful act of desertion!"
"Wolf"'s nickname was Wang Lang, and his comrades liked to call him Xiao Lang. But when he came to the United States, he became "Wolf". After the wound on Wang Lang's abdomen was treated by the medical soldiers, he was just able to go to the ground. He was cremated and died in battle.
Next to the brother's fire, 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 corpse of the student who was being burned in the flames and said coldly: "We are timid? How dare you say such a thing?"
Who did we fight those two battles just now? Two hours ago, they were still alive and kicking, and now? Just to help you bunch of bastard Americans, they fell on a foreign land!*,
You* have the nerve to discuss bravery and cowardice with me, get out!"
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 Xuebing Army and Xiao Anbao's commanding ability, although he was still worried about it, he felt that if he commanded it, he might not be able to achieve such results.
However, at the same time, he 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. However, out of self-respect, he looked coldly on as the trainees 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 the Philippines 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, and then Governor General Generoso City and General Santos City. Assisting in the defense of Governor General Santos City is the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Mountain Division.
Assisting in the defense of General Santos City was the 17th Infantry Division. The two cadets set out on their way to Capatagan almost at the same time. What is more interesting is that after receiving the order, the commander of the 17th Infantry 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.
, left Gunat with a note that he had received some supplies, and then left.
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.
Joining the National Guard. However, when he hurried to the camp of the 17th Division, he 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.
Valleif felt the same way.
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 man who led the team to carry out this task was Zhang Liang, who was under Ouyang Yun's instructions to personally protect Guo Kui's safety. Zhang Liang was a man who was fearless, and 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.
That's it.
Another hour and a half later, a large force of the Second Expeditionary Army arrived and immediately began the operation to cross the Strait of Tañon. 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 subordinates 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.
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After about four and a half hours of sailing, the Hosho aircraft carrier fleet led by Soma Masa 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
.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 garrisoned one brigade of Philippine troops in Siaton, while Labazon was almost undefended except for two coastal defense forts. As a result, Japanese fighter planes flew over these two areas, and not only the local garrison was trapped in 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.