Although Negros Island is a large island, its strategic significance is lower than that of other large islands, so it is not the focus of the defense of the US military in the Philippines. The battle plan formulated by MacArthur was to take place in Mindanao, where only
However, a division-sized local guard force was deployed. As a result, the Japanese army quickly pushed northward after occupying Siaton. By 9 o'clock in the evening, the vanguard of the Shibuya detachment belonging to the Second Marine Corps captured Siaton.
It is 20 kilometers away from Sambo Angita.
In Labazon, the offensive of the Ryujo aircraft carrier fleet commanded by Koizumi Minichiro was also smooth. Sawada Shigeru's Osaka Fourth Division followed the Sixth Marine Division to land, and then the Sixth Division divided into two groups and headed due south.
Ipil launched an attack, and then turned to push eastward, and at about 8 o'clock in the evening, he captured Leroy, 20 kilometers east of Labazon, without any blood.
At about ten o'clock that night, after the Japanese army captured the main frequency of the local radio station in the Philippines, Koizumi Toshiichiro, as a "liberator", published an article titled "Co-Prosperity in Greater East Asia, Japan and the Philippines Form an Alliance to Expel the American Colonists"
In his speech, he declared to the Filipinos that the purpose of their attack on the Philippine Islands was to save them from the clutches of the American colonists, and called on the Filipinos to bravely stand up to resist the colonization of the U.S. government, so as to join the Imperial Japanese Army and fight for Asia.
fight for independence...
In Calatrava, a small town in the northeast of Negros Island, Guo Kui was in the command car supervising the transmitter to telegraph a break with the US military to the headquarters. Guo Da came over with a radio and an English translator: "
Commander, listen to this, the little devil is interesting!"
Guo Kui had already finished dictating the contents of the telegram to the operator. After giving instructions to the operator, he got out of the car and asked, "What's wrong?"
Guo Da waved behind him, and the English translator stepped forward and spoke out the passage that had just been broadcast on the radio. Guo Kui was delighted and said: "The little devil really knows how to whitewash himself, 'Liberator'? Isn't this nonsense?"
"Commander, I'm thinking about a question," Guo Dadao said: "No matter how the Americans try to hide it, there is no denying that they are colonizers. There must be resisters among the Filipinos. I think the Japanese really position themselves as 'liberators'."
'If they can maintain it, they may really be able to mobilize some Filipinos to stand up and resist American rule. English is the official language of the Philippines, but its penetration rate is not very high now. Those who can speak English are either those in power or the locals.
The aristocratic forces, if these people really jump out, they can easily form a force. Commander, we have already fallen out with the Yankees anyway, I think we should change our stance."
"Huh? Do you also want to be a 'liberator'?" Guo Kui smiled.
"No, that's not what I meant. I was moved by the Commander-in-Chief's actions in Bangkok and thought we might be able to follow the Commander-in-Chief's example and cultivate a pro-me force in the Philippines——"
Ouyang Yun successfully planned a coup in Bangkok by taking advantage of the internal conflicts of the Thai people, and included Thailand into the Greater China Circle. This was a stroke of genius. Guo Kui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said with interest: "Continue!"
"We can do what the Japanese can do. There are a lot of Chinese in the Philippines. They will be the bridge for us to communicate with the locals. We can do this... The only thing I worry about now is that doing so will offend the Americans.
Interests, I don’t know if the Commander-in-Chief will approve it.”
Guo Kui pondered for a while and said: "Don't worry about the Commander-in-Chief. As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people to fight against Japan, he will definitely not object. Guo Da, people say that scholars look at each other with admiration after three days of separation. I really didn't expect you to be in politics."
So sensitive! Well, you are responsible for this matter. I guess the intention of the Japanese in doing this must be due to insufficient troops. They only have two legions in Southeast Asia, which is not enough to guarantee complete occupation, so
The so-called 'National Independence Army' has become a necessary force - well, we need auxiliary troops anyway, so just call the headquarters to communicate with the US government and allow us to recruit auxiliary troops locally -
I will send electricity to the headquarters right now!"
"Mr. Huang, should we communicate with him?"
"Don't let him know about this in advance. With Wallef around, it's hard for him to do some small tricks."
"Walaff should be fine, he just robbed an American grain warehouse."
"It's not that I don't trust Waleffe, but this matter is not trivial. It's better to be cautious."
President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull strongly advocated allowing the cadet troops to enter the Philippines. The original intention was not necessarily to let the cadet troops serve as cannon fodder, but they would be exempted from foreign military orders. This policy reached MacArthur, and the old American man was out of necessity of the combat situation.
, eagerly hope that the Xuebing Army can be on the front line, and if the Xuebing Army does so, when the Japanese army controls the air and the sea, then it will be cannon fodder as well as cannon fodder.
I have to admit that the mind-attack tactics planned by Koizumi Minichiro against the Filipino locals were quite sharp. MacArthur was originally mobilizing heavy troops to launch a decisive battle with the Japanese army in northwest Mindanao. However, after learning about this Japanese move from his subordinates' reports, he
After realizing the sinister intentions of the Japanese, and then thinking that all the Filipino divisions under his command had radios at the platoon level and above, he suddenly became suspicious and did not dare to completely trust the Filipinos anymore.
At this moment, a communications staff officer reported to him: "Major General Wainwright IV called, saying that the unit has arrived in Tibet. He asked whether he should wait for the 17th Academy Division to arrive at Kapatagan before heading over, or -"
The 17th Xuexi Division robbed more than 300 tons of food in General Santos City. This made MacArthur intolerable and decided to give the Xuexi Army some color. It happened that the garrisons from other places in Mindanao were gathering towards Duminga.
, he decided to first use heavy troops to force the student army to hand over food, and then fight the Japanese army in Tu. He had distributed this action plan to all units three hours ago, so he took the lead from Cagayan de Oro
Only after Wainwright IV arrived in Tibet, which is only ten kilometers away from Kapatagan, did he send the above telegram.
The communications staff officer was interrupted by MacArthur before he could finish his words - after the old American man had doubts about the Filipinos, the Second Expeditionary Army, an originally "insignificant" force, suddenly became important. He said: "Tell Wen
Wright IV, asked him to immediately build fortifications on the spot, then send electricity to other ministries, tell them to give up pursuing the 17th Division's robbery of food, and reset the assembly point. Well, just have Kapatagan in mind!
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"yes!"
"Pez!"
Pace immediately walked to MacArthur and said respectfully: "Commander in Chief?"
"Draft a telegram to report to Washington what happened during the day, and tell Mr. President that because the Japanese have adopted mind-attack tactics against the Filipinos, we, we cannot do without the help of the Xuebing Army. Please ask him to mediate.
!”
"yes!"
The old American man's original plan was to force the student army to "confess" to him when they were out of ammunition and ammunition, but now that Koizumi Toshiichiro came to do this, he felt a huge sense of crisis. Due to the situation, he had no choice but to "confess" to him.
He did not ask for domestic support first, which made him feel extremely frustrated. After Pace left, he fell down on the chair, leaned against the back of the chair, and spread his hands and feet. This was the first time since he came to the Philippines.