Capartagan's student army retreated towards the city of Valencia. After this news was reported to MacArthur by Wainwright IV, the old American man's first reaction was to fiercely hit the cigar with only a small part of it in his hand.
He threw it to the ground, slammed the table and cursed: "Cowardly Chinese people, this is a shameless escape!"
Regardless of whether Koizumi's radio speech succeeded in shaking the morale of the Philippine army or truly establishing the image of a "liberator" in the hearts of the Filipino people, one goal was achieved, which was to successfully sow discord and let MacArthur succeed.
He no longer dared to completely trust the Filipinos. The Philippine Army was no longer worthy of complete trust, and the idea of a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Duminga was unfeasible. The old American man rolled his eyes and decided to attack the students stationed in Kapatagan.
Bingjun hoped that the Chinese and the Jews could withstand the Japanese attack, and he would act like an oriole again to see if there was any chance of taking advantage.
This idea had just taken shape, but the student army retreated from Kapatagan. Kapatagan was a strategic military base that blocked the Japanese army from attacking Mindanao from the northwest. Once it fell, it meant that the entire Mindanao island would be open to the Japanese army.
Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for MacArthur to give up. But in this way, the U.S. military had to face the Japanese armed forces on the front line, which was completely different from what he had imagined before. It is no wonder that he would be so out of control and say such untrue words.
After gnashing his teeth and scolding the Chinese, the old American calmed down and issued a series of orders. First, Wainwright IV's troops advanced towards Kapatagan, and then, the main force of the Medan garrison led by Gunat, a division.
The U.S. National Guard and three divisions of the Philippine Division also began to march towards Capatagan. This time, the old American wanted to use human sea tactics to block the Japanese army in the northwest peninsula of Mindanao.
On the night of September 14th, because the Japanese made earth-shattering noises in the North Pacific, the shadow of war almost covered the entire earth. People in many parts of the world stayed up all night. At around five o'clock in the morning on the 15th, we anchored at
On the island of the "Ryujo" aircraft carrier off the coast of Labazon, Koizumi Toshiichiro slowly came out of the captain's room, looked at the glimmer of light at the junction of the sea and the sky in the east, and said to himself: "We'll finish the annihilation.
With the defenders west of the Lee Line, the Battle of the Philippines can be said to have achieved a staged victory. Next, as long as the US Far East Fleet and aviation forces can be destroyed, then the entire Philippines will be under the flag of the sun... A hundred years from now, we will
Your name can appear in textbooks like Togo Heihachiro-senpai, right?"
MacArthur did not expect that while he was cursing the cadet army and massing heavy troops towards Kapatagan, Koizumi Toshiichiro had no intention of advancing eastward. At the same time, the Hosho aircraft carrier fleet led by Soma Masa also stopped further attacks.
Instead of conducting military operations, they began a series of "goodwill actions" that stunned Americans and even the military.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon on the 16th, in a small village called Usai to the north of Sangbo, on a mountain to the west of the village, Cao Bixiao, who was promoted to captain, and two of his subordinates saw a very strange scene through the telescope: more than thirty people
After the Japanese soldiers carrying Type 15 semi-automatic rifles entered the village under the leadership of two locals, they first distributed candies from house to house, and then actually helped some other families with farm work.
"What are you doing, kid?" said a jungle warrior named Wang Xiaofei.
Cao Bixiao was puzzled: "Is this still a Japanese soldier?"
At first, the Filipinos were full of fear of these Japanese soldiers with guns on their backs, and every household closed their doors. However, after the explanations of the two locals and the acceptance of candies from the Japanese, their attitudes slowly changed.
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Cao Bixiao and the other three watched for more than two hours. When they finally saw the Japanese soldiers leaving, the Filipinos actually smiled and looked reluctant to leave. They looked at each other and Cao Bixiao said: "I understand, little one."
The devils are trying to win people’s hearts!”
After Guo Kui discovered that the Americans were unreliable, he decided to achieve complete independence in intelligence to minimize his dependence on the Americans. He asked Huang Hua to formulate a targeted intelligence collection plan. And Cao Bixiao and the other three
, is one of many reconnaissance teams. Almost all the reconnaissance teams have detected similar situations, and one group also caught a tongue and figured out that the Japanese army did this because of orders from above. This information was summarized in the expedition.
The Second Army Headquarters attracted great attention from Guo Kui and Huang Hua. They thought that once the Japanese army's policy was effective, the local people would inevitably become the Japanese's spies, which would be of great benefit to them and the Americans.
They were all great threats, so they sent electricity to Guangzhou and asked the General Headquarters to reach an agreement with the U.S. government on "dividing territories and defending them" as soon as possible.
When this telegram arrived in Guangzhou, Ouyang Yun was meeting with Song Zi, so it was not until the evening that Jiang Huangyong presented the telegram.
Song Zi came to Guangzhou for two purposes. First, he hoped that Gu Lianyun, the representative of the Xuebing Army in the United States, could cooperate with Mrs. Chiang's visit to the United States. Second, he hoped that the Xuebing Army could assume greater responsibility in the anti-Japanese cause and take the initiative to Guangxi.
The defense zone takes over.
Chiang Kai-shek had long planned for his wife to visit the United States in order to obtain financial aid from the United States through his wife's route to alleviate the financial difficulties of the Chongqing government. It happened that the Japanese combined fleet successfully attacked Pearl Harbor and the entire U.S. Pacific Fleet was destroyed. After hearing the news, Chiang Kai-shek
The first thing I thought of was not that Japan would become stronger after this war, but that this was an opportunity for the United States to form an alliance, so I cheered loudly and thought that it was really great that my wife chose to visit at this time to bring the Chongqing government's condolences to the American people.
It couldn't be more appropriate, so Song Zi was assigned full responsibility for this matter in order to facilitate his wife's trip to the United States as soon as possible.
Regarding Mrs. Chiang's visit to the United States, Song Zi had previously communicated with the U.S. Ambassador to Chongqing, Gao Si, and received Gao Si's support. Therefore, all that was missing now was an official invitation letter from Washington.
Lao Chiang had a very keen sense of politics. If it were not for the existence of the Xuebing Army, the Americans would definitely be very enthusiastic about Mrs. Chiang's visit to the United States. However, it is like Gao Si because of the presence of George, the U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary in Guangzhou.
, its influence on Washington has been greatly weakened, because the Xuebing Army has formed an agreement and alliance with Washington early, so the Americans are not very urgent to form another ally in the Far East, so this invitation letter was late.
It was so late that when Song Zi came to visit Gao Si again, the latter was too embarrassed to see him again and hid directly.
Washington's approach naturally greatly damaged the veteran's self-esteem. Song Zi observed his words and immediately asked Dai Li to investigate the matter. As a result, the fact that the Xuebing Army and Washington had formed an agreement came to light.