At the U.S. Military Command in the Philippines in Manila, General Pagar stayed up all night. Not only him, but also other personnel in the headquarters had almost no rest. They stayed in front of the radio, smoking one cigarette after another and drinking one cup after another.
Drinking coffee and juice, they occasionally exchanged a few words. As time went by, they received reports from Yonet one after another, knowing that a violent explosion had occurred in Bakauer, and their demeanor and the content of their conversations gradually became pessimistic.
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"Twenty people want to go deep into enemy-occupied areas to rescue people? Is it possible without even knowing where the commander was detained in advance?"
"Oh God, this is just a joke played by the Chinese on us, but those guys in Washington actually believe it!"
"General, I think it's time to leave. It's already dawn. If there is any news, it should have been sent back by now, right?"
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"Beep, beep, beep..." The telegraph machine suddenly sent out a signal, and all the Americans' nerves were suddenly touched, and they turned their heads and looked over.
A major staff officer sat in front of the telegraph machine, receiving the radio signals in an orderly manner, and at the same time quickly wrote down rows of numbers on the note.
"Did the Chinese send it back?" a major asked.
"Nonsense! The channel has been set to death. Of course it can only be sent by Chinese people," a colonel reprimanded impatiently.
Bojia's heart was in suspense and he stared at the major staff officer's face without saying a word.
After receiving the telegram, the major staff member began to translate with reference to the code book. Before he could write many letters, his body started to tremble slightly. Then he moved his hands faster and drew a series of scrawled letters on the paper. He stood up and said: "
It succeeded, the Chinese people succeeded!"
"real?"
"The commander was rescued?"
"Which direction are they?"
Bojia did not speak, but grabbed the phone and glanced at it. His expression became extremely excited. Then he took a closer look and shouted in a deep voice: "Quick, call Jonette immediately and let him know."
He is ready for battle. The Japanese may have a major military operation next."
"General, Commander?"
"Commander and the others are fine. Rivada, take your people to the Oral area immediately. Commander and the others have already landed there."
Rival was a young brigade commander. Hearing this, he paid a military salute and strode out.
After issuing a series of orders, Bojia sat down with relief and said to the major staff officer: "Send power to Washington. The president and chief of staff must be very anxious."
Roosevelt and Marshall were indeed anxious. They, several officers from the Army Staff, and Secretary of State Hull were sitting in a conference room of the White House, quietly waiting for the call from the East.
An hour passed, and another hour passed. As the night deepened, McIntyre came in more than once to ask Roosevelt to rest first, but he was rejected by Roosevelt. Since World War I, there has been severe isolation in the United States.
doctrine, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government took great pains to change the direction of domestic public opinion, awaken the people's patriotic sentiments, and create a war atmosphere in which all people participated. MacArthur's capture by the Japanese was still under control at this time
In this state, Roosevelt and others could not imagine what kind of negative impact it would have if MacArthur was really taken to Tokyo by the Japanese and tried and hanged in the Imperial Palace Square.
"Nothing can happen to MacArthur!" This was the consensus reached by Roosevelt and Marshall.
It was such a long wait, but fortunately, I was not disappointed. At around 12:30, a call came from Manila. An army staff officer read out the message in public, saying that the rescue operation of the Xuebing Army was very successful. MacArthur, Hatton and others were successfully rescued.
After being rescued, Marshall stood up and breathed a sigh of relief. He suppressed his excitement and said to Roosevelt: "Your Excellency, now you can rest assured and have a good sleep!"
Roosevelt nodded and rolled his wheelchair toward the door. He stopped at the door and turned around and said, "Let MacArthur and the others go to Guangzhou first. Since the Xuebing Army has a way to rescue them in such a short period of time, they should be able to do so."
Bring them safely to Guangzhou. Hull, it's time to honor our gratitude. You can go talk to Gu Lianyun tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Hull stood up and replied.
Roosevelt only needed to know the result, but Marshall and others were full of curiosity about the specific process. They took the telegram and circulated it repeatedly, and then ordered the staff officer to send a telegram to Manila, and asked Bojia to send a telegram and report back.
Let’s talk about the specific rescue process.
"The Xuebing Army is really a force that no one dares to underestimate," someone lamented.
"Langya Special Forces Brigade, what kind of powerful force is this?"
The discussion about the Xuebing Army and the Wolf Fang began. Including Marshall and Hull, all the US officials or senior officials present were full of curiosity about this mysterious Eastern army. There are some battle cases and development history of the Xuebing Army.
After all were unearthed, even Marshall had a new understanding of the Xuebing Army. Unknowingly, Americans began to take this warlord-like armed force seriously. Ouyang Yun and his American agent Gu Lianyun also received special attention.
The attention of these American bosses has become a topic of discussion at the table.
Three hours later, after Feng Mang and MacArthur returned to the U.S. military headquarters in Manila by car, Bojia asked Alano about the rescue process in detail, and personally summarized it into a report of more than 5,000 words for his subordinates to issue.
Back to Washington.
The 5,000-word report was not long, but Marshall and several of his subordinates gathered around and read it for about ten minutes.
Seeing that they were silent after reading the report, Hull curiously took the battle report over, took a look at it and asked Marshall: "Chief of Staff, why are you silent?"
Marshall shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You'll know just by looking at it."
Everything reflected in the battle report was beyond the expectations of the Americans. First of all, the strength of the troops. There were only twenty people, and they really came from Guangzhou. What does this mean? One is that the Xuebing Army Headquarters is facing Langya
He was very confident. Secondly, it showed that the Xuebing Army had a certain degree of long-range projection capability. What made Marshall speechless was not this, but the subsequent description of entering the city. In his mind, this rescue operation was tantamount to pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth.
The process will definitely be very tragic, but in fact, except for the final stage of boarding the ship, there seems to be no fierce fighting. This is not in line with the norm. If the Japanese soldiers are so fragile, then how can the US-Philippine coalition forces have no way to fight back?
Force? Could it be said that the US-Philippine coalition forces are just clothes hangers?
Abnormality is a monster. Marshall may not know this unique Chinese saying, but it prevents him from making similar judgments. Because of this, he recalled some of his previous judgments and suggestions he made to Roosevelt, and realized that there must be something wrong with him in this regard.
Question, I couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Marshall considered the problem more deeply, but his men were confused or failed to discover Wolf Fang's combat characteristics and extraordinary abilities from the battle reports. Instead, they were unable to make an objective evaluation - how could the rescue operation go so smoothly?
If the Japanese army is really so vulnerable, then what does the previous disastrous defeat of the US-Philippine coalition force mean? Let’s think a little deeper, is there a problem with the strategic layout of the Philippine Islands, which led to the emergence of today’s situation?