mixed in the war

"General, the Japanese firepower is very strong. They also have heavy artillery..."

"What heavy artillery? It's just a large-caliber mortar. Don't embarrass the US Army... Attack, I want you to attack!"

"But General, we cannot send our soldiers to die."

MacArthur did not play well.

In his eyes, the little-known Tadashi Sano was far more difficult to fight than he imagined.Although the opponent intends to retreat and doesn't want to get too close to him, he feels extremely troublesome just because the troops used by the opponent are in the rear.He has an army of more than 2 people. Although he lacks heavy weapons and ammunition cannot be opened, the opponent is several thousand fewer than him in number.And the most important thing is that they did their mental arithmetic at all, and launched an attack when the Japanese didn't expect it at all.But who would have expected that, except for the rapid progress made at the beginning, it would be difficult every step of the way.

"We must win this battle, we must win. No matter what price we pay, we must win!"

When he heard Qin Wei's request to him, MacArthur knew that he could not refuse.Attack from Hong Kong, route or defeat, preferably eliminate the invading Japanese army.This is extremely beneficial to him, and to the entire United States.He has just suffered a big defeat at the hands of the Japanese, and his reputation has fallen to the bottom.Fortunately, he brought almost all of his subordinates out of the encirclement of the Japanese.This gave him the capital to make money.And if he could fight a turnaround before returning to China, or before being assigned another task, then people would no longer care about his previous failure... It would be a battle with a huge disparity in strength.Although he lost a little too quickly, his strength is indeed far behind the Japanese.

Before, he wanted to save face by conducting military exercises with the Chinese.By the way, come to earn the results promised by the Chinese.But after all, this is still not as pleasant and straightforward as recovering the debt from the Japanese.After all, the Chinese saved him and his subordinates, so what's the point of making a fuss with the savior?And as long as he can defeat the Japanese, he will not be afraid even if he loses in the subsequent military exercise with the Chinese.He knew Americans so well that he had only to tell them that our lads were tired after fighting in the Philippines and in Hong Kong.That's why they lost when they played against the Chinese.There will be no problem.

As for the Hong Kong battle, after carefully analyzing the plan provided by the Chinese, he felt that the possibility of victory was very high.Because as long as the Chinese airborne in Guangzhou, the Japanese attacking Hong Kong had no choice but to retreat.He just needs to chase after the enemy's ass and beat it.If he can't win this kind of battle, he will feel embarrassed himself.

And at the beginning.Their progress was indeed as smooth as previously expected.With the support of Chinese naval guns, the enemy fled in embarrassment.Almost powerless to fight back.

But then the problem came.

After withdrawing from the coverage of Chinese naval guns.Japanese resistance suddenly became unexpectedly tenacious.In the face of their attacks, these enemies would rather die than retreat, fighting to the last person.What's more, there is actually a Japanese wounded who blew himself up with a grenade and died with his soldiers...

And because they did not carry any heavy weapons when they "retreated" from the Philippines, their current equipment level is basically the same as that of the Japanese army.Even slightly insufficient.Although they won in terms of firearms, the number of artillery pieces of the opponent obviously surpassed them.And the American soldiers are not used to marching under the enemy's artillery fire...

"Follow me and send a telegram to the Governor of Hong Kong, requesting them to transport the artillery to the front line to support us." I turned a few circles in the temporary headquarters.MacArthur called again.

The Chinese don't have many guns.Even if there are, most of them are in the important frontline troops.Although the opponent supported them with some mortars and the like before the operation, the U.S. military basically never used such small artillery, and they were inaccurate at all, and were completely suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire.Not only that, those mortars have been basically destroyed in the artillery battle with the Japanese now, and there are not many left.Every time MacArthur thinks of these things, he can't help but feel bitter... He actually has the opportunity to fight such a "poor" battle?I really don't know how the Chinese used such equipment to resist the Japanese for so many years.But he doesn't have time to think about that now, without artillery support, his soldiers simply don't have the desire to charge.These guys who have experienced the Philippine battle still have a kind of fear from the bottom of their hearts towards the Japanese in hand-to-hand combat, and they cannot completely let go.Therefore, he must find artillery, and only a large number of artillery can support the combat effectiveness of his soldiers.

"General, the Governor of Hong Kong called back. Their artillery is used to defend Hong Kong and cannot be used without authorization."

The Chinese can't count on it, and MacArthur can only put his hope on the British allies.After all, he came this time to "defend Hong Kong", and the British had to help him no matter what.But obviously, allies are not always reliable.

"Can't use it? Does he think he can defend Hong Kong by leaving those artillery pieces in Hong Kong?"

MacArthur almost exploded his lungs.He came to fight for the British, and those people refused him to enter Hong Kong earlier, saying that they were afraid of causing misunderstandings by the Japanese... This is simply a big joke.The two countries have already declared war on each other, what is the misunderstanding?If it weren't for the Chinese helping to guard here, the Japanese would have flattened Hong Kong long ago.Still misunderstood?Afterwards, although under heavy pressure from the Chinese side, the British Hong Kong government agreed to his secret stationing, but was still unwilling to have more contact with him.It's all right now, I don't even want to borrow artillery... Do you think that if you leave the artillery, the Japanese will not regard Hong Kong as an enemy?

"Send the report again and tell them that I, in the name of the general of the United States of America, ordered them to immediately bring out all their artillery to support the front line. If they dare to disobey, I promise to send them to a military court!" MacArthur roared again .

"Yes, General."

The secretary hurried to send the report.And MacArthur became more and more irritable.It's okay if the war doesn't go well for a while.But if the main force of the 38th Division escapes back to Guangzhou, his mission will be considered a failure.At that time, the Chinese will definitely have a say.As for those military exercises, there is no need at all... The U.S. government will also have no face to continue to compete for military dominance in the Asian theater.And waiting for him, I'm afraid it will no longer be the battlefield in Egypt, but the reserves in the United States.

"We can ask the Chinese for support." Wainwright said with a heavy face.

"Impossible. The Chinese don't even have enough artillery, how can they support us? And they have done a lot before. Although their navy has warships, they are all captured, and the number of artillery shells is limited. And in order to support our previous battles, they have already consumed a lot." MacArthur shook his head and said: "So, I believe they will definitely not agree to support us again. And even if they have, I am afraid they will not use it to help us. I am too I was careless... I thought I could easily defeat the enemy. But I didn't expect... We must admit that our soldiers are currently inferior to the Chinese and Japanese in terms of individual quality, especially in terms of fighting will. Our boys More fire and blood is needed."

"How do you know they won't help us if you don't ask for it?" Wainwright asked. "Even if they don't have artillery, they still have planes...they can provide us with air assistance."

"Airplane?..." MacArthur was taken aback. "May I?"

"The Chinese air force is so far the only force that has an advantage when they face the Japanese." Wainwright said: "They can definitely do this."

"Then try." MacArthur thought for a while and sighed helplessly.Soldiers don't live up to expectations, just train later.But if you lose the battle this time.He didn't even have the chance to train those bastards.Compared with these, bowing your head to the Chinese is nothing.

"By the way, I'll ask the Hong Kong side again. I hope your threat just now will scare them..." Wainwright sighed again.

"I hope." MacArthur's face sank again.Although an ally.But he is not affiliated with Hong Kong and Britain after all.It's hard to say whether the other party will obey his orders.

"In fact, no matter what the outcome of our battle is, it is very valuable." Wainwright took two steps outside, then stopped, and said to him again: "At least, we have seen the battle with equal strength." It has reached the real combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. This will be very beneficial to our future strategic arrangements."

"Those are still too far away, don't worry about it. And I still firmly believe that I will win." MacArthur said with a sullen face.He now has no good feelings for China and Britain.It can be compared to the dislike of China.He has nothing but anger at Britain!The Chinese are always calculating, which is annoying; but the actions of the Hong Kong British government made him feel betrayed... He secretly swears.No matter what the final result of this battle is, he has to settle the account with the British Hong Kong government and that guy named Yang Muqi.And if given the opportunity, he will also distribute this account to the British government:

"By the way, when communicating with the British, tell them by the way that if they dare to refuse again, I will directly recruit their troops to the battlefield in the name of the allies... If they dare to disobey, I will enforce battlefield discipline!"

"Battlefield discipline? No, no, no, we can't do this..." Wainwright was taken aback.Enforce battlefield discipline?Not to mention that they have no affiliation with Hong Kong, even if they do, it is obvious that MacArthur's anger is aimed at the main officials and generals in Hong Kong.These people, especially the Governor of Hong Kong, are all important officials of the British in the Far East. How can they kill them at will?If you really want to do that, it will definitely cause major diplomatic disputes.

"Don't worry, I'm just scaring them." MacArthur gritted his teeth, "Although I really wish I could kill them now."

"Report—" the secretary rushed in suddenly, waving the telegram draft in his hand, his face was full of surprise: "General, our reinforcements are here, they are here!"

"Reinforcements?" MacArthur and Wainwright were taken aback, "How can we have any reinforcements?"

"It's General Chennault, and Colonel Doolittle...they are leading our air force to come!" (To be continued...)