Age of Rebirth

Haruta Yoshihiko's No.14 Army, on the first day of the official attack on the Manila defense line, put a lot of pressure on the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army, MacArthur. In one day, the U.S. and Philippine troops suffered as many as 7000 casualties. No wonder General MacArthur was full of worries. With 10,000 troops a day, the [-]+ troops in his hands would be exhausted in less than a month.

There is another point that General MacArthur can't figure out. Logically speaking, if he is in charge of defense and the Japanese army is in charge of attack, the casualties of the attacking side must be greater than those of the defending side. What's more, the Manila defense line has been in operation for more than two months. With complete firepower and various defense systems, the best combination has been achieved. I dare not boast that it is impenetrable, and it is not easy to break through.

According to MacArthur's own understanding, the attacking Japanese army would not have caused so much pressure on the defense line without paying more than double the casualties of the defenders. However, the Japanese army's offensive momentum was like a never-ending wave. Go down, and then the next attack wave will follow. Isn't the Japanese army afraid of casualties?

As for the breakthrough of the previous 9th Mechanized Infantry Division's position, it was the result of a hasty fight, and the Japanese army took advantage of the sneak attack. Moreover, MacArthur also noticed that the Japanese army's strength would never exceed [-] to [-] Man, the battle in the Calais mountains is not over yet, and most of the Japanese army was involved. At this moment, he regrets it a bit. , Take the initiative to attack, maybe the battle at this moment will not be so aggrieved! [

The Japanese army dared to take the initiative to attack the heavily defended Manila defense line with 9 or 10,000 troops, and even defeated their own [-]+ troops. Depressed, at this time, the major general and director of the intelligence department of the headquarters hurried in.

The tall director of the intelligence department, when he came to MacArthur, he saluted first, and said, "Report to the general, through the efforts of the intelligence department, the number and strength of the Japanese army that attacked us, Figured it out!"

"Oh!" General MacArthur cheered up. He was eager to know whether the formidable opponent in front of him was the unit of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force. "Quickly tell me the details!" He urged eagerly.

The Director of Intelligence reported: "The Japanese army attacking us is the No. 14 Army under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Army. The commander of the army is Lieutenant General Haruta Yoshihiko. More than [-] people are attached to a heavy artillery brigade, three field artillery regiments, and two tank regiments."

"What?" Commander-in-Chief MacArthur jumped up all of a sudden. Was he surprised that Yoshihiko Haruta, a commander of the Japanese army, couldn't get into the eyes of His Excellency the General? With 8 people, the Manila defense line will be full of fireworks and riddled with holes. If this information came a day earlier, it would never be the current result.

Your Excellency the General will be very willing to accept Brigadier General Jonathan’s suggestion and give the Japanese a head-on blow. Now that the intelligence is useless, Commander-in-Chief MacArthur feels his chest is tight. Waiting for his expression of praise, the fire in his heart ignited with a "boom", picked up a document on the table, and slammed it on the face of the director of the intelligence department.

Immediately, there was a burst of cursing like thunder, the scolding was dripping with joy, the fat face of the Intelligence Department was sweating, and the other US military officers were stunned and frightened, and they didn't know that the commander-in-chief who always claimed to be a gentleman Your Excellency, why did you lose your composure and scold the street like a shrew on the street?

MacArthur knew in his heart that if he didn't find a chance to vent this evil fire, he might suffocate himself to death. After greeting all the female relatives of the director of intelligence several times with the most vicious language, the president who was still angry Your Excellency, Commander, squeezed out a word "Get lost!"

It was a purely reckless disaster. The chief of intelligence, who had been scolded by the blood sprayer, had a sallow face. While wiping the sweat from his forehead, he quickly slipped away like a mouse. His tall figure was half shorter at that time. You can see it, if you don't leave, your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, who suddenly went crazy, might do something irrational again!

After scolding his subordinates, General MacArthur didn't feel much comfortable in his heart. He sat down on a chair tiredly. He was thinking about a serious problem. Only the attack of more than 7 Japanese soldiers had already made him feel pressured. The main force of the Japanese army, 10,000+ troops, who fought in the mountains of Calais, suddenly pressed against the Manila defense line. What will happen?What should I do?

The battle in the Calais Mountains could not drag Ito Genzaburo for a few days. MacArthur knew this very well. He had to think about what he would do once the Japanese troops in Luzon Island Yamamoto hit the Manila defense line. The only one The hope is the [-] reinforcements from the British, but which damned Admiral Fernandez is still calm and calm. The British are always so self-righteous and don't know the severity.

At this moment, General MacArthur felt a vicious pleasure in his heart when the British were first beaten up by the Japanese and driven out of the Indochina Peninsula, and then repaired by Tang Qiuli, and half of the Indian continent was lost. It's the gloating of the disobedient little brother after suffering a big loss.

General MacArthur, with a heavy heart, stood on the top floor of the US military headquarters building in Manila, overlooking the direction of the battlefield. In the dark night, he could not see anything except sporadic gunfire. The main force of the Japanese army fighting in Laishan District overwhelmed them, and the Japanese air force that killed two of their own air forces had more than 1000 aircraft, and they were like a dark cloud over their heads.

But I don't have the slightest air power to use now. It has been two days since the battle of Manila started, but the Japanese plane has never appeared. This is very abnormal. What are the Japanese planes waiting for?

If the Japanese planes support Haruta Yoshihiko’s troops and attack their own positions, the casualties of the troops will more than double, and the pressure on the defense line will increase sharply. MacArthur instinctively feels that Ito Genzaburo is brewing a big conspiracy, but what is it? There is no way to know such a conspiracy, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, whose mood is getting worse the more he thinks about it, has a feeling of being out of breath.

Almost consciously, MacArthur casually asked Colonel Kleist, the acting chief of staff who was following behind him, step by step, with a respectful face, "Kleist, according to your judgment, the Japanese army did not use aircraft to participate in the battle during the two-day attack. ,why is that?"

After waiting for a while, seeing no movement, MacArthur looked up strangely, and saw the poor Chief of Staff Kleist, with a tangled face, thinking hard there. Seeing how difficult he was, he asked him, the general, what is God? Where did it come from!

General MacArthur couldn't help shaking his head. He knew too well how much money his chief of staff had in his stomach. If you asked him such a high-end question, it would be better to kill him. If Stilwell was here, he would definitely give himself a satisfactory answer, and Can come up with feasible countermeasures, however, General MacArthur worked hard to drive out this absurd idea from his heart.

I didn't want to make things difficult for the poor Kleist Chief of Staff anymore, and said in a dispirited manner: "Okay, Kleist, don't think about it anymore, let's go back, you are on duty at the headquarters tonight, what is the emergency situation, Call me right away!" [

On August 7th, Haruta Yoshihiko commanded his troops and still adopted the previous tactics to launch an uninterrupted attack on the U.S. defense line. Lieutenant General Haruta Yoshihiko tasted the sweetness of this tactic and defeated the U.S. military at the cost of minimal casualties. In addition, Lieutenant General Chuntian still had a wonderful feeling that although he had only over 10,000 troops and was facing [-]+ US and Filipino troops, the rhythm of the battlefield was in his own hands.

This feeling was so wonderful that he even wanted to keep fighting like this. Lieutenant General Chuntian commanded the troops to fight more and more smoothly. After the battle was over every day, Lieutenant General Chuntian hosted a battle review meeting to sum up experience and work out new methods. Every day, it is used on American soldiers, and it is always enjoyable and has a tendency to become addicted.

And MacArthur gradually adapted to Yoshihiko Haruta's style of play from the initial flurry, and was able to take corresponding countermeasures. The number of casualties of the US military no longer increased. Nearly 30 soldiers fought bloody battles, and tens of thousands of soldiers fell on the ground for offensive and defensive drills every day.

Haruta Yoshihiko knew very well that with the current strength of the [-]th Army alone, it would not be able to enter Manila. Even if it broke through partially, it would be surrounded by the superior US-Philippines. The original idea has been abandoned.

In MacArthur's heart, he hoped that the Japanese army would fight like this forever, and that Ito's main force would be trapped in the Calais mountains, so that the Manila defense line could be held for a long time. Of course, he also knew that this was nothing more than a fantasy.

From the early morning of August 14th, when the No. [-] Japanese army attacked the Manila defense line until the [-]th, the losses of the US and Japanese troops were within the psychological tolerance of the commanders of both sides. The Japanese army attacked and the US military defended. You come and go, the battle is going on all the time, but you can't do anything to the opponent. The Manila battlefield has become a delicate balance.

General Genzaburo Ito, who encircled and suppressed the remnants of the U.S. Third Army in the Calais Mountains, was always watching the Manila battlefield. He was very happy because he saw the situation he most wanted to see.

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