Age of Rebirth

The Manila battlefield formed a kind of offensive and defensive tug-of-war. The No.14 Army has always put tremendous pressure on the US military. General Gensaburo Ito, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, hoped to see the battlefield situation very much. , Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief has repeatedly praised Lieutenant General Haruta Yoshihiko, the commander of the [-]th Army, on different occasions, calling him a new rising general of the Imperial Japanese Army.

To be honest, the original General Ito was a little worried about whether Haruta Yoshihiko, a fierce general known for his bravery, could grasp the scale of the Manila battlefield. If they want to break into the city of Manila and scare away MacArthur's reinforcements, then the loss outweighs the gain. The ultimate goal of the dispatched army is the vast Australian continent!

However, after fighting in Manila for a few days, General Ito experienced an unexpected surprise. Haruta Yoshihiko, who advocates blade charge and commanded a fierce combat style, learned to use strategies and tactical skills. MacArthur fought with 10,000+ troops, and the results achieved simply made General Ito overjoyed.

General Ito believes that if Haruta Yoshihiko continues to fight like this, the British and Australian reinforcements from Australia will soon appear on Luzon Island. MacArthur will desperately urge them, and the base camp will be completed. Call out the plans for the Australian continent.

There is no need for General Ito to worry about the offensive and defensive battles on the Manila defense line. All his attention is on clearing out the remnants of the US Third Army in the Calais Mountains, but.The resistance of the remnants of the U.S. Army far exceeded General Ito’s expectations. With [-] soldiers, they encircled and suppressed less than [-] U.S. remnants, but they fought very hard. Those damned American soldiers did not intend to put down their weapons and raise their hands Surrender! [

Perhaps, in the face of desperation, after knowing that there is hope for survival.On the contrary, it aroused the blood in the hearts of American soldiers. Every battle ended with his own soldiers suffering heavy casualties, and all the surrounded American soldiers died in battle. Of course, General Ito knew very well that even The American soldiers dropped their weapons and surrendered.It is also a dead end, those red-eyed soldiers under his own hands.Taking pleasure in killing American prisoners of war.

Moreover, there are many tricks, for example, two team leaders bet that whoever can peel off a complete human skin from a living American prisoner of war, the one who loses the bet will have to wash the underwear of the winning one for a month, besides.Several lieutenants competed in knife skills. They put several layers of leaves under the necks of American prisoners of war, cut off their heads, and the winner was the one who cut the least number of leaves. The flower girl was caught later.It shall be his first.

All these are too numerous to mention. After listening to the report of the chief of staff, Major General Kawashima, General Ito originally wanted to order a ban on this practice.Of course, it is definitely not because of humanitarianism or conscience. If it is not because of his own identity, General Ito will definitely participate in this kind of game, but he believes that the reason why the remaining soldiers of the US military resist desperately and do not surrender , related to the torture and killing of prisoners of war by soldiers.

To be able to end the Battle of Calais with the fastest speed and the smallest casualties is the result that General Ito is happy to see, but the understatement of Chief of Staff Kawashima completely dispelled his idea, and Chief of Staff Kawashima said so Said: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, the bravest soldiers are often the most brutal soldiers. Do you want our soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army to be blamed for being splashed with the blood of the enemy?" Character.

General Ito took the words of Chief of Staff Kawashima very seriously. Therefore, the behavior of soldiers killing American prisoners of war became an open entertainment in the Japanese army on Luzon Island. The fewer and fewer American soldiers were beaten more than once Witnessing or hearing similar tragedies from my companions, I have long given up the idea of ​​disarming and surrendering. Instead of surrendering to the Japanese and being tortured to death, it is better to pull a few Japanese on their backs and be shot to death before dying. , is better than being tortured and killed!

Therefore, the gunshots on the battlefield in the Calais mountains continued day and night. Either the Japanese army surrounded a small group of American soldiers, or the American soldiers took advantage of the night to attack the Japanese army in search of troops, until August [-]th. On the evening of the same day, with the last resisting soldiers of the U.S. Third Army, they were surrounded by Japanese troops more than ten times their strength in a desperate situation. After dozens of lives were exchanged for nearly a hundred Japanese soldiers, gunfire and Only when the shouts of killing were completely subsided.

When night fell in the Calais mountains and the sea breeze from the Pacific Ocean was blowing, Commander-in-Chief Ito was in the headquarters and received a report from the troops, "All the remnants of the U.S. soldiers who resisted on the battlefield in the Calais mountains have been wiped out by the imperial army. Exhausted, all the suppression troops, divisions at the summit of Plog, "In other words, more than [-] Japanese soldiers spent more than ten days combing the Calais mountains in detail.

The Battle of Calais Mountains officially ended, and the entire army under Major General Whiteman, the commander of the Third Army under the Southwest Pacific Headquarters, was annihilated. More than [-] people either died in battle, or were captured and tortured by Japanese soldiers. It is said that in the second year, after the rainy season in Luzon Island, the vegetation in the Calais Mountains was extremely lush, almost growing crazily. The leaves of all the trees were so green that they would smell purple if they were accidentally broken. A faint smell of blood!

After the war, in the official history of the United States, there is a special book about the Manila defense battle commanded by General MacArthur, which is called the battle of the US army in the Southwest Pacific War. The Japanese invasion was a arduous and arduous battle against the Japanese army with inferior equipment and troops. Among them, words such as determined command, fearless in the face of danger, and bloody battle are often seen between the lines.

The Battle of Calais Mountains, which was indispensable for the Battle of Manila and one of the most important battles, was briefly mentioned. The Third Army of the Southwest Pacific Theater of the United States fought against the superior Japanese army with inferior forces, and the remnants of the Third Army later fought in Calais. Facing the frenzied siege of the Japanese army in the mountainous area, the tenacious resistance that lasted eight or nine days caused heavy damage to the Japanese army, but nothing was mentioned.

As for the name of the commander, Major General Whiteman, I have searched the history of the US Pacific War, but I can’t find it. The final fate of more than [-] officers and soldiers of the US Third Army on the Calais mountain battlefield was consciously and artificially buried in the long river of history. Among them, a confusing historical gap has been left for the American people.

The Third Army of the U.S. Army paid for MacArthur's stupid strategic decision-making and campaign command at the cost of annihilating more than [-] troops. It also added to his so-called aura of famous generals and covered up the historical truth.

Solving the remaining American troops in Calais, General Ito was as relaxed as taking off the shackles that imprisoned him. In the direction of Manila, Haruta Yoshihiko played vigorously and enthusiastically. More important target -----------Australia.

What Admiral Ito needs to do now is not to move his troops straight to Manila, or to capture Manila immediately. He is waiting, waiting for MacArthur's reinforcements, the moment he leaves the Australian mainland and lands on Luzon Island, and then, the Southwest Pacific Ocean of the Great Japanese Empire Send the main force of the army, the heaviest and most magnificent blow to the Americans and British, and the entire Pacific Ocean will be placed on the territory of the Great Japanese Empire. Of course, there is no damn Chinese devil Tang Qiuli who occupies the Indochina Peninsula. It will be a very perfect and historic event, and it will be recorded in the annals of the Great Japanese Empire!

Compared with General Ito's very happy mood, General MacArthur's mood is like days of cloudy and rainy weather, dark and depressing, the sound of guns in the Calais area has subsided, and a serious practical problem is in front of him. The main force of the Japanese army in the Laishan Battle is about to pounce.

If it was just the attack of the Japanese No.14 Army, MacArthur had absolute confidence to stick to Manila for a year or even longer. He even had a bold plan to drag down or drag down the Japanese No. 14 defense line in Manila. However, it is absolutely impossible for the 4th Army now. During the seven or eight days of fierce fighting with the Japanese army, the loss of the troops reached an astonishing [-] people. What is even more frightening is that the morale of the soldiers is gradually declining.

If the main force of the Japanese army joins the Manila battlefield again, what awaits them and the 10,000+ American and Filipino soldiers will be a failure across the board. Therefore, General MacArthur is no more looking forward to the arrival of Australian reinforcements than he is now.

Looking forward to and waiting is restless. On the evening of August [-], the Manila defense line withstood the ferocious Japanese attack. General MacArthur, who came to the front to supervise the battle, returned to the headquarters exhausted. After dinner was served, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief lost his appetite at all while looking at the sumptuous food on the table. After a few days, His Excellency the General, who paid great attention to appearance, became much haggard.

A few thunderclaps and annoying light rain began to fall again, adding to the depression in General MacArthur's heart. He waved his hand and asked the attendant to take away the dinner. At this moment, Colonel Kleist, the acting chief of staff, , broke in wet all over the body, and shouted loudly from a long distance: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, good news! Good news! I just received a telegram to reinforce the first British and Australian troops on the Luzon battlefield." Two divisions of the leading troops of the legion will be able to land in two hours!" [

"What?" General MacArthur got up suddenly in disbelief, knocked over the dining table, a glass of white milk splashed on his straight general uniform, and he didn't care about it. The colonel snatched the telegram away, his hands trembling, and he looked greedily.

At the same time, intelligence of the same content appeared in front of General Tang Qiuli, the commander of the independent division, and General Ito Yanzaburo, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Dispatch Force.

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