Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Jonathan's words were resounding, and his eyes shone fiercely. The US military generals who had been wowing just now shut up together. It could not be said that it was guilt and shame, or gratitude and relief. Anyway, no one raised any objections.

They also have something to say. As the commander-in-chief, they all lead the troops to fight against them. What else can they say? Look at the murderous intent in the eyes of the newly appointed commander-in-chief, who is fighting for himself Boarding the ship later than other troops, and arguing endlessly, this guy might be able to kill a few people on the spot.

Lieutenant General Jonathan saw that no one objected, and with a tragic atmosphere, after announcing the adjournment of the meeting, all the commanders hurried back to the troops, ready to evacuate. As cannon fodder, as for the American army serving as the guard, it is not a problem that I can worry about, anyway, I can do it if I am not myself!

After all the generals in the meeting had left, Chief of Staff Kleist said without worry: "General, you are the supreme commander, and you should not lead the troops to take on blocking missions, just in case!"

Chief of Staff Kleist did not say the following words clearly, but Lieutenant General Jonathan understood what he meant, sighed, and said in a depressed mood: "Chief of Staff, I know what you mean, but you also saw the situation of the meeting just now , I can’t wait to retreat immediately, so this burden can only be taken by me, Chief of Staff, when I command the troops to block the Japanese army, you have to command the troops to board the ship at the pier, and the responsibility is also very heavy!" [

Chief of Staff Kleist nodded. Neither of them spoke anymore. Their gazes turned to the dark night sky. There was silence in the meeting room, except for the occasional sporadic gunfire outside Manila, which broke the silence, but set off more and more. The atmosphere is depressing.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Yoshihiko Haruta, commander of the No. 14 Army of the Japanese Army outside the Manila defense line.Also in a tent, a military meeting was held.

Unlike the generals and soldiers of the U.S. and the Philippines who were attacked, they were in a state of panic all day long and felt that a catastrophe was imminent. The Japanese generals who participated in the meeting were different.Obviously a pair of confidence in the victory.

Four consecutive days of assault on the Manila defenses.The commanders of the attacking forces on the front line of the Japanese army have already figured out the depth and details of their opponents, and through changing tactics, they are constantly consuming and exhausting the enemy.The imperial army was wringing out the opponent's blood little by little at a price that satisfied them. All the Japanese generals believed that the capture of Manila would only take three to five days.

but.Commander Haruta Yoshihiko is not satisfied with the current results. In his view, the No.14 Army, plus the two divisions and three brigades attached to it, are attacking with all their strength. Manila should be within three days. You can occupy them all, but it took four days, which exceeded my expectations.Lieutenant General Haruta no longer had the patience to wear it down.

Of course, there are many reasons. The resistance will of the US and Philippine soldiers is beyond imagination, and they are not as vulnerable as expected.Commander-in-Chief Ito strictly ordered that Manila should not be captured at the cost of heavy casualties of the Imperial Army soldiers, which made Commander Springfield afraid to let go of the white-blade charge tactics.But in the view of Lieutenant General Chuntian, the fundamental reason.It is the result of the commanders of the various attacking forces blindly seeking stability and not daring to let go of the attack.

Turned a battle that best embodies the Bushido spirit of the Imperial Japanese Army into a lukewarm offensive and defensive battle. Although such a tactic can minimize the casualties of the Imperial Army soldiers and consume as much as possible The soldiers of the Philippine army are powerful, but this kind of battle is not the kind that Lieutenant General Haruta Yoshihiko likes.

Therefore, at the beginning of today's military meeting, Lieutenant General Haruta Yoshihiko did not follow the usual practice to summarize the battle. In his own words, after four days of fighting, there was nothing new. The fighting spirit of the [-]th Army did not exist at all. Reflected.

Lieutenant General Haruta Yoshihiko looked at the relaxed division and brigade commanders, frowned, and said loudly: "Masters, today's military meeting has only one content, and that is how to wipe out the entire army in the shortest possible time. The U.S. and Filipino troops on the Manila defense line will occupy Manila as soon as possible. For this reason, the staff has formulated a new attack plan, Chief of Staff Hashimoto, please announce it!"

The attack plan formulated by Chief of Staff Hashimoto has only one key point, which is to change the previous combat method that mainly consumes the active forces of the US and Philippine troops in order to avoid excessive casualties. The method of attack, all the troops are fully engaged in the attack, and the time of the attack is set at 29:[-] am on August [-].

The method of attack is to use the four divisions of the 14rd, [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th divisions of the No. [-] Army as the attacking arrows, and use Batangas, Lucena, Cavite, Quezon City is the breakthrough point, adopting a continuous attack method, storming the four main points of the American Manila defense line, and the rest of the attached troops are evenly dispersed in four directions, serving as the second echelon of attack, taking turns with the first attack echelon .

Chief of Staff Hashimoto's plan was announced. The Japanese commanders did not show the excitement they should have. Commander Haruta's style of play was fierce and fierce. However, the casualties of the troops will increase to an unbearable level. In other words, it is to use the tactics of the sea of ​​​​people to use the bodies of soldiers to break through the defense lines of the US and Philippine troops.

The commanders at all levels of the Japanese army, who had fought skilfully for several days, had already tasted the sweetness. They exchanged for the greatest effect of annihilating the enemy with the least casualties. Moreover, according to the current tactics, within a few days, the US and Filipino troops on the opposite side will be exhausted. At that time, another thunderous blow will achieve the same result. ?

Why did we adopt such a method with a lot of casualties? What's more, the headquarters of the dispatched army did not strictly order the troops to capture Manila within a certain time limit. In this case, we have plenty of time to drain the blood of those Yankees. The Japanese generals don't understand However, one thing they understand is that their commander likes to attack the enemy in this way.

Lieutenant General Yoshihiko Haruta knew what his subordinates were thinking. He also knew that according to the current tactics, the No. 14 Army could completely annihilate the US and Philippine armies and occupy Manila with minimal casualties. Tactics, very annoying.

However, the inner thoughts cannot be known to the subordinates, so Lieutenant General Chuntian changed his method to explain the new attack plan, he said: "Masters, our vision should be broadened, we should not Only limited to Luzon Island, the capable guys in the navy failed to complete the scheduled task of annihilating [-] British and Australian soldiers in the Coral Sea, resulting in [-] British and Australian soldiers arriving in Australia smoothly."

"Gentlemen, what does this mean? It means that Commander-in-Chief Ito's attacking Australian army has become very difficult to annihilate all the enemy forces on the Australian mainland in a short period of time. It is imperative to increase troops on the Australian battlefield. , Don’t you gentlemen want to participate in the final battle of the Imperial Japanese Army to occupy the Pacific Ocean again?” The net does not skip words.

Lieutenant General Chuntian's words aroused huge repercussions in the hearts of these Japanese generals. All eyes lit up and aroused great interest. The fastest speed is to end the war on Luzon Island before we can go to the Australian battlefield. If so, our No.14 Army will create an imperial army that has won two consecutive battlefields by completely annihilating the enemy. At that time, your lords You will understand what I did today!"

Needless to say, the murderous spirit in the hearts of the Japanese generals has been successfully provoked by Lieutenant General Chuntian, and each of them is full of confidence.Assuring Lieutenant General Chuntian murderously, Chief of Staff Hashimoto watched all this with a smile all the time, "If anyone says Lieutenant General Chuntian is a stalwart warrior, then he is very wrong!" He thought to himself. [

On the night of August 28, around nine o’clock, at the Singapore Military Control Commission building, Tang Qiuli was reading a telegram from Lieutenant General Jonathan, the new commander of the U.S. and Philippine forces, about the specific deployment and time of troop withdrawal.

Tang Qiuli put down the telegram and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, you should immediately call Qiao Busen in my name and ask him to immediately change the blocking deployment, abandon the Manila defense line and Manila city, and send all the blocking troops Arranged on the Polileo line, mainly to cover the evacuation of troops in other directions from the existing positions."

Zhao Yuhe said: "Master, Jonathan's current deployment is indeed very inappropriate. With a division of less than 20 troops, if we want to defend the line of defense that originally required more than [-] troops, the troops will be so weak that they can be easily broken. Once the Japanese army attacks, I am afraid that not only the Seventh Mechanized Division will be submerged by the Japanese army, but also more than half of the American and Philippine troops who are boarding at the port will be left behind. However, Commander, our order, that Jonathan Will you obey me?" The net didn't skip words.

Tang Qiuli sneered and said, "You tell him clearly in the telegram that this is an agreement reached by both parties. During the evacuation process, there are US and Philippine troops on Luzon Island, and they all accept my command. It’s fine if he refuses to carry it out, and we will refuse to escort him either!”

Zhao Yuhe laughed and said, "Master, this is the Achilles' heel of the Americans, and they can't help but disobey orders!"

Tang Qiuli's eyes flickered, and he said, "I don't know what this Jonathan did to come up with such a blocking method. It's stupid to concentrate the blocking forces on the Polileo line, which is no more than ten kilometers wide. It will make the defense depth reach a certain thickness. Moreover, Polillo is just stuck in front of the US and Philippine army boarding staging area, which is the most ideal blocking position. However, in this way, the escort plan of the Le Yiqin Air Force will We need to make some local adjustments!"

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