Age of Rebirth

Tang Qiuli, the commander of the reading force division, couldn't understand Jonathan's deployment, and decided to retreat. Why did he still guard the Manila defense line? He didn't really think that with the strength of a division, 10,000+ Japanese troops could be blocked in the city of Manila Twelve hours away?Net many words

Putting aside Polillo's good defensive position, the American thinking is really incomprehensible. Thinking about it, I have been under MacArthur for a long time, and with such a boss, what chance can I have for training? It is a bit of experience to suddenly take on important responsibilities. Insufficient, courage is commendable, and the practice is not good enough, Tang Qiuli is relieved.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe immediately understood what the commander meant, and said, "Master, what you mean is that Commander Le's aircraft fleet should propose relatives to intervene in the evacuation operations of the US and Philippine troops, and provide them with air fire cover so as not to be attacked. If the Japanese army bites, you can't get away!"

Tang Qiuli said with some reluctance: "This is the only way to do it, otherwise, I'm really worried that they won't be able to withdraw. In your telegram to Jonathan, you must emphasize one point. All troops must be dispatched at six o'clock in the morning on August 29th." Before hours, they evacuated their positions and gathered at the pier to wait for boarding. The Americans could only escape under the cover of night. With Le Yiqin's fleet, we can't carry out a comprehensive cover!"

Then, he said to himself: "This situation is so similar to the Dunkirk retreat!" [

Zhao Yuhe, who had already walked out, turned around and asked strangely: "Master, Dunkirk, what is that place?"

Tang Qiuli said discreetly, "It's nothing, I just remembered something!"

But he secretly cried in his heart, "It's so confusing, the Dunkirk retreat is indeed true, but it didn't succeed. It's all because of my own appearance. More than 40 British and French soldiers were gathered and wiped out by the German army in Dunkirk." The Kirk area, therefore, has also seriously damaged the vitality of Britain."

Tang Qiuli's telegram soon reached Jonathan's hands. The request in the telegram really made him difficult. According to the retreat plan, after several days of fierce fighting, more than [-] U.S. and Philippine troops were dispatched in stages. Cover, gradually evacuate, leave the Manila defense line, and gather at the pier.

And Tang Qiuli's order is to let all the troops immediately abandon their current positions and quickly gather in the direction of the pier, and the blocking troops under his command should also abandon the existing fortifications and rebuild their defensive positions in Polillo. What if the Japanese army took advantage of the evacuation of the troops and attacked across the board?

In order to achieve the cover of the retreat and not disturb the Japanese army on the opposite side, I have ordered all the troops, especially the frontline troops, to abandon all vehicles, heavy weapons, tanks, and armored vehicles, and march to the port on foot. The Japanese army caught up , that would be a one-sided massacre, Lieutenant General Jonathan had to consider the consequences.

However, seeing the almost ultimatum order from Tang Qiuli, Lieutenant General Jonathan gritted his teeth and decided to follow the order on the telegram. On the one hand, without the escort of Chinese planes, his troops would not be able to reach Australia at all. The main reason was based on his confidence in Tang Qiuli. This Chinese had never been defeated in the battle against the Japanese army in the Indochina Peninsula.

Lieutenant General Jonathan issued new orders to all the troops. The American and Filipino soldiers, who had watched the neighboring troops keep withdrawing from their positions before it was their turn, were so anxious that they were scratching like cats. After this order, as if received an amnesty, he withdrew from the position at a speed that was unbelievable to him. Many American soldiers felt that the light and heavy machine guns were a drag, so they simply left the position.

In the darkness of night, the city of Manila fell into a tense atmosphere. Groups of soldiers crossed the streets of Manila, just like a pack of wolves chasing after them, passing through the city without looking back. Citizens are not so sensitive yet. Those wealthy businessmen and famous families can’t sit still. The Americans are going to leave us and run away by themselves. Who knows what will happen after the Japanese occupy Manila?

Behind the groups of US and Filipino soldiers, crowds of fleeing refugees began to appear. However, just as the car drove out of the gate, those soldiers who usually saw themselves as if they were seeing the God of Wealth, now they did not recognize their relatives, and they couldn't help but talk about it when they came up. He smashed the car to pieces, and warned viciously: "I don't want to live anymore? According to the order of the Manila Garrison Command, all vehicles are not allowed to go on the street before [-]:[-] am tomorrow, and those who violate it will be shot on the spot!"

The car is gone, and there are still two legs. It is better than staying in the city and letting the Japanese kill them. Therefore, the pampered people have to run after the soldiers panting. In fact, they don't know Running there, I instinctively felt that it would be safer to follow the soldiers with guns.

When the soldiers were gathering at the port, the refugees who followed saw the ships, and they all understood in their hearts that as long as they could board these ships, they had a chance of survival. However, this opportunity did not belong to them, but to a group of people With guns in hand, the officers, who seemed to be more panicked than they were, could only look at the boat and sigh.

But a businessman is a businessman, and he quickly found the key to solving the problem. Therefore, various transactions began to be staged on the crowded pier through the night and chaos.

When Lieutenant General Jonathan received an angry and naive report from Brigadier General Kleist, the chief of staff who commanded the troops to board the ship at the port, the matter had become very serious. About 2 wealthy businessmen, politicians and The ax officials have already boarded the transport ship. Everyone knows how they got on the ship. These people have more or less relations with the former commander-in-chief MacArthur in one way or another.

Even if he has never met MacArthur, he can still find a reasonable excuse to get in touch with someone who is related. At this time, the low prestige of Chief of Staff Kleist and his submissive impression of MacArthur became fatal. The weakness of the army, the military officers and other senior government officials basically ignored the orders of the newly appointed chief of staff, and he could not prevent such things from spreading.

Originally, in the evacuation action plan, there was a part to evacuate the colonial government officials during the American occupation, and ten ships were specially allocated for the transfer of government officials and confidential files and documents. However, these ten ships The ship has become a tool for high-ranking government officials to make a fortune. The number of people on board has nearly doubled the approved number, and people continue to board the ship by various means.

At this time, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning on August 29th. Lieutenant General Jonathan was so angry that he was almost going crazy. He made it clear that what it meant if the situation continued to develop, it meant that the ten ships, just, just It will sink in the turbulent waves of the Southwest Pacific, which means that there will be more soldiers than one division in your own troops. The [-]th Mechanized Infantry Division will never be withdrawn to Australia.

Moreover, such a chaotic situation will also affect the evacuation of the entire army. If the troop carrier formation has not left the port by ten o'clock in the morning, on a sunny day, two 10,000+ soldiers will be crowded in the port, exposed to the Japanese army. In front of the soldiers, even if there was a Japanese bomber or fighter jet, just throwing a few bombs and sweeping a few shuttles would cause total chaos.

Lieutenant General Jonathan didn't dare to think about what the frightened troops would look like. Although there was a group of Chinese fighter jets covering the air, it was an inevitable reaction for the soldiers to panic and run around. [

Lieutenant General Jonathan's heart surged with murderous intent. He ordered all the gendarmerie troops to board every ship immediately, and drive off all those who used various means to board the ship. If they refused to disembark, they could resort to force. way, until shot.

After a large number of gendarmes boarded the ship, there was another commotion of crying and vicious cursing, which was also mixed with sporadic gunshots. Lieutenant General Jonathan quickly restored order in the port with an iron fist.

Thanks to MacArthur, his Manila defense line was built far away from the periphery of Manila city. The scenes of farce staged at the port and the riots that spread to the whole city of Manila did not disturb the Japanese soldiers. This is probably the most that MacArthur did during his rule of the Philippines Right, and the only good thing!Although his original intention was not the case.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, a burst of earth-shattering gunfire broke the tranquility before dawn. Flames flashed in all directions along the Manila defense line, and continuous explosions, like heavy thunder, rolled in the sky. Started on time.

After the overwhelming bombardment, 10,000+ Japanese soldiers, divided into four groups, roared and rushed towards the positions of the U.S. and Philippine troops. There was no rain from the original head-on shots, and the position was empty. After being astonished, they immediately became ecstatic. Under the continuous attack of the Imperial Japanese Army, the US and Filipino troops had abandoned their positions and fled, and the Manila defense line had been breached.

There is only one order for the commanders of the Japanese army at all levels, to attack as quickly as possible, and strive to become the first imperial army unit to rush into downtown Manila. In front of it, there is not only a bustling city, but more than 20 people who have lost resistance The American and Filipino soldiers of the will, and all the Japanese soldiers stared with blood-red eyes, flooding over the positions of the US and Filipino troops, over the Manila defense line, and flocked to the city of Manila like a flood that burst a dike.

The Japanese troops who rushed into Manila did not encounter any resistance. A prosperous city just fell into their own hands. The Japanese officers and soldiers were tempted by the huge victory. 10,000+ troops were scattered into the city. In every corner, they began to enjoy the power that the Imperial Japanese Army should exercise after conquering the city. As for the presence of 10,000+ American and Philippine soldiers, it did not seem to have attracted Japanese commanders at all levels, especially middle and lower-level officers. Too much attention.

(To be continued)