Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

An hour later, the National Army's first stage of crossing the river was completed, and all soldiers of the New Fifth Division and the Second Marine Division crossed the Cagayan River with minimal casualties.

The [-]th Division of the Island Army is an elite division after all. Even when the headquarters and logistics have been paralyzed, they still resist stubbornly and make full use of the advantages of the jungle to fight desperately with the soldiers of the national army.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, reinforcements from the enemy's left and right flanks arrived, and the battle entered a stalemate.

The island army's Cagayan River defense line is tens of kilometers long, and the entire defense line has more than four divisions. When the No. 18 division was attacked, other divisions naturally had to deploy troops to support it.

But as long as the troops crossed the Cagayan River, the collapse of the island army's defense line was a certainty. Liu Dakun did not give them a chance to breathe, and immediately ordered the two divisions of the second echelon and the third echelon to come up immediately.

At 07:30 in the morning, the entire defensive line on the north bank of the Cagayan River, which was more than ten miles long, was completely smashed into a pot of porridge, and the gunfire gradually faded away until after eight o'clock.

At about nine o'clock, far from the headquarters of the first group army.

Chief of Staff Zhao Liangyu walked in with a happy face and said: "Commander, good news, Cao Guoliang and the others have captured the east coast defense line of the [-]th Division of the Island Army and repelled the reinforcements from the left and right wings of the enemy. Attack forward, strike at the enemy's remnants, and never give the enemy a chance to breathe."

"Good, good." Liu Dakun repeatedly praised: "Cao Guoliang did a good job. This time, most of the No. 18 divisions suffered casualties. If we spread our feet and pursue them, they won't even have time to pee, let alone build a third division." The line of defense has been established, and within three days, we will be able to penetrate their entire jungle line of defense and appear north of Manila as scheduled."

Zhao Liangyu continued: "That's right, once the opening is opened, the enemy has no intention of defending it. Duan Ruyi also sent a telegram just now. They have also completed the first stage of crossing the river, and the enemy has entered the retreat stage."

Liu Dakun said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the knife should be the first contributor this time. If he hadn't taken the little devil's headquarters and cut off the little devil's logistics, with the little devil's poisonous gas bombs and bullets, our casualties would definitely increase. It’s more than doubled, let alone so smooth and fast.”

Speaking of the knife, Zhao Liangyu suddenly became silent. This silence made Liu Dakun very nervous: "No... Chief of Staff, you...don't tell me that the knife is gone?"

Zhao Liangyu shook his head and said, "Xiao Dao has lost contact."

Liu Dakun breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "You scared me to death, that guy, as long as he didn't see his body, he must be alive. With his ability, I don't believe that the little devil can take his life? "

Zhao Liangyu was obviously not as nervous as Liu Dakun, and sighed: "You didn't know the situation at that time, so I'm afraid you won't be as optimistic as you think."

"What's the matter, what happened then?"

"They originally planned to end the battle in half an hour. This was a surprise attack. As a result, the enemy's reaction was not slow, and they returned in time. The surprise attack turned into an encounter. They failed to break into the enemy's warehouse for the first hour. In order to cooperate with them, Cai Jiansheng, who was in charge of attracting the enemy's frontal firepower and feigning an attack, temporarily changed his tactics and launched an attack on the enemy. Zhu Fusheng, who was in charge of intercepting the enemy's reinforcements, was also forced to extend the blocking time. There are more than 100 people, and the cruelty of the battle can be imagined, but Xiaodao and the others are completely surrounded by the enemy, and the degree of danger is even higher. Up to now, no news has been received that one of them has come out alive, and the walkie-talkie is not at all Can't get in touch."

"So it doesn't matter whether they successfully completed the task?"

"There is no doubt about this. According to the aviation report, Butterfly Valley is still full of smoke and flames, and the material warehouse must have been completely burned."

Liu Dakun's face turned serious, he walked back and forth twice with his head scratched, and said, "Order Cao Guoliang to speed up the attack, and send more people to search near the Butterfly Valley. If you want to see people, you need to see corpses."

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Just when the Battle of Cagayan River achieved a phased victory, the Mi Army Airborne Division also made a breakthrough. The troops broke through the enemy's outer defense line and marched into Manila, and the battle entered the street fighting part.

The airborne division has not been idle these days, and the planes and heavy artillery have not let up in the attack on Manila. Every day, tens of thousands of artillery shells and aviation shells hit Manila.

The U.S. military also puts artillery fire first in combat, and soldiers will never storm places that can be destroyed by artillery fire.

Manila is the capital and economic and cultural center of the Philippines, with a population of more than [-]. Most of the buildings in the city are wooden and flammable structures, which cannot withstand continuous days of carpet bombing.

Before the rice army entered Manila, the island army and the innocent people in the city were killed and injured countless times. The whole of Manila has become a ruin, with corpses strewn all over the field and blood flowing into rivers.

But these are not in the eyes of the Mi Army Airborne Division, they only know how to attack, and attack crazily.

After the army entered the city, the tanks cleared the way, and the densely packed helicopters above provided fire support. Once encountering resistance, all kinds of artillery shells would be smashed without any scruples, and then the infantry advanced.

The island army, which has completely lost its air supremacy, can't stop this fierce offensive, so it can only retreat steadily.

According to the island army guarding Manila, it is the First Division of the Guards, and the commander of the division is Takumo Nishimura, who is known as the "Flower of the Famous General" in the island army. This person is definitely not a kind person.

Although the battle situation was extremely unfavorable to the island army and defense was almost impossible, he still ordered the soldiers to fight steadily, and pushed all the people in the city to the front to block the bullets of the rice army and slow down the speed of attack.

The rear wantonly destroyed urban buildings, burned houses, blew up roads, bridges, and tunnels, which were used to delay the rice army and prepare for the smooth retreat of the troops.

What is even more cruel is that a large number of people were massacred, burning, killing, looting, rape?

In fact, at this stage of the battle, the island army no longer has the value and significance of sticking to Manila.

The Cagayan River defense line collapsed, and Manila would soon face enemies from both sides. Therefore, the smooth entry of the Mi army into the city was actually due to the island army's intentional retreat.

The strength of the front is gradually weakening, and the rear has actually begun to enter the retreat phase.

But the ferocious island army was unwilling to hand over a complete Manila to the Americans, and single-handedly concocted the tragedy.

According to post-war statistics, more than [-] innocent people died in this war. As for which ones died from the massacre by the island army and which ones died from the artillery fire of the two sides, it is impossible to verify.