Liu Dakun naturally knew that Huang Jie was helping him, so he quickly nodded like pounding garlic, and repeatedly said that he would change his past mistakes and would not do it again next time, Jiang Haoran's face looked much better.

Huang Jie also asked appropriately: "Commander Liu, you must have other things to do here at this time, right?" ”

"Ah...... Yes, yes, yes, Chief of Staff, you know, I, Liu Dakun, am notoriously ruthless in training soldiers, and the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the soldiers of the Yuanyi Group Army are not half a star higher than those of the other two group armies, so we are the most suitable candidates for the main attack on the Philippines this time, you see......"

"Hehe, it's useless for you to ask me about this." Huang Jie looked at Jiang Haoran as he spoke.

Liu Dakun hurriedly took a step forward, stood in front of Jiang Haoran and said with a flattering smile: "Boss, look...... This time, let's go to the Far Army, right? ”

Jiang Haoran said coldly: "Let you go?" Could it be that Lao Tzu is still embarrassed and not embarrassed enough, and he has to be thrown out of the country? When the time comes, you, General Liu, will take this group of wolf-like soldiers to carnival in the Philippines, and the whole world will know that my Jiang Haoran's soldiers are beast soldiers. ”

Liu Dakun slapped his chest and said excitedly: "Boss, as long as you hand over this task to me, if something else happens, you shoot me, and I, Liu Dakun, will never complain." ”

"Okay, this is what you said, Lao Tzu will believe you again, if you dare to lose Lao Tzu's face, Lao Tzu will kill you." Jiang Haoran said sharply.

"Good!" Liu Dakun also answered happily.

"Get out, hurry up and get ready, and we'll leave in five days."

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The Philippines is located in the western Pacific Ocean, bordering China's treasure island in the north and the Dutch East Indies in the south. The Philippine archipelago is part of the Malay archipelago in southern Asia. It is bordered by the South China Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east.

The Philippines is mainly divided into three major island groups: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, with more than 7,000 large and small islands.

Baguio, a summer resort in the central and western part of Luzon, is home to the headquarters of the island army's Zhennan group.

The commanders and chiefs of staff of the Southern Army of the Island Army died one after another on Hainan Island, and they did not even salvage the military flags, so the establishment of the Southern Army could only be abolished and replaced by the Zhenwu Group Army, in order to revitalize the heroic style of the Southern Army.

The commander of the 17th Army, Yamashita Fengfumi, was ordered to be promoted to commander-in-chief of the Zhennan Group Army and promoted to general.

The Zhennan Group was under the jurisdiction of the 14th Army, the 17th Army, and the 31st Army, all of which were the old units of the Southern Army.

Among them, the 14th Army was stationed in the Dutch East Indies, the 31st Army was stationed in the Mariana Islands, and the 17th Army was stationed in the Philippines.

The first two armies were six divisions and regiments, each with a total strength of more than 140,000 troops.

When the 17th Army escaped from Indochina, only the 1st Guards Division and the 237th Division were still in order, and the 18th Division was annihilated in the Malay Peninsula with two wings, and even the division commander Mutaguchi Lian was also annihilated.

However, the island army still rebuilt the 17th Army on this basis, not only replenishing the losses of all the original troops, preserving the original establishment, but also adding two B divisions of the 19th and 20th divisions, as well as three C divisions of the 241st, 242nd, and 243rd divisions, with a total strength of 200,000.

In addition, there are still four divisions in the base camp on the way to reinforcements, which are expected to be reached in half a month at most, and they will also become the defensive force of the Philippines, and the total strength is expected to reach more than 270,000 in 12 divisions.

It also includes a large number of special forces such as biochemical and kamikaze special forces.

Similarly, the island army has a large number of expatriates in the three places, and has also formed many puppet army units, and it is a common trick of the island army to use the locals to deal with the locals.

However, since the large number of puppet troops on the Chinese battlefield are fighting against the water, the little devils no longer dare to entrust them with important tasks, at least it is impossible for such things to happen like the ones that appear on the front line on the Chinese battlefield, they are only responsible for logistics and transportation and law and order in the jurisdiction, and the establishment is basically not too large, at most at the brigade level.

Because Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines and the region with the highest concentration of politics, culture and economy, the defensive force is bound to be the largest.

The Visayas were defended by the 241st and 242nd Divisions, while the second largest island, Mindanao, was defended by the 20th and 243rd Divisions of the Island Army.

The rest were all the most elite troops of the Jiannan group. Among them, the 20th Division organized a defense along the coast of Lingayen Bay, and the 237th Division defended the North Luzon region. The 18th Division was to defend the area west of Clark in Central Luzon, and the 1st Guards Division, the most elite of the Guards, was to hold the Manila area of Luzon.

Because Clark and Manila are the most critical areas, the two most elite units of the Zhennan Army are also deployed as horns of each other.

The island army has been operating in the Philippines for more than two years, and has built strong and permanent fortifications in all areas, and fortified projects have been built on many key ports and coastlines.

In terms of the air force, the island army is relatively weak, and there is only one Fourth Flying Regiment in the entire Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and the Mariana Islands, with more than 600 planes of various types.

In order to win the battle, the island army increased the number of planes by 400 on the premise of replenishing the losses in the previous battle, and in addition to the 200 planes that had been given support on Hainan Island in the front, the total number of ground aviation planes reached 1,200.

That may sound like a huge number, but it's nothing compared to their region and the brutal battles they'll face next.

According to the intelligence of the Special High Section, the Allied attack was a four-nation alliance between China, the United States, Britain and Australia, and their army and aviation forces may not be as good as the Chinese army's current holdings on Hainan Island and the Indochina Peninsula.

Of course, they still have twelve aircraft carriers of the Southern Fleet, and the number of carrier-based aircraft is still more than 700, but the naval superiority of the allies is probably multiplier than them, the aircraft carriers of the Chinese Pacific Fleet have reached 20, and the rest of the British are still unknown, Britain may only maintain the establishment of the East India Fleet, but no one can know in advance how many aircraft carriers will participate in the battle of the powerful Mi Army.

As for the strength of troops, the island army also does not have an advantage, and people can continue to advance to the front, but because of the bottleneck in transportation, the island country has already had a bottleneck, except for the one-time reinforcement of four divisions promised by the base camp, I am afraid it will be difficult to have a second time.

Although the situation in all aspects of the war was unfavorable to the island army, Yamashita still spoke wildly, determined to "resist the war independently and permanently", and drag down the Allied forces with long-term defense and containment until they were eliminated, but he didn't know where he got the confidence.