The failure of the first landing was undoubtedly a harsh lesson for the Japanese troops responsible for attacking Davao City. Although the fighting on Luzon Island is still ongoing, the losses of the Japanese troops attacking Luzon Island do not seem to be as large as those on this side.

When the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in charge of the Philippine campaign received a telegram from Yorizo Tanaka, he naturally looked very angry. Although there were no losses from the warships and planes in charge of the attack, there were many losses from the infantry and transport ships.

Of the more than 5,000 Japanese troops who landed on the island, less than 2,000 were left when they retreated. This means that in this landing operation, in addition to the loss of several transport ships, the Japanese army also took the lives of more than 3,000 infantrymen.

Although this time in order to attack Philippine, the Japanese army also gathered heavy troops. However, the main offensive of the Japanese army was more placed in the Luzon area, which the US military focused on defending. As for Mindanao, the Japanese thought it would be easy to take it down.

But reality dealt them a heavy blow, causing the Japanese commander to start thinking about whether to change his landing plan. But as it stands, the Japanese did need a forward airfield that would allow them to deploy a large number of combat aircraft.

In view of this situation, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army could only send a group of infantry from the headquarters to take charge of the attack. He also instructed the bomber group to carry out multiple batches of bombardment of the positions in Davao City and the beach to clear the way for the infantry to land.

But this arrangement, naturally, also takes time!

On the other hand, after receiving a telegram from Zhao Tiehu, two consecutive days of combat blockade made the US troops commanded by MacArthur equally miserable. Whether it is the fleet or the fighter group, the US military loses to the more powerful Japanese bowl navy.

Even MacArthur had already received a telegram from the British troops stationed in Xinjiapo, and the war in Xinjiapo was still not optimistic. Faced with the Japanese army's plan to advance in two directions and encircle Dutch Indonesia, MacArthur also felt a headache.

MacArthur was even more worried about the British Far East Fleet stationed at Xinjiapo, which had lost its combat effectiveness in the two days of engagement. The few remaining warships were simply unable to withstand the surging large number of Japanese ships.

MacArthur, who was worried about the enemy on his back earlier, saw Zhao Tiehu inflict heavy losses on the Japanese troops trying to land in Davao City, and said happily: "It seems that I still underestimated their combat effectiveness, and this Chen's command and combat ability is very good!" ”

Just looked at Zhao Tiehu in the telegram, making it clear that they could only delay the time for the Japanese army to land, but there was no way to prevent the Japanese army from finally forcibly landing. MacArthur also knew that he had to offer to make some arrangements to preserve the way out.

Earlier, MacArthur felt that the U.S. forces in the Philippines and the indigenous troops they trained were strong enough to protect Luzon. But now it seems that he overestimated the combat effectiveness of the indigenous army, and also overestimated the combat effectiveness of the US military stationed in the Philippines.

In the final analysis, compared with the fact that most of the Japanese troops have actual combat experience, the US-Philippine coalition forces are far inferior to the Japanese army in terms of combat effectiveness of the navy, land and air force. This also means that it is unlikely that they want to hold Luzon.

With this understanding, MacArthur gradually recognized Zhao Tiehu's battle plan to kill and injure the enemy's living forces. After all, Michael Arthur was well aware that the Japanese army had a fatal shortcoming, and that was that their forces were extremely limited.

Nowadays, the Japanese army invaded the colonies of Britain, the United States and the Netherlands in the South Seas, more often to seize the Dutch oil fields in Indonesia. If Indonesia's oil fields did not support their war, the defeat of the Japanese army would be a matter of time.

The most important thing is that even if the US military has declared war on the Japanese army. But the Pacific Fleet has been badly damaged, and it will take time to rebuild. This time is what the U.S. military needs. To this end, MacArthur began to recruit people to build fortifications in the rear of Luzon.

Knowing that Zhao Tiehu had a group of officers who had returned from the War of Resistance Against Japan, MacArthur also asked Zhao Tiehu for several officers to guide the construction of fortifications. Because, the blocking battle in Davao City has proved Zhao Tiehu's strength.

Under these circumstances, MacArthur also transported some materials that were inconvenient to transport long distances on Luzon, and even a batch of weapons and ammunition, to Mindanao by transport plane. With these U.S. military equipment, the combat effectiveness of the wolf warrior has also increased rapidly.

The coastal cities of Mindanao have dispatched anti-Japanese war veterans as the backbone of the escort to be responsible for blocking the attack. The Chinese who were recruited in the rear were also conducting intense training in the jungle, and from time to time some were transferred to the front line for rotational battles.

Even though there are inevitably casualties in every battle, the families of these sacrificed soldiers also feel a little comforted when they see their children buried in the martyrs' cemetery in the jungle with a high standard, and many Chinese business leaders attend the funeral in person.

Chen Wan, who was even appointed as the chairman of the Women's Federation, took a group of female soldiers engaged in war mobilization and psychological counseling and began to enter various Chinese villages in the jungle to preach the necessity of the War of Resistance.

After all, if the Chinese are not united at this moment, once the Japanese army takes control of Mindanao, then the Chinese living on the island may be slaughtered by the Japanese army. Only when all the people are soldiers can they survive this catastrophe.

In order to increase the self-protection capacity of the migrant villages, women in the prime of life in some villages have also been armed. If someone walks into the jungle of Mindanao at this moment, they will see that nearly half of the Chinese in every village carry rifles.

From time to time, the people of the migrant village were informed of the fighting outside the jungle. In doing so, I also hope to tell these people that the outside troops are responsible for the fighting, and they only need to live in the mountains with peace of mind.

Mindanao, which entered the winter, also became quite lively because of the battle. In addition to conducting military training every day, each Chinese immigrant village also organized people to dig air-raid shelters and isolation zones to prevent possible indiscriminate bombing by the Japanese army.

In Zhao Tiehu's view, it is better to find something to do for the people to make the people idle and panic. Earlier, some of the resettlement villages had not been excavated and fortified. And now, these people have just perfected this kind of thing.

As for grain, not a single grain produced in Mindanao in the past two years has not been left outside, and Zhao Tiehu has also purchased a large amount of grain from outside. Therefore, seeing that they stay in the jungle every day without worrying about food and clothing, Chinese immigrants gradually live with peace of mind.

The Japanese landing force, which suffered its first setback, again approached the port of Davao after resting for half a month. Compared with the previous time when the Japanese army only used infantry, the Japanese army that attacked this time transferred a squadron of chariots to cooperate with the landing force to attack.

Similar to the previous attack, the Japanese warships that arrived outside the harbor carried out another naval artillery strike at the fortifications on the island. In the course of the naval artillery strike, the ships transporting combat vehicles began to slowly approach the shore and send the tanks to the beach.

Groups of redeployed Japanese infantry slowly advanced behind the chariots. A company commander who remained in the position also felt a little surprised when he looked at the Japanese tanks that came down from the transport ship.

Quickly said: "Call the battalion commander and inform the little devil that the tank unit has been dispatched, and please instruct our department on combat mission!" ”

The company commanders, who knew that the fortifications they had built earlier had been bombed and shelled by the little devils one after another, and that they were basically unusable, also knew very well that the more role they had left here was to monitor the Japanese landing force.

The rest of the battle was more in the equally dilapidated city of Davao. Now in the face of the little devil tank head, the blocking force did not have the weapons to stifle its tank at all, and staying here will only increase casualties.

Sure enough, after receiving a call from the guard company, the commander of the guard battalion in the underground fortifications in the city also quickly said: "Fire a few shots, and your company will withdraw!" I'll arrange troops to get you into the city!" ”

'Yes, Battalion Commander! ’

After receiving the order of the commander of the escort battalion, the commander of the guard company also quickly gave the order to engage the battle. Using the few intact machine-gun forts, they held back the Japanese troops who landed and advanced towards them. But a platoon of the guard company began to make preparations before retreating.

The explosives box, which had been placed in the underground passage, was carried out by the soldiers and placed in the cement pit buried in the trench. The electric detonator was plugged in, and the cement slab on top was immediately covered.

When the Japanese tanks advanced to a distance of about 200 meters, the guard company also opened fire. A small number of machine-gun forts began to focus on shooting the Japanese infantry covering the advance of the tanks. Seeing this scene, the tank immediately fired back.

It is a pity that the power of tank guns alone is simply not capable of knocking through a strong machine-gun fortress. In this case, the tank could only continue to move forward, covering the slow advance of some infantry hiding behind the tank.

Seeing that a position had been broken through, the commander of the guard company no longer hesitated and said, "All retreat!" ”

Having received an order from the company commander, the soldiers guarding the company quickly rushed into the underground passage that extended in all directions and quickly retreated from the passage. On the other side of the passage, there is their troop defense, so there is no need to worry about being blocked in the passage by little devils.

As the guard company fully retreated, the Japanese infantry commander in charge of the attack, looking at the soldiers who had successfully broken through into the defenders' trenches, also said excitedly: "Kill a few!" ”

The Japanese infantry, which had been advancing cautiously, soon poured into the trenches abandoned by the defenders in batches, and began to plan to besiege the defenders in the trenches. As a result, the Japanese infantry who entered the trenches stumbled from time to time to stumble on the debris and stray mines.

The sound of explosions sounded from time to time made the Japanese infantry who were searching for it feel equally miserable. At this moment, the commander of the guard company, who had all withdrawn into the underground passage, came to a control room in the underground passage.

Looking at the people running past one after another, he took out a key and said, "Have the brothers all withdrawn?" ”

'Company commander, take it down!' There are already little devils chasing after them! ’

'It's okay, you go first!' These little devils who dare to get into the underground passages, wait for me to deal with them with a platoon. Now, it's time to give the little devil one last big gift! ’

Open an electrical box installed on the passage, and the company commander closes the gate knife of the electrical box. The accompanying electric current travels down the wires that had been planted earlier into the explosives box buried in the trenches. Boxes of explosives set off a huge explosion in the trenches.

Together with the Japanese troops who entered the entrance of the passage, they felt the huge shock wave from the ground, and many Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard were directly blown to pieces. And after the explosion, the entrance of the passage also collapsed one after another, and the entire passage was blocked in an instant!