After receiving Lin Qing's instructions, the Hebrews immediately divided all their troops into three teams and marched along the three main roads south of Palawan to press down together. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The southern part of the island is far away from the mainland of the Philippines and is far less developed than the northern region, so there are only three main roads in the entire southern area, and there are no roads in the rest.

Lin Qing's instructions were very simple, the three roads went hand in hand, compressing the activity space of the Third Division, and there was no room for detours, and the result was that the Third Division could only continue to retreat, and finally was gathered in one place and surrounded by the Palawan Free Army.

In the end, the two sides fought wits and courage for more than a day, and all the commanders of the 3rd Division, Sokalie, were captured, but the Southern Army also paid the price of more than 500 casualties.

So on May 17, the day after the Palawan Freedom appeared, the Palawan Free Army officially occupied the entire territory of Palawan Island, which shocked the entire Philippines for a while.

However, most people are still not optimistic about the Palawan Free Army, and most of the people on Palawan Island are also the same, choosing to wait and see, waiting for the government army to counterattack.

Although many people have seen the excellent equipment of the Palawan Free Army, in their eyes, the deterrence of the government army is still very large, and there are not even a few people who are optimistic about the Palawan Free Army, just thinking about how long they can hold out.

May 18, evening.

Even though it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was still hanging in the sky, emitting a scorching glow, reminding everyone that it was still early.

The weather is good, the weather forecast reports, in the next three days, the whole of Palawan will be sunny, cloudless, lying on the beach, basking in the sun, blowing the sea breeze, drinking coconut water, eating bananas, this should be the life of the residents of Palawan.

There was indeed a group of people gathered on the beach in Puerto Princesa, but instead of wearing sexy swimsuits and bikinis, they were uniformly dressed in green military uniforms and were busy on the beachhead.

Lin Qing stood on a hill not far from the beach, overlooking the entire beachhead: "It is certain that there is only this way of army, and the Philippines does not have enough warships to support them to be able to land at multiple points at the same time." ”

The Philippine government navy now has a total of about 30,000 people, including more than 8,000 members of the naval polemic team, more than 3,000 people of the coast guard, nearly 20,000 reserve forces, and 120 ships of various types.

There are a total of 66 surface ships in service in the Philippine Navy, except for a 1,500-ton frigate, there are no ships exceeding 1,000 tons, and most of them are ships launched during World War II or after World War II, and the age of the ships is more than 60 years, and it is estimated that they will be forcibly retired in China.

The only main battleship in the navy, that is, the 1,500-ton frigate, is a Cannon-class frigate built by the Yankees during World War II, which can be regarded as a legend.

On 14 June 1955, the U.S. military handed over the wrecked ship to Japan, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force named it "Hatsuichi" and used it until June 1975.

On December 23, 1978, the wrecked ship was handed over to the Philippines.

In 1979, the wrecked ship was towed to South Korea for overhaul and modernization.

On February 27, 1980, he served again in the Philippines.

The ship also has a sister ship, the Dato Calantio, which sank by Typhoon Clara on September 20, 1981.

But he is still firmly known as the overlord of the Philippine Navy, the leader, although it has long been decrepit, but the Filipinos feel that he is one of the best ships in the world, and can rely on him to dominate Southeast Asia.

Yes, I forgot to mention that the maximum speed of this broken ship is eighteen knots, but now it can drive about sixteen knots, which is slower than ordinary merchant ships, and the endurance is not as good as some missile boats.

In addition, none of these warships are equipped with missiles, and even torpedo tubes are very rare goods, not to mention various radars and other advanced items.

Now Lin Qing has to face the landing force composed of these old ships, oh, and the Philippine Air Force.

Regarding the Philippine Air Force, Lin Qing was shocked when he saw the information, he originally thought that the five planes he encountered in the battle in Puerto Princesa before were backward enough, but after looking at the information in his hand, he knew that there was no lag behind, only more backward.

The ground-to-air missiles used by Lin Qing in Puerto Princesa are one of the more than 100 third-generation fighters supported by the Yankees in the seventies and eighties of the last century, and they are also one of the few dozen remaining advanced aircraft in the Philippines that can take off.

The Philippine Air Force has about 17,000 personnel, consisting of three air divisions, nine flight wings, and seven logistics support wings.

The Philippine Air Force has the same situation as the Navy: it lacks sophisticated troops and advanced equipment.

The main aircraft in the Philippines are 21 OV-10 "North American Mustang" two-seat twin-engine turboprop aircraft (five of which have been shot down by Lin Qing) and 62 Bell UH-1U/M helicopters, most of which need to be repaired, both of which are at the level of the sixties of the twentieth century.

As early as 1972, when the US military withdrew from Vietnam, the Philippines acquired nearly 100 jet fighters from the US military, but most of these planes were difficult to take off due to lack of maintenance and basic maintenance, or were parked in hangars because of the lack of enough pilots.

In addition, South Korea has provided the Philippines with equipment such as second-hand F-5 fighter jets, UH-1 helicopters and military trucks at a symbolic price of "US$1."

In 2005, all the second-hand F-5A fighters in the Philippines were decommissioned, and the existing 21 OV-10 "North American Mustang" light attack aircraft are the main fighter models of the Philippine Air Force, but it is said that the Philippine government cannot afford to purchase air-to-air combat missiles and air-to-ground missiles, and these aircraft can only use machine guns to strafe the ground, and there is no other use.

There is even more gossip that in order to cover up its inability to afford missiles, the Philippine military has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop something that looks similar to the American Sparrow air-to-air missile, a model of a missile cast in steel that hangs above the weapon rack of an airplane. (To be continued.) )