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Chapter 1776 Saving the GI

It turned out that US President Roosevelt personally called to ask the South China side to rescue MacArthur, commander of the US Far East Army, and his family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

No one could have imagined that the war in the Philippines would change so rapidly, that the US and Philippine troops were blocked in Manila by Japanese troops rushing from all directions, and that the three submarines sent by the US Navy to rescue MacArthur and his family were all discovered by Japanese reconnaissance planes during the voyage.

The Navy judged the course of the submarines, and the cruisers and destroyers built a tight anti-submarine net and waited for the rabbits, and even succeeded in sinking all three submarines, with the result that the US military had no submarines available in the western Pacific region.

The Americans also had their own sources of intelligence, knowing that the South China side had a submarine force obtained from the Far Eastern Republics, so they turned their brains to the South China side.

Nanhua, Xinjing, Xiaonanhai.

In the conference room of the Xuanwu Building, the generals and colonels of the General Staff Headquarters and the Navy and Air Force Commands gathered together and were reporting the situation to An Yi.

Shen Ziling, director of the General Staff Operations Department, said:

According to the information reported by the United States, at 4 p.m. on the 18th, the Japanese army officially captured Honolulu, the last city on Oahu, and the day before, Midway had been occupied by Japanese marines. It is expected that after the Navy frees up its hands, it is very likely that it will aim at the US mainland and the Aleutian Islands, the Aleutian Islands, the Bismarck Islands, and the Solomon Islands, and the US Navy and coastal defense forces have strengthened the defense of their west coasts, focusing on anti-landing operations and air defense, but they are somewhat powerless against those islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, the victory of the Japanese army was only temporary, and we must realize that almost all of the industrial and commercial focus of the United States is concentrated on the East Coast, so although the problems facing the West Coast are more serious, they are not fatal to the United States. If they are given enough time, the United States will produce a large number of warships and regain its superiority in the Pacific. ”

An Yi pondered and asked, "What about the Philippines?" This time Roosevelt asked us to send a submarine to rescue MacArthur, and we can't just come to the door in the dark to save people, right? I've been in the West Indies all this time, and I don't know much about the war in the Philippines, who is going to tell me? ”

"This belongs to my old business, let me explain it!"

Liu Qing, director of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff, stood up with a smile and talked eloquently: "In places like Guam, Midway, Wake Island, and the Hawaiian Islands, we have a hard time grasping intelligence because we can't reach them, but the Philippines is an area inhabited by Chinese people in Nanyang, so how can we be blinded?" As a matter of fact, we know very well the movements of the US and Japanese forces in the Philippines, and some of the details are even clearer than those of the Japanese and US forces concerned.

"The so-called bystander is clear, we can basically understand that MacArthur made an unforgivable mistake in the defeat of the Philippine war. According to a secret report from Taiwan, before the Japanese army and navy air forces launched a strike on the Philippines, the southern part of Taiwan was disturbed by a dense fog, which spread from the southwest to the southeast of the Taiwan Strait, and the Japanese army air force based at the Tainan airfield could not take off at all; if MacArthur resolutely mobilized his air force at this time to carry out air strikes on the airfields in southern Taiwan, then the Philippine operation was estimated to become the Waterloo of the Japanese army.

However, everything was only hypothetical, and MacArthur's arrogance and arrogance had buried his army and put himself in danger. As early as an hour after the attack on Pearl Harbor, MacArthur was notified by Washington, and he immediately ordered his chief of staff to instruct the air force to go into a state of alert. The commander of the Philippine Air Force, General Britton, quickly rushed to the Far East Army Command and requested that B-17s be sent to bomb airfields south of Taiwan, but MacArthur vetoed it!

"It is said that during the period when the dense fog did not disappear, pilots of all the Japanese military airfields in southern Taiwan were nervously waiting next to their respective fighter planes, wearing gas masks to prevent possible air raids. Because at that time, the war at Pearl Harbor had already begun, and it was quite possible that the Americans would return an eye for an eye with a tooth for a tooth.

"At a quarter past seven a.m. in Manila, Philippine time, Arnold, commander of the U.S. Air Force, called Britton from Washington and told him that the planes parked at the airport must not be allowed to repeat the mistakes of Pearl Harbor. As a result, at about half past seven, the observation post in the Balintang Strait in the Philippines sent a radio warning that a group of planes of unknown nationality were approaching Luzon, so Britton ordered P-40 fighters and all B-17 bombers to take off to fight, but it turned out to be a false alarm within an hour, and all the fighters reluctantly withdrew to the base.

By 10 a.m., the fog had lifted, and Japanese fighters were ready to take to the skies, and the first wave of adventurous fighters began to bomb Baguio and Tugaigarao airfields in northern Luzon. After receiving the news of the air raid, Britton once again suggested to MacArthur that he send a group of planes to southern Taiwan, one to bomb the airport in Tainan, and the other to avoid possible air raids by the Japanese army, but MacArthur still sternly refused.

Then, at twelve o'clock in Manila time, ten hours after the air raid on Pearl Harbor, the American airfield was heavily bombed. The reason why the US military suffered unprecedented heavy losses was that most of the staff and pilots at the airport were inexplicable by the delay in the Japanese bombing, and then relaxed their vigilance, and most of them chose to go to lunch. According to the report of our intelligence officers who were lurking in the Philippine army, the observers on the coast at that time once again spotted the group of Japanese troops heading south, and immediately sent an alert to several airfields with teletyped transmitters, but those receivers, without exception, all went to eat, and then everything became irreparable......"

"Wait—"

An Yi frowned, and asked with some incomprehension: "Why did MacArthur repeatedly stop the bombing of the Japanese airfield in Tainan, didn't he know that the best way to destroy the enemy's fighter planes was to destroy the airfield?" And the Pearl Harbor incident has broken out, and the United States and *** are already in a de facto state of war, is he still lucky? Do you guys have any conclusions? ”

"Yes!"

Liu Qing nodded: "We don't quite agree with the US side's suggestion that MacArthur and his air force commanders did not know about the bombing of the Lanyin Islands or the military airfields on Taiwan and Hainan Island, so they sent reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance, resulting in a surprise attack by the Japanese air force and the annihilation of the entire army." After all, the situation is obvious, the closest to Luzon Island can only be the airport in southern Taiwan, and there is no need for *** people to go far!

"I had discussions with Du Yi, and finally I thought that it should be MacArthur who believes that the Philippines is gradually moving towards independence, and can remain neutral because of its independent status and not be attacked by *** people. MacArthur obviously did not favor the US troops stationed in the Philippines and the Philippine army he organized, so he tried to avoid war, but the war broke out anyway, proving that this person's vision is very poor, too stupid and naïve! ”

"Huh!"

When An Yi heard this, he remembered the excuse after the indecent photos of a certain female star in his previous life were exposed, and he couldn't help laughing.

There was laughter in the conference room, but Liu Qing was unmoved, and continued to introduce:

"The U.S. military has a division in the Philippines that was newly transferred to Luzon two months ago, mainly in Manila. In addition, there were ten Filipino divisions, five of which were stationed on Luzon Island, in Nyaine, San Fernando, Ulangapo, Batangas, Ramon Bay, etc. In addition, the islands of Panay, Cebu, Wright, Negro, and Mindanao each have a permanent division.

"The Philippine Army is trained in the American style, and although it is fully manned, it is generally considered to be ineffective, but in fact, in the military operation to exterminate the rebels the year before, this army has been tempered, especially when it comes to resisting foreign insults, and it can exert strong combat effectiveness. They also have an advantage, that is, they are familiar with the terrain, if they can drill the ravine to fight guerrillas, they are absolutely helpless. ”

An Yi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Until now, how many intelligence officers have been mixed into the Philippine Army, and what positions do they hold now?" ”

"There are about 329 people serving in the Philippine Army, many of them are already battalion commanders, and the highest rank is Huang Can, a Filipino Chinese who has been trained in the non-commissioned officer school, he is now the colonel chief of staff of the third division, and the three regiment commanders of that division are all Chinese, and their combat effectiveness is not weak!"

An Yi nodded, and asked again: "Is the Third Division surrounded in Manila now?" ”

"Nope!"

Liu Qing smiled slightly: "The Third Division is not in Luzon, but stationed in Mindanao, the island is about 90,000 square kilometers, mountains and plateaus are widely spread, after the Japanese army launched a landing operation on the 10th, the Third Division took the initiative to withdraw to the mountains on the island and began to fight guerrilla attacks with the Japanese army. Mindanao was originally a farm area vigorously operated by the Ou Group, and later the property rights were transferred to Lu Kaiming's Heung Kong Group (formerly the South China Group), and the Chinese have a certain advantage in Mindanao. ”

An Yi was very interested and waved his hand: "Let's be more detailed, these situations may not necessarily inspire us to solve the Philippine problem in the future!" ”

Liu Qing nodded knowingly and said:

"The last time the great plague broke out in India, *** people bought a large number of drugs such as moxicillin, sulfonamide and simoxicillin from Heung Kong Group, and wantonly wooed Lu Kaiming and Ah Biao. Under such circumstances, as long as the Heung Kong Group can pay enough taxes and pay public grain, the Japanese army will definitely not invade the Chinese industry on the island! After all, if they take care of these industries by themselves, they will definitely make a mess, and it is better to let them run by the Chinese and get more!

"In this way, the 3rd Division will be able to obtain sufficient ammunition and food supplies to hold out on the island for a long time, and we can also completely transform this army by sending cadres continuously, by slowly mixing sand and eliminating hostile elements. The idea of the intelligence department, since the end of the last century since the Spanish-American War, the Philippines has been a colony of the United States, if in the future to expel the United States, to the face of the Americans, although we can not include it in the territory, but can provoke a civil war in the Philippines, the establishment of several Chinese republics, in order to achieve the role of containing the Americans. ”

"Very good!"

An Yi nodded again and again when he heard this: "This idea is much more thoughtful than I thought." In fact, after the recovery of the Lanyin Islands, we can also support the establishment of several independent countries on the other islands after the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java are included in the territory, and all those indigenous people can be relocated there, so as to ensure the dominant position of the Chinese in the country.

"One of the major effects of this world war is to completely disrupt the old order, and the colonial system will face collapse with the decline of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Japan and other countries. Therefore, we must take the last free ride, and through this war, confirm our territory in the international community and lay the thousand-year-old foundation for the Chinese nation to flourish! ”

The generals are enthusiastic and excited about this great blueprint, but everyone knows in their hearts that this is just a plan, and it depends on everyone's hard work to implement it.

Liu Qing then introduced the war situation in the Philippines.

"The U.S. military in the Philippines has lost the air force, and the results are naturally disastrous. With the successful landing of the Japanese army, the defensive line constructed by the American and Philippine forces was no match for the well-trained Japanese army. The Japanese army responsible for attacking the Philippines was a new unit that was reorganized from the 14th Army of the Burmese and Indian Front. The commander of the Japanese army is Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, who cooperated with Koichi Ishikawa, commander of the Burmese and Indian Army, during the War of Resistance in North China, to block our Fifth Corps. ”

"Honma Masaharu was not highly regarded within the Japanese army, and his continued ascension to the throne was believed by most people to be the result of his long tenure as an aide-de-camp to Prince Yoshihito Chichibu Miyajihito, the younger brother of Emperor Hirohito, and the result of the imperial family's support. According to our observations, this person is more of a military theorist and lacks actual command and control. This time, in order to ensure the victory of the Philippine operation, the Japanese army headquarters even sent Kenji Dohihara, deputy chief of staff, to Luzon Island to control the frontline at any time, which shows that they do not trust its capabilities.

"It is reported that the strategy of preferentially entering the Bataan Peninsula came from the hands of Dohi Moto, at that time, Honma Masaharu meant to occupy Manila first, and the relationship between the two was very stiff for a while, and after reporting to the base camp ruling, the chief of staff, Ishihara Wanji, agreed with Dohihara's plan, saying that Honma Masaharu's strategy was tantamount to returning to the mountain, and went to the telegram to apply for ......"

"Wait, is there anything famous about this Bataan Peninsula? Why do both Kenji Dohihara and Ishihara pay so much attention? An Yi interrupted Liu Qing's words and asked.

Yang Fei, chief of staff on the side, explained: "In the Spanish-American War 42 years ago, although the US Navy controlled Manila Bay and the Army also occupied Manila, the war was not over. With the Spanish Army holding on to the Bataan Peninsula, the war had to become a long-term one. Based on this, the Japanese base camp generally believed that the key to the war in the Philippines was not to control Manila, but to occupy the Bataan Peninsula.

"Judging from the U.S. battle plan we obtained, the Japanese army's response was very ruthless, and it can be said that it completely restrained the actions of the U.S. military. It was only after MacArthur was encircled that the U.S. side revealed to us its plan orange, the main purpose of which was to delay the Japanese invasion until the U.S. Pacific Fleet could assemble in full force and open the shipping route to the Philippines.

"On the Bataan Peninsula west of Manila Bay, because of the terrain which was extremely favorable for defence, and was supported by artillery fire from the defenders defending the port facilities at Manila Bay and the defenders at the nearby fortress of Corregido Island, there were sufficient stockpiles of war materiel in advance, including machine guns, artillery and a large number of trucks, and food for two hundred thousand people. Judging from the strategic thinking of the Americans, so many supplies are enough to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

Unfortunately, with the Pacific Fleet routed inside Pearl Harbor, it was impossible for the Philippines to receive any reinforcements anytime soon, which was an important reason why MacArthur did not firmly implement the Orange Plan. MacArthur woke up from a dream when the Japanese captured the Callumbit Bridge over the Benga River west of Manila and the mountain range behind it, cutting off the retreat of the US-Filipino forces, but by this time, he could no longer control the situation.

Because the army in Manila did not have time to withdraw into the Bataan Peninsula, resulting in a serious shortage of troops on the peninsula, the 48th and 105th divisions sent by the Japanese army have occupied the Samodo Mountains at the northern end of the peninsula, and it is already a matter of time to capture the southern tip of the peninsula and Correcidor Island to the south.

"Once the Bataan Peninsula and the island of Correcido were captured by the Japanese army, a large number of strategic materials hoarded by the United States fell into the hands of the Japanese army. Moreover, the US military is trapped in Manila, and there are many places that need to be defended, and the interception is weak, coupled with the loss of air supremacy, the destruction can be expected. That's why the U.S. government is so eager to ask us for help. ”

An Yi now has a thorough understanding of the situation in the Philippines, closes his eyes and thinks for a while, stands up and walks to the miniature Manila sand table of the staff officers of the General Staff according to the scale, carefully looks at the red and black flags representing the US-Philippine coalition forces and the Japanese army, beckons the generals to surround him, points to the port area of Manila, and says:

"The northern side of the Japanese army was blocked along the Gallokan River, and the southern front was blocked by the Krabi fortress that MacArthur boasted that he would not be able to take in 100 years with a million troops, and Manila was safe for a short time. Now let's discuss, how can our submarines break through the anti-submarine defense line built by the Japanese army of cruisers and destroyers off the coast of Manila Bay? According to the intelligence provided by the United States, the United States has realized that the United States will send submarines to pick up important Philippine government officials and MacArthur and other major generals, and has stepped up the search efforts, is the Navy sure to break into the bay to save people? ”

Vice Admiral Wei Mingyang, chief of staff of the Navy, said confidently:

"There was nothing wrong with that. At present, our diesel-electric submarines use a larger proportion of battery capacity, higher horsepower diesel engines and electric motors, and can reach a speed of 20 knots underwater. In fact, the most dangerous thing is only the sea area of about twenty kilometers on the periphery of Manila Bay, but how many cruisers and destroyers does the Japanese want to use for anti-submarine in such a wide area? The reason why the American submarines failed was that their every move was controlled by the Japanese and judged accordingly according to the time of ascent and dive.

"But we are different, our submarine has many innovations, such as our Type II submarine, which continues the design of the Type I underwater transport ship, adopts a unique teardrop type design, and is equipped with new equipment such as snorkels, small radars and radar sirens, which are built separately in each module, and then built in a combination of final assembly, the battery has a capacity 30% higher than that of the previous generation of batteries, and at the same time, because there is no need to carry cargo, all four of the warehouses are equipped with additional battery modules, The combined weight of all batteries amounted to a staggering 1,000 tons, a proportion of up to one-third of the total tonnage.

"After testing, we found that the Type II submarine can sail underwater continuously for up to 30 hours at a top speed of 20 knots, and can easily pass through the anti-submarine network composed of cruisers, destroyers and other ships to attack important targets in the core of the fleet, and then calmly evacuate. Our Ship Research Institute is already considering whether to replace it with a higher-horsepower electric engine, which can reach a top speed of more than 30 knots underwater, which can also maintain four to five hours of underwater time. This speed is enough for our Type II submarines to chase and intercept the combat fleet for a short period of time, rather than chasing the merchant fleet.

"Therefore, with the capabilities of our submarines, there is no pressure to pass *** Navy, the only thing that needs to be considered is how many submarines to send to penetrate the anti-submarine net."

An Yi nodded with satisfaction.

At present, the South China Navy is not capable of competing with the three great powers of the United States, Britain, and Japan, so it can only take advantage of the sword and give priority to the development of naval submarines. With the support of the National Bank of South China, the major shipyards are in a large number of expansion docks, slipways, and dry docks, and due to the use of sectional construction and assembly, a Type I and Type II submarine only needs to occupy the slipway for about 90 days, and the utilization efficiency of the slipway has been greatly increased, and a submarine can be built in seven or eight months.

Of course, the original shipbuilding plan is still being completed step by step, and four aircraft carriers, four cruisers, and 12 destroyers will be included in the shipbuilding project this year. Generally speaking, the Navy is accumulating strength, and when it is officially unveiled, it will surely cause the world to be shocked.

Air Force Commander Huang Yuyi suddenly interjected:

"Now, whether it is *** or the United States, they all regard our South China as a land power, and they have no fear of our navy. Because of this, although we do not have an advantage in fighting against our army on land, we still regard us as nothing and unscrupulously wage war in the Pacific region.

"In that case, I think it is better to take the offensive on land and still take a relatively conservative defensive stance on the sea. In this rescue of MacArthur, I suggest that we do not need to dispatch naval submarines, but simply let our air force take on the rescue mission. We can explain to the US side that most of our submarines are old ships and cannot break through the anti-submarine network of the Japanese army, and that it may be more certain that the air force will rescue them! ”

Huang Yuyi's words made An Yi's brain turn all of a sudden.

Due to the absence of the navy's boss Cheng Guang, political commissar Yan Kaitai, deputy commander Jiang Shangmin, and chief of staff Wei Mingyang all showed dissatisfied looks. There were not many missions that the Navy could have participated in, and it spent its days in the coastal waters training under the protection of airship radar and coastal radar stations. Now it is hard to have a mission, but it is a little difficult for the Air Force to fight for it.

An Yi never thought of using the air force to save people, and in his impression, Manila was still relatively far away from the Indochina Peninsula, and simply sending a transport plane to pick up people was tantamount to a moth to a fire when the Japanese army had air supremacy.

Lieutenant General Peng Zuliang, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, explained on his behalf:

"Manila is 1,300 kilometers from our Cam Ranh Bay, Da Nang and Quy Nhon Air Base, 2,600 kilometers round trip, our AN6 transport aircraft have a range of 4,500 kilometers, the A27 fighters that can be used for escort have a range of 1,950 kilometers, the A28 fighters have a range of 2,200 kilometers, and the A29 has a range of up to 4,000 kilometers, which is completely capable of a large-scale air raid on Manila.

"From the moment we received the commander's notice, we surveyed the airport and weather conditions in Manila. Manila has three military airports, the most well-equipped of which is Nikolsgaard Airport in the southeast, and the other two smaller airports can also accommodate two or three squadrons to land and refuel! Since almost all the fighters of the US Air Force were wiped out at the Clark and Iba airports, the air raids of the Japanese fighters on the city of Manila were mainly bombed by the barracks and the port wharf, and did not attack the airport.

"In the last two or three days, there have been no big clouds near Manila, so we can coordinate with the US military and suddenly dispatch two or three flying regiments, concentrating more than 200 fighters and one or two transport aircraft groups, to Manila. After arriving at the airport in Manila, the A29, which has the best performance in the air, will be on alert to return fire on all intruding fighters, and after the A27 and A28 are fully refueled, they will take off in waves to wipe out the Japanese fighters and bombers that have come to the alert to launch a siege on our airfield.

"With the combat effectiveness of our Air Force, coupled with the US military's fuel and bomb stocks, it is completely possible to support it for a few days. As long as Manila's north-south defense line is not lost, we can completely withdraw a large number of US troops to South China itself, and such a common enemy will bind the United States and us together, while MacArthur can only use South China as a forward base for counteroffensive. MacArthur was appointed by the U.S. government as commander of the U.S. Far East Force, and with him by our side, we could get a lot of U.S. aid......"

The more An Yi listened, the more surprised he became, and finally couldn't help but applaud repeatedly:

"Wonderful, wonderful! In doing so, we will not expose our naval strength, and the withdrawal of personnel and materials is also incomparable to that of submarines! It's a good idea, but it's still too conservative, and we're going to have to gather at least 10 more flight regiments and five transport aircraft groups to participate in this rescue operation. In this way, more than 800 fighter planes and 200 AN-6 and AN-7 transport planes have been rushed to transport, and there is even hope that more than 15,000 US troops will be rescued. In the future, even if there is any friction between the two countries, they will also take care of the old relationship......"

The more An Yi spoke, the more excited he became, and immediately returned to the conference table and commanded loudly:

"Brothers, this time it's not just a matter of the Air Force, the Navy also has to pull it out, isn't our 'Qingcheng' aircraft carrier in service? Although the carrier-based aircraft capacity is only 35, it can be used as a fulcrum at sea and play a protective role. The First, Second and Third Fleets, all hoisted the flag of the US Navy, went around the South China Sea shipping lanes, and made the *** people suspicious!

"The General Staff, the Air Force, and the Admiralty immediately began to study the plan, and it was necessary to make this operation foolproof! This time, let's play bigger, so that the Americans can remember our good, so that we will have to come up with aid materials in the future, and we will be justified, right? ”

At this time, several generals of the navy were already convinced, and they responded "yes" in unison, and the conference room was boiling, and many anxious generals had already begun to discuss the specific details.

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