March 17, 1945. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Manila.

On the north side of downtown Manila, on a hill in the Japanese-occupied area, several people lurked in the tall grass. They were watching the battle. These people are East Asian faces and are relatively tall, taller than Filipinos and taller than Japanese. The men looked at it for a while, nodded, and left the hill.

A few people sneaked a short distance into a courtyard on the outskirts. There was a secret sentry at the door, and when he saw them returning, he said, "How are those little deflated calves doing?" ”

Yikes. Northeasterners.

What no one expected was that the Northeast Coalition Army had already extended its hand to the Philippines. They reached out to the Philippines, of course, for more than one purpose, but the most realistic one turned out to be money.

One of the people who came back said: "It will take a few days to occupy the Philippines." I guess the Japanese will have to deal with the aftermath. We meet and summarize the situation. ”

At this time, two more people came back, so tired that they couldn't breathe, and said: "Quick, we found that the Japanese were transporting things to the power plant and burned them, it is estimated that they are documents." If we go and intercept someone, we might be able to get the file. Reinforcements are needed. ”

Yamashita called a meeting of officers to arrange the funeral affairs of the Philippines. He had already anticipated that the U.S. military would occupy Manila.

At the meeting, the officers all understood that Manila, and even the entire Philippines, could not hold on, nor could the Malays, and the hundreds of thousands of lone troops in Taiwan could not last.

Yamashita Fengwen saw that the popularity of the people was not high, so he cheered everyone up: "When we occupied Singapore, we were also running out of ammunition and food, and our military strength was far from enough, but we had a strong momentum, and we won more with less, and pressed the British army to surrender. Today, the American army is the same, they rely on strong logistics, advanced weapons, they have the upper hand for the time being, but they are vulnerable to our brave soldiers. ”

The spirits of the crowd lifted a little.

Yamashita Fengwen said: "The Philippines is densely jungled and has many islands, as long as we deal with them in the jungle and islands, even consumption can drag them down." ”

One officer said, "Sounds reasonable. Our navy is finished, and it is no longer dependent on a large supply of supplies, but the Americans need it. So, what's next? ”

Yamashita said, "Manila will hold out for five more days, and then we will leave here and deal with them." I believe that with our current strength, it will not be a problem to deal with them for a few years. According to the consumption of the Americans, relying on the Philippines alone, we can drag it down and buy time for the empire. As long as our army remains, the lifeblood of the Empire's southern transportation will not be broken. ”

Major General Yan Yuan, the commander of Manila, stood meticulously and upright: "I promise to defend Manila at all costs." ”

He was a rear admiral and needed to obey orders from the Admiral, but could also be disobeyed. Therefore, his words are somewhat ambiguous: he does not say that he will hold out for five days, but that he will do whatever it takes. In fact, he had already made up his mind to die. Yamashita knew what he really thought, but he couldn't control him anymore, so he was confused. His purpose is to pull other troops out and preserve their strength.

After a while, the meeting was dismissed, and everyone went.

Yamashita returned to the office, called an officer in, and said, "Are you in a hurry?" I'll give you a mission to get rid of some of the Manilans. ”

The officer said, "Are they the ones who participated in the burial?" ”

Yamashita said, "Yes." We, the Mountain Lily Society, must complete the task assigned by the Emperor. You have to pay attention to deal with these people can't be too concentrated, disposing of the corpses is a big problem, try to put them into the river and wash them away. ”

The officer said, "Yes, no Filipino who participated in the burial work must be allowed to live and let them bring the secret into the coffin." ”

Yamashita said, "Now, gold, raw materials, treasures. Because of the blockade by the US military, these things cannot be transported back, so they can only be buried first, and then slowly find a way later. The fate of the empire is at stake. It must be done well. ”

The officer said, "Yes! ”

Yamashita Fengwen said: "Yan Yuan is a madman three times, he is a navy, he will not carry out my orders, and he will fight to the end." As an Imperial soldier, I can't stop him. However, if he does this, he will kill a lot of people, and he will beat Manila to pieces. ”

"This just creates an opportunity for our actions and will cover up our traces," the officer said. ”

Yamashita Fengwen said, "But there is not much time left for you. ”

After the officer went out, Yamashita called in another staff officer and said, "How is the document destruction going?" ”

Staff: "In order not to cause confusion, we transported several truckloads of documents to the power plant and incinerated them. ”

Yamashita said: "There are still documents that have not yet been burned?" ”

Staff Officer: "There are two more trucks, which have just left the headquarters and are now on their way." ”

Gold, raw materials, treasures, these valuable things are the things that Yamashita cares about the most. He had a far-sighted vision, and he knew that the current situation of the Great Japanese Empire was very bad, and it was only a matter of time before it failed. What he has to do, first, is to delay the arrival of defeat, and second, to continue to make a comeback for the future of the empire.

After the staff officer went out, Yamashita Fengfumi immediately drove away from the headquarters.

At the same time that Yamashita left the headquarters, the truck that destroyed the documents had already arrived at the power plant.

The Manila power plant had ceased to function, the managers had run away, and only a dozen Japanese troops had taken over the place. They will not start the power plant, only keep the boiler burning, with the aim of burning documents. There are too many documents, it is not easy to destroy, only the furnace of the power plant can do it.

The first truckload of documents staggered into the power plant. The road was too difficult to walk, and a few people stopped the truck and told them to take a detour. By the time they arrived, two trucks from the second batch had arrived.

The people at the power plant had been waiting for the rejection to open and let the five trucks in. Several others guided the truck towards the boiler room.

It was at this time that someone fired.

The opponent's marksmanship was very accurate, and after a few shots, the devils in the power plant fell down two people.

The officer escorting the truck had a very poisonous eye, and immediately judged that although the other party had accurate marksmanship, there were two people. There are a dozen of us, and we can completely defeat them.

The Japanese officers quickly gave the order to return fire.

There was one driver and one escort in the truck, and there were three people standing in the truck compartment. The truck immediately braked, and the dozen or so people immediately fell down and began to fire back.

To the surprise of the Japanese officer, although there were only two people on the other side, these two people were very slippery. Constantly changing positions, bullets locked key points, and the wheels of the last car were blown and crooked on the road, blocking the way out.

After grinding for a long time, the Japanese troops escorting the car had lost four or five people, all the drivers were dead, and the other two people were still changing positions.