March 25, 1944. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Manila. Clear.

In the morning, the U.S. military cleaned up the vicinity of the dock in Manila, and some Filipino bigwigs who had returned with the U.S. military also moved around. Soon, the people came out of the ruins, felt peace, and welcomed the American troops. Manila is in ruins and littered with corpses, and the only cleared area is where people gradually gather, giving Manila some life.

At noon, the people got the news that the allies were going to hold a ceremony to enter the city, and they hoped that everyone would come and participate. Some of the bigwigs have specially notified their followers to attend. The people gradually became enthusiastic, and slowly the ants gathered near the docks.

combined, came some Filipino soldiers, scattered. Filipino soldiers. They joined the Allies and are now tasked with maintaining order.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, several small boats came, and the Allied soldiers came down from them, and quickly occupied some important places, plus some Allied soldiers who had arrived before, and a large area near the pier was strictly protected.

The many Filipinos who arrived began to look forward to it.

The Philippines is a colony, and the people have developed the habit of submitting to the colonizers. When the Japanese came, they surrendered to the Japanese and welcomed the Japanese, and when the Americans returned, they welcomed the Americans and surrendered to the Americans.

The Philippines was ruled by Spain for a long time, from 1542 to 1898. As a result, many Filipinos have Spanish names. The Spanish had a huge influence on the culture of the Philippines. After that, the Spanish-American War broke out between the United States and Spain, and the Philippines became an American colony.

In the minds of Filipinos, foreign education is always the best, and foreigners are always noble. A lot of Filipinos have Spanish names. Many Filipino Chinese have not only Chinese names, but also Filipino names and Spanish names. The Americans came, and some took American names.

After all, the Americans have been colonizers of the Philippines for many years, and the Filipinos still recognize them very much. In particular, after the withdrawal of US troops, they also supported many guerrilla and other anti-Japanese organizations. These people are all pro-Americans.

At this time, more than a dozen Filipino beauties dressed in fancy clothes swaggered in. They are dressed exaggeratedly, so that people can know what they are doing at a glance. The American GIs were agitated at the time, and a few of them whistled at that time.

Warbler Yanyan, a peaceful scene. The nervous American soldiers began to relax, filled with infinite imagination about life in Manila.

One o'clock in the afternoon.

Accompanied by the President of the Philippines, MacArthur attended the welcoming ceremony of the US military.

The president of the Philippines is not the Japanese-backed president Lowell, but the president of the government-in-exile, Sergio Osmina. The first president of the government-in-exile was Manuel Luis M. Quezon, who died in 1944 and was succeeded by Vice President Osmina.

Interestingly, Osmina was born in China.

Sergio Osmina, Sergioosmena, was born in Shishi in 1878 and was named Wu Shimin. His father's name is Wu Wenfeng, born in Shishikeng East Village in the ninth year of Qing Xianfeng (1859), his family was poor when he was young, he dropped out of school after studying in a private school in the village, engaged in farming, and at the age of 15, he went south to Cebu City in the Philippines with his father, first as a domestic servant, and then as a businessman. Older, he returned to his hometown to get married, and returned to the Philippines the following year to set up a company to import and export the company, and the local products were sold to the United States and other places. In 1908, he founded the Insolat Shipping Company, which owned its own steamship and became a leader in the Cebu business community. Later, he was awarded the title of Zhongxian Doctor by the Qing government, and received the rank of alternate soldier. In 1910, he returned to his hometown to retire. In the 10th year of the Republic of China (1921), he died of illness.

Sergio Osmina graduated from the Law Department of San Juan College in Manila, Philippines, in 1903. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper in 1900, worked for the president from 1904 to 1907, later joined parliament, and helped Quezon found the Nationalist Party.

In 1933, Sergio Osmina traveled to the United States to promote the passage of the Philippine Independence Act. Later, as the first vice president, Quezon became the second president of the Philippines after his death.

In 1942, after the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Quezon declared Manila an undefended city with the withdrawal of American troops. The government-in-exile went to Australia. In 1943, the Japanese supported the Second Philippine Republic, drafted a constitution, established the National Assembly, and elected José Paciano Lowell as president.

A few days ago, the Japanese army retreated, and Lawwell and his government retreated to Baguio with the Japanese army, and then fled to Japan. And Osmina became the president of the Philippines again.

A local standing in the front row felt that someone had patted him, and when he looked back, a man was carrying a large strip of cloth in his hand, motioning for him to pass forward. So, he carried the strip of cloth and motioned to the next person to pass forward. The strip of cloth was quite long, and it took him a long time before he could see the whole content clearly: General MacArthur, Filipinos love you.

I don't know who passed it over with a strip of cloth in front of me, and I'm very happy to hold the strip of cloth.

President Sergio Osmina, who was next to MacArthur, looked at it and was proud: it was done well, brilliantly. Who did this? It's really eye-catching. Good. Why didn't anyone write a banner welcoming me?

As if to answer his question, a few people squeezed out on the other side, unfurled a red banner, and wrote in English: Welcome to the return of the president! Write in Chinese: Hello, our very own president!

Sergio Osmina was delighted. Apparently, the banner was written by a Chinese.

MacArthur was in an even better mood. He had seen the photos taken by the reconnaissance plane and knew that Manila had been bombed badly, but he did not expect so many people to participate in the entrance ceremony.

MacArthur was an assertive man, and he was a man who thought highly of himself. When he and the president don't deal with it, the president can't do anything about him. Fame, power, and prestige, what can you do with me?

He couldn't stand the criticism of himself. Some people say that it is the first time to land in the Philippines, and it is useless to take pictures. Okay, I'll take one in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and I won't take many pictures for you to see.

The scene was very warm and touching. If you want the protagonist to have a protagonist, you want a supporting role to have a supporting role, and even the extras are very complete. It's just that the order is a little chaotic, and the local people are bustling and don't really abide by the order. Those people seem to be really happy in the days of their fate, as the legend has been, and although they have just experienced the Japanese massacre in Manila, experienced the indiscriminate bombing of American planes, and just lost their families, relatives and neighbors, they are still happy: they are full of hope for the future: the American colonizers have returned, and better days have come.

Among the welcoming crowd were quite a few journalists.

Gonzalez, a reporter for a tabloid in the Philippines, also returned with the U.S. military. He arrived at the scene early with his camera and prepared to take pictures. His camera is very worn, an American camera produced more than twenty years ago, and it is not very easy to make.

When I arrived at the scene, there were already many people gathered. Just as he was about to squeeze forward, a man said in English: "Hello, Mr. Reporter." ”