According to Li Civilian's intelligence, the US military stationed in the Philippines has a total of 3 divisions and more than 36,000 people, of which 2 divisions are newly formed and have very low combat effectiveness; The U.S. military's defense focus is Manila, where 1 division is stationed, followed by Mindanao, with a focus on Davao Harbor, and 1 division is scattered throughout the Philippines to maintain local security; In addition, there are more than 60,000 Philippine troops formed to assist the US military in maintaining the management of the entire Philippines, because the Americans do not trust the Filipinos very much, so the weapons and equipment are very backward, the training level is very low, and it is okay to deal with civilians and tribal natives, and the regular army of the Xia Empire will be vulnerable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The operational plan drawn up by the General Staff was divided into two steps, the first step was to land in the Philippines, and the second step was to encircle Manila.

The war in the north was commanded by Lieutenant General Du Dewei, and the war in the south was commanded by Lieutenant General Han Shin, and the ultimate goal of the whole campaign was to encircle Manila and eliminate the American troops stationed there.

On the afternoon of the 18th, when Zhang Wei arrived at Palmyra Atoll, Lieutenant General Chen Dezhi arranged for one division of Janissaries and two brigades of Japanese mercenaries to board the ship, and his destination was Lingayan Bay, where he prepared to land and divide the northern part of Luzon into two and cut it off.

The other units also received orders to start the campaign at 5 o'clock in the morning of the 20th; The Marines holding exercises in the South Seas, with the assistance of the Navy, prepared to land from Subic Bay to cut off the retreat of the US forces into the Bataan Peninsula, while occupying the entire Bataan Peninsula and the batteries holding the mouth of Manila Bay; The 18th Army stationed in Yazhou was arranged to land at Ba Dayan in the southwest of the Philippines; Han Xin led 1 division of the Praetorian Guard, 1 brigade of Japanese mercenaries, and 1 regiment of indigenous mercenaries to land at Port Legazpi on Luzon Island, and went all the way north to clear the US troops stationed in various places; The commander of the 4th Army of the Archipelago Military Region led two divisions of the National Defense Force and the remaining mercenaries to occupy the whole of Mindanao and the northern islands.

At 5 o'clock in the morning of the 20th, the fleet holding the exercise in the South China Sea first sent two squads of submarines to block the exit of Manila Bay; Then he ordered the USS Hindenburg, which had long been under the direct jurisdiction of the Northern Theater Command, which had long been over Manila, to reduce its flight altitude and begin bombing the US military camp in Manila, striving to inflict maximum casualties on the US troops in the first wave of bombing, break their will to resist, and at the same time create the false impression that the Xia Empire was preparing to land in Manila, so as to create conditions for its troops to land in the Philippines; This was also done to attract the U.S. military to defend Manila and not to run away, because if the U.S. troops were allowed to flee into the mountains, it would be much more difficult to clear the seizure.

The Hindenburg airship carried more than 200 tons of bombs, and soon after receiving the order, it began to bomb the US military camps, and so many bombs exploded in the US military camps, causing serious consequences and devastating blows to the US troops; Of the more than 200 tons of bombs, one-third contained napalm * petrol * bombs, and the rest were burst bombs, which the captain of the airship ordered to release napalm * * bombs first, and then burst bombs.

At 5:20, the first napalm * gasoline * bomb fell on the US military camp, the violent explosion woke up more than 6,000 sleeping US officers and soldiers, and at the same time caused a raging fire in the camp, as the bombs continued to fall, 15 minutes later, the entire military camp was shrouded in flames, the US troops inside did not have time to escape and died in the fire, many people lost their lives before they even had time to call, and all the US soldiers did not even have time to leave their bones, completely disappeared in this world.

The captain of the airship observed through the binoculars that the entire barracks was in flames, and no American troops escaped from the barracks, and was very satisfied with the results of his bombing, and ordered the bombing to stop, he was not ready to bring the remaining bombs back to the base, so he continued to wander over Manila, looking for valuable bombing targets.

The raging fire in the barracks, the flames were as high as more than ten meters high, and some of the flames that flew up in an instant reached dozens of meters high, illuminating the sky of the entire Manila, and the firelight here could be seen with the naked eye more than ten miles away.

The U.S. Governor General in the Philippines knew that the barracks were over, and the only country in the world that could carry out such a fierce bombing was the Xia Empire.

Just when the governor was in shock, the Bataan Peninsula Fort reported that the Xia Emperor ** ship blocked the mouth of Manila Bay, and several warships flying the flag of the Xia Empire patrolled the waters off Manila Bay; In the next ten minutes, the Governor received several telegrams in succession that the American forces maintaining order in Subic Bay in the west, Lingayen Bay in the north, and Batangas Bay in the south were all attacked by the Xia Empire, and now their warships were shelling the shore, and it was believed that they would land soon after, and the port was densely packed with warships and merchant ships.

The local defenders are all in order, and it is okay to deal with the indigenous civilians, but if they are against the warships and regular troops of the Shangxia Empire, they don't even have the courage to resist.

At 5:50, after confirming that the Xia Empire had launched a full-scale attack on Luzon, the Governor had to truthfully report to President Theodore Roosevelt that the attack of the Xia Emperor's ** team was very fierce, the American army suffered very heavy losses, half of the troops stationed in Manila had been killed, and the Xia Empire chose to land at multiple ports on Luzon Island at the same time, and Manila had been encircled.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the governor in the Philippines received a telegram of surrender from Rear Admiral Evans, commander of the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, the governor knew that the Philippines was over, Hawaii was occupied, and the Pacific Fleet surrendered.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the Philippine Governor General received a telegram from President Roosevelt, in which he claimed that in order to prevent the United States from losing more excellent soldiers, Theodore Roosevelt ordered the Philippine Governor General to surrender to the Xia Emperor's ** team in the name of the president.

The Governor General in the Philippines held a telegram and sighed, what kind of war is his mother fighting, the powerful United States, even the opponent was beaten without even seeing it, and now he can't find where the opponent is, and he can't even find the object of surrender, it's really sad, do you want to issue a clear surrender telegram like Rear Admiral Evans, commander of the Pacific Fleet? He can't afford to lose this face, and in that case it will ruin his future political career, which is not cost-effective.

After much thought, he decided to send the telegram of surrender to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xia Empire, which he had contacted many times before, and knew the contact information of the telegram of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xia Empire, so that he could at least save his reputation, and the governor was very satisfied with his clever decision.

At 9:45 a.m., the troops attacking the Philippines received a telegram to halt the offensive. At the same time, Lieutenant General Chen Dezhi sent a telegram to the US Governor General in the Philippines that the Xia Empire accepted his surrender and would soon send troops to Manila, hoping that he could hand over the city of Manila to the Xia Empire in its entirety and not play any tricks.

After receiving the telegram, the U.S. Governor in the Philippines felt a lot more relaxed, and he thought to himself, even if he was given ten dares, he would not dare to play tricks with the Xia Empire.

The 1st Marine Division received a new order to immediately board the ship and travel from Subic Bay to Manila to receive the surrender of the U.S. Governor in the Philippines and the city of Manila to await the arrival of the follow-up troops. (To be continued.) )