In the first half of January of the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942), the rescue operation began to enter the final stage of preparation.

In order to ensure the success of the rescue operation, the United States urgently allocated 70 transport planes to the Asian theater and more than 30 transport planes to the British military stationed in India and the Nationalist Axe Concession, so that together with the original 80 transport planes of the Britton Tenth Air Force, the number of transport planes gathered in Yangon, Burma, has reached more than 200!

With more than 200 transport aircraft, it can already airdrop nearly 6,000 troops from two regiments at one time!

In addition, the first batch of troops to be airborne in Manila has also been determined, in addition to the special operations brigade of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, there is also a hard-headed battalion of an airborne division of the US Army, and the more than 900 people of the advance team will be under the unified command of Liu Tiezhu, the commander of the special operations brigade directly under the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and their task is to seize the airport and hold out until reinforcements arrive!

On the 10th of January, everything was ready, but the Allies did not implement the rescue plan for a long time.

The reason is very simple, because the conditions are not yet ripe for carrying out rescue operations, and any rescue operation is impractical until the obstacle of the combined fleet of the Navy is removed! At present, the combined fleet of the Navy is patrolling and cruising in the waters of Southeast Asia, and carrying out rescue operations at this time is simply suicide!

………… Coincidentally, while the Allies were in full swing preparing to rescue MacArthur and the more than 20,000 American officers and men trapped on the Bataan Peninsula, the Combined Fleet of the Navy's Combined Fleet was also preparing for a large-scale offensive operation, and the Commander of the Combined Fleet, Gogo Yamamoto, would decide to lure and annihilate the main force of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet at Midway Island in order to completely seize the dominance of the Pacific Ocean!

Since the Battle of Shanhu Sea, the situation facing the Combined Fleet of the Navy's Navy has become more and more severe!

After the Pearl Harbor incident, the US Navy's Pacific Fleet was completely wiped out, and only his own warships were left cruising in the entire Pacific Ocean, but in less than half a year, when the Battle of Shanhu Sea broke out, the US Navy not only rebuilt the Pacific Fleet, but also the size of the fleet was even greater than before!

In the future, the size of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet will only get bigger and bigger, and the inferiority of the Combined Fleet will only become more and more obvious.

After careful consideration, Yamamoto 56 chose the decisive battlefield on Midway!

Midway is 2,800 nautical miles from Yokohama and San Francisco in the United States, and 1,100 nautical miles from Pearl Harbor.

Yamamoto's strategic vision is still very unique.

There are quite a few tactical masters among the generals of the army, but there are really not many who have strategic vision, in terms of the army, Okamura Ninji can be regarded as a master of strategy, and in the navy, there is only Yamamoto fifty-six!

If the Combined Naval Fleet had been able to win the Battle of Midway and then capture Hawaii, the impact on the entire World War II would have been catastrophic.

Because after the loss of Hawaii, the entire West Coast of the United States will be completely exposed to the threat of the Navy, in order to ensure the security of the homeland, the United States political axe must put a large number of troops and war resources into the West Coast, so that Nazi Germany will win the final victory in Europe and Africa without any suspense.

Therefore, the Battle of Midway was of great significance for the entire Second World War!

In order to ensure victory, Yamamoto 56 mobilized almost all the forces that could be mobilized, and the only nine aircraft carriers were dispatched, that is, two days after the Allied "Save the Veteran MacArthur" plan was ready, the main force of the combined fleet of the Yamamoto Navy, which was cruising in the waters of Southeast Asia, began to turn north.

At this point, the conditions for the implementation of the rescue operation are finally fully ripe!

………… Yangon, station near the airport.

Several Chinese soldiers were chatting on the field to relieve their boredom, and a sky-shattering whistle suddenly sounded not far away.

When the Chinese GIs looked back, they saw that Avril had hurried out of the camp in a pair of white skinny jeans and a white short-sleeved shirt, followed by a young Britishman who was carrying a tripod for framing and a wide-angle lens on his shoulders, apparently a photographer.

"Hey, beauty, over here." Several Chinese GIs beckoned one after another.

Avril beckoned to the Chinese GIs, and sure enough, she turned around and walked over, and the American GIs around her suddenly let out a burst of lamentations, but they didn't have the courage to step forward to "snatch love".

Ten days ago, when the two groups of GIs were just put in the same "cage," the American GIs, who were proud of their stature, did not make much trouble with the Chinese GIs, but whether they were beaten in groups or single-handedly, the GIs never won.

Soon, several Chinese soldiers posed for the camera, and Ma Fugui even deliberately puffed up two eye-catching pectoralis major muscles to the camera, and then said in broken English: "Hi, British or American beauties, my name is Ma Fugui, Chinese, there is a chance to invite you to drink, whiskey, on the rocks, ok?" ”

Avril smiled slightly, brushed her windswept hair and stood in front of the camera.

"Good morning, I'm Avril, and I'm glad to meet you again."

"It's been the tenth day since we entered this fully enclosed barracks! For 10 days, no one was allowed to go out without permission, and we had no contact with the outside world, and as the only war correspondent allowed to operate with the army, I had the privilege of recording and sharing my experiences with my camera and tape. ”

"As you saw just now, this is a special and mysterious army, they come from China, this ancient and mysterious country, for this army, you may feel unfamiliar, but if you talk about their commander, presumably everyone will not feel unfamiliar, yes, he is the famous General Yue Weihan."

"Everyone, please pray for me, five minutes ago, I got the news in advance, the Allied command will soon order us to go, I will be involved in this rescue operation from beginning to end, yes, this is a difficult and great rescue operation, we will go to Luzon and do our best to save the veteran MacArthur, and all the American GIs he leads!"

As soon as Avril's words fell, a rapid whistle sounded on the station's field, and the Chinese soldiers and American GIs who were still chatting and farting just now suddenly seemed to have been stung by a wasp, and one by one they jumped up and rushed into the barracks next to them, and in less than two minutes, they rushed out in full armor again.

Avril immediately asked the photographer to stop shooting, and the two of them checked their preparations one last time.

Until now, Avril was extremely excited to be able to participate in this rescue operation throughout the whole process, yes, every cell in her body was pulsating enthusiastically for this, ten days ago, when Yue Weihan nodded to her, she was even willing to give her body to Yue Weihan, yes, at that time, as long as Yue Weihan gave the slightest hint, she would definitely throw herself into her arms.

Of course, the reason why Avril was able to participate in this operation was not because of her beauty, let alone because she seduced Yue Weihan, this was completely a political need, because if this rescue operation can be successful, and the entire rescue process will be filmed into a propaganda film and shown to the world, it will definitely greatly boost the morale of the Allied camp.

It was with this consideration that Yue Weihan agreed to Avril's application.

After another half a minute, the closed gate of the barracks finally opened, but this gate was not the main gate when they entered the barracks, but the side door on the left leading to the airport apron, through which more than 30 DC-3 transport planes were quietly parked on the tarmac of Yangon Airport.

………… Bataan Peninsula, headquarters of the United States and the Philippines.

MacArthur is intently looking at the map, although the Bataan Peninsula is a dead land, although the United States and the Philippines have been surrounded by the two great regiments of the Chinese army, but before the last moment comes, this guy will never take the initiative to give up, MacArthur is such a person, with a wolf-like surname!

Over the decades, MacArthur had many defeats, but many more.

Others often suffer defeat, MacArthur suffered defeat but only made him more cunning, so that his command became more impeccable, the historical MacArthur, once caused great damage to New China, more than 200,000 volunteer officers and soldiers died at the hands of this person, this guy's hands can be said to be stained with the blood of the Chinese people.

But in this world, MacArthur will probably never have such a chance again.

Because Yue Weihan, the little butterfly, has completely changed history, and the entire World War II has become unbelievable.

"Sir!" In the sound of hurried footsteps, Major General Wainwright, commander of the 1st US-Philippine Army, strode into the headquarters and reported to MacArthur breathlessly, "US planes, we have found a large group of US planes!" ”

"What do you say? U.S. military planes? MacArthur's heart suddenly perked up when he heard this, "Our plane? ”

Just now MacArthur also heard the roar of huge aircraft engines in the air, and he thought that the bomber group of the Japanese army was bombing again, but he didn't expect it to be the Allied troops, the question is where did these Allied planes come from? The nearest Allied airfields are all 2,500 kilometers away, could it be the carrier-based aircraft group of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet?

"Yes, sir!" Major General Wainwright nodded, "Our planes, at least 20 DC-3 transport planes, and at least 20 P-40 escort fighters!" However, the temporary runway that we rushed to repair could only withstand the take-off and landing of small planes, and could not withstand the landing of transport planes or even fighter jets at all, and they seemed to have gone to Manila. ”

"Going to Manila?" MacArthur frowned, "What's going on?" ”

The Allied secrecy was quite well done, and until now, MacArthur had not known any news.

Even the Chinese special operations troops and the US airborne troops who participated in this operation did not know what kind of mission they were about to perform, except for the high-level US and major generals such as Yue Weihan and Stilwell, and senior allied generals, only Cao Xinglong and a few other Yue Weihan's henchmen and Avril, a war correspondent, knew the truth.

As soon as MacArthur's voice fell, his confidential secretary had already walked in, first handed the folder in his hand to MacArthur, and then excitedly reported: "Sir, this is an urgent telegram just sent by the Allied Southeast Asia Theater Command, and they are carrying out a rescue operation against you, General and all the trapped US officers and soldiers!" ”

"Rescue!?" MacArthur said awe-inspiringly, "Rescue us!?" ”

"God!" Wainwright also said in disbelief, "This is crazy! ”

MacArthur hurriedly read the telegram, and immediately understood the entire rescue plan of the allies, and immediately turned back to Wainwright and said: "Wainwright, I order you to return to the command headquarters immediately, command the 1st Army to immediately launch a counterattack against the Yue army, I will let the 2nd Army cooperate with your actions, we must hold back the Yue army as much as possible, and we must not let them easily return to Manila!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Wainwright saluted MacArthur and immediately took his orders.

………… Manila, known as the Army Headquarters.

At this time, sitting in Luzon was the famous "Malay Tiger" Yamashita Fengwen.

At the beginning of the formation of the Southern Army, Yamashita was appointed by Terauchi Shouichi as the commander of the 25th Army Corps, which governed the 5th, 18th and Guards Divisions, with a total strength of more than 100,000 troops.

As a result, it only took a month and a half for Yamashita to drive 700 kilometers to win Singapore!

After taking Singapore, because of the tense war in Burma, the 25th Army was immediately disbanded, the 18th Division and the Guards Division were successively transferred to the Burma battlefield, the 5th Division was also transferred back to the Chinese battlefield, and Yamashita Fumi was transferred to Luzon by Terauchi Shouichi as the commander of the Luzon Army, responsible for encircling and suppressing the American-Philippine forces on the Bataan Peninsula.

However, MacArthur was not easy to match, so the attack on the Bataan Peninsula did not go well.

Yamashita immediately suggested to Terauchi Shoufu that he should change the attack to a long-term siege, and when the US-Filipino forces ran out of ammunition and food, they could surrender without a fight, and Terauchi finally agreed to Yamashita Fumi's request and urged the Navy Combined Fleet Nanyang Detachment to help blockade the sea near the Bataan Peninsula in order to cut off the supply lines of the US-Filipino forces.

At this point, the blockade of the Bataan Peninsula has been four months.

Yamashita Fengfumi estimates that there should be little food and ammunition left for the US-Philippine alliance troops to transfer to the Bataan Peninsula first, and in half a month at most, the US-Philippine alliance forces will fall into a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food; with American values, once the troops run out of ammunition and food, they will definitely choose to surrender, and will not stubbornly resist to the end like the Chinese!

At this time, Yamashita Fengwen never imagined that an allied airborne army was roaring towards Manila, and in fifteen minutes at most, they would be airborne at Manila Airport!

(To be continued)