Yamashita was enjoying the cool air in the courtyard when there was a sudden roar of a huge airplane engine in the sky.

Yamashita Fengwen's eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't care, recently there were several batches of fighters, bombers, and transport planes that had been replenished from the base camp and were in transit, although there were thin clouds in the sky to see the specific situation, but Yamashita Fengwen believed that this must be another military plane flying from Taiwan's Kaohsiung Airport.

Less than half a minute later, the guards guarding the side suddenly shouted: "General, look at the sky!" ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Fengwen raised his head, and suddenly his heart sank, only to see thousands of white dots coming out of the thin clouds in the sky like rain, and then look closely, these white dots are all airborne troops who have opened their parachutes, allies, this must be and can only be Allied airborne troops!

Yamashita Fengwen immediately sat up from the recliner, but his face was not different.

"Allies!" The guards also saw it clearly and shouted, "It's the Allied airborne troops." ”

"Quick, protect Your Excellency the General, evacuate immediately!" The captain of the gendarmerie also rushed in from the outside.

"What's the panic? The Allied targets were airfields, not commands. Yamashita snorted, and then coldly ordered, "Order, the 15th Division's direct search wing and the 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade immediately return to Manila!" ”

After that, Yamashita Fengwen said again: "Order the gendarmerie, all of them are dispatched, and the airport is quickly reinforced!" ”

"Your Excellency, this is too risky." The gendarmerie captain said, "The gendarmerie must stay and protect you." ”

"No, I'm safe here." Yamashita Fengwen waved his hand and said indifferently, "Didn't you see it?" The Allied airborne troops are no more than 1,000 people at most, and with such a small number of troops, it is absolutely impossible to divide troops to attack the city, and besides, the search wing of the 15th Division and the 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade will soon arrive, what danger can there be? ”

"This ......," the captain of the gendarmerie hesitated, "what if the Allied target is the headquarters?" ”

"No whatever!" Yamashita Fengwen waved his hand and said confidently, "From the moment the Allied Airborne Forces appeared, I already understood their intentions, they wanted to rescue a certain senior American general trapped on the Bataan Peninsula, if I guessed correctly, that person should be the principal of the United States Military Academy at West Point, MacArthur!" ”

After saying that, Yamashita Fengwen scolded the attendant adjutant again: "Yours, don't go quickly!" ”

"Hello!" The captain of the gendarmerie bowed his head suddenly, and then turned around and walked away with his saber on his shoulder.

Seeing the captain of the gendarmerie and the ghost soldiers of the gendarmerie roaring away on the motorcycle, the corners of Yamashita Fengwen's mouth couldn't help but bloom with a hideous smile, Yamashita Fengwen thought coldly, the Allied high-level must be crazy, just with this less than a thousand airborne troops, they also want to save MacArthur? Is it really said that this imperial army is muddy and papery?

………… Southern Steel Works, Chicago, USA.

Jack, the boilermaker, changes out of his crumpled overalls as usual and prepares to leave work.

Jack's brother is serving in the Philippines, and his survival is uncertain since the fall of Manila, the first thing Jack does after work every day is to rush to the downtown square and look for his brother's name from the list of fallen officers and soldiers, until he is sure that his brother's name is not on it.

As soon as he walked out of the changing room, Jack suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the factory was a little strange.

The workers in the same workshop were all gone, and he looked around quickly, only to find that a few workers were running forward in the distance, and when Jack was wondering, two more workers ran past him, and Jack quickly asked, "Hey, man, what's wrong?" Was Pearl Harbor bombed by the devils again? ”

“no！” One of the workers ran and shouted, "This time it's Bataan!" ”

"What, Bataan?" Jack's heart sank when he heard this, and he threw the work clothes he had just changed into to the ground, then turned around and ran, and soon, Jack rushed to the nearest radio station to him, at this time, hundreds of workers had gathered in the open space near the radio, all of them with anxious faces.

………… Times Square, New York.

A young mother walks through the square holding her daughter's little hand and is about to go home.

When passing the bulletin board at the corner of the square, the mother also took her young daughter to bow to the bulletin board, and told her daughter that the names on the bulletin board represented the soldiers who died for the United States, they were American heroes, and the young daughter obviously did not seem to understand the concept of the country, but nodded seriously.

After bowing, the young mother was about to take her daughter away, but many people rushed to the square.

The young daughter looked around blankly, only to see many strange uncles, aunts, grandparents were flocking from all directions, in less than a few minutes, the entire New York Times Square was already crowded, fortunately, many police officers heard the news and quickly arrived, well maintained order in the square.

"Hey, officer, what's going on?" The young mother looked at the policeman who was not far from her.

"Madam, Mr. President is going to make a radio address to the nation!" The policeman wiped the sweat from his head and replied, "It is said that there is great news about the more than 20,000 American GIs trapped on the Bataan Peninsula, and I am told that MacArthur and these American GIs are likely to be saved." ”

"Oh God, oh God, merciful God." When the young mother heard this, she immediately cried with joy, and then the hot kiss like a rain fell on her daughter's pink little face, and while kissing, she cried silently, "Baby, do you hear, your father is saved, and soon he will be able to go home and reunite with us, thank God." ”

………… Washington, White House.

President Roosevelt, who was in a suit and leather shoes, was already sitting in front of the microphone of the National Public Radio, and through the glass curtain wall, the director made an "OK" gesture to Hughes, the radio host next to Roosevelt, indicating that everything was ready and that Mr. President's radio address to the whole country could begin.

Hughes, the host, turned his head to look at President Roosevelt, who nodded heavily.

………… At about the same moment, President Roosevelt's deep, hoarse voice rang out on millions of radio speakers and tens of millions of radios across the United States: "Gentlemen, ladies, citizens of all America, good evening, I am your old friend Benjamin Franklin." Draenau. Roosevelt. ”

"Three months ago, the familiar veteran MacArthur, as well as more than 20,000 American officers and soldiers led by him, and more than 50,000 Filipino mercenaries were besieged on the Bataan Peninsula by the despicable and murderous Yue himself.

"I know that more than 20,000 American families are suffering."

"Mothers are missing their sons, wives are missing their husbands, and children are missing their fathers."

"I know that citizens across the United States are praying to God that our warriors will come back alive!"

"The American political axe has never given up its efforts, we have been trying to find a way to save our trapped warriors, today, now, as the president of the United States, I have the responsibility and obligation to tell you the truth, just six hours ago, the operation to save the veteran MacArthur and the more than 20,000 American soldiers trapped on the Bataan Peninsula has officially begun!"

"Here I must solemnly thank a great country, a great general, and a great army!"

"This country is China, this general is the general you know well, this army is the Chinese expeditionary force led by General Yue Weihan, citizens, always remember this country, this general and the army he leads, never forget their pure and selfless friendship!"

"As I sit here and address you, one of the most elite Chinese expeditionary forces has successfully landed on the island of Luzon, and while you sit at home, walk on the road, and listen to my speech on the radio or on the radio, this elite squadron is fighting to the death to save the American soldiers."

………… Chicago, Southern Steel Works.

Jack, the boilermaker, held his head high, staring at the radio horn on the telephone pole, but his mouth was constantly whispering, and the workers standing next to him clearly heard that Jack was repeating only one sentence in his mouth: "Chinese, Chinese, Chinese, Chinese......"

………… Times Square, New York.

A black-haired and yellow-skinned Asian happened to walk past the edge of the square, and in the crowd, I don't know who was the first to shout: "Look, Chinese, it's Chinese!"

Suddenly, the excited Americans hugged the Asian, and several young and strong young men threw the Asians directly into the air, and then reached out to catch them, and a young and beautiful American girl squeezed into the crowd and kissed him heavily on the face when the Asians fell.

The Asian was obviously a little overwhelmed, and said in English in a daze, "But, I'm myself......"

“**！ He's himself! ”

“**！ this devil! ”

"Shoot him, shoot him, shoot him!"

The dozen or so American guys who were crowded at the front suddenly showed their fierce faces, and directly pressed Yue himself to the ground, full of old fists, and when the policeman who maintained order Shanshan was late, poor Yue himself had only one breath left, and his whole head was already swollen like a pig's head, even if his mother saw it, he would definitely not recognize it.

………… Washington, White House Studios.

As President Roosevelt was about to say goodbye to the American audience, Secretary of State Hull hurriedly walked into the studio outside, and then picked up the pen next to him as quickly as he could, and wrote a line of large letters on the glass wall: "The advance team has taken the airport, and the second batch of troops will arrive in Manila in three hours!" ”

President Roosevelt suddenly perked up and yelled into the microphone: "Citizens, I have exciting good news for you, the squadron has taken the airport, and they have cleared the way for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements!" Citizens, let us rejoice, for the heroic and selfless Chinese......"

At this moment, the whole of America is boiling, completely boiling!

………… Manila, suburban observation post.

Yamashita Bongfumi is watching the battle for Manila Airport from a distance through the artillery mirror.

Soon, Yamashita Fengwen discovered the abnormality, the allied troops parachuted into the vicinity of the Manila airport are obviously not ordinary troops, they not only have super psychological quality, but also have terrifying combat quality, they are proficient in almost all firearms, and can also drive captured military vehicles, motorcycles and trucks, and even proficient in explosives!

In a very short period of time, the army took advantage of the limited conditions to create two terrible car bombs, and the four ring barricades around the airfield were quickly taken out, and the ensuing battle was unsuspenseful, the Allied troops had unimaginable individual firepower, and the infantry squadron guarding the airfield quickly retreated into the flight control center and resisted stubbornly.

Although the performance of this Allied force surprised Yamashita Fengfumi, the old devil was still not too worried.

Because in two hours at most, the search wing directly under the 15th Division and the 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade will be able to arrive, and although the Allied troops parachuted into the Manila airport are extremely brave, the ammunition they carry with them will not last too long, and the strength will be less than 1,000 people, so it is impossible to turn the sky upside down.

………… Saigon, Southern Army Command.

"Yaga, Yaga, Yalu!" Shouichi Terauchi is furious.

Manila was suddenly attacked by the Allied airborne troops, this blow was indeed somewhat unexpected by Terauchi Shouichi, the old devil in the temple thought that the Allies might be airborne in Bangkok, but never thought that the Allies would actually cross the entire Indochina Peninsula and the South China Sea, and parachute to Luzon Island at once, Yue Weihan and Stilwell are simply two madmen!

At 4 a.m., the headquarters also received a report that an aircraft had taken advantage of the night to fly over Quang Ngai County in central Vietnam.

Shouichi Terauchi didn't care at all after getting the report, he thought it was just an Allied night reconnaissance plane, but now that he thinks about it, it was clearly a group of transport planes sent by the Allied forces to attack Manila! The old devil in the temple is really repentant now, he knew that it was the Allied transport group passing by, and he should have sent fighter jets to intercept it in the first place!

At this moment, a young officer suddenly entered and reported: "Your Excellency, the Manila airport has been lost!" ”

"What!?" Shouichi Terauchi Huo Ran turned back and said in disbelief, "The airport has been lost!?" ”

As soon as the words fell, another junior officer entered and reported: "Your Excellency, a large group of allied planes have been found in the airspace of Quang Ngai County in central Vietnam, and it is reported that there are at least 150 transport planes and at least 100 escort fighters!" It is clear that the Allies are sending a second batch of troops to the Manila airport in order to completely control the airport and the whole of Manila! ”

Terauchi Shouichi's face turned pale in an instant, and he didn't even have the strength to scold.

After a long time, Terauchi Shouichi woke up like a dream, and hurriedly said to Lieutenant General Luotian, chief of staff of the Southern Army, who had rushed to hear the news: "Luotian-kun, immediately call Yamashita Fengwen and ask him to recapture Manila Airport within three hours, and stop the second batch of Allied troops from landing at Manila Airport at all costs, at all costs!" ”

(To be continued)