The so-called battle situation and other clouds and clouds, in fact, this lieutenant colonel staff officer in despair of a life-saving straw, implying another layer of meaning, he naively believed that Commander-in-Chief MacArthur would not sit idly by and watch the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Third Army annihilate after being surrounded by Japanese troops in the Calais Mountains, as long as a rescue force was sent from the direction of Manila to open a gap in the Japanese encirclement.

It's just that Commander Whiteman, who was already panicked and had no master, didn't think of this, and the lieutenant colonel staff officer felt that it was his duty to remind him, after all, being alive was more important than anything else, how could Major General Whiteman not know what this lieutenant colonel staff officer meant, he put the pistol in his pocket, smiled indifferently, and did not say anything, looking forward to reinforcements? Die of this heart, the Third Army is already an abandoned pawn in the eyes of his commander-in-chief.

Otherwise, the battle in the mountains of Calais has been fought for more than a day, and the reinforcements that should have come have already arrived, of course, these words, Commander Whiteman was not in the mood to say to this staff officer, seeing that Commander Whiteman did not react, the lieutenant colonel staff officer still wanted to go up and say something, but seeing the face and eyes of the army commander, it was a mixture of despair, dazedness and no nostalgia for life, the lieutenant colonel's heart tightened, and when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back.

Commander Whiteman, glanced at these officers blankly, stood up, and staggered towards the depths of the cave, dozens of American officers, all had a bad premonition in their hearts, but looking at Commander Whiteman's lonely back, no one had the courage to rush up.

Outside the cave, the sound of guns and cannons was like a burst, and the roars of Japanese soldiers came in from time to time, and battles were taking place everywhere, and it was a third army unit. Surrounded and annihilated by Japanese soldiers, perhaps, a few hours later, everyone will be a cold corpse beside the rocks scattered in the mountains of Calais, and the night wind of the Pacific Ocean will blow through the mountains of Calais, blowing through the crevices of the rocks, lone trees, and making a choked howl.

After a few minutes, "Bang! "In the depths of the cave, there was a dull sound of gunfire. On the battlefield in the Calais Mountains, where more than 100,000 soldiers were fighting and guns were thundering, this gunshot was inconspicuous, and it could be heard in the ears of dozens of US officers in the caves, no less than a thunderbolt from the sky. I don't know if it was the officer who reacted first and exclaimed. "Not good. Captain Whiteman committed suicide! ”

As if waking up from a dream, dozens of American officers rushed to the depths of the cave, next to a huge rock, next to a huge rock, on the temple of Commander Whiteman, a black bullet hole. Crimson blood, under the light of the flashlight, splashed all over the face of the major general, a pistol. Major General Whiteman, the commander of the Third Army of the US Army, who was still lying quietly on his outstretched right hand, was deeply encircled, knowing that there was no hope of breaking through and could not get rid of the fate of the annihilation of the whole army, could not bear the huge psychological pressure and committed suicide by drinking bullets!

This is since the outbreak of the Pacific War, the second senior general of the U.S. Army who committed suicide on the battlefield, the U.S. officers who surrounded the body of Major General Whiteman stood for a while, no one spoke, they each picked up their weapons and scattered, and threw themselves into the night, they saw themselves from Commander Whiteman, and the fate of the Third Army, however, out of the inability to survive, they still had to struggle to work hard, after all, not all U.S. officers had the courage to commit suicide.

In Manila, at about nine o'clock in the evening of August 13, General MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the US Southwest Pacific Theater, was walking around anxiously in his office like a sleepy beast, cursing in a low voice, and the acting chief of staff, Colonel Kleist, who had been standing by with his hands down, heard clearly, and the general was scolding Major General Whiteman, the commander of the Third Army, "That damn Whiteman, what a stupid pig and a fool, he ruined my whole plan!" ”

Colonel Kleist didn't understand, Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, why didn't he care about the current situation of the Third Army, which was surrounded by Japanese troops in the mountains of Calais, but kept cursing the commander of the army, Major General Whiteman, and besides, the channel for learning about the current dangerous situation of the Third Army was a report from several divisional headquarters, and it was not surprising that Major General Whiteman, who was the commander of the army, had not received a single telegram so far.

Originally, as the chief of staff, according to his duties, he should have reminded His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to pay attention to this, but Colonel Kleist, who was a little less justifiable, was Commander-in-Chief MacArthur, and in order to eliminate dissidents Stilwell's Chief of Staff, he put Colonel Kleist, who obeyed his words, into this position below one person and above ten thousand people.

There are not only the lessons and lessons of the previous General Stilwell, but also the gratitude to General MacArthur, so Colonel Kleist is at most a mouthpiece in the position of acting chief of staff at the headquarters, and his Excellency Colonel also adheres to the principle that more things are better than less, anyway, General MacArthur will do whatever he says, and he also knows that he has no furrows in his chest, and he can't plan anything big!

In the eyes of Commander-in-Chief MacArthur, the life or death of Whiteman and the Third Army is no longer important, and it is a matter of time before the whole army is annihilated, and what he cares about is when the Japanese army will hit the city of Manila, and after a while, General MacArthur said to Colonel Kleist: "Kleist, immediately send a number of reconnaissance units, with Manila as the center, within a radius of 200 kilometers, especially in the direction of the Calais mountains, to conduct 24-hour uninterrupted reconnaissance." ”

"Once the movement of the Japanese army is discovered, report it directly to the headquarters, and at the same time, order all the troops on the Manila defense line to immediately enter the position and block the Japanese attack!"

Colonel Kleist said cautiously: "General, you judge that the Japanese army will attack under the city of Manila tonight, but according to my judgment, the Third Army still has more than 40,000 troops in the Calais Mountains, and it is not easy for the Japanese army to eat them. ”

Colonel Kleist, who has done his best to remind General MacArthur in his own way, don't forget, there are more than 40,000 of our soldiers in the mountains of Calais, and you, as the commander-in-chief, should think of a perfect plan, and you can't watch the Japanese eat them bite by bite, right?

General MacArthur glanced at Colonel Kleist with great meaning, and secretly thought to himself: "I don't see it, this absolutely obedient but mediocre guy still has such a heart, knowing the side knock on the side of the construction yì, hum!" He sneered in his heart.

face, but said quietly: "Kleist, immediately carry out the order, I have my own judgment on the situation on the battlefield!" Colonel Kleist was stared at by General MacArthur, who had a profound look, and his heart was furious, and he did not dare to be verbose any longer, and hurried out to convey the order.

Looking at Colonel Kleist's back, General MacArthur squeezed out two words from his throat: "Childish!" "I know better than anyone else the battle situation in the mountains of Calais, if tonight, the Japanese troops are coming to the city, it means that Whiteman's Third Army has been completely annihilated, if the Japanese troops do not appear in the Manila defense line tonight, it means that the Third Army is still fighting, that is the best, at least to buy more time for themselves to prepare, as for sending reinforcements, it is absolutely impossible.

At about 10 o'clock on the night of August 13, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe walked into the office of division commander Tang Qiuli.

Mei Xue was busy cleaning up the messy Wen Jiàn on the table for him, and put it away neatly, seeing Zhao Yuhe come in, Mei Xue said hello with a smile, Zhao Yuhe frowned slightly, and said, "Director Mei, isn't it intentional to serve as a soldier?" Why bother you to clean up for the division commander in person! What are they doing? The implication is to find the orderly soldier Xingshi to ask for guilt.

Mei Xue said indifferently: "It's okay, I'm waiting for the division commander to get off work together, I'll help clean it up if I'm idle, don't bother the orderly, I would have done it myself, and it would have to be organized in a few minutes, and if I get used to him like this, I'm about to become a big man, you guys talk first, I'm going out!" ”

Looking at Mei Xue's graceful figure, Tang Qiuli grinned, and Zhao Yuhe didn't mention the topic just now, but said, "Teacher, it's so leisurely!" ”

Tang Qiuli said with a smile: "The Americans and the Japanese, fighting to the death and fighting desperately, we have nothing to do, we can still learn something from the war books of our ancestors, and the war situation on Luzon Island has a new development?" ”

Zhao Yuhe nodded and said: "Yes, division commander, I received the latest information from the intelligence department, starting from this afternoon, the third army of the US army is in the mountains of Calais, and it has been surrounded by the Japanese army, and the Japanese 14th Army is going south in the starry night and rushing straight to Manila, according to the judgment of the intelligence department, at about three o'clock in the morning tomorrow, the Japanese army will reach the periphery of Manila!" ”

Tang Qiuli's eyebrows raised and said, "The war in the Calais Mountains is over? There are still more than 40,000 Americans, and they shouldn't have been eaten by Ito Yanzaburo in less than 24 hours? ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Division commander, the battle in the mountains of Calais is not over yet, the US army is still resisting, and it is only a unit of the 14th Army of the Japanese army that is going south to Manila!" ”

"Oh!" Tang Qiuli stood up and paced slowly in the office, showing a thoughtful look, Zhao Yuhe looked at the teacher intently, in fact, Zhao Yuhe also had a big mystery in his heart.

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )