"Haven't the Chinese called back yet?"

The Japanese are trying to find a way to deal with themselves, and the 30,000 American boys under their command, MacArthur doesn't need to think about it, but he doesn't care much about these now, it's the situation now, how bad can it be? It's a big deal to take out the gun that MacArthur Sr. left him again, and shoot himself in the mouth or head. He's more concerned about what's going on out there...... Although besieged in Manila, he was still able to communicate with the outside world. Therefore, he now also knows the news of the shelling of Hong Kong by Chinese warships. In other words, those reporters in Hong Kong are really dedicated, and what just happened was so noisy that the whole world knew about it in less than half a day. And this also made his mood that had finally relaxed himself tense again...... Britain and the United States have now officially stated that they want to form an alliance, and the United States will also send a national team to Europe Chinese. …… It's easy to shoot yourself, but if you can't shoot, who wants to suffer that? When a person falls into the water, isn't it even a straw that can be used as a life-saving thing? Although the Chinese's plan has always made him feel very unreliable and very worried, but someone to rescue him is better than no one, right?

"Not yet."

Wainwright sat across from MacArthur. None of them had any intention of directing the battle. Having been besieged by the Japanese in this isolated city for so long, their morale has reached the bottom, and the Japanese now have the potential to defeat them and take the entire city with just one attack. But that group of Japanese monkeys is very stingy, and they are not even willing to bear such a small loss, and it is almost clear that they want to collapse on their own...... He admits that the Japanese are almost there. The 130,000 coalition troops, their 30,000 American boys can barely hold on, but the so-called soldiers in the Philippines have almost collapsed. Nearly 100,000 people. Excluding those who lost in the initial battle, there should have been 70,000 or 80,000 left, but now there are less than 50,000 left. In other words, nearly 30,000 Filipino troops deserted without any fighting, or simply surrendered...... According to Philippine President Quezon, who was with them, several Philippine military units are still in contact with the Japanese army, intending to surrender to the other side in formation, or simply "revolt" and turn around to attack the US military to "atone for their crimes." The total number of these Philippine troops is about 20,000...... It's just that the conditions of these people and the Japanese have not yet been negotiated, so there is no change. Quezon hoped that MacArthur would find a way to suppress the dishonest fellows, and he had been sent back.

"Not yet? Won't they even give me an explanation? MacArthur slammed his fist on the coffee table in front of him, "Do they really have any agreement with the Japanese to let the Japanese take us all prisoners without much effort?" ”

"Douglas. You're too nervous," Wainwright let out. "Anyone can come to an agreement with the Japanese. Only the Chinese cannot. They also had more than half of their territory under the control of the Japanese. ”

"But they shelled Hong Kong!" MacArthur exclaimed, "They are declaring war on the newly formed Anglo-American alliance!" ”

"They are only taking the first step to reclaim Hong Kong, and the shelling is only showing their determination. In contrast to these, Hong Kong is just a colony that the British dug from the Chinese. "What's more Chinese there is a non-powerful reason...... They were helping the British government defend Hong Kong. ”

"Guarding Hong Kong?" MacArthur snorted coldly: "They have extra troops to confront the Japanese, but they don't have extra troops to attack the Philippines?" As long as they want to. Both Britain and the United States will be happy to send enough ships and planes to transport their troops to any of the islands in the Philippines! Skinny monkeys, they have a population of 500 million, 500 million people...... They can send tens of millions of troops to reinforce us! ”

"Douglas. Your spirit is too nervous," Wainwright sighed and looked outside again: "I don't think the Japanese plan to attack us before the Chinese comes, you better hurry up and rest first...... The most tense moment is coming, and you are our commander! ”

"Commander? Yes, I'm the Commander. I'm sorry, skinny monkey," MacArthur let out a long breath, "you're right, I'm too nervous...... No, not too nervous, I have too much self-esteem: I can't live with the situation. I was defeated by the Japanese, and then I had to be rescued by Chinese...... Do you know the truth? Even though I was always worried about what those guys were up to, I always had a feeling in my heart that they were going to make it! They'll succeed in getting us all out of the city! This feeling makes me very uncomfortable! ”

“…… I can understand your feelings! Wainwright smiled wryly. As MacArthur's deputy, of course he knew how proud and arrogant the guy in front of him was...... In the face of those whose strength is far greater than his own, this guy will either want to slap it down and smash it to pieces, or he will feel that he is a savior who can redeem all those who believe in him like Jesus...... Otherwise, how could an American general become a marshal of the Philippines? Isn't that interesting? How much is a marshal of the Philippines worth? But this guy is just smug about it, and he always shows it off to others...... At the end of the day, it's the savior-heroic mentality that's at work. But now, the "Savior" is not only defeated by an enemy he once despised, but also rescued by another group of people he once despised...... It's no wonder it's comfortable.

"Thank you for your understanding," MacArthur smiled wryly, sighed again, and patted his partner on the shoulder, "but I hope you never say it...... I won't admit it. ”

"I feel like I'm familiar with that Douglas. MacArthur is back. Wainwright laughed, "I'm glad you picked up your mood so quickly." …… Can you tell me the secret to doing that, though? Actually, I'm in a bad mood right now. ”

"Hehe......" MacArthur shrugged, "I lost, but I never admit defeat!" Skinny monkey, I still feel that way, we'll get out safely...... In that case, let's fight back and defeat all the enemies. ”

"The enemy is strong!" Wainwright reminded.

"No enemy is stronger than the United States." MacArthur said seriously, "Believe me, victory will be ours in the end!" ”

……

"Report!"

MacArthur's faith deeply influenced Wainwright. As Wainwright himself said to the general, he was actually in a bad mood, but he was not very "proud", so he would not be as "aggrieved" and difficult to accept reality as MacArthur, so he could also behave more steadily. No matter how steady they are, they can't change the situation they are facing at the moment...... At any time, the whole army could be wiped out, and there was a situation where lives could be lost at any time. But MacArthur's words were like a shot in the arm into his otherwise gloomy heart...... It was MacArthur's instinct, but it was enough for him to be happy. It is important to know that on the battlefield, the intuition of a truly good general is sometimes far more convincing than accurate intelligence, and MacArthur clearly has the qualifications of such a good general. He would be happy to be able to leave this terrible battlefield safely, even as a vanquished. That's at least better than total annihilation, isn't it?

Unfortunately, Wainwright's good mood didn't last long. Just as he was discussing with MacArthur how to cooperate with the Chinese's rescue plan, and how to use what reason to arrange the Philippine army in other directions on the day of the rescue plan, and then to concentrate the US soldiers who were planted among those Philippine troops to stabilize the battlefield situation so as not to arouse the vigilance of those Philippine troops, and how to coerce the Philippine government personnel represented by Philippine President Quezon and important generals of the Philippine army to leave? In order to keep it from falling into the hands of the Japanese, MacArthur's confidential secretary knocked on the office door.

"Come in!" MacArthur hurriedly put on a energetic face, returned to his desk and sat down, only then called the confidential secretary outside, "What's the matter?" Did the Chinese have a call back? ”

"General, it's the War Department," the confidential secretary didn't look good, "the situation is not good." ”

"Bad?" MacArthur unconsciously glanced at Wainwright, "not good" at this time, what could be wrong?

"What's the 'bad' news?" Wen Wright asked strongly, suppressing his nervousness.

"The War Department tells us that Chinese troops in Cambodia have withdrawn to Laos, and at the same time, the Chinese garrison in southern Vietnam has also withdrawn northward, and it seems that they intend to retreat north of the Red River again......" The confidential secretary sighed: "This kind of track shows that Chinese has received accurate information that the Japanese will launch a larger offensive in Southeast Asia!" ”

"But they retreated!?" MacArthur's face turned pale. He already had some idea why the War Office was sending him this telegram.

"Yes." The confidential secretary's face was also gloomy: "The War Department judges that Chinese does not intend to stop the Japanese and gain more preparation time for the Anglo-Dutch troops in Southeast Asia...... So, they want us to be ready! ”

"Ready?" The corners of MacArthur's mouth twitched, "What are you going to prepare?" Ready to be abandoned by the Chinese, ready to accept the attack of the Japanese? …… FUCK！ (To be continued......)