Wainwright heard his adjutant's words and collapsed in his chair. The army of more than 70,000 men in the golden hand is now Wainwright's last reliance. Without these 70,000 men, his troops of only more than 10,000 people would not have been able to resist the attack of the Japanese army.

Wainwright closed his eyes in pain, he knew the tide was turning.

In fact, since the middle of the Philippine campaign, the US army has been extremely short of food and ammunition, and even to the point that the daily rations of the US army are less than half of the normal standard.

At the same time, the outbreak of tropical epidemics such as malaria and dysentery gradually depleted the combat strength of tens of thousands of troops, and the double suffering of hunger and disease led to a continuous decline in the morale of the troops.

Wainwright knew from the bottom of his heart that MacArthur wouldn't be back that soon. They left in submarines, and it would be a year before the U.S. Pacific Fleet was attacked by the Japanese and could even provide support to the Philippines.

After withdrawing from the Pacific, the Japanese Combined Fleet was fully engaged in the Southeast Asian theater, and the American forces were bombed more fiercely than ever.

"Chirp...... Boom, boom, boom......, boom" and bombardment continued, and now Wainwright still had 12,000 men on his hands. But he's not sure how long he'll be able to hold on......

"This matter is kept secret for the time being, don't leak it out......" Wainwright finally chose to continue fighting, he could not forget his promise to MacArthur.

"You go down first...... Tell the soldiers that it's time for America to need them to fight! Please hold on! We will win in the end! ”

The adjutant did not speak, gave a military salute to Wainwright and turned to leave the headquarters.

The war on the Corregido Line continued, but with the help of Edward. The soldiers who surrendered with Kim were waiting for their fate in fear.

They laid down their weapons, and the Japanese began to arrogantly come over and collect them.

"You damn white pigs! Hand over everything! Hurry up!! A Japanese adjutant brandished a saber and roared viciously in half-baked English.

"Under the Geneva Conventions, we have the right to demand ...... prisoners of war," an American officer couldn't help but stand up and was about to speak, but he was greeted with "Poof! "A knife!

The officer screamed and fell to the ground, blood gushing out. Some U.S. soldiers wanted to come forward. But what they saw was a bright machine gun pointing at them.

"Bang!" The Japanese officer walked up to the screaming American officer, took out his pistol and shot him in the head.

Fear and despair suddenly permeated the US-Philippine coalition forces, and many people suppressed their tears.

"Hand over everything! Fast!! After shooting the American officer, the Japanese adjutant turned around and said viciously to the rest of the men.

No one dared not hand over, watches, kettles, wallets, rings under the machine guns of these Japanese soldiers...... And so on and so forth, everything that was thought to be of possible value was looted.

Everyone was thrown together like garbage, and they were divided into groups of 300 and sent to the mine designated by Masaharu Honma.

"Don't give them anything to eat or drink on the road!" Honma Masaharu looked at the US-Filipino coalition troops who had surrendered, and said lightly: "If you can't hold on to the mine, it means that these people are useless." It's better to die. ”

"Hay!" The adjutant shouted yes and turned down to pass the order. Masaharu Honma didn't pay much attention to these prisoners of war. In his opinion, the only use of these people now is to go to the mines.

His focus now is on the damned island of Corregido, where more than 10,000 U.S. troops are still fighting. This annoyed Masaharu Honma.

Yamashita Fengfumi's results were so great that more than 50,000 people forced more than 100,000 Anglo-Australian troops to surrender. And there are only about 100,000 people here, but they are still fighting.

Masaharu Honma would never admit that a large part of the reason why he was mistreating those prisoners of war was because he felt that they had lost face. Since you are going to surrender. Why didn't you surrender sooner?!

"Call the Navy! Hopefully they'll increase their bombing, these damn white-skinned pigs are hardliners. Since they don't want to surrender, let them all die! ”

"Hay!"

Under Masaharu Honma's orders, countless bombers and fighters continued to take off. Crazy bombing and strafing on the American troops on Corregido Island.

Wainwright looked at the artillery fire outside, and his heart was constantly torn with pain.

"General, we have no provisions. The ammunition base fell to less than one per person...... The injuries were severe, and at least half of them fell ill...... The Japanese artillery fire and bombardment caused a large number of casualties, and the positions on the front line were already occupied by the Japanese in two high grounds......"

None of the messages that came back were good news. And no matter how Wainwright called MacArthur, the reply was to hope that they would hold on and wait a little longer.

MacArthur's impregnable Corregido line was in fact gradually collapsing, and more than 10,000 U.S.-Filipino troops were struggling on the cramped third line of defense.

The planes have long since been destroyed, and now all the former pilots have been converted to infantry. Covered in mud and smoke, they gritted their teeth and held on to their positions.

"Boom! Rumble!! "Bombardment...... "This is the Japanese army's naval guns, which are constantly shelling the Correcido line. Countless soldiers on the defensive line screamed and were scattered by the bombardment of this large-caliber ship cannon.

Mutilated corpses and internal organs were strewn everywhere, and the screams were inaudible amid the loud roar of the explosion. And after the shelling, those Japanese tanks began to storm the position.

At this time, all that remained on the position were the American-Philippine troops who were constantly wailing and clutching their severed arms and thighs. The brutal scenes of war made the US-Philippine forces on the battlefield cry constantly.

They tried to fight back. But without waiting for them to move, the Japanese heavy machine guns and grenadiers began to bombard. The rest of the Japanese infantry attacked the position under the cover of tanks.

"General...... We can't hold out anymore, and without support we can only fight with stones and sticks......" in the second week of the Battle of Corregido. The adjutant, with a bandage around his neck, sobbed at Wainwright.

Wainwright looked at the flames outside, and didn't say a word. Reinforcement didn't arrive, but now the coalition forces don't even have ammunition. The line of defense has been broken four times. The Japanese are still shelling and breaking through.

If it continues like this, it will either be annihilated. Either that, they were forced to jump into the sea by the Japanese army.

Wainwright took out a piece of paper on his desk at his headquarters. I opened the pen and wrote something with trembling hands. It took a while for Wainwright to fill the paper.

He stood up with difficulty, and said to the adjutant in that trembling voice, "Send this telegram to Washington, and I ...... I'm going to organize the surrender of the Japanese ......"

After saying this, Wainwright suddenly collapsed in his chair, lowered his head and began to sob silently. After all, he was not able to hold the Philippines, and in the end he could only take this step.

"Please tell the nation that my troops and myself have accomplished all that humanity can do, and that we have defended the fine traditions of the United States of America and its army...... It was with deep regret and boundless pride in my stubborn army that I went to see the Japanese commander. Goodbye, Mr. President! ”

Marshall finished reading the telegram, and Roosevelt bowed his head and said nothing. The senior cabinet officials on the side were silent. They had long expected that the Philippine battlefield would not last long, but when this day really came, everyone still felt a little unacceptable.

And yet they couldn't do anything. Now their greatest wish is to be able to keep Australia and suppress the Japanese army. And in Southeast Asia, at least for now, they don't have anything to do.

"What now, Mr. President?!" After a long silence, Marshall asked softly to Roosevelt. The latter smiled wryly and did not speak, looking at the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy and others present.

"If the Commander-in-Chief of the Tigers can rescue our soldiers and generals in the Philippines, I agree that they will dominate the Southeast Asian theater." Minister of War Harry. Woodlin had a bad face, he was a staunch conservative.

In his view, the interests of Southeast Asia belong to the interests of the United States, and the Wehrmacht should not interfere at all. Moreover, he was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the Wehrmacht had come to support the United States, believing that this was a kind of questioning by the president about the combat effectiveness of the US military.

Marshall sighed helplessly, he knew that the conservative wing in the U.S. military was very powerful. Even they have formed a solid system, and it is not an overnight thing to solve this problem.

Even in many cases, Roosevelt, as president, had to make certain compromises with these forces.

"I have approved the request of the visiting General Tu and us to conduct confrontation exercises, and if you think you can deal with the Japanese, then do it to me." Roosevelt's face was also not good-looking, and he looked at Secretary of War Harry. "I can't wait a little more than for you to win the exercise," Woodlin said. But if you can't, then please listen to the opinions of the Wehrmacht, who fought against the Japanese army. ”

There was a debate in the White House, and MacArthur, who was in Australia, was scolding.

"Traitor!! Damn Wainwright! He is a traitor to America! This shameful bastard, son of a bitch! How could he surrender to the Japanese?! ”

MacArthur felt that if Wainwright had carried out his battle plan, he would not have been defeated so quickly. Although the telegrams sent showed that the Japanese had used a large number of naval guns and warplanes to shell and bombard the positions.

But MacArthur was adamant that the Corregido line he had set up was impregnable, and that it must have been Wainwright's failure to execute his plan that would have led to such an outcome.

"I'll go back...... I will go back! I will take Bataan back with my own hands!! ”

ps: Chapter 1 ~ Continue to code words and see if you can add three more chapters.