What can Roosevelt do to decide, according to his ideas and the crimes committed by MacArthur, a few words, death is innocent, not killing, not enough to apologize for the sins of the countrymen!

However, even if you are the president of the United States, it is impossible to deal with certain things as you like, look at these speakers, there are not one or several big power groups standing behind them, these big power groups are the real behind-the-scenes manipulators of US politics, and the final decision on the direction of US politics and national strategy.

If Roosevelt had resolutely disposed of MacArthur, he believed that within a few days, he would have to obediently roll off the presidency and leave the White House gloomily, and from then on, he would have become an outcast and marginal member of American politics, although he implemented the New Deal, let the American economy withstand the economic crisis that swept the world, and in the face of the Japanese attack, he used his courage and wisdom to arouse the unanimous determination of the people to resist.

Although MacArthur's character is unbearable, he is the darling of most members of Congress, and these members are all from major power groups, but President Roosevelt cannot completely obey the opinions of the spokesmen of these power groups, and finally, MacArthur is dealt with as follows.

MacArthur was relieved of his posts as commander-in-chief of the US Southwest Pacific Theater and first deputy commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in China and the Pacific Theater, and was reappointed to the post of head of the military observation group of the US High Wartime Command in the Allied Southwest Pacific Theater, and served as the strategic chief adviser of the US Southwest Pacific Theater Headquarters, with no change in rank and treatment, representing the US Wartime High Command, and stationed in Australia.

It can be said that this was the result of mutual compromise and compromise, and MacArthur was still high but not powerful. Having lost direct command of the US and Philippine forces in the southwest Pacific region, and could no longer dictate the US military's operations, he did not transfer him back to China, and he was already on the greatest part of his life, taking care of his face, and having experienced a series of battles in the Pacific theater, especially the defense of Manila on Luzon, Roosevelt had lost the last bit of trust in MacArthur.

He didn't dare to hand over the remaining 200,000 soldiers to MacArthur, a man of great ambition and talent, who was arrogant and unruly. can really toss this last family foundation, and he won't even blink his eyes.

Remove MacArthur and more than 200,000 U.S. and Filipino troops on Luzon. For the leaderless dragons, he was repeatedly suppressed by MacArthur. Inexplicably, he received Brigadier General Jonathan, who was appointed from the air. It happened to be in front of all of you.

At the end of the meeting, Jonathan was appointed commander-in-chief of the US and Philippine forces evacuating Luzon, and once the troops were safely withdrawn to Australia, he could take up the post of first deputy commander-in-chief of the US Southwest Pacific Theater Headquarters and preside over the overall work. It can be said that the officers of the wartime High Command agreed that Jonathan's appointment and promotion to the rank of military could not and would not be obstructed by Congress. It can also be seen as a concession to save MacArthur.

Colonel Kleist, the former acting chief of staff of the US Headquarters, was also a beneficiary of this incident, not only removed the word "acting" from his head, but was appointed chief of staff of the US Southwest Pacific Theater Headquarters, and his military rank was also promoted to brigadier general, officially entering the ranks of US Army generals.

And the biggest beneficiary is the British, the commander-in-chief of the British forces in Australia, General Fernandez, was officially appointed commander-in-chief of the Allied Southwest Pacific Theater, unified command of the United States, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and Austria.

Therefore, Churchill sent a secret telegram to Admiral Fernandez, in which he told Sù, the new commander-in-chief of the Allied Southwest Pacific Theater, that "the full understanding and support of the Americans must be obtained in all major military operations," and that whether to obtain MacArthur's understanding and support or that of Lieutenant General Jonathan depends on Fernandez's political level.

On the surface, MacArthur has lost the command of the troops and has become an idler with nothing to do, but the influence and energy behind him should not be underestimated, especially the big American power group standing behind this guy, from the crime of killing his head, he is safe and sound, which shows the huge energy of his energy.

Lieutenant General Jonathan, who stood on MacArthur's shoulders and rose up, was the actual commander of the US military; although he had no political foundation in the United States, he had entered the eyes of President Roosevelt, and his future prospect was predictable as long as there were no fatal mistakes.

In fact, Churchill was not very satisfied with continuing to keep MacArthur's guy in the Southwest Pacific theater, and he believed that this was the Americans deliberately giving Fernandez a difficult problem and transferring the already disgraced guy far away, which would be more conducive to Fernandez's entry into the state, and moreover, the equally arrogant Prime Minister Churchill and the equally uninspiring MacArthur, if he had not forced Australia's 100,000 troops to reinforce Luzon, where would today's passive situation be.

Lieutenant General Jonathan and Major General Kleist, who received domestic appointments, had extremely complicated feelings, including the excitement and excitement of suddenly rising to a high position, as well as the worry about the war situation on Luzon, and the confusion about the future and fate; only a few hours ago, he was the division commander of a mechanized infantry division, and in the blink of an eye, he became the supreme commander of more than 200,000 American and Philippine soldiers.

This burden that suddenly fell on his shoulders inevitably made Lieutenant General Jonathan a little uneasy, especially the current dangerous war situation, but fortunately, Lieutenant General Jonathan was able to clearly realize that he and his soldiers must cooperate closely with the Chinese in order to escape the tragic fate of being completely killed by the Japanese on Luzon.

After receiving the telegram from China, Lieutenant General Jonathan ordered the confidential department to immediately establish contact with Tang Qiuli's command and truthfully inform the other side of the current situation of the US and Philippine troops.

Then, he personally drafted a telegram to Tang Qiuli, "Honorable General Tang Qiuli, Second Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in China and the Pacific Theater, our American troops holding the Manila Line have completed their deployment before evacuation, and they can start boarding at 10 o'clock on the night of 28 August, and it is expected that at about 10 o'clock in the morning of 29 August, except for the troops blocking the Japanese army, the rest of the troops can be boarded." ”

"During this period, I hope that the general will send an air force to cover the boarding of the troops and provide the full escort for the withdrawal to Australia, for the righteous act of His Excellency the General, on behalf of me and more than 200,000 soldiers of the United States and the Philippines, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to you and your subordinates for reaching out to us at the most dangerous juncture, and during the evacuation, the US troops are completely under the command of Your Excellency, and the first deputy commander-in-chief of the US Southwest Pacific Theater, Lieutenant General Jonathan!"

Lieutenant General Jonathan's posture is absolutely low enough, Tang Qiu is willing to agree to make a move, is his last life-saving straw, no matter what, he has to catch it, he is a smart man, when there is a request for people, and then like MacArthur, nostrils to the sky, cowhide coaxing, take out a face begging you to give you face, absolutely not work, not to mention anything else, as long as the Chinese make a little reservation, do not go all out, the price they pay is the lives of thousands of soldiers.

Moreover, Lieutenant General Jonathan is still very anxious, as a general who has always been fighting on the front line, he has a very good understanding of the current situation of the US and Philippine soldiers on the Manila Line, and has come to a conclusion that is not comparable to MacArthur and his ilk who sit in the office and will point fingers, according to Jonathan's judgment, the US and Philippine troops on the Manila Line, in order to block the frantic attack of the Japanese army, have suffered nearly 10,000 casualties every day.

The Manila defense line has become a veritable "meat grinder," in several major Japanese assault directions, in order to ensure that the defense line is not broken, that is, to fill in with the lives of soldiers, MacArthur has already used all the strategic reserves when he commanded, leaving Lieutenant General Jonathan a precarious mess, the most optimistic estimate, more than a week, Manila will be lost.

Behind is the vast sea, the constantly compressed defense line, in front of the fierce offensive of hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers, Manila has become a Jedi, a place of death, without the help of the Chinese, there is only a dead end, therefore, Lieutenant General Jonathan believes that how to lower his posture is not too much, if not unable to get out, he even wants to personally rush to Singapore and beg Tang Qiu to leave in person.

On the afternoon of 28 August, at the building of the Singapore Military Control Commission, division commander Tang Qiuli left the office, and the chief of staff, Major General Zhao Yuhe, sent a telegram from Vice Admiral Jonathan. ”

Zhao Yuhe reminded: "Division commander, the Americans also asked our aircraft group to provide them with air combat cover for the evacuation of Manila, which is beyond the scope of our escort mission, and is tantamount to directly intervening in the battlefield on Luzon, is it inappropriate?" ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "This escort is very different from the situation when escorting the British and Australian troops, if we don't cover the US and Philippine soldiers to board the ship, they won't be able to go at all, add a piece to Le Yiqin's order, behind the evacuation route of the US and Philippine troops, blow up a blockade line to block the pursuit of the Japanese army, and that's all we can do." ”

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