As a matter of fact, since the strategic policy for the defense of Manila was determined, General MacArthur has made two preparations: First, relying on the Manila defense line, holding on Luzon Island, and facing the time when the United States launches a large-scale counterattack in the southwest Pacific, General MacArthur, who has secured a bridgehead for the United States in a counteroffensive and commanded a bloody battle against the Japanese alone, will undoubtedly become a national hero of the United States, and political capital will be able to make a bulge in his pockets!

However, with a series of defeats by the United States in the Eastern Pacific Theater, the loss of Midway, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Mariana Islands, the total annihilation of the Pacific Fleet, the total annihilation of the Second Army in the Battle of Hawaii Island, the severance of the connection with the US mainland in the southwest Pacific region by the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, and the day of a large-scale US counteroffensive were far away, and it can be said that there was no hope, and General MacArthur's heart became cold.

He realized that the plan to defend Manila was likely to be a grave he had dug for himself, but the battle to defend Manila was in full swing, and even if he wanted to stop, it was too late, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

In the face of the deteriorating situation in the Southwest Pacific theater, General MacArthur could not help but do what he wanted to do for his own back and plan where to flee, so the second preparation was to flee Luzon when the Manila defense line had become a dead end and defeat was inevitable.

As for where to flee, Commander-in-Chief MacArthur also had a clear plan in his heart, and it was the most stupid thing to do to flee back to his homeland, not to mention that as the commander-in-chief, he left behind more than 200,000 soldiers and fled for his own life, and the public opinion at home could drown him, that is, to cross the blockade line of the Japanese Combined Fleet, across the Pacific Ocean, a voyage of tens of thousands of kilometers, and the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese Navy. will use the general's landline as a live target.

The only destination is Australia, and there is a good reason to prepare for the withdrawal of US and Philippine troops to Australia in advance, for this reason, two fully fueled transport planes at Manila Airport are closely guarded by a company of US military police. No one was to approach, and the pilots were on standby twenty-four hours a day, ready to take off at any time, and one of the transport planes was loaded with General MacArthur one after another. Savings for many years in the Philippines.

These savings were enough for General MacArthur and his descendants. Do nothing. It was impossible to spend three lifetimes of squandering, and this matter was done in such a way that even General MacArthur's close confidant, Colonel Kleist, acting chief of staff, knew about it.

But. With the Japanese army attacking Australia on a large scale, MacArthur poured a bucket of cold water on his head, and the Australian continent was not safe, and General MacArthur looked around blankly. Sadly finding that he seemed to have nowhere to go, he even thought Chinese mainland that by virtue of his friendship with Chairman Chiang, he should be treated as a guest of honor as the first deputy commander-in-chief of the Allied China and Southwest Pacific Theaters by virtue of his friendship with Chairman Chiang.

But that Tang Qiuli made MacArthur afraid in his heart, he didn't think that this vice chairman of the Nationalist Government, who had never bought his own accounts, could make himself stay comfortable in China, but fortunately, 100,000 British and Australian soldiers returned to Australia safely, and General MacArthur was reassured and turned his attention back to the Australian continent.

Now, the Japanese 14th Army on Luzon Island has repeatedly stormed the Manila defense line, putting on a posture of not killing more than 200,000 US and Philippine soldiers, MacArthur's pressure has increased sharply, and the withdrawal of Luzon Island has also been put on the agenda, among which, the most crucial point is Tang Qiuli's attitude, whether the unruly Chinese is willing to lend a hand, so after several urgent telegrams were sent to the mainland, the only thing left was to wait with anxiety and anxiety.

MacArthur couldn't afford to delay, and the Japanese didn't give him time, just when General MacArthur was like an ant on a hot pot, waiting for a domestic response, Washington, the capital of the United States, ushered in an important guest, British wartime Prime Minister Winston? Sir Churchill.

Churchill's trip to the United States was purely compelling, and in the European theater, the Americans and the British joined forces to barely resist the ferocious attack of the Germans, and the British Isles were like a few small ships swaying in the stormy waters of the Atlantic, which could capsize at any time, and this was only the attack of the Luftwaffe.

In May and June of the first half of 1941, a disastrous day for Prime Minister Churchill and all the Britons, Luftwaffe Yi Marshal Yi, former commander of the Luftwaffe's Second Air Force, Lieutenant General Gary Baldi, served as the first deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force, and presided over the work of the Air Force, and appointed Major General Coral Coral as the second deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force, in charge of operations.

After these two Luftwaffe generals came to power, the Luftwaffe, which had suffered repeated losses in the previous air battles in Great Britain, was like a sudden rebirth, not only in terms of tactics and tactics, but also did not know what means were used, the German fighter group and bomber group, the use of the elusive, British and American joint air force, control of the airspace over the English Channel, gone forever!

After several months of incessant air battles, the British and American joint aircraft groups did not take advantage of each other, and every air battle was beaten to the ground by the Luftwaffe, and the battle loss rate of the fighters rose in a straight line.

After the end of each war, a large number of experienced British and American pilots, called by God, returned to the arms of their old man, and fought for several months, and the mature pilots gradually became green and yellow, to the point that they could not be sustained, and the planes soaring over the English Channel became fewer and fewer, and the US-British joint air force even reached the point where it could not afford to fight a medium-sized air battle.

Under the wings, German fighters and bombers painted with the black character "ten" appeared over the English Channel, completely controlling air supremacy, and the ensuing consequence was that the British mainland was attacked and bombed by the Luftwaffe day and night.

From the capital London to other cities, bombed into ruins by the Luftwaffe, all the industrial bases, ports, but also by the Germans bombs and incendiary bombs, turned over countless times, the British from the moment they opened their eyes, what they heard was the piercing air defense siren, under the high-density and high-intensity bombing of the Luftwaffe, Britain's industrial base was almost destroyed, as for the casualties of the people, it could not be counted, the entire British Isles, everywhere was ruins, full of ruins.

The British Isles have been bombed to the ground, civilian and military production, to the lowest point since the Industrial Revolution, if it were not for the continuous blood transfusion of the Americans, this empire that has dominated the world for more than 100 years, I am afraid that it will collapse.

The First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, General Gary Bardi, basically fulfilled his promise to Führer Hitler by saying to Hitler: "My Führer, give me two to three months, and I will blow Britain back into the Stone Age!" ”

Churchill saw the determination of the Germans, worried about the future and fate of Britain day and night, this is only the Luftwaffe, the millions of German troops gathered on the other side of the English Channel, is a fatal blow, although the German naval strength ranks behind the European powers, but a narrow English Channel, still can not stop the footsteps of the German Navy, when the German army soldiers, the tide generally set foot on British soil, it also means the end of the British Empire.

Of course, the stubborn and aggressive Churchill will never surrender like France, and the only way out is for the British royal family and the British government to go into exile overseas, and choosing a foothold is the top priority, what the British people don't know is that the royal family and the cabinet have secretly launched the exile plan.

There are three places of exile for Churchill to choose from, one is to go into exile in the United States, but with Churchill's arrogance, he is unwilling to shelter under the wings of the Americans, thinking that back then, the United States was still a colony of the British Empire, and from the psychological and face point of view, going into exile in the United States was by no means the best choice.

The second is to go into exile in the West Indies, but at the thought of wanting to be neighbors with that strong Chinese Tang Qiuli, Churchill's back of the head is a cool breeze, in Churchill's eyes, the Chinese Tang Qiuli and the German madman Hitler, are the same kind of people, one frantically attacking the British mainland, a greedy overseas colony of the British Empire, guarding a tiger that will burst out at any time, I am afraid that His Excellency the Prime Minister will not even sleep steadily.

Moreover, the land area of West India is small, and most of the resources fall into the hands of that hateful Chinese Tang Qiuli, and the small land area of West India, the lack of natural resources, and the backward industrial base cannot bear the burden of the future revival of the British Empire!

Then, the only thing to choose from is Australia, the vast land area, rich natural resources, and unique geographical conditions are the best places to go into exile, but the Japanese put their hands into Australia and shattered Prime Minister Churchill's last hope, Australia must not fall into the hands of the Japanese, this is Prime Minister Churchill's only hope, and it is also where he maintains his spiritual pillar.

The anxious course of the war situation in Australia and the worry about the future revival of the British Empire prompted him to take a submarine in spite of the danger, leave the devastated British mainland, avoid the ubiquitous eyes of the Luftwaffe, sail for more than ten days on the dark seabed, and go to the United States in person to meet President Roosevelt for help.

When Prime Minister Churchill crossed the Atlantic and landed on the east coast of the United States, it was also the time when MacArthur was in a hurry to make a statement of urgency at home!

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