The telegram, a telegram that General MacArthur, commander of the US Southeast Asia and South Pacific Command, had been waiting for for a long time, and finally saw it, but it was belatedly buried in a pile of telegrams like snowflakes by the rice buckets of the confidential communications department for four whole days.

With this telegram, which was received at 9:43 a.m. on 1 June, no one could know the mood of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief at the moment, but General MacArthur himself knew that he wanted nothing more than to kill! Pick up a Thomson submachine gun and beat the rice buckets of the Confidential Communications Office into a sieve, otherwise, Your Excellency the General himself doesn't know if he will be angry and insane?

The lieutenant colonel, looking at the dark clouds on the face of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, made an excuse, and was about to slip away, when he suddenly heard a loud shout, "Stop!" When I looked back, I immediately trembled like a sifting chaff, and I was so frightened that I almost fainted, and His Excellency the General had a fierce look in his eyes, holding a ****, black hole muzzle, aimed at his head.

At this time, MacArthur definitely had the idea of shooting and killing the lieutenant colonel's head, and this idea was still very strong and tempting, and he needed a way to vent his anger too much.

However, MacArthur didn't shoot in the end, slowly put away the ****, and looked at it with disdain, the subordinates who had already left the body with three souls and six spirits, and that bloodless face made him extremely disgusted, and turned his head and shouted, "Someone!" ”

Two tall and sturdy gendarmes entered in response, and MacArthur ordered: "Arrest and imprison this man at once, and arrest and examine all the personnel of the Confidential Communications Service!" Screening one by one, especially the officers on duty from June 1 to 4, will be carried out immediately! ”

The lieutenant colonel, who had lost his consciousness of autonomy and was like a puppet, was carried out by two military policemen with big shoulders and round waists, one on each side, until this time. He just got back a little angry and picked up a life, just when the general's **** pointed to his head. The lieutenant colonel felt so close to death, and he did not doubt in the slightest that His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief was going to kill him!

In fact, the fundamental reason for saving the lieutenant colonel's life was not the kindness of General MacArthur's heart, but the gentlemanly demeanor that His Excellency always paid attention to. and the pride in his bones, he didn't want the blood of a little lieutenant colonel to stain his hands, besides, even if he was killed, it would be useless, and the head of a lieutenant colonel was not enough to make up for the loss. It also ruined his reputation!

In the office, it was quiet again, and MacArthur stood distracted for a moment. began to rack his brains to think, how to call back the country, now, what he urgently needs most is reinforcements, a qiē all-round reinforcement, aircraft, artillery, tanks, troops, materials, etc., he himself is stronger and clear, and his current strength alone is not enough to resist the fierce attacks of the Japanese on various battlefields.

There's a big trouble with. Several telegrams came from the country, asking about the situation on various battlefields, but helplessly, because of his headquarters, he was delayed for four whole days, if it was known by the country. What would the dignified General MacArthur's confidential department at his headquarters think of himself when such an absurd and unforgivable thing happened?

What is incompetent, arrogant, and internal chaos has become a laughing stock of ridicule, and this is something that MacArthur, who has always attached importance to fame, cannot tolerate, and what worries him the most is that the president and the Joint Chiefs of Staff have doubts about their own abilities; in China, there are not a few bigwigs who support and appreciate themselves, but there are not many political leaders who can envy themselves, wish they were unlucky, and they will never be able to turn over.

How to avoid such unpleasant things from happening, and at the same time let the country understand its current situation, and also skillfully avoid embarrassing and embarrassing things, not only do not whisper and plead, but also create an image of oneself as a good command, a soldier who fought bloody battles with the Japanese, and who can naturally come to the rescue without surrendering his identity, is a matter of studying the writing skills of Commander-in-Chief MacArthur.

A few hours later, exhausted by countless brain cells and almost exhausted of all the effort, a telegram full of MacArthur-style asking for help was finally released, "Your Excellency, President and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it is with a very heavy heart that I report to China on the series of battles that have taken place in the Pacific theater, and frankly express my opinions on the outcome of the war in this state. ”

"As of today, the 4th of June, the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Java are all under fierce fighting, and my men have told me that the fierceness of the Japanese attack has exceeded imagination, and since the 1st of June, the fighting has reached a fever pitch, and the resistance that our American troops, hastily organized, has not been able to slow down the Japanese attack."

"Since the outbreak of the war, all the unfavorable factors have been on our side, and the US army can only resist and defend several key points with all its might, such as Manila and Lawag in Luzon, Zamboanga in Mindanao, Mazen in Kalimantan, Palembang in Sumatra, Jakarta and Surabaya in Java."

"The only thing I can do is to command my subordinate troops before the arrival of domestic reinforcements, fight to the death with the superior Japanese army, for the United States of America, in the South Pacific, to retain a few footholds, and a springboard for future counteroffensives, the battle is still going on, everywhere is gunsmoke, every moment, my soldiers are suffering huge casualties."

"In the face of the most vicious Japanese soldiers, my troops will not give up every inch of land, which belongs to the glorious and great United States of America, fight! My soldiers and I have been fighting until the last breath of our lives, and finally, I would like to ask the Joint Chiefs of Staff to convey a message to all the American people on my behalf: As an American soldier, when the national interests are invaded, when life is endless, the battle will not stop! Me and my soldiers, are fulfilling this promise! ”

It should be admitted that MacArthur's writing is good, this telegram is very sensational, the whole text is urgent, but there is not a word to reveal the details of the panic, moreover, the grandiose and righteous awe-inspiring, but the meaning behind it is clear and unmistakable, if you don't give reinforcements, Lao Tzu's troops will be exhausted, if those bigwigs in the country can give up this rich colony, then you will stand by and watch! ”

In fact, MacArthur said that the above points were all imagined by himself, and he himself did not know whether the US troops scattered on several islands were really desperately defending a few points as they said in the telegram to China. ”

The battlefield was so chaotic that MacArthur didn't know how many troops he still had, where they were still fighting, and whether they were still fighting. However, these do not affect the content of his call back to China, at least, Manila cannot be lost.

After writing the telegram, he was useless even as a staff officer, and His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, who had always paid attention to his identity, personally ran to the confidential communications office, watched the telegraph operator with his own eyes, and sent the telegram, he was afraid, afraid that these fools would be like these fools, who would temporarily piece together from various departments, and the operators of the newly formed confidential communications office would commit suicide if they made the same mistake again!

After sending this flowery telegram, MacArthur's heart did not relax, he knew very well that even if he believed his own words at home, he realized the crisis in the South Pacific theater, and the reinforcements set out from the country, and they could not reach the battlefield at all in two weeks, and during this period, he was not sure at all whether his troops could withstand the Japanese attack.

The most terrible thing is that the chaos of the various battlefields makes it impossible for him to control the troops, even if it is the most basic situation, he wants to give orders, but even he himself does not dare to guarantee the effectiveness of the orders, thinking of himself, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops, but now he can only give orders on Luzon, MacArthur felt sad in his heart, but he immediately sat down.

This time, it was a telegram to Chairman Chiang of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government in Chongqing, and the message was very simple, asking the Chinese Government to send troops, join the South Pacific theater, and attack the Japanese army from behind.

According to MacArthur's thinking, he has reason to ask the Chinese government in this way, and the reason is very simple: two years ago, in order to curb the expansion of Tang Qiuli's power, in the name of the US military's Southeast Asia and South Pacific regional headquarters, he assisted the 10 divisions of the Central Army with American-style equipment, and he himself was the person in charge, and now it was the turn of the Chinese to contribute.

In this telegram, there is also a small conspiracy of MacArthur, he knows that he cannot ask Tang Qiuli for help, the Chinese who is extremely ambitious, unruly and greedy, and cunning, he cannot move, but the Chinese government can take a roundabout route and put pressure on the Chinese to force Tang Qiuli to send troops to the South Pacific.

According to MacArthur's judgment, it is unlikely that Chairman Chiang will send troops, otherwise, he would not have taken refuge in Chongqing, put his own descendant troops in the rear, and the Nationalist Government would not send troops, and there is still reason to shirk it, and Tang Qiuli's independent division troops, which are closest to the battlefield, will inevitably have to assume the responsibility of sending troops, and he will not be able to shirk it.

According to the Allied military mutual assistance agreement, it is a matter of course for the Chinese to send troops to help the US military, of course, between Chairman Chiang and Tang Qiuli, how to negotiate and how to fight, that is the Chinese's own business, General MacArthur does not care about this, he just needs to put Tang Qiuli in a room where there is no room for maneuver.

The telegrams that should have been sent have been sent, the means that should have been used have been used, and MacArthur has no choice but to wait for the rest!

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

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