When General MacArthur heard the words of Colonel Kleist, the chief of staff, he was so angry that he wanted to go up and slap him, and scolded himself in his heart: "This is a guy who can't support the wall, and he is in a hurry to do a big thing, and an Australian telegram is also worth it for you to run early in the morning like a catastrophe?" ”

General MacArthur's face was full of unpleasantness, interrupted Colonel Kleist's words, and reprimanded loudly: "What do you look like? Soldiers, the most important thing is to be calm and calm, say, what is the content of the telegram? ”

Colonel Kleist wanted to report the contents of the telegram in one breath, but he was interrupted by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in the middle of the way, and received a few reprimands from his head, and he was so anxious that his eyes were full of stars, but he didn't dare to interject, and when he heard the general ask himself, he hurriedly said: "I just received an urgent telegram from Admiral Fernandez, the commander-in-chief of the British and Australian armies, at 4:30 this morning, Australia was attacked by the Japanese army from multiple directions, and by the time of the report, all the ports were in fierce battles!" ”

"Huh?" General MacArthur's head "boomed" like a thunderbolt from the sky, and his eyes turned black, and he was stunned for more than ten seconds.

When he reacted, with unprecedented agility, he rushed to Colonel Kleist, snatched the telegram with his hand, and the military uniform he was wearing fell to the ground, almost tripping over him, and he completely forgot about it, and he had just taught his subordinates what it meant to be calm.

When he opened the telegram, the lines of letters were like small tadpoles swimming, blurry and unclear, General MacArthur wiped his eyes, "General Fernandez, commander-in-chief of the British Empire's forces in Australia, and General MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the Allied Southwest Pacific Theater, sent an urgent telegram to General MacArthur, at 4:30 a.m. today, about 300,000 Japanese troops from different directions. Attacking Australia, in front of it, all the ports are in the midst of fierce fighting. ”

"With the strength of the British and Australian troops stationed in Australia, it is simply impossible to stop a large number of Japanese troops from landing in Australia, and now, I ask that the 100,000 British and Australian troops on Luzon Island be reinforced, and immediately return to Australia. This is an unnegotiable demand, if Australia falls into the hands of the Japanese army, you and me, as well as hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers, will die without a place to be buried! ”

MacArthur's face turned pale as if struck by lightning. His mouth was half open, and his eyes were straight. Thoroughly petrified. The newspaper slipped quietly from his hand.

Colonel Kleist was frightened by MacArthur's appearance, and hurriedly shouted: "Commander-in-Chief! Commander-in-Chief! ”

MacArthur looked at his chief of staff blankly, his eyes empty and dazed, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was asking Colonel Kleist again: "Why is this happening?" Why is this happening? ”

Colonel Kleist was horrified to find. His Excellency the General's gaze was in a state of dissipation, and the spiritual world of the whole person collapsed at this moment. He didn't know what to do, in fact, the moment he saw the telegram, he was already scared and had a feeling that the end was coming.

"Jingle bell!" The telephone on the shell box rang rapidly, MacArthur and Kleist, both of whom seemed to be suddenly awakened and startled, MacArthur suddenly slumped in the marching chair, and the telephone rang stubbornly several times before Colonel Kleist reacted.

He trembled his hands, picked up the phone, just listened to a sentence, hurriedly covered the telephone receiver, and said: "Commander-in-chief, it's Lieutenant General Wagnadze calling from Manila, looking for you to talk!" ”

MacArthur subconsciously took the phone, and Lieutenant General Wagnerdze's angry voice expanded countless times, "General MacArthur, at night Wagnerdze, I think you also received a telegram from Admiral Fernandez, I will stop being verbose, and immediately let the 100,000 British and Australian troops fighting in the Calais Mountains withdraw to Manila, and we will return to Australia, I hope you will not obstruct it with any reason or excuse, otherwise, I will personally state all the consequences to my government!" ”

Lieutenant General Wagnerze's words are not polite at all, too, whoever it is, can not maintain the so-called calm when it comes to this matter, and he led 100,000 soldiers to Luzon Island to help the Americans fight, but as a result, the old nest was taken out by hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers, and everyone is in a hurry!

Australia's troop strength and defense situation, Chief of Staff Wagnerdze knows in his heart that there are only more than 60,000 regular troops to defend so many ports, and the strength of each port is definitely not more than 6,000 people, and the most elite soldiers have followed themselves to Luzon Island to help the Americans fight.

In other words, the whole of Australia has no in-depth troops and defensive deployments at all, under the attack of more than 300,000 fierce Japanese soldiers, it is as fragile as an eggshell, and it only needs the Japanese to stretch out their fingers and poke it lightly, and immediately the egg yolk overflows, shattered to a mess, my God, what a terrible scene, Wagnerdze Chief of Staff is so anxious that the flames are rising.

He also understands that MacArthur is a veteran who harms others and interests himself, and is accustomed to playing intrigues and tricks, and he can do such a thing as leaving 100,000 British and Australian troops on Luzon under various pretexts, regardless of the safety of Australia, so Chief of Staff Wagnerdze is ready to tear his face with Commander-in-Chief MacArthur, and if necessary, he will run to the front line in the Calais Mountains regardless of danger and take the troops away!

Fortunately, General MacArthur was not completely confused, and he could still distinguish the severity of the matter, and he also knew that Australia was the last retreat for himself and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and if even the retreat was cut off by the Japanese, his fate would definitely be miserable.

After calming down, MacArthur said as calmly as possible: "General Wagnerdze, this is bad news for any of us, okay, I will order the British and Australian First Army Corps and the Second Army to immediately withdraw from the Calais mountain defense line, and return to Australia as soon as possible, if necessary, all American troops on Luzon Island will also reinforce Australia." ”

Wagnerdze's chief of staff, breathed a sigh of relief, secretly rejoiced, at the most critical time, this scheming MacArthur, who was still generally knowledgeable, did not even say a kind word, put down the phone, Wagnerdze Chief of Staff, with a few staff officers, rushed to the port like a spark, arranged ships, and at the same time, sent a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Fernandez, requesting the British task force in Australia to provide escort.

Putting down the phone, General MacArthur's heart was as painful as a pinprick, and the muscles on his cheeks were twitching uncontrollably, he couldn't imagine how more than 300,000 Japanese soldiers suddenly appeared in Australia, and why was there no warning in advance?

From the moment he saw Admiral Fernandez's telegram, MacArthur realized that he had made a big mistake by insisting on the plan to defend Manila, and that it was a decision that was more stupid than a pig to send troops from Australia to reinforce Luzon, and that the fundamental purpose of the Japanese was not in Luzon, not on MacArthur, but in Australia.

As long as Australia is captured, Luzon Island is a dead land, but why didn't he think of this, at this time, Commander-in-Chief MacArthur, his intestines are about to repent, the only thing he can do now is not to drive the Japanese soldiers on Luzon Island into the sea, but how to get out of Luzon Island, and withdraw more than 200,000 soldiers safely from Luzon Island and reach Australia, at this time, he has already retreated.

MacArthur beat his spirits, called over Colonel Kleist, who was already six gods, and ordered: "Kleist, you rush back to Manila immediately, collect all the ships to standby, remember, there must be a ship that can transport all our soldiers at once, this task must be completed in two days, Craster, this is a major event involving our lives, if you can't complete it, I will shoot you with my own hands!" ”

The tone was gloomy, and Colonel Krast shuddered, and he saw in the eyes of Commander-in-Chief MacArthur the fierce light of a gambler, and it was the ferocity of despair that after losing the bet, he took out all his net worth, and made a last-ditch fight and desperate bets.

At about 5:40 a.m. on August 25, a hurried phone rang to wake up the sleeping Tang Qiuli, gently let go of Mei Xue, who was snuggled in his arms and sleeping like a kitten, and took away her beautiful legs wrapped around her waist, tiptoed to the ground, and pulled the quilt for Mei Xue, who was still in a sweet dream. ”

Tang Qiuli carefully closed the bedroom door and made a silent gesture towards the special guard, the young special guard, sticking out his tongue, a little embarrassed, arrived in the living room, a major staff officer on duty, already holding a phone and waiting for him.

Tang Qiuli asked, "Where did the call come from?" ”

The staff officer replied: "Report to the division commander, it was Chief of Staff Zhao who called from the command headquarters, saying that there was an emergency report!" ”

"Oh!" Tang Qiuli was slightly surprised, the call that could make Zhao Yuhe and the early morning call must have happened to be a serious thing, otherwise, ordinary things, Zhao Yuhe himself could handle it, there was no need to alarm himself.

Suddenly, Tang Qiuli had a flash of inspiration in his mind, the British and Australian troops reinforcing Luzon Island had all gone ashore the night before yesterday, shouldn't it be the Japanese army attacking Australia? Based on time calculations, this is most likely the case.

After receiving the phone, Tang Qiuli said: "Yuhe, I'm Tang Qiuli, what's the urgent matter?" ”

On the other end of the phone, Zhao Yuhe said excitedly in his tone: "Division commander, I just received information from the intelligence department that at 4:30 a.m. today, the Japanese army sent troops from the southwest Pacific to attack Australia in several ways with about 300,000 troops!" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled slightly, and as expected, he said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, immediately summon all the personnel of the staff office to the war room, and I will rush to the headquarters immediately!" ”

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