Li Junhao believed that his actions would soon be reported to MacArthur, because he was sure that this man's military capabilities were indeed weak, but he was not bad at all in terms of politicians, and was even quite strong.

Compared to the other party, he himself is definitely not dominant in playing with his mind, but who makes his background strong, so his method is to reduce ten meetings with one force, which is strength oppression!

He is very sure that MacArthur does not have those artificial halos on his head now, and he does not have the courage and ability to confront the White House, and it is a good time to deal with it.

Subsequently, Li Junhao dined with Wainwright in the base cafeteria, during which he also got to know all the officers above the middle level of the Philippine Division.

It can be seen that Wainwright's prestige in the army is very high, and the officers and men in the division are very convinced of him.

This made Li Junhao very satisfied, at least he confirmed that the top main division of the Far Eastern team was still trustworthy under the leadership of Wainwright, which was very important.

——

Li Junhao's prediction was good, he arrived at the base of the Philippine division and used the communication room to send a telegram, and someone reported the news to MacArthur as soon as possible.

MacArthur was a tall, black-haired, black-eyed, Indian-blooded, sixty-year-old old-school soldier who was still very strong, and a tyrant-like officer who liked to fully control the power in his hands and demand absolute obedience to his subordinates, so he was very dissatisfied with the White House's meddling in the Far East forces and sending a deputy chief of staff with a political status higher than him! This is manifested in behavior, that is, I don't want to pay attention to the arrival of this Pan Sen at all.

Sitting in the former governor's office, which is far more luxuriously decorated than the official residence of the President of the Philippines, smoking the best guava tobacco in a custom pipe, waving his hand to signal the adjutant who came to report to leave, thinking about it, I feel that there is nothing to worry about, just a lucky person who is less than thirty years old, with his background and qualifications in the military, there is no need to worry about what trouble this doll can cause!

——

That night, Li Junhao refused Wainwright to send him to a hotel in the city, and instead took two guards to the base dormitory, so that he felt more comfortable.

When he first changed places, Li Junhao still slept in the Yiqu Building in his portable space according to his old habits, not entirely because of safety reasons, but because he never liked to sleep in an unfamiliar environment.

The next day, Li Junhao, accompanied by Wainwright, inspected the entire base and expressed his condolences to the troops stationed here, which can be regarded as making it clear that he was appointed as deputy chief of staff.

In this base, in addition to the Philippine division, there is also a tank regiment, an artillery regiment, and the other half of the aviation team is also stationed here, and the US military has more than 10,000 troops, which looks like the morale is not bad.

Li Junhao's identity is very special now, in terms of military rank, he is only the deputy chief of staff of the Far Eastern Army, and he also has to obey the command of Wainwright, a part-time chief of staff, but in terms of administrative positions, he can be said to be the highest level of the United States in the Far East, and the rank sequence is even one level higher than Ambassador Johnson or the Philippine governor.

Because the United States had previously allowed the colonies to be nominally independent, the Philippines now has its own government, and although the Philippine Governor General position on the American side has not been explicitly abolished, it has been vacant, which allowed MacArthur, who came to the Philippines for the second time, to directly occupy the original Governor's Residence, set up his headquarters here, and enjoy the luxury of being more than a king.

Although he was already prepared in his heart, when Li Junhao was sent to the headquarters in the city center by Wainwright, he was still shocked by the luxury here! And when MacArthur met him in an "interview" fashion, he lost even the last shred of respect for his age.

Wainwright, who had been sent to the door of the office and had not entered, heard the quarrel coming from inside, and although he could not hear the content of the quarrel through the heavy wooden door, he confirmed what he thought - Panson and MacArthur, who had just arrived here, were not all the way.

He had reason to suspect that Panson had come with a mission, and the target might have been MacArthur. However, he did not want to side with the commander-in-chief, because he was equally disgusted with MacArthur's personal style.

——

Ten minutes later, Li Junhao, who had a calm face, left MacArthur's office, and after going downstairs to the hall, he announced the order to the staff officers present: Within today, the General Headquarters Staff Office will move to the base in northern Manila to take office, and the deadline will be completed by 5 p.m.

The officers looked at him in astonishment, then at General Wainwright, who was also chief of staff, and when he nodded, he accepted the order of the new deputy chief of staff.

While the staff officers were packing up, MacArthur's adjutant kept watching coldly, but didn't say a word.

A day later, Washington's order came: Lieutenant General MacArthur was suspended and returned to China to report on his duties, General Wainwright was acting commander-in-chief of forces in the Far East, Colonel Panson was acting chief of staff, and Colonel Loyke Ball, former deputy commander of the Philippine Division, was acting deputy chief of staff.

In addition, only Li Junhao knew that at the same time as this order was sent, a review team jointly formed by the Internal Audit Office of the War Department and the Overseas Assets Division of the Ministry of Finance had left for the Philippines, and they would be responsible for checking the accounts of the US General Headquarters in the Far East in recent years and the tax situation of the Philippine colonies.

This is the measure taken by Li Junhao after discovering that MacArthur did not admit his mistake at all, and contacting Ayers, the purpose of which is to strive to crucify the matter and cut off the possibility of this puppet military strategist's resurgence.

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On December 25, Christmas, when MacArthur angrily boarded the plane back home and flew out of Manila, less than an hour after another plane diverted from Hong Kong Island landed at the base...... The review team has arrived!

After spending Christmas with the officers and men of the base, Li Junhao set off for Shanghai the next day.

In the previous days, he had inspected all formed units of the US forces in the Far East, including the Asian Fleet, and had a small meeting with the commander of the fleet, Admiral Thomas Hart.

Admiral Hart was very happy about MacArthur's takedown, and opened a nice bottle of red wine to celebrate, and his childlike behavior made Li Junhao amused.

During this period, the two men reached a small agreement that the intelligence department of the Asian Fleet Command would be responsible for monitoring the situation of the forces in the Far East and reporting to Li Junhao.

Li Junhao also inspected the Philippine National Defense Forces, asked the newly appointed Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, Colonel Pol, to step up the training of the Philippine Army, and agreed with General Wainwright to begin the expansion of the Philippine Army as soon as possible to increase the defense strength of the colonies.

(End of chapter)