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    The first impression given by MacArthur is that he is bombastic, has gorgeous clothes, is self-centered, likes to flatter and flatter others, has a strong partisanship, and likes to get involved in political debates.  But no one can deny his strategic vision and tactical literacy.  Just like this war that affected the whole world, MacArthur had already foreseen it as early as the autumn of 1930 when he succeeded Smorrell as Army Chief of Staff.  Based on the complex international situation, he firmly opposed the government's further reduction of troops; he emphasized to the government more than once that the development of the international situation "has once again proved that the treaty is unreliable and there is no guarantee for peace."  With his many efforts and the instruction of Roosevelt and others, in the same year, the U.S. Congress established the War Policy Commission to study "the policies to be followed in the event of war" and "how to evenly bear the costs and reduce war profits to  at the lowest limit".  Afterwards, MacArthur was informed that he would be responsible for proposing a so-far extremely "secret" industrial mobilization plan.   "But now everyone thinks I am a fool. An arrogant fool." In Manila, at the headquarters of the US-Philippine coalition forces, MacArthur was holding his famous pipe and confiding to Lieutenant General Wainwright, deputy commander of the coalition forces.  own troubles.  Speaking of Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, it can be said that he was the most tragic general of the US military during the entire World War II.  After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the U.S-Philippine coalition forces commanded by MacArthur suffered consecutive defeats. Finally, in order to prevent a general from being captured by the Japanese, Roosevelt asked MacArthur to be picked up by a submarine.  Wainwright had to replace MacArthur as the Commander-in-Chief of the United States in the Philippines at this time.  Afterwards, the U.S-Philippine coalition forces ran out of ammunition and food. For the sake of the lives of soldiers, Wainwright surrendered to the Japanese after sending his last telegram to Roosevelt on May 5, 1942.  He was later imprisoned in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Northeast China for a long time.  Later, Japan was defeated and Wainwright regained his freedom.  He thought the Americans would look down on him because he surrendered and was a loser.  But what he got was the treatment of a hero.  On September 2, 1945, at the Japanese surrender ceremony, MacArthur invited Wainwright to witness Japan's surrender with him on the battleship USS Missouri.  He was later awarded the rank of four-star general.  But this time, Wainwright no longer had to think about his future, because MacArthur did not leave and could not leave.  All he needs to do now is to comfort the commander-in-chief who is almost unable to hold on anymore Not long ago, he and MacArthur's adjutant had just confiscated the commander-in-chief's sidearm.  It was the old MacArthur, the family heirloom left to MacArthur by MacArthur's father. Because of the defeat, MacArthur was under great psychological pressure and almost couldn't help but kill himself with this gun.  "Didn't the Chinese already promise to help us? They will take action soon." Wainwright persuaded carefully.  After the last vent, MacArthur's mood was much more stable than before.  But he still dared not take it lightly. Whether it was public or private, he could not allow MacArthur to have problems.  "We are now surrounded by the Japanese!" MacArthur snorted. "The number of Japanese troops on our periphery is at least twice ours. The Philippine army is simply unable to undertake combat tasks. Then, we are facing an army that is almost ten times our size.  The enemySkinny Monkey, the Chinese are not strong enough to break such a strong encirclement! Even if they have won several battles with the Japanese, they can at least give us hope, right?"  He asked rhetorically, "And I believe that our government must have made an accurate assessment of China's strength. They will not make fun of so many of our lives." "I just hope they are not stupid in wanting to send some airborne troops.  Come on" MacArthur sighed.  "I hope so too." Wainwright smiled bitterly, "But the Chinese shouldn't be that stupid, right?" "I hope not" The two of them didn't speak anymore, they just sat quietly facing each other.  They were waiting for news Not long ago, the War Department informed them that the Chinese would take action. When they came to rescue them, they had already been told that during this period, the Chinese would send them reports.  In other words, the Chinese will give them combat orders, and after receiving the combat orders, they must immediately prepare to cope with the Chinese rescue operations.  Because they only have one chance. If they cannot seize this only chance to escape from the Japanese siege, they will inevitably face a brutal Japanese attack.  During this period of fighting, a proud man like MacArthur had to admit that the old Japanese man named Seishiro Sakagaki was extremely vicious in fighting.  He even thought that if he hadn't kept them to confuse Britain, the United States, the Netherlands and other countries so as to create opportunities for the Japanese army to raid the Indonesian oil fields, he might not have a chance to "hold" Manila at all.  Of course, the other party may also do this to reduce casualties.  ?There is no rush for time, so why rush to launch an attack?  Wouldn't it be easier to fight when they are physically starved and their morale and morale are basically gone?  "General, telegram! Telegram from the Chinese!" The urgent shout interrupted MacArthur's thoughts, and when he looked up, Wainwright had already stood up first and grabbed the telegram brought by the confidential secretary.  "How is it? How did the Chinese arrange it?" MacArthur asked anxiously.  "General," after a while, Wainwright looked up from the telegram with a strange expression: "The Chinese want us to gather all American soldiers before twelve o'clock in the evening in three days. They will be on time at a quarter past twelve.  Launch the operation. After their bombers complete the first round of bombing, we must launch a breakout!" "The direction of the breakout?" MacArthur said solemnly.  "Port!" "?" MacArthur's face suddenly froze.  port?  Do you want them to jump into the sea?  That was the direction where the Japanese were heavily defended, and there were at least twenty warships crowded at the port!  To break through in that direction, the Japanese only need one round of naval gunfire, and their 30,000 American troops may be completely annihilated.  ***************************************************  *********** "Report!" "Come in." Haikou.  Not long after Qin Wei arrived, he was watching Yu Lingling directing the guards to clean his office when he was disturbed by the sudden arrival of Zhang Lingfu.  Especially after seeing the unwilling look on the face of this warrior with a cane, he couldn't help but have the idea of ????escape: According to the original arrangement, this guy should lead his troops into the Zhejiang battlefield now.  Because of Doolittle's air raid, the Japanese were completely determined to destroy all the Chinese airports in Zhejiang.  Zhang Lingfu and the 58th Division of the 74th Army led by Zhang Lingfu were assigned to guard Quzhou, the most important place, where Doolittle and others landed.  It's a pity that because of his advice in front of Chiang Kai-shek, the chance of fighting was gone. Not only that, Zhang Lingfu also had to take his troops to Hainan Island to train for beach operations He came from Chongqing and just  When I got off the plane, this guy didn't come to pick me up, and now he looks so angry, so it's not necessarily that he has any intentions.  "Sir Qin!" Zhang Lingfu still looked like a standard soldier. As soon as he entered the door, he saluted Qin Wei with a standard military salute.  "What's the matter?" Qin Wei asked, pretending to be messing around with the documents.  "Why is there no our 58th Division in this operation?" Zhang Lingfu asked loudly.  "What action?" Qin Wei looked up at him and asked.  "Attack the Philippines!" "Did you hear something wrong?" Qin Wei almost choked at these words, "When can we fight across the ocean? And attack the Philippines? Do you know?  Are there 300,000 Japanese soldiers hiding in the Philippines? "But the navy has already set off, and they have brought Deng E's 155th Division with them!" Zhang Lingfu shouted.  "Is there such a thing? Why didn't Zhang Xianghua (Zhang Fakui) inform me?" Qin Wei looked shocked, and immediately slapped the table again: "That's unreasonable. Zhong Lin, don't worry, I'll go find Zhang and ask questions later.  It's clear. I will give you an explanation. " "Sir, our department has been training with the Navy in Ya County (Sanya). You personally gave the order about the 155th Division." Zhang Lingfu was not angry.  Erdi looked at Qin Wei and said coldly.  "I'll go," Qin Wei smiled bitterly.  The feeling of being exposed on the spot for lying was really not good, and it also made him a little annoyed: "This Chen Shaokuanhas made it clear that he is cheating on me." "It's Chief Chen Jiliang, sir!" Zhang Lingfu glared at him angrily.  "Chen, Chen Jiliang? Hetsk, look at how confused I am." Qin Wei shook his head and put on a smile again: "Zhong Lin, lookI just came back from Chongqing, everything is  I haven¡¯t sorted it out yet. My mind is in a mess. How about you go back and wait for me to sort things out?¡±  We are going to the fourth theater here. All the generals and officers in our department hope to fight bravely under your leadership, instead of lagging behind others like now." Zhang Lingfu said solemnly.  "Since I want you here, it's naturally because you are capable of fighting. You are a powerful force, specifically here to fight tough battles. The 155th Division Deng E and the others" Qin Wei thought about it with a sly look on his face, and then  Suddenly turned around: "Secretary Yu, where has the 155th Division been sent?" "Hong Kong!" Yu Lingling has been standing aside., Hearing this, he hurriedly replied, "You sent them to Hong Kong to help the local British army stabilize the defense line. Well, they are mainly to guard Kai Tak Airport!" "Look" Qin Wei spread his hands towards Zhang Lingfu, "Garrison troops! Deng E  Just to be the garrison commander. Do you, Zhang Lingfu, want to do this? " "No, no aren't they going to the Philippines to rescue the US military?" Zhang Lingfu was stunned.  "Shit. How many people are needed to save a few American soldiers? Just send a telegram to Seishiro Sakagaki and ask the Navy to make a trip"
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