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Text Chapter 570 MacArthur¡¯s reinforcements

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    "General, the Japanese have very strong firepower. They also have heavy artillery" "What heavy artillery? It's just a large-caliber mortar. Don't lose the face of the U.S. Armyattack, I want you to attack!" "  But General, we can't let our soldiers die." MacArthur did not fight well.  In his eyes, the little-known Tadayoshi Sano is far more difficult to beat than he imagined.  Although the opponent intends to retreat and does not want to get too close to him, the troops used by the opponent to rear him make him feel extremely troublesome.  He has an army of more than 20,000 people. Although he lacks heavy weapons and cannot use ammunition, the opponent is thousands fewer than him in number.  And the most important thing is that they made a mental calculation and launched an attack when the Japanese didn't even think about it.  But who would have expected that, apart from relatively rapid progress at the beginning, it would become difficult every step of the way.  "We must win this battle, we must win. No matter what the price, we must win!" When he heard Qin Wei's request to him, MacArthur knew that he could not refuse.  Attack from Hong Kong, defeat or defeat, preferably eliminate the invading Japanese army.  This would be extremely beneficial to him and the United States as a whole.  He had just suffered a huge defeat at the hands of the Japanese, and his reputation had hit rock bottom.  Fortunately, he brought almost all his subordinates out of the Japanese encirclement.  This gave him the capital to make a fortune.  And if he could fight a turnaround before returning to his country or being assigned another mission, then people would no longer care about his previous failures It would simply be a battle with a huge disparity in strength.  Although he lost a little too quickly, his strength was indeed far behind that of the Japanese.     Before.  He wants to save face through military exercises with the Chinese and earn the results promised by the Chinese.  But after all, this is still not as quick and straightforward as recovering the debt from the Japanese.  After all, the Chinese saved him and his men. No matter how much trouble he made with his savior, what was the point?  And as long as he can defeat the Japanese.  Then, even if he loses in the subsequent military exercise with the Chinese, he is not afraid anymore.  He knows Americans too well, and he only needs to tell those people: Our boys have fought in the Philippines and again in Hong Kong, and are very tired.  That's why we lost when we played against the Chinese.  There won't be any problems.  As for the battle in Hong Kong, after carefully analyzing the plan provided by the Chinese, he felt that the possibility of victory was very high.  Because as long as the Chinese airborne in Guangzhou, the Japanese troops attacking Hong Kong would have to retreat.  He just needs to chase after the enemy's butt and hit him.  If he couldn't win this kind of battle, he would be embarrassed.  And from the beginning, their progress was indeed as smooth as expected.  Supported by Chinese naval guns.  The enemy was beaten to the point of fleeing in panic, with almost no power to fight back.  But then the problem came.  After withdrawing from the coverage of Chinese naval guns, the Japanese resistance suddenly became unexpectedly tenacious.  Facing their attacks, these enemies often would rather die than retreat and fight to the last man standing.  What's more, some wounded Japanese soldiers self-exploded grenades and died together with his soldiers And because they did not carry any heavy weapons when they "retreat" from the Philippines.  Therefore, their current equipment level is basically the same as that of the Japanese army, or even slightly insufficient.  Although they won in terms of firearms, the opponent's number of artillery clearly exceeded theirs.  And American soldiers are not used to advancing under enemy fire "Follow me and send a telegram to the Governor of Hong Kong, asking them to transport artillery to the front line to support us." After walking around the temporary headquarters a few times,  MacArthur shouted again.  The Chinese don¡¯t have many cannons.  Even if there are, most of them are in important frontline troops.  Although the other side supported them with some mortars before the operation, the US military had basically never used such small artillery, and the shooting was not accurate at all.  Completely suppressed by Japanese artillery fire.  Not only that, those mortars have now been basically destroyed in the artillery battle with the Japanese, and there are only a few left.  MacArthur couldn't help but feel bitter every time he thought about this How could he actually have the opportunity to fight such a "poor" war?  I really don¡¯t know how the Chinese have used such equipment to resist the Japanese for so many years.  But he didn't have time to think about that now. Without artillery support, his soldiers had no desire to charge.  These guys went through the Philippine campaign.  In hand-to-hand combat, I still have a deep-seated fear of the Japanese that I cannot completely let go of.  Therefore, he must find artillery. Only a large number of artillery can support the combat effectiveness of his soldiers.  "General, the Governor of Hong Kong called back. Their artillery is used to defend Hong Kong and cannot be used without authorization." The Chinese could not count on it. MacArthur could only put his hope in the British alliance.?On the body.  After all, he came here to "defend Hong Kong" this time, and the British had to help him no matter what.  But it is obvious that allies cannot always be relied on.  "Can't use it? Does he think he can defend Hong Kong by leaving those artillery pieces in Hong Kong?" MacArthur almost burst out of anger.  He came to fight for the British. Those people had previously refused him entry into Hong Kong, saying they were afraid of causing misunderstandings among the Japanese This was simply a big joke.  Both countries have declared war on each other, so what misunderstanding is there?  If it weren't for the help of the Chinese to guard this place, the Japanese would have laid waste to Hong Kong long ago.  Still misunderstood?  After that, although under heavy pressure from China, the British Hong Kong government agreed to his secret entry, it was still unwilling to have more contact with him.  It's fine now. I'm not even willing to borrow the artillery Do you think that if you keep the artillery, the Japanese won't regard Hong Kong as an enemy?  "Send the message again and tell them that I, in the name of the General of the Army of the United States of America, order them to immediately bring out all their artillery for frontline support. If they dare to disobey, I promise to send them to a military court!" MacArthur shouted again  .  "Yes, general." The secretary hurried to send the report.  And MacArthur became increasingly irritable and restless.  It's okay if the war doesn't go well for a while.  But if the main force of the 38th Division is allowed to escape back to Guangzhou smoothly, his mission will be considered a failure.  By then, the Chinese will definitely have something to say.  As for those military exercises, there is no need at all The US government will have no shame in continuing to compete for military dominance in the Asian theater.  And what awaits him may no longer be the battlefield in Egypt, but the reserves in the United States.  "We can ask for support from the Chinese." Wainwright said with a heavy face.  "It's impossible. The Chinese's own artillery is not enough. How can they support us? And they have done a lot before. Although their navy has warships, they are all captured and the number of artillery shells is limited.  In order to support our previous battles, they have spent a lot of money." MacArthur shook his head and said: "So, I believe they will never agree to support us again, and even if they have it, they will not use it to help us.  I was careless I thought I could defeat the enemy easily. But I didn't expect We must admit that our soldiers are currently inferior to the Chinese and Japanese in terms of individual soldier quality, especially in terms of fighting will.  More wars and baptisms of blood are needed. "How do you know they won't help us without asking?" Wainwright said, "Even if they don't have artillery, they still have aircraft they can provide us with air assistance."  " "Plane?" MacArthur was startled.  "Is it possible?" "The Chinese air force is so far the only force that has an advantage when facing the Japanese." Wainwright said: "They can definitely do this." "Then try  Try it." MacArthur thought for a while and sighed helplessly.  If the soldiers don't live up to expectations, they can just train again later.  But if he loses this time, he won't even have the chance to train those bastards.  Compared to these.  Bowing your head to the Chinese is nothing.  "I'm going to ask the Hong Kong authorities by the way. I hope your threat just now will scare them" Wainwright sighed again.  "I hope so." MacArthur's face darkened again.  Although it is an ally, it does not belong to the British side after all.  It's hard to say whether the other party will obey his orders.  "Actually, no matter what the outcome of our battle is, it is very valuable." Wainwright took two steps outside, then stopped, and said to him again: "At least, when our forces are equal, we can see each other.  The real combat effectiveness of the Japanese army will be very beneficial to our future strategic arrangements. "There is no need to worry about it. And I still firmly believe that I will win."  He now has no favorable opinion of either China or Britain.  But compared to his hatred of China, he is only angry towards Britain!  The Chinese people are always scheming, which is annoying; but the actions of the British Hong Kong government made him feel betrayed He secretly swore.  No matter what the final result of this battle is, he will settle the account with the British Hong Kong government and that guy named Yang Muqi, and if there is a chance, he will also divide the account.  The pen went to the head of the British government: "By the way, when you correspond to the British, tell them by the way that if they dare to refuse again, I will directly recruit their troops to the battlefield in the name of the allies If they dare to disobey, I will  Just enforce battlefield discipline! " "Battlefield discipline? No, no, no, we can't do this" Wainwright was startled.  Enforce battlefield discipline?  Not to mention that they have no affiliation with Hong Kong. Even if they do, look at MacArthur's anger.  It is obviously towards the major forces in Hong Kong.Issued by officers and generals.  These people, especially the Governor of Hong Kong, are all important British officials in the Far East. How can they be killed at will?  If we really do that, it will definitely cause a major diplomatic dispute.  "Don't worry, I'm just scaring them." MacArthur gritted his teeth, "Although I really want to kill them now." "Report-" The secretary suddenly rushed in, waving the telegram manuscript in his hand, his face full of anger.  It was a surprise: "General, our reinforcements are here, they are here!" "Reinforcements?" MacArthur and Wainwright were startled, "How can we have any reinforcements?" "It's General Chennault, and Colonel Doolittle they led  Our air force is here!"
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