Age of Conquest Reborn

The Manila battlefield formed a tug-of-war of offense and defense. The Fourteenth Army always put huge pressure on the US military. General Ito Genzaburo, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, very much wanted to see the battlefield situation. In this regard,

, His Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, has repeatedly praised Lieutenant General Haruta Yoshihiko, Commander of the Fourteenth Army, on different occasions, calling him a newly rising general of the Imperial Japanese Army.

To be honest, General Ito was a little worried about whether Yoshihiko Haruta, a fierce general known for his bravery, could grasp the scale of the Manila battlefield. He was worried that he would become hot-tempered and hot-headed, and attack the US defense line regardless of the casualties of soldiers.

, focused on breaking into Manila, thus scaring away MacArthur's reinforcements, then the gain outweighs the loss. The ultimate goal of the dispatched troops is the vast Australian continent!

But after a few days of fighting in Manila, General Ito experienced an unexpected surprise. Haruta Yoshihiko, who advocated hand-to-hand charges and commanded a fierce combat style, learned to use strategies and tactical skills, and the battle was fought vigorously. With 70,000 soldiers, he suppressed

MacArthur fought with more than 100,000 troops, and the results achieved made General Ito overjoyed.

General Ito believed that if Yoshihiko Haruta continued to fight like this, Australia's British-Australian reinforcements would soon appear on Luzon Island, and MacArthur would desperately urge them, thus completing the base camp and bringing the main force of Australia's British-Australian troops to

Plans to move out of mainland Australia.

General Ito no longer had to worry about the offensive and defensive battle of the Manila line of defense. All his attention was focused on clearing out the remnants of the US Third Army in the Calais Mountains. However, the resistance of the remaining US troops far exceeded General Ito's expectations.

Ninety thousand soldiers encircled and suppressed the remaining American soldiers of less than 20,000, but the fight was very difficult. Those damn American soldiers were not going to lay down their weapons and surrendered!

Perhaps, after being in a desperate situation and knowing that there was no hope of survival, it aroused the bloodshed in the hearts of the American soldiers. In every battle, their own soldiers paid heavy casualties. All the surrounded American soldiers died in the battle.

For the ending, of course, General Ito knew very well that even if the American soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered, they would still be dead. His soldiers who killed red-eyed soldiers took pleasure in torturing American prisoners of war.

Moreover, there are many tricks. For example, two team captains made a bet on who could peel off a complete human skin from a living American prisoner of war. The loser of the bet had to wash the underwear of the winner for a month.

Also, several lieutenants competed in knife skills. They put a few layers of leaves under the necks of American prisoners of war, cut off the heads of the American prisoners of war with one knife, and the one who chopped the fewest leaves was the winner. The flower girl captured in the future

.It must be enjoyed by him first.

There are countless examples of this. After listening to the report from Chief of Staff Major General Kawashima, General Ito originally wanted to order a ban on this practice. Of course, it was not because of humanitarianism or conscience. If it were not for his own identity,

General Ito would definitely participate in this kind of game, but he believed that the reason why the remaining US soldiers resisted desperately and did not surrender was related to the soldiers' torture of prisoners of war.

Being able to end the Battle of Calais Mountains as quickly as possible with minimal casualties was the result that General Ito was happy to see. However, Chief of Staff Kawashima's understatement completely dispelled his idea. Chief of Staff Kawashima said so

He said: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, the bravest soldiers are often the most cruel soldiers. Do you want our soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army to be criticized because their bodies are spattered with the blood of the enemy?"

General Ito believed deeply in what Chief of Staff Kawashima said. Therefore, the soldiers' torture and killing of American prisoners of war became a public entertainment item in the Japanese army in Luzon Island. The more American soldiers were beaten, the fewer American soldiers were killed, more than once.

Having witnessed similar tragedies with my own eyes or heard from my companions, I have long given up the idea of ​​surrendering. Instead of surrendering to the Japanese and being tortured to death, it is better to grab a few Japanese on my back and be shot to death before I die.

, it’s better than being tortured and killed!

Therefore, the gunshots on the battlefield in the Calais Mountains continued day and night. Either the Japanese army surrounded a small group of American soldiers, or the American soldiers took advantage of the darkness to carry out sneak attacks on the Japanese search troops without hesitation until the evening of August 19.

, with the last resistance of the Third Army soldiers of the US Army, they were surrounded by Japanese troops more than ten times their strength in a desperate situation. After exchanging dozens of lives for nearly a hundred lives of Japanese soldiers, gunshots and shouts of death were heard.

Only then did the sound completely subside.

Night shrouded the Calais Mountains and when the sea breeze from the Pacific blew, Commander-in-Chief Ito received a report from the troops at the headquarters: "All the remaining American soldiers who resisted on the battlefield in the Calais Mountains have been wiped out by the Imperial Army.

"After all, all the suppression troops were mobilized at Plogue Summit." In other words, more than 90,000 Japanese soldiers spent more than ten days combing through the Calais Mountains in detail.

The Battle of Calais Mountains officially ended. The entire army from the commander of the Third Army under the US Southwest Pacific Headquarters to Major General Whiteman was wiped out. More than 80,000 people either died in battle or were captured and brutally murdered by Japanese soldiers. None of them had a chance to survive.

, it is said that in the second year, after the rainy season arrived in Luzon, the vegetation in the Calais Mountains was extremely lush and almost growing wildly. The leaves of all the trees were so green that they would smell purple if they were accidentally touched.

A faint smell of blood!

After the war, the U.S. official war history compiled a special book on the Battle of Manila commanded by General MacArthur. This battle was called the battle situation of the U.S. Army in the Southwest Pacific. At a critical moment, General MacArthur in order to avoid the homeland

After being invaded by the Japanese army, it was an arduous battle against the Japanese army with inferior equipment and troops. In it, words such as decisive command, fearlessness in the face of danger, and bloody fighting are often seen between the lines.

As for the Battle of Calais Mountains, which was indispensable for the Battle of Manila and one of the most important battles, it was briefly mentioned. The Third Army of the United States Southwest Pacific Theater used inferior forces to fight against the superior Japanese army, and subsequently the remnants of the Third Army in Calais.

There is no mention of the fact that the mountainous area faced a crazy siege by the Japanese army and resisted for ** days, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army.

As for the name of the commander, Major General Whiteman, I have searched through the history of the U.S. Pacific War and cannot find it. The final fate of more than 80,000 officers and soldiers of the U.S. Third Army in the Calais Mountains battlefield has been consciously and artificially buried in the long river of history.

Among them, the American people have been left with a confusing historical blank.

The U.S. Third Army paid the price of annihilation of more than 80,000 troops, paying for MacArthur's stupid strategic decisions and campaign command, which further enhanced his so-called halo of famous generals, and the historical truth was covered up.

After solving the remaining US troops in the Calais Mountains, General Ito was as easy as taking off the shackles that were imprisoned on his body. In the direction of Manila, Haruta Yoshihiko fought vigorously and with great interest. He could free his hands and set his sights on a bigger target.

A more important goal----------Australia.

What General Ito needs to do now is not to march directly to Manila, or to capture Manila immediately. He is waiting for the moment when MacArthur's reinforcements leave the Australian continent and land on Luzon Island. Then, the southwest Pacific of the Japanese Empire

dispatch the main force of the army to attack the Americans and

The British's heaviest and most gorgeous blow put the entire Pacific Ocean under the territory of the Japanese Empire. Of course, without that damn China devil Tang Qiuli occupying the Indochina Peninsula, this would have been a perfect and historic event.

Something of great significance will be recorded in the history of the Japanese Empire!

Compared with General Ito's very happy mood, General MacArthur's mood was like the rainy weather for days, gloomy and depressing. The gunfire in Calais subsided. A serious practical problem was placed in front of him. The end of Calais

The main force of the Japanese army in the battle of Laishan District is about to attack.

If it were just the attack of the Japanese Fourteenth Army, MacArthur had absolute confidence to hold on to Manila for a year or even longer. He even had a bold plan to wear down or drag down the Japanese Tenth Army on the Manila defense line.

However, it is absolutely impossible for the Fourth Army to fight the Japanese army for seven or eight days. The losses of the troops reached an astonishing number of more than 40,000 people. What is even more frightening is that the morale of the soldiers is declining day by day.

If the main force of the Japanese army joins the Manila battlefield again, what awaits him and hundreds of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers will be a complete collapse of the entire battlefield. Therefore, General MacArthur is no more looking forward to the arrival of Australian reinforcements than now.

The longing and waiting are both unsettling. On the evening of August 19, the Manila defense line withstood another fierce Japanese attack. General MacArthur, who went to the front line to supervise the battle, returned to the headquarters exhausted. Attendant

After setting dinner and looking at the sumptuous food on the table, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief had no appetite at all. Over the past few days, His Excellency the General, who paid great attention to appearance and appearance, became much more haggard.

Several thunders and annoying light rain began to fall again, adding to General MacArthur's inner depression. He waved his hand and asked the aide to take away the dinner. At this moment, the acting chief of staff, Colonel Kleist,

, all wet

He broke in and shouted loudly: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, good news! Good news! I just received a telegram that the two leading troops of the British-Australian First Regiment were reinforcing the Luzon Island battlefield.

We will be able to land ashore in two hours!"

"What?" General MacArthur suddenly stood up in disbelief, knocked over the dining table, and ignored the splash of a glass of white milk on his straight general uniform. He met Kleist with an agility that even young people could not match.

Colonel, he grabbed the telegram with trembling hands and looked greedy.

At the same time, intelligence with the same content appeared in front of General Tang Qiuli, commander of the Japanese division, and General Ito Genzaburo, commander-in-chief of Japan's Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force.

(To be continued)