Age of Conquest Reborn

In fact, since determining the strategic policy of the Manila Defense War, General MacArthur has made two preparations. One is to rely on the Manila Defense Line to hold on on Luzon Island until the United States launches a large-scale counterattack in the Southwest Pacific.

General MacArthur, who counterattacked the bridgehead together and commanded a lone army to fight a bloody battle with the Japanese, will undoubtedly become a national hero in the United States, and his political capital will be bulging in his pocket!

However, as the United States suffered a series of defeats in the Eastern Pacific battlefield, losing Midway Island, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Mariana Islands, the Pacific Fleet was completely annihilated, and the Second Army was completely annihilated in the Battle of Hawaii Island.

In the southwest Pacific region, the connection with the mainland of the United States was cut off by the Japanese Navy's combined fleet. The day when the U.S. military would launch a massive counterattack was far away. It could be said that it was hopeless. General MacArthur's heart became cold...

He realized that his plan to defend Manila was probably a grave he dug for himself. However, the battle to defend Manila was already in full swing. Even if he wanted to stop, it would be too late, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

Faced with the deteriorating battlefield situation in the Southwest Pacific, General MacArthur had to plan for his own retreat and where to escape. Therefore, the second-hand preparation was that the Manila line of defense had become a dead end and failure was inevitable.

When to avoid, escape Luzon.

As for where to flee to, Commander-in-Chief MacArthur also had a clear-cut plan in his mind. It would be the stupidest thing to do to flee back to his homeland. Not to mention that as the commander-in-chief, he left more than 200,000 soldiers behind and fled for his own life.

The public opinion can drown oneself, even if it crosses the Japanese Combined Fleet blockade, crosses the Pacific Ocean, and travels tens of thousands of kilometers, the Japanese Navy carrier-based aircraft will treat the General's plane as a living target.

The only destination is Australia, and there are good reasons to prepare in advance for the withdrawal of the US and Philippine troops to Australia. To this end, two fully fueled transport planes are closely guarded by a company of US military police at Manila Airport.

No one was allowed to approach, and the pilots were on standby 24 hours a day, ready to take off at any time. One of the transport planes was gradually filled with General MacArthur’s savings that he had spent in the Philippines for many years.

These savings are enough for General MacArthur and his descendants to spend three lifetimes without doing anything. This matter was done in an extremely secretive manner. Even General MacArthur’s close confidant, Colonel Kleist, the acting chief of staff, had no idea.

Affection.

However, as the Japanese army aggressively attacked Australia, another bucket of cold water was poured on MacArthur's head. The Australian continent was no longer safe. General MacArthur, who looked around at a loss, sadly found that he seemed to have nowhere to go. He even thought of temporarily escaping to

Mainland China was hiding from the limelight. Based on its friendship with Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, and as the First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in China and the Southwest Pacific Theater, he should be treated as an honored guest.

But that Tang Qiuli scared MacArthur to the core. He didn't think that this vice chairman of the National Political Committee, who never bought his fault, could allow him to stay comfortably in China. Fortunately, one hundred thousand pounds

The Australian soldiers returned to Australia safely and gave General MacArthur reassurance that they could turn their attention to the Australian continent again.

Now, the Japanese Fourteenth Army on Luzon Island repeatedly attacked the Manila defense line, assuming a posture not to kill all the more than 200,000 American and Filipino soldiers. MacArthur's pressure increased sharply, and he evacuated Luzon Island.

It was also brought up on the agenda,

Among them, the most critical point was Tang Qiuli's attitude, that rebellious Chinese, whether he was willing to lend a helping hand. Therefore, after several emergency telegrams were sent to the mainland, all that was left was uneasiness and impatient waiting.

MacArthur couldn't afford to delay, and the Japanese didn't give him any time to delay. Just when General MacArthur was like an ant on a hot pot, waiting for the response from home, the capital of the United States, Washington, welcomed an important guest. During the war, Britain

Cabinet Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.

Churchill's trip to the United States was purely out of necessity. On the European battlefield, the Americans and the British joined forces and barely resisted the fierce German attack. The British Isles were like a few small boats floating in the rough waves of the Atlantic Ocean, and they could capsize at any time.

Perhaps, this was just an attack by the Luftwaffe.

May and June in the first half of 1941 were a catastrophic day for Prime Minister Churchill and all the British people. Lieutenant General Garibaldi, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, former Commander of the Second Luftwaffe,

, served as the first deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force and presided over the work of the Air Force, and appointed Major General Kohler, chief of the Air Force Operations Department, as the second deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force, in charge of operations.

After these two German air force generals came to power, the German air force, which had suffered many losses in previous air battles over Great Britain, was suddenly transformed. Not only did its tactics and tactics undergo fundamental changes, but it also did not know how to use them.

By what means, the German fighter groups and bomber groups were used so mysteriously that the days when the British and American joint air forces controlled the English Channel airspace are gone forever!

After several months of constant aerial battles, the British and American joint fleets never took advantage. Every air battle was beaten to death by the Luftwaffe. The battle damage rate of fighter jets skyrocketed. Of course, with the help of the Americans,

In order to provide the necessary support, the fighter jets will be replenished as they are lost, so that there will not be no aircraft available.

The terrible thing is that the loss of pilots cannot be replenished at any time. After each war, a large number of experienced British and American pilots are called by God to return to the arms of their old man and fight for several months.

Mature pilots are gradually declining, reaching the point where they are unsustainable. There are fewer and fewer aircraft flying over the English Channel, and the US-UK joint air force has even reached the point where it cannot afford to fight a medium-scale air battle.

Under the wings, German fighters and bombers with black "crosses" painted on them appeared in the skies over the English Channel, completely controlling the air. As a result, the British mainland was subjected to day and night air raids and bombings by the Luftwaffe.

From the capital London to other cities, they were bombed into ruins by the Luftwaffe. All industrial bases and ports were bombed countless times by German bombs and incendiary bombs. From the moment the British opened their eyes, they heard what they heard.

It was the piercing sound of air defense sirens. Under the high-density and high-intensity bombing of the German Air Force, the British industrial base was almost completely destroyed. As for the casualties of the citizens, it is impossible to count. The entire British Isles is full of ruins and ruins.

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The British Isles have been riddled with holes, and civilian and military production has dropped to its lowest point since the Industrial Revolution. Without the continuous blood transfusions from the Americans, this Sunless Empire, which has dominated the world for more than a hundred years, would probably have been destroyed.

It will collapse suddenly.

General Garibaldi, the first deputy commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, basically fulfilled his promise to Hitler, the head of state. He said to Hitler: "My head of state, give me two to three months, and I will bomb Britain."

Back to the Stone Age!”

Churchill saw the determination of the Germans and worried day and night about the future and destiny of Britain. This was only the German air force. The millions of German troops gathered on the other side of the English Channel were the fatal blow. Although the German navy was powerful

Ranked behind the European powers, the narrow English Channel still could not stop the German navy. When German army soldiers set foot on British soil like a tide, it would mean the demise of the British Empire.

Even with American assistance, it would not work. Of course, the stubborn and aggressive Churchill would never surrender like France. The only way out is for the British royal family and the British government to go into exile overseas. Choosing a place to stay is a top priority for the British people.

What they didn't know was that the royal family and the cabinet had secretly launched an exile plan.

There were three places of exile for Churchill to choose. One was to live in exile in the United States. However, Churchill, with his arrogance, was unwilling to take shelter under the wings of the Americans. Back then, the United States was still a colony of the British Empire. From a psychological and psychological point of view,

In terms of face, exile in the United States is by no means the best choice.

The second is to go into exile in West India. However, the thought of being next to the tyrannical Chinese Tang Qiuli made Churchill feel a chill on the back of his head. In Churchill's eyes, the Chinese Tang Qiuli and the German lunatic Hitler were...

They are the same type of people. One is madly attacking the British mainland, the other is greedily grabbing the British Empire's overseas colonies, and the tiger is guarding a tiger that is ready to pounce at any time. I'm afraid the Prime Minister can't even sleep well.

Furthermore, the land area of ​​West India is small, and most of the resources fall into the hands of that hateful Chinese Tang Qiuli. With the small land area, lack of natural resources, and backward industrial base in West India, it cannot afford the British Empire.

The burden of future revival!

Then, the only choice is Australia. Its vast land area, rich natural resources, and unique geographical conditions are all the best places for exile. However, the Japanese reached into Australia and shattered Prime Minister Churchill’s last point.

Hope, Australia will never fall into the hands of the Japanese. This is Prime Minister Churchill's only hope, and it is also where he maintains his spiritual support.

His anxiety about the war situation in Australia and his worries about the future revival of the British Empire prompted him to leave the devastated British mainland in a submarine regardless of the danger. He avoided the ubiquitous eyes of the German Air Force and sailed for ten years on the dark seabed.

Within a few days, I went to the United States in person and met with President Roosevelt to ask for help. If there is anyone in this world who can lend a selfless helping hand to the crumbling British Empire, it is the United States!

When Prime Minister Churchill crossed the Atlantic and landed on the east coast of the United States, it was also the time when MacArthur expressed his emergency to the country for several days!

(To be continued)