Just as MacArthur had estimated, Yamashita's 25th Army was already at its wits end.

If placed in an ordinary country, such an army would have been unable to continue fighting long ago, and they would have chosen to surrender.

But the Japanese are rare in the world, especially the 25th Army commanded by Yamashita Fengfumi.

This army once swept across Southeast Asia and helped Japan acquire a population and resources ten times larger than their own territory.

Commander Yamashita Fengfumi was nicknamed the Malayan Tiger, and the entire army was arrogant and arrogant.

After the main forces of China and the United States entered the southern battlefield, the Japanese southern army was defeated steadily, and Yamashita Nobumi's 25th Army finally had only six to seven thousand men left.

However, even these six to seven thousand people cost the United States more than ten thousand casualties and failed to achieve the final victory.

The main confrontation site between the two sides is the Laoag area in northern Luzon.

In Laoag, MacArthur's troops relied on powerful sea and air firepower to occupy Japanese positions time and time again in battalion units and achieved short-lived victories.

But when darkness falls, the remnants of the 25th Army will emerge from the soil beneath the feet of the American soldiers.

These Japanese soldiers had no ammunition, and all they had to rely on was a bayonet.

But this bayonet almost cast a psychological shadow on many US troops.

Under the cover of darkness, the Japanese howled in units of thousands and launched a counterattack.

Before the US naval guns were fired, the Japanese had already mixed up with the American soldiers on the position.

They were as skinny as wood and gray-faced, but the fierce light in their eyes made people feel cold all over.

The American troops were defeated and were driven from their positions just like the previous five or six times.

The positions where the battle between the two sides was fiercest were covered with corpses of soldiers. Whether they were Japanese or American, both sides had no time to collect the corpses and could only watch them rotting and growing maggots under the scorching sun.

Amid the rumbling artillery fire, rats caroused on the corpses.

The Japanese soldiers once again withdrew into tunnels that were countless times more extensive than the mouse holes.

The tunnels are also extremely dirty, but no one pays attention to these problems.

The seriously wounded men either killed themselves or were helped by their comrades; the wounds of the lightly wounded soldiers fester and fester, and in the next counterattack, they will die together with the enemy holding explosive packs or grenades.

What they ate was rancid rice balls or some dry biscuits picked from corpses.

In such an environment, illness and attrition are very serious.

But Yamashita Fengfumi didn't care so much, because he believed that the imperial warriors who could survive in such an environment were the real warriors.

Indeed, the last six to seven thousand Japanese who survived in the tunnels full of germs and plagues were like invincible little warriors, with extremely tenacious vitality.

They have even broken away from the human category and turned into ferocious and bloodthirsty beasts.

These beasts are well-trained and capable. As long as their superiors give orders, they will squeeze the limits of their bodies again and again, bursting out with amazing strength to fight the enemy in a life-or-death battle.

Without the influence of the servant army, Yamashita Tombumi's 25th Army was the strongest and most stubborn of the three surviving armies of the Southern Army.

Their presence slapped the arrogant MacArthur in the face time and time again. The latter almost turned into a pig's head, but he still did not forget to perform himself.

The Saber fighter's first actual combat failed to achieve the expected victory. Yamashita Fengfumi stood beside the command post that was blown to ashes, with a gloomy expression.

If he hadn't been cautious enough, he might have died under such horrific firepower.

He gritted his teeth, but didn't make any sound.

The news that Shouichi in the temple was captured alive has spread, and Yamashita Tomofumi expressed regret and regret for this.

He did not think about why the Marshal did not maintain the dignity of a Marshal of the Empire of Japan.

Because it is no longer useful to think about these things, the most important thing now is to continue to resist.

"Your Excellency, Commander, almost all the high-power radio stations in the command post have been destroyed." The chief of staff of the 25th Army said to Yamashita Fengfumi:

"We have no way of contacting base camp or other Imperial forces."

Yamashita Fengwen had already expected it, and he nodded expressionlessly:

"If you can't contact me, you can't contact me. It doesn't matter anyway!"

"Hiyi......"

MacArthur in Manila heard that his troops had been beaten back. In retaliation for the daytime air raid on his command post, Yamashita chopped off the heads of more than 200 injured soldiers. The headless corpses were neatly placed on the battlefield.

forward.

The reporters accompanying the army had already taken the photos. After seeing the photos, MacArthur felt a rush of blood rush to the top of his forehead.

The hideous wounds and the painfully twisted head, if such photos were circulated in the United States, they would definitely cause an uproar.

He first ordered all the photos to be destroyed, and then ordered naval guns to bomb the area to blow everything to pieces.

Such angrily actions seemed to cover up his incompetence and fear.

'It would be great if there were Chinese ground-penetrating bombs. Yamashita Fengfumi must not be so rampant!'

MacArthur originally expected the USS Lincoln super aircraft carrier to be miraculous, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that. He began to talk about China's ground-penetrating bombs.

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The situation in Singapore is becoming increasingly stable. It was once an important military port for the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets and the Far East Fleet, and all kinds of military facilities are very complete.

Now it has become a port for the Chinese Western Fleet. A large number of warships are moored on the sea, which looks spectacular.

The Japanese imprisoned thousands of Allied prisoners around Singapore, including whites and Chinese.

Whites have the highest proportion, exceeding 5,000.

A very small number of the national army officers and soldiers who were captured in large-scale battles such as the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan were escorted by the Japanese to Nanyang and did various hard labor.

Most of these soldiers died due to disease and fatigue, and only a few survived to the day of rescue.

The prisoners of war have been properly resettled and the city is gradually recovering.

The conflicts between the rebels controlled by various countries gradually deepened, but they did not dare to turn their attention to the Western Fleet and could only fight among themselves.

The Western Fleet captured most of Singapore, but the rebels still gained some territory and interests.

Allied diplomats began to enter the city, seemingly intending to negotiate with China on the future division of power in the southern region.

Large-scale military operations have moved away from the area, but the more troublesome diplomatic struggle has just begun.

Marshal Juichi Terauchi, commander of Japan's Southern Army, suffered a stroke during the prisoner of war parade during the city's entry ceremony. His head was tilted, his mouth was crooked, and his body would move to one side uncontrollably when he walked.

At this moment, Juichi Terauchi can no longer see the appearance of his former glory. He is just a pitiful and miserable little man.

But the crimes he committed will not be erased by a stroke.

The Chinese Southern Expeditionary Army Headquarters decided to establish the Southern Military Court in the city of Singapore.

The main task of the Southern Military Tribunal is to try war criminals in Southeast Asia.

After the Southern Military Court opens, Juichi Terauchi will be tried first.
Chapter completed!