"If there is no more support, I don't know how long we can last." Knell's telegram to his old superior Marshall was a little pessimistic.

After the Americans completely lost Japan, the remnants of the 6th and 8th Army of the United States were basically concentrated in the Philippines, while the 10th Army of the United States retreated mainly back to Australia.

As the United States continues to mobilize new recruits to supplement, these armies have gradually recovered some vitality.

In order to eliminate MacArthur's influence, not only Stilwell, the Huaxiatong, hosted the Philippines, but also Marshall's assistant McNair also came to the Philippines and was lucky enough to escape the death in Europe.

Although neither of these have the foundation of Lao Mai, under the strong pressure of Washington, the situation of the US military in the Philippines has gradually stabilized and prepared for a counterattack against China.

430,000 US troops were slowly gathered on the Philippine island, of which 140,000 naval forces were reached.

The two newly put into service Essex-class aircraft carriers are currently anchored at a port near Manila, the Philippines.

The US Navy has a large foundation and cannot decline by a typhoon or failure. Even with the interference of the subsequent Chinese air strikes, the US factory soon put four new Essex-class aircraft carriers in service.

A ship was transferred to New Zealand and joined forces with the USS Randolph aircraft carrier that remained in New Zealand to deal with the Chinese Navy Australian fleet that was constantly wandering in the Tasman Sea and the Coral Sea.

In addition to the East China Sea, South China Sea, North China Sea, West China Sea Fleet and Inland River Fleet, the Chinese Navy has also added an Australian squadron. The strength of one battleship, two aircraft carriers and heavy patrol has been shown, which has greatly damaged the US Pacific Navy.

One ship is also parked near Guam, and the Essex aircraft carrier formation of the York City, with maneuvering support at any time.

The two aircraft carriers Franklin, who had retreated from Japan, remained near the Philippines, responding to the crisis of the Chinese Navy from the South China Sea while responding to the US military near Java. More importantly, they will join the five light aircraft carriers, preparing to join the US Navy's plan to raid Taiwan.

In the next half month, three aircraft carriers and six light aircraft carriers will come to the Philippines and will be busy dealing with the Allied ignition opportunity on all sides and joining this sea raid together.

The Americans have long concluded that the land attack poses little threat to China, and it is better to launch a raid on the richest coastal areas of China at sea. Taiwan is just the first step, and then it is the entire China coastline.

But the Americans' actions came first before the harassment of the Chinese naval and air force began.

On the last day of February, first on the route to the Philippines, sneak attacks from Chinese submarines and air power surged.

Previously, most of the American transport formations were able to complete transport tasks under the escort of American warships.

If you can lay a nail in the expansion circle of China, even if the losses are significant, the Americans will accept it.

But now, the Chinese sea wolves and seahawks attacked everywhere in just five days, and in just around the Philippines and the various channels leading to the Philippines, more than 150,000 tons of total tonnage were sunk. Among them, four Americans' 10,000 tons of freewheels were sunk. Even the light aircraft carriers were escorted, one was killed or injured.

The maritime transportation line to the Philippines seemed to be cut off at once.

The U.S. Navy has a powerful fleet in the Philippines, but it dares not act rashly.

News of the activities of the Chinese fleet were constantly heard in the South China Sea, and some ships even forced to close to some islands in the Philippines, sank those small-tonnage gunboats and patrol boats from time to time and used heavy naval gun shells to break out several gaps on the American coastal defense line from afar.

Although the Americans will not regard the Chinese Navy as a big threat, considering that the Chinese Navy's series of actions may be the terrifying raid capabilities of the Chinese people, they have to pay attention to it. Moreover, groups of Chinese fighter jets are constantly roaring over the South China Sea.

The Americans have already reached a consensus on the strength of China's army, and what they have to admit is that China's air power is also very strong.

Throughout February, there were no large-scale war conflicts, but the small-scale combat friction between the two sides has never stopped, especially in the air.

In the Philippine islands, on the waterways leading to the Philippines from the Carolina Islands and Northern Mariana Islands, the sky is always harassed by Chinese fighter jets.

The Americans helped Japan's remaining maritime forces to protect the Southern Islands and Okinawa Island.

Chinese fighter jets often fly over Guam and Saipan to tease the American fighter jets that took off urgently, and even extend this teasing to the farther near the Hawaiian Islands.

Even in Java and New Britain, near Australia, near New Zealand, and near the Aleutian Islands in the sky in the north, there has never been a day of peace.

In order to seize air supremacy, China and the United States were in the sky everywhere, fighting back and forth.

Although there were no hundreds of fighters to make a big fight, dozens of fights were countless. The Americans won very few times.

Even for the piston propeller fighter, the many elite pilots and ace pilots that China stand out have made Americans look at each other with admiration, not to mention the jets that China often appears at every turn, which makes the American ace pilots speechlessly flee speechlessly.

Those who are unwilling to accept have been shot down. If you hesitate, you will easily be unable to escape.

It is precisely the disadvantages of this type of fighter jet that make the Americans choose passive defense and do not take the initiative to provoke large-scale air combat in February.

However, even so, the Americans suffered a lot of losses. Although relying on the thick skin of American fighter jets and the tradition of American pilots to seek benefits and avoid harm, the pilots suffered only more than 400 losses, the United States lost more than the various types of fighter jets on various fronts of Asia and Australia against China.

Even though Americans have always insisted that their air power is the most powerful in the world, starting from February 1945, the US side still added a special warning to every pilot to "Beware of Chinese fighter jets".

Even when the Chinese bomber group once again rolled up the Pacific West Coast storm at the end of February, the American pilots who went to intercept had a more sad heart.

Losing the protection of air power, the US Navy also felt more nervous.

The United States has already sunk a cruiser and destroyer in the South China Sea under the attack of Chinese air force. Faced with the sudden attack and harassment of the Chinese army, before understanding the intentions of the Chinese, it could only conservatively choose to defend the Philippines, the only remaining Asian springboard.

The Americans had just chosen not to hide, and another fire broke out on their butt.

Last time, in order to suppress the riots in the Philippines, even the American soldiers adopted more cruel and violent measures. Don’t expect these American soldiers to have much education. At this time, the native Filipinos had not even reached the position of being a dog-legged person in the eyes of Americans with serious racial thoughts.

Kindness will not easily give alms to reptiles like ants. When the suppressed irritability of the army bursts out in the mass killing, human animal desires cannot be suppressed by the skin of Western civilization.

Besides, there is also a group of servants composed of other ethnic groups who took refuge from Southeast Asia to the Philippines.

China's rule on the Indochina Peninsula has become increasingly stable, constantly squeezing the space of those resisting organizations.

Some organizations that could not survive were either cleaned up or destroyed, or sent to the death camps on the Indian-Myanmar border. Some of the lucky ones remained, and were specially released by China and fled to the Philippines to seek asylum and help from the Americans.

When the Korean and other servant troops used more exaggerated means to clean up Japanese civilians in Japan, the US soldiers also activated these servant troops, and even directly used the spokespersons of the native Filipinos to be responsible for the dirty work of cleaning up the native Filipinos.

These servants, who are familiar with the customs of winning and defeating Asian kings and defeats, work very hard, and their performances have surpassed the hosts behind them.

"The whole Philippines seems to have been swallowed into hell, killing is everywhere!" Even McNair's diary described it.

Although the media on both sides have their own accusations, they have more of tacit understanding and not revealing deeper real thoughts.

Just like the exposed rape and plunder of American soldiers can only be considered a moderate way. With the coordinated efforts of American soldiers, vassals and the armed forces of the Philippines spokespersons, more than 900,000 native Philippine people completely disappeared in just half a year, and in the end they could only be a few thin paper records in historical archives.

Of course, if it weren't for the fanning of Chinese agents and spies or even cloning the direct leadership of the spies, the Philippine natives would kneel down early under the military boots of American soldiers, let alone use weapons supported by Chinese to cause more than 5,000 casualties to the US military.

Although the riots in the Philippines were soon defeated by the US team, the seeds of hatred were spread wider. After the news that China was approaching the Philippines came, they soon sprouted again and had a wider range.

This time, it was no longer the Philippine indigenous people fighting alone, and the regular army of the Chinese army lurking up had already fought with them.

Countless teams have more Chinese support, and even Chinese soldiers acted as backbone Filipinos and Chinese guerrillas appearing in various regions of the Philippines, which has made the American soldiers very worried. The shadow of the regular Chinese army that emerged from somewhere has made the Americans panic. In addition, the Chinese sea and air are pressing step by step on the periphery, even Stilwell and McNair, the two Philippine commanders, could no longer hold back.
Chapter completed!