Chapter 1136 Why is a victory so difficult?
Truman has reduced his expectations to a battle with only one victory, but this expectation is getting farther and farther as if it needs God's promise.
Bad news continues to come from all over the world. In addition to the regrets expressed by the Allied Juniors, the American troops that have not yet withdrawn their homeland have been constantly encountered global sniping by the Chinese army.
The specific news from the Philippines has been sent back.
After China blocked the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines with missiles and aircraft carriers, the contracting US fleet could no longer support the Philippines, and even the fleets with withdrawn troops could not be sent.
If it were in the past life, for the sake of publicity, the Americans might have sent out a rescue team for a large soldier. But now in the crisis in the local area, everything has become more realistic.
"You can only rely on yourself!" The regretful truth from the top leaders shattered the American soldiers' dream of going home.
Worried that Chinese fighter jets and submarines would sink the slow-moving troop transport ship, the U.S. senior executives did not even want the soldiers to come back by boat. After all, the Philippine fleet, which was constantly drawn by the main fleet, could not provide them with enough escort force. Instead of being sunk or captured by Chinese warships at sea, it would be better to retreat to some fortresses in the Philippines that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as the United States can persist in changing everything with a victory, the subsequent peace talks will allow these soldiers to go home dignifiedly.
But the American soldiers did not appreciate it at all. No one felt that they could hold on for so long in the fierce offensive of the Chinese army. They felt that they had been abandoned, especially when they saw American generals taking planes to evacuate first.
Even the US military commanders are not optimistic about the result of defending. Although the Americans are still tolerant of those who wear captive hats, they will also lose many opportunities to climb up.
So they used their relationship to find reasons to evacuate the Philippines.
However, the sea and air passages leading to Guam were completely blocked by the Chinese. Even the newly-entered jet fighter jets were definitely sure to rush over. Even the submarines that had always been hidden under the sea were forced out of the water by the Chinese airships in the Pacific Ocean.
When they were disappointed and slipped into despair, they survived and got news: the Chinese Navy and HNA were short of troops, and only blocked the passage to Guam, but did not block the passage to Japan.
Japan is almost forgotten by the American soldiers.
After the Americans who suffered heavy losses in Tokyo burned China, they did not wait for the attack from the Chinese army. However, they ushered in a wave of refugees from the remaining Japanese.
Americans soon discovered that they were carrying a big burden. At first, in order to show their kindness, the food, drink, defecation and sensation of the Japanese in Tokyo were all under the control of the Americans, but the Japanese who were scraped the land three layers by the Chinese could not pay for the order. The Americans gradually found that dragging down millions of Japanese refugees was simply a logistical disaster, especially when the Chinese were still harassing them.
It is difficult to get rid of this burden, so we can only gradually withdraw the army and give the power of management to the Japanese themselves. They have the ability to manage their own people, and they can train their own people to become like ninja turtles and can adapt to any harsh conditions.
The United States also chose to allow the remaining Japanese elderly and weak to survive in disease and hunger. With the gathering of Chinese troops around and being shrouded in the shadow of Chinese bombers, Americans have long given up their plan to use this place as a springboard. It would be enough to be burned by fire once, and Americans are not stupid.
So in the end, the U.S. military almost forgot about the area where only thousands of troops were left guarding the ruins of the port.
China seemed to have forgotten this place. When tens of millions of troops were fighting all over the world, they actually gave up Tokyo, Japan under their noses. Perhaps China had already burned Tokyo to ruins with a torch, and a large number of Japanese disabled people shouting for revenge on China were all old, weak, sick and disabled. Even the American soldiers were only a scale of thousands. When the airports and ports were destroyed, it was not enough to worry.
But this forgotten place gave the Americans in the Philippines a hope. In the American intelligence, the Chinese Navy, which was attacking everywhere, was insufficient after all. While blocking the waters between the Philippines and Guam, a weak defense zone appeared in the waters east of Taiwan.
Thinking of Taiwan's air power and pioneer cannons, the Americans had no intention of raiding Taiwan. However, they could use this weak defense zone to escape to Japan. Then retreat to Guam until they returned to their homeland.
Perhaps China was busy with Guam, but it was not busy with Japan. At the beginning, some American transport planes ran away, but there was no interception. I heard that China had specially dealt with a group of arrogant commanders in Taiwan on this matter and warned the entire army.
In short, Americans saw hope, and more and more aircraft of various types continued to take off from the Philippines and head towards Japan. Even American military ships on the Philippines took the opportunity to sail out of the tightly defended harbor and fled to Japan.
A chaotic evacuation storm has sparked a storm among the remaining 330,000 U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines.
After all, there are too few tools that can be evacuated, and the weak defense area that China misses will not last for too long. The Chinese who reacted may re-block the place at any time. Even those land-aircraft fighters familiar with the sea conditions can form a certain amount of channels not far from Taiwan.
While this opportunity gave the Philippine U.S. military hope, it also brought panic and chaos to them.
Only a few people evacuated first, while most of the remaining US troops lost all their fighting spirit and were defeated by the Chinese army that attacked them.
Their collapse was beyond everyone's expectations.
Given that some US troops surrendered to the native Filipinos and were directly tortured and massacred, the US commanders have warned their soldiers that they would surrender to the Chinese even if they surrender. At least the Chinese are much more civilized in their treatment of prisoners, and they also allow redemption of people.
The US troops who had no hope of evacuation were very clever to surrender directly to the attacking Chinese troops. For example, whether to fight or flee, they were in danger of life, so it would be better to surrender directly. Anyway, those soldiers did not need to worry about the advancement, nor did they need to care too much about honor. After experiencing the cruel battlefield, they cared more about their lives and their families. Especially in the current situation where the United States was unable to rescue.
The Philippines fell rapidly at a speed that the US government could not imagine. 330,000 troops fled to Japan's Tokyo area, leaving 230,000 prisoners to China, including 50,000 surrendered at sea, and together with less than three million remaining native Filipinos, they worked hard to rebuild the Philippines divided into three states.
Compared with the Philippine results that had been expected in the minds of the senior American executives, the more than 700,000 US troops stationed in Europe were defeated so magnificently that they were even more shocked.
Although the United States is shrinking and evacuating, it is impossible to withdraw all of them all at once. In France, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Greece and other places, there are still some garrisons, one to leave some confidence for the allies, and the other to make a counterattack in the heart.
Washington estimated that the US military, which had the advantage of geographical advantages and people, could cause some trouble for the Chinese, but unexpectedly they were vulnerable.
Especially after the US mainland was invaded by Chinese troops, the US troops in Europe were about to collapse.
Sometimes morale is so unpredictable. When the wind blows, American soldiers will fight to the end. But once they are in adversity, those young master soldiers will never fight for another minute for other people's territory.
Since the Battle of the North Sea, the strength of the Chinese army has been exaggerated. The seemingly irresistible missiles, jet fighters, super heavy tanks, vanguard cannons, etc. seem to be like huge rocks pressing on their hearts, creating the general trend of the Allied brothers turning to China like dominoes, and completely crushing the US soldiers.
The Chinese Navy was still unable to block the Atlantic Ocean. After leaving 90,000 prisoners, the US troops in other places quickly withdrew their homeland, leaving only 350,000 American troops from Italy and Greece completely sealed in the Mediterranean. After 70,000 war losses, the white flags were raised collectively.
The US military waved his hand without taking away a screw, and completely withdrew from Europe in shame, looking across the sea as the Chinese proudly scraped the land of Europe.
After the Americans withdrew from Europe, Africa also voluntarily gave up. In addition to accompanying the 50,000 troops stationed in West Africa, the other troops retreated to their homeland and no longer had meaningless harassment in Africa.
Now Africa has evolved a melee between tribes and nations under the leadership of the old empire and the Chinese, and the Arabs who were expelled to Africa by China have intensified the struggle.
For the benefit of China in Africa in the future, facing the African natives who could reproduce more than the Chinese, Meng Xiang could only say sorry. He took the tricks of the British, American and French to deal with Africans in later generations, and also made the copycat and umbrella companies make a fortune. Although Africans don’t have much extra money, they can cede all kinds of resources from the tribe.
Under a series of differentiation, migration, immigration and bandit suppression, China's overseas territory in Africa is constantly expanding.
However, the Americans were frustrated to find that their circle of power was shrinking. Even the Australian islands in the South Pacific were constantly lost under the active attack of the Chinese fleet. Even the American back garden and the US troops seized were beaten to flee in a panic by the Chinese army with only tens of thousands of people.
"Why is it so difficult to win?" Truman sighed to the sky with stars all over his head.
"God bless you, I can only see the local miracle creation next!" In the end, he could only decide the new local combat plan. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!