"When will the National Defense Force start to carry out the affairs in Southeast Asia?!" After chatting for a while, Roosevelt put down his tea cup and said lightly to the gunman: "Congress has questioned me several times about this matter. If the Japanese are safe and sound,

If we stay in Southeast Asia, maybe we will even destabilize India and Australia."

Gun Ye smiled and took out a telegram and handed it to Roosevelt. The latter took it and saw that it was a telegram sent to him by Tu Mengben, the commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces.

"The naval force is unfavorable, and the war in Southeast Asia is futile." This is what Tu Mengben said to Roosevelt. It has been clearly stated above that he would not directly start the campaign in Southeast Asia without the support of the navy.

"It's fine for us to have a small fight now, but if it involves a large-scale battle, we can't do it without the navy." Gun Ye put down the tea cup and said to Roosevelt with a rare serious look.

"Without the navy, even if we rescued the trapped American troops, there was no way to arm them. There was no way to send them out. We could only let them change places to die."

Roosevelt was silent. He had thought from the beginning that Tu Mengben would use this opportunity to ask for something from him. The Army, Air Force and National Defense Forces were already well established, but the only thing lacking was the Navy.

Navy officers of the Defense Force have arrived in the United States, and those naval officers of the Defense Force who originally studied at the U.S. Naval Academy have also begun to serve on various ships.

The strength of the U.S. Navy is slowly recovering, but it will take at least a year to build ships. Now the United States is focusing on the United Kingdom on the other side of the North Atlantic.

The Atlantic Fleet and the remaining Pacific Fleet have rushed to Britain to assist in defense to ensure that the British Isles will not fall into the hands of the Germans.

Although the United States has begun emergency mobilization and begun recruiting and training troops, they still need time to form combat capabilities.

"In the middle of next year, you will have two aircraft carriers." Roosevelt said after being silent for a long time: "But first your people need to help us fight in the Atlantic. Of course! In order to reduce your pressure, I will let some of the navy

The Pacific holds back Japan.”

"The Lend-Lease Act has now entered the discussion stage, and I believe there will be a result soon." Roosevelt paused and said, "But you also need to show sincerity so that I can successfully convince Congress."

Just as he was talking, Huo Diange suddenly came over with a telegram. He put the telegram in Mr. Pao's hand and then slowly retreated. Huo Diange was almost Mrs. Song's shadow now. No matter where Mrs. Song went, he would

Follow them everywhere.

But he never told Mrs. Song that the mountain guard dogs had foiled at least eight assassination plans against her. These assassination plans resulted in serious injuries and amputation of three of the mountain guard dogs. Two of them are still unconscious in the hospital.

As for Zhi Gong Tang, four people were killed and more than twenty were injured. The price paid by the Mountain Dogs and Zhi Gong Tang was that at least 80% of Japanese sleeper agents in the entire United States were uprooted.

The losses to the FBI were not small, and if it had not been for the help of the Mountain Guard Dogs and the Justice Department, the losses would have been even greater. Those Japanese latent agents had obviously already prepared for the possibility of being liquidated. Thanks to the poor management of firearms in the United States,

Yan prepared a large number of firearms for himself.

"Ruici, the sincerity you asked for is here." Master Pao looked at the telegram and smiled, "Your general in the Philippines has been rescued by us."

Three hours ago, a secret prison somewhere in the Philippines.

Wainwright felt that he had never felt so uncomfortable. Due to his status as a general in the U.S. Army, he was not sent to work as a coolie miner. But at the same time, his life was not much better.

The Japanese army seemed to have forgotten about him, and other than imprisoning him, they did not show any signal to deal with him. Even the place where he was imprisoned was changed to a manor on the outskirts of Manila.

Of course, as a prisoner of war, Wainwright could not wander around the manor.

Here, Wainwright has no dignity. Any Japanese soldier has the right to beat him and humiliate him. He must put down his dignity and bow to these people who humiliate him.

Otherwise, you will only get more humiliating torture.

"White pig! Don't use so much water every time you wash. You are already white enough." A Japanese private rushed up and slapped Wainwright with a "pop!"

Wainwright tried to stand upright, he did not want to kneel down in humiliation. When the Japanese soldier saw that he was still standing, he became even more angry, and the slap turned into a fist.

"Bang! Tom..." With punches and kicks, the private began to beat Wainwright crazily. The Japanese soldiers beside him seemed to be used to it, and they all smiled strangely and watched the show.

The Filipino coercion troops on the periphery were looking forward to it and enviously watching the Japanese private beating an American general. They fantasized about having such a day for themselves.

Several US military officers who were imprisoned together looked at this scene angrily, but they were helpless. They were pointed at guns, and no one dared to take a step forward.

This beating lasted for almost ten minutes, and Wainwright's face was covered with blood and he was already unconscious. A Japanese commander came over with a frown and said to the private: "Okay! Don't beat him to death, you'll beat us to death."

I have to explain it to General Honma eventually. Enough is enough!"

"Hai! Senior taught you a lesson!" Cao Changyi said, and the private stopped beating Wainwright. Panting, he spat a thick mouthful of phlegm on Wainwright's face and pointed at the angry men.

said the U.S. military officer.

"Come here! Carry him back!" After saying that, he went to the well to wash his hands. Several officers came over with livid faces, lifted Wainwright up and carried him back to the cell.

After a while, the medical officer from the Filipino army came over, arrogantly opened the door of the cell, threw down a few anti-inflammatory pills, and left without looking at it. This only increased the anger of these US military officers.

Outside the manor, more than a hundred men were secretly lurking in the bushes. The leader of them was Geng Biao, the captain of the special operations team directly under the Nanyang Military Division.

Geng Biao is a man in his early thirties, less than 1.7 meters tall. Although he is not tall, his skills are not weak. Although when the crow was selected, he failed to make it by a hair.

But this does not deny the power of Geng Biao. Geng Biao is a man from Yunnan who once fought with Long Yun's troops. Later he went to the National Defense University of the three northeastern provinces as a commissioned officer to study.

Later, he began to fight with the army of Lord Long. On the Korean battlefield, he was awarded a second-class merit and a second-class collective merit, and killed no less than a hundred enemies with his own hands.

After the Korean War, he was transferred to the Guard Regiment directly under the National Defense Force as the commander of the reconnaissance company. Then Zhan Mao asked him to come to Nanyang as the captain of his Nanyang Military Division Special Operations Team.

"Captain, when are we going to do this?!" A man wearing a ghillie suit and covered in weeds crouched down next to Geng Biao and gestured.

"Wait." Geng Biao didn't reply much, just made a waiting gesture.

This is the first operation of the Nanyang Military Division Special Operations Team. Zhan Mao, Geng Biao and others have been planning for this operation for several months.

Information from the Intelligence Department is constantly coming from afar, and even now Geng Biao knows the name of the fiancée of the captain of the guard team in the manor.

Just the day before yesterday, the Nanyang Military Division Commander Zhan Mao received a telegram from the imperial capital asking him to rescue the American General Wainwright who was imprisoned in this manor.

Zhan Mao, who was well prepared, immediately sent Geng Biao and others out. After a day and night of marching, with the assistance of the intelligence department, they evaded the Japanese patrols and successfully arrived at the manor. After a whole day of repairs,

I just quietly lurked here at night.

The Japanese army was careless. Their security personnel here were only a small team of more than fifty people. Of course, the entire regiment of Filipino soldiers was ignored by Geng Biao.

Perhaps the Japanese have been too comfortable in the past few months and believe that there is no force that threatens them in the Philippine island. So much so that for tasks such as guarding Wainwright, they only sent a small team and a regiment of Filipinos.

Threaten to join the army.

Of course, another part of the reason is that the current commander of the Philippine Expeditionary Forces, Masaharu Honma, feels that developing minerals is the top priority of his mission. Most of the troops have been sent by him to supervise the captive coolies of the US military scattered throughout the country.

Except for one division and one brigade remaining in Manila, there are basically not many remaining troops in other areas. Japanese consortiums have come to the Philippines one after another, and began to search under the escort of people sent by Masaharu Honma.

mineral.

Some of these minerals were developed by local elites in the Philippines who were willing to cooperate with Japan. In order to stabilize the minds of these people, Masaharu Honma even gave them 50% of the official positions.

Of course, most of their sons and nephews were sent to Japan. They were regarded as hostages and a kind of assimilation. However, local Filipinos were recruited in large numbers to form a new coercion army.

After completing the training, they will be sent to the Shanghai battlefield. Now, in addition to the training, they are also taking over the mining supervision work in various places under the leadership of Japanese instructors.

The night gradually deepened, and the noise in the camp lost its hustle and bustle. Except for a small number of sentries who were sent out, the well-fed and drunk soldiers and Japanese soldiers began to return to the barracks to rest.

In the moonless night, Geng Biao took the lead in rushing out of the bushes with dozens of shadows behind him. They approached the Japanese army's light and dark sentries. Under the attack of crossbows and daggers, these Philippine troops and the Japanese army's light and dark sentries were killed.

It was cleared away without even making any noise.

The Japanese army was so careless that they didn't even bother to install more searchlights. Only two searchlights scanned the cell where Wainwright and the other American officers were detained from time to time.

Geng Biao took the men and silently crossed the wall through the gap between the searchlights and lurked by the wall... (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
Chapter completed!