At the same time that the Hawaiian battlefield started, more than 200,000 soldiers of the Japanese army, commanded by Tsutsuuchi Moriichi, landed on the Philippine Islands with the cooperation of the navy. Of course, the Japanese army did not land so many troops at just one location.

At the same time, we launch raids on many islands in the Philippines and some strategic islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean, which is the so-called multi-site simultaneous attack, in order to achieve the purpose of raiding the Philippines and various other bases.

In this raid, the country dispatched a total of about 500 aircraft, a total of 40 warships, and 200,000 ground troops. Without the other side taking precautions, they destroyed the U.S. military base around the Philippine Islands in the Pacific in one fell swoop.

All military forces, plus Hawaii and other islands have reached the level of annihilation.

The military purpose of all the military forces of the Pacific Fleet. However, there are less than 30,000 American troops in the entire Philippines. Corregidor Island has a garrison of 5,000 American troops. There are about 200 aircraft on the island, of which 100 are capable of combat.

Forty. The navy has less than forty ships and about twenty combat ships.

In fact, the country's combat plan for the military stationed in the Philippines began to be drawn up as early as 1923. According to the "Headquarters Army Department" compiled by the War History Office of the Ministry of National Defense: "Due to the 1923 national defense policy, the troop deployment plan was revised.

"The Army has drawn up combat plans against China, Russia and the United States.

Plan. The planned mobilization strength for 192 is thirty-two divisions. The combat mission areas they are responsible for include one army, three divisions on the Philippine side and one detachment on the Guam side to fight against the United States. However, the General Staff Headquarters of the Yi Army is responsible for fighting against the British.

The United States' "Southern" operations are completely outside the scope of tabletop research.

According to the topographic maps of the Philippines stolen by the Army during World War II and stored in the Library of Congress, the Library of the American Geographical Society, and some Chinese universities, the Army obtained 13 of the topographic maps surveyed by the United States in 192-193 before the war.

West Coast of Luzon Island 1: Map compiled by Wan Hailu. In 1934, he took photos of Corregidor Island, located at the heart of Manila Bay, and produced a 1:10,000 topographic map.

At that time, the Qiang Army had to investigate the Pacific Islands. The first task seemed to be whether each section of the island was suitable for landing, and the same was true for the Philippines. The Qiang Army used red single lines to indicate areas where landing could be carried out, and red toothed lines to indicate areas where landing was not possible.

Typical is Negros Island in the central Philippines.

, all around the island are marked with the military symbols of "possible landing area" or "impossible landing area". Another example is that Cebu Island, across the Tanion Strait from Negros Island, was the second largest island in the Philippines at that time.

Big cities and major commercial ports were also the places where the American and Japanese armies fought fiercely during World War II. The author is in Cebu

It can be seen on the topography map of the island soldiers that five miles to the southwest, the Japanese army’s red annotation in the direction of the American army’s movement reads: “1. This place is near and far from the beach, accessible in all seasons, and suitable for the main force to land; 2. Vehicles and heavy equipment

Equipment landing is possible." At that time, the 13th and 12th regiments of the US infantry, as well as the land and sea

Vehicles landed just here. Another example is that the Mi 24th Division and the 31st Division captured the Ileana Bay, the landing point on Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines. The military map indicated that the convenient landing place was "Sandy coast, calm waves"

, it is easy to move after landing on land, and a large ship of 3 tons can be parked where the shore wall meets the shore."

The army focused on the "landing point" on the Philippine Island, which is a location that is convenient for landing, such as "Third, the landing point in the south is suitable for troops to land somewhere, and there is a sandy beach along the coast. However, the water depth is too deep, making it difficult to defend against enemy submarines.

The intelligence personnel of the Aijun Army viewed the villages and houses in the Philippines as "the natives are narrow and unclean, and have few camping facilities, making it easy for the troops to hide in secret. Schools, government offices and other buildings are kept clean".

In terms of meteorology, the army recorded the highest temperature, wind and rain in the Philippines. For example, January is the rainy season. At this time, "rivers overflow and traffic is blocked. During this period, the sea is dangerous and operations are suspended."

In the so-called "Philippine Defense", which refers to the Philippine Island's armaments, the intelligence personnel of the Philippine Army conducted reconnaissance and recorded the Philippine Island Naval Base, the military port, the strength of the fortress, the number of American troops and local people, and the distribution of the Philippine Army, down to the squadrons (companies).

The caliber of artillery against the fortress at the mouth of the capital Manila Bay

, quantity, searchlight, radio station list description. The thickness of the shields on the front side, top and back of the fort are also accurately recorded. Although the military map of this "secret" book is brief, it reflects the military's control of the fort at that time.

The focus of combat research on the Philippine Islands and the US military stationed in the Philippines.

In the early morning, the Ao army that arrived at the sea off the Philippine Island set off towards their respective targets and completed the final preparations before the attack. Just after 4:30, a huge explosion was heard in the direction of the Philippine Island. This was the launch of the attack by all the Ao army.

At the signal, the planes on the two aircraft carriers quickly took off towards the Philippine Islands. The attacking fleets from all directions accelerated their advance, and the attack on the Philippine Islands began.

The battle began. The army and navy aviation forces of the Chinese Army carried out another attack on the dilapidated US military airport and Cavite (Luzon) naval base that had been bombed, destroying the remaining US military warships in the military port and the remaining ones on the land.

There were not many heavy bombers and fighter planes, creating conditions for landing operations.

At the same time, the first part of the Ai Army captured the Batan Islands north of Luzon Island. After the Ai Army seized air supremacy, they took advantage of the fact that there was almost no fleet in the Luzon area and sent the advance troops Tanaka Detachment and Sugano Detachment of the 4th Division (a total of approximately

4) began to land in Aparri and Vigan in northern Luzon and occupied the airports.

A part of the Qiang Army landed at Legazpi in southern Luzon Island, occupied the airport and further expanded the results. The 3rd Flying Group gradually moved to the occupied airport on Luzon Island to cover the landing of ground troops and develop the offensive. The main force of the 4th Division of the Qiang Army was at

The 1st Division landed at Lingayen Bay on the west coast of Luzon Island. The 1st Division landed at Lamon Bay in the southeast of Luzon Island. At this point, the landing force formed a favorable situation to attack Manila from the north to the south and encircle and annihilate the main force of the US-Philippine army. In the afternoon of that day,

The remaining defenders of Luzon Island were forced to withdraw to pre-set positions on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island, preparing for long-term resistance. The army advanced on Manila from the north and south, but failed to cut off the retreat route of the U.S. and Philippine troops to the Bataan Peninsula.

Yes, Aijun

Occupy Manila, and occupy Cavite and Batangas with one force. The main purpose of the campaign has been achieved. The attacks on other islands have been relatively smooth. The army has landed on Mindanao and Jolo Island and successfully occupied them.

Looking at the entire Philippine Island battlefield, it is only a matter of time before the enemy defenders on each island are annihilated. Of course, if there had not been a sudden and strong first wave of bombings, the army would not have landed so smoothly. It was because the waves of bombings were too strong.

so much that

As a result, the US Navy, Air Force and Army in the Philippine Islands suffered heavy losses and were completely unable to organize effective resistance. Without the support of the Navy and Air Force, the few remaining Army forces could only be passively beaten. At this point, the battle in the Philippine Islands was almost complete.

It can be brought to an end.

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