Helicopters bring not only supplies, but also hope of survival.
Fred's only regret was that the helicopter arrived too late. If it had arrived earlier, C Company's casualties would have been much reduced.
The hand-to-hand combat was indeed cruel. In just that moment, a total of 37 people from the Second Battalion, including the reinforcing battalion company, were killed, and all the rest were injured.
The Japanese casualties were even greater, including those who were burned to death by incendiary bombs. The Japanese casualties were estimated to be more than 500. From the beginning of the battle to the present, the Second Battalion had an exchange ratio of nearly one to ten, which shows its strong combat effectiveness.
By the time the transport helicopter landed, the battle was over.
The soldiers unloaded the supplies from the transport helicopter and carried the seriously wounded people onto the helicopter and sent them to the rear for treatment. All the lightly wounded soldiers refused to retreat because they wanted revenge on the Japanese.
The moment the helicopter appeared, the Japanese commander realized that the task of annihilating this southern African force was no longer possible.
The Japanese commander was unwilling to fight and took the initiative to withdraw from the battle, ending this tragic encounter.
After the final statistical results came out, Eric couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes.
The Second Battalion fought so badly that more than half of the more than 500 troops suffered casualties. Company C, which suffered the heaviest losses, only had one squad left after the battle. In this battle, 230 people from the Villamacha Infantry Regiment were killed and more than 270 were injured.
Dozens of them had to have their limbs amputated and were disabled for life.
Compared with the Villamacha Infantry Regiment, the Japanese army only left more than 2,500 corpses, and the total number of casualties is unknown. More than a dozen Japanese soldiers were captured in southern Africa. All of these Japanese soldiers died due to excessive injuries shortly after being captured.
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The results of the battle were reported to the headquarters, and a conflict broke out between Angel and MacArthur.
If the troops maintained a normal offensive rhythm and advanced steadily, and did not rush forward greedily for success, then this battle could be completely avoided.
As long as they are not surrounded by the overwhelming superiority of the Japanese army, the Southern African army has enough strength to compete with the Japanese army. The Veramacha Infantry Regiment is out of touch because of its pursuit of speed. The forward troops do not carry enough ammunition, which is why the fight is so difficult. If
With enough ammunition, even if the Japanese army sends a division over, it will be difficult to kill the Villamacha Infantry Regiment.
Compared with the Veramacha Infantry Regiment, the Rainbow Division's troops were also surrounded, but the results were completely different. The Veramacha Infantry Regiment achieved an astonishing exchange ratio, but the surrounded troops of the Rainbow Division were completely annihilated.
This battle also made MacArthur realize the role of helicopters. Helicopters played an outstanding role in ground support and transporting wounded materials, and were more practical than superior fighter jets and transport aircraft.
Although fighter jets have low requirements for runways, they must at least have a smooth runway to take off smoothly.
Helicopters have almost no requirements on the terrain, as long as the buildings or trees around the site do not interfere with the helicopter's rotors.
Even if the trees and buildings are too dense, it doesn't matter. The helicopter can hover and lower the pod, so the mission can still be completed.
MacArthur hoped that Angel could provide more support to the First Red Division and the Rainbow Division. It would be best to directly send some helicopters to the US military. With the industrial capabilities of the United States, they could be copied as long as they got samples.
In fact, the United States has also begun research on helicopters. In another time and space, the world's first real helicopter was made by Americans.
In this time and space, Southern Africa started earlier, and the research on helicopters was far ahead of the United States. The current helicopter technology in the United States is far behind that of Southern Africa, and there is still a long way to go before it can be put into combat.
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Angel would definitely not give the helicopter to MacArthur, and would even refuse the request to send helicopters to support the US military.
It can support the US military. Fighters are responsible for air combat, and transport aircraft are responsible for transporting supplies. If it cannot land, it can be airdropped. In addition to not being able to transport the wounded, the efficiency is also very high.
"You southern Africans are human beings, aren't we Americans human beings?" MacArthur was furious. In his view, Angel was clearly looking down upon human life.
"Mike, I never said that you Americans are not human beings. It's just that our current helicopters are not enough for us and we are unable to provide support to Mindoro Island." Angel is not afraid of MacArthur's lawsuit, and it's not like she has never complained before.
The relationship between Southern Africa and the United States is very strange. There is competition in cooperation. The ultimate goal of both countries is to break the monopoly of the colonies by Britain and France. So what happens after the break?
One thing is certain. There will not be a war between southern Africa and the United States over the competition for colonies. At best, it will be a proxy war like Brazil. No one can bear the consequences of a direct war.
If two countries with the strongest industrial strength in the world go to war, no one will give up unless they are exhausted.
Such losses are too serious for the two countries, and the gains outweigh the losses, so it is better to compete with each other in a more peaceful way.
Since it is competition, then each other must be on guard. MacArthur also knew that the U.S. military is currently insufficient in strength, and it is good to take advantage of it.
"Are we still allies? We have a common enemy. We only need to send helicopters to open the passage for the First Red Division and the Rainbow Division. Our battle in Mindoro Island can open up the situation. You are the commander-in-chief of the theater, you should
I am responsible for this." MacArthur took the initiative to fight with Angel. He was actually the commander of the theater. The Pacific Theater was established after the United States entered the war.
Of course, MacArthur, the theater commander, was limited to the U.S. Army. MacArthur did not even have the authority to command the Navy.
Compared with MacArthur, Angel is the real commander-in-chief of the theater. All armies in Southern Africa and the Southern African allies in the Far East must be under Angel's command.
Angel's official position is Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Ocean Theater. Southern Africa has not yet established a Pacific Theater, mainly to avoid irritating the Americans.
Of course, this does not mean that Southern Africa has given up on the Far East. On the contrary, this time Southern Africa wants to bring the Far East into its sphere of influence.
As for whether European and American countries can be driven away from the Far East, we can wait until after the war to discuss this matter.
In another time and space, how did the United States sow discord around the world, and how Southern Africa tormented the colonies of European and American countries in the Far East. In this world, Southern Africa is the country that is best at various exports.
"Mike, if the US military agrees to accept the command of the General Headquarters, then I will be responsible for the US military's operations in Mindoro Island." Angel is here.
Russia calls for support every day, but it really cannot do without the assistance from southern Africa.
MacArthur is just cheating. If there is a date or no date, he will strike first. Once the reinforcements from the United States are in place, MacArthur will immediately change his attitude.
"The U.S. military is originally under the command of the General Headquarters——" MacArthur pretended to be stupid.
An Qi smiled and said nothing. She understood MacArthur's thoughts very well.
Before the war broke out, MacArthur was the King of the Philippines. He asked MacArthur to return to his country and become president, but MacArthur probably wouldn't do it.
When the president does something good, the president of the United States is the spokesperson promoted by interest groups. His own rights are very small. That is, when the United States is in a state of war, the power of the president will be greatly increased.
Therefore, the United States is always at war. This is what the arms companies want, and it is also the result of the balance of power.
MacArthur's power in the Philippines is much greater than the power of the US President in the United States.
It is said that power is poison and makes people crazy. This is absolutely true. A big man cannot be without power for a day, and a young husband cannot be without money for a day.
It's so miserable for a man who has no power or money, but this is the normal state of men.
Because the U.S. military is temporarily insufficient in strength, its operations against the Philippines are focused on southern Africa.
This raises a question: if Southern Africa regains the Philippines, will Filipinos still listen to the United States honestly after the war?
Mostly impossible. After all, the Filipinos would rather accept Japanese colonization than continue to be ruled by Americans. Southern Africa is much better than Japan. At least the southern African federal government will never force young adults from allied countries to join the army.
Within the Southern African Union, everyone joins the army voluntarily. Due to the high status and good treatment of Southern African Union soldiers, people are very enthusiastic about joining the army. If their physical condition is not up to standard, they are not even qualified to join the army.
This is in sharp contrast to other countries. In Russia, even minors have now entered the scope of conscription. Japan has expanded its conscription targets to the elderly and teenagers early. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan expanded its army again and established 70 new divisions.
Regiment, even if all these 70 divisions are B divisions, a full 1.68 million people will be needed.
This is not the end. This time the military expansion has not been completed. The Japanese military has formulated a new recruitment plan, and the Japanese government finally shouted the slogan "One hundred million pieces of jade". This is the rhythm of pulling all Japanese to be buried together.
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This is not enough. The population of Japan is now only 75 million, so the goal of "100 million jade pieces" includes the colonial population, including the Philippines.
If MacArthur didn't do anything, even if the Filipinos were not dragged to death by the Japanese, they would have been reduced to the sphere of influence in southern Africa after the war. The United States would have retreated from East Asia. How could the Americans still work so hard to fight the Japanese?
Picture what?
For MacArthur, the good news is that domestic assistance from the United States is about to arrive. Therefore, if MacArthur wants to find a way to delay the Allies, it is best for the US military to recover Manila. This is in the interest of the United States.
Of course the plan is good, but when it comes time to implement it, problems often arise.
Look at the current situation. The Allied forces are advancing rapidly in Luzon Island, and the US military is trapped on the beach in Mindoro Island. In order to preserve his strength, William of the Red Division can ignore even MacArthur's orders. The Rainbow Division is obedient, but it is a pity that it cannot defeat the cunning one.
The Japanese, this left MacArthur at a loss, so he came to An Qi to cause trouble.
"Even if we don't send helicopters to Mindoro Island, the 80,000 Allied prisoners of war who are held in prisoner-of-war camps must be rescued. If the Japanese have no hope of victory, they will definitely attack the prisoner-of-war camps at the last moment. We must stop Japan.
Human Action." MacArthur was good at language arts. The prisoners of war in the Philippine prison camps were all American-Philippine coalition forces and had nothing to do with the southern African army.
You can’t say it doesn’t matter. MacArthur was right. The U.S.-Philippine coalition is now also a member of the Allied Forces.
But these words make you sound uncomfortable, even a little disgusting.
"I have warned the Japanese that if the Japanese dare to do this, I will make the Japanese pay a hundred and a thousand times the price." An Qi is still cautious about the use of airborne troops.
MacArthur had already made this request to An Qi before, but An Qi did not agree at the time.
Now Angel's attitude has not changed, and the connection between southern Africa and Japan has not been completely severed. Angel's threat was passed to the Japanese through Vichy France.
The threat from Southern Africa is not just talk. When the United States intervened in the Brazilian Civil War, Southern Africa warned Washington not to play with fire and burn itself.
As a result, everyone knows that the United States lost many troops in Brazil, and America is the America of Americans, which has become a big joke in the mouths of people all over the world, especially Europeans, who like to see Americans being defeated.
Now Southern Africa once again warns "don't say what you mean". If the Japanese really dare to attack prisoners of war, then Angel really dares to let the Japanese feel what justice sanctions mean.
"Is the warning useful? The Japanese have killed nearly half of the prisoners of war. How many Japanese are you going to kill as punishment for the Japanese?" MacArthur already knew what happened to the prisoners of war of the US-Philippine coalition through media reports in southern Africa.
This is so funny, Americans had to go through Southern African newspapers to find out about the Bataan Death March.
Those who don’t know better may think that the Philippines is not an American colony, but a southern African colony.
"It's up to you to decide how deep your hatred for the Japanese is." An Qi left the decision-making power to MacArthur. "Tit for tat" doesn't sound good. It feels a bit petty and will give some negative feedback.
When war fighters reflect on the opportunity of the war, they do not ask why the Allies retaliated against the Japanese.
There are also anti-war people and isolationists in Southern Africa. After the war broke out, Southern Africa did not join the war immediately. Many people contributed articles to newspapers in Southern Africa, hoping that Southern Africa would be neutral and not allow the blood of Southern Africans to be used for injustice.
Flow through war.
This is so funny. If the blood of southern Africans is not shed for an unjust war, should it be shed for a just war?
Justice or injustice is up to you. No war is ever just. Whether Southern Africa joins the war only depends on whether the war is in the interests of Southern Africa.
If a war does not serve the interests of Southern Africa, then even if it is a just war, Southern Africa will lack enthusiasm.
If it is in the interests of southern Africa, then the situation is completely different. Southern Africans do not actively provoke wars, but they are never afraid of wars.
Therefore, all the articles submitted by those anti-war people were thrown into the trash can by the newspaper editors. They were either stupid or bad, and they did not understand the nature of the world at all.
The federal government of Southern Africa is also responsible for why they are like this. After all, the propaganda machine in Southern Africa shouts about justice and peace all day long, but accidentally does not even spare its own people, and they are all brainwashed.
