() On the evening of April 13, 1911, Angeles City was like usual. Merchants were cleaning up their stalls and pedestrians were preparing to go home for dinner. The streets were full of passers-by. In a block located in the south of the city
, the soldiers of the two regiments of the US Army stationed in Angeles City also returned to their camps and were ready to have dinner.
There are approximately more than 1,700 U.S. soldiers from these two regiments stationed in this neighborhood. They are usually responsible for guarding several stations in Angeles City and the suburbs. At this time every day, there are many people in this camp that was transformed from the original urban area.
The meeting will be filled with American soldiers, and everyone will gather according to their respective squads and platoons to prepare for dinner.
At this time, a large black gasoline barrel was placed in the yards of dozens of houses around the camp. The gasoline barrel was half-buried by earth and rocks, and the openings of the barrels were all facing the same direction.
U.S. military camp.
With the sound of the "Didi" bugle, meal was served in the U.S. military camp. Groups of U.S. soldiers and officers began to line up in their respective camps to prepare for meals. At this moment, bursts of dull "Bang,
A faint "bang" sound came from all around, and most of the American soldiers didn't pay attention or didn't hear it at all, while a few soldiers turned their heads curiously and looked around for the source of the sound.
"Boom...boom..." These American soldiers did not find the source of the sound, but found the impact point of the explosion. Some soldiers with better eyesight could still see little black ones one by one.
Points rose rapidly from all around and fell towards the military camp and the vicinity of the military camp. Then the falling point would flash for a moment.
A big fireball, and then nothing more. The huge impact will blow away anyone and debris within dozens of meters. These people have already lost their lives due to ruptured internal organs before they hit the ground. People who are close to the explosion point
, it will be blown to pieces, with various pieces of meat and bones flying out like shrapnel.
In just 5 minutes, this garrison full of barracks was hit by at least hundreds of bombs. Most of the soldiers in the garrison were injured or killed by the shock wave, and the remaining soldiers and officers were also
Not caring about the gathering, they all ran outside the station.
Due to the dense explosion, the dust shaken up by the shock wave rose high from the station. From a distance, it looked like a small mushroom cloud. However, near the station, due to the heavy dust, the visibility was extremely low. Those who hurriedly ran out of the station
The American soldiers were not rescued by the residents, but were knocked down by bursts of bullets in the streets near the station.
Just as the explosions occurred at the garrison in the city, several other small garrison points or checkpoints in Angeles City were attacked. Some were swept by dense bullets, and some had explosive packets thrown directly into the outposts.
Several US military stations outside the city were also attacked by a large number of guerrillas. Although the guerrillas
The guerrillas did not have heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns, but with the help of "heartless guns", the numerically superior guerrillas quickly broke through the defenses of these stations. Most of the US soldiers in the stations were killed and surrendered.
They were all hacked to death on the spot, just like they were beaten to death. Only a few American troops escaped through the darkness.
On this night, throughout Angeles City, gunshots continued and fires broke out. The Catholics in the city and the guerrillas who had sneaked into the city randomly attacked the U.S. troops in the city and the shops, workshops, homes and other places that were usually pro-American, killing everyone.
Everyone in the city set fire to these houses. Most of the residents in the city had no idea what was happening and could only huddle in their homes, trembling while listening to the intensive gunfire and deafening explosions outside.
In the early morning, the city of Angeles, which had been noisy all night, gradually calmed down. The parishioners and part of the citizens who participated in the attack followed the guerrillas and left the city into the vast rain forest with all the supplies and weapons they could bring. The remaining
What's left is the hellish US military garrison and the smoke-filled city of Angeles City.
It was almost noon when a large number of U.S. military reinforcements arrived in Angeles City from various parts of Manila and Luzon. These U.S. troops saw a horrifying scene at the U.S. military garrison in the city. There were huge craters everywhere, enough to
There are hundreds of them, walking very unevenly in the camp. Most of the various houses in the camp have disappeared. Only the three-story stone building has the last layer of ruins left, buried.
in thick dust.
There are people everywhere, all our own people, Americans. Most of these American soldiers are lying on the ground in various postures intact. In some places, dozens of them are piled up in piles. Most of them have no obvious injuries.
There were wounds, but their faces were all a little black, and there was blood in their ears, noses, eyes, and mouths.
The U.S. military commanders who arrived here with reinforcements were stunned by the scene before them, and also frightened by the corpses of these compatriots. These young men who were still alive and kicking yesterday turned into zombies overnight. Some experienced
The officers quickly took their troops out of the city and stationed them outside the city. They were afraid that their soldiers could not stand the stimulation and did something such as killing civilians. In that case, as officers, they might be sent to the military
court.
However, because there were several armies coming to the rescue, each belonging to a different unit, two units eventually opened fire on civilians in the city. They had already swept through two streets before being stopped by friendly forces.
Residents on both sides of the street were pulled out and shot directly on the street.
The US military originally planned to block the news about the attack on the US military station in Angeles City and the killing of a large number of civilians by the US military. However, it failed to block the news. Various rumors spread like wildfire, and within a few days, it spread throughout Luzon.
island, and began to spread to the southern islands. Every Filipino who heard the news
People, whether farmers or businessmen, poor or rich, have experienced obvious emotional changes. Most of the businessmen and landlords who were originally somewhat close to the US military have begun to actively distance themselves from their relationship with the US military, while a small number have no relationship with the US military.
The local Filipinos who are relatively close to me are not as cooperative as before.
The U.S. Governor of the Philippines, Forbes and Colonel Danzig, rushed to Angeles City the day after the incident and declared that the city was designated as a war zone, requiring not only martial law but also military management. During this attack
More than 1,100 US soldiers and more than 300 US wounded will be transported back to the United States by the US Navy for treatment and burial. The more than 1,400 Angeles citizens and more than 100 wounded who were killed are accused of being a Filipino.
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Li organization and guerrilla members, the dead will be buried collectively by the US military, and the injured will be detained by the US military and put on trial. As soon as this news came out, Filipinos throughout Luzon Island were very angry, but because the US troops stationed everywhere were
We have received orders from Colonel Danzig and have entered a state of alert. All parts of Luzon Island are relatively calm. However, underneath this abnormal calm is a more dangerous sabotage.
Governor Forbes had no choice but to do this. The US military stationed in the Philippines, led by Colonel Danzig, resolutely did not allow their soldiers to be criticized, and what happened in Angeles City was also considered by the military to be a counterattack after being attacked. After this
Stimulated by this attack, the U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines became more sensitive and began to become suspicious of various things. The governor had to choose to ignore the life and death of the locals in order to appease these officers and soldiers. Anyway, this kind of thing has not been done before.
Yes, it doesn’t matter if you do it again.
However, Governor Forbes' calculation was wrong this time. In the past, the extermination of a village suspected of funding guerrillas was carefully planned by the US military, which not only blocked the news but also controlled most of the public opinion through relatively cooperative locals.
But this time it was an unexpected incident. Not only was there no news,
With the blockade, public opinion is even more uncontrollable. In addition, there is a secretly hidden "Filipino" organization fueling the flames. The impact of the massacre of civilians in Angeles City on local Filipinos has not only faded over time.
But being forgotten, it becomes more and more fermented and expanded.
In a short period of time after the Angeles City incident, the "Filipino" organization used various means to contact a number of guerrilla groups that had been fighting on Luzon Island, and through material support, military training and other means,
He incorporated most of them into his own team, and the remaining few also agreed to fight together in the anti-American battle, and planned to launch a full-scale armed attack on the US military stationed in the Philippines throughout the Philippine Islands in the near future.
