() On September 14, 1907, the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff Headquarters and the Presidential Palace all received a telegram from Liu Xiaofu from the Philippines: The first mountain brigade stationed in Mindanao was stationed on the outskirts of Valencia in the center of the island.
, was ambushed by the guerrillas. Because the commander relaxed his vigilance and disobeyed orders, most of the defenders were poisoned, lost their combat capabilities, and most of them were burned to death or killed in the barracks. Among them, some of the defenders were burned to death and killed in the barracks.
A total of 451 officers and soldiers were killed, 61 were seriously injured, 71 escaped and were lightly injured.
At the end of the telegram, Liu Xiaofu asked for credit for the 65 soldiers who escaped from the station and launched the counterattack. He also asked for credit for the other six low-level officers for successfully commanding the counterattack, and submitted the request to the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff for commendation. He also asked whether he had any
Liu Xiaofu didn't mention any mistakes. These things will be investigated by the Ministry of National Defense, and possibly the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It doesn't mean that you can just admit your mistakes verbally.
Although this attack was not considered a failure for the mountain brigade, at least more than 3,000 guerrillas were killed. For the entire Mindanao guerrillas, it was basically a loss of more than half, but because Taiwan still sent an investigation team, the
This time, an investigation was launched into the heavy casualties caused by serious violations of field disciplines and orders.
This incident also attracted the attention of the Americans. The American Governor of the Philippines sent a telegram to Liu Fu, expressing condolences for the loss of the Taiwanese army, and highly praised the heroic battle of the mountain brigade, which eliminated most of the guerrillas on Mindanao Island in one fell swoop.
Wait. Although Liu Fu was not grateful to this kind of trafficker, he could only call back, express his gratitude politely, and praise again the feat of the US and Taiwan forces working together to safeguard South Asia.
After this heavy loss, the Caputinan guerrillas on Mindanao were no longer able to launch large-scale attacks. Coupled with the infiltration of Ministry of Internal Affairs agents, the mountain brigade retaliated even more ferociously. By the end of 1907, with the closure of the three highways,
After it was completed and opened to traffic, the guerrillas on Mindanao have basically moved to the peninsula in the northwest corner, relying on the dense rainforest to continue to survive. However, because the neck of the peninsula is controlled by the mountain brigade station, these guerrillas want to leave the peninsula by land.
It's very difficult.
After repairing the road and driving away the local militants, the island of Mindanao was basically calm. This was originally a good thing, but Liu Fu started to worry again. This worry was mainly caused by the Americans, because the situation in Mindanao was getting worse and worse.
The more stable things are, then there is no need for the Taiwanese military to continue to stay on this island. The Americans invited you to fight, not to develop Mindanao, let alone to take root here.
Regarding this issue, the eldest staff officer in the staff gave Liu Fu an idea, which was to support the bandits in self-respect. This general in the Huai Army who was passed down by Liu Ming to Liu Fu had fought for half his life and knew all about the various forces.
Seeing something fishy in the Qing Dynasty's army, they didn't even think about the matter that Liu Fu was worried about, and directly gave this method, and even explained the rough action steps clearly. Liu Fu looked at the young man
The nearly 60-year-old senior staff officer couldn't help but sigh: Having an old man in the family is like having a treasure.
This trick of raising bandits to respect themselves has basically happened in all dynasties in China. Those generals fighting at the front were afraid that after the war was over, the court would find that they were of little use, so they removed themselves from positions of high wealth and put them aside.
Go, so I figured out this method, which is to not fight the enemy too hard. You can neither let them grow so big that you can't defeat them, nor eliminate them all. When you need it or the court needs it, fight a few victorious battles.
Cut off the enemy's heads to earn some face for yourself and the court, and then support the enemy in private, so that they can regain their strength, and save it for yourself to earn face and credit next time.
However, this kind of gameplay may also become popular. For example, what the Ming Dynasty did to Liaodong was to raise the Jurchen tribes to fight against the Mongols. Later, Li Chengliang continued to raise the Jurchens, and finally raised the Jurchens until they were fat and white, and defeated the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.
Fell down.
Liu Fu didn't want to raise a Jurchen himself, it wouldn't be fun, and he didn't want the Americans to see that he was being naughty, so he asked the old staff officer if there was a safer way. The old staff officer narrowed his cloudy eyes and just turned around.
After two rounds, he said to Liu Fu that it is better to raise outsiders to be bandits than to raise your own people to be bandits. In this way, both the officials and the bandits are our own people. When the officials need to be strong, the bandits will pretend to be cowardly. When the bandits appear, they will act cowardly.
The officials just pretend to be cowards, and from these two roles of officials and bandits, n types of changes can be evolved: the officials and the bandits collude, the officials and the bandits put on a show, the officials chase the bandits and run away, the officials retreat and the bandits move in, etc., etc.
It can be said that you can act however you want. As long as Liu Fu as the director has a rich imagination and the Taiwanese soldiers and Taiwanese gangsters as actors have superb acting skills, then they can perform all kinds of good plays for Americans.
Liu Fu nodded while listening. These are all words of a mature man seeking the country. It seems that he and the Taiwan Army need to learn how to act, so as not to mess up when they go on stage.
In order to put on this good show for the Americans, Liu Fu ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to allocate manpower and urgently trained a team of 500 people. The content of the training was how to be rebels in Mindanao. As for language, customs, wilderness survival skills, and communication
Techniques and other aspects were all taken care of by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Liu Fu only wanted results.
In December 1907, Taiwan's First Mountain Brigade, which had been stationed in Mindanao for half a year, was rotated back to Taiwan. Another Taiwanese army was sent to Mindanao to continue its mission. As the two armies were transported between the ships, they were quietly entrained.
This mysterious force, with a total of more than 500 people, is a "Filipino guerrilla" that was urgently trained by the Taiwan Army. They will be led by agents of the Ministry of the Interior and sneak into Mindanao from Davao City, thereby entering
In the nearby rainforest, wireless telegraphy was used to communicate with the Taiwanese army stationed in Davao City, or to obtain supplies, or to launch attacks on those in need when Taiwan needed it and where Taiwan needed it, thus causing the Mindanao guerrillas to be very active.
Illusion. The confidentiality level of this unit is very high. In Mindanao, only the commander and deputy commander of the Taiwan garrison know part of the situation. In Taiwan, this unit is not even known to the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff, and only a few people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are aware of it.
The person in charge and Liu Fu knew it.
As this mysterious force landed on Mindanao, the situation on the island, which had stabilized, suddenly changed. There were more and more attacks on the Taiwanese military, local wealthy businessmen, and American industries, while the Taiwanese military
They suppressed everywhere and fought fiercely with the guerrillas, with both sides suffering casualties. Watching the Taiwanese army's troop transport ship pick up the remains of the fallen soldiers from the Davao Port pier, the local US military liaison officers also deeply felt the power of the guerrillas and Taiwan's
In response to the bravery of the soldiers, he repeatedly reported to the Governor of the Philippines, requesting that the Taiwanese army be honored, and suggested that the Governor could get more troops from Taiwan to help the US military and local armed forces fight.
This suggestion was reported to the U.S. Department of War by the Governor of the Philippines. The U.S. government immediately contacted Taiwan through diplomatic channels and submitted this request to the Ministry of Defense. Liu Fu almost laughed out loud after receiving the proposal, but
In order to be more realistic, Liu Fu politely rejected the American proposal, using the excuse that Taiwan had a small population and a remote land, and could not support such a large army. 5,000 people was already the upper limit of Taiwan's logistics supply. When the Americans saw it, hey, you don't
Is it just that we are short of money and food? Tell me earlier, you don’t have what I have, you send people, I pay for food, you send 5,000 more people, don’t go to Mindanao, move further north, go to Negros Island and
Cebu Island, and by the way, Leyte Island also helped me pacify it. After the festival, another Taiwanese army sailed on a navy ship and headed for the central and southern parts of the Philippine Islands. They will attack Negros Island, Cebu Island and
They landed on Leyte Island and built garrisons, and together with the Taiwanese army on the neighboring island of Mindanao, they captured and suppressed the ethnic armed and guerrilla groups that were rebels on the ground.
