Although because of the atrocities committed by the Japanese, the three regiments responded with tit-for-tat and sometimes violated the Geneva Convention, it was better not to let the allies know about this matter. Otherwise, although the matter was not serious, it would inevitably lead to a lot of talk.
At the moment, more than 40 Japanese prisoners were clearing mines in front of them. From time to time, some Japanese soldiers were killed by bombs. However, under the threat of gunpoint, these Japanese soldiers still walked ahead obediently to clear the way.
After walking through the minefield, only five or six of the more than forty Japs were left. However, before these Japs could rejoice in their luck, Digua had already knocked them all to the ground with a submachine gun.
Digua often did the killing and silence thing. He knew that these Japs could not be kept. Otherwise, the Third Regiment's use of Japs to dig into the mines just now would become an excuse for some people who wanted to find an excuse to drive back the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
It is possible for China. Anyway, the overall situation of the war has basically been decided. It should be the idea of many people to drive away the Chinese Expeditionary Force and prevent China from benefiting from the Pacific War. Xu Rui naturally understands it, so at this time,
Absolutely no mistakes can be made.
The third regiment finally entered the city of Manila. At this time, Manila was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The Japanese suffered a defeat on the battlefield, so they made trouble for the civilians. The entire Manila was full of corpses of civilians.
In the bloody massacre, 100,000 people were killed. Then, fierce street fighting began.
Twenty thousand Japanese soldiers have made up their mind to fight the Sino-US Allied Forces in Manila. Therefore, every step forward by the Sino-US Allied Forces must be paid in blood. Although they fought bloody battles, the Sino-US Allied Forces kept moving forward.
Advance.
The Chinese and American allies used tanks, artillery, and mortars to destroy a large number of Japanese strongholds, and then completely surrounded Manila. A battle for Manila began.
The Japanese built many buildings into fortresses. They placed heavy machine guns in the buildings, stuck their muzzles out of the windows, and kept firing at the Chinese and American Allied soldiers advancing on the streets. The Chinese and American Allied forces fought hard, but they were still unable to break through.
Defense of the Japanese.
In desperation, MacArthur changed his generals and transferred the third regiment to become the vanguard of the attack on Manila.
Xu Rui carefully studied the buildings in Manila. He found that most of the buildings in Manila were made of wood. In other words, if you use cannons, they can be completely destroyed. If you use flamethrowers, you can separate some buildings from the ones inside.
The devils burned them together.
After much thought, Xu Rui chose the former. Although using flamethrowers and white-scale bullets could quickly eliminate the Japanese devils, in this way, Manila's distinctive buildings would disappear.
The history of architecture will be a huge catastrophe.
Xu Rui communicated with MacArthur, and MacArthur agreed. If it was really necessary to use fire, the U.S. Air Force would have dropped incendiary bombs long ago, and would not wait until now.
However, MacArthur did not stop Xu Rui from using mortars and other small-caliber artillery fire. Therefore, Xu Rui deployed a large number of mortars and asked the soldiers to bombard the Japanese strongholds ahead indiscriminately.
Dozens of mortars from an entire artillery battalion opened fire at the same time, blowing up the Japs Panji building blocking the passage directly ahead. Hundreds of Japs were buried under the rubble of the building. Then, the soldiers quickly moved forward.
, they did not swarm forward to prevent the remaining Japanese snipers from sneak attacks, but formed a skirmish line and continued to advance. In this way, casualties were effectively reduced.
Although the cries for help from the undead Japanese soldiers kept coming from under the ruins, no one paid attention to them and continued to move forward to attack the next target.
Then, the artillery battalion launched another attack on the next building, and the same scene happened again.
"Captain, are we going to keep fighting like this? Then we won't be able to protect the main buildings as ordered by MacArthur," Huang Shouxin said.
Xu Rui put down the telescope and said: "I can't let my soldiers sacrifice themselves for some buildings. We must counterattack, and if we fight in a straight line, we can minimize the loss of buildings. This is already very good."
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"Captain, the building in front is made of masonry, so mortars are not very effective!" Ding Li ran over and said.
Xu Rui said: "Ask He Shuya to bring over the tanks from the first battalion and use tank guns to blast me! Until the little devil is killed by the blast!"
"yes!"
At the forefront of the battlefield, the Japs were entrenched in a building. The entire building had been built into a fortress by the Japs. More than a dozen machine guns fired continuously from the building, blocking the way of the Third Regiment. The Third Regiment quickly mobilized the tanks of the First Battalion.
Come up.
He Shuya said: "Fire all the tanks at me and flatten the building!" Since it was a foreign war, He Shuya did not have any psychological burden. Anyway, these buildings did not belong to his country. If they were destroyed, it would be a big deal for the Americans and Filipinos to rebuild them.
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"yes!"
Dozens of tanks lined up in a row and kept shooting at the building. Clouds of dense fog mixed with white and black rose up. The entire building was engulfed in a sea of flames. Finally, under the continuous bombardment of dozens of tanks, the building was destroyed.
It collapsed suddenly, burying all the hundreds of Japanese soldiers inside under the rubble.
An hour later, the battle ended, all the hundreds of Japs entrenched in the building were eliminated, and the main passage into Manila was opened.
The street fighting in Manila lasted for a full month. Although MacArthur repeatedly emphasized the need to protect Manila's buildings before the war, Manila was almost razed to the ground. The red-eyed Sino-US coalition forces used a lot of heavy weapons to occupy Manila.
, Manila suffered huge damage, and the remaining Japanese soldiers who held on to Manila were finally captured in the sturdy Ministry of Finance building, under the personal command of the Iwabuchi Sanchi. The Iwabuchi Sanchi had decided to stick to the building and live or die with Manila.
The Treasury Building is a reinforced concrete building. The First Division of the U.S. Cavalry attacked it several times, but could not move forward except leaving hundreds of corpses behind.
MacArthur had no choice but to send the 74th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to attack. As a result, although the 74th Army fought bravely, it still could not open the defense line of the building after losing more than 200 people.
Subsequently, the U.S. Second Marine Division and the New Sixth Army took turns to go into battle, but in the end they all failed.
Until then, MacArthur thought about the Third Regiment again, and he decided to let the Third Regiment try again. Xu Rui said to MacArthur on the phone: "General, do you think the lives of soldiers are more important, or a building is more important."
MacArthur said without thinking: "Of course the lives of soldiers are important."
Xu Rui said: "Then I know what to do."
MacArthur put down the phone and chewed on Xu Rui's words. Suddenly, he was shocked. He already guessed what Xu Rui wanted to do. He hurriedly called Xu Rui again, but there was no sound from the other side of the phone.
"This Xu Rui." MacArthur sighed, thinking that the current situation could only be left to its own devices.
After putting down the phone, Xu Rui cut the phone line with a dagger, and Leng Tiefeng, He Shuya, Huang Shouxin, Gao Chu and others gathered around.
He Shuya said: "Captain, let us rush again."
Leng Tiefeng said: "Let the wolf fangs come up and attack at night, we will surely capture the building in front of us."
"Let's go up to the Second Battalion," Huang Shouxin said.
"Our Third Battalion is the best at this." Gao Chu rushed to say.
"Stop arguing!" Xu Rui frowned, and then said: "Didn't you see the mountains of corpses in front of the building? My soldiers are very valuable, and we can't let them die in vain like this."
"Yes, let's attack at night." Leng Tiefeng said.
"No, we are not familiar with the situation inside the building, and the Japanese must have been prepared for it. Not only will the night attack not be effective, but it may also cause damage to Langya." Xu Rui shook his head.
"This won't work, that won't work either, so what should we do?" Gao Chu was a little anxious.
Gao Chu has always been calm, but today he was really anxious. Xu Rui said: "You Gao Chu, why are you so anxious? Why did the fire burn your monkey butt?"
After being scolded by Xu Rui, Gao Chu calmed down and said embarrassedly: "Captain, wasn't I too anxious?"
Xu Rui ignored Gao Chu and said: "Now there is only one way that is simple and trouble-free, and the battle can be resolved without any big losses."
"Commander, you mean... blow up the Ministry of Finance building?" He Shuya asked.
Xu Rui glanced at He Shuya and said to himself that He Shuya was becoming more and more mature and had guessed what he was thinking.
Xu Rui said: "Yes, immediately get me the ten 150-meter howitzers from the regiment and blow up this building. Everything will be solved."
"But Commander, the Ministry of Finance Building is a landmark building in the Philippines. If it is blown up, MacArthur will get angry."
"It's better to get angry than to let my soldiers die in vain," Xu Rui said.
"Okay, leader, since you have made a decision, then we will obey your decision." Everyone expressed their support for Xu Rui's decision.
Xu Rui immediately ordered the artillery regiment to bring in the howitzers, and then aimed them at the Philippine Finance Building.
"fire!"
As Xu Rui yelled into the phone, the earth-shaking cannon roar rang out, and ten 150mm howitzers launched an attack on the Ministry of Finance building.
As the heavy artillery shells fell one after another, the entire Ministry of Finance building was in a mess.
Amidst the sound of gunfire, Major General Iwabuchi's face turned pale. He knew that the Chinese and American Allied Forces wanted to destroy the entire building. It seemed that Manila's last defenses could no longer be saved. Even if he died, he could not be captured by the Chinese and American Allied Forces.
The prisoner, so he drew out his short knife and prepared to disembowel his abdomen, but the short knife could not be stabbed in front of the lower abdomen. Soon, the three places of Iwabuchi would no longer have this trouble. A huge stone slab fell from above, directly
He was pushed to the ground and turned into a bloody mass...
