MacArthur, who only wanted to shirk responsibility, probably did not expect that if this telegram was really sent, then southern Africa and the United States would really be on the brink of war.

Compared with the frenzied MacArthur, Chief of Staff David Andrewson was calm.

In the opinion of Chief of Staff David Andrewson, the reason for the heavy losses of the landing force was not how strong the fighting power of the Palawan rebels was, but because of MacArthur's command errors.

The First Division was a colonial servant army formed by the United States, with a total strength of about 15,000 men, and before departure, in order to complete the mission more smoothly, MacArthur recruited some guides and auxiliary troops, and the total strength of the landing was about 20,000.

Probably in MacArthur's opinion, for the Palawan rebels, who had just raised the anti-flag, 20,000 people were almost captured, and they would not encounter too many difficulties.

Unexpectedly, the rebels in Palawan were well-trained, well-equipped, and occupied favorable terrain, and as a result, the first division almost lost its ability to continue fighting as soon as it landed.

In this era, 10 percent of the casualties of the troops can basically be judged to be incapacitated.

In particular, a colonial servant army like the First Division has almost no ability to turn the tables once it is in a disadvantageous situation on the battlefield.

"Mike, calm down, what we need to do now is to secure our defenses and concentrate the scattered landing force, otherwise night falls, and the rebels are likely to attack in the dark, and then we will suffer more serious losses." David Andrewson knows what to expect, and the first attack must have failed, but it can't go nowhere.

It's not for nothing, at least now MacArthur should have some idea of the strength of the rebels, and no longer know nothing.

Of course, MacArthur gathered limited information after only one day of fighting, and the information obtained by the landing force showed that the rebels were flexible in their fighting methods, good at using the terrain, and equipped with heavy weapons, including grenade launchers and heavy machine guns, which was also the basis for MacArthur's judgment that southern Africa would enter the war.

However, MacArthur was still unclear about the number, distribution, logistical situation, and personnel structure of the rebels, and it was impossible to persist in fighting in this situation.

"If the rebels have the ability to attack at night, it will be a good proof that the southern Africans are in the war." MacArthur was not stupid, he didn't care about the losses of the Filipinos.

During World War II, the Japanese army attacked the Philippines on a large scale, and MacArthur, who had retired from the U.S. Army at that time, served as the commander-in-chief of the Philippines, fled from Bataan in a submarine in a hurry, and 75,000 subordinates had no leader but to lay down their arms and surrender.

Regardless of how to beautify this period of history in the future, it is an irrefutable fact that MacArthur did not choose to fight to the end in the face of the Japanese attack, but fled from the battle.

As for the Allied forces returning to the Philippines later, MacArthur left the trestle bridge that the American soldiers had repaired, and insisted on calling the famous photo taken by the reporter of wading on the beach, as well as the famous sentence "I am back", hehe, this is very American.

What must be explained here is that there are not many troops in the world that have the ability to attack at night, and southern Africa happens to be the best at it.

During the World War, Southern Africa took advantage of the darkness of night to launch many attacks on the German army on the Eastern Front, which attracted the attention of the whole world and laid great military prestige for the Southern African army.

Regardless of the fact that the world war has been over for several years, there are still not many troops capable of attacking at night, and the Palawan rebels are even more impossible.

"Unless we can have direct evidence, we can't prove anything." David Andrewson disagrees with MacArthur's assertion that southern Africans would not be so stupid as to give up the handle, and even if white or Chinese were found in the rebels, southern Africans would deny it.

Palawan itself is home to a lot of whites and Chinese, and even the whole of Southeast Asia.

"No, we can prove that at least we can get more attention." MacArthur finally said something from his heart, and the main purpose of MacArthur's three sentences is to gain attention.

That's right, just to get attention, MacArthur was able to keep 20,000 men on Palawan and face the rebel siege at all times.

MacArthur was such a man who was not willing to be bland.

MacArthur graduated from West Point, the best in the history of West Point, and two years after graduation, he became a military adjutant to President Theodore Roosevelt.

During the World War, MacArthur fought in Europe with the rank of colonel and was impressed by the fighting power of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

It was not only the Southern African Expeditionary Force, MacArthur was known for his "distinctive personality", but in fact, no one was convinced, and MacArthur not only had a bad relationship with the Expeditionary Force Command at that time, but also had a bad relationship with the US generals.

This is also the reason why MacArthur was sent to the Philippines after the "Washington tragedy".

Because of MacArthur's insistence, the beachhead troops who had just landed could only hold on to the beach at night.

MacArthur was not fully prepared, and the supplies could not be delivered to the beachhead in time, and the officers and men of the beachhead unit were cold and hungry in the night, and complaints were rife.

Meanwhile, Alan and Matthew had just had a full meal and were discussing whether or not to attack overnight.

"We can move our positions forward and attack the beachhead with grenade launchers and not let them rest—" Matthew lit a cigarette in the shade of his raincoat as the sky began to rain again, but luckily the Free Army soldiers were carrying raincoats before leaving.

However, the servant army on the beachhead was not so lucky, they did not carry extra supplies before departure, and such things as raincoats would definitely not be carried.

According to the combat habits of the 1st Division, after landing, civilian houses can be requisitioned at will, so raincoats and other things are cumbersome, and there is no need to carry them at all.

Now the soldiers who landed are less than 500 meters away from the town of Deeni, but no one dares to approach the town of Deeni, everyone still remembers the battle in the afternoon, and the remains of those soldiers who died in the battle are still at the entrance of the town of Deeni.

In the immediate aftermath of the battle, there were still screams and wails of the wounded in the town of Dieney.

Now that the voices are gone, the town of Diney is as silent as if it were dead.

"Watch out for your cigarette butts, bastard!" Allen reminds Matthew that smoking at night is a big no-no.

"Even if those servants find my cigarette butts, I'll bet ten rand, and those servants won't dare to attack-" Before Matthew's words could fall, a gunshot suddenly rang out in the distance.

"I'm FFF-" Matthew scrambled, dropping his cigarette butt and picking up his gun into combat mode.

Then there was no sound.

"Not an offense?" Matthew didn't know what was going on.

"You're too nervous, this is our sniper-" Allen chuckled, and now in the Free Army, the special positions of snipers, machine gunners, and commanders are all well-trained elite veterans.

Otherwise, the 1st Division would not have been defeated so badly.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go, we can't afford to be left behind and catch them off guard—" Matthew glanced at the cigarette butt he had just glanced at at his feet, hesitating whether to pick it up and smoke it.

Well, hard simplicity is an heirloom of the revolution and cannot be wasted.

"Then do their thing, and retreat—" Alan agreed with Matthew's suggestion that the officers and soldiers on the beachhead would have a hard time that night, they would have to starve, face bad weather, and face attacks by Free Army soldiers.

While the 1st Division was languishing on the beachhead, Roque had just returned to Pretoria.

Philip has already departed from Walvis Bay for a visit to the United States, and during Philip's departure from Southern Africa, Roque, as Secretary of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Southern African Armed Forces, will replace Philip in handling Southern African affairs.

In other words, Roque is now the regent-

Oops, that's not quite a good description, but it doesn't matter.

In fact, according to the internal order of southern Africa, when the prime minister leaves southern Africa, the acting prime minister should be the speaker of parliament.

But no one cared about that, and even Buck accepted Philip's arrangement as a matter of course.

Roque did not shirk, and after returning to Pretoria, the first thing he did was to visit Kitchener and Ade.

"Locke, I thought you threw me, an old man, out of the clouds—" Kitchina, who didn't appear in dozens of chapters, was like the queen mother who had been thrown into the cold palace.

Ade looked at Roque and didn't speak, Southern Africa is developing very well now, Ade is very relieved, his spirit is becoming more and more vigorous, and his body is also a little blessed.

This is normal, the heart is wide and naturally fat, and the previous Ade has indeed lost a little weight.

"Why, it's a bit busy this time, isn't it coming-" Roark was in a good mood, Phyllis was pregnant again, and this was her and Roarke's fifth child.

See, this is the real response to the call of southern Africa, and the five have basically reached the passing line.

Of course, if Ada's side is counted, Roque is one step closer to the ideal of giving birth to a football team, and during the holidays, the Locke family will also become one of the largest families in southern Africa, not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of the number of members.

"I heard that a rebellion broke out in the East Asian colonies of the United States?" Kitchina seemed to be smiling, and he already knew the basic operation of Roque.

"It seems to be-" Roque grinned, what if a rebellion broke out, anyway, it had nothing to do with southern Africa, it was the Americans themselves who didn't fight and made people angry.

"You have to be careful, don't be self-defeating." Kitchener didn't believe Roque's nonsense, and without outside help, Palawan would not have had the courage to rebel.

According to Kitchener's understanding of Roque, it is impossible to say whether there is a Patinho or not.

Or maybe Patinho is a Palawan or not.

"What does this have to do with me, Americans are cocooning themselves and deserve it!" Roque adamantly refuses to admit it.

That is, Roque was born at the wrong time, if Roque traveled a hundred and ten years earlier, it is uncertain whether the British Empire will have a chance to become an empire on which the sun never sets.