At the time when the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Navy was implementing Plan A, the South Ocean Fleet of the Imperial Navy was also preparing for war. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 According to the plan of the General Staff, after the success of Plan A, the Imperial Navy's Nanyang Fleet was to cover the Imperial Army and Marine Corps and launch an attack on the Philippine colonies of the United States. As the closest U.S.-controlled area to China, the empire had to occupy the Philippines. In this way, the threat of the United States to the empire itself can be eliminated.

If the United States deploys B-17 heavy bombers in the Philippines, the empire's Guangdong Province, Qiongdao, Baodao and other places are all within the strike radius of the Americans' B-17 heavy bombers. In order to prevent the Americans from bombing the empire mainland, the empire built a large anti-air search radar on the southeast coast, and deployed a large number of fighter jets. If the Americans had this intention, the Reich's fighter planes would intercept all the American bombers to prevent the bombs from falling on the Reich mainland.

Although the people of the empire enthusiastically supported the empire's declaration of war on the United States, this was when the flames of war did not reach the empire itself. If the bombs had landed on the empire itself, I don't know how many people would have started to oppose the war. In their bones, the Chinese still hope for peace and hope that everyone can live in harmony. If the Chinese Empire wanted to continue the war, it had to find a way to avoid this from happening.

Of course, if this threat is to eradicate it once and for all, it is best to occupy the Philippines. In this case, the United States will not have a base capable of bombing China. The security of the empire will be guaranteed.

At the time of the outbreak of the war, the Americans simply did not expect the war to break out so soon. Therefore, their B-17 heavy bomber has not yet had time to deploy to the Philippines. When the U.S. mainland was bombed, and the Americans intended to use heavy bombers to bomb the Chinese mainland to counterattack, they found that the entire Pacific Sea control had already fallen into China's hands. There is simply no way for their B-17 bombers to be deployed to the Philippines. This greatly regrets the Americans. After all, if American heavy bombers can bomb the Chinese mainland, it doesn't matter what impact it can have on China. At the very least, when the bomb falls on Chinese soil, it will greatly cheer up the Americans and make them more supportive of the U.S. government in fighting this war. In this way, many contradictions that are now very prominent will be resolved.

In addition, after taking the Philippines, the empire can also set out from the Philippines and attack Oceania. The United States also has many military bases in Oceania. At a time when the Chinese Empire was strengthening its bases in Oceania, the Americans were not idle.

On September 2, 4637 A.D., the Imperial Navy's Pacific Fleet raided the Oahu military port and won a brilliant victory. After determining the victory of the operation of the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Navy, the South Ocean Fleet of the Imperial Navy also set off. Departing from the Imperial Navy's naval base on Qiong Island, prepare to cross the South China Sea and kill directly to the Philippines.

Although, compared to the Pacific Fleet of the Imperial Navy, the strength of the South Ocean Fleet is much weaker. However, with the reinforced support of the 9th Carrier Strike Group and the 10th Carrier Strike Group, the strength of the Nanyang Fleet is still very strong. At least, it is many times stronger than the small fleet of several cruisers and destroyers deployed by the US Navy in the Philippines.

On September 3, the main force of the Imperial Navy's Nanyang Fleet departed from Tianya Harbor, and in addition to the 9th Aircraft Carrier Strike Group and the 10th Aircraft Carrier Strike Group, the fleet also included the 5th Battleship Detachment and the 6th Battleship Detachment of the Imperial Navy. These two battleship detachments were originally the main force of the Nanyang Fleet of the Imperial Navy. However, after the two aircraft carrier strike groups joined the Nanyang Fleet, their main position had to be relinquished, and in the future they would take on more tasks of bombing the islands by air defense. In addition, the Imperial Marine Corps had two divisions, which operated with the South Sea Fleet. On the island of Qiong, the 16th Army of the Imperial Army was already assembled here. They would become the main force of the Imperial Army's offensive against the Philippines.

Before the war, in order to strengthen the military power of the Philippines, the Americans deployed heavy troops in the Philippines. The army has specially formed the military force of the Philippines. U.S. Army Rear Admiral MacArthur was once again given the rank of interim four-star admiral, with full responsibility for commanding the U.S. Army and Navy in the Philippines. In fact, when MacArthur became chief of the U.S. Army General Staff five years ago, he also held the rank of major general, but received a temporary rank of four-star general. Now, it's the same thing.

In addition to this, MacArthur was also the commander-in-chief of the Philippine Army, having received the rank of Philippine Marshal three years earlier. The Philippine Army was formed by him. Because the Chinese Empire was a very great threat to the United States in this time and space, the Philippine Army formed by MacArthur received strong support from the Americans. In addition to being poorer than the equipment of the US Army, many large-caliber artillery pieces are replaced by small-caliber guns, the number of machine guns is also seriously insufficient, and there are no assault rifles. With the support of the Americans, the Philippines formed an army of 30 infantry divisions with 16 million men, totaling nearly 700,000 people. Of course, if it weren't for the Americans' big pockets, relying on the Filipinos alone, they would not even be able to afford the salaries of these 700,000 indigenous troops, let alone arm them. From this, it can be seen that the so-called Philippine Army is actually a second-line colonial force controlled by the Americans. Of course, the Filipinos would never recognize them as colonies of the United States. They would claim that since the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Philippines has gained independence as a republic. Actually, is this really the case?

In 1898, the Spanish-American War broke out; On June 12, the Philippines declared independence and established the Republic of the Philippines. After the defeat of Spain, the "Peace of Paris" was signed, and the United States took over the Philippines and ruled it by the United States.

After taking over the Philippines, the United States was faced with a major problem: how to maintain the American spirit and anti-colonial traditions that Americans have respected since independence, so as to maintain the image of the United States, and how to grasp the Philippines to build according to the wishes of the United States? The United States, which had long been aware of the serious shortcomings of the "old-fashioned colonial law", decided not to follow the old path of England and to create a new world of conquerors in the Philippines. This is done by establishing a civilian government in the Philippines to help the Philippines achieve self-government.

On July 4, 1901, the first civilian government, headed by Taft, the first Philippine governor of the United States, was sworn in in Manila. But the governor, who had been transferred from the position of US attorney general, expressed at his inauguration a different will from that of the Spanish governor: "Although the freedom of the islands is in the hands of the United States Congress, everything the president does is to prepare as much as possible for the independence of the Filipinos". It is not to suppress national independence, but to take the initiative to cultivate national autonomy and independence. America's political ideals surpassed those of Britain and France. For more than 30 years, from 1901 to 1935, successive "transitional governments" did not generally violate the general principle of gradual self-government for Filipinos, although they had different styles of governance.

In 1907, the Philippines held its first legislative elections. Filipino Osmena was elected speaker of parliament, and Quezon became majority leader of the parliament. After the establishment of the autonomous government of the Philippines in 4633 A.D., Osmena and Quezon became the first presidents and vice presidents of the autonomous government of the Republic of the Philippines.

Now, the following year, Quezon replaced Osmena as president of the Republic of the Philippines.

On the surface, the Philippines looks like a truly independent republic. But in reality, in essence, they are still colonies controlled by the Americans. This can be seen from the fact that MacArthur is equivalent to the emperor in the Philippines. Quezon, the president, must make a decision with MacArthur's nod. The Philippine army was also in the hands of MacArthur. What's more, the U.S. Army has deployed a full ten infantry divisions in the Philippines, with more than 200,000 people.

The Empire's attack on the Philippines this time was actually a war against the Americans. As for the huge number of Philippine Army, it is nothing more than soy sauce. At another time, the Japanese landed in the Philippines with inferior forces, and the American* and Philippine armies lost their armor and fled in disarray. You must know that at that time, the Japanese Army was inferior to the US Army in terms of strength and weaponry. From this, we can see how bad the combat effectiveness of the US Army and the Philippine Army stationed in the Philippines is. This led to the peculiar phenomenon of Japanese bicycles frantically chasing after Americans in cars.

From the Tianyagang Naval Base on Qiong Island of the Empire to the Philippines, it is only a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. At the speed of the Imperial fleet, it would only take a day and a half. On board the Imperial Navy's aircraft carrier Changbaishan, Admiral Chen Shiying, commander of the Nanyang Fleet, and Vice Admiral Yang Jingting, chief of staff, were discussing tactics.

"From the intelligence we have so far, the American army is mainly deployed near Manila Bay and northern Luzon. Ten U.S. Army infantry divisions, five deployed in Manila Bay and five others in northern Luzon. Obviously, the Americans were worried about our landings in northern Luzon or in Manila Bay. Lieutenant General Yang Jingting said.

"What about the Philippine Army?" Admiral Chen Shiying asked.

"Thirty Philippine Army infantry divisions, ten deployed on those islands south of Luzon, and the other twenty are deployed on Luzon. It is also mainly deployed in Manila Bay and northern Luzon. Lieutenant General Yang Jingting said. (To be continued.) )