At 9 a.m. on September 15, ten battleships of the 5th and 6th battleship detachments of the Imperial Army carried out a heavy artillery attack on Apari. The large-caliber naval guns of the 10 battleships www.biquge.info poured thousands of rounds of large-caliber naval artillery shells on Apari, completely destroying the positions of the US-Filipino forces on the shore. At this moment, the main force of the US-Filipino coalition army had gathered to the north of St. Jones, trying to rely on the terrain there to resist the attack of the imperial army and vassal army, and the entire northern part of Luzon was almost undefended.

The US-Filipino coalition forces have only deployed an infantry battalion of the US army and a regiment from the Philippines in the strategic location of Apari. As a result, it was bombarded by a heavy artillery of the Imperial Navy, and a small half was killed, and the remaining half was directly scared to pee. Those soldiers of the United States and the Philippines abandoned their positions and desperately fled south.

After a battalion of the 7th Division of the Imperial Marine Corps arrived in Apari in landing craft, it met no decent resistance at all, and the entire Apari, including the intact port area, fell into the hands of the Imperial Marines.

Despite the small size of the port of Apari, the 7th Marine Division of the Imperial Marine Corps and the 10 Infantry Divisions of the Fuso Army were able to disembark quickly with the help of the intact harbor.

In the temporary headquarters of the port of Apari, Major General Wang Jing, commander of the 7th Division of the Imperial Marine Corps, was talking with Senior General Kotaro Nakamura, commander of the First Army of the Fuso Army Expeditionary Force.

"Your Excellency Nakamura, according to the information we have now, the main forces of the US-Philippine forces are concentrated on the St. Jones line in the south, in a vain attempt to resist the main force of the 16th Army of the Imperial Army. Now, there aren't many U.S.-Filipino forces in the entire northern part of Luzon. This is undoubtedly a good opportunity for us. After landing, your army can immediately move south, capture these territories, and cooperate with the Imperial Army's 16th Army to flank the United States and the Philippines and wipe them out in that area in one fell swoop. Major General Wang Jing said.

Although, Wang Jing's military rank does not seem to be as high as that of Kotaro Nakamura. However, the gold content of the major general of the empire is obviously not comparable to that of the general of a vassal state. Senior General Kotaro Nakamura nodded in front of Major General Wang Jing and looked very respectful.

"Your Excellency General, please rest assured that the 1st Infantry Division of the Fuso Army has landed, and Major General Kojo is ready to lead the troops to set off at any time. The follow-up divisions will also set off immediately after landing. We promise that this battle will defeat the Americans and Filipinos. General Kotaro Nakamura patted his chest and said. In this landing operation, the Imperial Marines occupied Apari without any resistance, which made the Fuso Army see the vulnerability of the United States and the Philippines, which made them more confident in the next war.

"Well, if you fight this battle, the empire will not treat you badly. You can get fifty percent of the spoils of war obtained by the Fuso Army in this battle. Of course, you can't touch the property of the Chinese, this is the bottom line that cannot be touched. Major General Wang Jing said.

"Yes, Your Excellency, please rest assured." General Kotaro Nakamura said excitedly.

When fighting, there is always a lot of loot, such as the robbery of captured enemy soldiers, the robbery of occupied areas, etc. Although the economy of the Fuso Kingdom is recovering, it is now only solving the problem of food and clothing. People are all hopeful, and Fuso people naturally hope to live a better life. Therefore, many Fuso people joined the army and joined the war, hoping to make a windfall in the war. In this way, when the war is over, they will be able to return home and live a good life.

On the afternoon of September 15, the 1st Infantry Division of the Fuso Army, under the leadership of Major General Kojo Kanro, set out and attacked south along the Cagayan River. Because there is basically no US-Philippine army in this area, at most there are some Filipino police, so the Fuso Army can easily capture one town after another. The speed of the advance is very fast.

Of course, these towns captured by the Fuso Army will naturally not end well. The Fuso Army often searched from house to house, taking away valuables such as gold and silver, and robbing all foreign exchange. As for local currencies such as the Philippine peso, they are like waste paper, and no one wants them at all. There are also many fools in Fuso, who know that after this war is over, the country of the Philippines will not exist. The currency they issue naturally has no value.

After the rest of the infantry divisions of the Fuso Army also landed, they all moved south quickly, and they rushed to the south for fear of being preempted by other troops. In that case, they will receive much less loot, which is directly related to their own interests.

Like a locust crossing the border, the Fuso Army swept across the northern part of Luzon. A large number of towns were captured and then looted. Of course, in this process, many Filipino natives did not cooperate and were killed by the Fuso Army. In addition, the nature of the Fuso people will not change, they not only rob, but also rape. Even if they take down the Filipino woman, these Fuso people can also be mouthful.

Of course, the Imperial side naturally turned a blind eye to the actions of the Fuso Army in Luzon. Although the Empire recruited the Fusang Army to assist the Empire in the war, it was obviously not obliged to mention the military discipline of the Fusang Army.

The advance speed of the Fuso Army is very fast, often advancing twenty or thirty kilometers a day. It's hard to believe at such a speed. After all, the Fuso Army was nothing more than a pure infantry force, and except for a small number of trucks, horse-drawn carts, and donkey carts, it could only rely on manpower. Marching, in particular, is all about human legs. It's hard to imagine that the little short legs of the Fuso people can walk so fast. What's more, in the process of advancing, the Fuso Army also had to rob and rape.

The rapid southward advance of more than 100,000 Fuso troops along the Cagayan River from northern Luzon has also attracted great attention from the US-Philippine forces. They had already suffered heavy losses under the blows of the Imperial Army and the vassal army. If it weren't for the difficult, mountainous terrain in the north of St. Jones, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, perhaps they would have been defeated long ago. Now, the Fuso army is aggressively attacking their rear, which undoubtedly leaves them vulnerable to the enemy.

Under such circumstances, the US-Philippine coalition had no choice but to send one US infantry division and two Philippine infantry divisions northward in a vain attempt to block the speed of the Fuso Army's southward movement and buy them enough time.

Although the Fuso Army is very strong, there is not much contact and coordination between the various departments because of the rapid advancement, which seems to give the US-Philippine coalition an opportunity.

Major General Jenkins, commander of the 49th Infantry Division of the US Army, believes that if it is grasped well, it may be possible to inflict a heavy blow on the Fuso Army, so that the Fuso Army will not dare to go south easily. Thus, Major General Jenkins led the U.S. Army's 49th Infantry Division and the Philippine Army's 17th Infantry Division to St. Maot's, and about ten kilometers southeast of Alicia was the Philippine Army's 18th Infantry Division.

Maj. Gen. Jenkins is looking forward to teaching the Fuso Army a hard lesson here, letting them know that the U.S.-Filipino alliance is not something that can be easily defeated.

On 20 September, a forward battalion of the 1st Infantry Division of the Fuso Army arrived less than five kilometres from St. Maot. Here, a battalion of the American army was stationed. The reason why Major General Jenkins sent a battalion of U.S. troops forward was to test how strong the combat effectiveness of the Fuso Army was.

After learning that the strength of the American troops on the opposite side was about the same as his own, the commander of the Japanese army immediately ordered an attack. Six 80-mm mortars at the battalion headquarters fired frantically at the positions of the American troops. A large number of soldiers of the Fuso Army, armed with rifles, launched a fearless attack on the positions of the American army, chanting slogans and looking excited, as if they did not feel the crisis at all.

"Da Da Da!" Light and heavy machine guns rang out behind the Fuso soldiers, and bullets flew over their heads and hit the American positions, splashing mud everywhere. However, these Fusang soldiers turned a blind eye and still bent their waists and charged with their little short legs.

"Damn the Japanese monkeys, don't they know that their emperor is still in the United States? Now they actually help the Chinese to fight us, it is simply ungrateful. The battalion commander of the American military major looked angry and disdainful.

"Order all units to open fire, mortars and light and heavy machine guns, give me a hard shot!" The American major ordered.

"Boom! Rumble! "One after another, shells fell from the sky and fell into the ranks of the Fuso soldiers. The shock wave formed after the explosion of the shell shook the Fuso soldiers away. Shrapnel was everywhere, and it was easy to harvest the lives of the Fuso soldiers.

"Da Da Da!" Light and heavy machine guns began to strafe, and the dense bullets knocked the charging Fuso soldiers to the ground as if they were cutting wheat.

But even so, it did not frighten the Fuso soldiers, who were still stubbornly charging. Some Fuso soldiers even lay on the ground and fired at the US troops. Although, they only have rifles in their hands, and their firepower is simply heaven and earth compared to the US army. However, with their accurate marksmanship, they inflicted a lot of casualties on the American troops.

"Bang!" A Fuso soldier in his thirties calmly opened fire, and at a distance of more than 100 meters, accurately hit a heavy machine gun of the US army. As a result, the firepower of this heavy machine gun suddenly stopped. More than a dozen Fuso soldiers who were suppressed immediately rushed forward and approached a place less than a few dozen meters away from the US defense line, and they only needed to rush again to be able to rush into the US defense line in one fell swoop. (To be continued.) )