"yes."
Although Sato didn't know why Wei Wu had such objections to the First Marine Division, he was used to not asking random questions.
Just perform your tasks well.
Don’t ask questions that you shouldn’t ask.
After the order was conveyed, the entire garrison on Luzon Island was in high spirits.
Everyone is gearing up and preparing for a big fight.
There are now a full 1.2 million Japanese troops gathered on the entire Luzon Island.
There are also Japanese troops from the Wanwan and Ryukyu directions, who are constantly arriving for reinforcements.
Not far away, there is a combined fleet watching eagerly.
They did not believe that with such a strong military advantage, the Americans could still sue.
The fighting will of the entire army is very high.
In history, the Japanese army was at the end of its rope in the later stages of the war.
Everyone is ready to have a good head-on contest with the Mi army.
At this time, Mai Paopao was also full of confidence.
After he learned the details of the Guadalcanal Battle, he felt that the Japanese army was nothing more than this.
As long as he has enough weapons, is he afraid that he will not be able to defeat the Japanese army?
So, with his various mediations, an army was finally cobbled together.
The core is the First Marine Division of the U.S. Army.
The total strength is 300,000, and there are more than 200 ships of various types.
Mighty and mighty, like a country-destroying fleet.
From Mai Paopao's point of view, with so many people, are you afraid that you won't be able to defeat the Japanese?
He will return to Luzon in an upright manner, announcing to everyone that he, Mai Paopao, is back.
The fleet arrived in great numbers off the coast of Luzon.
Maipaopao chose Mindanao as the landing place.
This is where he escaped from in the beginning, and today, he will return here again.
Mai Paopao looked at Mindanao in the distance with a telescope.
Although Mindanao is an island, it has only a narrow and irregular coastline.
Many areas are either cliffs or covered with various reefs.
The places where you can log in are very limited.
In addition, the internal terrain of the island is rugged, with high mountains and dense forests. There are forests, rivers, lakes, swamps, and even crocodiles inhabiting it.
It can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Because the forest is so dense, you can't even see anyone by sight.
"Send a plane up to investigate."
Mai Paopao waved his hand.
Immediately, an aircraft carrier released a reconnaissance plane and circled around Mindanao for reconnaissance.
After more than an hour, the reconnaissance plane came back and said that no trace of the Japanese troops or permanent fortifications was found on the island.
"Did all the Japanese soldiers on the island flee as soon as they heard my name, Marshal Mai?"
Mai Paopao thought with pride.
"Order the landing troops to begin landing."
Mai Paopao gave the order.
Landing craft one by one began to dock.
The fully loaded First Marine Division began to land.
They glanced around, but couldn't find any enemies at all.
Not even locals.
I couldn't help but feel very strange.
But they didn't know that their every move had been clearly seen by the Japanese troops hidden in the tunnels.
In order to strengthen Luzon's defense, Wei Wu specially sent Li Lin Zhongdao there.
He directly promoted Tadamichi Kuribayashi to the rank of general, gave the emperor a short sword, and asked Tadamichi Kuribayashi to defend Luzon and kill all the American troops on the island.
As long as the mission can be completed, guns will be given to guns and cannons will be given to guns.
Even the tank regiment stationed in Tokyo was sent there.
In order to complete Wei Wu's mission, Ribayashi Tadamichi carried forward Saipan's experience.
Leading people to dig tunnels in Luzon like crazy.
In addition to the original 1.2 million Japanese troops, Tadamichi Ribayashi also recruited 500,000 local young men to help with the construction.
There were less than 100,000 Japanese troops on Saipan, and they all turned Saipan into a fortress of death.
Mindanao is now more than a hundred times larger than Saipan.
The number of defenders was ten times that of Saipan.
The effect can be imagined.
A large number of underground passages and fortifications were built.
Kuribayashi Tadamichi even obtained 300,000 landmines and tens of thousands of sea mines from Wei Wu, and placed them around Mindanao and on various key roads.
Artillery positions were built on each hilltop that penetrated deep into the mountain.
These cannons can cover the entire island.
The smallest ones are 100 mm, and some even have abandoned battleship main guns mounted on them.
There are even two mobile tank wing and a fighter wing deep in the island.
There are also the Navy's Kaiten torpedo brigade patrolling around the island, waiting for opportunities for sneak attacks.
It can be said that under the arrangement of Kuribayashi Tadamichi, the entire island was built like a hedgehog.
However, Mai Paopao had no idea and continued to send people to land on Mindanao, and asked the vanguard to investigate the interior of the island to see if there were any remaining Japanese troops.
Accompanied by military reporters, he himself began to pose for photos.
Ready to prove to the world that he is back in Luzon.
However, just when Mai Paopao set foot on the land of Luzon.
Suddenly there was a huge explosion in the distance.
Everyone looked over at the sound and found that a jeep was blown up.
"what happened?"
Mai Paopao asked in panic.
"It seems to be landmines. The Japanese planted mines on the island."
said an adjutant.
"Damn it, can't these guys save me some trouble?"
Mai Paopao roared angrily.
"Every day he knows how to cause trouble for me."
"Get off the vehicle immediately, check the advance carefully, mark the location of the mines, and then transfer some engineering companies from the mainland."
Mai Paopao said angrily.
The men of the 1st Marine Division abandoned their cars one after another and began to cautiously step into the depths of the island.
Many Japanese troops were watching the Americans in the dark as they continued to penetrate deeper into the island.
Tadashi Kuribayashi gave an order to let in as many Americans as possible.
As long as they are mixed with the Americans, the Americans will not be able to use the power of their naval guns in order to prevent accidental damage.
On the contrary, they can use their firepower advantage to destroy the American army as much as possible.
Therefore, although these ambushing Japanese troops could not wait any longer.
But they still had to be patient and waited for the American army to enter the depths of the island step by step.
The 1st Marine Division entered the island step by step.
Kuribayashi Tadamichi himself was on the front line watching the battle.
"How's it going?" Tadashi Kuribayashi asked.
"About 20,000 meters of troops."
said one observer.
"Xinxi, it's almost done, we can start."
Kuribayashi Tadashi nodded.
"yes!"
"Start attacking!"
The messenger conveyed the order to start the attack.
Rifles stretched out from hidden corners.
The trigger was pulled against those American soldiers.
Da da da.
Bang bang bang.
In an instant, the American troops of the 1st Marine Division were swamped by a hail of bullets.
These American troops did not expect to be attacked at all.
Caught off guard, they were swept to the ground in pieces.
Many people did not know where the enemy was until they were killed.
