On March 11, 1942, MacArthur made all preparations to evacuate the Philippines.
As for the safety work during the evacuation, MacArthur completely left it to Peter Lin:
Tian Qi!
MacArthur's evacuation was ironic.
Because MacArthur had vowed before:
I will live and die with the Philippines!
Moreover, on the 13th of last month, the Philippine government signed the Community Order No. 1, awarding MacArthur US$500,000!
Gentlemen, this is $500,000, an astonishing amount of money!
This is a controversial, dirty deal.
MacArthur himself made no excuse for this.
Of course, MacArthur himself needed a reasonable explanation for why he evacuated.
Early on the morning of the 11th, he explained to his successor, Lieutenant General Wainwright:
"Based on repeated orders from the President, I am leaving. Things have come to this point where I must either obey or leave the Army. I want you to tell all troops that I am being forced to leave by the ongoing withdrawals."
Wainwright replied: "Of course I will, Douglas."
Then, MacArthur said the famous saying:
"I'll be back."
Well, I'll be back.
A very famous saying.
As a result, Meng Shaoyuan once said:
"Please believe that his words will definitely spread. This line will even appear in some movies."
On the evening of March 11, MacArthur took his wife Joan, son Arthur IV, and his Chinese nanny Azhu and others, and left Corregidor under the protection of Tian Qi and his guards. headquarters.
At that moment, MacArthur must have felt extremely miserable.
Of course, he couldn't be sad now.
Because Tian Qi told him that the Japanese had united with the local Philippine anti-American guerrillas and were preparing to carry out an attack against him.
MacArthur did not mobilize large troops to protect himself because that would have seemed too cowardly, which was not in line with his usual tough guy personality.
He only brought part of the guards and some armed personnel commanded by Tian Qi.
He wants to show his fearlessness in front of everyone!
"Tu tu tu tu"!
Just a few miles away from his headquarters, MacArthur suddenly heard intense gunfire from the woods on both sides.
The first car was shot down immediately.
"Fight back, fight back!"
Tian Qi shouted: "Push the damn car away and cover the commander's retreat. Quick, quick!"
"No, I will fight with you, and I will never abandon my people."
MacArthur said with some courage.
"Now is not the time to argue, Commander!" Tian Qi said with red eyes: "Let's go, I will take my people and cover you. If you are lucky, please wait for me in Mindanao."
"Take care, Peter, I will be waiting for you." MacArthur shouted.
Tian Qi curled his lips, then drew his gun and fired!
As MacArthur's convoy moved away, his men stopped firing.
Then, Tian Qi braved the "violent" rain of bullets on the opposite side and walked into the woods with such swagger.
The gunfire continued.
Xu Zhu also curled his lips and looked at Tian Qi who walked in.
He really wanted to put real bullets in the gun and kill this guy with one shot.
This is the "Blood Fox" Tian Qi who killed many of his men.
Even if he knew the other party's identity, he still couldn't let go of the matter.
"MacArthur is gone."
Tian Qi said as soon as they met.
Xu Zhu waved his hand and the gunshots stopped.
These were the equipment provided to them by MacArthur.
Use MacArthur equipment to fight MacArthur?
Tian Qi saw several children at first glance.
Are these the young agents?
In fact, it is not entirely accurate to say that they are children.
They are all a group of fifteen or sixteen year olds!
Meng Shaoyuan even gave them a very domineering name:
Young Avengers!
Moreover, it is said that these children, instead of calling Meng Shaoyuan "sir", all call him "eldest brother".
Their lives were saved by Meng Shaoyuan, so they have almost blind worship of Brother Meng!
Seeing Tian Qi, Shang Heng and other young agents, they didn't say a word.
When Xu Zhu came to the Philippines and got in touch with them, all the young agents knew that their mission had officially begun.
The mission they accepted was to lurk in the Philippines and accept the leadership of Gan Ning and Xu Zhu.
However, they also have another task, a task given to them by Brother Meng alone:
Once it is discovered that Gan Ning, Xu Zhu and others may betray, they will be killed immediately!
They don't care who the place is.
Don't care about the other party's identity or qualifications.
The only thing they care about is that this is the task assigned to them by Brother Meng!
Tian Qi suddenly said: "Give me a shot?"
"What?" Xu Zhu was confused.
Tian Qi said extremely calmly: "Give me a shot in the arm."
Xu Zhumeng understood immediately.
Without any hesitation, he took out his gun and shot Tian Qi in the arm.
Tian Qi screamed miserably and kept cursing: "Damn it, have you been waiting for this shot for a long time?"
Xu Zhu nodded seriously.
…
Mindanao.
The B-17 bomber has long been ready to take off.
However, MacArthur did not get on the plane.
His wife, children, and nanny were all waiting for him on the plane.
The pilots were also waiting for final orders.
However, MacArthur still stood there motionless.
"Douglas, he may not come." Chief of Staff Sutherland urged there: "I think we have to leave, the Japanese will appear at any time."
MacArthur sighed: "Okay, orders, prepare to take off."
When he turned around to board the plane, Sutherland suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted:
"Look at that!"
MacArthur turned around hastily.
A jeep is coming at speed.
When the car stopped, Peter Lin was helped out.
"God, you're hurt."
MacArthur exclaimed, and he quickly met Tian Qi.
"Those damn guerrillas." Tian Qi cursed: "But fortunately, I finally caught up. The most important thing is that you are safe and sound, Commander."
"Call me Douglas, Peter." MacArthur said solemnly: "Your bravery and outstanding use of your own injuries to protect me. Peter, you have won the purest friendship between me and the MacArthur family!"
"Thank you, Douglas." Tian Qi gasped and said, "I think it's time for us to leave."
"Yes, it's time for us to leave." MacArthur glanced at the Philippines for the last time: "I swear, I will definitely come back."
On March 11, 1942, Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines on a B-17 bomber and headed to Australia to start his new journey.
Traveling with him was MacArthur's lifelong best friend:
Peter Lin!
Or, Tian Qi!
