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The more than 7 hundred strong squadron of young guerrillas, some of them teenagers, and others in their early 20s fought side by side with Filipino guerrillas, snatched weapons from enemy strongholds,… liberated prison camps, gathered intelligence information, disseminated propaganda materials and helped evacuate rural folks during heavy encounters with Japanese. The Wha Chi persisted for three years in 14 provinces in Central and Southern Luzon, fought in 260 small and big skirmishes, where 72 of their fighters lost their lives in battles or when captured by enemies. Approximately 400 Chinese left Japanese-controlled Manila to fight in the countryside. They scattered in several towns and municipalities, in the Nueva Ecija-Pampanga area. Local residents welcomed the Chinese evacuees as freedom fighters in the struggle against a common enemy. Recruits were sent to fight with different Hukbalahap (Hukbbong Bayyan Labban sa Happon) guerrillas dispatched to the provinces, Soon, the guerillas moved to a barrio at the foot of Mt. Arayat in September 1942. They had to cross the Candaba swamp at the height of the rainy season, and although 38 of them were stricken with malaria, they made it back to the barrios. What followed we’re months of major and minor skirmishes, mostly carried out in coordination with the Hukbalahap and other local guerillas. With only seven rifles, the Wha Chi contacted Filipino resistance groups in the area, and set out to arm themselves with the weapons of the enemy.