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They spent the next few months gathering discarded or abandoned weapons. Along with mock attacks, they formulated rules and policies. One of their major principles was to foster close ties with the people. It proved to be an invaluable factor, because they had to depend on their support for food, medicine and information time and again. Many lives were saved through this connection. Once, they ambushed a Japanese truck crossing a bridge. The Wha Chi shot it down. They attacked,.. then fled the ambushed site”. That’s their tactic, hit and run.” This was the Wha Chi’s first major engagement in Candaba Arayat, where they let over 1 hundred Japanese troops cross a river, cut off their retreat midway, then attacked, killing 38 Japanese soldiers. Aware of their limitations in numbers and arms, the Wha Chi used mobility and cunning ploys to outmaneuver the enemy. They became a model squad among guerillas for their discipline, daring and resourcefulness. the Japanese were all too painfully aware of their existence and deployed 10,000 soldiers to surround the Mt. Arayat area. The Wha Chi were forced to split into smaller groups and went into hiding in the Candaba swamplands. For three days and three nights, they were trapped. they had absolutely nothing to eat or drink, they lost thier sense of direction, and they had no one to guide them out of there. “Finally, on the last night, they decided that if they were going to die anyway, they’d rather die fighting. they sent two of their people out to seek help; luckily, they found some Filipinos who managed to guide them to safety.” The danger wasn’t over yet; there were just too many Japanese.