If I recall the fortification was designed to only hold 6 guns that were never even installed. Asking an unarmed gun emplacement to hold off the onslaught of 6 divisions, the combined fire power two battleships, dozens of cruisers and an entire aircorps is a bit much.
Fort Mills on Corregidor Island is possibly a better example. They lasted four and a half months using 30 to 50 year old weapons to defend against a well armed and supplied modern enemy. With an American government that refused to support them in any manner they delayed the Japanese advance through the Pacific by months and possibly saving Australia from invasion.
Perhaps the best example would be "The Rock". Unlike the US in the Philipines the British spent real money to fortify Gibraltar and in 300 years of occupation the closest it has come to falling is from munity within.
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