The guerilla group had at least 700 members with 23 combatants dying during the war. They carried out attacks against the Japanese for the following months with coordination of the Hukbalahap and other local resistance groups. The group later gained reputation among the Japanese which had to deploy 10,000 soldiers to the Mount Arayat area forcing the Wha Chi to reorganize into several smaller groups and hide in the Candaba swamp for three days. With the help of locals they retreated to Zambales where they once again encountered enemy troops and was forced to traverse the Sierra Madre for 26 days. They reached Laguna near the boundary of the province with Tayabas where they met the Marking Guerillas and Hunter's ROTC who aided them reach Paete on June 3, 1943 and helped set up four new squadrons for the Hukbalahap. After that they decided to train in Barrio Majayjay in Tayabas for three months.