novelhk Chapter 827: An unexpected situation occurred during the battle
Chapter 827: An unexpected situation occurred during the battle
827 An unexpected situation occurred during the battle
In late April, in Ye Qingshan's expeditionary force headquarters, Ye Qingshan was still looking at the battle reports sent by his subordinate divisions on the attack on the various defense lines of the Japanese 25th Army.
Chief of Staff Luo Zhuoying walked in with a smile, holding a telegram in his hand and put it on Ye Qingshan's desk.
"Commander-in-Chief, this is a joint report from Division Commander Lu and Commander Wang."
Ye Qingshan looked up at Luo Zhuoying, who was smiling brightly, and then looked at the telegram he had put on the table.
He immediately started laughing too.
Ye Qingshan had already guessed the possible content of this good news.
“Singapore has been taken?”
Ye Qingshan put down the documents in his hand, slowly picked up the telegram on the table, and asked Luo Zhuoying.
“That’s right, Commander-in-Chief.
In accordance with your orders, Commander Lu's New 1st Division landed on a fishing boat west of Singapore early yesterday morning.
Because of the main force of a brigade of the Japanese 18th Division stationed in Singapore.
They were led out of Singapore by the British army a few days ago.
There were only a thousand or so Japanese soldiers left in Singapore, and the rest of the vassal troops were just fence-sitters.
Therefore, the New 1st Division rushed into Singapore with almost no effort.
It took a day to sweep the strategic locations around Singapore.
Now, Singapore and the surrounding area of more than ten kilometers have fallen into the control of the New 1st Division.
Commander Lu and Commander Wang called to ask about the next steps."
The content of the telegram jointly sent by Lu Dahai and Wang Chuying was very long, and included the detailed process of the battle and the casualties after the war.
"Very good, Lao Lu and Wang Chuying did a great job."
Ye Qingshan put down the telegram and grinned.
After so much planning, Singapore finally got it.
There is no need to worry now, as the British have gotten there first.
Before the war started, Ye Qingshan knew that the Japanese would most likely be defeated in this battle.
Once the Japanese are defeated, it doesn't matter who takes Singapore.
Unless there are any major accidents in the future, Singapore will basically belong to someone.
Under such circumstances, Ye Qingshan would never allow the British to take back Singapore.
After such a long period of planning, Ye Qingshan even planned it when the British first landed on the Malay Peninsula.
At great risk, Sun Jiaming's ghost submarine fleet was dispatched to trick the British.
Stopped the British's first attack.
This led to the second attack, when Ye Qingshan persuaded Stilwell to join a division of their expeditionary force.
And now, Lu Dahai's New 1st Division is winning the first battle.
In the interval between the battle between the Eighteenth Division of the Japanese and tens of thousands of British landing troops, they seized the opportunity and launched a successful attack.
Conquered Singapore.
"Commander-in-chief, if the British receive this news...
Roberts must be mad.
Singapore is considered a forbidden territory by the British.
Now that we have it, I am worried that the British will cause trouble for us later."
Luo Zhuoying restrained his smile and expressed his concerns.
Ye Qingshan didn't care and snorted coldly: "Why, the British dare to turn against us?
Are you going to snatch Singapore away from us by force?
Who lets them cook their own food?
Don't worry, I had a secret talk with General Stilwell before the war.
Stilwell promised me that in this battle, whether it was the British or our expeditionary force,
Whoever captures Singapore will garrison there.
If the British have any complaints, let them go to General Stilwell to complain."
"It turns out that the Commander-in-Chief had already discussed this matter with General Stilwell.
That’s fine.”
After hearing what Ye Qingshan said, Luo Zhuoying immediately felt relieved.
Since Stilwell has promised Ye Qingshan this, there is no need to worry about the British causing trouble after the war.
Only three hours later, Luo Zhuoying rushed to find Ye Qingshan again.
"Commander-in-Chief, latest news.
The 5-strong elite troops of the Japanese th Division that left Singapore have just defeated the -strong elite British troops of the Southern Route Army led by the th Armored Division.
"what?"
Ye Qingshan was also surprised when he heard the news.
Although Ye Qingshan was in Siam, he was still relatively clear about the war situation on the Malay Peninsula.
Every half a day, Lu Dahai and Wang Chuying would report the latest battle situation over there to Ye Qingshan.
At the same time, Stilwell's headquarters would keep Ye Qingshan informed at any time.
Ye Qingshan naturally knew what the 20,000-strong British southern army that Luo Zhuoying was talking about was like.
This was originally the elite division of the British Army that was arranged to land and capture Singapore.
These 20,000 British troops are also the most powerful among the 80,000 British landing troops.
It was regarded by Roberts and Stilwell as the most important force for the Allied forces to win the entire Japanese offensive on the Malay Peninsula.
Why did we lose now?
Ye Qingshan quickly took the telegram from Luo Zhuoying and quickly read the battle situation report from Stilwell's headquarters.
"What a good little devil! They are going all out this time."
After reading the telegram, Ye Qingshan learned how the British army's southern route was defeated by 7,000 Japanese troops.
Ye Qingshan had to admit that the Japanese devils' courage in this battle was indeed something.
"These little devils haven't learned anything good from our ancestors.
They really have learned a little bit from the Overlord Xiang Yu."
Luo Zhuoying next to him also laughed.
“However, the 20,000 British troops in the south were defeated in this battle.
In fact, it has a lot to do with us.
If Wang Chuying had not ordered their fleet to send out carrier-based aircraft to bomb the Japanese's logistics supply lines and prevent them from returning to Singapore.
This Japanese brigade would not attack the British Army's southern route with such a desperate move.
Let them win the battle.
This time, the 20,000 most elite British troops were defeated by the Japanese in one battle.
The situation suddenly turned against us again.”
Luo Zhuoying did not expect that the war situation on the Malay Peninsula, where everything was originally developing in a good direction, would change.
So soon, there was another turning point.