Section 913 British Retreat
Hong Kong citizens showed great panic about this sudden disaster. Although the British were also colonists, so long has passed, and they have basically adapted to such a life. Now the publicity of the Japanese has long been deeply rooted in their minds.
Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, many people from mainland China have traveled to Hong Kong through their own relationships. In the minds of those people, Hong Kong is a colony of the British Empire. No matter how brave the Japanese devils are, they dare not take action against the colony of the British Empire. So they sold their assets and arrived in Hong Kong with their families. But what they didn't expect was that the Japanese devils landed in Guangdong for a few days. At that time, they also wondered if it was not safe here, but at this time, even Hong Kong was not safe, so what was safe? They could only live nervously here, hoping that the Japanese devils would be afraid of the prestige of the British Empire and not fight against it. But what they didn't expect was the most feared thing.
The war has been fighting for several days. Yesterday, these people were still happy because the government told them that in the fight against the Japanese, the British army won and repelled the Japanese attack. These people were all very happy. They said that it was the British army after all, and the Japanese devils could not fight and could live and work here. Everyone didn't think about the government's decision to increase tax by 30%. Anyway, this is a war period, where is there no place to add? Although the British people added water more, as long as they could save their lives, spending some money would be considered as losing money to avoid disasters.
But less than 48 hours have passed, and the war began again. This time the war was obviously much more powerful than the last time. Even ordinary people who did not understand military could feel it because the frequency of shells was much more powerful than that.
In addition, they also felt another phenomenon, that is, there were fewer British people on the streets, especially those rich British businessmen. They used to like to ride four-wheeled carriages and wander around the city, or go to the beach to have fun. Unfortunately, they can no longer see the four-wheeled carriages. Instead, they are filled with trucks, filled with things in their homes, and then ran towards the port. There are several warships and some merchant ships in the harbor in Hong Kong, which are now full of loads. Now they have known the situation on the front line. Without waiting for the government to order, they are ready to retreat to Singapore.
There are definitely not a small number of British people in Hong Kong, and there are many rich people, but there are only a few ships and warships. If you take everyone away, it is absolutely impossible. It would be great to take away at most 1/10 of the people. In addition to some people in the government agencies and the army, there are even fewer seats for businessmen outside. So many sailors on the bow of the ship have already said, please take out your pass. If there is no pass, it cannot be uploaded. Whether you are a British or a French, as long as you have a pass, it is OK, even a Chinese person is fine.
Many people took out the pass in their pockets, shaking it while trying to move up, but unfortunately, the sailors in the Royal British Fleet took out their rifles and shot these people down. Sorry, your pass is no longer of great use. The pass now can only be gold bars, one gold bar and one person. If you can have it, you can go there. If not, I'm sorry. Please bring your government-issued pass and continue to go back to your home to wait for news. There may be a miracle.
At this time, what the British did was very fair. Merchants from all countries could board the ship with gold bars, one by one, and they could live a more comfortable life on the merchant ship. The British could make a fortune by this. All merchant ships and warships were gathered and slowly started toward Singapore under the escort of warships.
In Hong Kong, as well as merchants from other countries, only one-tenth of the people boarded the ship. Except for those who had gold bars on board, the rest were those who had real passes. For example, people like Governor Wilson must board the ship.
The British Royal Navy has received an order, the head of government, leaders of the Chamber of Commerce, and some officers in the army. These people must bring them to the ship. The Japanese devils must not be allowed to capture them. If they become prisoners of war, these people still don’t know what they will do. If any agreement is signed, they will really throw away all the people of the British Empire. The British Empire can no longer cover the world, and even their colonies were captured by the Japanese devils. In the early years, the British Empire also fought with the French because of colonial issues, but at that time it was to expand its power and finally won. Now it is defending its own strength and finally losing. This concept is completely different and the impact is also different.
Since all the officials ran away, the British soldiers on the front line had no intention of resisting. There was also the last line of defense of the British in the place closest to downtown Hong Kong. Zhou Peng, who had already lost his traces, had actually arrived here with his men.
The situation around Hong Kong is now intertwined. The army of the British and Hong Kong authorities' military security team and the Japanese army can be said to be the army that restricts each other's security in this area. If you want to enter Hong Kong, you had to take into account some various influences, but now you don't need it at all. The whole Hong Kong is an unprepared city. When you finally retreat, Mr. Wilson, the governor of Hong Kong, had already announced that the entire Hong Kong was no longer in defense, which was also the last good thing he did for the Hong Kong citizens. This guy was thinking that the Japanese devils could not massacre Hong Kong citizens without defense. Kong Erlangzi still admired Governor Wilson very much, and he did a good thing when he retreated.
Since that's the case, then don't wait. Why do you have to wait for the Japanese devils to cause trouble and then take it back from his hands, and let's go and take it directly.
Chapter completed!