In the night, Singapore City was unable to see its five fingers, but the fireballs on both sides of the Johor Strait were weaving. Thousands of Japanese soldiers were tied with white cloth strips with words "First Martial Movement" on their foreheads, and they were rowing small boats and bravely trying to break through the two-kilometer-wide strait under the fire. On the sea breaking embankment, the 11th Japanese Regiment used wooden boards to build a temporary wooden bridge over the gap blown out by the British army. The corps leader, Colonel Sasaki, led the elite infantry to try to break through the defense of a Gurkha infantry battalion.

Under the operation of Gurkha soldiers, three Maxim heavy machine guns were fiercely pouring bullets into the long dike. There were two 85mm field howitzers behind them. Because the distance was too close, the muzzles were almost flat and bombarding the Japanese army.

Perhaps because he learned that there was a way to escape, Pasir and the officers let go, changed the state of fishing and drying nets a few days ago, and ordered an active counterattack from the beginning, and formed a special supervision team. Uninformed soldiers had to cheer up in front of the guns of the supervision team, and used the tanks and artillery and other weapons transported by China to continuously attack the Japanese army crossing the sea.

However, the Japanese army's tactics of swimming in dispersed areas were very effective. Even though Pasir personally commanded, there were still many loopholes on the defense line that was not interested in fighting, and Japanese soldiers found the right opportunity to board 6. Although there were not many people at each point, they were very fierce in close proximity. Often seven or eight people dared to charge against British machine guns. Seeing this, Pasir immediately ordered the tanks to be dispatched, and more than twenty tanks became firefighters, and finally managed to stabilize the situation.

The front was fierce, and the Jurong Strait behind was also busy. Six submarines with a displacement of 573 tons were like black sea monsters, rising and falling with the waves. Several kayaks shuttled back and forth between the coast and the submarine. The Chinese Navy sailors on the deck said nothing, just pulling the senior British and Dutch officers and families on the list onto the submarines and guiding them into the narrow cabin. In order to carry more personnel, the submarine had unloaded half of the torpedoes and oil, and moved several medical oxygen cylinders just in case. But even so, the return trip must be kept as ventilated as possible, because sixty or seventy people had already squeezed into the cabin with 30 people. If submarines, it may lead to rapid hypoxia.

Because of fear of the leak of the news, the morale of the army was disbanded, and the evacuated officers and their families took action. Pasir decisively stayed on the front line and showed up on the positions from time to time to calm the people's hearts. "Teacher, what do you mean in China? Why do you want Japan to occupy this place? Can't send troops directly? Since we were asked to form the Malay Division, but we didn't let the action take action immediately, what did you think?" In the dark woods on the shore, looking at the British and Dutch officers evacuated in a hurry. The young Hu Tiejun bit the weeds in his mouth, looking puzzled and asked the reason.

He is also a native of Singaporean Chinese. He is Lin Mousheng's assistant in Singapore. He was recommended to study at the Guangdong Naval School's 6th combat department three years ago. After the Japanese army headed south, the Military Intelligence Bureau immediately instructed the two to jointly undertake the work of forming the Malay Division of the Asian Unified Front, with Lin Mousheng as the division commander. He served as the commander of the Third Regiment.

Lin Mousheng was a few years older and his thoughts became more mature. He waved his hand and said, "Let Japan occupy the country to keep moving south with peace of mind. Without Singapore, Japan would not dare to go to Myanmar and India. Only when Japan breaks these jars and jars can we re-establish a new order of peace in Asia."

"Teacher, do you think Britain and Japan know what the president thinks?"

"There is no outsider here. Let's call me Brother Lin. This matter is originally a conspiracy. Otherwise, why did the United States withdraw from the Philippines early? It's not just to make room for Japan. But what's the use of knowing? We are a feud with Japan. Whoever wants to become a world power must defeat each other first. But Japan lacks resources and must get Nanyang to fight us. So over the years, we have been working hard to run the long route of Rabaul, just to see that our navy cannot fight so far. So this is also their last attempt. If we can control Nanyang, there will be hope for revival and we can turn around and deal with us. As for Britain... our two companies have been working hard for a hundred years.

The relationship has always been that we are inseparable from the enemy and the enemy. Besides, what Japan wants? It is to monopolize the entire Southeast Asian colonization, and what our president wants is just a new Asian order. Britain's colonial policy is over and the United States does not support it, so the British are like a mirror. Maintaining relationships with us may have the opportunity to interfere in the construction of the new order in the future. Foreigners can come back and continue to make their money, but with Japan... After all, even if Britain loses the Far East, it will not hurt the country's roots, so they may want to end early. To see who we and Japan will win, I guess they are still eager to be a fisherman."

“Complex, really complicated.”

Seeing that he was smacking his lips, Lin Mousheng smiled with a distressed look: "Boy, you don't have to worry about these things. All we have to do is blow up the Singapore Fortress, and then pull the Malay master up as soon as possible. When the country comes, the compatriots here can achieve autonomy and no longer have to rely on others."

"right!"

Realizing the autonomy of Nanyang Chinese is a dream of generations. Since Lan Fang, this dream has been circulating in the Nanyang Chinese circle. So Hu Tiejun nodded heavily, his eyes were bright and he was about to express his determination, but was interrupted by the sound of the motorcycle behind him. A young man with a dark skin jumped off the motorcycle with a bulging waist and an Enfield rifle on his back. Seeing the sweaty guy, Hu Tiejun asked first: "Little Fujian? Didn't you let you watch on the 255 high ground of the 255 horse?"

"Don't mention it. Division Commander, please make an idea! These Indian soldiers were rushed ashore by the Japanese after fighting for a while. Now they have begun to attack the high ground. Many Indian soldiers have escaped. Look, this gun was left behind by them. It probably won't take long before the high ground will be over."

"Fuck him, the headscarf! Are there dozens of light and heavy machine guns on the high ground? Why are they still being fired like this?" Hu Tiejun was impatient and rushed onto the motorcycle. Xiao Fujian was also anxious and his eyes were red, and he kept shouting: "How could I know? Commander, go and have a look. The city is in chaos. Japanese soldiers have already arrived from many places. If this continues, it will definitely be over at dawn at most."

"Where do you come from so much nonsense? Drive quickly! Commander, go first, I'll let the brothers gather together, mom! I knew that these red-headed A San couldn't trust at all."

"Go and drive the speedboat over. Take care of the master, Damai will definitely not be able to go. Japanese warships will surround them later. They will go directly to Munan Reservoir to Malaya. There is a swamp there, with the least Japanese troops." Lin Mousheng did not expect the Japanese army to attack so fiercely. Seeing that all six submarines had already submerged, he hurriedly took care of the retreat route, and rushed to the 255 Highland of Tima and Fujian.

Before the motorcycle arrived, thousands of defeated soldiers rushed in front, and the entire Singapore city was in chaos. Countless British-Dutch soldiers retreated from the Johor Strait, and many people threw away their guns and put on casual clothes to try to get through. Many shops ignited fire, and the streets were full of scattered debris. Although I had thought of this kind of situation, Lin Mousheng was still furious after seeing him. Fortunately, the previous evacuation had sent all the overseas Chinese and most of the women, children and Chinese people away, and the blasting work was ready, otherwise it would be even more chaotic.

"Tima must be finished, go directly to Bukit Tima Mountain."

The motorcycle rushed left and right, and finally arrived at Bukit Zhima Mountain to find that most of the soldiers here had fled. After Lin Mousheng and Xiao Fujian rushed into the command center, they only saw Pasival, Smith and more than a dozen senior officers left behind were already dead. They obviously did not expect to collapse so quickly.

“Blast all facilities!”

"Let all aircraft and ships escape as much as possible."

"Iron Lord, protect the general first."

In less than a while, Hu Tiejun also led more than 200 Chinese soldiers holding submachine guns to the command post. Seeing that Pasival could no longer command effectively, Lin Mousheng simply picked up the phone and ordered the blast. The rumbling blast sounded immediately from all over Singapore, and balls of fireballs and black smoke made the entire city more chaotic.

The Japanese army, who paid thousands of dollars and finally crossed the strait, felt something was wrong. You should know that the Singapore Fortress was stocking with a large amount of ammunition and supplies. If it could be taken for itself, it would be at least three divisions to support it for more than half a year. So after hearing the blast, the officers no longer cared for command and immediately ordered all the six soldiers to rush to Bukit Tima Mountain and the city to try to stop the blast.

But it's too late.

After Lin Mousheng stuffed Pasival, who was so scattered, he pressed the explosion plug of the Bukit Tima Mountain bunker with his own hands. The explosives transported from the fortress and hundreds of 15-inch high-explosion bombs were detonated at the same time. The entire Singapore seemed to shake in the loud noise. The mountain fortress that had penetrated more than ten meters underground quickly collapsed with a visible degree of naked eyes. As the underground fortifications of Bukit Tima Mountain was blasted, a loud rumbling sound came from the direction of the fortress. Standing on the speeding truck, it can be clearly seen that the solid cement fortifications quickly collapsed, and the 15-inch shore artillery group that dominated Asia also collapsed and rolled down the cliffs.

Gibraltar in the East is over. Without the underground bunkers of Bukit Timah Mountain and the strait fort, Singapore's defense is not as good as Natuna. Even if Japan carries out repairs, it will take a year to recover. "Haha... it's well blown up, and now there's no place for Japan to hide." Hu Tiejun and the Chinese soldiers of the Malay Division of the Asian Unified Front all laughed and applauded. "Don't be proud, let everyone clean up and don't leave their feet." Although Lin Mousheng was excited, he still maintained a minimum calmness.

After arriving at the pier, there were already crowds of people. Countless defeated troops and citizens crowded on board fishing boats and speedboats, as long as they could find sailing tools, they were crowded with people. If there was an airplane in the sky at this moment, you could see that the whole of Singapore was like a slapped hornet, aeroplane ship and other transportation tools fled radially. Lin Mousheng did not dare to delay. Without the cover of the fort, the Japanese fleet could unblock the supplies, so he immediately bypassed the most dense dock and brought Pasival to the westmost west of the Johor Strait. When they filled three civilian seagull-class speedboats and rushed to the Malayan Peninsula five kilometers away with a height of 42 kilometres, sounds of naval guns and machine guns had already been heard from the Linga Islands and Kuala Lumpur. The Japanese destroyers who had been cruising on the outside of the sea saw the most threatening turrets destroyed and rushed up one after another...

On May 2, 1939, the British Empire was known as the strongest fortress in the Far East, and the British Empire was captured by the Japanese army in Singapore, nearly 90,000 British, Dutch, Australia and India allied surrender, hundreds of Singaporean Chinese died in the battle, and hundreds of shops were destroyed. At the last moment, the British army successfully carried out a huge destruction on Singapore, blowing up the important Bukit Tima Mountain underground fortress, coastal fortress, water plants, power plants, shipyards, hoarding supplies, naval bases, oil depots, etc. Hundreds of senior coalition generals, including the British Far East 6th Army Commander Pasival and the Dutch Commander-in-Chief Gordon, escaped at the last moment, and their whereabouts were unknown.

After a hard battle of half a month, the price of a total of 11,339 casualties was paid, so many senior officers escaped under their noses, and finally got the reality of an empty city, which made the Japanese army furious. Fengwen of the Yamashita even vented all his anger on the prisoners and ordered more than 20,000 Malayan, Indian and Australian soldiers to the beach to execute collectively. The rest were also assigned to work in the Malayan Iron Mine, and the end of the life of less than 10,000 prisoners after the war were survived.

The news came out and the world was shocked!

British Conservative MP, Winston Churchill, even publicly accused Chamberlain of his foreign policy in the House of Commons, severely criticized Britain's imprudent attitude towards Japan, China and the Soviet Union, and demanded Chamberlain to step down: "The former overlord of the seven oceans, the British Empire's colonial rule center in Asia was Singapore. But for a long time in the past, we have ignored the threat there. Under the appeasement policy represented by the surrender idea, we sat on the dictatorship, GCism and militarism in Asia, and sat on Moscow's support to Japan! Today, we have tasted the consequences, the most painful catastrophe in British history, the largest surrender, born in Singapore! Now, we should, immediately! Someone stood up and took responsibility for this matter!"

Perhaps inspired by Churchill's speech, just three days later, Roosevelt officially signed and agreed to implement the Export Control Act at the White House. According to the bill, the US government stopped exporting war materials to Japan from the date of signing, and required American businessmen around the world to stop exporting to Japan, stop helping Japan to exhibit industry, etc. On the same day, Yang Qiu also faced hundreds of reporters at the graduation ceremony of Wuhan University of Technology, and severely criticized the Japanese army for persecuting local Chinese in the war, violating the Geneva Treaty, and again demanded that Japan return South Sakhalin Island and withdraw from North Korea and Ryukyu after several years. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!