One after another, reports of the defeat of a certain independent brigade of a certain division and telegrams requesting tactical guidance were sent to Koizumi Minichiro. At first, Koizumi Minichiro could treat them calmly and make arrangements calmly. However, when the Japanese troops in Southeast Asia appeared on the list, When he was in the army, he could no longer remain calm.
"Your Excellency, given the current situation, you must make a decision as soon as possible. Either simply abandon the remaining troops, including some that were scheduled to retreat in the second stage, to ensure the evacuation of the main force, or simply abandon the retreat plan." Standing in front of a huge sand table, Masaharu Honma looked at the densely packed red and green flags on the sand table and suggested to Koizumi Toshiichiro.
"What do you think?" Koizumi tried to keep his tone calm.
"My suggestion is the first option. Your Excellency, the Chinese have formed a breakthrough, and with our current command system, it is simply impossible to gather all the troops in a short time. Of course, if you choose the second option, It’s not that we have no hope of victory, but the price will definitely be very high.”
"How many troops have been defeated by the China Army now?" Koizumi asked the commander of the combat section, Hide Yasukawa, a little bitterly.
"The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th Divisions of the Malay Front of the National Independence Army were mixed into the 1st Independent Infantry Brigade, which was mixed into the 3rd Independent Infantry Brigade; the 13th Division of the Indonesian Front, The 25th Division was mixed into the 5th Independent Infantry Brigade, which was mixed into the 9th Independent Infantry Brigade; the Philippine Front was mixed into the 37th Independent Infantry Brigade; the first part of the 150th Division of the Royal Army,."
"Ba Ge, what's going on with the 150th Division? Didn't I ask them to retreat early?"
Yasukawa Hide's voice lowered: "I heard that the captain of the 563rd Regiment, Nitta Yoshitoyo, took it upon himself to ambush an advancing China Army, but was discovered first by a China Army fighter plane... "
"Ba Ge, why didn't Sasaki stop him?"
"General Sasaki is on his way to the headquarters on your orders."
The 563rd Regiment is by no means the only unit that the Japanese army decided to ambush the Chinese army without authorization. Among them, there are also successful examples. For example, now, in Bukit Gambi, an independent brigade belonging to the Japanese Southern Front successfully ambush the central The right army of the Seventh Army.
The Seventh Army was the first to come into contact with Wang Yunhe. In addition, they already knew from Yilu and others that the Japanese army had the intention to abandon Singapore. Therefore, after Wang Yunhe confirmed the authenticity of this information, Lin Jiangshi's The idea is big. According to the original plan, the Seventh Army will launch a breakthrough directly from the direction of Segamat, and then go all the way east, directly to Singapore. According to Lin Jiangshi and Bao Guohua's original ideas, even if the timing of their attack No, as long as the Seventh Army is united, even if it cannot seize the opportunity to beat up the Japanese army, it can still advance all the way and persist after being blocked by the Japanese army until reinforcements arrive. Now, since the Japanese army's retreat is already underway They did not worry about being blocked or even ambushed by the Japanese army. In order to pursue efficiency, Lin Jiangshi decided to divide his troops into two groups. Among them, the main force still followed the original route, and a partial division was divided to take the southern route. In order to strive to include the areas adjacent to the canal into the control when the main force advances to Singapore.
In that time and space, although Singapore is known as an independent country, its area is actually only equivalent to a larger county in China. In this time and space, since Ouyang Yun has decided to include Singapore into China's territory, making it an important part of China's control of the Malacca Strait.
Node, it is natural to hope that the larger the land area of Singapore, the better. How to ensure this? War is naturally the best and most convenient means. Lin Jiangshi was implicitly mentioned in the telegram of the Supreme Command. This is also Lin Jiangshi.
One of the important reasons for the decision to divide the troops was that, contrary to expectations, his division of troops almost turned out to be a big mistake.
The size of the Right Route Army was one brigade plus one tank regiment, and its commander was a major general named Xiao Yunhai. At four o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Yunhai's troops arrived at a three-way intersection in Bukit Kambi, right at
At this three-way intersection, when Xiao Yunhai discovered that he had lost contact with the reconnaissance troops, he immediately ordered the troops to suspend their advance. "Xiang Nanhua, take some people to reconnoiter ahead. Wang Cun and the others may be in trouble." He called the guard company.
The company commander Xiang Nanhua ordered that after Wang Cun led the people away, he got out of the car, looked around, and said to the chief of staff Tu Shuncheng: "The forest here has not been destroyed yet, we must be careful about the little devil's ambush.
military."
Tu Shuncheng: "We didn't encounter an enemy when we came from Liminda, which is indeed a bit wrong."
Since the end of the Malay War, the Seventh Army has stepped up its reconnaissance of the areas surrounding Singapore, so Xiao Yunhai knew that there should have been at least two divisions of the National Independence Army on their marching route. Since the United Nations
The command dispatched the aviation force to launch the bombing. Even if these National Independence Army escaped, Xiao Yunhai did not believe that they could take them all away without pulling them due to the military discipline of the National Independence Army. During the march, this abnormal situation was already
It had already aroused his vigilance. Now that the reconnaissance unit had lost contact, he suddenly became more vigilant.
Xiao Yunhai and Tuchuncheng were very careful, but this time their opponent was a tough guy. Therefore, when Xiang Nanhua suddenly sent an alarm and fierce gunshots rang out in front, Xiao Yunhai rashly
The troops rushed forward, but were ambushed by the little Japs.
The commander of the Japanese ambush was also a major general named Mikio Sanada.
As the brigade commander of the 324th Brigade of the 164th Division of the Japanese Army, Sanada Mikio was specially trained by Koizumi Minichiro because of his outstanding performance in the Australian War. He was promoted to the rank of Commander when he was just over 29 years old.
The commander of the 324th Brigade was considered an upstart among the Japanese troops in Southeast Asia.
As the defenders of Muar, the 324th Brigade was originally in the second echelon of retreat. However, because Sanada Mikio felt that retreating without a fight would be disrespectful to the imperial army, so after receiving the retreat timetable, he
Started to make arrangements, wanting to teach the Chinese army a lesson before retreating.
Mikio Sanada was good at calculations and knew that the Chinese army must have their defense map, so he did not choose to hold on in Muar or ambush, but chose the battlefield in Bukit Kambi, which was garrisoned by the National Independence Army, in order to ensure the ambush plan
To successfully implement the plan, he used the authority of the imperial army to evacuate the National Independence Army stationed in Liminda and Bukit Kambi in advance to paralyze the Chinese army. Therefore, Xiao Yunhai and the others could not see a single National Independence Army along the way.