Chapter nine hundred and eighty fourth chamber pot
Chapter 984 Chamber Pot
"There is nothing to celebrate."
After receiving the news of the victory in Kowloon, Wang Hengyue, like his subordinate Yang Sen, did not find anything particularly exciting. Such a victory was expected.
On the contrary, Wang Hengyue is now more concerned about how Hong Kong should be governed after the war.
Hong Kong is very prosperous, which is inseparable from the British. This is a fact that must be acknowledged. Of course, under the British colonial rule for so many years, Hong Kong has also had serious problems.
How to eliminate the colonial imprint brought to Hong Kong by the British and how to bring Hong Kong onto a normal track without destroying Hong Kong's society and economy is Wang Hengyue's top priority.
"Zu Yan." Wang Hengyue glanced at Chen Lifu next to him: "It seems that there is no problem with victory in Hong Kong. After driving the British out of Hong Kong, I am planning to establish the city of Hong Kong. After thinking about it, it will be up to you.
Served as the first mayor of Hong Kong."
"Yes." Chen Lifu said calmly.
Wang Hengyue pondered for a moment: "With your ability, it is more than enough to serve as a minister or the chairman of the provincial government of some province. However, after Hong Kong is initially established, a capable person is needed to govern it. I have carefully considered it and found that the most capable person is currently responsible for the task.
The person for this position is none other than you."
"President, don't worry, Lifu knows what to do." Chen Lifu said calmly.
Wang Hengyue nodded with satisfaction. He liked the attitude of his subordinates: "Don't call me President anymore, call me Hengshuai. I like this title, and I like the past military years."
"Yes." Joy flashed across Chen Lifu's face.
The word "Hengshuai" means that he has officially joined Wang Hengyue's core group from now on.
Wang Hengyue did not pay special attention to the change in Chen Lifu's expression: "Zu Yan, Hong Kong is of great importance. How do you plan to govern Hong Kong?"
Chen Lifu returned to his normal state: "Please... Hengshuai give instructions."
Wang Hengyue lit up a cigarette and took a puff: "I remember when we first got Shanghai, a group of people like Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong came in to fight fire with fire. From then on, Shanghai and even Dading..."
Chen Lifu is a smart man and quickly understood the meaning of the president's words: "Is Heng Shuai planning to use this method in Hong Kong?"
Wang Hengyue nodded: "After acquiring Hong Kong, it is not about settling accounts. The problems in Hong Kong are different from those when Japan occupied Northeast China. The top priority is to stabilize local public security. How to stabilize it? Hong Kong is more complicated than Shanghai. What kind of
There are all forces, dragons and snakes are mixed, and gangs are everywhere. Local forces, foreign forces, and British forces are all intertwined and complex. If one of them is not handled well, we will be completely passive. I think it will be difficult to completely eradicate these forces in the short term.
So I plan to spend the next five to seven years making great efforts to rectify Hong Kong..."
Chen Lifu listened carefully. He knew very well that the five to seven years mentioned by the president might still be short.
Wang Hengyue continued: "The first thing to do is decolonization, and this cannot be done without relying on gangs. As for gangs, I thought of someone saying that gangs are like chamber pots, and they must be used when they are used.
When you don’t use it anymore, it smells bad..."
Chen Lifu smiled slightly, he completely understood the meaning of the president's words.
"It's not easy to use this chamber pot well!" Wang Hengyue also showed a smile on his face, and then his expression straightened: "There are dozens of gangs in Hong Kong, big and small, but there are only two most influential ones, one is the Yi The On Gang, also known as the Chaozhou Gang, was formerly the Chaozhou Helao Gang established in Wanan. Later, the Wanan Gang split, and the Ngee Ann Gang opened another Shantang. In 1921, it used the name of the Ngee Ann Chamber of Commerce and Industry to petition the Hong Kong government. Registered with the Home Affairs Department, the Ngee Ann Gang is well-organized and hierarchical. It only respects one 'leading brother'. It is divided into districts, each with a leader, and its lower branches include 'sitting halls' and 'scumbags', with one level in charge. class.
The other one is He Shenghe. When Guangdong Hongmen Tianbaoxin sent the leader "Hei Guren" to Hong Kong to open a new church, after he came to Hong Kong, he saw that the small churches in Hong Kong were falling apart, so he proposed to gather people from various gangs and teach Hongmen's teachings. organization and gang rules, and agreed to peaceful coexistence! In order to establish the spirit of "harmony" as the most important thing, everyone proposed to add the word "harmony" to the names of each hall, and Shenghe became "harmony and harmony". The mouth of the word "和" is on the right side, and people in the world are also accustomed to calling it "Lao Wai"! In 1925, there was a general strike in the province and Hong Kong. The unemployed people encouraged the expansion of the gangs, and Shenghe took advantage of this to expand rapidly!"
Seeing that the President knew so clearly about Hong Kong gangs, it seemed that the President had considered the Hong Kong issue a long time ago. Chen Lifu was about to ask when he heard the President continue:
"One needs to rely on the two local gangs in Hong Kong, and the other I think is to bring another gang into Hong Kong. We can give full support to this new gang that has entered Hong Kong. After the local gangs feel the huge threat, they have to seek cooperation with us. cooperate......"
"I understand, Heng Shuai." After listening to the president carefully explain what was on his mind, Chen Lifu breathed a long sigh of relief: "As soon as I arrived in Hong Kong, I immediately followed what the president said. Colonize Hong Kong. reform, and stabilize Hong Kong as soon as possible.”
"Just understand, just understand." Wang Hengyue murmured: "We are chatting here. I am afraid that the attack on Hong Kong will start again. You should be prepared. I am afraid that by the time you arrive in Guangdong, the British will have been Hong Kong was kicked out..."
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Just as Wang Hengyue said, the attack on Hong Kong Island has already begun.
After the "Drunkard" defense line collapsed and the Kowloon Peninsula was lost, the British did not choose to give up. Instead, they used the Hong Kong Fortress to mount a more tenacious resistance.
The British cannot lose Hong Kong, and they dare not lose Hong Kong!
The British army divided the troops in Hong Kong into the Eastern Brigade and the Western Brigade, under the unified command of Major General Modby. The commander of the Eastern Brigade was Major General Wallis, who had just returned from Kowloon's defeat, and the commander of the Western Brigade was Brigadier General Rosen.
Before attacking Hong Kong Island, Yang Sen specially sent his adjutant to discuss the British surrender with the British Governor of Hong Kong, Yang Muqi, but Yang Muqi flatly refused.
The war to attack Hong Kong Island is inevitable.
Yang Sen is actually reluctant to use troops on Hong Kong Island. Death orders have been issued from above, and no important facilities such as oil refineries, power plants, and water plants are allowed to be destroyed.
This means that the situation is the same as when attacking Kowloon. The Chinese superior artillery and aircraft cannot be used in the attack on Hong Kong Island.
Now, we can only rely on the soldiers' attack...
On August 2, the attack on Hong Kong Island officially began!
Yang Sen first invested the strength of three companies and forced a landing on the north shore of Hong Kong Island. A fierce battle broke out!
The resistance of the British was very tenacious. On the north bank, the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat many times. The positions changed hands several times. The Chinese Army made several breakthroughs but was unable to achieve a breakthrough.
However, Yang Sen was already confident. Although the British resistance was tenacious, their strength was really limited. Their weak troops could not set up defenses everywhere.
While continuing to attack the north bank, Yang Sen once again committed one battalion to attack the North Point Power Plant, and chose the Central North Point Oil Depot as the main attack direction with two battalions.
Three attacks prevented the British's limited troops from launching a timely defense!
Under the cover of several gunboats, the landing operation began! The first to follow the gunboats was a company of Chinese soldiers. They successfully completed the landing at Aldrich Bay. They quickly built positions to prevent the British from counterattack and waited for reinforcements.
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As soon as they saw that the Chinese had completed their landing, the British were really anxious this time. Major General Modby quickly ordered Lieutenant Colonel Lu Lianchen to lead the Indian Army's Rajpur Battalion to counterattack in an effort to retake Aldori Bay before Chinese reinforcements arrived.
The Rajpur Battalion's counterattack was very fierce, but the opponent they encountered was a Chinese corps that had experienced hundreds of battles.
The predecessor of this company participated in the Northern Expedition, and later participated in the recapture of the Northeast. The majority of the company was veterans, with strong firepower and rich individual combat experience.
This Chinese company quickly seized the favorable terrain of Eldship Bay and used its rich combat experience and precise marksmanship to inflict heavy casualties on the Indian Army's Rajpur Battalion. For a full hour, the Indian Army's Rajpur Battalion was unable to move even an inch.
Enter!
Lieutenant Colonel Lu Lianchen was a little desperate. The army on the opposite side was simply impossible to defeat.
They hid in the dark. When the Rajpur Battalion began to attack, they were not in a hurry to open fire. Instead, they waited until the Indian army approached and then opened fire with both light and heavy firepower, wiping out at least one-third of the enemy on the spot.
Later, when the enemy approached the effective range, the Indians were greeted by another row of grenades, which could kill half of the enemies.
When the enemy retreats hastily, those experienced veterans will happily take the life of every enemy one shot after another.
This kind of battle simply cannot continue!
As time went on, another company of Chinese soldiers successfully landed at Aldous Bay, and now the British situation became increasingly passive.
The Chinese army has established a firm foothold here, and there is no sign that they will give up here.
In the mind of Lieutenant Colonel Lu Lianchen, it is the British Army that should give up here now...
Lieutenant Colonel Lu Lianchen commanded his troops in the last charge, but as in the past, they suffered a disastrous defeat. The lieutenant colonel knew that the battle could not continue.
Lieutenant Colonel Lu Lianchen was forced to retreat. He led the Indian army to retreat along Mount Parker Road, while the Chinese Army Corps pursued them all the way and subsequently occupied Lei Yue Mun Fortress.
During the major attack on Hong Kong Island, the Chinese team firmly grasped the opportunity for victory!