After occupying the Lei Yue Mun Fortress, the pair of Yang Sen and Yang Jie were no longer thinking about how to win, but how to stabilize the situation in Hong Kong after the victory, waiting until the arrival of the top chief executive of the Hong Kong region appointed by the government.
The British also expected defeat to come.
The speed of the Chinese offensive is really too fast. From the time they attacked Hong Kong to now, the Chinese army has been almost unstoppable and has not encountered any strong resistance.
No matter which army the British sent, they were greeted by the most powerful attack. The Chinese army was like a sharp sword, inserted straight into the heart of the British...
To be honest, at this point, neither Governor Yang Muqi nor Major General Modby, who commanded all the British troops, no longer had any hope of being able to defend Hong Kong. The only thing they have to consider now is how to continue as much as possible
Hold on for a longer period of time, how to delay the Chinese Army's occupation of Hong Kong as much as possible, and how to honorably preserve the British's face.
After the fall of Lei Yue Mun Fortress, Yang Muqi issued a warning to the British in Hong Kong, pointing out that Hong Kong might "fall" and that all citizens of the British Empire in Hong Kong should make the necessary preparations after the "fall".
People in Hong Kong are panicked.
The British have occupied Hong Kong for too long. In the eyes of the British, Hong Kong seems to have been their land. There is not much difference between them here and in the UK. But in the blink of an eye, things are about to change.
Where is it?
Where is the army of the British Empire? Where is the powerful navy of the British Empire?
The support that the British Royal Navy can provide to Hong Kong is minimal. They have also tried hard and sent the "Siyana" to support Hong Kong, but they were attacked head-on by the Chinese navy who was waiting for them!
It is completely conceivable what the result would be if a "Siyana" was attacked by a group of wolf-like Chinese warships? There is no doubt that the "Siyana" sank.
Now, the Royal Navy is temporarily unable to allocate strength to provide support to Hong Kong. The only hope for the British is the poor defenders of Hong Kong Island...
British Prime Minister Churchill sent a message to Hong Kong to encourage the defenders to resist to the end. His message said: "If you can resist the enemy for one day, you can still make a contribution to the Allies around the world."
Resistance? When the war has reached this point, what else can we use to resist?
Yang Sen felt that it was almost done, so he began to invest heavy troops to strengthen the offensive against Hong Kong, and issued an order to end the battle in Hong Kong on August 4th and no later than 5th.
Every day the war is delayed will cause huge damage to Hong Kong...
The Chinese troops attacking the Jardine's Lookout and Wong Nai Chung fortresses encountered strong resistance from the Canadian Army Grenadiers and the British Army. The Chinese soldiers, whose eyes were reddened by the order that they were not allowed to use heavy artillery fire, passed through eight companies in a row.
After a charge, they finally broke through the British defense.
Now, it is the turn of the British Western Brigade commanded here. Brigadier General Rosen, commander of the Canadian Forces, led his headquarters and all his staff to break through and fight.
However, the eyes of the Chinese soldiers were really red this time. After all, when attacking Hong Kong, due to the lack of superior artillery support, the Chinese corps suffered some undue casualties.
In the eyes of these Chinese soldiers, the enemy has no distinction between generals and soldiers, the enemy is the enemy. Now there are only four words for the enemy:
Kill without mercy!
The Chinese soldiers who were on guard against the British breakout used several machine guns to block the key passes, causing Brigadier General Rosen's several breakout efforts to fail.
After the attack, Brigadier General Rosen and the entire command were forced into a small, circular position.
A dozen Chinese soldiers approached here quietly, but Brigadier General Rosen and all members of the headquarters did not notice that the god of death was approaching them!
The Chinese soldiers gathered all the grenades they had, but the authorities never said they were not allowed to use grenades!
An annoying scene appeared:
The Chinese soldiers bundled the grenades in their hands into several piles and threw them into the position. Then, with the continuous "boom-boom--" explosions, there was no sound in the position.
Brigadier General Rosen and all members of the headquarters in the position were all killed, and no one survived.
The Chinese soldiers, who had finally relieved their hatred, left here relaxed and happy. They did not know that they had killed a brigadier general and commander, and also destroyed the headquarters of the British Western Brigade.
When the Chinese military officer who arrived after hearing the news hurriedly entered the position, what greeted him was just a pile of broken corpses...
"What a bastard!" Yang Sen was so angry that he flew into a rage. It was no wonder that the commander was angry. He had full hopes of catching several high-ranking British officials, but now all his hopes were dashed by those soldiers.
He originally wanted to arrest those soldiers, but gave up the idea after thinking about it. It is not easy for those soldiers. They are used to launching attacks with the support of superior artillery fire and superior air power, and now they suddenly lose
With these two magic weapons, naturally he is also full of anger...
Major General Modby learned of Brigadier General Rosen's death a little later than the Chinese, and he shed tears sadly.
He is the most senior officer of the British Empire, oh, no, the British Commonwealth, who died in Hong Kong.
Not only that, after Brigadier General Rosen was killed, Modby was appointed Brigadier General Luce as the brigade commander of the Western Brigade. He led the Canadian Grenadiers and the Scottish Battalion to counterattack the Chinese Army, but suffered a terrible failure.
Then, the Chinese began to attack the Eastern Brigade.
Brigadier General Wallis ordered the Punjab Battalion to defend Shouson Mountain fiercely, but they encountered the strongest pressure from the Chinese Army, and a large number of British officers and soldiers died on the position.
The situation is already critical for the British...
Now, Governor Yang Muqi and Major General Modby have to face the impending defeat...
On the evening of the 3rd, as night came, the Chinese ** team not only did not stop attacking, but became more active. They were not willing to fight at night, but they had an order that was never allowed to be changed once the order was given.
Commander:
Yang Sen!
Yang Sen's order was to end the Hong Kong War no later than the 5th. It was already the night of the 3rd, and those damn British were still resisting there.
The Canadian Rifles and the Middlesex Battalion became the main targets of the Chinese in the night battle!
Brigadier General Wallis's throat was already hoarse. He commanded his troops hoarsely to resist waves of attacks from the Chinese. But by this time, the military morale of the British, Canadians, and Indians was already very confused.
.It has become difficult for them to organize effective resistance.
When the early morning of the 4th came, everything was over...
The Canadian Rifles and the Middlesex Battalion were completely annihilated by the Chinese and continued to resist until 7 a.m. on the 4th. The desperate Brigadier General Wallis finally chose to surrender after getting the permission of Major General Modby.
There is no shame, at least it is a relief for them...
Faced with the Chinese attack like a tsunami and the bad news that kept coming from everywhere, Governor Yang Muqi and Major General Modby knew that everything should be over...
On the afternoon of the 4th, Major General Modby reported to Governor Yang Muqi that the British troops stationed in Hong Kong could no longer continue fighting. Governor Yang Muqi also reported to the UK. After a brief consideration, the British government responded to the telegram that it could not continue in Hong Kong.
You are allowed to surrender to the Chinese Army if you hold on.
After receiving the telegram from the UK, Yang Muqi felt relieved. Now there was no need to continue to bleed or die.
Governor Yang Muqi sent someone to contact the Hong Kong Operations Command of China to discuss surrender. Yang Sen accepted the British surrender!
In the 29th year of the Republic of China, at 20:00 on the night of August 4, 1940, the British Commander-in-Chief, Major General Modby, ordered the entire Hong Kong garrison to cease resistance and surrender to the Chinese Army on the opposite side.
At 20:10, under the leadership of Hong Kong Governor Yang Muqi, a group of British colonial officials crossed the sea to the Chinese General Headquarters on the Kowloon Peninsula, where they signed a surrender agreement and formally surrendered to the Chinese Army.
The war in Hong Kong is over!
"Send power to the President!" Yang Sen glanced at the surrender agreement and said with high spirits: "The Battle of Hong Kong started on July 30, 2019, and on August 4, the British Governor of Hong Kong, Yang Muqi, and the British Commander-in-Chief Maudeby surrendered.
The war for Hong Kong is over, Hong Kong is restored!"
Hong Kong - Liberation!
The three parts of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories, originated from three unequal treaties at different times. After the First Opium War in 1840, the British forced the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842, ceding only Hong Kong
Island. In 1856, the British and French allied forces launched the Second Opium War, forcing the Qing government to sign the "Treaty of Beijing" in 1860 and cede the Kowloon Peninsula. After the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the British forced the Qing government to sign the "Expansion of Hong Kong" in 1898.
"Special Boundary Address Article", forced lease of the New Territories, with a lease term of 99 years.
This is a shame in Chinese history!
On July 30, 1940, President Wang Hengyue of the Republic of China ordered the march into Hong Kong. On August 4, the Battle of Hong Kong was basically over, with only sporadic gunfire from the British troops who had not yet received the order.
On this day, Hong Kong finally returned to the embrace of the Chinese; on this day, the trauma of China's cession of Hong Kong was finally healed; on this day, it will be forever engraved in history!
The war was not intense, and there was not much to note about it, but it was of extremely great significance. This meant that China had officially joined the world war.