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Chapter 146: Battle of Singapore (2)

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    At the Commonwealth Army Headquarters in Singapore, after learning that the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet Z had sailed into the Pandan Strait and participated in the battle, all the senior British officers present were distressed by the fierce offensive of the Northeast Army in recent days.  The generals cheered.  But the news that Fleet Z quickly stopped shelling the Northeastern Army that landed at Pashipanjang Beach on the south coast came quickly, and everyone was immediately confused.  The commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival, was puzzled and ordered the communications personnel to connect the wireless radio in the Z fleet command room and asked: "General Phillips, why did your fleet suddenly stop attacking the enemy?"  Army¡¯s artillery bombardment? Don¡¯t you know that our ground troops, who are in the midst of a bitter battle, are in great need of your artillery support?¡±

    Lieutenant General Thomas Phillips' angry reply came from the other end of the intercom: "General Percival, do you think I don't know these truths? But those damn, cunning, despicable Chinamen took your captured army  All the soldiers were tied up and used as hostages and thrown on the beach! If I ordered the cannon to be fired, the hostages on the beach would be blown to pieces together with the Chinese!" After the roar, Lieutenant General Phillips was furious.  , and said coldly, "My Royal Navy fleet is very happy to provide artillery support to the army, but I am helpless! I really don't understand, how can so many of you be captured? I heard that Australia's first  The 8th Division and the Indian Fusiliers Brigade stationed at Changi surrendered collectively? My God! This is simply unbelievable! Together, they numbered more than 15,000 people! That¡¯s more than 15,000  The Chinese can¡¯t catch all the lively pigs in a week!¡±

    Lieutenant General Percival on the other end of the intercom was so angry that Lieutenant General Phillips's sarcasm with a gun and a stick made him blush and thicken his neck. He felt that his self-esteem was greatly hurt, and he couldn't help raising his voice and counterattacked: "  Your Excellency General Phillips! I remind you to pay attention to the cultivation and qualities you should have as a second-class knight! Please do not insult me ??and these brave young men under my men! Most of them still persist in defending the British Empire.  We fight bravely for our dignity and interests! What¡¯s more, our enemies are very powerful! A temporary defeat is inevitable!¡±

    Lieutenant General Phillips snorted coldly: "Really? As far as I know, the Chinese army attacking Singapore only has three brigades and one division, with a total of less than 40,000 people, but you have more than 80,000  People! Twice as many as them! They were beaten so badly! When did the British Empire¡¯s army become so vulnerable? First they lost Hong Kong and Burma, then Malaysia and Brunei. Could it be that now  Are we going to lose Singapore?¡±

    "You" No matter how well-educated Lieutenant General Percival was, he couldn't stand Lieutenant General Phillips's explicit and revealing words.  You must know that the supreme commander of the Commonwealth forces in Malaysia (including Brunei) is also Lieutenant General Percival himself. These words of Lieutenant General Phillips greatly hurt his scars.  Just when Lieutenant General Percival was about to start a scolding with the opponent regardless of his identity, Lieutenant General Phillips almost panicked shouting from the other end of the intercom: "Oh my God! My God!" Percival suddenly heard  The lieutenant general was suddenly confused: What on earth is this descendant of a Scottish dishwasher doing?

    What made Lieutenant General Phillips almost lose his temper was a telegram that the communications officer had just handed him. This latest investigation report made Lieutenant General Phillips feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave. On the paper was a shocking sentence: Malacca  The Northeastern Army's reconnaissance aircraft and U-shaped submarines were discovered in the estuary waters west of the strait!

    "So, the fleet of China's Northeastern Army is actually behind our backs?" Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Sir Arthur John Ball said in amazement about this ominous situation.

    Lieutenant General Phillips stared blankly at the map of the Strait of Malacca spread out in front of him. At this moment, he woke up as if from a dream and murmured: "I understand the fleet of the Chinese Northeast Army actually bypassed Java Island.  They invaded the entire Sumatra Island, and then sneaked up behind us! They used Singapore as a bait to lure us alone into the Strait of Malacca, and then blocked our retreat into the Indian Ocean, turning the entire Strait of Malacca into a big pocket.  Oh, God!"

    A biting icy chill rushed up the backs of every naval officer in the command room, and nervous glances were directed at Lieutenant General Phillips: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, what should we do?"

    "Fight! Fight now!" Lieutenant General Phillips suddenly stood up, waving his arms and yelled, "We have fallen into the Chinese trap! We have no choice but to fight our way out!"

    "Ouch" The heart-stopping piercing alarm sound and the breathtaking battle bell sound instantlyAfter watching the film, I thought the Northeast Army was the surrendering party and the British Army was the surrendering party.  But these details are too insignificant compared to this major victory.  The capture of Singapore marked that except for the Philippines, which was occupied by the US military, the entire Southeast Asia had been included in China's territory.

    ¡°In modern times, the two most painful defeats of the British Empire in the Far East were the fall of Hong Kong and Singapore. Especially in Singapore, nearly 100,000 people surrendered on such an unprecedented scale. This was simply an unprecedented catastrophe and eternal shame.  And all our efforts, all our hopes, all our plans in Asia were sunk into the sea with these four warships."

    After learning that Singapore had been captured by China's Northeastern Army and that the British Royal Navy's Far East Fleet Z had been completely annihilated, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said the above words with great desolation.  In Chinese official materials and later history textbooks, this naval battle was called the "Battle of the West Sea" because after the British Far East Fleet was completely annihilated, the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea between the Indian Peninsula and Indochina were actually  It is an area controlled by the Chinese Navy, and this sea area was quickly renamed by the Northeastern Government of China - the West China Sea, the North China Sea (i.e., the Sea of ??Japan, the Korean Strait and the Tatar Strait of the Soviet Union), the East China Sea (including  The East China Sea, Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea) and the South China Sea (including the South China Sea and Southeast Asian waters such as the Java Sea and Sulawesi Sea) are China's four major territorial waters.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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