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    "What!"

    On the Johor Strait embankment, the adjutant quickly helped Yamashita Fengwen, who almost fell headfirst into the sea.  After the fire and explosion came from the fort a few minutes ago, the main force of the Japanese army thought it was just harassment from bombers, but they did not expect that it turned out to be an aircraft landing operation, and the opponent also directly glided and landed at the gate behind the fort!  This method of fighting is reminiscent of the Battle of Crete that just ended.

    But, Singapore is not Crete!  The troop density here is much higher than that of the British and American ghosts.  "Order Tanaka, even if all his 18th Division is shattered, the Chinese must be driven into the sea!" Amidst the roar at the foot of the mountain, except for the 1st Division guarding the Johor Strait, Japanese troops from all over the Star Island came out in full force.  Lieutenant General Tanaka Shinichi, commander of the 18th Division, also pulled up the 23,000-strong Indonesian 2nd Division and attacked the fort from three directions, northwest and east. A Japanese destroyer and several patrol boats even appeared on the sea.

    The rumbling explosion suddenly woke up the entire Star Island from its dream.  "Counterattack! Our troops are back! Changi Fort has been captured!!"

    "I saw it with my own eyes. The plane crashed directly behind the fort Nonsense, the plane didn't fall apart. You know what the hell, it was a glider, and it only needed a hard surface to land. Stop talking nonsense.  , where¡¯s the back? Behind, you didn¡¯t see the back! Seven or eight cars and thousands of people smashed through the barbed wire fences and walls, and now they have surrounded the Japanese bastards on the fort.¡±

    "What's wrong, Huang Bodong's family of five were captured by Japanese bastards and used as hostages on top."

    "Don't worry, I saw it really clearly. The soldiers rushed up and shouted, "Get down, get down." Those Japanese soldiers couldn't understand us, so they were all killed. Now Lao Huang's family is placed in the fort, safe.  Still waiting."

    "I knew it, I knew it! The president will definitely save people! You people, a few days ago, you were saying that the country would not care about our life and death. The president wants to take care of the overall situation. What now? You are dumbfounded! No, I want to  Go to the fort and help even if you die on it."

    "Then let's block the road, Mad! We must block these Japanese bastards in the city!"

    The rumbling sound of cannons stimulated the passion of the Chinese people in Star City to defend their homeland and serve their country. Many people spontaneously rushed to the fort along the trail, and some even brought food made by themselves.  More people moved all kinds of furniture and sundries from their homes to block the middle of the road. Some wealthy families and car drivers also parked their cars on the road and burned them to block the road.

    "Push it away, quickly!" Lieutenant Colonel Mizutani Torayoshi's baggage regiment had just driven a few kilometers from Bukit Timah Mountain when it was blocked by several burning buses. He was so angry that he immediately ordered the trucks in front to  Push back the barricades.

    Seeing the truck hit it hard several times, it finally tore open a passage.  Li Ting and the classmates blocking the road were particularly anxious.  At this moment, an H-10 "bomb truck" roaring in from the Minas Oil Field at low altitude discovered something unusual here. The pilot immediately made a turn and aimed at the road with six 12.7mm machine guns in the wing.  sweep.

    In the loud explosion, the two trucks used to push away the roadblock suddenly turned into fireballs.  "Look!" Li Ting and her classmates were so excited that they almost screamed when they saw the plane disintegrating and destroying the Japanese army.  A few brave boys were secretly preparing to get the rifles from the dead Japanese soldiers, when they saw a dozen paratroopers carrying carrying equipment rushing over from the south intersection.  "This way! There are Japanese people here!" I saw them running towards the Japanese army.  Li Ting didn't care about her safety and quickly ran up to stop him.  But as soon as she got close, she was pinned against the wall by an airborne soldier and couldn't move.

    ¡°Don¡¯t shoot, don¡¯t shoot, we are all students of Xingda University.¡± Upon seeing this, the classmate quickly stepped forward to explain and took out his student ID card to prove his identity.

    "I'm sorry." The soldier let go of Li Ting and scratched his head, as if he felt embarrassed to be rough with the girl.  "It's my fault. I didn't make it clear." However, Li Ting, who has received military training, knows that there are requirements for leaders in the army. After all, no one can guarantee that a stranger is not a spy.  "Gan Yongxing, squad leader of the 3rd Airborne Division of the Chinese National Defense Force, we got lost when we landed. Please tell me how to get to St. Anders Street."

    ¡°You turn out from here and you¡¯ll find St. Anders Street. There¡¯s our roadblock in front of it, but there are also many Japanese soldiers¡±

    "It's okay. That's what we do. Can you take the machine gunner to the roof?" The lost squad leader decided to trust these young students and immediately asked Li Ting to take the machine gunner upstairs.

    At this time, after Mizutani Torayoshi used a machine gun to drive away the attacking aircraft, he brought in an armored vehicle from behind that was left behind after the British surrendered.  Prepare to forcefully rush through again.  "No, it's a Japanese tank! Hurry, you can hide inside."  A young student had never seen a real tank, so he called armored vehicles tanks.  The squad leader smiled contemptuously and waved to the grenadiers behind him.  Li Ting and her classmates only saw an armored vehicle with "dog skin plaster" on it that had just passed between two burning trucks.After passing through, a stream of flames spurted out from the south corner, and the 84mm armor-piercing projectile easily blew the "tank" they called it into pieces.

    The general-purpose machine gun that climbed up to the roof also fired at the same time, and the dense metal barrage soon blocked the road connecting the city hall and the harbor fort.

    Although Li Ting and many patriotic students and citizens took to the streets to block roads voluntarily, Ye Zishan also sent a small group of troops to set up a defense line, hoping to slow down the Japanese army's approach to the fort.  But Singapore Island is too small, with only 20 kilometers between the two straits. Before he could complete the clearing, a large number of Japanese troops had already implemented counter-encirclement on the fort from the east, west, north and west.

    "The trouble of weak rear defense that Eda Taro encountered half an hour ago was all returned to Ye Zishan, and it was even worse than before!  Because the Japanese army had destroyed most of its artillery before its defeat, it now did not even have heavy firepower.  Although the attack aircraft group arriving from Minas continued to suppress the Japanese reinforcements and drove away the destroyers, the fierce Japanese artillery shells still rained down on the fort.

    The airborne troops are in a tough fight!  Tanaka Shinichi, who replaced Mutaguchi Renya, knew very well what would happen if the fort was abandoned, so he frantically ordered the troops to attack and advance, even if they died in a sea of ??blood and corpses!  The crazy Japanese army also set up a 105mm cannon at close range and aimed at the fort to bombard them indiscriminately.  Although the thick cement and steel reinforcements of the fort were enough to withstand the artillery shells, the exposed facilities and positions were almost completely wiped out!  In addition to the 18th Division, the scoundrels of the Indonesian 2nd Division also fiercely launched a "bobo" attack on the fort.  These vested interests after the Japanese army moved south actively acted as the butcher knife of the colonizers before 1911, wielding it against the Chinese countless times. Now after becoming independent, they began to regard themselves as the masters of the South China Sea.  In order to alleviate the disadvantage of insufficient Japanese troops, they armed 400,000 troops in one go!  Not only did it turn the pre-war Dutch East Indies into a mess.  He also repeatedly targeted the Nanyang Chinese.  In Tsuji Masanobu's previous human shield capture operation, they were more arrogant than the Japanese army!  The number of Chinese women killed and humiliated by them was several times that of the Japanese army!  The Nanyang Chinese hate them even more than Japan and the colonists!

    ¡°Boom boom boom¡­.¡±

    The elite airborne troops were not afraid of these scoundrels at all, but the ferocious Japanese artillery fire pinned them to the surface and they were unable to display their abilities.

    "Has the airport been captured?"

    The fierce battle left Ye Zishan, who was known for his calmness, covered in smoke and dust, and even the corners of his military uniform were torn into strips.  Since the formation of the 3rd Airborne Division.  This is the first time to encounter such a bloody battle, if not for the absolute advantage of automatic weapons.  The sight of the Japanese troops rushing in as if they were desperate for their lives would probably frighten the nerves of many people!

    ¡°Not yet, there are too many Japanese troops at the airport, and Company Commander Qian and others were repelled several times in their attacks.¡±

    Before the raid plan, Ye Zishan requested to attack the airport and fort at the same time.  However, several "Dapeng" heavy-duty gliders that raided the airport were attacked by anti-aircraft artillery and had to make an emergency landing at the fort during landing, resulting in insufficient forces to seize the airport.  "It's too late! Let the Third Company abandon the airport and withdraw, and guard the east seawall. There is a Japanese brigade over there. Tell them to be careful! Where are the division commander and the others?" Ye Zishan looked at his watch, decided to cancel the attack on the airport, and then continued  Asked about Dong Hao's reinforcements.

    "Just set off. We won't arrive until noon at least." The signal corps has already sent a telegram of the successful landing to Conlun Island, Natuna and Riau Province at the same time.  But it is obvious that it will take enough time for those barges and landing craft with a speed of only 112 knots to cross the 100 kilometers of the Malacca Strait.  "Commander Hu, collect the Japanese weapons and select a group of people." After calculating the time, Ye Zishan turned to Hu Tiejun.

    "Okay!" Hu Tiejun knew that the situation was urgent and quickly led his people to select volunteers from the rescued and rushed Chinese.  At a time of life and death, most men choose to pick up a gun.  Follow the airborne troops and get into the bunkers around the fort.

    Although Hu Tiejun quickly organized three thousand volunteers using Japanese weapons, the losses of the airborne troops were still very high.  By five o'clock in the morning, except for the 570 who died in the raid, there were less than 1,500 troops left.  At this critical moment, the dull sound of engines came in the morning light. More than twenty huge "Sea King" transport aircraft used their wide wings to block the sun from the fort.

    The theater command urgently transferred 29 "Sea King" transport aircraft from Taiwan.  Finally came from Natuna.  This giant six-engine seaplane, which was put into actual combat for the first time during the sneak attack on Guam, has unparalleled transportation advantages. Each one can carry 15 tons of supplies or 102 fully armed soldiers.

    "Shoot! Shoot at the sea behind the fort!" Seeing the hordes of "Sea Overlords", Tanaka Shinto immediately yelled.  The artillery was ordered to extend fire in an attempt to block the landing site on the sea.

    "Fire! Fire! Be sure to suppress it!" As soon as the dense water column rose from the sea, the four H-7 gunships that arrived at the same time as the "Sea Overlord" roared up from behind.  75mm?Artillery guns, 40mm automatic grenade launchers, 25mm machine guns, 12.7mm heavy machine guns fired violently at the Japanese artillery positions.

    A few minutes later, 80 "Lightning" fighter jets and "Yaksha" dive bombers from the Second Fleet also came to help and protected the "Sea King" from landing safely.  In the powerful air strikes, the Japanese artillery was either destroyed or hurriedly relocated.  Taking advantage of this gap, 29 "Sea Overlords" quickly landed in the bay below the fort.  After the pilot opened the hatch, the airborne troops and Marines, who had already considered that they would not be able to reach the shore directly after landing, quickly threw out the inflatable kayaks one by one.  Seeing the large number of people, Hu Tiejun also quickly organized a volunteer army and used fishing boats and motorboats in the bay to pick up the soldiers.

    By six o'clock in the morning, despite the loss of two "Sea Dominators" that were hit by artillery shells, the first batch of 2,722 airborne troops and Marines who came to the rescue successfully landed ashore. They also included a large number of 16 120mm mortars.  Weapons and equipment finally alleviated Yeshan's lack of suppressive firepower.

    Soon after the remaining "Sea King" left, a second batch of up to 77 Feilian 2 "Sea Eagle" seaplanes arrived one after another.  Although the transportation volume of the "Sea Eagle" cannot be compared with the former, it is more flexible and more flexible. There are more than 200 aircraft in several bases in Natuna and Borneo alone.  Seeing them, Ye Zishan immediately separated into half, contacted the carrier-based aircraft group of the Second Fleet, and cooperated with the fort artillery to cover them as they went ashore at Bonavista in the west.  further disperse the Japanese attack.  Then he asked Hu Tiejun to lead the volunteers to the sea wall in the southwest.  Use the flat seawall road to build a temporary runway.

    Facts have proved that his arrangement was very correct. The airborne regiment that landed from Bonavista took advantage of the Japanese attack on the fort and quickly occupied Pasir Panjang with the help of the volunteers, forcing Tanaka Shinichi to allocate precious troops.  Hu Tiejun also led the volunteer army and tens of thousands of citizens who came spontaneously to use the existing ring road to build a runway day and night. By the afternoon of the next day, a 1,800-meter field runway appeared on the surface, ensuring subsequent aerial supplies.

    ? ? One o'clock at noon.  Dong Hao arrived at Fort Bay with more than 20 barges and landing craft, bringing not only 4,100 soldiers to Yezishan, but also 6 155mm howitzers and 6 Type 31 tanks.

    "Going up, the reinforcements are going up!"

    Just when the second batch of "Sea Eagles" completed reinforcements, Yang Qiu couldn't help clenching his fists in the combat command center of the Beijing General Staff Headquarters while waiting for news.  Tan Kah Kee, chairman of the Singapore Autonomous Association, who was waiting for the news, couldn't help but cheer loudly.  Although the troops currently on the island can only defend the forts, and the navy cannot directly land on the side of the strait through the minefields, as long as this forward base is maintained, even if there is only a bay, the air transportation capacity that is far superior to Japan can guarantee the follow-up cities.  War of attrition.

    "Good!" Tan Kah Kee, who was staying in Beijing, burst into tears.  After learning that the Japanese army was taking ordinary Chinese as hostages, he was extremely anxious, but he was also afraid that going to Yang Qiu would affect the troops' liberation of Singapore.  More than 10,000 people have been rescued since the news came.  They also established a bridgehead behind the Japanese army before they felt at ease.  Although more people have not been rescued, as long as they can gain a foothold in the heart of the Japanese army, there is still a chance.

    "Don't worry, Mr. Jiageng. I assure you, more people will be rescued." Yang Qiu stepped forward and took his hand: "But you have to be more careful about the next thing. When Singapore is completely liberated, I will let you  Bei Zuyi will accompany you back. Once the timetable for the founding of the country is confirmed, I will also try to find time to attend the ceremony. Haha, don't blame me for rushing. This matter should be done sooner rather than later."

    "Thank you President, thank you Chief of Staff, thank you Marshal Don't worry about what happens next." Hearing that Yang Qiu was likely to attend the founding ceremony of Singapore in person, Tan Kah Kee excitedly grabbed the hands of him, Yue Peng and others.  Thank you all the time.  Until the staff officer came to report that the car was ready.  Only then did I say goodbye.

    When he left, Yang Qiucai took a deep breath.  In fact, the casualties of fighting like this now will definitely be greater than originally planned, but considering that the Chinese in Singapore have donated tens of millions to the country since the war started, this sacrifice is still worthy.  Now that the troops have arrived in Singapore.  Then, just like so many previous battles, he began to care about the follow-up actions. He turned to look at Chu Nan and asked in a low voice: "Has the plan to reinforce Bai Chongxi been completed?"

    Chu Nan said: "Everything in the country is ready. It depends on the speed of the navy's minesweepers. Bingwen told me that Chen Shiying has dispatched more than forty trawlers and ten minesweepers, and it is expected that they will be open to navigation before the year.  .¡±

    "Let the navy speed up as much as possible, and when it is almost done, let the fleet set off to Natuna and wait. I think something will happen in the Middle East at the beginning of the year."

    "Haha. President, do you have clairvoyant eyes? You knew something was going to happen in the Middle East so quickly."

    Yang Qiugang asked the navy to speed up, but Song Ziqing and Yan Baohang, holding documents, came up from behind and interrupted the speech.  Seeing the two of them, Yue Peng, who was standing next to him, curiously asked: ???Baohang, is Turkey starting a war?  "

    "How can it be so fast? Hitler is still looking for a boat to cross the strait." Song Ziqing chuckled and shook the document in his hand: "But the tone is not small. Look, President, this was just sent back by Zhang Xiaozhun, and Hitler has officially given it to  Turkey issued an ultimatum, demanding that it join the axis and open its airspace and seas"

    "Where is Roosevelt? The command in the Middle East is so important to the United States, so it won't just watch the German invasion again, right?" Yang Qiu took the document and asked while reading it.

    "Of course not. Just now Shi Zhaoji called and said that US Ambassador Johnson has come to say hello. Roosevelt, Churchill and de Gaulle will issue an ultimatum to the French government within 48 hours, requiring French Syria to immediately lay down its weapons and accept the jurisdiction of the Allies. He hopes  You also signed to participate in this ultimatum." Song Ziqing said: "And I heard from Zhang Xiaozhun that in order to secure the Middle East theater, Roosevelt asked Eisenhower to put all the 600 Y8s we sold into the Middle East route. The specific route is from Canada to Harbin.  Departing from Lifax, passing to the Canary Islands and Nigeria for refueling, it finally landed in Cyprus.¡±

    "Good guy, does this need to be more than 10,000 kilometers?" Liu Mingzhao, who was standing next to him, pushed up his glasses.  After the northwest war came to an end, he returned to the War Department and began to prepare for the subsequent war.

    Yan Baohang also took out a thick stack of information and handed it to everyone for viewing.  He replied: "To be precise, it is 11,000 kilometers, and requires two refuelings in the middle. In addition to the Y-8, the United States has also invested seven to eight hundred C47s to perform transportation tasks in the interior of Africa. So as of the day before yesterday, the U.S. military in Cyprus  The total number has increased to 300,000, and at least 2,000 tanks and armored vehicles will all arrive after Christmas. We expect that the US military strength in the Middle East will increase to 500,000 by the end of January. In addition to increasing troops in Cyprus. Attack from Jordan  The British and American coalition forces in Iraq have also retaken Habbania Air Base west of Baghdad. A US armored brigade is also moving south along the Euphrates River to outflank Karbala. General Bai Chongxi said that the Iraqi National Army has fully withdrawn from the border between Kuwait and Iran.  They are probably going to defend Baghdad.¡±

    "This is the list of British and American ships that have passed through the Suez Canal in the past three weeks. A total of 270 commercial ships have passed through the strait. The U.S. Navy also has 2 Avengers-class escort aircraft carriers, 6 Borg-class escort aircraft carriers, 3 heavy cruisers, and 29  Light cruisers and other ships are stationed in the port of Cyprus. In terms of aircraft, there are about 200 P43 fighters (purchased from China's patented F6F), 400 P40, 300 B17, 200 B24. and 400 C47 transport aircraft in the past three weeks.  Flying to Cyprus. Eisenhower has submitted a report to Marshall, asking the U.S. government to propose to us to purchase 12 million tons of fuel from Saudi Arabia and Iran to supply troops stationed in Cyprus and the Middle East to reduce dependence on domestic oil and use transport ships for the transportation of more urgently needed equipment.  I estimate that the American ambassador will come to see you in a few days to make your request."

    "This is the battle report from last month just sent back by the Air Service Regiment to the British Aid. It mentions that the European Allied Forces Command began to increase the bombing of the French railway network, seaports and the German mainland last month. According to the Air Service Regiment's own statistics  , the Allied forces dispatched about 12,000 sorties of various types of bombers from the British mainland last month. About 720 bombers were lost, and 100 were damaged and abandoned. They learned from British and American pilots that the reason for the large number of losses was  There is still insufficient escort. At present, their fighter jets cannot fully escort long-range bombers such as the B17. Most of the losses are caused by being shot down after penetrating into German and French airspace. It is said that Roosevelt has instructed Eisenhower to temporarily focus on Spain, France and Italy.  Sicily, wait until the latest P47 fighter jets are put into service before expanding the bombing of the French and German mainland. Otherwise, the losses will be too great."

    "The last one is the delivery capacity of the U.S. Navy as of early May according to our statistics. Now it is basically confirmed that the two damaged "North Carolina" class battleships will be repaired in April, and the first three "South Dakota" class battleships will also be repaired in April.  All are in service. So we predict that Roosevelt and Churchill will attack Malta by the end of May at the latest and regain air supremacy over the Mediterranean! Cut off the supply channels of the German and Italian North African Army!"

    Jiang Baili, who has quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed the delivery list of the US Navy. After reading it, his eyes were filled with stars, and he said jealously: "Good guy! This is too much trouble. Look, President, we forced Bingwen to hang himself, they  Fortunately, in the first five months of next year alone, we will be able to deliver 3 battleships, 3 heavy cruisers, 5 light cruisers, 60 destroyers and 22 escort carriers!"

    "Okay, don't start a fire." Yue Peng smiled, secretly glanced at Yang Qiu, and bumped him with his shoulder: "If Roosevelt didn't have such strong industrial capabilities, do you think we would still fight like this?"

    Yang Qiu didn't hear what he said. After digesting all the documents and intelligence brought by Yan Baohang, he sighed: "Roosevelt has made an effort."

    ¡°Not only exerting force, but also increasing the sea and air force of the first officer can show that they still have no confidence in the ground war next year, so they are preparing to adopt a strategy of confrontation on land and proactive attack by sea and air.??¡­¡­.  "Liu Mingzhao pushed up his glasses and slowly analyzed the information revealed between the lines: "Judging from the speed of the US military's increase in troops in Cyprus, the German army should be ready to attack Turkey, so hundreds of C47 transport aircraft are hoarded on the front line.  Returning to the news that the British and American coalition forces have advanced to the west of Baghdad, I think Hitler may have become anxious, so he gave Turkey an ultimatum.  The German army will definitely not go through the Dardanelles Strait. Hitler still remembers the tragedy of the last war with Britain, so the best way is to go through the Eurasian Continental Bridge!  However, it is not that easy to pass through the Bosporus. The US military has deployed so many long-range bombers and transport aircraft in Cyprus. It is clearly to forcibly destroy the Turkish railway network and bridges and prepare to imitate our rapid entry into Turkey through air transportation. Therefore, unless the Turkish army  Complete defection, otherwise, compared with the German naval power in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, blockade of the strait can still be achieved.  Secondly, although there are a large number of pro-German forces in Turkey, Kemal Kemal specifically told President Inonu and government officials before his death that they must stand with the United Kingdom and the United States if war breaks out again. In addition, they were hostile to the Soviet Union in Armenia, Iraq, and  We have long been unhappy with issues such as Iran.  Therefore, once Germany declares war, Tš¹rkiye is likely to station the US military to protect the strait.  I believe that the German General Staff must have considered these problems. After combining them all, there is only one way to solve it  "

    Although Liu Mingzhao did not say a solution, everyone knew that his words pointed to the only force in the Black Sea that could protect the German army from Yugoslavia and cross the Black Sea to land in Turkey in a surprise attack, that is  Soviet Black Sea Fleet!

    "Speed ??up the supply to the Persian Gulf through Myitkyina and the Central Asian Railway. Once the Malacca Strait is opened, the fleet must quickly follow up. Chu Nan! Let the air force prepare to bomb the Baku oil fields." Yang Qiu took the documents and intelligence one by one.  Position yourself and slowly raise your head
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