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Volume One: On the Songhua River Chapter 1675: Taking Singapore Easily (Part 1)

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    Now that the division commander has made up his mind, Zhao Yuhe, chief of staff of the division headquarters, and Yu Guanghan, chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps, will not say more. As chiefs of staff, they have the right to make three suggestions on the deployment of the campaign, starting from **  Since the division was formed into an army, the suggestions made by all the chiefs of staff who have worked beside the division commander have focused on specific details. In order to improve the combat plan, it is not the several chiefs of staff who do not have their own unique insights, but as a person.  Tang Qiuli, the teacher's commander, has established absolute authority.

    Many times, the battle plans formulated by the division commander seemed to them to be extremely risky and contained obvious gambling elements. But the final result proved that the division commander was right. Over time, a habit has been formed, and successive chiefs of staff only  He used his brains on the details of the battle and tried his best to make the plan more perfect, but there was basically no objection to the main direction of the battle.

    Tang Qiuli also discovered this. It's not that he didn't let his chiefs of staff do it, but he hoped that his chiefs of staff could surpass him. However, it never worked. He himself was quite helpless. This should be  The advantage of being a human being in two lifetimes!

    Seeing that Zhao Yuhe and Yu Guanghan did not raise any objections, Tang Qiuli said: "Yuhe, Guanghan, from now on, the two of you should focus on controlling the rhythm of the army's march, and cooperate with the three troops at any time.  The brigade commanders and Battelle maintained close contact. In addition, Yu He contacted Qi Hanzhi to find out the specific location of the Japanese Hengshan Brigade Headquarters. After the battle started, I gave the Japanese a black tiger to dig out their hearts.  The chain of command is destroyed!¡±

    Zhao Yuhe and Yu Guanghan looked at each other, and Zhao Yuhe said: "Commander, do you want to use Commander Le's paratrooper regiment?"

    Tang Qiuli nodded and said: "It destroyed the Japanese army's command system. Destroying Singapore's orders will prevent them from being issued in time, and it will also reduce the pressure on the special operations detachment. Paratroopers are parachuted into Singapore and the frontal attack must be carried out in sync. Order Le  Yiqin, his paratroopers must parachute to the headquarters of the Japanese Hengshan Brigade before three o'clock in the morning on August 8, when the battle begins, and carry out the beheading operation. After the specific combat plan is drawn up, it will be reported.  Approved by Division Headquarters!¡±

    Le Yiqin received a call from Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe.  I was so happy that I couldn't help but think about becoming famous now. The division commander personally assigned the task to a regiment-level combat unit. You think it's a small matter.  Subsequently, a military meeting attended by commanders of the paratrooper regiment and above was held in the auditorium of the Myitkyina base of the Southern Aviation Group.

    Le Yiqin deliberately wanted to create an atmosphere, including the pre-war mobilization and swearing-in meeting, as well as the regimental flag awarding ceremony.  Put together, Le Yiqin is dressed in military uniform.  In high spirits, with the major general's epaulettes shining brightly under the bright lights, he walked up to the rostrum with all the members of the headquarters.

    The opening remarks were as simple and direct as Le Yiqin's personality, without any nonsense. He said: "Today is the day when our Southern Flying Group Parachute Regiment was officially established. Everyone has been training hard for more than a year. Do you want to pull something off?"  Go to the battlefield and have a good fight?"

    The officers below stood up together and shouted loudly: "Use me in the first battle, and you will win with me! Flying generals in the sky, tigers on the ground!"

    Le Yiqin smiled, and then said: "Sit down, the slogan is quite loud, and the momentum is not bad. Our paratrooper regiment was given the title personally by the division commander, Falcon. Did you see that dough flag? I will award it to you today.  Originally, the division commander was supposed to come in person to present the flag, but the Battle of Singapore was about to start, and we just received a phone call from the division headquarters that the first battle of our paratrooper regiment after its formation was a beheading operation! "

    "This operation code name should cheer you up. What is decapitation? It means using our Falcon to chop off the head of the highest commander of the Japanese army in Singapore. The first battalion will be responsible for the decapitation task. You have to parachute well. You'd better jump to that one for me.  On the desk of the old Japanese Major General Hengshan, this is the first battle of the paratrooper regiment. The division commander and the entire army are watching. Fight well and don¡¯t embarrass our aviation force, our Southern Flying Group, and don¡¯t embarrass me!¡±

    Le Yiqin's words were simple but extremely contagious. The fighting spirit and pride in the hearts of the officers of the Parachute Regiment were suddenly ignited. A newly established regiment-level combat unit was established in *  * There are probably thousands of regiment-level units in the entire army of the * division. It is an honor and expectation in itself to get the attention of the division commander and personally award the title.

    The morale of the troops was like a pile of dry firewood, which was immediately ignited by the commander's words. From the shining eyes of the officers, Le Yiqin could see the strong fighting spirit. He was very satisfied with what he had done.  At the end of the battle plan reported to division commander Tang Qiuli during this ceremony, he poetically added, "The morale of the troops is unprecedentedly high, and the passion for fighting is burning in their blood!"

    Seeing Le Yiqin¡¯s words, Tang Qiuli laughed and shook his head repeatedly, and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: ¡°Yuhe, look.See, our militants sometimes write beautifully. I remember that in northern Burma, when Le Yiqin killed the British Air Force in India, he had a similar expression. It seems that whenever he submitted a poem in poetic language,  The reports are all sure-win results, and the victory is beautiful!  "

    Everything in the Malay Peninsula seemed so calm, but underneath this calmness, there were quietly gathering storms of war. In the eyes of the Japanese troops in Singapore, there was nothing unusual about it.

    Major General Yokoyama Kingoro, the commander of the Yokoyama Brigade of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force stationed in Singapore, has been having nightmares recently, especially for the ** division troops. After the capture of Hong Kong, nightmares have become a nightmare for Major General Yokoyama.  Late required courses.

    Before the outbreak of the Pacific War, there were hundreds of thousands of troops of the Imperial Japanese Army stationed in Singapore. Major General Yokoyama did not have to worry about it. But after one troop after another, Commander Ito was transferred to the Luzon battlefield, Major General Yokoyama would do it every day.  Everyone would fall into an inexplicable worry. When he discovered that Singapore only had one brigade with tens of thousands of troops, Major General Hengshan, who didn't know what fear was, felt guilty.

    Just across the Kuala Lumpur line not far away, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Japanese Army are stationed. This neighbor is not a kind person. It is a dispatched army of hundreds of thousands of troops from the Imperial Japanese Army to Indochina.  Major General Hengshan had personally experienced the Tiger and Wolf divisions who had fled in embarrassment in those first few battles. Recalling those scenes, Major General Hengshan himself would not believe it if he said he was not afraid!

    Guarding such an evil neighbor, he was always worried that he would attack. Naturally, Major General Yokoyama had trouble sleeping and eating, and his days were like a year. Although he believed that the combat effectiveness and Bushido spirit of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army could fight without fear of death, but ten thousand  With more troops against hundreds of thousands, such a huge and disparate gap cannot be made up by the spirit of Bushido. Major General Hengshan absolutely believes that as long as that Chinese devil Tang Qiuli is willing, it won't take even one morning to make up for these 10,000 troops.  It will be wiped out.

    After the fall of Hong Kong, all the more than 60,000 imperial soldiers were shattered, and the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army did not dispatch a single reinforcement to Singapore. Many times, Major General Yokoyama even felt that he and more than 10,000 soldiers had been forgotten by the empire.  In other words, they are victims, just for a Singapore that cannot defend itself. The Hengshan Brigade is like a side dish placed in the mouth of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli. He can eat it at any time as long as he is willing!

    Just when the leader of the Yokoyama brigade was almost desperate, he finally waited for the order from the base camp. After reading the order personally signed by the chief of general staff of the base camp, Prince Zairen, Major General Yokoyama couldn't help but shout a few times, Amaterasu, bless the Emperor.  Long live your Majesty, after receiving the order, Hengshan began to make arrangements.

    He had his own unique understanding of the order from the base camp, which required the brigade to evacuate immediately and destroy the city after being attacked by the ** Division troops. In the view of the Hengshan brigade commander, the next best thing was whether the bombing would destroy Singapore.  The main reason is that this opportunity can be used to cover the brigade's safe evacuation from Singapore. Therefore, Major General Hengshan carried out the orders from the base camp very seriously and in place.

    The designated military restricted areas are the places where large quantities of explosives are buried. The time of detonation requires one's own judgment. The commander of the Hengshan Brigade issued this order to the commanders of the various units responsible for blasting, "  No unit is allowed to act without authorization from the commander of the brigade to detonate it!¡±

    The orders must be unified. Who knows that crazy guy, with the idea of ????die together with the Imperial Army, detonated in advance, and might bury the Imperial Army troops together. The sky is full of fire and smoke, and the ruins and rubble everywhere are enough to stop the attack.  At the same time, he issued respective retreat route maps to several regiments, so that they could control the retreat time on their own without receiving orders from the brigade.

    In addition, the leader of the Hengshan Brigade also ordered the recruitment of a large number of civilian ships and parked them at the port. The boatmen were not allowed to leave the ships under the supervision of the military police. In addition, he also contacted the destination of the brigade's retreat, Sumatra Island.  Lieutenant General Shinno, commander of the Fifth Army of the Empire's Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, asked him to use long-range shore artillery to cover the retreat of the troops when he received his request for help.

    Commander Ninye, it was not difficult for Commander Hengshan Brigade at all. He agreed wholeheartedly. After arranging all this, Major General Hengshan seemed to have a lot of confidence in his heart. But for some reason, since yesterday, he had a feeling of fear and fear that a disaster was imminent.  a feeling of.

    As for why this happened, the commander of Yokoyama Kingoro's brigade couldn't explain clearly. He was too calm. The ** division troops on the opposite side did not do anything unusual at all, but he was restless. He said this  The feeling of not being able to come out is attributed to being too nervous.

    On the morning of August 8, the leader of the Hengshan Brigade, together with his chief of staff, went through all the arrangements from beginning to end, and found no loopholes. Then, he said, "This?The beautiful coastal city will one day become full of ruins, but the destruction of Singapore can be exchanged for the safe retreat of the brigade. It is worth it!  "

    (To be continued)
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