bookcurios Chapter 826 Seizing the Biggest Fruits of Victory
Chapter 826 Seizing the Biggest Fruits of Victory
826 Seize the biggest fruits of victory
"Onboard, kill them!"
On the battlefield, groups of Japanese soldiers holding Type 38 rifles charged forward madly, looking crazy and fearless of death.
Opposite them were British soldiers, and soldiers from both sides engaged in close combat in this area.
A close-range fight ensued.
However, compared to the fearless Japanese soldiers, most of the British soldiers are Indians.
It was also the first time that they encountered the Japanese at such a close distance, and soon these Indian soldiers were frightened by the Japanese soldiers' crazy fighting style.
A Japanese soldier holding a Type 38 rifle stabbed three or four Indian soldiers to death in succession.
Finally, a British officer seized the opportunity and hit the Japanese soldier with his pistol.
Seeing this, several Indian soldiers around immediately stabbed the Japanese soldier with their bayonets.
These Indian soldiers are glad that you are finally dead.
"Baga, long live the Emperor."
Boom!
As a result, the Japanese soldier detonated a grenade before he died, and died together with several Indian soldiers who were surrounding and killing him.
Even the British officer not far away was affected and blown away.
When the other party got up in a daze, he looked at the place where the Japanese soldier's body was nowhere to be found, and his face was full of fear.
"Crazy, these Japanese are all crazy."
The British officers' psychological defenses completely collapsed and they turned around and fled the battlefield.
He had never seen such a crazy fighting style. From officers to soldiers, all the Japanese were like crazy and didn't care about their lives.
On a battle line stretching for more than ten kilometers, seven thousand Japanese soldiers and several thousand indigenous vassal troops faced the British army, which had twice as many troops as theirs.
Launched a fierce attack.
The two sides fought a field battle in this area for a whole day.
Before the war, the British commander was very confident that he could win the battle.
After all, they were much stronger than the Japanese brigade of 7,000 people in terms of both manpower and firepower.
As a result, after the fight started.
The British commander gradually discovered that something was wrong. Bad news kept coming from various British troops on the front lines.
Basically, they are battle reports of the defeat by the Japanese.
This left the British commander dumbfounded.
He didn't understand why the battle had turned out like this.
By around four o'clock in the afternoon, the British army, which had collapsed on all fronts, could no longer hold on.
There was a total rout.
Twenty thousand British troops split into several groups and fled northward in a panic.
The Japanese behind him chased him all the way.
Soon, the news of the British army's defeat reached the ears of British commander Roberts.
"Walter? How is that possible?
How could the southern army commanded by Hull be defeated?
Chief of Staff, you must be kidding me."
When the British commander heard the news from his chief of staff, he didn't believe it at all.
You know, among the three British troops that landed this time, Roberts commanded the two in the north.
Although there were 60,000 British troops, the most elite ones were actually the 20,000 main British troops that marched south to Singapore.
That was Robert's preparation for capturing Singapore.
And yesterday, he also received a telegram from Hull, commander of the Southern Army, saying that their landing went smoothly.
He is leading his troops rapidly southward and is expected to arrive in Singapore in two days.
We will definitely be able to defeat the Japanese defenders there and retake Singapore.
As a result, just one day later, the 20,000 elite main force was defeated by the Japanese with even fewer troops.
How could Roberts accept this?
But more news soon came, and Roberts finally confirmed that the defeat of their southern army was real.
“Shit.
Can anyone tell me why our 20,000 elite troops were defeated in one day?
Why!"
Roberts yelled in the command center.
The other British officers were all silent and no one could answer his question.
What the British didn't know was that the 20,000 elite British troops on the southern route were defeated by a Japanese brigade within one day.
In fact, Ye Qingshan is also a big reason.
It was precisely because Ye Qingshan ordered the New 1st Division to land in Singapore and ordered Wang Chuying's fleet to dispatch carrier-based aircraft.
The logistical supply line of the Japanese brigade was bombed, cutting off the Japanese supplies.
This forced the Japanese brigade into a corner and they had no choice but to launch a desperate attack on the 20,000 British troops in the south.
The Japs knew they had no way out.
If they cannot defeat the 20,000 main British troops standing in front of them in a short period of time.
So, the retreat is cut off and there are strong enemies ahead, in this situation.
If time goes on, this Japanese brigade will have no way out.
The Japanese brigade commander is worthy of being called a guy who has loved reading Chinese military books since he was a child.
In this situation, he chose to fight to the death.
Before the war, all the Japanese soldiers were told that they had no choice but to advance forward, otherwise they would die.
Under such circumstances, the Japanese soldiers, whose retreat was cut off, were inspired to fight even more brutally.
As a result, on that day, seven thousand Japanese soldiers crazily attacked twenty thousand British troops and successfully defeated them.
"Commander, there is one more news."
Not long after, the British Chief of Staff told Roberts another piece of news.
"The division of troops sent by Ye Qingshan landed a few kilometers west of Singapore yesterday.
Launched a fierce attack on Singapore.
Now, we have entered Singapore City."
As soon as the British Chief of Staff finished speaking, Roberts was stunned for a moment.
Then, Roberts' crazy cursing and various noises of smashing and looting were heard coming from the command center.
“Damn Ye Qingshan, he must have planned this long ago.
Let us fight the Japanese in front.
He was picking peaches behind his back.
Ye Qingshan, I am not done with you."
The different experiences of both sides made Roberts feel even more unbalanced.
It was clearly their British troops who were fighting desperately with the Japanese on the front line, but it was a division sent by Ye Qingshan that gained the greatest fruits of victory in this battle.
How could Roberts be willing to do that?