bookcurios Chapter 823: The British Army’s Highlight Moment
Chapter 823: The British Army’s Highlight Moment
823 British Army’s Highlight Moment
The British army's three landing operations lasted five days, with the assistance of several old British warships and Wang Chuying's warships.
They all managed to log in successfully.
Subsequently, British Commander Roberts ordered 60,000 British troops to land in two locations in the north.
Attack towards Long City from the north and south.
It is the city with the largest number of Japanese troops stationed on the Malay Peninsula, except for Singapore.
The headquarters of the Japanese 18th Division is right there.
The 20,000 elite British troops who landed in Muar began to move southward to attack Singapore.
According to the British commander's plan, they had to defeat the main force of the Japanese 18th Division in this battle.
Capture Kuala Lumpur and Singapore at the same time.
In this way, Singapore and most of the Malay Peninsula were basically returned to the hands of the British army.
They can restore their former glory. These places were originally their colonies before the Japanese invaded.
"Are the little devils so useless?"
On the heavy cruiser, Wang Chuying received the news.
I was somewhat surprised to learn that all three British landings were successful.
Originally, Wang Chuying knew that the 100,000 British troops who landed last time were defeated by the Japanese.
Another two months have passed, and the Japanese should have done a better job of defending here.
Why did we lose so quickly this time?
"Commander, what should we do now?
Should we notify the New 1st Division and ask Commander Lu and his men to prepare for landing as well?"
The chief of staff next to him became anxious.
Their mission this time was to cooperate with the New 1st Division to capture Singapore.
If the British army succeeded, they would have no reason to take action.
Wang Chuying hesitated and finally decided to contact Lu Dahai's New First Division first.
“Did all the British troops land successfully?
Damn it, report to the commander-in-chief quickly.
Our division will also land."
When Lu Dahai heard the news, he immediately became anxious.
But not long after, Ye Qingshan, who learned the news, sent them a telegram to prevent them from landing.
"Commander-in-Chief, what did the commander say?"
A group of officers from the New 1st Division next to Lu Dahai asked.
Lu Dahai came back to his senses and murmured, "The commander told us not to rush and not to land for the time being.
According to the intelligence received by the commander, there are at least 50,000 to 60,000 Japanese troops here.
The vassal army numbered as many as 100,000 people.
They were the defending side, and even though they had lost their advantage in firepower, they still had the advantage of terrain.
We will never be defeated so easily.
This battle may have just begun.
The commander's intention is to let the Japanese and the British fight first.
Let our division seize the opportunity and then land directly in the Singapore area."
After receiving Ye Qingshan's new telegram instructions, Lu Dahai and Wang Chuying finally decided to obey Ye Qingshan's orders.
The New 1st Division will not land for the time being.
Two days later, the British army won a great victory.
In the mountainous area north of Long City, a main regiment of the Japanese 18th Division and more than 30,000 puppet troops were defeated.
We made rapid progress all the way to Kuala Lumpur.
On the southern battlefield, 20,000 elite British troops landed in Muar and headed south all the way to Singapore.
But when they approached Johor, they encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese.
The fighting between the two sides was very fierce.
"Baga, these indigenous soldiers are a bunch of rubbish."
In the headquarters of the Japanese 18th Division, the Japanese division commander Mutaguchi Ren'ya stared at the sand table in front of him, and the Japanese staff officer next to him kept pulling out the small plaster flags representing their defensive positions.
Let him roar in frustration.
“Your Excellency, the British army’s will to fight this time is stronger than we expected.
The combat effectiveness of the troops is also much stronger than when they first landed.
We miscalculated.”
The Japanese chief of staff next to him wiped the sweat from his forehead and said guiltily.
This time, according to the plan of the old devil Mutaguchi Ren'ya, their division was to annihilate the British army after they landed.
Last time, their division defeated 100,000 British troops in one battle, which gave him enough courage.
But unfortunately, the Japs had no idea that the reason they were able to defeat 100,000 British troops so easily last time.
It was as if someone helped them at sea.
The British fleet was ambushed, especially the supply fleet, and a lot of ammunition and artillery carried by them were sunk.
Under such circumstances, the British army's morale collapsed before the battle even started.
This allowed the Japanese 18th Division to launch the attack and quickly surround the 100,000 British troops.
And forced the British army to launch a quick surprise attack.
As a result, the Japanese high-ranking officials mistakenly believed that the British army's combat effectiveness was poor.
But in fact, these British soldiers had been trained for more than a year, and the Americans had spared no effort to arm them.
The combat effectiveness is still very strong.
This time, the British army received a death order, otherwise they would fail.
From the British commander to the British officers below, no one will have a good ending.
Under this pressure, the British army burst out with extremely strong fighting power. After landing, they were unstoppable and defeated several Japanese troops that were originally going to encircle the British army.
Even the British army was confused. Are they so good at fighting?
The British commanders before the landing were all trembling with fear.
After the last failure, they had a lot of psychological trauma towards the Japanese.
As a result, after they landed and fought several battles this time, they found that the Japanese did not seem to be so effective in fighting.
Both sides were surprised.
Mutaguchi Ren'ya looked at the arrows on the map indicating the advance of three British troops.
Two forces attacked Kuala Lumpur from the north and south where they were, while another force headed straight for Singapore further south.
Finally, Mutaguchi Renya set his sights on the British troops in the southern part of Long City and said in a cold voice: "Concentrate your superior forces first.
Eat up the British troops south of Long City.
Tell Taio Okawa to lead his troops out of Singapore and stop the British army heading south.
Before the main force of our division defeated the two British forces in the north.
Singapore must not be lost.
When the battle on our side is over, the main force of the division will move south and join them in attacking the last British force."
"Hi!"
Mutaguchi Renya also formulated a new plan to annihilate the British army.
Tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers redeployed.
Among them, Mutaguchi Ren'ya directly led a small number of Japanese devils and a large number of indigenous vassal troops to block the British army's attack.
He transferred the truly elite Japanese soldiers of the 18th Division to the rear and rearranged the pocket formation.
The indigenous vassal troops in front had several times the strength of the British army.
However, these vassal troops basically followed the Japanese and fought in favorable battles.
Now, if we let them serve as the main force to block the British army, they will not be able to hold out for long.
It didn't take long before they suffered a series of defeats.
The British army advanced like a hot knife through butter and reached the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
Only the 20,000 elite British troops heading south to Singapore were blocked by more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers commanded by a Japanese brigade commander and 20,000 indigenous vassal troops.
Unable to invade Singapore.