I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Immediately after the battle broke out, Percival and the officers and soldiers of the Commonwealth of Singapore realized one thing: the reason why the Nanjing Army, which was approaching the city, slowed down its offensive rhythm in the past few days was completely "releasing water", and it was by no means Being blocked by them, the Nanjing Army suddenly "played for real" at this time, and they were unable to block it immediately.

Regardless of the dissuasion of the officers around him, Percival stood on a tall building and carefully watched the battle in the distance through the binoculars. The more he looked, the more his already gloomy heart sank into an abyss. He saw Scenes of clear and vivid battle scenes: the Nanjing Army, which is all-pervasive like mercury, is swarming into the city. Although these oriental yellow warriors are slightly shorter in height and shape than the Caucasian British army, they are all sturdy. Brave and brave, strong and strong, full of muscles, his well-nourished and oily face is full of determination, determination, fearlessness, and loyalty. When crawling, rolling, running, and fighting... full of explosive power.

Percival fixed his gaze on a small alley: a group of Commonwealth soldiers were guarding the alley. Two machine guns were set up in the alley, one near and one far away. Hundreds of infantrymen were hiding behind bunkers made of sandbags. There are also infantry hidden in several buildings in the city, and the muzzles of their guns stick out of the windows. The faces of these Commonwealth soldiers show fear, cowering, timidity, and nervous expressions.

In the smoke from the explosion of the smoke bombs, a group of Chinese soldiers appeared at the exit of the alley. They scattered in a strict and standard tactical formation and ran fast with their waists bowed. When the fire was fired, the bullets whizzed away, hitting the ground and the walls on both sides of the alley with sparks flying around, and debris of masonry flying across.

Percival's heart was bitter, he clearly saw that because of fear, these soldiers of his fired the bullets completely indiscriminately, almost without serious aiming, two fountains of blood spurted out of the smoke, and two Chinese soldiers fell down after being shot. One was motionless after falling to the ground, and the other was struggling after falling to the ground. Just now, dozens of Chinese soldiers appeared at the exit of the alley, but only two fell down. On the other hand, the Chinese soldiers are well-trained and quick to respond. After hearing the gunshots or seeing the flames of the Commonwealth soldiers shooting, they all rolled on the spot like an unconditional reflex, dodging to the corner of the wall, and then, A small mirror protruded from the corner of the wall, watching the position of the Commonwealth soldiers reflectively, and then, a few grenades flew into the alley from the corner of the wall. Leaping out of the hiding place, the division of labor was clear, some shot the Commonwealth soldiers in the alley with guns, some squatted down and set up grenade launchers, and with two swishes, two meteor-like shells fell into the alley as if they had eyes In a machine gun position of the British Commonwealth Army, the accuracy was astonishing, and the blood and flesh flew across the lightning and thunder. The machine gunner was caught off guard and the machine gun was blown to pieces. They poured into the alley together, sprinting with all their strength while continuing to fight with a clear division of labor. The second machine gun position of the Commonwealth Army hadn't fired yet, and the machine gunner's head was blown. He was a sniper from the Chinese army, ambushing at the exit of the alley. In a flower garden outside.

After pulling out the two machine gun positions of the Commonwealth Army, the Chinese soldiers who rushed into the alley had launched the final attack. The alley was flooded by a hail of bullets. The number of Commonwealth soldiers who fell was several times that of them, because this kind of comparison is based on the marksmanship of both sides, the ability to avoid bullets, and the psychological endurance. There is no doubt that the Chinese soldiers have stabilized the British Commonwealth soldiers in these three points. The companions who fell down from time to time made them almost unaffected by their emotions, and continued to attack without fear, rolling and dodging while firing. The marksmanship was accurate, and the bullets almost bit the flesh. The British and Commonwealth soldiers hiding in the houses on both sides of the alley kept screaming and fell down. The last Chinese soldiers followed were the medical soldiers with the red cross on their arms. The companions were dragged away, and not only the medical soldiers of the Chinese army, but also many Singapore residents who ran out of private houses were also bravely and actively helping the Chinese army to move the wounded, dead officers and soldiers, and supplies. On the other hand, the British Commonwealth soldiers, Facing the fierce Chinese soldiers rushing towards them, they were already mentally defeated by the opponent's aura. They abandoned their positions one after another and fled backwards, causing the battle to completely turn to the Chinese soldiers. Their Chinese soldiers immediately started chasing and killing them, firing at the same time while running at full speed, knocking down the Commonwealth soldiers who were fleeing in front, and swung their bayonets directly after running out of bullets, bleeding with their knives.

Percival saw with his own eyes several Commonwealth soldiers who were caught up by the Chinese soldiers behind them were stabbed one by one by the opponent's bayonet, blood spurted from the chest, back and back, and fell down with a plop.

Less than half an hour after the battle in the alley, the Chinese soldiers hunted down the British Commonwealth soldiers who were frightened and fleeing like wolves into a herd of sheep.

Percival stared intently at a circular fortification piled up with sandbags. Inside, there were five British soldiers fighting with ashen faces. Three Chinese soldiers rushed towards them. The two sides fired at each other. Bullets flew horizontally. The Chinese soldier was shot and fell down. At the same time, three British soldiers were shot and fell into the fortification. The remaining two were reloading the bullets trembling desperately. At this moment, a Chinese soldier jumped onto the fortification like a leopard. , stabbed the bayonet into the stomach of a British soldier without delay, the British soldier opened his mouth wide, dropped his rifle with both hands, and subconsciously covered his bleeding belly, the only remaining British soldier also dropped his rifle, Raising his hands, trembling all over, with horrified eyes, and rapid lips moving, the Chinese soldier who stabbed the penultimate British soldier quickly pulled out his bayonet and swung it violently. The blade cut the last one like lightning. A bloody arrow shot out from the throat of the British soldier. The British soldier covered his blood-soaked neck with his raised hands, and fell limply in the blood-filled fortifications.

Percival couldn't stand it anymore, he put down the binoculars, his mind was in a daze, the looks and expressions of the last two British soldiers just now made him feel unforgettable.

"They are all young, about the age of my son, and their families are still waiting for them in England... They certainly don't want to die. When those vicious Chinese soldiers rushed in front of them, they must have been terrified. After all Still kids...but they die like this...why should they die when young british men like this are dying every minute of the day? The battle is lost anyway, why don't I try to keep as few soldiers dying as possible What? Wouldn't it be better to bring them home safely?" Percival murmured, his heart was pierced and his eyes were moist.

Percival, who was melancholy and distressed, returned to his headquarters in a muddleheaded mood. Just two hours ago, he already knew that a Nanjing Army had raided and captured Mandalay, and that the Nanjing Army in Thailand had attacked and captured Mandalay. The British and Indian troops on the Thai-Myanmar border launched a massive counterattack and defeated the British and Indian troops.

Percival is an experienced soldier. At this time, he has woken up like a dream. He finally understands the intention of the Nanjing Army, and he also fully understands that the situation in Malaya is irreversible.

Percival, who had no intention of commanding the battle, sat in the headquarters, listening to the sound of guns, explosions, and shouts outside in a daze. As time passed bit by bit, he found that the sound of guns outside The sounds of explosions, explosions, and shouts of killing became clearer and louder as time went by, because the source of these sounds was getting closer and closer. In other words, the Chinese army was getting closer and closer to his headquarters.

In the city of Singapore, the front lines of the Commonwealth Army are constantly being broken, and the areas controlled by the Commonwealth Army are also being continuously compressed, eroded, and swallowed.

"General!" Chief of Staff Brigadier General Kent Trans ran into the command room covered in gunpowder and anxious, "Please move quickly! The Chinese army is approaching here from multiple directions! The nearest Chinese army is far away from here." It's less than 500 meters! It's too dangerous here!"

Percival looked at the wall clock on the wall, and smiled wryly: "In just five hours, from [-]:[-] in the morning to [-]:[-] noon, the Chinese army is about to hit my headquarters.

Kent, do you think we can really keep Singapore and Malaya?Have you read General Wavell's telegram?The attack on Thailand by our troops in India has been a complete failure!Not only that, but the Chinese army also struck back at Burma, defeating Irwin completely, and Wavell now... let alone marching into Thailand and reinforcing us, he is too busy to take care of himself now, and he can't even keep Burma!"

Terence stood with a sad face, shedding sad tears.

Percival looked at Terrance: "Kent, how long do you think we can last in Singapore?"

Terence trembled his lips with great difficulty: "It is estimated that we can only... can only persist until dark... Our most combative troops are the 18th Division and the Australian 8th Division. However, the 18th Division was blocked by the Chinese army in Muar , the Australian 8th Division was surrounded by the Chinese army in Kuala Lumpur, and the defenders in Singapore were improvised..."

Percival sighed for a long time: "There is no point in continuing to fight. Malaya is doomed to fall completely. If we continue to fight, we will only be wiped out and more British boys will die here. That being the case, what reason do we have to continue to resist? Kent, we have already lost, what we can do now is to try to save the lives of as many young men as possible, not to let them die meaninglessly and in vain, so that they can see Tomorrow's Sun and their loved ones in England!"

Terence couldn't help but burst into tears: "General, you are right, I will send an envoy to meet the commander of the Chinese army immediately!"

Ten minutes later, Feng Shengfa met the emissary of the British army in the temporary headquarters in the north of Singapore.

Feng Shengfa was not surprised by the British army's begging for surrender. He was about to discuss with the British army envoy, but was stopped by Huang Baitao.

Huang Baitao looked at the British envoy coldly: "Our division seat has the rank of major general, and you are only a major, so you are not qualified to discuss surrender matters with our division seat, only Percival himself is qualified.

If you want to surrender, you must bring Percival himself!"

The British envoy nodded anxiously and left.

Watching the British envoys leave, Feng Shengfa laughed and looked at Huang Baitao: "What a show of power, is it a psychological shock to the British?"

Huang Baitao also laughed: "Of course! The current situation is that I am a knife and a man is a fish. Why should we be polite? Negotiations, since we have the absolute initiative, naturally the tougher the better, otherwise, Percival will try to talk to us. Bargain!"

Feng Shengfa nodded again and again: "That makes sense!"

Half an hour later, a gray-faced car bumped to the central area of ​​Singapore controlled by the Nanjing Army. There was a "rice" flag on the left side of the front of the car, and a white flag on the right side. Sival himself, he looked blank, in a state of resignation psychologically.

Percival has completely lost the courage and confidence to continue resisting. At this time, his only hope is to obtain looser surrender conditions so that more British officers and soldiers can survive.

In order to prove to the outside world that he is not a person who is greedy for life and fear of death, Percival agreed to the request of the Nanjing Army and came to negotiate with the Nanjing Army in person. He was forced to surrender because of his life", which is definitely better than "he decided to surrender because he was greedy for life and fear of death, and he wanted to live". Governor of the Colonies") Sir Shenton.

The negotiation took place in a park in the middle of the urban area of ​​Singapore. Dozens of journalists from China, Germany, Japan, the United States and other countries were impatiently waiting at the negotiation site to record the next historical moment.

The expressions of journalists from various countries are different. The Chinese reporters are full of joy and elation, the German and Japanese reporters are also full of joy, and the Japanese reporters look more happy than the German reporters, while the American reporters have bitter expressions, obviously with a sense of sadness. meaning.

After the car stopped, Percival got out of the car with a stiff face. He saw that there was already a table in the open space in front of him. A Chinese national flag was flying majestically beside the table. The major general of the Chinese Army is Zhang Lingfu, commander of the 17th Brigade of the 17th Division of the Nanjing Army.

Feng Shengfa and Huang Baitao did not come forward, because Zhang Lingfu was the brigade commander, and he represented the Chinese army in negotiating with the British side.

Zhang Lingfu took the lead in the battle as always, and took the lead in the charge. At this time, he was unwashed and his military uniform was dirty and tattered, but he added a bit of blood and blood, and he was full of vigor and heroism.

I have to admit that the modernization of the British army is indeed very good, and the British vanity tradition of saving face is also well-deserved. The British personnel who came to surrender, such as Percival and Sir Shenton, were all well-dressed and spotless. The ragged and disheveled Chinese soldiers seemed to be defeated, but everyone knew that the Chinese were the winners, because the Chinese personnel on the scene were all elated, while the British personnel were all downcast.

Under the signal of the interpreter officer, Percival tried to maintain his dignity but sat opposite Zhang Lingfu with obvious lack of confidence.

Zhang Lingfu was excited. After all, he was only a major general and brigade commander, and the other party was a lieutenant general commander. This honor of accepting the surrender of a higher-ranking enemy is not a good thing that often happens.

After calming down, Zhang Lingfu said with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency, I am here to discuss with you about your surrender to us by order of our senior officer. Now I want to tell you the terms of surrender we have offered , please listen carefully!"

Percival nodded.

Zhang Lingfu said in an orderly manner: "First, after your surrender, all British armed personnel in Malaya, including Singapore, must immediately stop resisting and surrender to us. At the same time, it is absolutely forbidden to destroy weapons or destroy supplies etc.; secondly, after your surrender, all properties belonging to the British government, British army, and British private individuals in Malaya belong to China and must be fully delivered; thirdly, after your surrender, all British property in Malaya National personnel, including British soldiers, British government personnel, and British expatriates, have all become prisoners of war of our army. Our army will treat your personnel in accordance with the international laws of war and the Geneva Convention and provide humanitarian treatment. Third countries such as Germany, Japan, and the United States can or neutral personnel to supervise.

have you understood? "

Percival said with difficulty: "Is it just these three points?"

Zhang Lingfu nodded: "Well, just these three points!"

Percival twitched his Adam's apple: "Excuse me, how long will our surrenders be held after they become your prisoners of war? Is it possible to be released back to the country?"

Zhang Lingfu replied: "You have four ways to return to China. First, the British government conducts a personnel exchange with our government; second, the British government redeems you from us with funds or materials; third, the British government surrenders in defeat. be released naturally; fourthly, if none of the above three methods can be realized, then all captured and surrendered personnel on your side will be imprisoned for five years, and will be released naturally after five years. During these five years, labor is required, but It’s not hard labor, it’s just normal labor, and you will always be held in Malaya and will not be sent to North Asia and other places, as long as you don’t resist, you won’t be abused or killed!”

Percival felt uncomfortable hearing it. What he hoped most was that he and his subordinates would be released immediately after surrendering. He didn't expect that there would be such restrictions, but he knew that he had to bow his head now, and he was not qualified to bargain. Think carefully. After thinking about it, he admitted that the conditions offered by the Chinese side were indeed not harsh and acceptable.

After taking a breath, Percival asked dryly, "How do you prove that you will keep your word?"

Zhang Lingfu smiled and pointed to the reporters at the scene: "These reporters will immediately publish the negotiation conditions we offered and the promises we made to you in newspapers, spread them all over the world, and let the whole world testify .

General, we are a civilized army, and we will not do things that go against our promises, we cannot do things that will tarnish the honor of our army by going back on our promises!"

Percival asked hoarsely again: "When is your deadline?"

Zhang Lingfu looked at his watch: "Before dark, that is, before seventeen o'clock today.

If you have not surrendered before [-]:[-] today, we will immediately resume a full-scale offensive and refuse to accept your second surrender until we have wiped out or captured you all. At that time, your captured personnel will not be voluntarily surrendered The treatment of the personnel!"

Percival felt sore, he didn't expect the time to be so tight, so he could only sit silently.

Zhang Lingfu looked at Percival: "Since you have no objection, are you willing to surrender?"

Percival nodded slightly.

Zhang Lingfu's eyes became sharper: "General, I need your personal reply, yes, orno?"

Percival moved his lips and struggled to utter a word: "yes!"

Zhang Lingfu showed a knowing and relieved smile.

The Chinese reporters at the scene couldn't bear it any longer, and burst into ecstatic cheers: "The British have surrendered! We have won! Long live China! Long live the Chinese army!"

At 3 o'clock in the evening on March 14, the British Singapore, which was hailed by the British as "the first fortress in Southeast Asia" and "Oriental Gibraltar", was conquered by the Nanjing Army. The Commonwealth Army in Malaya surrendered to the Chinese army, and the 5-day war in Malaya ended.

In this battle, the Nanjing Army suffered more than 9000 casualties, and the Thai Army in the coordinated operation suffered more than 3000 casualties, and more than 15 Commonwealth troops (British Army, Malaya British Army, Indian British Army, and Australian Army) were eliminated. More than 6000 people were injured, more than 1.3 people were injured, more than 3 people were captured, and more than 10 people were surrendered. The British Commonwealth troops that were wiped out included the 18th Division of the British Army, the 8th Division of the Australian Army, and the 1st Brigade of the British Army of Malaya and the 2nd Brigade, the 3rd Army of India (under the jurisdiction of the 9th, 11th, and 17th Divisions); in addition, the Japanese Navy participated in the battle with the Chinese army, and the Japanese Navy fought in the Malayan naval battle. Completely wipe out the Far East Fleet (Z Fleet) of the British Navy.

While the Nanjing Army took Malaya, the Chinese Navy also dispatched.

Considering that the Nanjing Army relied entirely on the Japanese navy during the Malaya war, which made the Chinese navy quite embarrassed, so Jiang Weiguo handed over a "beautiful mission" to the Chinese navy as compensation and comfort. Although the Chinese navy is weak , but it is more than enough to complete this "beautiful job" task.

On the night when the Malaya Commonwealth Army announced its surrender, a fleet of the Chinese Navy carried the 1st Brigade of the Chinese Marine Corps, commanded by the famous combat hero Ouyang Sihai of the Chinese Navy. Depart from the island of Kalimantan and drive to Brunei (the northern part of Kalimantan Island belongs to Brunei at this time), and arrive at the capital of Brunei and the seaside city of Port Seri Begawan in the morning of the next day. Ley's occupation.

The process was exactly the same as the German occupation of Denmark. It was surprisingly easy and smooth. The British army in Brunei almost never fired a single shot and honestly chose to surrender. The current Sultan of the Kingdom of Brunei, Ahmad Danjutin, also accepted it very readily. The "liberation" of the Chinese army.

No one was killed in the Chinese navy, and only seven people were injured. It easily turned the Kingdom of Brunei from a British protectorate into a Chinese vassal state.

So far, the Chinese army has completely occupied Malaya and Brunei.

Chapter 616 Expedition to Central South (8)

Brunei, which has been transformed from a British protectorate to a vassal state of China, is still an independent sovereign state, but Malaya is different. Malaya is directly included in the territory of China, because 25% of the population of Malaya is overseas Chinese, and Singapore As high as 75% of the population are overseas Chinese, the proportion is so large, and the influence of overseas Chinese in local politics, economy, society, culture and many other aspects far exceeds that of the locals, so the Chinese government does not need to help the locals to become independent Founding of the country.

The Malayans do not have the awareness of national independence at this time. Of course, the Chinese government cannot do stupid things to help the locals awaken their awareness of national independence. On the contrary, it must kill the local people's awareness of national independence as soon as possible. It is to annex Malaya directly, use the huge and extensive influence of overseas Chinese, and carry out large-scale immigration to the local area to assimilate the local people culturally, and the Malaya area will truly become Chinese territory; another On the one hand, Southeast Asia is of great significance to China in military, political, economic, commercial, transportation and many other aspects. In China, over time, it is difficult to guarantee that the situation will not be turbulent. China must have a province that belongs to China in the local area, so that it can justifiably and permanently take root in the local area. Therefore, the establishment of administrative provinces in Malaya is inevitable. up.

According to Jiang Weiguo's proposal and Chiang Kai-shek's approval, the Malayan Peninsula was built as "China's Nanhua Province" (the province covers an area of ​​about 13 square kilometers and currently has a population of about 800 million, of which about 200 million are overseas Chinese), the provincial capital Kuala Lumpur, the local The Malayans have become a new nation and a new member of the Chinese nation as the "Malays"; Singapore, because its geographical location and financial status are similar to Hong Kong, the local economy is developed, and it is located at the shipping throat of the East-West trade, so it is not It belongs to Nanhua Province, but it was divided separately and built as the "Singapore Special Administrative Region of China", which has the same level as Hong Kong and Macau, and has become China's third special administrative region.

Under Jiang Weiguo's strong recommendation, Tan Kah Kee, one of the leaders of overseas Chinese in Nanyang and a leader of overseas Chinese in Malaya, was the first governor of Nanhua Province; The first Chief Executive.

Undoubtedly, the future capital of Nanhua Province will become China's rubber plantation base, and the economy will definitely be in full swing. The Singapore Special Administrative Region will become the "Hong Kong of Southeast Asia" and occupy the financial core of Southeast Asia.

While China celebrated the addition of a new province, a special administrative region, and a vassal state in China, good news also came from the battlefield in Myanmar.

缅甸战场上，参战的南京军包括第101师（该师被临时增加了2个暂编旅）、第111师、第123师，另有泰军9个师、10万余人助战。

Ten days ago, in the face of the aggressive British and Indian troops, the 101st Division launched a major detour and interspersed. The 111th and 123rd Divisions stayed behind the Thai army. As a result, the British and Indian troops "struggled more and more unscrupulously", and have penetrated more than 180 kilometers into Thailand. For this, the officers and soldiers of the Thai army were full of anger, and the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing army were even more angry. I was so angry that I wanted to laugh, and in the words of Wu Shimin, the commander of the 111th Division, "Damn it! Those British guys really treat me as a soft persimmon? Do you really think they are invincible?" The 101st and 1nd Brigades of the 2st Division succeeded in raiding and capturing Mandalay, and the situation in Myanmar was reversed. The Nanjing Army no longer stood still, and the Thai Army no longer retreated steadily. Wei Lihuang gave orders to all departments: "Okay Enough acting! You can get real with the British! Let the British know how invincible you are!"

Following Wei Lihuang's order, the [-] Nanjing Army and the [-] Thai Army swept away the decline of being chased and beaten by the British and Indian troops. The whole army turned around and began to fight back like a wolf. military.

A war reporter from the "Chinese Heroes" described: "The British and Indian troops thought they were a group of wolves chasing a group of pigs and sheep, but they were wrong. They discovered in disbelief that what they were chasing was actually a group of pigskins. A sheepskin tiger and leopard!"

The Nanjing army who suddenly stripped off the pigskin and sheepskin to reveal the true colors of the tigers and leopards, and the Thai army who were also full of enthusiasm for killing the enemy instantly beat the British and Indian troops who had been chasing them smoothly.

When the Chinese and Thai allied forces launched a counterattack, the British and Indian troops had already approached the area of ​​the Yegong River in south-central Thailand.

进攻泰国的英印军共计6个师和2个旅，分别是英军第1步兵师、英军第7装甲旅、英澳军第63旅、英缅军第1师以及印度籍英军第2、第3、第4、第5师，其中，第7装甲旅拥有200多辆坦克，火力和机动性最强，因此冲在队伍最前面。

The brigade rushed all the way, as if entering the land of no one, and the front reached the Yegong River, but the good days of the brigade came to an end. When he was by the river, he saw hundreds of meteors flashing across the river, skimming the night sky, crossing the river, and roaring towards him, followed by dense and continuous thunderous roars.

"What's that?" Hutton didn't react at all. It wasn't until the area where his troops were located was submerged in lightning, thunder, and earth shattering that he suddenly realized that it was the enemy artillery group on the other side of the river. Shooting at himself.

The unexpected bombardment turned the British army upside down, crying and howling. A large number of British troops were blown to pieces, and some tanks were also blown to pieces.

In the bloody storm mixed with sand, smoke, ashes, and meat paste, the British 7th Armored Brigade was caught off guard and turned into a mess.

Immediately Hutton heard the roar of a language he could not understand amidst the sound of explosions and English screams, mixed with the sound of waves and waves. He hurriedly cast his sights on the surface of the Yegong River, and his hair stood on end in shock. The blood all over his body froze at once. With the help of the flashes of artillery fire and explosions, he saw densely packed rafts on the surface of the Yegong River, full of Chinese soldiers with live ammunition, crossing the night in the boiling waves like molten iron and magma. Kung River.

"The enemy is coming! On the river! Fire!" Hutton yelled in panic.

Not many officers and soldiers of the 7th Armored Brigade of the British Army obeyed the orders of their commanders. The armored soldiers desperately climbed into the tanks and turned around to escape at full speed. Fighting each other because of fighting over the tanks, all kinds of angry shouts rang out, and almost everyone was trying to escape quickly. The army and British tanks were blown to pieces, and at the same time the courage and guts of the British officers and soldiers were blown to pieces.

"Kill!" The morale of the Nanjing army crossing the river was like a rainbow, and the fighting spirit was like fire. While waving their wooden oars and paddling water, they fired at the British army on the other side of the river who were rushing. Numbly, tens of thousands of guns, grenades, and mortars poured down a storm of death on the British army with the force of ten thousand arrows.