I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Percival did not expect that at this time, in the eyes of the senior officials of the Nanjing Army, he was no longer an opponent, but a bait, a bait to lure Wavell.

The Nanjing Army deliberately slowed down the pace on the Malayan battlefield in order to "wait" for the Indian and British troops to take action, and then make a big move to achieve greater victories. The Nanjing Army did not care about giving Percival a little more time, because the Malayan army Asia's Commonwealth Army is already a turtle in the urn. Even if it has a breathing space, it is still difficult to fly and unable to recover. It doesn't matter if it is cleaned up after a while.

In the front headquarters of the Central-South Expeditionary Force in Bangkok, generals such as Wei Lihuang and Luo Zhuoying are setting their sights on Myanmar.

There have been constant wars at the border between Thailand and Myanmar. In order to reinforce Malaya, the Indian British army aggressively attacked western Thailand on March 3. A total of 3 British army divisions and 2 Indian divisions with about 5 troops participated in the battle. Thai Army.

泰军共有15个师，其中第2、第3、第4、第5、第6师正在马来亚战场上协助南京军作战，第1师驻守在曼谷，另外9个师、约10万兵力被投入了泰缅边境战事。

For a time, the British Indian Army and the Thai Army fought fiercely on the Thai-Myanmar border.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of both sides in this battle was not high. On the British and Indian side, although the British army was well equipped, the British officers and soldiers were generally comfortable and lazy, war-weary and fearful of war, and the Indian British officers and soldiers were unwilling to give the British Working hard, coupled with the fact that the quality of equipment and ammunition is not as good as that of the British army, so the combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, and it is perfunctory after going to the battlefield; as for the Thai army, the situation of the Thai army is better. Many officers and soldiers in the Thai army are The armed personnel of the original Golden Triangle are naturally excellent in fighting quality. In addition, many officers and soldiers are Chinese-Thais who also performed well. As for the Thai officers and soldiers, they are also very courageous because this battle is to defend their families and the country. So if the two sides meet head-on In fact, the British and Indian troops are not really the opponents of the Thai army, but the Nanjing army has ordered the Thai army to "only defeat, not win". Although the army's offensive was weak, it was "advancing vigorously and unstoppable". After fighting for two days and two nights, the British and Indian troops penetrated more than 50 kilometers into Thailand and made considerable "progress."

Of course, the "fierce battle" between the British and Indian troops and the Thai army took place for two days and two nights, and the combined casualties on both sides were less than 1000.

The commander-in-chief of the British-Indian Army that attacked Thailand was Lieutenant General Johannes Irwin, commander of the British Army’s Eastern Garrison Corps in India and Burma, and the deputy commander was Wavell’s chief of staff, Major General Harding Hoodon. The chief of staff was the British army Major General William Joseph Slim, commander of the newly formed 1st Burmese Division.

The three have very different personalities. Irwin is a very typical British soldier, arrogant and arrogant. Although Hooton did his best as Wavell's chief of staff, he was very pessimistic about the war situation and believed that "Burma should be abandoned and Burma should be kept. India is fine.” Slim is a calm, wise, and capable general, but due to various reasons, Wavell does not like and value him.

After the outbreak of the Thai-Myanmar border battle, due to the weak resistance of the Thai army, the British and Indian troops "struck forward steadily", which made Irvine quite proud. But Wavell knew that even though the Thai army was easy to fight, the Nanjing army behind the Thai army was not easy to fight, so he didn't approve it, and Slim also strongly opposed Erwin's obvious enthusiasm. idea.

Erwin was very annoyed by this. Since Wavell was far away in Derry, he had no choice but to dare to contradict him, so he vented his anger on Slim who tried his best to dissuade him from going further.

"The Thai army is simply vulnerable! Isn't it absurd that we shrink back in the face of such a mob-like enemy? We are so cowardly as mice, we are simply discrediting the British Empire!"

Slim argued hard: "Of course the Thai army is not our opponent, but have you forgotten? There are at least [-] Chinese troops in Thailand! And it is the most elite Nanjing army in the Chinese army! The Thai army is on the Thai-Myanmar border While retreating steadily, the Nanking Army in Thailand did not move, isn't this suspicious and terrifying?"

"What's so scary!" Elvin pointed to the Thai jungle in front of the British and Indian troops, "Look! The Thai army has been terrified and will collapse at the first touch. There are no enemies within at least [-] kilometers in front of us, but we are standing still. Suspicious, afraid to take a step forward, it is simply ridiculous to say it! The British Empire can become the world's number one empire on which the sun never sets, because of the glory of the British Empire forged by generations of generations without fear of powerful enemies and fighting hard! Today, Don't we younger generations feel ashamed? The reason why the British Empire is in decline and decline is because there are too many people like you!"

Slim was as anxious as a spark: "We are not afraid of a strong enemy, but we cannot underestimate a strong enemy. The Nanjing Army is very powerful..."

"Shut up!" Erwin couldn't bear it anymore, and flew into a rage, "Those yellow-skinned monkeys with pigtail-like braids, tattered silk clothes, and only know how to grow tea and burn porcelain are so scary! We beat them time and time again, and we can beat them now! Yes, those Chinese monkeys have won some battles over the years, but only because they have no real opponents!" (Erwin's extreme contempt China and the Chinese, in the original history, when Sun Liren led the new 38th Division to retreat from Burma into India, he encountered all kinds of difficulties and insults from him, and even wanted to disarm Sun Liren's troops.

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Slim held back his anger: "Admiral Wavell ordered us to carry out raids only on the Thai-Myanmar border, and did not allow us to go deep into Thailand!"

Erwin snorted coldly: "But the enemy army in front of us has already run away, and we have no opponents at all if we stay where we are. Are we just sitting here and watching the scenery? Since it is a harassment, we must launch an attack! The enemy ran away, naturally If you want, start the pursuit!"

Slim saw that he couldn't persuade Erwin, who was full of quick success and quick profit, so he had to send a telegram to Wavell, hoping that Wavell would order to stop Erwin, but Wavell felt that what Erwin said was also reasonable. Since it is harassment, the enemy must be hit. If the enemy runs away, it is natural to catch up and fight. Otherwise, tens of thousands of troops wandering around in no-man's land on the border, how can it have the effect of harassment?In addition, Percival sent more than a dozen telegrams a day in Malaya requesting reinforcements, asking the British and Indian troops to launch a "powerful attack" on Thailand, attracting and restraining the Nanjing Army as much as possible, and it is best to force the Nanjing Army Give up attacking Malaya.

Although Wavell has tacitly agreed that Percival will definitely be defeated, he must try his best, so he can't be perfunctory, and can't let Erwin's troops wander around the no-man's land on the Thai-Myanmar border. We must really fight, really Some exchanged fire with the Thai army or the Nanjing army, and then retreated to Burma when they saw that the situation was not good.

After thinking about it, Wavell gave Erwin the following order: If the enemy is retreating, you can pursue it, but if you encounter strong resistance from the enemy, you must retreat immediately.

On the surface, Wavell's order is still very reasonable, but he underestimated the extent of Erwin's desire to "make contributions and become famous in the first battle", which made him regret this order later, because he got this order. As if he had obtained the Shangfang sword, Erwin immediately ordered the British and Indian troops to attack the hinterland of Thailand with all his might.

Erwin's "full attack" is a real full attack. The original cautious and cautious style is completely abandoned and replaced by striding forward.

Due to the continuous retreat of the Thai army, the British and Indian troops traveled smoothly, advancing more than 80 kilometers a day and overnight, and penetrated more than 140 kilometers into Thailand.

While the British and Indian armies were on the Thai-Myanmar border, they were "running like a broken bamboo and winning repeated battles." At the same time, the 101st Division of the Nanjing Army was quietly making great intersperses and detours in the virgin jungles of northwest Thailand and eastern Myanmar.

The Nanjing Army that launched this large interspersed and roundabout operation is the 101st Division, but not all the original officers and soldiers of the 101st Division. There are more than 2 armed personnel left behind in the Golden Triangle, who were incorporated into the 101st Division. Take the first step and go straight to Mandalay, the core of the important town in central Myanmar.

The officers and soldiers of the headquarters of the 101st Division set out from central Thailand and followed closely behind.

From central Thailand to northwestern Thailand to eastern Myanmar to central Myanmar, there are uninhabited tropical jungles within a radius of thousands of kilometers. More than a dozen major rivers run through it, surrounded by clouds and mists, and filled with miasma.

In the almost endless mountains and forests here, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army are advancing fearlessly.

This is a road full of difficulties, dangers, and hardships. Because of this, the British never dreamed that tens of thousands of Nanjing troops would cross the virgin forest and intersperse their rear.

"Brothers, step up! Quick!" The officers yelled loudly.

In the dense and almost impenetrable jungle, the camouflage uniforms on the officers and soldiers were all in tatters. They were all ragged and dirty. The dense forest was full of intertwined and tangled plants, such as trees, shrubs, and vines. , brambles, weeds...they are so tightly blocked that there is absolutely no place to step down. I am afraid that no one has passed through it for thousands of years.

In places where the trees are too dense, officers and soldiers climb trees and vines to pass through. In places where trees are slightly sparse, officers and soldiers take turns to cut down vegetation with machetes, sweat profusely, and open the passage with blood on their hands. His hands quickly rubbed the blood blisters, and the blood blisters were worn out again. The hands of the officers and soldiers were all dripping with blood, so they could only wrap them tightly with bandages and continue to cut vegetation.

The perilousness of the primeval forest is almost unimaginable to ordinary people. The cliffs stand tall and reach the sky, the cliffs are steep, undulating and stretching, the trees are overgrown, and the thorns are everywhere. Day, no sky in sight.

Regardless of whether it rains or not, the forest is full of darkness, misty water vapor, gloomy clouds and mist, with gusts of gloomy winds, and the sounds of beasts, birds, and insects make people shudder.

The sun and the moon are dark above the head, surrounded by crazily growing jobs, making it difficult for people to move an inch, and even the feet are full of murderous intentions. The leaves and vegetation that have been deposited on the ground for thousands of years are mixed with rainwater and mountain springs, gradually evolving into a deep forest. Unpredictable quagmire swamps make the road full of dangers. If people are a little careless, they step on it and sink into it. From time to time, officers and soldiers fall into the swamp and quagmire. The ground is covered with moss and wet moss, and it will slip and fall if it is not prevented.

The officers and soldiers rode the stars and the moon in the forest, overcame the thorns and thorns, all the way to eat and sleep, and the road was blue. Because they could not make a fire, they ate dry food and drank cold water. In order to seize the time, the officers and soldiers only rested for less than four hours a day. Even if they were exhausted, they had to grit their teeth and persevere Even if they were too sleepy to open their eyelids at all, they still had to drag their comrades in front to continue moving forward. Many officers and soldiers walked mechanically and snored while walking stiffly like walking dead.

The difficulties in the primeval forest do not only come from the plants, but the greater danger comes from the animals. The primeval forest is a paradise for wild animals. From time to time, pairs of green eyes shine in the depths of the dark forest, poisonous snakes, poisonous insects, poisonous scorpions, poisonous spiders, etc. All kinds of poisons are almost pervasive and ubiquitous. Many officers and soldiers were bitten or died of poisoning after being bitten. The wounds bitten by poisonous snakes and insects swelled like blue-purple steamed buns, and black blood flowed out, which was painful. The officers and soldiers were dying. Some soldiers walked through the muddy water and felt severe pain in their calves. When they looked down, they found that there were several leeches attached to their legs, and they were full from sucking blood.

Some officers and soldiers were entangled by Burmese pythons as thick as pillars while wading through the mud, and some officers and soldiers were bitten profusely by monster-like Siamese crocodiles when they crossed ponds and lakes. Creepy pythons and crocodiles, as well as fierce and strong wild boars, cunning and cruel wolves, vigorous and flexible wild leopards, majestic Indochinese tigers, wild Asian elephants like hills... are all big guys in the forest, There are also mandrills and apes like mountain ghosts clutching vines and whizzing over the heads of the officers and soldiers, so that the officers and soldiers had to fight these wild beasts while driving, killing wild elephants, wild tigers, leopards, wild boars, wolves, pythons and constrictors along the way. Alligators number in the hundreds.

In addition to venomous snakes and beasts, mosquitoes are even more troublesome. They follow the troops in groups like dark clouds. The buzzing makes people irritated and crazy. Many officers and soldiers fell ill because of breathing the miasma.

"Fortunately! Fortunately!" Liu Kan, the commander of the 101st Division, kept rejoicing after seeing the dangers of the tropical jungles in the Indochina Peninsula. "Fortunately, the troops have received comprehensive tropical mountain forest training. When people fight, the army will be wiped out in the primeval forest!"

On March 3th, after ten days and ten nights of continuous trekking in the virgin forest, more than 13 Golden Triangle armed men led by Zhao Haijun and Tang Feihu successfully crossed the virgin forest in eastern Thailand, Western Myanmar, and the whole journey was more than 500 kilometers. It appeared in the core of central Myanmar and the outskirts of Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city.

Mandalay is the rear hub of the British and Indian troops who are attacking Thailand. In such an important place, the British and Indian troops have almost no troops deployed here. There is only one Indian infantry regiment responsible for logistics transportation and hundreds of Burmese police.

When the Nanjing Army appeared, the British Indian soldiers in Mandalay, the Burmese police, the local Burmese, and the local British expats all stared dumbfounded at this ragged and unkempt army that came out of the virgin forest like savages.

The Burmese, Indians, and British were completely dumbfounded, because they never dreamed that the Chinese army would suddenly appear in the middle of Myanmar, which belongs to the rear. Did it fly with wings?How could the Chinese army pass through such a sinister and terrifying virgin forest?

"Forward!" Zhao Haijun ordered loudly.

The Nanjing Army, covered in rags but full of murderous intent, began to sweep towards Mandalay like a tsunami.

Only then did the Burmese, Indians, and British in Mandalay come to their senses, and the screams of explosions broke out in an instant, and the whole city was in a mess.

The British Indian soldiers and the Burmese police, who had guns in their hands, had no intention of firing back at all. They scrambled to flee or surrendered honestly.

Zhao's Navy took less than an hour and paid a slight price of less than 100 casualties to occupy Mandalay in a peaceful manner.

The Indian British soldiers in the city hardly fired a single shot, some fled, some surrendered, and the Burmese police basically surrendered. Only a very small number of residents in the city fled, and most of them fell under the control of the Nanjing Army, including several thousand soldiers. British expatriates and overseas Chinese in the city greeted the Nanjing Army with joy.

"Our Ministry has taken Mandalay!" Zhao Haijun immediately sent a victory report to Bangkok.

In the front headquarters of the Central South Expeditionary Force, there was thunderous cheers, and Luo Zhuoying was overjoyed: "Okay! The British are really strong outsiders! Now, not to mention Malaya, even Myanmar will fall into our hands!"

Wei Lihuang was also very excited. He sent a telegram to Zhao Haijun: "Order your troops to defend Mandalay. In addition, how many British and Indian attacks can your troops withstand?"

Zhao Haijun replied: "More than 15! If the Air Force's assistance is effective, it will be more than [-]!"

"Okay!" Wei Lihuang said with pride, "Order Liu Kan, after his 101st Division arrives in Mandalay, there is no need to stay there, and take the train all the way south from Mandalay to capture Yangon! In this way, we The army can take Burma in one fell swoop! Then contact the 111th and 123rd divisions in Thailand and tell them that it’s time to get serious with the British! Counterattack the British army! Wipe them all out!”

Chapter 615 Expedition to Central South (7)

The Nanjing Army was formed in the Sino-Japanese War and was stronger than the Sino-Soviet War. This army was born and rose in the war. It can be said that the Nanjing Army was "born for war, prospered by war, The Stronger the Stronger", from the end of 1937 to the spring of 1942, since its publication nearly four and a half years ago, the Nanjing Army has always been the main force in the Chinese army's conquests and conquests. There are countless numbers. In the early days, they fought against the Japanese army, then the Soviet army, and now they fought against the British army. However, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army generally felt "unaccustomed and uncomfortable" with the new opponent of the British army.

Why?Because almost all the Japanese soldiers were desperadoes, and their marksmanship was accurate, and they were extremely good at fighting bayonets. The Soviet army was also very fierce and did not take human lives seriously. Fighting against the ruthless characters of the Japanese army and the Soviet army, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing army were a little "at a loss" when they were fighting with the British army at this time, because the British army was "really too weak", and the British army did not have the tenaciousness of the Japanese army. The spirit and extremely excellent individual combat quality, and there is no Soviet army's brutal style of treating human life like an ant, so it is very easy to fight, so easy to fight that the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army feel "unaccustomed and uncomfortable".

The first battle between the Nanjing Army and the British Army was in Malaya. This kind of thing happened more than once on the Malaya battlefield: a certain unit of the Nanjing Army fought against a certain unit of the British Army. The British army fled in embarrassment. The Nanjing army did not move and did not dare to pursue, because "the British army was defeated so quickly, there must be fraud." No, because the British army didn't fight at all.

In the original history, Masanobu Tsuji, the famous "jackal staff officer" of the Japanese army, said after the end of World War II: "I and the Chinese, Russians, Americans, British, French, Indians, Australians, Indonesians, Filipinos, Burmese They have all fought wars. If everyone has the same weapons, the Japanese soldiers are the strongest, followed by the Chinese soldiers, followed by the Russian soldiers, followed by the Indian Gurkha soldiers, and the fifth is the American soldiers, and probably the British soldiers. Ranked seventh and eighth!" Tsuji Masanobu is Japanese, and his words must be more or less beautifying Japanese soldiers, but he does not need to praise Chinese soldiers and belittle British soldiers. Therefore, with the same weapons and equipment, Chinese The combat effectiveness of soldiers is indeed among the best in the world, but the British soldiers are not flattering.

Fighting to the death is by no means what the British soldiers like to do. Running out of ammunition, running out of food, trapped in a tight siege, and no reinforcements coming... can all be reasons for the British army to surrender with dignity and confidence. It is precisely because of this that the German army Hundreds of thousands of British prisoners were captured in one breath in Dunkirk, so that the German army did not have so many prisoner-of-war camps that could hold such a large number of British soldiers.

Some officers of the Nanjing Army were very emotional: "Since the British are so unable to fight, how did their majestic and majestic empire on which the sun never sets be established?"

On the Burmese battlefield at this time, the Nanjing Army is completely unstoppable, overwhelming, invincible, and invincible.

According to the plan originally drawn up by Wei Lihuang and Luo Zhuoying, Zhao Haijun and Tang Feihu led more than 500 armed men from the Golden Triangle to attack from the Golden Triangle, crossing more than 101 kilometers of virgin forests in western Thailand, western Myanmar and eastern Myanmar, and raided and captured Mandalay, the core city in central Myanmar. At the same time, under the command of Liu Kan, the [-]st Division of the Nanjing Army attacked from central Thailand, followed closely behind, and finally joined forces with the Zhao Navy Department in Mandalay, and then defended the place together, cutting off more than [-] British troops attacking Thailand. The retreat of the Indian army shattered the British army's plan of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", but unexpectedly, the two generals of Wei Luo were "at a loss" because the battle went so smoothly.

More than [-] people died, fell ill, and were injured by Zhao’s navy when they passed through the primeval forest, but they only paid the price of more than [-] casualties when they captured Mandalay. The losses caused are not as good as one-tenth of the losses caused by the virgin forest to the Nanjing Army.

已经摸透英军外强中干本质的赵海军给卫立煌发去电报，声称第101师不需要也来到曼德勒，因为光靠他的暂编第1、第2旅（赵海军和唐飞虎此时指挥着的两万余金三角武装人员被中南远征军总部暂编为“第101师暂编第1、第2旅”）就足以“抗拒十万英军反扑”，第101师也来到曼德勒反而浪费兵力。

Wei Lihuang was very surprised and delighted by Zhao Haijun's guarantee, because it meant that he could free up the 101st Division to carry out new operations to expand the results of the battle.

"Order the air force transport plane unit to do everything possible to airdrop ordnance to Mandalay!"

"Order Zhao Haijun, be sure to hold on to Mandalay, and at the same time do your best to collect local trains, cars, ships and other means of transportation in Mandalay, and hand them over to the 101st Division who will come later!"

"Order the 101st Division to speed up to reach Mandalay, then go directly south along the railway line and capture Yangon!"

"Order the 111th and 123rd divisions to counterattack the British and Indian troops on the Thai-Myanmar border! Annihilate them! And break into Myanmar!"

"Order the 74th and 17th divisions to attack Kuala Lumpur and Singapore with all their strength, and end the battle within five days!"

Wei Lihuang issued a number of important battle orders in one go, and then he felt hearty: "The Zhao Admiralty took Mandalay, and the battle between Malaya and Burma was completely settled! Play Tai Chi with the British After fighting for so many days, it's time to get serious with them! Otherwise, Percival really thinks that he has withstood our attack, and Wavell really thinks that his siege of Wei and rescue of Zhao has worked!" A mocking smile.

"I think the mission of the 101st Division can be modified!" Luo Zhuoying pointed to the map, "After the 101st Division arrives in Mandalay, there is no need to go south to attack Yangon, because the 111th and 123rd Divisions are launching from the Thai-Myanmar border. After the counterattack, we can fight all the way to Yangon along the coastline. If we use three divisions and [-] elite soldiers to take down a mere Yangon, it would be a waste!"

Wei Lihuang pondered: "The British and Indian troops on the Thai-Myanmar border number at least 111, and there are thousands of British and Burmese troops in Yangon. After the 123th and [-]rd divisions launch a counterattack, if the British and Indian troops retreat while fighting, If we fled to Yangon and then joined the local British and Burmese troops, or defended the city or escaped from Yangon by sea (Yangon is a coastal city) and fled to India, then it would be difficult for us to gather and annihilate the British army to the maximum..."

Luo Zhuoying smiled heartily: "My Commander Wei, the frontline soldiers have already said that the British army is vulnerable to a single blow, and the Indian army and Burmese army are mobs that will collapse at the first touch. They are so confident, why should we belittle ourselves , Overestimate the opponent? Yangon, hand it over to the 111th and 123rd divisions to capture. The British and Indian troops on the Thai-Myanmar border will definitely be chased and killed by these two divisions in the process of defeat. The heroes in Yangon The Burmese army is even less of a concern. Using two divisions to fight the British-Indian army and the British-Burmese army is already worthy of them! As for the 101st Division, in my opinion, it is absolutely possible to attack from Mandalay, move westward, and enter India! "

"Into India?" Wei Lihuang laughed, "You Qing (Luo Zhuoying's name), isn't it too greedy? Our initial mission was to take down Malaya, but now we are attacking both Malaya and Burma. It’s oversubscribed, do you want to add another India?”

Luo Zhuoying smiled and said: "Didn't the second son just give us the latest instructions? Since the 101st Division has nothing to do for the time being, we might as well let them attack India. First, it can better destroy the India-Myanmar land passage and prevent the British The possibility of the army fleeing from Burma to India, secondly, to test the depth of India's waters, and thirdly, to wait for an opportunity to recover the three countries in southern Tibet!"

Wei Lihuang pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, you can do this!"

Following a series of new orders from the headquarters of the Central South Expeditionary Force, the originally tepid wars in Malaya and Burma suddenly became as fierce as a raging fire.

On the Malayan battlefield, the places still in the hands of the Commonwealth Army are the cities of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. In addition, the 18th Division of the British Army was repelled by the 17th Brigade of the 18th Division of the Nanjing Army when it attacked Johor Bahru, and retreated to Kuala Lumpur. The Muar area between Johor Bahru and Johor Bahru barely controls the local area.

Wei Lihuang ordered the 74th Division to continue to surround Kuala Lumpur without fighting, and at the same time ordered the 17th Division to formally attack Singapore with all its strength.

There are a large number of Chinese and overseas Chinese in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Forcibly attacking the city will inevitably injure many overseas Chinese and destroy the city. Therefore, if you can’t fight, you don’t have to fight. Lieutenant General Percival and the commander-in-chief are both in Singapore. The war will only end if Singapore is captured. In addition, as long as Percival orders surrender, Kuala Lumpur, which is besieged by the Nanjing Army, will naturally be captured without bloodshed.

"All attack!" At 3 a.m. on March 14, Feng Shengfa, the commander of the 7th Division, stood on the south bank of the Johor Strait, looking solemnly at the Singapore city in front of him, and issued an attack order.

In order not to accidentally injure the overseas Chinese in Singapore and not to destroy Singapore, the 17th Division's attack did not have the artillery group to provide fire cover. The more than [-] officers and soldiers who participated in the battle rushed into the city with rifles and bayonets.

"Kill!" The shocking Chinese shout of "kill" resounded throughout Singapore.

The attacking soldiers of the Nanjing Army violently fired smoke bombs with mortars, grenade launchers, and infantry guns. Then, amidst the billowing white smoke ejected from the smoke bombs, the dragons and tigers rushed into the street fighting with an unstoppable momentum. .