The British are not stupid, they have also cultivated for hundreds of years, and they are more shrewd than monkeys when they stick to their hair, so naturally they will not miss any point of defense. Since the emergence of a piece of Manchurian territory on the Malay Peninsula, the British have been heavily fortified here, always guarding against the Manchurian army going north to completely take away the natural danger of the Strait of Malacca. It was a good move for Goheinga and Tan Shaoguang to win over the Thais, but it was not easy to get the British army in the Malay Peninsula.

With Kuala Lumpur, the core city of the Malay Peninsula as the center, the British army assembled three divisions of the Royal Army, and seven divisions of servant troops, with a total strength of 150,000. Moreover, in order to prevent the Manchurian army from moving north from Johor and Malacca, the British army built a large number of fortifications on the border between the two sides. Huang Zhongmin, commander-in-chief of the Nanyang garrison, once made a very detailed investigation of the British army's defense line, although the overall quality of the British army was not high, and the number of artillery was scarce, but if it wanted to gnaw through those strong pillboxes, the Manchurian army had to pay the price of at least 50,000 casualties and three months. Of course, such huge losses are unacceptable to Goxinga, so the starting point of the new offensive is not in Singapore.

Not long after King Zheng Long of Thailand changed his name, he had to personally move to Chumphon to greet a large group of guests, Li Zhi, commander-in-chief of the Manchurian Nanyang Dispatch Army. Li Zhi now has the rank of lieutenant general, and he is considered an old senior in the Manchurian Army, but he has always had a shortcoming, that is, he has never personally commanded a major battle. In the era of the Gu'an Army, Li Zhi did not stand alone, and after leaving the customs, he also carried out the task of staying behind for a long time. Staying behind is also a credit, but it blocked Li Zhi's way forward. News has come out of the inner court that after the all-out war against the British, Guo Xing'a will comprehensively upgrade the ranks of the main generals, and Li Zhi is very likely to be promoted to general, but the premise is that he must make up for his shortcomings.

Li Zhi, who is self-motivated, of course cherishes this opportunity very much, and longs for an extra star on his shoulder. Therefore, the courtesan Li Zhi was very laborious, and snatched the task of attacking the Malay Peninsula from Kim Hee, Jiying's old department. The Malay Peninsula is the first major offensive of the Manchurian Army, and it is naturally a great achievement to take it down, if there is a mistake, it will be a catastrophe, and Li Zhi is naturally very cautious. It's not just Li Zhi who attaches great importance to it, but the bigwigs of the Huaiyang department are all very attentive, and everyone works together to help Li Zhi find a way. Li Zhi's battle plan was personally handled by Xing Cong, a close counselor of Guo Xing'a, but unfortunately this treasure was not used.

Li Zhi and his comrades attached great importance to the Malay campaign, and Guoxing Ah attached more importance to it than them. After Li Zhi submitted the battle plan written by others to Tan Shaoguang, while Tan Shaoguang was still thinking about it, Guo Xing'a took out a copy of the battle plan he had drafted himself. Guo Xing'a personally took action, so he naturally had to listen to the general, and after Tan Shaoguang carefully analyzed and deduced, he also felt that Guo Xing'a's plan was better. Guoxing's military level is actually inferior to Xing Cong, but Guoxing'a has a golden finger! His ability to plagiarize has always been strong.

"Tu Yuan (Li Zhizi)'s plan is very good, but it requires the use of tanks, planes and a large number of horses, the pressure on logistics and supplies is too great, and the transportation needs to take too long, it is easy to leak the wind and miss the suddenness of the attack! At the same time, tanks and airplanes are killer weapons in this war, and neither the general nor the General Staff Headquarters want to expose our advanced weapons prematurely! Tan Shaoguang commented on Li Zhi's battle plan on a case-by-case basis, and it was generally good, but it was too luxurious, and he used almost everything he could think of.

That is, Li Zhi, if he was an ordinary person, he really didn't dare to write such a battle plan, because he couldn't get the full support of the army, navy and air force at all. Li Zhi is different, he can call on the resources of the entire Huaiyang system, and the army has absolutely nothing to say. Air Force Commander Cao Meng is Li Zhi's good brother, and the Air Force doesn't even need to say hello, so it's definitely no problem. Li Zhi's younger brother Li Gen is an important admiral of the navy's foreign faction, and he also has a good relationship with the inland river faction, so the navy will naturally give full support. It was precisely because Li Zhi had a lot of resources in the army, navy, and air force that Xing Cong dared to make Li Gen's battle plan so extravagant.

"The general's plan is much better, almost no high-tech weapons are used, and the pressure on logistics and supply is also small, but it can achieve the same combat intentions of Tuyuan. Rare, rare! Tu Yuan is really a great general! How many years have passed, since the Northern Expedition to Tsarist Russia, the general has rarely asked about the front-line war, and this is the first time in more than ten years that the general has drafted a battle plan! Tan Shaoguang is used to Guoxing's surprises, and he also agrees with Guoxing's battle plan. Moreover, Tan Shaoguang felt that this was Guo Xing's preference for Li Zhi, and was worried that Li Zhi would not be able to get the great merit of conquering the Malay Peninsula, so he personally helped this time.

"The general's heaven and earth are high, and Li Zhi's death is difficult to repay!" Li Zhi was also very moved, Guo Xing'a made an exception for him!

On the night when the battle plan was finalized, Li Zhi sent a generous gift to the inner court. After Tianni Fang Fujin accepted the gift, she didn't say anything good, but released a threat: "Da Gege personally went to ask the general for your business, and this is why you have this battle plan." Da Gege's face can't be hurt, if General Li has the slightest mistake in the Malay campaign, he doesn't have to go back to Changchun! ”。 The words are not very good, but the meaning is obvious, Fang Fujin is betting on Li Zhi's victory, and even instigated Da Gege to come forward and speak, Li Zhi is only allowed to win this battle.

Li Zhi, who landed in Chumphon with an army of more than 70,000 troops and 30,000 bicycles, was under a lot of pressure in his heart, and this battle was very important to him. After a brief exchange of pleasantries with Zheng Long, Li Zhi immediately began his strategic deployment, hundreds of Manchurian transport ships landed in Chumphon, and the British army would definitely be aware of it, and he had to start his offensive before the British army could react.

The Nanyang Dispatch Army has a total of three divisions and one mixed brigade, all of which are strong forces personally selected by Guo Xing'a for Li Zhi. Among them, the 14th Cavalry Division is a Mongolian-style light cavalry division, and the division commander Doro is a member of the Manchurian clan and the eldest grandson of Guoxing's cousin and cousin. In his early years, Doro followed his uncle Giljanga, and fought a lot of tough battles in the south and the north, and he had a lot of combat experience. Moreover, before sending troops, the 14th Cavalry Division deliberately changed horses, and they replaced Mongolian horses, which were extremely durable and resistant to coarse materials, and replaced them with Manchurian horses with stronger endurance, more resistant to coarse materials, and could adapt to high temperature environments. This cavalry unit was not only the vanguard of Li Zhi's offensive, but also a killer weapon of last resort, and once the battle plan was frustrated, the 14th Cavalry Division would abandon everything and go straight to Kuala Lumpur to flank the British line with Huang Zhongmin's Nanyang garrison.

The other two divisions were Zhou Hao's 10th Light Infantry Division and Tula's 11th Light Infantry Division. These two are both Ji Ying's old subordinates, and they have been fighting all the way from the deserted village era. They were typical light infantry battle sequences, originally performing garrison tasks, and the heavy weapons and equipment of the troops were even inferior to Zheng Yong's 31st Division. However, their biggest characteristic is that their troops have a tough work style, have little dependence on supplies, and can even break away from supply operations for a short time, and Li Zhi's 30,000 bicycles are prepared for them. As soon as the food and ammunition were put in the back seat of the bicycle, the guns and light guns were loaded on the beams, and the guys were ready to go on the march. As long as they don't encounter bicycle thieves, these amazing light infantry can continue to fight for more than fifteen days without any supplies.

Lin Xuefeng's 32nd Mixed Brigade is Li Zhi's descendant, and he has been following Li Zhi's family. This unit is decent, has no specialties or shortcomings, and is a very normal Manchurian mixed brigade. They are Li Zhi's last hole card, in case something goes wrong and Li Zhi needs to charge in person, this army is the one who will die with him. Moreover, Da Gege is also really powerful, and he actually said that he moved Guoxinga and added a tank company to the 32nd Mixed Brigade, a total of twelve medium tanks. This is the treasure at the bottom of Li Zhi's box, if there is any case, Li Zhi can only count on these tanks to move back to the situation.

After Li Zhi spent four hours moving his troops to Namang to assemble, he decisively gave the order to attack. Doro's 14th Cavalry Division and Zhou Hao's 10th Light Infantry Division were the Western Route Army, which attacked Malaya from Kangar, and then took Kuala Lumpur through Alor Setar, Penang, Bigfoot Hill, and Ipoh, and attacked directly to the British base camp. Li Zhi personally sat in Tula's 11th Light Infantry Division and Lin Xuefeng's 32nd Mixed Brigade to form the Eastern Route Army, taking Bazao, Kua*jialou, Zhugai, Kuantan, Beigen, and then attacking Longbin, completing the outflanking of the British army from the east side, and cooperating with Huang Zhongmin to complete the encirclement of the British army.

Li Zhi's Eastern Route Army had to march a section of the Thai Inner Route, while Doro's Western Route Army soon reached the Thai-British border and quickly launched an attack on Kangar. The 3rd Malayan Division stationed in Kangar was composed entirely of indigenous Malay Peninsula groups, with the exception of a few high-ranking generals who were British. Not only are the Schneider rifles, which came out twenty years ago, still in use, but there is also a shortage of artillery, and the soldiers' combat will and tactical literacy are also poor. They never seemed to have imagined that they would encounter the enemy in the north, and in the face of the Manchurian attack, they soon fell into chaos. After three hours of chasing the dead to the north, Doro completely occupied Kangar, and the soldiers of the 3rd Malayan Division all left their weapons and ran into the forest as savages.

After Doro simply cooked the Kanar, he immediately swung his army and killed Alor Setar. Doro, who had been running to Alor Setar for two hours, was faced with an undefended city, and the defenders of Alor Setar had no idea about the war, and then the defenders blocked Doro in the barracks. There are a lot of good Malayan heroes, so they didn't suffer this immediate loss, did not make any senseless resistance, and obediently turned the military camp into a prisoner of war camp. Li Zhi, who took Bazo lightly, sent a telegram to Doro at this time, the content was simple, but the requirements were very strict!

"Give up Penang and go straight to Bigfoot Mountain! Hurry, hurry, hurry! The whole army is moving forward quickly, and the first to run to Kuala Lumpur is victory! "The war became a race between the speed of the Manchurian army's march and the speed of the British army's defense.