Zhuang Fuguo went out with his front foot, Chen Shaokuan walked in with a serious expression with a telegram, handed the telegram to Jiang Haoran and said: "Prime Minister Churchill personally sent it, saying that they underestimated Singapore's defensive strength, and the three landing divisions were trapped on the beach and were in a dilemma, hoping that we could help." ”

Jiang Haoran hurriedly skimmed the telegram, and said with a sneer: "At this time, I still pretended to be with Lao Tzu, called him back, and told him that my troops are now trying their best to copy Singapore's old bottom, which can be regarded as cooperating with their attack, all the troops have been transferred out, and they cannot send reinforcements to them, the British army is brave and invincible, and will definitely be able to overcome difficulties and kill the little devils on the island. ”

"This ...... Isn't this a blatant mockery of them? After all, it's an Allied force, isn't it a bit inappropriate to say that? ”

Jiang Haoran replied domineeringly: "Lao Tzu will ridicule them, he still dares to bite Lao Tzu, so he doesn't need to change a word." ”

Chen Shaokuan shook his head helplessly, turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Jiang Haoran again: "By the way, Brother Houfu, how is the Kedah attack." ”

Chen Shaokuan said: "An hour ago, the air force and the First Fleet carried out wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of the Kedah defense line, and now that the beach-grabbing landing force has launched an operation, I believe it should be able to deceive the island army in the direction of Penang." ”

"That's good!" Jiang Haoran nodded and said: "Order Xie Chen to get ready, once Penang is empty, immediately forcibly land on the beach, with the 3rd Marine Division as the main force, and Dai Anlan's Far 2nd Army as the second wave of offensive troops." ”

"Yes, Chief!"

The beach landing was a bloody battle, requiring soldiers to charge against the enemy's machine guns and artillery, and the heavy casualties caused were simply unsightly.

However, any beach suitable for a large army landing will inevitably have strong enemy fortifications, and these fortifications may not be discovered until the landing, and even heavy bombs and naval guns cannot remove them all.

Therefore, in order to make this landing successful, Jiang Haoran can also be said to have taken great pains.

First of all, they were dispatched by airborne troops, and their task was to land on both sides of the beachhead in shallow, near, and deep depths, not too far from the coast, to prevent the enemy's reserves from reinforcing and disrupting the enemy's rear, and at the same time, attack the enemy's coastal defense positions from the flanks and rear, and cooperate with the landing at sea.

Jiang Haoran invested in only one division of the regular Marine Corps, which can be said to be seriously insufficient, and only one regiment of armored fighting vehicles and more than 50 Sherman medium tanks were equipped, and the firepower to support the beach at close range was also very limited. If the beach-grabbing troops cannot quickly establish a large landing field that can be deployed by the armored regiment, and the armored regiment cannot quickly enter into battle, and the enemy breaks through the defense line of the landing force at this time, it will bring disaster to the landing.

Therefore, Chiang Haoran's brazen posture of attacking Kedah was actually to lure the enemy deeper, and once the island army transferred troops from Penang to help Kedah, the task force that was good at rushing to land on the beach would pounce on Penang.

An hour later, Buckingham Palace, England.

King George VI of England was watching with a telegram in his hand and looking at it with a serious expression, and in front of him stood none other than British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

"Bastard, hateful, this Jiang Haoran is too bastard, too hateful." George VI angrily tore the message in his hand to shreds and roared loudly.

Churchill shook his head helplessly and said: "He is really a cunning guy, we are one step away from taking over Singapore, who knows that he actually killed out of Songkhla unknowingly, completely blocked the back road of the island army, resulting in our failure Not to mention, three divisions are stuck alive on the beach, and it is probably unrealistic to expect him to rescue willingly." ”

George VI paced back and forth in the room twice, and suddenly stood still, "How are Aiden and Ruzaburo Shimizu talking about?" ”

"The island army only gives us one day, and if Jiang Haoran's troops cannot be recalled tomorrow morning, they will immediately open fire on our army."

"What would happen if we simply fought back?"

Churchill said with a wry smile: "The Lion City Zhangyi Naval Base is the strongest coastal defense line in the world, even a thousand pounds of aerial bombs can't crack their strong armor, and the countless fifteen-inch cannons on the high ground are enough to organize any aircraft carrier fleet to approach, so it is impossible to force a landing." ”

George VI closed his eyes, slapped his forehead suddenly, and said angrily: "Then what now, we can't watch more than 40,000 soldiers of these three divisions being wiped out by the island army, right?" ”

Churchill lowered his eyebrows and was silent for a few seconds, then sighed and said: "For today's plan, I am afraid that I will be willing to scold, explain everything to Roosevelt, and ask for help from the Mi army." ”

George VI said: "The rice army is in full swing in the Dutch East Indies, can they draw troops to help us?" ”

Churchill said: "It is obviously unrealistic to let them give up the great attack, but Jiang Haoran still has to listen to the words of the Chinese people, maybe this is our only chance." ”

George VI pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, you can call this number." ”

There was a cable to the United States under the Atlantic, and Churchill would talk to Roosevelt several times a week, but this time was so different that he held the microphone for a long time without the courage to ring the phone.

……

At about 3 p.m., Chittagong Headquarters.

Jiang Haoran sat in the first place, his face was not very good-looking, just now, the landing campaign in Kedah failed, and the 22nd Division, pretending to be a marine, had no chance to land at all, and was bombarded back by the huge artillery of the island army, losing more than ten warships and thousands of troops, and did not receive any news that the island army had transferred troops and reinforcements from Penang.

In other words, the cunning Mutaguchi Lian also seemed to have penetrated Jiang Haoran's scheme, and he did not fall for it at all.

The airborne troops have successfully landed behind enemy lines, and if there is no progress on the coastline, it will undoubtedly increase their danger, because after all, the ammunition they carry is limited, and if the time drags on for too long, the island troops in the direction of Burma and Singapore may send reinforcements to the middle, and once the situation of encirclement and suppression on all sides appears, it will be difficult to reverse the situation.

After being silent for a long time, Jiang Haoran got up and said fiercely: "Order, the wolf tooth special combat team will complete the assembly tonight and rush to the direction of Penang at full speed." ”

Chen Shaokuan exclaimed: "Boss, are you going to forcibly land in Penang?" ”

Jiang Haoran said: "I'm afraid there is no other way for today's plan but to attack." ”

Gui Yongqing said: "But the general seat, the 18th Division of the Island Army is a master regiment, the troop allocation is more than 40,000, half of which is on the front line of Penang, once we assemble and attack, the island army will have a goal, and the situation of encirclement and interception will be inevitable, which is a big bad thing for us?" ”

Jiang Haoran said: "I can't care so much, I can only believe in the combat ability of the Wolf Tooth Special Combat Team, they can tear through the defense line of the island army and enter it, and then launch a fierce attack on the coastline, flanking them back and forth." ”