But Aiden didn't expect it, he still underestimated Jiang Haoran's appetite, no matter how much money and material he promised that had long exceeded his bottom line, Jiang Haoran wanted a result, that is, to take over Singapore completely, but to govern the Malay Peninsula together with the British.

Aiden undoubtedly couldn't agree to such conditions, and things reached an impasse again.

Two days later, the Chinese marines arrived in the Bengkulu waters as scheduled.

With more than 10 aircraft carriers providing carrier-based aircraft firepower, and with the powerful artillery fire of dozens of warships of various types, the Sino-Mimetry coalition forces launched an intensive bombardment of the island's defense line, which literally lowered the entire island by several meters.

It took only three hours to completely destroy the defense line of the island army, and the coalition forces successfully landed and successfully occupied Bengkulu.

The two divisions drove at full speed to the direction of Palembang, where they would join forces with the trapped Mi airborne troops in Palembang, and then achieve the goal of occupying Palembang.

The strategic significance of the capture of Palembang lies in the airfield, and the Allied forces will have an absolutely advanced forward base, which can overlook the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, the Malay Peninsula and other regions, and at the same time, it also invisibly weakens the strength of the island's military aviation, which has extraordinary strategic significance for the next battle of the Allied forces.

Shortly after the end of the landing campaign, Nimitz sent a message of thanks, praising the Chinese marines for their bravery and their commanders' tactical skills, and that the rest of the matter would not bother the Chinese soldiers, who would soon board their ships and evacuate the battlefield.

Nimitz is also a human spirit, and he knows that Jiang Haoran's eyes are currently on Singapore, so let them out as soon as possible.

Jiang Haoran was silent with the telegram, but a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Lin Long, immediately send a telegram to Yang Honglie and order two divisions of the Marine Corps to advance all the way west along the coastline of Sumatra Island and sweep away all the island troops along the way."

"Yes, Chief!" Lin Long agreed crisply, and then walked out of the command headquarters quickly.

Chen Shaokuan, who was on the side, looked at Jiang Haoran a little dumbfounded, hesitated for a few seconds, and said, "General seat, are we going to fight for Sumatra Island with the Mi army?"

Jiang Haoran smiled and said, "Yes, but not exactly, the key is for Singapore." ”

"Is there any direct connection between the attack on Sumatra and the capture of Singapore?"

"Why not? In order to set up this bureau for the Mi army in Palembang, the island army must have emptied all the troops on the island, and now I am taking advantage of the situation, this kind of cheap is not picked up in vain, the island army wants to keep this area, it must increase the troops, and the only way to mobilize troops in a short period of time is to find a way from Singapore and the Malay Peninsula, which invisibly reduces the defensive strength of Singapore and the Malay Peninsula, even if the island army feels that the crisis is not planned, it doesn't matter, we will fight all the way through the situation until we occupy the east coast of Malacca, no matter how we calculate it, we will not suffer. ”

"Oh......", Chen Shaokuan suddenly realized.

"By the way, has that guy moved anything in the past two days?" Jiang Haoran pointed out the door, and said with a bad expression on his face.

Of course, Chen Shaokuan knew that the "guy" in Jiang Haoran's mouth was Aiden, and said with a smile: "It's been quite quiet in the past two days, and I don't seem so impatient, I heard that your liaison officer, Miss Linda, will be accompanying him to visit the shore-based defense of the military port." ”

"Hehe, he has a big heart, will he still have this leisure?"

As soon as Jiang Haoran's voice fell, there was a burst of chuckles from the headquarters, in everyone's opinion, this time Jiang Haoran must have eaten the British again, in this regard, Jiang Haoran has never missed, and this time will definitely be no exception.

At this moment, Miss Linda arrived with a light step, followed by Aiden, who had a cloudy and uncertain face.

"Mr. Aiden, Mr. Aiden has come to bid you farewell, and he is ready to return home." Linda said.

"Oh...... In such a hurry? Jiang Haoran's face was full of surprise, he originally thought that Aiden still had to grind with him, but who knew that the matter had not yet come to an end, so he actually proposed to leave? But this thought only flashed through his mind, and he immediately smiled: "It's a pity that the military is busy, and I haven't had time to accompany Mr. Aiden, I'm really sorry." ”

Aiden had a polite smile on his face and said, "General Jiang is welcome, I think we still have a chance." ”

"Yes, yes, there will definitely be a chance."

"General Jiang, then we will have a meeting later!"

Aiden stretched out his right hand to Jiang Haoran as he spoke, Jiang Haoran also stretched out his right hand, shook Aiden's hand and shook it, and said apologetically: "Oh, you see that the battle of Sumatra is in full swing now, I can't leave the headquarters, and I can't go to the airport to see me off, so I can only tell you here that there will be a period later." ”

"You're welcome!" Aiden said and waved his hand at Jiang Haoran, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait, Mr. Aiden!" Jiang Haoran said.

"What, is there anything else General Chiang has to say?" Aiden turned his head with a look of joy on his face, perhaps thinking that Jiang Haoran was ready to give in.

Who knew that Jiang Haoran said: "That's the case, please remind General Montgomery to withdraw the East India Fleet as soon as possible, although the German army retreated more than 200 kilometers, but this distance is not far for mechanized troops and armored corps, once the German army learns this information, it is not impossible to suddenly mobilize troops to pounce on Alamein, everything is better to be careful." ”

Aiden's face sank instantly, and he said coldly: "You don't have to worry about this, General Montgomery has already made strict arrangements." ”

Jiang Haoran smiled, didn't continue to say anything, and ordered political commissar Xiao Guang to send Aiden instead of himself.

Aiden didn't say much, he turned around and left, and he didn't mention the matter of Singapore again from beginning to end, of course, Jiang Haoran didn't take the initiative to ask, but it seemed that he was anxious, but he fell behind.

Looking at the back of the group leaving, Jiang Haoran's brows tightened, and he muttered: "Hell, what kind of ecstasy array is the British?" ”

"Aren't they going to want Singapore?" Chen Shaokuan continued.

Jiang Haoran ignored Chen Shaokuan, looked sideways at Linda beside him, and said, "Linda, do you know why Aiden is in such a hurry to return to China?" ”

Linda shook her head and said, "I don't know, I just know that Mr. Aiden made an impromptu decision after receiving a telegram. ”

"Has he received a lot of messages these days?"

"Hmm...... There are about two or three servings a day. ”

Although Linda is British, Jiang Haoran is not asking about a very confidential matter, and with the fact that she is still Jiang Haoran's liaison officer, no matter what, she will not say any lies on this.

Jiang Haoran pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked abrupt, and said, "Brother Houfu, immediately mobilize the reconnaissance plane to find out the current location and movements of the East India Fleet. ”