At about five o'clock in the morning of the next day, the Malay Peninsula, Songkhla, the headquarters of the 18th Division of the Island Army.

The Malay Peninsula is a long and narrow peninsula in Southeast Asia, about 1,127 kilometers long from north to south, more than 300 kilometers wide at the widest point, the peninsula is bordered by the mainland in the north, the Andaman Sea and the Strait of Malacca in the Indian Ocean in the west, the Singapore Strait in the south, and the Gulf of Siam and the South China Sea in the east.

Songkhla, on the other hand, is the southern gateway to Singapore and Malaya.

The 18th Division of the Island Army suffered heavy casualties after the Hormarin Raid and the Battle of Mandalay, and was transferred to the Songkhla area at the end of last year to rest and recuperate.

Although the 18th Division was not among the 17 permanent divisions of the Island Army, all the soldiers came from Kurume, and the soldiers were young and fierce, and during the Battle of Songhu, they landed in Hangzhou, just when the defense line of the Nationalist Army completely collapsed, and the defeat went to Nanjing, and the 18th Division then pursued closely until it captured Nanjing, becoming one of the seven divisions participating in the Nanjing Massacre.

After the implementation of the plan for the island army to move south, the 18th Division invaded Malaya and quickly captured the Malay Peninsula and Singapore with a "bicycle blitzkrieg", becoming famous in the first battle.

In order to preserve the strength of this elite force, the island army still maintained its four-unit establishment, and the number of troops even exceeded the establishment of more than 38,000 permanent divisions and regiments, reaching more than 42,000.

The commander of his division was the "prestigious" Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya, and it was this beast that provoked the conflict of the "77 Incident" and fired the first shot at the Lugou Bridge.

"Jingle bell jingle bell!" The phone in the duty room rang suddenly, and the lieutenant staff officer, who was sitting on a chair and napping, immediately startled and picked up the phone: "Moxi Moxi...... Yamazaki Daisa, you wait, I'll inform the division commander. ”

After the lieutenant staff officer finished speaking, he put down the microphone and turned around quickly, knocked on the door behind him, and shouted: "Division Commander, Division Commander, Yamazaki Daisakuden, 55th Wing." ”

Not long after, the wooden door was pushed open from the inside with a creak, and Mutaguchi Lian, who was dressed in pajamas, also walked out of it, scolding while wearing a belt: "Yamazaki Shiro is a waste, a guerrilla force of less than 1,000 people, and a brigade has been dispatched to suppress it for more than ten days without extermination, calling at this time, won't it tell me to let them escape again?" ”

Although the island army fully occupied the Malay Peninsula, the resistance forces on the island have not stopped, especially a Chinese volunteer army, which frequently operates in the rear, destroys roads and attacks on transport convoys, causing great trouble to the island army, half a month ago, the island army finally found their traces in the jungle valley near Penang, so Mutaguchi Lian also ordered the 55th Wing stationed in Penang to exterminate them at all costs.

Although the 18th Division has a large number of troops, its defensive area is not small, including more than 200 kilometers of defense from Trang and Songkhla to Penang.

"Moxi Moxi ......", Mutaguchi Lian also took the phone from the lieutenant's staff officer, and a hurried voice suddenly came from inside: "Division commander, a large number of airborne troops suddenly appeared on the western defense line of Penang, it is a helicopter rope landing, at least ten places have been found that have successfully landed, and a large number of helicopters are also being found flying towards the island in the coastal direction. ”

Nani ...... Helicopter parachuting? Where did so many helicopters come from? Mutaguchi was also suspicious, but soon realized that he was a bit idiotic about this question, he always knew that the Chinese Navy had a helicopter carrier, which was specially used to carry helicopters, and if the Chinese Navy wanted, battleships, cruisers and even large landing ships could be used to carry helicopters, but he never thought that a large number of helicopters could be used to carry out landing operations. Mutaguchi Lian, who reacted immediately, immediately shouted: "Is your anti-aircraft fire-eater, immediately knock them down, mobilize troops to carry out a large-scale sweep of the airborne area, and be sure to drive them into the sea." ”

A frantic voice came from the phone, saying: "Division commander, the cunning pig has not passed over our coastal defense at all, and we are simply helpless to pick an area where it is impossible to land on the island. ”

"Baga, I don't care what method you use, I will definitely drive them into the sea." Mutaguchi also roared, hung up the phone with a "snap", walked back and forth in the house quickly, and then ordered the lieutenant to immediately call the 56th Wing in Jeddah, ordering them to dispatch a brigade to rush to the aid immediately.

Although Penang is an extremely important coastal defense point and the first choice for landing on the beach, Mu Taguchi Lian does not believe that the Chinese Navy will directly choose to land here, because everyone knows that Penang's defense must be the strongest and the strongest, and it will inevitably pay a lot of price from this landing.

As if it had worked, the lieutenant's hand had not yet touched the phone, but the phone had already jingled, and when it was connected, it was the 56th Wing calling, and a large number of helicopter rappellers appeared in Kedah, and they appeared in the same way as Penang.

Mutaguchi immediately felt that the situation was a bit serious, and ordered the lieutenant to immediately notify all personnel of the command headquarters to immediately go to the headquarters to convene an emergency military meeting, and he had a strong premonition that at this time, I was afraid that there would be no more aircraft carrier fleets in the western waters, and the Chinese navy would forcibly land on the beach from his defense area.

By the time Mutaguchi had changed into his military uniform and walked into the command headquarters, almost all the officers at all levels had arrived, but the headquarters was in a hectic mess, and the radio and telephone were ringing non-stop, all of which were the news of the airborne troops' airborne landing, and the airborne area included almost the entire defense area of his 18th Division, and all the airborne troops had crossed the coastal defense line and landed directly to the rear.

On the one hand, Mutaguchi ordered the soldiers to report the information to the headquarters of the 22nd Army in Singapore to ask for support, and on the other hand, he ordered the soldiers to mark all the specific locations where the airborne troops were found on the sand table, hoping to find out a key point, and at the same time mobilize troops in the corresponding area to carry out a sweep.

But there is a principle, not a single soldier is left on the important coastline, and he always believes that this is only a prelude, and the Chinese soldiers will definitely choose a weak beach to rush to land.

The Malay Peninsula is densely jungled and the terrain is complex, and it is impossible for the island army's defense line to be connected in a line, plus their defense system is basically aimed at the coastline, and they are simply helpless against the helicopters that come by roundabout, and in less than an hour, the small white flag representing the Chinese airborne troops on the sand table is simply planted in the entire sand table, covering almost all the defense areas of the 18th Division.