Artillery roared over Singapore, and the entire city was engulfed in flames and smoke.

The Imperial Chinese Divine Command Army took advantage of Siam to suddenly attack Singapore from the rear of the Malayan Peninsula, instantly turning the Singapore fortress facing the sea into an ornament.

Libull never dreamed of this situation, as early as five years ago, when he took over Singapore and presided over the construction of the Singapore Fortress, he once considered the military pressure in the direction of the Malayan Peninsula, but because Siam was reluctant to become a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire could not attack the Malayan Peninsula through Siam, and the threat to Singapore was not so urgent, and the funds for the construction of the Singapore Fortress were not sufficient, and the British financial focus was tilted towards the navy. As a result, Libre could only invest his limited funds in the defense of the fortress on the sea-facing side first, intending to build the fortifications behind it with more funds.

As a result, the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire did not give Liber this time to prepare, and suddenly attacked from the direction of Malaya under the fortress of Singapore, which caught Liber by surprise.

"Hold on! Resist me! ”

The Straits of Johor was the only barrier behind the Singapore Fortress, and Lipur, who had come to oversee the battle, roared incessantly.

With the secret treaty between the envoy of the Chinese Empire and the King of Siam, the troops of the two towns were able to successfully pass through Siam and suddenly enter the rear of Singapore.

At this time, the Malayan Peninsula side on the other side of the Straits of Johor had been occupied by the Chinese Imperial Army, and the 155mm heavy howitzers from the army opened heavy fire, suppressing the British fire on the opposite shore and covering the infantry across the Johor Strait.

Seeing more and more landing craft rushing to land on the coast on the Singapore side, Libull suddenly became anxious and quickly drew troops from the coastline side to resist desperately.

The British Gatling machine guns were still very effective for defense, suppressing the repeated charges of the Chinese Imperial Army. Unfortunately, the British did not have fortifications such as pillboxes and bunkers, and could only use Gatling guns in open trench positions. This was easily knocked out by the artillery fire of the Chinese Imperial Army.

Especially when the snipers of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army quietly lurked near the beach, they kept firing cold shots, so that the British Gatling machine guns could not work.

At this time, the explosive power of the bloody heavy machine guns of the Shence Army of the Chinese Empire was reflected, and the overwhelming large-caliber bullets swept the British positions over and over again. The lethality of a 50-inch caliber heavy machine gun bullet is very terrifying, as long as it hits the head, it will explode the entire head instantly, and any part of the torso will directly cause fatal wounds, even if it hits the limbs, it is also a broken leg and an arm. If you accidentally hit the artery, it is enough to cause ischemic shock within 15 seconds, and if the bleeding is not stopped in time within 30 seconds, it will cause immediate death.

This kind of murderous weapon is worthy of being called violent blood, and the British soldiers killed in an instant have countless casualties, and the blood is flowing like a river.

The 155-millimeter heavy howitzers of the Chinese Imperial Army were even more powerful, and every explosion was like a magnitude five or six earthquake, which made the ears of British soldiers buzz. The shock wave spread in all directions, rolling up a cloud of dust and obscuring the sight of the British soldiers.

The Shence Army of the Chinese Empire, which had long been implementing the method of skirmishing line attack, this new tactic of the army reduced a large number of unnecessary casualties. Soldiers work in groups of three, and in small teams of five, acting alone, either feints or main attacks, constantly changing their attack methods. Turning the British army into confusion.

"Let's connect the special operations!"

Major General Liang Yong, commander of the Imperial Chinese Army, who commanded the Battle of Singapore, gave an order, and a special operations team subordinate to the Special Operations Command of the Imperial Chinese Shence Army quietly dispatched.

"Smoke bombs! Cover! ”

I saw that the soldiers of the special operations company quickly crawled forward and touched the vicinity of the British position twenty or thirty meters, and then took out smoke bombs. They were thrown in unison in front of the British position.

Soon, the front of the British position was obscured by a cloud of black smoke.

Faced with this situation, the British soldiers were also dumbfounded, and they couldn't see the situation in front of them clearly.

The soldiers of the special operations company took the opportunity to jump up and quickly charge some distance, only a dozen meters away from the British position.

At this time, the soldiers of the special operations company took out their radiums again, delayed them all for three seconds, and then threw them at the British position.

"Boom!"

Before a dozen radium could hit the ground, they exploded in the air three or four meters above the British position.

This is very lethal, far more lethal than the explosion caused by the radium hitting the ground. Obviously, as a secret special forces unit of the Chinese Empire, such tactics have long been explored, and now they are showing their skills on the battlefield.

The British troops on the position were suddenly blown up, and the special operations company quickly rushed forward, tearing a gap in the defense line of the British position.

"Beautiful!"

Major General Liang Yong couldn't help but praise him, he couldn't open a gap in the British army's defensive line for several hours, but let the special combat team with only one company of troops do it in less than three minutes, but he had no casualties, which couldn't help but impress him.

This is the special forces of the empire, it is said that they are the elite of the elite trained by His Majesty himself, and they really live up to their reputation.

Liang Yong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he planned to go back and get a special force out, so that it would be much more convenient to fight in the future. Of course, he didn't know a secret at the moment, the military would never allow officers to form special forces without permission, let alone divulge secrets about special forces, because this was the last line of defense of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army.

From the day the special forces were established, Li Weiguo made such a provision, because Li Weiguo did not want the whole world to know about the existence of special forces, at least not yet.

As for why the special forces appeared in Liang Yong's troops, it was because the Imperial Military Department thought that the Singapore Fortress was not easy to take, and the troops of the Imperial Shence Army had been transferred to other battlefields, leaving insufficient troops for the Singapore battlefield, and he was worried that Liang Yong would not be able to defeat Singapore, or that the losses would be too large, so he sent a special combat team to help.

Of course, this does not rule out that it will be a kind of actual combat test of the special combat team, proving its tremendous war value.

"Charge the whole army!"

Liang Yong gave an order, thousands of Shence soldiers launched a charge, because the special combat team had torn open the British defense line and attacked along the trenches on all sides, causing chaos inside the British defense line, the Chinese Imperial Army quickly rushed to the British position, and a tragic white-knuckle battle broke out.

A tall British soldier. In the face of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army soldiers who are one head shorter than themselves, they are terrified, they have long been frightened by the fierce reputation of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army, the Chinese and British armies are not the first time to fight, every time the British Army is abused out of Xiang, so when they see the Chinese Imperial Army rushing up, they are immediately pale with fright, their legs are weak, some have to turn around and run away, and some have to kneel directly.

"Damn it!" Libre was furious. But he had no choice but to give up the first line of defense and take the initiative to retreat.

The first line of defense was the key to the blockade of the strait, and Lipur's retreat allowed the Imperial Chinese Army to successfully set foot on Singaporean soil and consolidate the beachhead defenses.

Subsequently, the Chinese Imperial Army began to transport a large amount of heavy equipment ashore.

During this period, Liber organized several counter-offensives, all of which failed.

When all the heavy equipment of the Chinese Imperial Army came ashore. The offensive was even more unstoppable, and in just half a day, half of Singapore was occupied.

Libull sighed suddenly. Knowing that the general trend is gone, Singapore cannot hold on. After a vote by all the British troops, more than half of the British troops were in favor of surrendering, so Liber had no choice. In the end, the Mizi flag was lowered and surrendered to the Chinese Imperial Army.

The eight-day Battle of Singapore ended with the surrender of 30,000 British troops. The entire Malayan Peninsula, including Singapore, was occupied by the Chinese Imperial Army, and the last British stronghold in Southeast Asia was uprooted.

When the British learned of the loss of Singapore, panic spread further, because this time the Sino-British war was provoked by the British initiative, so the British people did not support the war, as a result, now the British Navy has suffered a crushing defeat, the army has lost in Guam and Singapore, and the Australian coastal cities have all fallen, which are unacceptable to the British people, and the newly inaugurated Saul government is facing unprecedented political, economic and military pressure.

If the Saul government could hold on under political and military pressure, then when the economy collapsed, the British workers broke out in a truce strike, which made the British government nervous, because this belongs to the category of the red revolution, which is the biggest taboo in the European capitalist society, if the British government has to make a choice, they would rather cede land and pay reparations to the Chinese Empire to end the war as soon as possible, rather than be broken out by the red revolution at home.

Prices skyrocketed, the war was defeated, the workers' movement broke out, and a red revolution was brewing, which made the Saul government and the British aristocracy finally bow their noble heads, bend their arrogant knees, and once again send a request for peace to the Chinese Empire.

This time, the British Empire was even more humble, almost kneeling and begging the Chinese Empire to let it go, preferring to pay a high price.

When the news returned to the Forbidden City, Li Weiguo convened the Imperial Council again to listen to the advice of the civil and military officials.

Today, the Chinese Empire is fighting in all directions, and a million standing troops are all on the battlefield, as the so-called cannon fires ten thousand taels of gold, and the daily consumption of ammunition and materials by a million troops is an astronomical amount, so that the Chinese Empire's finances bear a huge risk, if it is not for the navy to win the Pacific War, the army to win the Battle of Guam, and the Singapore Campaign, I am afraid it will also cause public resentment to boil.

This is the negative price of entering a civilized society, the common people have culture and intelligence, they will think about their own interests, and if the country is defeated, it will affect their vital interests. In the feudal era, the common people would choose to remain silent, and would not rebel against the government as long as they had food to eat and did not starve to death, but in a civilized society, the intelligence of the common people required them not only to defend their basic right to live, but also to safeguard their vested interests. If the Chinese Empire suffers a defeat, they will not hesitate to attack the government and then make trouble.

Although the Chinese Empire is now constantly victorious, but the military expenditure is high, the funds used to invest in the country's economic construction will inevitably be reduced, and even the military budget will be reversed, which belongs to the category of affecting the people's livelihood, the Chinese Empire citizens who have been improving their IQ are not too honest, they also have the right to participate in politics, the local councils are elected by the people of the whole country, representing the basic public opinion, and their voices are gradually demanding that the central government of the empire accept the British Empire's request for peace and end the war as soon as possible. Investing money in economic development and improving people's livelihood must satisfy the desire of the people of the empire to pursue a prosperous life.

The people of the Chinese Empire were deeply influenced by thousands of years of Confucianism and did not like war, which was the fundamental reason why Li Weiguo never took the initiative to invade other countries.

The British were keenly aware of this weakness of the Chinese Empire, and spent a lot of money to bribe some members of the House of Representatives to raise their voices and accept the British request for peace.

Of course, all this depends on Li Weiguo's attitude, if he wants to continue fighting, with his prestige, the people will not object. However, Li Weiguo also knew when to maximize the benefits and minimize the losses, and now was the time, so he agreed to the British peace request.

As a result, China and Britain sent plenipotentiary negotiators to negotiate, not in the Chinese Empire or Britain, but in Switzerland, a permanently neutral country that had not participated in any country's wars since 1815.

The plenipotentiary negotiators of the Chinese Empire were Minister of Legislation Li Hongzao and Minister of the Imperial Court of Justice, Chang Pei-lun, and the British sent Prime Minister Saul and Secretary of State for Defense Cook, and the British negotiators were of a higher standard because they represented the side of the defeated country.

However, when Saul proposed an armistice during the Sino-British negotiations, Li Hongzao refused. The British were immediately forced to understand that this was the Chinese Empire forcing Britain to make greater concessions.

In addition to Switzerland as a neutral country presiding over the negotiation meeting, Germany, France, the United States, Italy, Russia and other European and American countries were also invited to observe the negotiations and witness the legitimacy of the negotiations.

None of this is important, the important thing is that the Chinese Empire issued a sky-high price clause, which immediately scared the British friends and British friends.

1. The British Empire made war reparations to the Chinese Empire, with a total interest of 980 million pounds, that is, 450 million pounds in compensation, which will be repaid in 39 years, with a total of about 980 million pounds of principal and interest;

2. Demarcate the Dogs Island area of London as the concession area of the Chinese Empire, allow the garrison of the Chinese Empire to protect it, allow the warships of the Chinese Empire to enter and leave freely, prohibit the British from living within the boundary, and allow the citizens of the Chinese Empire to open factories, schools, and hospitals in the concession area;

3. Citizens of the Chinese Empire enjoy consular jurisdiction in the United Kingdom, that is, violations of British law must be handed over to the Chinese Empire and tried in accordance with the laws of the Chinese Empire;

4. The British Government guarantees that the British people are strictly prohibited from participating in any form of anti-China rallies, processions and demonstrations;

5. The British Empire needs to cede mainland Australia, the Malayan Peninsula, and Bengal to the Chinese Empire;

6. The British Imperial Navy shall not enter the Pacific without the permission of the Chinese Empire, and shall recognize the right of freedom of navigation of the Chinese Imperial Navy in the waters of the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean;

7. The Sino-British-Indian border is divided by the Himalayas, the Himalayas belong to the Chinese Empire, and the British army is not allowed to garrison troops within 200 kilometers of the southern side of the Indian Himalayas.

8. No tariffs and miscellaneous taxes higher than those of other countries shall be levied on the goods of the Chinese Empire, and the adjustment of tax rates shall be communicated and negotiated with the Chinese Empire.

Almost every of the eight demands put forward by the Chinese Empire cost the British Empire's life, which is a negotiation, it is simply robbery and forcible X, and Chiguoguo will slap the British Empire in the face again.

Salle was so angry that he immediately overturned the table and left the table angrily, and the observers from other countries also shook their heads and sighed, thinking that the Chinese Empire was opening its mouth widely, and it was impossible for Britain to agree to such harsh conditions.

The news soon spread, and the people of the whole world were in an uproar, and there were all kinds of theories, but only some senior politicians understood that the Chinese Empire was simply dragging out time, and the more time dragged on, the more obvious the military superiority of the Chinese Empire would seize more benefits.

Of course, Saul knew it, but he couldn't sign it, and if these conditions were agreed, he would face resignation as soon as he came to power.

If I had known, I shouldn't have let Benjamin step down prematurely, at least it would not be too late to sign the peace treaty and step down after taking the black cauldron!

It's okay now, this black cauldron is estimated to have to be carried by him Sol.

"Fack!"

Thor couldn't help but burst out, he was really angry. (To be continued.) )