Chapter 571: Hong Kong and Macao Campaign III
Causeway Bay, when the British troops withdrew from the Kowloon Peninsula to Hong Kong Island, it had become their front line of defense on Hong Kong Island. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In a fortified fortification group with barricades and pillboxes, hundreds of British soldiers were hiding behind fortifications in fear, bearing the wrath of the Chinese artillerymen from across the channel.
The British army had no air supremacy, let alone sea supremacy, and the only artillery firepower had already been destroyed.
At this moment, he completely fell into a situation of being passively beaten.
"Boom!" Another shell whizzed down from the sky and landed near one of the British pillboxes.
Although the blast wave and fire generated by the violent explosion did not destroy the reinforced concrete bunker, many British machine gunners and riflemen in the bunker still felt the ground tremble beneath their feet.
The British soldiers, choked by the thick smoke of gunpowder, couldn't help coughing violently, and tears couldn't stop flowing.
A few British soldiers hiding in the trenches not far from the bunker group were not so lucky.
A veteran of the British army near the pillbox was hit by raging shrapnel, and he immediately collapsed in a pool of blood.
One of his companions, who looked young, eighteen or nineteen, saw the veteran lying in a pool of blood.
He suddenly panicked, and shouted nervously and poignantly: "Medic, medic, come and save him, save him......"
However, his hysterical shouts were completely drowned out by the deafening sound of explosions and shelling.
No one paid attention to him, and there were no medics to save people.
The veteran, who had always taken good care of him, died of excessive blood loss and gradually painful death.
"This damn war, I hate war!" The young British soldier wept bitterly, and his hands were incoherent, and he tried to plug the wounds of the old soldiers.
The blood kept pouring out.
The old soldier's eyes were full of unwillingness, and his blood-soaked hand grabbed the young soldier's arm, trying to say something, but the young soldier was obviously frightened.
He didn't notice the change at all, and his hand was still gripping the young soldier who had just joined the army after he took his last breath.
A pair of eyes are so full of unwillingness to open. But it has lost its luster.
The blood was no longer shed, and the British recruits reacted at this time, looking at the veteran's somewhat empty eyes, kneeling beside the veteran's corpse and crying bitterly.
"I ...... Rumble!! "The shelling of the Chinese troops on the opposite side continued, and shells continued to fall on the British lines, and there were violent explosions one after another.
However, the British soldier was fortunate that after the old soldier died, no more shells or stray bullets fell to hit him.
Inside the British Governor's Palace.
Smith said to the Earl of Frank Ross, "Your Excellency, the Chinese army has sent me a notice of surrender through its secret service, ordering us to surrender by eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
Otherwise, they will continue to attack the Hong Kong Peninsula. ”
Luo Fuguo's face was a little bitter. Do you really want him to be the first colonial governor of the British Empire to surrender?
Then his family glory will be ruined at his hands.
After a long time, Luo Fuguo said with a firm expression: "Order the front-line troops, use their counterattacks, and tell the Chinese army that the army of the British Empire will never surrender!" ”
Smith's face changed for a while, and finally he had to bow his head and say yes, turn around and leave.
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Nanjing, the chairman's office, is brightly lit.
"Bench. The Kowloon Peninsula has been captured by our army, and the news of the persuasion of the British army to surrender has also been sent, but the British Governor in Hong Kong, Luo Fuguo, is unwilling to surrender.
He also ordered the troops to launch a counterattack on our troops at night, but they were defeated by our front-line troops. Guo Zhong took the telegram and reported to Zhang Xinghan.
"Then take it. Any British army that stubbornly resists to the end will be killed! Zhang Xinghan's face was a little cold and said: "In any case, the war in Hong Kong must be resolved before the day after tomorrow and Hong Kong must be recovered."
Within a week, Macao will be recovered. ”
Fighting could break out again at any time on the defensive lines of the first island chain in the southwest and southeast. Naturally, the sooner the Hong Kong and Macao campaign ends, the better.
After Guo Zhong was ordered to leave, Zhang Xinghan took out a multi-functional watch and played with it.
After this period of time, the southwest as well as Luzon and the ongoing Hong Kong and Macao campaign.
As your troops kill more enemies. I also accumulated a lot of kill value for myself.
Moreover, because of the large tonnage of the ships that sink the US troops, the killing value of the enemy is faster than the killing of the enemy soldiers.
In just these few battles, Li Feng found that the kill value of the jet fighters and helicopters produced had recovered to seventy-seven-eighty-eight.
It seems that in a few months, after the training of the new air force has been carried out.
I really have the strength to equip them with at least a hundred jet fighters and two hundred helicopters.
With the addition of these epoch-making weapons, Li Feng can already imagine what kind of blow the US military will suffer.
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In the waters of Hong Kong, the British army refused to surrender, and after receiving Zhang Xinghan's reply instructions, Yu Hanmou, the commander-in-chief of the Cantonese army, who was in charge of unifying the command of the battle.
Immediately ordered the concentrated troops who had just repelled the counterattack of the British army to launch an attack overnight.
Launch an all-out offensive on Hong Kong Island.
All of a sudden, the sound of gunfire and explosions that had just stopped resounded in the night sky of the entire Hong Kong Island.
The agents of the Secret Bureau and the Military Command Bureau who were lurking also took action.
Do your best to attack all the facilities and lone personnel of the British army on Hong Kong Island as much as possible.
Even the Governor's Palace of the British Army came under menacing fire from secret agent snipers.
At 12 p.m., the Marines made a successful forced landing in Causeway Bay.
The 5,000 elite of the Cantonese army also went ashore and rapidly expanded the landing ground.
The British army organized an all-out counterattack, but was repelled by the Nationalist army, which was strong in firepower and advanced in equipment.
Immediately after the crushing defeat, the marines and the Cantonese army, totaling more than 6,000 troops, divided into three routes, advanced to the hinterland of Hong Kong Island.
The British troops, having suffered heavy losses, could not resist, surrendered along the way, and those who were killed were killed.
Soon the army was in ruins, and by two o'clock in the morning a squadron of Marines had stormed outside the British Governor's Palace, where it had joined some of the agents who had been attacking here.
Listening to the sound of gunfire approaching his governor's palace, Count Luo Fuguo could no longer sit still.
Auxiliary Secretary Smith advised: "Your Excellency, we have resisted with all our might, but the defeat is assured, and there is no need for more soldiers to die in vain.
Hurry up and surrender. ”
When death was approaching, Luo Fuguo still chose to give in, nodded in humiliation, and agreed to surrender.
The British Governor's Palace Guards soon raised the white flag, and at the same time, Smith conveyed the order of Rich Rich, and the other British troops on the island also stopped resisting one after another.
At 5 a.m., the Chinese army successfully took control of the entire Hong Kong island and the outlying islands.
More than 6,000 British troops were taken prisoner.
The next day, on behalf of the National Revolutionary Army, Yu Hanmou held a ceremony to enter the city on the island of Hong Kong.
Residents of the island poured into the streets and raised banners to welcome the arrival of the Nationalist Army and join them in celebrating Hong Kong's successful return to the motherland.
After the reconquest of Hong Kong, Zhang Xinghan immediately instructed Yu Hanmou to prepare for the recovery of Macau Island, which had been occupied by Portuguese colonization.
But unexpectedly, when the British army surrendered in a crushing defeat, Hong Kong was recaptured by the Chinese army.
The Portuguese garrison and officials on Macao Island took the initiative to send a telegram to the Nationalist Government, expressing their willingness to return the island unconditionally.
But there was an additional condition, which was that the Chinese army would get out of the way and allow them to withdraw safely to their homeland.
Yu Hanmou did not dare to be arbitrary, and hurriedly reported the situation to Zhang Xinghan urgently.
After listening to the report, Zhang Xinghan instructed: "We can accept their proposal to surrender and return the island unconditionally."
But the garrison on the island of Macao must surrender to our army, since it is an unconditional surrender, and such an additional condition is added, isn't that nonsense? ”
After receiving Zhang Xinghan's instructions, Yu Hanmou immediately replied to the Portuguese officials and military in Macau.
The Portuguese side apparently found it difficult to accept the tough attitude of the Chinese government, and there was no response for a while.
When Zhang Xinghan learned about it, he was furious and said: "Immediately order Yu Hanmou to attack immediately, damn it, it's obviously the end of the road, and I want to be a bitch to set up an archway, and I want to beautify them."
Mobilize warships and planes to surround Macao Island, and order them to raise the white flag within two hours, disarm and surrender, otherwise they will all be wiped out on the spot.
It was originally a group of invaders, and what is polite to them. ”
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The twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, April 1.
Portugal on the island of Macao delayed time and did not respond, and Yu Hanmou was ordered by Zhang Xinghan to lead 2,000 land forces, with the cooperation of the navy and air force.
Surround the island of Macau.
The air force attacked a number of military installations and docks on the island.
Yu Hanmou sent someone to give an ultimatum to the Portuguese army.
Deterred by the artillery of the Chinese army's aircraft and warships, the desperate Portuguese garrison and the officials on the island finally chose to surrender helplessly.
2,000 Cantonese troops marched to the island to receive surrender and were stationed in various parts of the island, with the assistance of agents of the Military Command and Secrecy Bureau, to maintain law and order.
As the Chinese army attacked the Portuguese Far Eastern colony of Macau Island.
Annoyed, the Portuguese government officially declared war on the Nationalist Government that afternoon.
Immediately after a few hours, the Nationalist government declared war on Portugal.
However, although the two countries declared war, they did not go to war.
The reason is that Portugal has no time to be on the Asian battlefield at this time.
Because the Germans had already destroyed Poland in just half a month.
And the invasion of the Soviet Union, the Soviet border guards were caught off guard, and in just a few weeks, they lost thousands of warplanes and millions of troops.
The German blitzkrieg achieved brilliant results.
Therefore, Portugal, France and other Western European countries are not able to take care of Asia at all, and the declaration of war on the Nationalist Government is more of a diplomatic attitude and strategic consideration.
In less than a week, the Nationalist army regained the islands of Hong Kong and Macao, which had been occupied by Western powers for a long time.
The prestige of Zhang Xinghan and others has been greatly improved again, and the whole country is excited and all the people are celebrating. (To be continued......)