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Located at the easternmost point of the Straits of Malacca, Singapore is geographically important and plays a role for the UK.

Luke's strategic intention was to occupy Singapore first, cutting off the retreat of the British and French forces in the area east of him, and at the same time cutting off the British and French support for the troops in the area east of him.

Since Singapore was once occupied by the Xia Empire, the British focused on strengthening their defense of Singapore.

According to the reconnaissance of Singapore by the spies under the jurisdiction of Li Civilians, Singapore has a total of 3 infantry divisions, 1 heavy artillery brigade, 4 Anglo-Indian divisions of the British Army, and 2 regiments of artillery on the fortress batteries, with a total strength of more than 80,000 people.

The army responsible for occupying the Malay Peninsula and Singapore is the 7th Army of the Xia Empire, which was reorganized from the 7th Division originally stationed in Bandung, the commander is Li Zihao, and the total strength of the army is 77,000 people.

The 8th Army assisted in its operations, and after the capture of the Malay Peninsula, the 8th Army would move north along the Malay Peninsula to Thailand.

The 7th and 8th Armies are now all in the port of Medan.

Also involved in this war were the strength of the 2nd Army of the 1st Army in Kalimantan, as well as the Air Force of the Sumatran Military District.

On the afternoon of August 28, the navy first blocked both ends of the Strait of Malacca, and any merchant ships that wanted to enter and leave the strait were all arrested.

That night, under the protection of 1 Lanfang-class battle cruiser and 4 destroyers, 100 cargo ships carrying 2 divisions of the 7th Army left the port and landed at Anshun across the strait.

Prior to this time, there was also a convoy of cargo ships in the Nasner Naval Base under the protection of 5 destroyers, their target was the fishing port of Mersing in the east of the Malay Peninsula, and the commander of the army was the deputy commander of the 2nd Army, under the jurisdiction of a regiment of the Janissaries and a defense division, with a total strength of about 20,000 troops; The commander of the 2nd Army, Li Mengran, had already explained that their task was to feint against Singapore, so that the defenders of Singapore would not dare to go out to support the British troops in Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and other places, and at the same time to occupy the port of Kuantan in the north.

On the morning of 29 August, at 5 o'clock, fighting began simultaneously at both landing sites.

Since the two landing sites selected were not important ports, the British garrison was very weak, and only some of the policemen on duty were on duty, and under the protection of the destroyers, the officers and men of the cargo ship landed smoothly without encountering any resistance.

The difficulty they faced was how to unload the ship, the port was small, and the berths at the wharf were seriously insufficient, and it took a lot of time just for the officers and men to disembark and land and unload the artillery and baggage of the equipment, especially the 7th officers and men who landed in Anshun City, and they did not complete the landing task until dark.

After the landing of the 7th Army, it first organized defensive positions to cover the landing of the follow-up officers and soldiers, and at the same time sent the 2nd landing regiment as the vanguard to search and advance in the direction of Kuala Lumpur.

The officers and men of the 2nd Army were better, except that some of them landed, and the other part of them would move north along the coastline to occupy Kuantan Port, and the landing time was relatively short, but it was not completed until after noon.

After the landing of 15,000 troops of the 2nd Army, the first thing was to establish a civil defense position in the southern part of Mersing Harbour, and the two destroyers left behind took on the patrol duty of the sea to ensure the safety of the rear of the army.

On the 30th, 1 division of the 8th Army successfully landed in Anshun City, and immediately after the landing, they advanced in the direction of Ben Thanh, preparing to seize the port as one of the supply ports for future operations in Thailand.

Early in the morning of the 29th, the British Straits Settlements received the news that the Xia Imperial army had landed in many places on the Malay Peninsula at the same time.

Sir Anderson, Governor of the Straits Settlements, immediately reported the outbreak of war to the British government.

The commander of the Straits Settlements Army at this time was Lieutenant General Ian Standish Montyth Hamilton, who was considered to be a gifted officer, known for his bravery, charisma and intelligence.

Among the wars in which he participated were: the Second Afghan War (1878-1880); the First Anglo-Boer War (1881); the Mahdi War (1883-1898); the Third Burma War (1885-1886); the Battle of Tilach (1897-1898); Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).

From February 1904 to September 1905, he served as the head of the Military Observer Corps during the Russo-Japanese War, and watched the war with the Japanese army in Northeast China.

In response to the increasing military pressure of the Xia Empire, the British War Office decided to appoint an officer familiar with Asian affairs to serve as commander-in-chief of the Straits Settlements Army, and Lieutenant General Hamilton was honored to be selected to serve in Singapore from 1908 onwards.

Lieutenant General Hamilton sent an Anglo-Indian division to guard the two fort artillery groups, hoping to use the dense artillery batteries to stop the Xia Empire's attempt to attack Singapore from the sea;

3 British divisions were deployed along Johor, and 1 British Indian division was responsible for logistics baggage; The Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 3rd Anglo-Indian Division were stationed on the Tima Heights to defend against the Xia Empire troops from the north.

Lieutenant General Hamilton's defense was perfect, juggling both sea and land attacks.

Zhang Wei and Lu Weimin's assumptions still refer to the case of the Japanese occupation of Singapore, but they do not know that the current British defense is very different from the situation at that time.

On August 2, the officers and men of the two divisions of the 7th Army had approached Kuala Lumpur and were ready to attack; Officers and men of the 2nd Army had already captured Kuantan Port in the eastern part of the Malay Peninsula and sent 1,000 troops to the area north of Singapore in a posture of attacking from northeast Singapore.

The first battle was fought in Kuala Lumpur, at this time the defenders of Kuala Lumpur established a defensive position mainly in Port Klang, south of Kuala Lumpur, to defend against the enemy's landing from the sea, and now the army of the Xia Empire is coming from the west, and the British and Indian troops hastily set up a blocking position in Sungai Vullok west of Kuala Lumpur, they dare not get too close to the coastline, for fear of being shelled by the warships of the Xia Empire.

The British and Indian forces contracted the front and were cheapening the 7th Army, and the 7th Army sent 1 regiment of troops, under the protection of warships, along the coastal path, straight into Selangor, successfully occupied Port Klang, and prepared to occupy Kuala Lumpur to the north, threatening the rear of the British and Indian troops.

Lieutenant General Hamilton, in view of the actual situation on the battlefield, ordered all British and Indian troops stationed in Kuala Lumpur to withdraw to Malacca.

Not a single shot was fired, allowing the Xia Empire to successfully occupy Kuala Lumpur and the outer port of Port Klang.

The 7th Army sent 1 national defense division to chase the retreating British and Indian behind the back, causing the British and Indian to retreat in panic, discarding all the weapons and baggage, and frantically fleeing in the direction of Malacca.

On 3 August, airships supported by the Sumatran Military Region arrived in Kuala Lumpur, while the remaining units of the 7th Army began to land on the Malay Peninsula using Port Klang.

Beginning on August 3rd, the airship joined the pursuit of the fleeing British troops, and bombed them all the way, as long as the army was dense, there would be bombs falling from the sky, so that the British and Indian troops staged a life-and-death escape, the British and Indian troops either ran frantically towards the port of Malacca, or were killed, or surrendered on the spot, or took off their military uniforms and hid in the ravine bushes, and could safely withdraw to Singapore.

Lieutenant General Hamilton felt that since the Xia Empire had landed on the Malay Peninsula and launched an attack from land, the situation in the port of Malacca was similar to that of Kuala Lumpur, they only did the defense of the coast, and did not establish proper defensive measures against the enemy on land, so he ordered all the garrisons in Malacca to withdraw to Singapore, otherwise they would be like the army in Kuala Lumpur, even if they wanted to evacuate, they would not be able to withdraw back.

The division stationed in Bencheng, he had already ordered to abandon its position and retreat in the direction of Burma, otherwise it would definitely be completely annihilated by the Xia Empire.

At this time, the British Far East Fleet was stationed in Bombay, and did not dare to come to the aid of Singapore, and the few old destroyers and cruisers that Singapore had at hand did not dare to leave the port, so they could only be stationed at the Janggi Naval Base east of Singapore as a fixed battery.

On 4 August, the 8th Army successfully occupied Ben Cheng and used Ben Cheng as a temporary base for the 8th Army, whose role was to block the possible British reinforcements from India and Burma and ensure the security of the rear of the 7th Army.

On August 8, the 7th Army occupied the city of Malacca, and the army commander Li Zihao set up the military headquarters there, except for leaving a regiment to continue to defend Kuala Lumpur, all the officers and soldiers of the 7th Army converged in Malacca.

The Port of Malacca is a deep-water port with convenient port facilities, which is very convenient for the supply of supplies to the army.

The Port of Malacca is more than 200 kilometers away from Singapore.

Li Zihao felt that the defenders of Malacca had been evacuated for a long time, and now it was useless to chase them, and since the army landed in Malacca, not a single battle had been fought, all of them were in a hurry, and they were already very tired, so he decided to let the infantry rest here and send airships to chase the fleeing British army. This fear will spread, and it will minimize the morale of the British troops guarding Singapore.

On 9 August, all the British troops could retreat back to Singapore, and Lieutenant General Hamilton ordered the blowing up of all bridges, dikes and other facilities between Singapore and Johor, making Singapore a real island.

On the 14th, Lieutenant General Lee Chi Ho arrived at Kulai, north of Singapore, and the 7th Army completely completed the encirclement of Singapore from the east, north, and west.

Because Lieutenant General Li Zihao sent a cavalry division to occupy other towns in the Malay Peninsula, the Japanese mercenaries lost the opportunity to make a fortune by robbery, and the mercenary generals set their sights on the more prosperous Singapore City, hoping to be the main force in the Singapore Campaign, and applied to Li Zihao to fight, Li Zihao wanted this effect. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.