At 10 p.m. on February 10, Zhang Wei rushed to Singapore in a Shengli-class torpedo boat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The distance between Singapore and Sabang is 580 nautical miles, and at a speed of 20 knots per hour, it takes about 30 hours to reach Singapore, and it will take more than 4 o'clock in the morning on the 12th, which is convenient for Zhang Wei's action.

Zhang Wei was not going to choose to attack this time, but wanted to enter Singapore first, then release soldiers from the system, occupy the opponent's barracks and forts, as well as the governor's palace, and then occupy the port.

Immediately after his departure, Zhang Wei sent a telegram to the intelligence officers stationed in Singapore, telling them the time of arrival and inquiring about the place to dock.

Soon the intelligence officer called back that it was best to dock on the Malayan side and then go to Singapore, and agreed to meet at the seashore, 2 kilometers west of Kuka.

On the morning of February 12, after meeting with the intelligence officers, Zhang Wei sent the torpedo boat to Pekanbaru to rest, and then followed the intelligence officers to Singapore.

It was already noon when I returned to the intelligence officer's residence, and there was no way to act that day, so I could only do it again on the 13th.

The intelligence officers introduced the military situation in Singapore, and now there are more than 30,000 British troops, more than 70,000 servants, more than 10,000 port auxiliaries, and 1 regiment of artillery. The Governor of the Straits Settlements has received a telegram from the British Foreign Office to negotiate with our kingdom, and he has sent a representative to Peking; The number of Chinese in Singapore accounts for one-third of the total population, after the defeat of the Indian Ocean naval battle, the governor suppressed the Chinese more severely, for fear that the Chinese would rise up to resist, and now the Chinese do not dare to go out during the day, for fear of being troubled by the British army, we must start acting at night or in the morning when it is almost dawn.

Zhang Wei did not expect that a small Singapore would be stationed with so many soldiers, which shows the importance of Singapore to the British, this time it is necessary to occupy Singapore, and convince the British at one time, it is best not to find trouble for themselves.

The chief of intelligence said to Zhang Wei: "Your Majesty, how can you explain the sudden appearance of so many troops in Singapore? Even if you are shipping by sea, you also need a huge fleet, and it is impossible to completely cover people's eyes and ears, and we can't explain it at all. ”

"What then? Since you are here, you can't go back empty-handed, you must occupy Singapore, so that you can negotiate with the British. ”

"Your Majesty wants to send a telegram to the Chief of the General Staff to ask, I don't know what to do."

Zhang Wei had no choice but to send a telegram to Lu Weimin, and told Lu Weimin the details of the situation, and asked what to do.

Soon, Lu Weimin replied with a telegram, telling Zhang Wei that there was no need to think about it so much, and that it would be good if he could win, but in order to reduce Zhang Wei's concerns, it was decided to send two regiments from Palembang and West Kalimantan provinces to Singapore by boat to cover people's eyes and ears, and it is difficult to say how much of a role it can play.

Half an hour later, Lu Weimin called again and sent the division of operations, asking the 14th Division and the 15th Division to attack the British barracks together, and then assist the 16th Division to annihilate the servant army after annihilating the British army; The 16th Division attacked the barracks of the servant army alone; The 17th Regiment of the 1st Division was responsible for the capture of the port, the 2nd and 3rd regiments occupied the batteries, and the division headquarters and the 4th regiment occupied the city and the governor's palace; In addition, Singapore is a land of projectiles, and the mountain artillery battalion under the division is basically useless, and mortars are the most practical, so it is necessary to prepare more mortar shells.

The time for the attack will be 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, and the general attack will be launched before dawn and the opposing army is still sleeping.

At about 3 o'clock in the morning of the second day, Zhang Wei got up and, under the leadership of intelligence officers, quietly walked in the direction of the British military camp. When there was still 1 kilometer away from the barracks, Zhang Wei released the divisional headquarters of the 14th and 15th Divisions, and then released each regiment in order, and under the orders of the two division commanders, the British barracks were surrounded first.

After the 14th and 15th Divisions left, Zhang Wei released the 16th and 17th Divisions out of the system, and under the leadership of intelligence officers, rushed to their respective targets.

By 4 o'clock, the two divisions had completed the encirclement of the British army, all the artillery had been erected, and the commander of the 14th division said to the commander of the 15th division: "Old Jiang, let's start, let the British taste our fireworks feast first." "Okay, let's get started."

Nearly 1,000 mortars were fired at full range, and the scene was truly shocking. Not because of how powerful these two mortars are, the destructive power of each mortar shell is within a few meters, the main thing is that the number of shells fired is too large, and each M2-60mm mortar fires more than 25 shells per minute; The rate of fire of each M1-81mm mortar is also more than 15 rounds per minute. Such a large number can cover the entire barracks in an instant, and it will blow up a few back and forth, and Zhang Wei accepted Lu Weimin's suggestion, specially prepared a lot of mortar shells, only 5 minutes, 100,000 shells were fired, and the barrels were red, and the two division commanders ordered to stop the shelling, gradually attack with the battalion as a unit, and narrow the encirclement.

The British officers and soldiers who were sleeping were shelled by such an overwhelming bombardment, and less than half of them survived. All the barracks were blown down, and many soldiers were buried in the rubble. The explosion caused a fire in the barracks, in which many soldiers were burned to death and the smell of barbecued meat wafted from the barracks.

Now the highest commander who can organize soldiers to counterattack is a division chief of staff, and the commander and the two division commanders have not shown up now, and it is estimated that there is more luck than luck.

But when he saw the appearance of the soldiers around him, he completely dispelled the idea of counterattacking, many soldiers ran out of the dormitory wearing only shorts after hearing the explosion, not even wearing shoes, let alone weapons, now the weapons are buried in the rubble, how can they fight back without weapons?

One of the regimental commanders asked: "Chief of Staff, what shall we do?" “

"There's no way, there's no way to fight this battle, I haven't even brought out my weapons, what to fight, besides, we don't know who the enemy is until now, how to fight? In order to reduce casualties, it is better to surrender, and after surrendering, hurry up to rescue the buried brothers. “

Zhang Wei also did not expect that the British army would surrender so easily, so he hurriedly asked the 14th Division to support the 16th Division, and the 15th Division received prisoners and rescued the buried British troops.

When the 14th Division arrived at the servant army camp, they had already surrendered, inferior to the British army, and they were blinded by a single artillery bombardment, and they could not organize a counterattack at all, and surrendered directly. These servant armies are from India, Burma, South Africa and other places, and it is okay to fight a tailwind battle, but it is impossible for them to complete the offensive task alone, not to mention the poor weapons and equipment, the will to fight is not good, and they simply rely on the prestige of the British Empire to bully people.

The battle to occupy the Governor's Palace and the docks was smooth, and the British troops here were even less combat-ready, especially the auxiliary personnel in the docks, who were not soldiers at all, but some highly professional workers, who were here to work, not to fight.

The 2nd Regiment of the 17th Division, which attacked 2 batteries, encountered stubborn resistance from the British army, and due to the fierce shelling of 2 barracks in the city, the British troops in 2 batteries had time to prepare, and they quickly entered the position to defend the batteries. The commander of the artillery regiment was well aware of the importance of the fort, if the fort was lost, then Singapore would be lost, and the British Empire would lose the colony of Singapore, so he resolutely organized a counterattack.

Although the fort guns on the batteries could not turn their muzzles to fire shells at the city, many permanent forts were built around the forts, and the British were equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns, which made the 17th Division's attack very difficult. In the end, the regimental chief of staff asked for help from the division headquarters, so that the 75mm mountain artillery battalion of the division headquarters could come to support, and bombarded these fortifications with 75mm mountain guns, even if they could not be killed, they could be stunned.

After receiving the call for help, the commander of the 17th Division immediately supported an artillery company for each regiment, and asked the artillery company to set off immediately and take the two batteries as soon as possible.

This time, the 2nd and 3rd regiments were not in a hurry to attack, and decided to clear each fortress with mountain artillery and slowly move forward.

"Boom" hit the concrete-reinforced fortress with one shot, and only blew off a corner.

"It's really hard, keep firing, I don't believe I can't blow up this turtle shell." The commander of the artillery company said and arranged for the artillery to continue firing.

"Boom" is another shot.

"Again, at most 2 more shells will be able to lift this turtle shell."

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom"

By the time the fifth shell was fired, the fort collapsed, burying the British troops inside the fort.

"It's a good coffin, it's cheaper for them. Go, go to the next machine gun fortress. “

For the People's Army, the People's Army did not use the tactics of crowds to attack, but only shelled their fortresses, which made the commander of the British artillery regiment itch with hatred, the enemy did not attack, the heavy machine guns were useless, and now they could only be beaten passively, and sooner or later the batteries would be lost.

"Commander, what should I do? Several machine-gun forts at our front were blown up, and the brothers were buried. “

"I know, there's no way, we don't have mountain artillery or field artillery to deal with them, and fortress artillery can't hit them."

"We won't be able to hold out for long, they attack very quickly, and our fortress will not be able to withstand a few shells."

"If we can hold on for a while, the governor will send someone to support us."

"It's impossible, if the governor still had troops, he would have come to support us a long time ago, and there are no reinforcements yet, which means that they are also unlucky."

Adopting a step-by-step strategy, it took several times more time to reduce the loss of personnel, Zhang Wei can still accept this result, anyway, there is a lot of time now, and other places have been occupied, so there are only these 2 batteries left, slow down, I believe that sooner or later these 2 batteries will be taken.

Until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the commander of the battery guessed that the governor must have had an accident a long time ago, and the British army and the servant army should have also been defeated, otherwise they would have come to support themselves a long time ago, and now it is meaningless to continue to hold on, the enemy does not attack, but only shells the fortress, and the casualties of his own soldiers gradually increase, and it will not last long if he holds on, and the casualties will increase in vain. Now there were no reinforcements, and there was no hope of victory, so they had to surrender.

The capture of the fort is considered to be the complete occupation of Singapore.