Then there was the unexpected use of the Chinese army's unprecedented "through-the-wall tactics", quickly interspersing the surrounding area of the Governor's Palace, and finally succeeding in capturing Governor Sir Mitchell alive, forcing most of the defenders to lay down their arms, and if it were not for the Anzac army's loyalty to the British Empire and unparalleled courage, the Battle of Singapore would have ended prematurely by that time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Tactics through the wall" is easy to learn, but the defects of the lack of will to fight of the Western army exposed in this campaign are difficult to solve, and as soon as the governor gives the order, tens of thousands of people honestly surrender to the enemy whose strength is only one-twentieth of his own, including even the troops from the British mainland who claim to be of high quality, which is almost the same as the feudal army.

"The French Army, known as the first in Europe, relied on the Warlords to barely hold on to the battle in the later stages of World War I, and could only defend but not attack; At the beginning of World War II, it was even more defeated, and nearly one million troops surrendered directly to the German army. The British army was overwhelmed by Japanese bicycles in Southeast Asia. When the U.S. military has no air support, even the Korean People's Army can't defeat it, let alone the Russian and Austrian armies. Even the best-performing German army, before being infused with faith by the mustache, can only fight a good fight, once it falls into adversity, it will quickly lose the will to fight, especially the German Navy, the Jutland naval battle is obviously a big bargain, and it was so frightened that it no longer dares to leave the port, and later because the order was issued from above to fight at sea, and even simply rebelled to evade responsibility......", recalling the various ugliness of the Western army in history, the corners of Li Hui's mouth couldn't help but curl slightly, But he didn't think it was for some fun, he wanted to figure out why it was happening.

"After the rise of modern nationalism, the Western powers have the ability to mobilize the whole country for a general war, but the soldiers are not stupid, except for a very small number of fanatical patriots like the mustache, the vast majority of people need to mobilize interests to fight bravely. If the soldiers can get far more benefits from the war than the risks, such as the invasion of China, which was weak during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they will be quite active, while if there is no benefit and the mortality rate is very high, such as the two world wars, then they can only be forced to fight by harsh military discipline. Once it is difficult to continue to enforce military discipline, such as when the army is broken up, surrender and save life will become the choice of the vast majority of people. And if even the commanders surrender, they have an excuse to shirk their responsibilities, and naturally they will be ......even more at ease", Li Hui thought about this, and suddenly had a deeper understanding of the advantages of the people's army, "The people's army is different, first of all, whether we actively initiate or passively participate in the war, it is for the interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in the country, not just for the interests of the big capitalists and big landlords; Moreover, the existence of the party organization makes every unit above the company level like an independent unit, and even if they lose contact with their superiors, or even if their superiors defect to the enemy, as long as there are political workers, they can continue to hold on. Although it is possible for political workers to die in battle or mutiny, the probability of a large group of people having a problem is obviously much smaller than that of a small group of people......"

However, the heroic and stubborn spontaneous resistance of the ANZ army still won Li Hui's respect, and also made him somewhat jealous of the descendants of those criminals, "However, every country has warriors and heroes, and the influence of the people's customs on the combat effectiveness and combat will of the troops cannot be ignored." Australian and New Zealand armies have done this when defending Singapore, and they will be even more determined to defend their own homeland. Fortunately, the population of the two places is not large, otherwise I am afraid that I will have to pay more than I imagined when I attack Australia and New Zealand in the future, but then again, if the two places have a large population, I will not fight them......"

The courage of the ANZ army is admirable, but in a frontal battle, flesh and blood cannot defeat steel. When the Marines attacked with infantry squads, they were defeated again and again by the ANZ forces, but when the Chinese fleet in the harbor began to cover the artillery fire, the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

The Navy's capital ships far exceed the terrifying firepower density imagined by the Army, which is enough to easily destroy any enemy positions that have been exposed, not to mention that the Australian and New Zealand forces simply do not have decent fortifications available, which is almost the same as the "flesh mill" in Luodian during the Songhu War of Resistance in China.

If we insist on finding out the difference between the two, it is probably that the Chinese officers and soldiers who died in Luodian were unjustly killed there because of the blind command of their immediate superiors, and they could have sacrificed more worthwhile, while these Australian and New Zealand soldiers really had no other choice, and they used their lives to prove to the world how vulnerable the army was within the effective range of large-caliber naval guns. After that, for a long time, no country dared to deploy a large number of army units without perfect fortification protection to the threat of coastal naval guns......

However, the news of the Chinese navy's indiscriminate shelling of residential areas and the killing of a large number of citizens inevitably sparked condemnation in the media of various countries, even though they all knew that their ancestors had slaughtered a hundred times more indigenous people in the process of colonizing the colonies.

In the face of the condemnation of foreign media and the echo of many people in China based on traditional concepts, Li Hui openly praised the outstanding performance of the two major fleets of the Navy in the Battle of Singapore, and encouraged them to "make persistent efforts to strive for greater victories." He also uttered the famous phrase in advance -- "The victor is not condemned," which caused an uproar in public opinion at home and abroad.

But then again, even if you don't treat the foreign civilians in that residential area as human beings, it is really not economical to carry out a covering shelling with large-caliber naval guns for a long time. According to the price in the international market, a blasting bullet of a 210mm naval gun is worth about 200 taels of silver, and the price of the barrel lining is extremely expensive, with a total cost of nearly one million taels of silver. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Singapore's urban area is still quite small, and Sir Mitchell, who was in a hurry to go to the hospital, had concentrated too many troops before the war, so that the more than 10,000 Australian and New Zealand troops could not be fully deployed, and the Chinese navy might not be able to completely solve the battle if they ran out of shells. (To be continued.) )