Singapore's history dates back to the 3rd century, when the island was inhabited by Malays, and the earliest documentary record of Singapore comes from the 3rd century Soochow general Kang Tai's "Wu Shi Foreign Biography", which is a counterword for the Malay word "pulauujong", which refers to the end of the peninsula. "Polo Chung" is the oldest name on the island of Singapore, more than 1,000 years before Temasek (which was referred to as Temasek in the Ming Dynasty). The island of Singapore began to gain prominence in the 14th century, when the late prince of Sri Buddha, Bairi Misula, established the Sultan dynasty of Malacca in the region, but unfortunately the Portuguese burned down the estuary stronghold in 1613.

Singapore's modern history dates back to the early 19th century, when Britain was expanding its territory in India and trading with China. They urgently needed to find a port where their ships could anchor and repair in order to gain an edge in the trade competition with the Dutch. In late 1818, Governor Raffles established a new trading port at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. When Raffles landed at the mouth of the Singapore River on 29 January 1819, he found it in a well-positioned position to develop into a harbour, with spacious waters that were spared from storms and an abundant source of water from nearby streams to provide clean drinking water for ships.

Initially, Singapore was under the colonial authority of British India. By 1820, Singapore was generating profits for the British Empire. In 1824, Singapore's colonial status was further established with the signing of two new treaties and the Straits Settlements in 1826. In 1832, Singapore became the seat of government in the Straits Settlements.

Historically, on April 1, 1867, it officially became a direct colony of the United Kingdom, under the direct jurisdiction of the colonial office in London. At the beginning of the 20th century, Singapore's rise from a swampy wasteland to the world's Chapter 062 night was a beautiful night, and the beaches and coconut palms on Sentosa Island were all the more enchanting under the moonlight and the breeze of the sea.

As the stars turned, bonfires lit around Singapore's harbour, and no one knew what they were for, not even the defenders of the batteries not far from the bonfires, or if they were lit by the locals to celebrate an unknown holiday.

On June 28, 1840, this ordinary Mid-Autumn Festival night became unusual because of the appearance of the Combined Fleet of the Chinese Empire.

Tom. Stanford. Sir Raffles suddenly heard a series of explosions in the harbor, each one so alarming in the stillness of the night. The old Raffles had been working the body of a Malay girl, and the red wine he had drunk earlier had put him in a rare state of euphoria, and the Malay girl's satin-smooth skin had brought him to a critical state, and the sudden cannon fire had struck his already overwhelmed heart continuously. Raffles shuddered, and rolled under the bed with his hands on his chest. The Malay girl screamed in surprise by his actions, and by the time the butler pushed the door open, Raffles had died in agony with her eyes open and mouth wide open.

Suddenly there was chaos in Singapore, whether it was the big slope inhabited by Chinese, the small slope inhabited by Malays, and the Mae Road inhabited by Europeans and Arabs, there were fires and police whistles blowing their whistles and busily trying to calm the situation, but the explosions coming from the port and the fires burning everywhere made things worse.

The British were completely unaware of the attack of the Chinese navy, and John rushed out of the cabin, and the sound of huge bombardment rang in his ears one after another. The British Navy colonel, who was wearing trousers, was stunned by what he saw. From time to time, the harbor shone with a blinding light, and cannonballs whistled down on the batteries and ships around the harbor. The cannonball exploded at the point of landing, and once again it exploded with a loud bang, destroying everything around it as much as it could. Looking in the direction of the city of Singapore, where the firelight reflects the sky above the city red, the voices of people are faintly audible, and the crisp sound of gunfire rang out in the intervals between explosions, and everything is in chaos.

"Lord Almighty, these wicked Orientals. Hurry up and anchor, hurry, hurry. The shouts burst out of John's mouth, and his chest was full of anger, and someone dared to attack the British port, it must be those damned Chinese.

The panicked sailors hurried into action under the shouts of the commanders, and John's top was full of running figures, and the shouts of the commanders at all levels came and went.

"Fire!"

The loud scream drew John in, and before he could ask, he heard a popping sound like fried beans coming from him. It was the army of the Chinese Empire attacking from the docks, and the sailors on the ship were shooting at each other. A chill rose in John's heart, where did all the troops on the docks go?

Seeing that there were more and more Chinese troops on the docks, John finally saw his ship move. The nearly 40-meter-long "Sea Lion" sailing ship slowly left the dock, and the slender pier could not be lined up with more troops, which allowed John to escape the attack of the Chinese army.

The other two warships also seemed to be unlucky, mixed with merchant ships and transports, and had not yet had time to anchor. It was rushed onto the deck by Chinese soldiers, and the large number of Chinese troops seemed to have taken control. Groups of captured British navies could be seen on board.

John drew his command knife on the shaky deck and shouted, "Shoot!" ”

The battleship, which was already seriously wounded, fired a volley of artillery at the Chinese battleship opposite. The same explosion sounded in the silver moonlit night, and exploded densely on the surface of the sea like a burst of dead fireworks. This unusually dazzling beauty brought a fatal splendor in an instant, and although John felt that he had hit the Chinese battleship, the inevitable sense of despair appeared strongly in John's mind with the roar of the other two warships. A cannonball hit the hapless John almost directly, and in John's dying gaze, time seemed to slow down suddenly, and he saw the roaring turret suddenly turn into a ball of the most brilliant flames, rapidly magnifying, and engulfing him in the next instant. Everything was suddenly lost, and it turned into a hopeless darkness.

Singapore's defenses were indeed a little worse, and the famous Sisolo Fort has not yet been built. Singapore's defense relied mainly on a few scattered artillery batteries in the harbor.

Qin Han was the commander-in-chief of this "blocking the door" military operation, and he and his army went ashore from the transport ship. One vote was immediately arranged to occupy the docks, and the other to sweep the nearby forts. He personally led the main force of the 31st Division to outflank the two infantry regiments of the British army stationed here. The 32nd Division was also sent to Singapore City to cut off the town from the docks.

The gunfire rang out in front quickly, and Qin Han decisively ordered the 31st Division to block it head-on, allowing one part of the 30th Division to move from the left to cut off the retreat of the British army to the direction of the city, and the other part to outflank the British army from the right side.

The two regiments of the British army together were only about 1,500 people, how could these people be the opponent of the 20,000 Imperial Army. You must know that the army led by Qin Han is definitely stronger than the British army in terms of weapons and morale.

In the sound of explosions and gunfire along the way, the British infantry regiment quickly collapsed, and the British troops fleeing to Singapore City were blocked by one part of the 30th Division, and when the forces of the other part of the 30th Division appeared from the rear, the British had no choice but to surrender.

The capture of Singapore not only closed the door to East Asia, but also avenged the British occupation of the Maldives, which was blockaded and attacked by the British-Indian Grand Fleet after the two countries declared war, and although it did not occupy Malé, it controlled most of the Maldives and severed the connection between the empire and the Maldives. The loss of Male was doomed, so Lin Hong had already instructed the colonial officials in the Maldives to allow a temporary surrender to the British ** team.