The Japanese commander in charge of the attack on Singapore was Yamashita Fumi, who took the attack on Singapore very seriously, believing it to be an important turning point in his life and the beginning of his becoming the greatest Japanese general in history.

Yamashita was a cadre of the imperial faction in the Japanese army, and his main political views were to support the emperor's personal government, thoroughly build Japan into a military dictatorship, and advocate aggression against the Asian continent to the outside world. The main members of this faction were middle- and lower-ranking military officers who acted recklessly, recklessly, and were keen on assassinations and military coups.

In the Sino-Japanese War, Japan suffered a crushing defeat, so that the momentum of Japan's invasion and occupation of China was completely curbed, and the strength and weakness of the two countries suddenly underwent a serious change, and the imperial faction pointed the finger at some ministers in China, believing that they had betrayed Japan, and for a time set off a wave of assassinations in Japan, and Japanese military and political officials, including the patriarch Saionji Gongwang, were threatened with assassination.

Yamashita was also involved in these conspiracies on several occasions, but as they became more and more out of line, Emperor Hirohito was dissatisfied, and the Imperial Road faction was purged, but Yamashita was fortunate to escape and was sent to Nanyang to suppress the natives.

After arriving in Nanyang, Yamashita Fengfu held high the butcher's knife, changing the law to clean up the natives in Indonesia and other places, during which he also went to Germany to inspect the military, and after returning to the Japanese base camp, he actively suggested to the Japanese base camp to follow Germany's example to establish an independent air force, in addition to mechanization, from these propositions it can be seen that Yamashita Fengfu is still very strategic, by no means a rice bucket.

Of course, he also learned the racist way from the Germans, but he did not think that the Aryans were a superior race, he believed that the Yamato nation was the best nation in the world, the emperor was a descendant of Amaterasu, the Japanese were the remnants of the gods, and the Westerners were the descendants of monkeys. The descendants of God will surely be able to overcome the descendants of the monkeys.

The attack on Singapore was the first time that Yamashita had led an army independently. And the opponent is the British Empire. Although this world war has torn off the last fig leaf of the British Empire, it has made it clear to everyone the weakened nature of Britain.

However, Britain has been building prestige for many years, and Japan's modernization is to take Britain as a teacher and follow Britain everywhere. Therefore, Japan regards the defeat of Britain as a great honor, which is very similar to the traditional Japanese style, and only by defeating the teacher can the deep-seated inferiority complex in the Japanese people be eliminated.

Yamashita Fumi, commanding the Japanese army, basically wiped out the British Air Force in a single day. After seizing valuable air and sea supremacy, Yamashita immediately commanded his troops to force a landing, braving British artillery fire to pounce on Singapore's southern defense line.

In fact, at this juncture, Yamashita Fengwen played a trick, the British had been operating the southern defense line of Singapore for a long time, and the fortifications were dense, which was not suitable for a strong attack, so Yamashita Fengwen focused on the northern front.

If you want to attack the northern front, you must first occupy the Malay Peninsula, and then go south to attack the northern part of Singapore, Yamashita Fumimi concentrated three elite Japanese divisions, and quickly landed on the Malay Peninsula under the cover of sea and air forces. The Japanese army then made a detour back to the northern front of Singapore and began the attack.

The British, sensing Japan's moves. Reinforcements were immediately mobilized from the direction of the Malay Peninsula in an attempt to rescue the defenders of Singapore, while the British mobilized a large number of air forces from the direction of India, but the Japanese had already acted in advance, and they bombed Penang so violently that the runway of the airport was completely destroyed, and British air aid could not reach it at all.

After losing the protection of the air force, the British defense line became very weak, and after two days of fierce fighting, the Japanese finally set foot on the soil of Singapore, which was relatively comfortable with Singapore, believing that it had more cannons than the grapes on Christmas pudding, enough to withstand any attack.

However, Churchill was still relatively sober, he knew that Singapore's defense was mainly aimed at the sea, and there was also a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower, but there was a lack of effective weapons to defend against ground offensives, and the Japanese found this weakness, starting from behind Singapore, and broke through the defense line in one fell swoop.

The defenders of the entire Malay Peninsula and Singapore were in extreme danger, and the Japanese artillery and aviation bombarded the artillery positions, airfields and other facilities on the island of Singapore, and shells and bombs rained down on the heads of the British, and countless British soldiers died under the fire.

Moreover, the Japanese also targeted the people and bombed residential areas, which were simply to create fear and disrupt the resolve of the defenders. The Japanese strategy proved to be effective, and the whole of Singapore was plunged into a bloody storm, and the morale of the British defenders was at an all-time low, especially in some of the colonial armies.

Subsequently, the Guards Division made a feigned landing in the open area in the northeast corner of Singapore, so that the 18th Division, the main force of the British army guarding the northeast, could not be moved elsewhere, and the British army seemed to be enveloped, completely unaware of the plans of the Japanese, and they could only passively retreat in the fortifications, waiting for the judgment of fate.

The 5th and 18th Divisions, the main force of the Japanese army, landed in assault boats in the bushes and swamps west of the causeway, guarded by the exhausted and unguarded Australian troops, who were still here to fight for the British, but they were well aware that their homeland was also threatened by the Japanese, and that the Japanese army would attack the resourceful and defenseless Australia at any time.

In the eyes of these Westerners, the Japanese are synonymous with the beast, and the Japanese will unceremoniously decapitate their captives and then tie their heads together like a bunch of grapes. This statement was widely circulated, and everyone believed it.

The Japanese easily routed the unmotivated Australian army and captured their commander, and after the Japanese landed, they set about establishing and consolidating the landing ground, and then the Guards Division moved west and landed at the landing field.

The three elite divisions of the Japanese army advanced side by side to the south, like an iron broom, and everywhere they passed, the British defenders crumbled. The Japanese army successively occupied important places such as the Tima Heights, the Inbaoding Reservoir and the Garland Airport, and encircled the city on three sides.

On the one hand, Japan intensified its air raids, and on the other hand, it issued a letter of surrender to the British defenders, in which Yamashita wrote proudly: "British soldiers, you have been shamelessly abandoned by the British Empire, and there are only two results waiting for you, either surrender or destruction." The same applies to your government, and the same applies to the Japanese Empire......"

The British commander of the Singapore side was named Percival, a veteran general who had experienced the First World War, and at this time he had completely lost his former majesty and arrogance, and could only hide in the basement, trembling and at a loss.

Percival stared at the Japanese letter of surrender, without saying a word, he kept smoking, the ashtray was already full of cigarette butts, the entire basement was also full of smoke, and all the staff officers were also depressed.

Percival watched for an hour, then extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, stood up and said, "Young men, I think we have no choice, we have done our duty, and now is the time to surrender!" ”

Before Percival could finish his words, he suddenly received an order from London on the radio next door, and Parcival was overjoyed when he saw it.

"The Chinese government has announced that it will officially participate in the Singapore campaign, and they will send troops to help us defend Singapore, I don't think we need to surrender!"

The people in the entire basement were also ecstatic, they never thought that China would help them at this juncture, and a young staff officer asked cautiously: "Your Excellency, has China declared war on Japan?" ”

Parcival shook his head: "No, they are only here to prevent a humanitarian crisis, but no matter what name they use, in short, the Chinese army is coming, and we are no longer alone!" ”

"But will the Chinese be dispatched so quickly, and what if we are wiped out by Japan in advance before we wait for Chinese reinforcements?" The staff officer asked another pointed question, and Percival knew how to answer it, that China and Britain had not really established an effective intelligence-sharing mechanism, and that the British were not aware of China's actions.

In fact, the Chinese army has already begun to act, and this time the main force of Japan's attack on Singapore is the two aircraft carriers Canglong and Feilong, which are also the targets that China will destroy at the first time.

The four aircraft carriers of the Ningyuan, Jingyuan, Fuyuan, and Jingyuan, the main forces of China's South China Sea Fleet, were dispatched to form a huge southward fleet, and China sent seven divisions south from the Malay Peninsula.

The Chinese army is moving south quickly, and the Japanese side is not clear, Yamashita Fengwen has personally landed on the land of Singapore at this time, he is more than 1.7 meters tall and weighs 90 kilograms.

Yamashita was holding a telescope to observe the position of the British army, "The British can build a strong position, but they do not have a strong will. Therefore, no matter how strong the position is, they cannot hold it, only the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire can conquer the whole world, and the tenacious spirit of bushido is our weapon of victory! ”

Yamashita was talking boastfully, and suddenly he heard a loud roar in the air, and when he looked up, he saw a huge group of planes in the air, and he thought it was a Japanese plane at first, but then he woke up, Japan did not have such a huge bomber, this was the enemy's air force.

By the time he understood, it was too late, countless bombs had fallen, and the Japanese positions around him were already in flames. (To be continued.) )