Chapter 479: The crowd is excited

Singapore, the most important city in the South Seas, is now in ruins. Everywhere there were ruins, and the flames that had not yet been extinguished were emitting billowing smoke. Bombed, fragmented corpses can be seen everywhere, and Singapore suffered heavy losses in the bombardment of five British battleships. After the bombardment, the British fleet left the Singapore Strait, but left behind indelible incriminating evidence.

"These shitty Englishmen, Lao Tzu will never let them go!" Brigadier General Wu Haibin, commander of the 5th Brigade of the Chinese Marine Corps, scolded fiercely. After Singapore began to be shelled, he, Lieutenant Colonel Lin Zixiang and others hid in the basement of the Governor's Palace, and now they have found that the entire Governor's Palace, and even the whole of Singapore, have been turned into ruins by the British shelling.

"General, we will definitely make them pay for it with blood!" Lieutenant Colonel Lin Zixiang's eyes were also full of resentment. The target of the British warship shelling was not the fortress of Singapore, but the urban area, which was basically to massacre the civilians in the city, this kind of behavior is really too vicious.

"Let's count the casualties first, and then report to the base camp! I hope the brothers of the navy will not let go of these damn foreign devils! Brigadier General Wu Haibin said. His Fifth Marine Brigade casualties should not be large, but the civilians in the city must have suffered many casualties.

In less than two hours, the statistics were in. In this shelling of Singapore, more than 30,000 people were killed, including more than 200 officers and men of the 5th Marine Brigade, and then more than 1,000 Chinese in Singapore were killed, and the rest. All are Malayan indigenous Singaporeans. Because under the deliberate arrangement of the officers and men of the 5th Brigade of the Marine Corps. The majority of the Chinese. They all went out of the city first. Most of those who remained in the city were native Malayans. So, these natives died the most.

After the statistical results came out, Brigadier General Wu Haibin and others breathed a sigh of relief. This is especially true of Singapore's mayor, Lim Yi. If Brigadier General Wu Haibin had not insisted that the Chinese evacuate Singapore, I am afraid that the losses of the Chinese would have been even greater.

"Lieutenant Colonel Lin, report this news to the base camp immediately." Brigadier General Wu Haibin ordered. Recently, although the squadron has been winning big battles. However, China's image in the international community is not very good. China's enemies have been constantly pouring dirty water on China, and all kinds of misleading propaganda have turned China into an evil excesse. In the eyes of many foreigners, China has become synonymous with the devil.

"Yes, General!" Lieutenant Colonel Lin Zixiang left briskly and used the military intelligence bureau's radio to send a telegram to the base camp. The contact channel of the Military Intelligence Bureau is more convenient. The evil deeds committed by the British fleet in Singapore. It has to be announced right away.

On the morning of June 19, the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Wang Yuze. Inspect the base camp and listen to the base camp's specific plans for the next phase of operations. Of course, the most important thing is the upcoming decisive battle between the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia and the home fleet of the Chinese Navy.

"Your Majesty, the combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia, is expected to enter the South China Sea through the Singapore Strait this morning. The home fleet is ready, and at the current location, the home fleet has deployed more than a dozen light cruisers in the South China Sea, and once the traces of the combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia are found, they will track the whole process, so that they have nowhere to hide! Xiong Wu, chief of the General Staff, explained to Wang Yuze.

"Have you chosen the sea area for the decisive battle?" Wang Yuze asked. The South China Sea is vast, and there are many sea areas suitable for decisive battles.

"The choice of the sea area for the decisive battle depends on the movements of the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia. However, according to the information we have received, if the home fleet does not fight the combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia in advance, they will go straight to the North Sea and destroy our shipbuilding base. Therefore, the base camp predicted that the combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia would go north along the southeast peninsula. The base camp planned a decisive battle with the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia in the waters west of the Paracel Islands. At present, the main force of the home fleet is already on standby in the area north of the Paracel Islands. Submarine forces have also reached the sea! Chief of the General Staff Xiong Wu continued to explain.

Wang Yuze nodded, for this decisive battle, the Chinese Navy, and even the whole of China, have been preparing for a long time, and there must be no slightest difference. If the combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia can be defeated, Britain, France and Russia will no longer be able to send troops to expedition to China. When the time comes, the war will come to an end. China will win this large-scale war. Although the war has only lasted for more than three months, China's national strength has been brought into full play. If it drags on longer, it will be even more unfavorable to China. The reason for this is that China's national strength is too weak, and even if several of China's enemies do not devote all their strength to a decisive battle with China, China will not be able to support it. However, China has no choice but to fight this war, and only by winning this war will China gain a favorable external development environment. Only then will China become the leader of the world's East, and the entire Far East, the South Seas, and the Pacific will become China's sphere of influence, raw material production and market, and China's economy will once again take off. This is very beneficial for China's preparations for the next large-scale war.

"Your Majesty, the specific time of the decisive battle will probably be on the morning of June 22. At dawn, 12 U1-class Squid submarines of the Navy's submarine force will launch an attack on the combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia. The 533 mm heavy torpedoes carried by the Squid-class submarines were enough to tear through the armor of the battleships of the combined British, French, and Russian fleets, and just one torpedo was enough to inflict heavy damage on the enemy's battleships, and two were enough to sink the enemy's battleships. Under the attack of the 'Squid-class' submarines, the queue of the combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia will inevitably be disrupted. At that time, the main force of the home fleet will launch an attack and launch a fatal blow to the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia, and lay the foundation for the victory of this decisive battle in one fell swoop. If you don't go on a business trip, the probability of victory for the home fleet is as high as more than eighty percent! Minister of the Navy Zhang Cheng introduced.

"Very good, then I will wait for the decisive battle in three days, and I hope that the navy can win another decisive victory for the Empire!" Wang Yuze said with a smile. The odds of 8 percent are already very high. After all, there are too many uncertainties in naval warfare. In the case that the number of warships is completely unadvantageous, the navy can ensure an eighty percent chance of victory, which is already quite good.

"Your Majesty, Director Wei of the Military Intelligence Bureau asks to see you!" Suddenly, Wu Hao, the head of the guard, walked in and reported to Wang Yuze.

"Oh? Let him in! Although Wang Yuze was a little puzzled, he still summoned Wei Zhiyong, the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, but he was also speculating about what had happened. Now the main energy of the military intelligence bureau is all abroad. In this war, the intelligence support provided by the military intelligence agency to the military played a very important role in the war.

Soon, Wei Zhiyong, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, walked in, and after saluting Wang Yuze, chief of the general staff, Xiong Wu, and others, he said: "Your Majesty, I just got the news that the British fleet shelled Singapore two hours ago. Singapore is in ruins! ”

"What? These foreign devils actually attacked Singapore? And bombed Singapore into ruins? Wang Yuze was dumbfounded.

"Yes, Your Majesty. According to preliminary statistics, the 5th Marine Brigade lost more than 200 officers and soldiers, and the Chinese in Singapore were killed by the bombing, which is the reason why Singapore was prepared to evacuate all the Chinese from Singapore. In addition, nearly 30,000 Malayan indigenous people in Singapore were also killed. The whole of Singapore has become a hell on earth. At present, the combined fleet of Anglo-French-Russian has left Singapore and is heading north. According to the information we received, the order to launch an attack on Singapore was Algernon, commander of the combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia? McLennan? Sir Lyons's order! Wei Zhiyong introduced the specific situation.

After hearing that only more than 200 people had been killed in the 5th Marine Brigade and that only a few thousand Chinese in Singapore had been killed, Wang Yuze breathed a sigh of relief. As for the lives and deaths of those Malayan natives, he didn't care at all.

"Your Majesty, the British are so shameless, we are blatantly firing at civilians, we must expose their ugly deeds!" Chief of the General Staff Xiong Wujian said.

"Of course, we blockaded Japan, and the British always jumped out and said that we were slaughtering Japanese civilians, so what are they?" Wang Yuze said with a sneer.

Subsequently, Wang Yuze returned to the palace and summoned Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang, and the two discussed for nearly an hour before Wu Tingfang left the palace.

In the afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire held a press conference, at which Foreign Minister Ng Dinh Fong announced the news of the British fleet's shelling of Singapore, which killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians, and strongly condemned the British fleet and the British fleet commander Algernon. McLennan? Such shameless behavior of Sir Lyons.

Suddenly, the news was like a bombshell, detonating the audience. Although diplomats from various countries have evacuated China because of the declaration of war, many journalists have stayed. After they were sure of the truth of the matter, they were all stunned. Before, they also looked benevolent and moral, condemning the squadron for attacking civilians, and in the blink of an eye, the British fleet drove out such an ugly act, which was simply slapping themselves in the face!

At the same time, the government sent a telegram to spread the news that the British fleet had shelled Singapore, killing tens of thousands of Chinese, and for a time, the people of the whole country were excited, demanding that the executioners be severely punished! (To be continued.) )

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