. Ordered to break through the streets of Jurong west of Bukit Timah Hill with the tried and tested armoured tactics of the previous Peninsula Operations, penetrate behind enemy lines, and disrupt the enemy's defenses, in order to smash the enemy's defenses between Bukit Timah Hill and the west coast of Singapore Island, and then take Singapore City directly.

At the first engagement, under the concentrated assault of our chariot troops, the Indian and Afghan soldiers rushed with their heads and ran away, and our army successfully entered Jurong.

Unexpectedly, during the attack on the 2nd defensive line held by the British army and the Australian army, the troops were blocked by the dense artillery fire fired by the artillery group of the fortress of Mt. Muzhijima, and the infantry suffered heavy casualties.

On that day, a large force of our army once stormed the enemy position west of Mount Wuzhi Jima, but it was also repeatedly fired from the side of the mountain artillery group, and had to postpone its advance.

That night, Commander Yuan Shikai issued an order to the 5th Air Group to "concentrate on bombing the enemy fortification group on the front line of Buzhi Jima Mountain", and applied to the base camp to borrow heavy airships, as well as to apply for approval for the headquarters to use a large number of "special smoke grenades" - that is, poison gas bombs in the Bukit Tima Fortress Raid.

From 19 to 25 July, the Fifth Air Group dispatched more than 50 > sorties, dropping nearly 1,000 tons of bombs. The largest bomb weighs 2,500 pounds, the ground shakes when it detonates, the power is terrifying, it is called the "earthquake bomb", because it is too heavy and too large, only a few heavy airships can be carried, but the airship bombing has always been completely inaccurate. Obviously, the psychological effect is far greater than the actual effect.

During this period, the ground troops concentrated 500 artillery pieces to bombard day and night, firing more than 200,000 shells in a week, concentrating on destroying the obstacle line composed of mines, barbed wire, trenches, and deer on the periphery of the fortress, and sending combat engineering detachments to supplement the damage between the shelling.

The continuous high-density bombardment not only damaged some of the fortified facilities, but also caused the defenders to panic and sleep. Lieutenant General Rosenberg, who had previously commanded operations at the top of the mountain, had to retreat to the Fort Canning headquarters in the city to escape "Satan's wrath."

On the 25th, Yuan Shikai's headquarters received a report from the meteorological department that the next day the wind would launch a "special smoke attack" against the wind force, so he ordered to prepare for a general attack. In the early morning of the next day, 300 artillery pieces deployed in various places opened fire together, and the infantry units in the main attack direction also concentrated 60 mortars (infantry weapons, not counting the number of artillery) and grenadiers to assist the attack, and fired more than 10,000 special smoke grenades with tear gas, sneezing and vomiting effects within three hours, interspersed with some ordinary smoke grenades, yellow, yellow, green, and green smoke bands stretching for several kilometers. Driven by a weak westerly wind, it slowly spreads to the top of the mountain.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the assault troops wearing smoke masks followed behind the smoke belts like ghosts. Advancing steadily, almost without a fight, they took the outer defensive line of the fortress lightly and captured a large number of British troops.

After the troops broke into the core position of the fortress at a very small cost, most of the cement pillboxes and armored batteries that could not be opened immediately or persuaded to surrender were "quickly dealt with" by spraying a large amount of gasoline into the gun holes and vents and then spraying flames.

By the afternoon of the 27th, the last British pillbox on Bukit Timah Hill was uprooted by our army, and the city of Singapore was unabashedly exposed to our troops.

Up to this time, the special siege artillery unit of the base camp equipped with 210 to 420 mm caliber super-heavy artillery had just arrived from the newly repaired Malayan Railway, and was still in a state of disassembly and transportation.

51st. Our troops advanced into the streets of Bukitima, and the vanguard approached General Rosenberg's headquarters at Fort Canning. The next day, the British ** envoy came to the Chinese army with a white flag. An armistice was negotiated, and in the afternoon of the same day, armistice negotiations were held.

Later extracurricular readings in a later era recorded: "Under the ruthless persecution of General Yuan Shikai, the arrogant General Rosenberg reluctantly and absolutely helplessly spit out the word 'surrender,' and more than 70,000 British, Indian, and Australian officers and soldiers began their not miserable prisoner of war life." ”

At this moment, the pungent smell of special smoke has long been absent from Bukit Timah Mountain, but Deng Jian was not surprised to find an unexploded artillery shell not far away, and carefully identified that it should be a special smoke bomb from the firing site of a 120 caliber heavy mortar.

Seeing this shell, Deng Jian remembered something, turned to Yuan Shikai and said: "Comfort Ting, if the British army at that time was all equipped with smoke masks or equipped with smoke filters for the vents, your attack would be suspended." ”

Yuan Shikai smiled: "What Commander Deng said is that although none of the prisoners captured in front of him wore smoke masks, they were all field troops, and most of them were servant soldiers from India and Australia. ”

"But if you don't give it a try, how can you figure it out so quickly? Even if they really have that thing, I defeated it once, but I still have reserves, and the siege artillery is about to arrive. Besides, at that time, the navy did not attack the Indian Ocean, it swept around the Bay of Bengal, and the troops of the naval base were stationed in the Malay Peninsula again, combing their hair in the Strait of Malacca every day, and the British cut off reinforcements, and a small piece of Singapore, how long could he last. Even if my old Yuan planted it that time and failed, I didn't blow it to you, at most it will drag on for ten days, and I will still level this mountain. ”

Deng Jian nodded approvingly: "Courageous, I, Deng Jian, didn't see the wrong person." ”

"Thank you, Commander Deng, for raising ......"

Deng Jian waved his hand, obviously not wanting to listen to too much nonsense, and said, "Comfort Ting, what do you think of the future Indian strategy?" ”

Yuan Shikai didn't think about it, and blurted out: "The key lies in the navy, if the navy wins, it can advance quickly, and if the navy loses, it has to advance slowly." ”

Deng Jian smiled coldly: "It's better to say it bluntly, if the navy wins, it wins, and if the navy loses, it will be defeated, it's a pleasure." ”

Yuan Shikai hugged his hand: "Yuan Shikai listened to Commander Deng's teachings. ”

Deng Jian shook his head and smiled: "You, just this kind of virtue - it's not early this day, it's time to go down the mountain, let's talk while walking." ”