Major General Yokoyama, who is basically a professional soldier, immediately judged that this was a grenade, such a small area in the house, and the fragments after the explosion of a few grenades were enough to cover the entire space, and there was no safety blind spot, Major General Yokoyama closed his eyes in despair, leaving him in this world, and the last impression was a few dazzling white lights, suddenly blooming in the dark room.

"Boom, boom!" Several loud bangs, firelight mixed with thick smoke, came out of the window, and several paratrooper soldiers, with their thumbs outstretched and gesticulating to each other, went straight to the next room, they didn't know yet, a few grenades, had already taken out the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army in Singapore, Major General Yokoyama Kongoro.

The battle of the paratrooper regiment to capture the headquarters of the Japanese Yokoyama Brigade ended in less than 30 minutes, and then the first battalion of the paratrooper regiment immediately used the sandbag fortifications outside to build a defensive line at the commanding heights inside, ready to meet the counterattack of the Japanese army, and they must be here and hold on until the main force arrives.

Don't look at the strength of a battalion, with the equipment of the paratrooper regiment, there is no problem in blocking the two Japanese brigades for several hours, and the preparation for the development of the paratrooper regiment by the Dingbian Special Equipment Research Institute is to pursue lightness and easy airdrop, and on the premise of not losing the degree of firepower, it has done its best.

What they didn't know was that the three Japanese wings stationed in Singapore had already been retreating to the port in a planned way according to the prior orders of the brigade commander, Major General Yokoyama, and that the first battalion of the paratrooper regiment was the Japanese army that could not wait for a counterattack no matter what.

On the outskirts of Singapore, the sound of gunfire resounded in the night sky, and, as they got closer, the Japanese troops guarding the blasting point were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Without his personal order to detonate the explosives, no unit was allowed to detonate the pre-planted explosives.

The Japanese troops at the blasting point did not wait for a call from the commander of the Yokoyama Brigade, but waited for a small detachment of the special operations detachment of the independent division. Blasting the urban area of Singapore is an unsightly deed, and it is necessary to hide from the citizens, work quietly, and do not make a public announcement. At each blasting point, there were no more than three or five Japanese soldiers. Face experienced special operators. Basically, they didn't even have the strength to fight back, and a dense rain of bullets poured over, and the Japanese soldiers were beaten into sieve eyes!

The battle to solve the Japanese army's blasting point was carried out unusually smoothly, which was definitely thanks to the help of Mr. Huang, the head snake, and the various detachments successively submitted to Qi Hanzhi, the chief of staff of the detachment. After receiving the reports from the various squads, Qi Hanzhi wiped the sweat from his face and let out a sigh of relief. He said to the operator: "Report to the division commander immediately, all the detachments of our special operations detachment have all taken control of the Japanese army's blasting points. ”

South of Kuala Lumpur, Singapore Battle Headquarters, Tang Qiuli stood in front of the high-powered artillery mirror, carefully observing the situation on the battlefield, from his current angle, he could basically have a bird's-eye view of the whole battlefield, the intensity of the battle was even lower than he expected, when the tank brigade broke through the Japanese defense line, judging from the strength of the Japanese army's resistance, the Japanese troops defending the first line position were at most a reinforced wing.

Since the commander of the Japanese army did not put the main forces in the peripheral positions, he made up his mind, relying on the urban street fortifications, resisting step by step, and retreating to the port in turn, therefore, breaking through the outer positions of the Japanese army is only the beginning of the battle, and next, there will be very difficult street battles.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe hurriedly came over, "Division commander, I received a telegram from Chief of Staff Qi of the Special Operations Detachment, all the detachments of the Special Operations Detachment, with the assistance of Mr. Huang, have all taken control of the Japanese army's blasting points in the city, and none of them have exploded!" ”

"In addition, according to the report of the third division of the special operations detachment, they assisted the first battalion of the paratrooper regiment to occupy the battle of the Japanese brigade and regimental headquarters, and ten minutes ago, it had ended smoothly, and the first battalion occupied the Japanese brigade headquarters and was preparing to block the counterattack of the Japanese army!"

"Good!" Tang Qiuli took a box of shells and said: "Very good, the Japanese army's plan to blast the urban area of Singapore has been completely destroyed, the special operations detachment has made the first contribution, and the next battle will be much easier to fight, plus Le Yiqin's paratroop regiment, the decapitation operation was successful, the command system of the Japanese army was killed, and the unified command was lost, and the Japanese army couldn't run if they didn't want to!" ”

"Yuhe, order the three infantry brigades, don't entangle with the Japanese army on the periphery, adopt the tactics of a line of flat push, drive the Japanese troops in the city in the direction of the port, and annihilate them at sea, order the chief of staff of the fleet, Xin Xiguo, the torpedo boat detachment and the gunboat detachment, can start the operation, rush to the Strait of Malacca, intercept the Japanese troops who evacuated by boat, and order Le Yiqin's mixed group of fighters and bombers to take off immediately!"

Zhao Yuhe agreed, and hurriedly walked to the telecommunications room, and before he could get out of the shelter department, Yu Guanghan, chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps, hurriedly came in again, "Report to the division commander, I received a report from the commander of the armored corps, Battle, and the commander of the attack force, the attacking troops, except for the positions on the outskirts of Singapore, had a fierce battle with the Japanese army, and when they advanced to the Japanese defense in depth, they did not encounter any resistance from the Japanese army, because the battlefield situation was abnormal, Commander Battle and the three brigade commanders called to ask, do you continue to advance in the direction of the city?" ”

"What?" Tang Qiuli and Zhao Yuhe exclaimed almost in unison, more than 10,000 Japanese troops resisted in the peripheral positions for a while, and then they stopped fighting, what did the Japanese army want to do? Could it be that the Japanese army still had a plan in advance to dig a trap for the attack troops of the independent division?

Doubts arose in the minds of Tang Qiuli and Zhao Yuhe at the same time, and Zhao Yuhe hurriedly asked, "Guanghan, have the attacking troops stopped advancing?" ”

Yu Guanghan replied: "Division commander and chief of staff, according to the reports of the commanders, the troops did not stop advancing, but only slowed down the pace of advancement, and at the same time, sent a part of the troops to spread out to the two flanks of the breakthrough, and at the same time, acted as a vigilance!" ”

Tang Qiuli understood, Battle and Liu Hongzhang, Chu Ziye, Liao Zhenbang and they, worried that this was a trap of the Japanese army, it makes sense to be careful, the battle at the breakthrough, the annihilation of the Japanese army, but about two or three thousand, the remaining seven or eight thousand Japanese soldiers, suddenly disappeared, is it an ambush, or another conspiracy, it is impossible to counter-encircle, with the remaining strength of the Japanese army, surround more than 300 tanks in one tank brigade, more than 50,000 people in three infantry brigades, unless the Japanese commander is crazy!

It is also impossible to fight a counterattack, Tang Qiuli frowned and asked Zhao Yuhe, "Yuhe, the special operations detachment and the paratrooper regiment, do you have any reports of fighting with the Japanese army in the city?" ”

Zhao Yuhe shook his head and replied: "No, there are no similar reports of the first battalion of the paratrooper regiment that occupied the Japanese brigade and regimental headquarters, and the various detachments of the special operations detachment, except for the battles of the Japanese troops at the elimination of the blasting point, there are no reports of fierce battles with large Japanese troops!" ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head, this matter is full of evil nature, for a while, he really didn't understand what the Japanese commander was going to do, suddenly, his eyes lit up, and said: "Wait, I understand what's going on, the Japanese troops in the city have all been evacuated, they must be running in the direction of the port, this should be a plan made by the Japanese army a long time ago, using the blasting of buildings in the city to block our pursuit and cover their retreat to the port!" ”

Zhao Yuhe and Yu Guanghan nodded as if they suddenly realized, and Tang Qiu said excitedly: "Yuhe, order the tank brigade to stand by in place, and the three infantry brigades will rush into the city at full speed and go straight to the port!" After the Japanese troops crossing the sea were attacked by the fleet, once they returned, they would send the Japanese back to the sea! ”

Zhao Yuhe and Yu Guanghan hurriedly went out, Major General Guo Fengqi, commander of the First Brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps, looked at Tang Qiuli with blank eyes, and was so anxious in his heart, "The little devil can't help but fight, if it goes on like this, the main attacking force will be able to solve the battle, what kind of reserves are used, isn't it empty joy for yourself!" Fifteen or six thousand, already ready to go, go back like this, how can they explain to the brothers who are looking forward to fighting and their eyes are red? ”

Guo Fengqi had the mentality of trying it out, and asked weakly: "Division commander, is there still a task for our brigade?" The troops are ready! ”

Tang Qiuli stared at Guo Fengqi, seeing that Guo Fengqi's heart was furious, and his legs were a little trembling, thinking that he had provoked the division commander.

Tang Qiuli thought for a moment and said: "Brigade Commander Guo, your brigade really has a task, attack immediately, follow behind the main attack force with squads and platoon units, search for the remnants of the Japanese army, and carefully sift the urban area of Singapore from north to south like a sieve, and don't let go of a single Japanese straggler who has slipped through the net, act immediately!" ”

Guo Fengqi was so happy that he jumped high, hurriedly saluted, and disappeared in a flash, and in just a few minutes, in Tang Qiuli's sight, a group of soldiers of the First Brigade quickly passed through the forward position and disappeared into the dawn that had already appeared, he looked at his watch, at 4:30 a.m. on August 8, at this time, it was only an hour and a half before the start of the Singapore Campaign!

The Japanese army in the urban area of Singapore, the speed of retreat, can be described as fast, the three infantry brigades of the independent division, just rushed into the city, the Japanese army of the three wings, has begun to board the ship, because there is a predetermined plan, although the withdrawal of the Japanese army is hasty, but not chaotic, in the low cheers of commanders at all levels, the Japanese soldiers lined up in a neat formation, bowed their heads, silently boarded a civilian ship, behind them, is the sound of guns has fallen silent Singapore!

However, from the faces of these Japanese officers and soldiers, it can be seen that the relief and relief and the happiness of escaping this lonely city are also, even the brave and warlike soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, guarding hundreds of thousands of troops who will pounce at any time, the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli, who can sleep peacefully every day, are either fools or madmen!

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )