On the afternoon of 8 August, the commander of the Hengshan Brigade, who was not at ease, led a large group of staff officers from the brigade headquarters to the forward position of the confrontation with the troops of the Independent Division, took a telescope, and observed the position of the Independent Division opposite. ”

It wasn't until twilight, engulfing the Malay Peninsula, the last ray of light, that the commander of the Yokoyama Brigade returned to the brigade headquarters in the city of Singapore, and he and his subordinates and guards did not find that in a five-story building opposite the brigade headquarters, in a room, several young people, after witnessing his convoy and entering the brigade headquarters, nodded knowingly, and then, two of the young men quickly left.

The commander of the Yokoyama Brigade, after dinner, personally called the forward troops to inquire about the situation, and after receiving a positive answer, he called the commander of the unit in charge of demolition one by one, and reiterated his orders.

At about 12 o'clock on the night of August 8, at the Kuala Lumpur front, the Singapore Campaign Headquarters of the Independent Division, division commander Tang Qiuli asked: "Yuhe, Guanghan, how is the speed of progress of the various units, and where have they reached now!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe looked at the telegram in his hand and replied: "Division commander, the Liu Hongzhang Brigade, the Chu Ziye Brigade and the Liao Zhenbang Brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps, each with two regiments of troops, have arrived in the city of Kuala Lumpur, and the follow-up troops will be thirty minutes later. Commander Battle's tank brigade is on standby on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, and the paratroop regiment is on standby at the airport and is ready to take off just after receiving an order from Commander Lok Yi Qin. ”

Tang Qiuli nodded, and asked again, "On the fleet side, is there any situation?" ”

The liaison with the fleet was due to Guanghan, who replied, "Division commander." Commander Tang sent a telegram thirty minutes ago that the detachment of torpedo boats and gunboats of the fleet, under the command of the chief of staff of the fleet Xin Xiguo, had already arrived in the latent sea area and was on covert standby! ”

"Qi Hanzhi them. Are there any new situation reports? Tang Qiuli asked again.

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Ten minutes ago, I received a secret message from Qi Hanzhi. The commander of the Japanese Yokoyama Brigade was Kongoro Yokoyama. I just returned to the brigade headquarters, and after that, I never went out again, and the special operations detachment was closely monitored, in addition, with the assistance of Mr. Huang. The various detachments of the special operations detachment had already begun to approach the periphery of the Japanese army's blasting target, and were not noticed by the Japanese army, and Qi Hanzhi had already joined the Southern Flying Group. Air-ground liaison was established to indicate targets to paratroopers at any time. ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "That Yokoyama Kongoro, running out at this time, wouldn't it be because he smelled something, did Qi Hanzhi say that the Japanese troops in the city of Singapore had any abnormal behavior?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "No, it's normal!" ”

Tang Qiuli stretched his waist and said, "Everything is ready, just the last blow, Yuhe, Guanghan, you two will go to sleep for a while, and wake me up on time at two o'clock!" ”

Yu Guanghan said with a smile: "Division commander, you go and rest, I haven't slept well in the past two days, everything is going on according to the original plan, I and Chief of Staff Zhao can be here, the big war is coming, and you are the only one who can sleep, I am convinced!"

Tang Qiuli said with a smile: "Zhang Chi has a degree, when the gunshots go out, we people will be useless!" After speaking, he turned around and entered the inner room, and after a while, there was a slight snoring sound, and Zhao Yuhe hurriedly signaled the staff officers and communicators who came in and out, and slowed down.

During the period when Tang Qiuli was sleeping peacefully, Zhao Yuhe and Yu Guanghan were very busy, and several troops participating in the battle reported the speed of their advance every thirty minutes or so, and at the same time, the original troops on the front line were also monitoring the movements of the Japanese troops opposite, and by about 1:30 in the morning, all the attacking troops had arrived at the starting point of the attack.

At the same time, entering the pre-war radio silence, non-important circumstances, not to use the radio casually, just now there was a non-stop ticking in the radio room, suddenly quieted down, staff officers and correspondents, all quietly sat in their positions, the hour hand pointed to two o'clock, Zhao Yuhe and Yu Guanghan glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time.

Tang Qiuli was woken up by Fu Qiang's soft voice, this sleep, he slept very soundly and steadily, after waking up, he was refreshed and clear-headed, and when he saw the division commander coming out, Zhao Yuhe said in a low voice: "Division commander, the attack troops of three brigades and one tank brigade are all in place, and the fighter and bomber formations of the aviation southern flight group and the fleet torpedo boat and gunboat detachment are already on standby!" ”

Tang Qiuli nodded and said, "Send a report to Qi Hanzhi to confirm the movements of the Japanese army in the city of Singapore for the last time!" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Division commander, fifteen minutes ago, a report had been sent that Chief of Staff Qi Hanzhi had called back that the Japanese army had not made any abnormal moves!" ”

Tang Qiuli looked at Zhao Yuhe with appreciation, nodded, and didn't say anything, in all fairness, Zhao Yuhe's initiative made Tang Qiuli's appreciation of him deepen, this is completely a matter of details, many people will not think of it, but Zhao Yuhe just thought of it and did it.

At 2:15 a.m. on 8 August, more than 30 large transport planes took off from the Myitkyina base of the Southern Flying Group of the Air Force and flew toward Singapore.

At three o'clock in the morning, Tang Qiuli said to Zhao Yuhe: "Order, the attack on the Japanese army in Singapore, begin!" ”

The commander of the armored corps, Major General Battle, in his own armored command vehicle, gave the order: "Start the assault!" ”

More than 300 tanks, with an order, suddenly accelerated, towards the Japanese position a few kilometers away, like a gust of wind, galloped away, behind the tanks, there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the three infantry brigades, swift figures, no shouting, no fierce artillery preparations, only rolling forward torrents of steel, all tactics, the same as when attacking Hong Kong.

In the silent night, the tank with the trembling roar of the earth, quickly approached the Japanese position, in the front of the tank column, is a row of minesweeping tanks pushing the minesweeper rolling, the explosion of the mine was constantly detonated, finally woke up the Japanese soldiers on the position, and when they reflected, in the blurred vision, there were huge steel monsters, which had arrived in front of them.

The battle finally began, the Japanese army's slow reaction and lack of anti-tank weapons made the battle very one-sided, and the tank troops, almost after a fierce battle, broke through the Japanese defense line, and then, tens of thousands of soldiers of the independent division, along the breakthrough several kilometers wide, poured in like a tide and advanced to attack in depth.

The sudden attack disrupted the position of the Japanese army, and a reinforced wing of the Japanese army arranged on the front line was soon drowned in the stormy attack of the independent division, and the extremely disparity in the strength of the force, coupled with the sudden attack, the already thin defensive depth of the Japanese army was quickly divided into countless pieces, and the Japanese wing headquarters, after receiving dozens of tank shells, suddenly turned into a pile of ruins, and the commander of the Yokoyama Brigade could no longer get any news from the front.

A few minutes later, in the sky, there was a low roar of the engine, the sound was getting closer and closer, and soon, more than 30 large transport planes appeared in the sight of the Japanese sentry, and in the dim street lights of the city in the early morning, you could vaguely see that the sky was covered with dark clouds, blooming countless white umbrella flowers.

The Japanese sentries were stunned, they had never seen so many parachutes falling from the sky, and they even forgot to shoot, in fact, in the face of the parachutes that bloomed in the sky, they didn't know what to shoot at, and when the Japanese sentry reacted, the muzzle of the gun had just fired a bullet, and it was hit by the sniper rifle bullets fired from the opposite building, and flew out on its back.

After a few shots, the first battalion of the paratrooper regiment of the independent division, more than 800 paratroopers, had accurately parachuted inside and outside the Japanese brigade headquarters, under the guidance of the special combat personnel, a part of the paratroopers quickly seized an advantageous position, ready to block the Japanese troops who came to reinforce them, and some rushed to various targets, and then, there was a short and dense burst of submachine gun gunfire, the screams of the dying Japanese soldiers, and then, it returned to calm, but in the direction of the north of Singapore, the sound of gunfire came more and more clearly.

The commander of the Hengshan Brigade was awakened by the sound of gunshots, he jumped out of bed, and immediately understood that what had happened, it must be the troops of the independent division, and they were called, and the strange thing is that why they did not receive a report from the forward troops, could it be that the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli fell from the sky?

Major General Yokoyama Kongoro, the first thing he had to do was to order the explosives to be detonated immediately to cover the withdrawal of the Imperial Army's troops, as for the reinforced wing at the front, he had no hope, Yokoyama threw himself on the telephone, in fact, when the paratrooper regiment was airborne, the telephone line had been cut by the special combat members, and his phone was absolutely impossible to call, but Major General Yokoyama did not know.

"Bang" There was a burst of glassware, the chaotic sound of shattering on the ground, and in a hurry, Major General Yokoyama knocked over the table in the room, and the things on the table fell to the ground in one fell to the ground, which was loud enough, and then, there were several crisp sounds, the glass on the window shattered, and a few black, round things, "snorted" and sparked, and fell into the house.

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