There was an accident when Blashua and Percival left the team to rush to the docks. One of the battalion commanders questioned their actions: "Commander, they don't want to leave us alone, do they?" His speculation caused an immediate uproar — thousands of British soldiers surrounded the convoy of Blashua and Percival, asking them for an explanation. Most of them did not know that the so-called "Singapore Evacuation" was no longer possible, and asked when they could board the ship. Percival couldn't bear to deceive them, so he simply snuggled up in the car and couldn't get out. Bai Sihua sent his chief of guard to respond: "We are now going to discuss the specific retreat with the Americans, you wait patiently here, and there will be results soon." ”

"**Raised, you don't just care about running away alone, right?" There were soldiers in the back who shouted loudly.

"What happened to the previous battle? Isn't it to prevent the Chinese from boarding the ship and prevent them from seizing our space? But I saw that the Chinese had already entered the dock area," someone asked loudly.

In order to avoid being blackmailed by the Chinese with Thomas and Johnny, and despite Wavell's advice, the order for the "Singapore retreat" was widely publicized, and now he has to pay the price for this decision.

The British are not good at fighting, but they have quite a set of questions about the order of the peak. At first, only a few people spoke, and only a thousand people participated in the containment of the convoy. After the captain of the guard gave a vague answer, more people joined in, and soon the convoy was completely surrounded. The agitated soldiers banged on the doors and windows of the cars of Blashua and Percival, and demanded a reasonable explanation from the two of them - "We have the right to know the truth!" ”

"Bastard, are you ready to disobey military orders?" The guard shouted.

"How dare we disobey military orders, we just don't want to stay here and die. Peter Huo, you can't be so selfish, you can escape life by following the big guys. But what do we do? Are we damned? The battalion commander who provoked the incident said.

Hearing this, Bai Sihua, who was sitting in the car, was angry again. Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more stalemate and even out of control, Percival opened the car door with a sigh and came down and shouted: "Soldiers, don't doubt the decision of the General Headquarters anymore, I will stay." It's always okay, right? ”

The soldiers stopped the noise for a while, but Bai Sihua became agitated, and he rolled down the window glass and shouted at Percival: "Percival?!" You can't negotiate without you! ”

Percival gritted his teeth and turned to him and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, go quickly, and leave it to me here!" Turning to face the silenced crowd, he exclaimed, "When did our Royal Army languishes to such a state?" I admit that the Japanese army was very fierce, but I would like to say that our soldiers of the British Empire were not easy to mess with. The Japanese army has repeatedly trampled on our dignity, and today, let us teach them a painful lesson! Come, if you feel like you're still a man, stand behind me and let me lead you to the Japanese to reclaim our honor! ……”

The soldiers were so moved by Percival's speech that they moved out of the way. The convoy was finally launched, and Blashua burst into tears as he watched Percival's figure disappear into the darkness through the window. He suddenly reached out to cover his face and choked up and said to himself, "Oh my God! When did I, the admiral of the British Empire, become so cowardly and selfish? ”

Perhaps in his heart, Bai Sihua also wanted to stand up bravely like Percival, but in the end, he chose to leave cowardly.

"General, we should be proud of General Percival!" Beside him, Quartermaster Eagle whispered.

"The reason why we have fallen to this point is because of the damned Chinese!" Bai Sihua suddenly raised his head and shouted with a fist; "It was these lowly yellow pigs who deprived us of the opportunity to retreat! I swear, I will never spare these lowly yellow pigs! Someday, I will have them on their knees at my feet asking for forgiveness! ”

Eagle shook his head lightly and looked out the window, secretly thinking, "What a great ideal! Ay! Do the Chinese deserve to die? When they are in trouble, they can still get help from their distant homeland, what about us? ”

Bai Sihua and the others were not the last to board the ship, and after them, there were more than 2,000 volunteers and more than 1,000 Jewish soldiers of Aesop. At the behest of Zhang Liangfeng, Aesop personally took more than 500 soldiers to take charge of the "security work" of the British army, and they confiscated the weapons of Bai Sihua and others to "protect" them to board a medium-sized cruise ship called "Rising Star". After they finished boarding, a long whistle pierced the silent night sky, and the "American evacuation fleet" left the dock and began to return home.

At this time, the "Kaga" aircraft carrier fleet led by Yamada had already set up a position in the sea area about 50 kilometers away from them. In the captain's room of the "Kaga", Yamada looked at the dark sea in front of him with great ambition, and the corners of his mouth lightly skimmed a sneer from time to time, saying that the midshipman captain of the "Kaga" next to him, Okada Harukatsu Shaosa, said: "When our fighter plane suddenly appeared in the sky over the US heavy cruise, do you think the Americans will be scared to pee their pants?" ”

Okada Harukatsu smiled and said playfully: "Even if you won't be scared to pee your pants, I guess your legs will tremble!" ”

"Ha Luha, I'm looking forward to it!"

Yamada and Harukatsu Okada were chatting and laughing in the captain's room of the "Kaga", and in the sea water just over 4,000 meters away from them, two Song-class submarines were slowly floating to the surface of the sea under the command of Xu Kai.

In order to avoid misunderstandings, the Japanese did not implement light control, and this gave Xu Kai the opportunity to discover the enemy first. Two periscopes surfaced one after the other, and in the cockpit of a Song-class submarine numbered "S-002", lookout soldier Feng Yuanzheng exclaimed excitedly: "I saw it, I saw it!" Distance, about 4,000 meters. Xu Jian, come and see. ”

Xu Kai walked over, looked at the lookout glass, and said, "Okay, brothers, cheer up, the opportunity is right in front of us, we must seize it!" Xiao Feng, you come, see if there is an aircraft carrier, and if so, determine its location. ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the "American evacuation fleet" left the dock, Grant was about to have a good exchange with Mitterrand, who was on the same ship, when he heard the radar soldier Deco shouting: "Captain, no, there seems to be an unknown fleet cluster in the direction of eleven o'clock!" Grant walked over and looked at it, raised his eyebrows and said, "It must be the Japanese fleet, it seems that they have noticed the abnormality." ”

"So what do we do now?" The first mate who was driving the boat asked.

"Inform the Chinese immediately, and I will go to Consul General Mitterrand." Things can be tricky! ”

"Yes! Sir! ”