Chapter 34 Xinghua Volunteers

The sheep are still the flock. The opponent is still the same group of jackals, however, the situation has changed subtly because several wolves have broken into the pack of jackals and are mistaken for the leader of the flock.

When Joseph first led the soldiers to rush forward bravely, his legs were still a little trembling, but after a few minutes, he found that the soldiers did not fall on one side, and the Japanese army did not launch a counter-charge at the beginning of the fight as usual, he was bold and bold. The British army was not brave enough to fight, but its basic quality was not bad. Once Joseph commanded calmly, their superiority in strength was immediately maximized, and they actually firmly occupied the advantage. After about ten minutes of fierce fighting, the Japanese army was sniped to death because the captain of the brigade was killed, and they didn't know how many enemies came to the road, so they wisely chose to shrink the defensive line. Seeing this, Joseph fired a red flare. A red flare goes out, indicating that they have formed a breakthrough. Joseph had no idea that he would have a chance to use it when the flare came down, and now, how charming and lovely the flare with its orange tail flame dragged was to him.

Cui Lin and the others took advantage of the cover of night to quickly pass through the Japanese positions in Segamat, not knowing what was happening behind them, and they didn't expect that because one of their British troops was ignited with a fire of courage that was almost about to be extinguished, and they actually took advantage of the situation to launch an attack. Red flares flew into the air, and according to the agreement, the other British troops were to attack anyway to oppress the Japanese. Suddenly, the gunfire on the entire Segamat front became fierce again.

In just ten minutes, Cui Lin and the others ran out of the city for nearly two kilometers. As a group of Japanese soldiers ran from the east, Cui Lin learned to cricket, and the wolf fangs sneaked into the bushes and grass with a tacit understanding, and then quietly watched a large group of devils running over.

The sound of gunfire behind them suddenly became intense, the sound of explosions was incessant, and one fireball after another rose into the air, and the afterglow also shone on them.

"Strange, is the British going to launch a general attack?" Wu Gang, who was lying next to Cui Lin, said.

Cui Lin said coldly: "The more lively they fight, the better!" It's just the right thing to help us get the attention of the devils. ”

"Until now, we haven't found the Xinghua Volunteers, they won't only participate in the battle in Singapore, right?"

"Who knows! Isn't there Xiao Yi? When you get there, let him come forward and get in touch. ”

Ouyang Yun, as a traverser, has heard of the Xinghua Volunteers, and also knows about the Singapore Massacre, but he doesn't know the details of the Tao. For example, the establishment of the Xinghua Volunteer Army was not formed spontaneously by overseas Chinese, but at the request of Toms, the Governor of the British Straits Settlements. The backbone of the Xinhua Volunteers was the Chinese community in Singapore, and these Chinese communities were integrated to form the Xinghua Anti-Enemy Mobilization Committee, which was also at Toms's request.

The Xinghua Volunteer Army was established on November 19, with the commander of the British officer Colonel Daley, the commander of which was Lin Jiangshi, and the deputy commander of which was Hu Tiejun, who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. At the beginning of its formation, there were more than 3,000 people, all of whom were overseas Chinese. After three days of simple training, these enthusiastic young men, who had been students, workers, and dancers a few days ago, were ordered to carry old-fashioned weapons to the front. What makes people feel cold is that after the regular British, Australian and Indian armies came up with reinforcements from the volunteers, they did not want to form a stronger defense line to resist the Japanese army, and actually handed over the first-line defense to these militia armies and retreated to the second line themselves.

At about seven o'clock in the evening of November 29, in the tropical jungle below a hill on the front line of Kampung Baru, as the dense gunfire became sparse, a group of poorly equipped Asians wearing extremely ill-fitting British military uniforms got up from the forest and ran quickly up the hill.

Entering Johor, the offensive posture of the British and Japanese armies was reversed. On Segamat's side, the British army attacked the Japanese army, but Kampung Balu was attacked by the Japanese army. On the side of Segamat, the British army could not open the situation for a long time, but on the side of Johor, the Japanese army made new progress every day. Because the Japanese army had two aircraft carriers that could provide a steady stream of air strikes, the daytime battle was basically fought by the British army. And in the evening, because of Wavell's strict orders, de Whiteshua would ask his troops to launch a counteroffensive to recapture the lost positions. Wavell's decision was good, after all, the British army still maintained a superiority in strength around Singapore. It's just that he overestimated the combat strength of the British army, and fought it down for several days and nights, and the British army would organize a counteroffensive every night, but let alone recapture the lost territory, every time the army pounced out of the trenches, the British army would have a tacit understanding of the rout, and so it lasted dozens of times, and when Cui Lin and they arrived at Kampung Balu, the British army's counteroffensive had become a farce in vain.

The Xinghua Volunteers are an exception, or should it be said, they are truly determined and brave to defend their homeland and country with their flesh and blood. Of course, because of the extremely poor equipment, the lack of adequate training, and the lack of excellent commanders, the volunteers are brave but can not turn the tide.

It has only been ten days since the Volunteers entered the battlefield, and they have already suffered more than 500 casualties. What makes people quite speechless is that the British troops stationed on various fronts in Singapore have experienced such a long period of "fierce fighting", and their casualties are only less than 2,000, of which at least more than 1,500 were killed by planes.

The group of Asians wearing ill-fitting British uniforms and holding old-fashioned firearms that appear in front of the camera is a company-level unit under the Volunteers. They were ordered to retake the high ground that the British had lost during the day, and they didn't have much hope, they only thought that they could kill two more devils. However, after half an hour of fighting, as the sound of guns and cannons in other places gradually thinned out, they were surprised to find that the devils on the opposite side seemed to have been completely wiped out.

"Why don't you shoot in the mountains?" A volunteer asked Chen Zihua, the company commander who led the team.

Chen Zihua was also very confused. A few minutes ago, the two sides were still firing at each other, and the howls of devils could almost be heard at the bottom of the mountain, but now there is no sound on the mountain?

"Yue Lin, go take a look!" Chen Zihua ordered a short soldier.

Soon, Yue Lin shouted on the mountain: "Company commander, the devils are all dead, hurry up!" ”

Chen Zihua and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, and rushed out of the jungle and ran towards the mountain.

The Japanese army defending this mountain had only one squad, but the devils of this squad had repelled Chen Zilin and their four attacks and killed more than a dozen volunteers. Cui Lin and the others happened to pass by here, and at first they thought that it was the British army who counterattacked the mountain, so they did not participate in the battle. Later, they discovered the abnormality of this team of "British troops", and they touched the mountain from behind the devils, and chose an appropriate time to destroy all the devils of this team.

When the volunteers rushed up the mountain under the guidance of Yue Lin, Cui Lin and the others lay behind the rocks about 100 meters away from the latter, quietly observing. A few minutes later, their identities were confirmed, and Xiao Yi walked out of the hiding place under Cui Lin's order, and took the initiative to reveal his whereabouts.