The Xinghua Volunteers were able to withdraw to the camp. On the one hand, because the Xinghua Volunteer Army, with the help of Cui Lin and others, fought a fierce battle with the Japanese army the day before yesterday and made themselves more embarrassed, Lin Jiangshi and Hu Tiejun took the opportunity to ask to come back to rest; On the other hand, in order to paralyze Chen Jiageng, Wavell specially sent a note to Tom and asked him to treat his militia well.

When the British surrounded the Xinghua Volunteer Army camp, Cui Lin felt that something was wrong. He discussed the matter with Lin and Hu and said, "It's strange, the British don't go to the front line to fight, what are they doing here?" ”

Lin and Hu knew more about the secrets of the British army, and Lin Jiangshi said: "It's very strange, in the past few days, all the British troops on the front line have withdrawn, and now the Indians, Australians and Dutch are blocking the front line." ”

Hu Tiejun suddenly remembered something, patted his thigh and said, "The British won't be aware of our intentions and come to stop them, right?" MD, the British are too bad to run away on their own, and they want to pull us into the water! ”

When Hu Tiejun said this, he still overestimated the morality of the British. Cui Lin and Lin Jiangshi felt that this was possible when they heard this, and their brows were tightly locked. Cui Lin's eyes flashed coldly: "It's really not good, I can only break through!" ”

Among the Singaporean-Malaysian Chinese, only Tan Kah Kee knew the specific date of the rescue operation. In the past few days, Tan Kah Kee has organized more than 1,000 people to gather all the Chinese near Singapore in the vicinity of the reserved dock for the evacuation of overseas Chinese from the United States. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, he received a telegram from Zhang Liangfeng, telling him that the "evacuation fleet" was only an hour and a half away from the wharf, and asked him to immediately notify him so that the overseas Chinese could get ready.

He burned the telegram and was about to call someone to explain, when the housekeeper Chen Dagu hurriedly pushed the door in and said with a worried face; "Oh no, sir, Sir Thomas is here."

Chen Jiageng's expression was stunned, and he was about to take care of him, but he heard half-baked Chinese sounding in the hall: "President Chen, I am here uninvited." His complexion changed, he glanced at Chen Dagu, stretched out his hand to dip his hand in water and wrote "wolf teeth, Xinghua" on the table, and then walked out of the study quickly.

In the hall, Thomas stood surrounded by two British soldiers with loaded guns, looking at Tan Kah Kee with a meaningful face. Chen Jiageng arched his hand at him and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, the war is so tense, why do you still have time to come to the cold house?" You may be seated! Xiaohua, look at the tea! ”

Thomas smiled: "I don't need to see the tea, I came to invite the president to the governor's palace as a guest." ”

Chen Jiageng's brows were slightly locked, and he pretended to be stupid and asked, "Oh? Is there anything happy for the Governor's family today? ”

"No, no, it's not that I have any happy events, it's that I'm worried that I'll never see President Chen again. President Chan, please! ”

Speaking of which, how could Tan Kah Kee not understand Toms's intentions. Exhaling heavily, he looked at Thomas and asked lightly, "The Governor knows all about it?" ”

"Yes, President Chen, what a big stroke!"

"So, you're trying to stop us?"

"I don't dare to stop it, but as subjects under Her Majesty the Empress, at this time of crisis, should you join us in a group to resist the Japanese invasion? Don't forget, the Royal Army is still fighting bloody battles against the Japanese on the front lines......"

Thomas said these righteous words very gentlemanly, and he felt quite good about himself, and before he could finish speaking, Chen Jiageng interrupted: "Your Excellency, you have made a mistake. The Royal Army fought on the front lines, and that was their duty as soldiers. As civilians, we have not violated the law in tax evasion on weekdays, and we have done our duty. The military and the government can't guarantee our safety, we are trying to survive on our own, and who is in the way of breaking which family's law? ”

Thomas had only been told about the "Singapore Retreat" by Bai Sihua half an hour earlier, and as soon as he learned that Tan Kah Kee and other Chinese had secretly done such a big thing, the British thought that they had been slighted and fooled, and they were angry at that time, thinking that Tan Kah Kee was too serious about himself as a governor. He had already come with resentment, but now he was dumbfounded by Chen Jiageng's words, and he became more and more ashamed, and he couldn't care about continuing to maintain his gentlemanly manners, and sneered: "You are indeed not breaking the law by finding your own life, but you have shaken the morale of the Royal Army, and on this basis alone, I have the right to end your actions on behalf of the Straits Settlements government!" After saying this, he said angrily to the two soldiers behind him: "What are you waiting for, take him away for me!" ”

The two soldiers answered and walked up to Tan Kah Kee, one of whom said in English, "President Chen, I'm sorry, please come with us!" ”

Chen Jiageng looked at Toms coldly, without struggling, the two British soldiers gently pushed him, and he walked towards the door of the hall.

Chen Dagu was very clever, and when he saw the two words left by his master on the desk, he knew what to do next. Thomas came out of nowhere, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was being sold in the British gourd. He hid in the study and eavesdropped on the conversation for a while, and when he learned of Toms's intention, he climbed out of the study window, despite the inconvenience of his old arms and legs. Bai Sihua and Toms were careless, they didn't know how much preparation Lu Dao Xuebing and Chen Jiageng had done for this day, so Toms only brought two soldiers and thought that he could eat Chen Jiageng. But he didn't know that in order to prevent accidents, Cui Lin had arranged for two wolf teeth to stay in Chen's Mansion early.

After Chen Dagu got out of the study, he first found his young master and asked him to immediately inform the two wolf teeth in Chen's mansion, and then went to the foyer to call the Xinghua Volunteer Army camp.

It is said that Cui Lin and the others sensed the abnormality, and while quietly notifying, the volunteers were ready for battle, while reconnoitering the deployment of the British army, and quietly found out the location of the headquarters of the British division surrounding the camp.

Although Lin Jiangshi and Hu Tiejun knew that this might be related to the life and death of tens of thousands of Chinese, they still had illusions about the British, believing that there was no conflict between the "evacuation operation" and the British, and there was no contradiction between the British, so they still hesitated and could not pass their own pass.

Cui Lin saw through the British, but he was only a guest army and couldn't be the master of the volunteers, so he could only be in a hurry. And while they were waiting for the news, Chen Dagu called.

This call was too timely, and after receiving the call, Hu Tiejun exploded on the spot: "MD, the British are too shameless!" It's going to tie us to their broken chariot! Lao Lin, don't hesitate! Just listen to Captain Cui, do it! ”

Lin Jiangshi was also furious, and clapped: "The British are unkind, then don't blame us for being unjust, do it!" ”