In one day and night, there were more than 40,000 Chinese in the urban area of Singapore, and as the agreed boarding time got closer and closer, the frightened Chinese hidden in the corners of the city poured towards the predetermined assembly point, forming a flow of people on multiple connecting roads. What made them angry and desperate was that the British army, which had always been at odds with the Chinese, actually claimed to be under military control over the whole city on the orders of the Governor's Office of the Straits Settlements. They set up barricades on some of the main roads that must be passed, and not only that, but also set up machine guns, aiming the muzzles of the black holes at the Chinese.

For this moment, Tan Kah Kee has made a lot of preparations. Some of the leaders of the associations and some well-known Chinese social activists were mobilized by him to be responsible for the assembly and organization of Chinese people in a certain area. The colonial government suddenly announced the implementation of military control, and sealed off all the main roads to the wharf, and they did not know what to do, so they sent people to Chen Mansion to ask Chen Jiageng what to do next.

Tan Kah Kee gave the answer with action.

The Chan Mansion is located in the most prosperous area of Singapore, and at this time, nearly three divisions of British troops have been driven into this area. More than 30,000 British soldiers filled the streets near the Chen Mansion, and they still didn't know what they were doing, so they gathered together idly in a company and made a loud noise.

Thomas took two British soldiers into Chen's mansion to "invite Tan Kah Kee to a banquet", and the only people who knew about it were Blashua and Lieutenant General Percival, the actual military commander of the British army in the Straits Settlements. In order to better command the retreat operation, the two of them have temporarily moved the headquarters to a place just across the street from the Chen Mansion. As soon as Thomas was gone, there was no news, and whether he could successfully control Tan Kah Kee was the key to the entire retreat. Bai Sihua and Percival waited for about 20 minutes, and saw that the American evacuation fleet was about to enter the port, and while conveying the order for a great retreat, they ordered Major General Duduff, the commander of the guard unit directly under the 3rd Army, to bring people to invite Toms and Tan Kah Kee to the temporary headquarters.

As soon as Duduff left, Bai Sihua received a call from Johnny's regiment commander, reporting that Johnny, the chief of staff, and two brigade commanders had been kidnapped by the Xinghua Volunteers. "What? The division commander of the dignified Royal Army was actually kidnapped by a group of militiamen? Bai Sihua yelled, half angry. What about Dari? Where is he? Don't you know how to ask him for someone? ”

Dali was the commander of the Volunteers, at least nominally the Supreme Commander of the Volunteers.

"We've looked for Commander Dari, but we haven't seen anyone with him. Sir, will Dali be killed by the Chinese? ”

"Do the Chinese have such guts? Singapore is not China, and here, we Britons have the final say. ”

Not getting any useful information from the head of the regiment, Bai Sihua hung up the phone and said to Percival: "Sir, we may be in big trouble. ”

When Bai Sihua was talking to the regiment commander on the phone, Percival was on the side, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It's really not good, then it can only be suppressed by force." The dignity of the empire in Southeast Asia absolutely does not tolerate any power to desecrate, we can't do anything with the Japanese, can't we cure the Chinese? ”

Bai Sihua: "At this time, we have to think about it in the long run, if it causes bloodshed, the impact will be too bad." Don't forget, this time the Americans are on the side of the Chinese. ”

"General, there's no time to think long-term, time doesn't allow us to do this. Once the Japanese know about our plan, what will be the bad consequences? At that time, it will be impossible to raise the white flag and surrender. Think about it, tens of thousands of people drifting on the ocean - there is no need to worry about the Americans, we are the allies of the Americans, what are the Chinese? ”

Bai Sihua and Percival were discussing countermeasures, and Du Duff and a company of British soldiers had already met Tan Kah Kee and them.

Chen Jiageng was around him, and at this time, thousands of Chinese had gathered. Thomas was escorted by Xiao Yi and Zhao Hao to walk at the front of the line, and Du Duff looked at the sunset from a distance, thinking that the Chinese were brought by Toms.

"Lord Governor!" After a few tens of meters, Duduff shouted loudly, and led his soldiers to walk quickly through the British array to meet Toms, and when there were still about ten meters away, he said: "Why did you come back?" The two generals were already in a hurry. ”

Xiao Yi gently stabbed Toms in the ass with a bayonet, and said softly, "Let them put the gun down!" ”

Tom's legs were trembling, and his body trembled at this time, and he shouted to Duduff with a bloodless face: "Duduff, quickly order your men to put down their guns." ”

Duduff was ignorant at first, but then he understood, touched his waist with his right hand, and shouted: "Ready—ouch! ”

He was about to shout his gun to prepare for battle, but when a gun rang out, he was hit by a bullet in his right hand, his wrist bone shattered, and he screamed in pain, and cold sweat fell down his face.

Zhao Hao played with a Browning in his right hand, and said coldly: "If you don't want to die, put down your gun, of course, you can also resist, but it must be your governor who dies first!" As he spoke, he ripped open Toms' corset.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, Duduff's men and the British officers and soldiers around them immediately became chaotic, and everyone held their guns at the Chinese queue, and someone asked, "Where are the guns fired, what happened?" And when more people recognized their own governor, and found that the governor had a circle of explosives tied to his belly, they exclaimed, and subconsciously retreated behind them.

Du Duff was gritting his teeth and sweating coldly because of the broken bone in his right hand, but when he saw the "fully armed" Toms, he screamed in horror and howled: "Quick, quick, put down the gun!" Don't go off! ”

His men were very obedient, and put down their guns tremblingly, while the British troops in the other divisions on both sides looked nervous and panicked. The moisture in Thomas's body had already turned into cold sweat, and he saw that the British soldiers on both sides were still holding guns, worried that they would go off, so he rose up and shouted in a majestic voice as the Governor: "Don't put the gun down yet, I'm Governor Toms, don't you know me?" ”

The soldiers put down their guns one after another. Chen Jiageng looked around and said to Du Duff: "What about Bai Sihua, let him come out and talk to me!" ”

"President Chen? Would you like to see Commander de Blaswart? Okay, I'll go back and report now, please wait a minute—" Duduff replied, turning around and trying to slip away.

Xiao Yi shouted: "You stand for me and send others back to report the news." That big nose, that's you! ”

The big nose that Xiao Yi took a fancy to was a sergeant, he was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't wait for Du Duff's assignment, and ran away immediately.

Because of the existence of Tom, a human bomb, this place has been regarded as a hellish existence by the British soldiers, and the big-nosed sergeant has the opportunity to get out, so how can he care about anything else.

"Your Excellency, what's going on?" A division commander of a nearby British unit squeezed up from behind with dozens of men. Then, when he saw the ring of explosives on Toms's stomach, he gasped and took a step back.