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On 5 May, the 102nd Mechanized Infantry Division and the 145th Light Armored Division of the Fourth Army each rushed to the Johor Strait, across the sea from Singapore.

In the history of the original time and space, because the fortress of Singapore lacked firepower on land and ground, the Japanese army attacked Singapore when the tide receded, and finally the Japanese army successfully landed, forcing the British to surrender a week later.

However, the main plane can not be played like the Japanese, the weak point of the land defense of the Singapore fortress has long been filled, and a considerable part of the fortress guns in the fortress can shoot to the land side, and there is also a special part of the artillery is dedicated to the land side.

"Our Singapore fort has more cannons than grapes in Christmas pudding, and we can hold on to Singapore, no matter what kind of opponent it is!" said a British newspaper so vividly dispelled readers' worries about Singapore's future before the war began.

The newspaper's description is not too exaggerated, and the Singapore fortress on this plane is hanged like this. In the face of such a turtle shell, as long as the commander has a passing IQ, he will not be stupid enough to attack directly. Lieutenant General Wang Qiu, commander of the Fourth Group Army, has a normal IQ, and he has never been kicked by a donkey in the head, so naturally he will not bump into it headlong like the second middle school.

So the 102nd Mechanized Infantry Division and the 145th Light Armored Division stopped at a distance of 22 kilometers from the Johor Strait, and that's right, they didn't even go to the beach, all because of the 18-inch heavy guns at the Singapore Fortress, and the maximum range of these guys reached 48 kilometers.

Although this kind of thing is an old-fashioned product from 20 years ago, if it is hit by a shot, it will taste sour, and it can make people sour and cool to grandma's house. These big guys, who have been converted into fortress guns, can not only fire armor-piercing and high-explosive shells, but also howitzer shrapnel specially aimed at people. As long as such a giant grenade comes, there will be no live mouth within the area of two football fields.

Therefore, it is necessary to stop outside the maximum range of this cargo to ensure safety.

The British did guess Wen Desi's idea correctly, he would never agree to use people to build fortresses, and no one in the generals below dared to do so.

In fact, it was not the 102nd Mechanized Infantry Division that came the fastest, but the 26th Mountain Division. The day before yesterday, they had already arrived at a place 40 kilometers away from the Johor Strait, and a reconnaissance team even took advantage of the cover of night to reconnoiter the shore of the Johor Strait. I also went to the Xinrou causeway, which was blown up by the British army, and took a look.

The Johor Causeway is a land passage across the Straits of Johor connecting Singapore and Malaysia. Due to colonial turmoil, the plane was only built in 1925. The embankment is more than a kilometer long and 26 meters wide, and is built entirely of granite. The embankment is surrounded by railways in the middle, roads on the west side, and water mains on the east side, which are diverted from Johor to supply Singapore. The other day, the Xinjo causeway and the nearby railroad were blown up by the British in case of the imminent conquest of Singapore by the People's Liberation Army.

In other words, the defense forces of the Singapore Fortress are now all cowering on the other side of the Straits of Johor, and the turtle does not have its head out.

However, the main task of the 26th Mountain Division was to occupy, and after leaving a battalion to meet the friendly forces, they marched with their family to Kota Tinggi in the east to occupy the territory, ignoring the defenders on the island, because they were out of sight of the defenders, and were not even noticed by the defenders.

No way, the poor infrastructure here in the Malay Peninsula makes it difficult for mechanized and motorized troops to deploy, except for some areas with good road conditions. Matters like ours can only be handed over to those mountain divisions, light infantry divisions, and the armed police forces that came later.

The 102nd Mechanized Infantry Division and the 145th Light Armored Division were sent by Wang Qiu to monitor the Singapore Fortress, and it took them a lot of effort to get here. Although they only have two regiments in place now, they are very confident in their combat effectiveness, as long as the British troops on the other side dare to come

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Seeing that the Chinese really stopped far beyond the range of the heavy artillery, the officers and men in the fortress became proud.

"Hahaha, I'll just say it. The Chinese dare not come, the Singapore fortress is an invincible fortress, they can't fight it at all!" Captain Wicks said triumphantly to his companions: "Our 18-inch cannon is the most terrible cannon in the world, I want to see how many of them come to die." ”

Captain Wicks was the commander of Gun Position 65, and he commanded an 18-inch 47-diameter cannon.

"But Chinese still planes, captain, our heavy artillery can't hit the sky......" said one of the ensigns.

"What does it matter? Didn't the Chinese's planes come? Dropped so many bombs and didn't cause any damage. Captain Wicks said proudly: "Look at our heads, a layer of 300 mm thick armor steel plates, 4 meters thick reinforced concrete, and a 3 meter thick layer of soil on the outermost part, this is a much stronger defense than a battleship, what kind of bomb can work?"

"Even if they use a cloudburst bomb, they won't be afraid......" he patted the oxygen mask around his waist again. "The cloudburst bomb must be hung with a parachute, which is enough time for us to put on an oxygen mask and hide in the hidden room," he said with a smile. The cloudburst bomb kills people mainly by suffocation, and if it does not hit directly, it is not enough to destroy our artillery position! Moreover, if there are no land and sea targets, it will not be our turn. ”

He was right, from the morning of April 24, Chinese Air Force planes came over to say hello. So far, at least a dozen bombings, although no cloudburst bombs have been used, but semi-armor-piercing shells, high-explosive bombs, grenade shells, and incendiary bombs have been used a lot, but in addition to destroying some facilities outside the fortress such as airfields and docks, as well as some temporary fire points, it has little effect on the fortress itself, which further strengthens the confidence of the defenders.

And because of the strong anti-aircraft fire of the fortress, those Chinese planes did not dare to drop bombs at low altitudes, and the hit rate was not high. On the first day of the bombing, some Chinese bombers lowered their altitude in order to increase their hit rate, and two H-9 "Red-headed Vultures" and five H-8 "Whalehead Storks" were shot down, and more than a dozen were damaged.

The British actually used VT fuses as well! The Chinese plane, which suffered a sullen loss, did not dare to lower its altitude after that. There is no way, the Chinese aircraft are all all-metal structures, and the pressure on the anti-aircraft guns with VT fuses is also very high. In addition, the performance of the British's 3.7-inch (94 mm) anti-aircraft gun is still very hanging, much better than the performance of the famous 88 gun of the Germans.

Some people may ask, doesn't China have a rocket force, and why is it useless? This is not that Wen Desi deliberately kept a hand, but that he is going to use this turtle shell as an experimental subject, and of course he wants to use all kinds of means to try it. Just kidding, it's not easy to find such a good target for the Singapore Fortress, and you don't have to spend money to repair it. You know, even if it were to build such a range according to the standards of the Singapore Fortress, it would cost a lot of money.

So during the bombing of the past few days, there were more than a dozen satellites and a dozen observation planes in the sky recording the whole process.

After trying all kinds of "iron bombs" of various sizes and types, the General Staff came to the conclusion that the "iron bombs" (conventional aerial bombs) were not very effective for such a powerful and extremely strong fortress.

Iron bombs don't work? Okay, that's okay, let's change it.

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Singapore Fort, gun emplacement No. 65.

At this time, it was noon, and the officers and men of the gun position were eating. The 18-inch heavy gun is an artifact, and it cannot be moved lightly, even if there is a target on land and at sea, it will not move if it does not have a certain value. This is not those cheap small-caliber guns, people are so expensive to say that the Chinese army is far away from the firing range these days, and even those naval ships are far away, so naturally there is nothing to do with them.

On the contrary, the officers and men on the anti-aircraft gun positions were exhausted. Dealing with the bombing of the Chinese several times a day is a very tiring errand.

Captain Wicks was very glad that he was in charge of an 18-inch gun, and now as long as he went to the gun emplacement several times a day to inspect it, he could enjoy the rest of the time.

Today's main course is the famous British dish, Stargazy-pie, one of the masterpieces of British dark cuisine. I saw a few sardines with their heads up on the burnt dough, "looking up at the starry sky".

The side dish is magic licorice candy, a gummy with peppercorns and star anise. There is also black pudding, which is made mainly from animal blood and is made with crushed offal, meat, lard, onions, black pepper, etc., which has a slightly salty and bloody taste, and is very heavy. Each was accompanied by a couple of slices of blue cheese, well, a musty cheese. Finally, there's the chocolate eggplant, which is probably made by pouring a chocolate sauce over the steamed eggplant. The soup is a bean luncheon broth, and the staple is brown bread with mashed potatoes.

These are things that the Chinese look at unappetizing, but Captain Wicks and several officers ate them with relish, and they praised the cook's craftsmanship while eating. Happiness is all comparative, Britain does not have the same habit of officers and soldiers, such things can only be enjoyed by officers, as for the big soldiers, there is only one dish: fried salted fish with potatoes.

While eating, a second lieutenant on duty ran over: "Captain, the Chinese's plane is here again! This time it's a jet!"

"Damn the Chinese, won't they eat lunch?" Captain Weeks grumbled angrily. "It's none of our business, keep eating, hey, those poor anti-aircraft artillerymen, they can't even eat......"

At this time, at 12,000 meters in the air, a group of H-11 "Dapeng" long-range strategic bombers were about to reach the sky above the fortress, but they did not come to present iron bombs this time.