s: I fell asleep last night, sorry╮╭ Singapore.
News of the fall of Malaya's northern defense soon reached Singapore.
"What, the northern defense line was breached in less than two hours.
My God, what are these Malays doing?"
British Army Lieutenant General and Commander-in-Chief of the Malayan Garrison Arthur Percival opened his eyes in disbelief.
He was shocked by the news.
Lieutenant General Percival exclaimed: "There are a total of 60,000 of them, but they can't hold on for even two hours.
Are the Chinese really that terrible?"
In the history of the original time and space, Percival also had a very embarrassing translation name, Bai Sihua.
God knows how it was translated.
Commander Percival or "Breath" was a star general of the British Army.
He was recognized as one of the most promising officers in the British Army.
Although his behavior is unremarkable, his appearance is not amazing, and he is not as charismatic as other commanders, he is considered to have a strong character and superhuman courage.
He participated in the First World War and performed bravely at all levels.
He received two DSO combat medals and a C Cross.
Later, he trained and taught at the Staff College.
He had outstanding achievements in both jobs, so his superiors were very proud of him.
Pay attention to him.
It was thought that he would be promoted to Chief of the Imperial Staff.
In 1936, he was sent to Malaya with the rank of colonel to study local defense.
The plans he drafted were later adopted.
He fought in France at the beginning of World War II and later in North Africa.
Because of the tense situation in Malaya, he was sent to Malaya in March 1941 as commander-in-chief of the British forces in Malaya and was promoted to lieutenant general.
"Your Excellency, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is very strong, but it cannot be so strong that it is unreasonable.
The fundamental reason is that the Malayans are too useless."
Chief of Staff Major General Louis Heath said: "Your Excellency, the Malay people In the counter-insurgency war in China more than ten years ago, a generation of their young men had already died.
There are only 1.42 million men now.
These 60,000 people seem to be a lot, but the number of elites who can really fight will not exceed 20,000.
The rest are just old and weak people who fill up the numbers.
I used to serve as a consultant for them in the Malayan Army.
Their combat effectiveness is very low, especially those who are old and weak, and are simply not as good as those Chinese militiamen."
Unlike Lieutenant General Percival, who only arrived last month, Major General Hiss has stayed in Malaya for seven years and knows the situation here very well.
"Your Excellency, you have just come here and are not familiar with these natives.
Their training, command and equipment are very backward, and the morale of the army is not high.
Once it collapses, it will trigger an avalanche and be completely uncontrollable.
I think they are still Not as good as the colonial troops of Nigeria and Sudan."
Major General Hiss spread his hands and said in a joking tone: "With all due respect, if their commander-in-chief, His Royal Highness, was in our imperial army, he would probably not be qualified to be a company commander. " "But in this way, we have completely lost control of the situation in Malaya."
Lieutenant General Percival frowned and pointed to a document on the table: "Louis, look at this, the Chinese in Malaya Riots have begun, and cities such as Penang, Ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur have fallen under their control, not to mention those rubber plantations and mining towns.”
Major General Heath shook his head: "Commander, there is nothing we can do about it.
There are too many Chinese in Malaya.
Their population is almost the same as that of the local indigenous people.
But what is even more frightening is that many of their population are young and strong men." , and they often conduct military training.
The quality of their militia troops is very high, even as good as the regular armies of some second-rate European countries.
It is impossible to resist with the strength of the local indigenous people. " Just as the People's Liberation Army began its offensive, the Chinese in Malaya also launched armed uprisings in Perak, Selangor, Johor, Malacca and other places.
Now the main force of Malaya is being bombed on the Siam-Malaysia front line.
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The old, weak, sick and disabled at home can't stop this army of Chinese naughty children, mainly those born in the 10s and 20s.
Now even the Sultan of Johor is being attacked by these naughty boys.
The child was killed.
In just one day, the red and black flags had swept across most of the peninsula.
The only places that the UK can still effectively control are the small country of Singapore and some nearby areas.
Percival looked at the map and said: "I want to send troops to assist them, otherwise once the Chinese take control of the peninsula, we will be very passive."
Heath said quickly: "Your Majesty Commander, I don't think we can divide our troops.
Our mission is to defend Singapore, but we now only have four divisions and two brigades.
With this small force, we can only protect ourselves.
If we go to assist other places, So how many people should be sent?
If we send a small number, it will be useless.
If we send more people, it will weaken our strength.
Now that China controls the sky, if our troops go out, it will be difficult to come back."
"Louis, if we only rely on the Singapore Fortress, how long can we defend without room for maneuver?
It is impossible for a single fortress to defend for a long time," Percival said with some dissatisfaction.
Heath said confidently: "Your Excellency Commander, I think there is no problem in holding it for more than half a year.
Our Singapore Fortress is the number one fortress in the Far East, and it can be ranked among the top three super fortresses in the world.
Even if the Chinese master Even if the Chinese use fuel-air bombs, they cannot destroy our Singapore Fortress like they destroyed the Maginot Line."
"Your Excellency, according to the wishes of the Imperial General Staff, we only need to persist for half a year to get enough chips to have a good talk with China."
Heath said with gleaming eyes: "Your Excellency, if we only rely on the Singapore Fortress, we can't Maintain the empire's presence in the Far East.
Now the empire only needs a decent reason to withdraw.
Our task is to find this reason.
This requires turning the Singapore Fortress into a flesh and blood mill for the Chinese.
As long as the Chinese are hurt, they will be able to do so.
Will be willing to give us a decent peace condition.”
Percival thought for a while, and finally accepted the opinion of the chief of staff: "Well, okay, then we will stick to Singapore.
You go down and make arrangements immediately, deploy according to the predetermined plan, and we will turn this place into a minced meat for the Chinese "Machine Bar" He is also a high-level executive, so he naturally knows what the big guys in the country are planning for the territory of Malaya.
The British top officials are not fools.
They have long seen that this territory cannot be saved, because this territory is equivalent to a thorn in the world of Chinese power.
No one can stand such a thorn.
This has a serious impact on China's strategic security situation, and Wen Desi's style will never ignore it.
But now is no longer the Victorian era of the 19th century.
Britain's national power has declined significantly, while China's strength is expanding like cheating.
If there were a conflict with China in the Far East, there would be no suspense about who would win and who would lose.
Opium Niu would not do such a thankless task.
But we can't just give up so simply, otherwise the British Empire will lose its face.
So now they just need a suitable step, a decent peace treaty.
You, China, really want the Malay Peninsula, right?
You can, but you must use enough chips.
Otherwise, just take your time and chew through the Singapore Fortress.
Speaking of the Singapore Fortress, here is what I want to say.
In the history of the original time and space, the Singapore Fortress was actually in name only.
After the Japanese captured it, it was discovered that this was a paper tiger.
This fortress has too many loopholes.
All the cannons are facing the sea, and the enemy will be blinded from the ground.
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There is also a lack of water, a lack of heavy weapons, a lack of soldiers, and various lack of preparations.
The fortress walls and firepower positions are only the outer walls and base defense firepower positions of the British naval base.
The total coverage area is not much larger than the domestic key high school campuses of later generations.
Peninsula There are only a few observation stations in the direction connecting to the mainland, and there are almost no preset firepower points.
Unless you count the ruins that have been abandoned for hundreds of years and were laid out in the early colonial period, etc., anyway, it has all the flaws it should have.
Of course, the British did have a plan to strengthen and transform the Singapore Fortress at that time, but this was just propaganda.
In fact, this strengthening plan was never actually implemented.
In other words, this fortress strengthening plan is just an excuse for the British Army to cheat military expenditures.
They also filmed documentaries, showed schematics, organized visits for senior government officials and members of parliament, and boasted about the new fortress.
But when the Japanese came, everything was exposed.
By the way, at that time, Singapore also hoarded a considerable amount of US aid supplies to China.
These supplies were seized by the British in various ways and were then confiscated and stolen in various ways.
Except for the part that was washed away by the British when the Japanese came, only a small amount of supplies were destroyed before being occupied, and most of them were given to the Japanese.
There are several theories.
The British destroyed part of the supplies to confuse the accounts and cope with China's denunciation and the United States' complaints.
They left most of the supplies to please the Japanese and protect the overseas Chinese.
Then the British had all kinds of feelings about the United States, China, and the United Kingdom themselves.
Explained.
He is truly worthy of being a thousand-year-old troublemaker, and his methods are superb.
But this plane is different.
In order to maintain control of the throat of the Far East, Opium Niu really spent a lot of money on it.
On the basis of the original fortress, they carried out comprehensive renovation and expansion, and also built many new facilities.
The Washington Naval Treaty restricted the fortifications in some areas, but Singapore was not included, so the expansion of the fort was not affected by the naval holiday.
After 20 years of hard work, Singapore has really become a very abnormal turtle shell, the kind with thorns.
Compared to the work of the same name that cut corners in the original history of time and space, I don’t know how high it is
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