Chapter 985: Hong Kong - Recovery!

Victory is not a big deal for China.

After capturing the fortress of Liyu Mén, the duo of Yang Sen and Yang Kit is now thinking not about how to achieve victory, but about how to stabilize the situation in Hong Kong after the victory, until the arrival of the top chief executive of Hong Kong appointed by the government.

The British also expected defeat to come.

The speed of the Chinese offensive is really too fast, from the attack on Hong Kong to the present, the squadron is almost overwhelming, and has not encountered any strong resistance.

Whichever army the British sent, they were greeted with the most powerful attack. The squadron was like a sharp sword, straight into the heart of the British

To be honest, at this point, both Governor Yang Muqi and Major General Mordeby, who commanded all the British troops, no longer had any hope of being able to defend Hong Kong. The only thing they have to consider now is how to continue to hold on for as long as possible, how to delay the occupation of Hong Kong as much as possible, and how to retain the face of the British in a decent way.

After the fall of the fortress of Carp Mén, Yang warned the British in Hong Kong, pointing out that Hong Kong could "fall" and that all citizens of the British Empire in Hong Kong should be prepared for the "fall".

People in Hong Kong are panicking.

The British had occupied Hong Kong for too long, and to those British, Hong Kong seemed to be their land, and they were not much different here than they were in the British mainland. But how is it that in the blink of an eye, the sky is about to change?

Where are the troops of the British Empire? Where was the mighty navy of the British Empire?

The Royal Navy was able to provide very little support to Hong Kong, and they had also tried to send the "Sijana" to support Hong Kong, but they were attacked head-on by the Chinese Navy, which was waiting for them!

It is completely conceivable what the result of a "Siyana" will be under the onslaught of a group of wolf-like Chinese warships? There is no doubt that the "Sijana" sank.

Now, the Royal Navy is temporarily unable to spare forces to support Hong Kong, and the only hope for the British is the poor defenders of Hong Kong itself

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent a telegram to Hong Kong encouraging the defenders to resist to the end, saying: "If you can resist the enemy for a day, you can still make a contribution to the allies of the world." ”

Resist? When the battle has reached this point, what else can be used to resist?

Janssen felt that this was almost the case, and he began to intensify the offensive against Hong Kong with heavy troops, and issued an order to end the fighting in Hong Kong by August 4, and no later than five days at the latest.

Every day that the war drags on, the damage to Hong Kong will be enormous

The squadron attacking the Jardine's Hill and Wong Nai Chung arteries encountered strong resistance from Canadian grenadiers and British troops. Some of the red-eyed Chinese soldiers, who were not allowed to use heavy artillery fire, finally broke through the British defenses after eight charges in a row.

Now, it was the turn of Brigadier General Rosun, commander of the British Western Brigade and commander of the Canadian Army, who commanded here, to break out of the siege with his command and all his subordinates.

However, the Chinese soldier's eyes were really red this time. After all, during the attack on Hong Kong, due to the lack of superior artillery support, the squadron suffered some undeserved casualties.

In the eyes of these Chinese soldiers, there is no distinction between generals and soldiers in the enemy, and the enemy is the enemy. For the enemy, there are now only four words:

Lawfully kill on sight!

The Chinese soldiers, who were guarding against the British breakout, blocked the breakthrough pass with a few tǐng machine guns, so that Brigadier General Roson's several breakthrough attempts failed.

After that, Brigadier General Roson and the entire command were bī into a small position in a ring on all sides. …,

More than a dozen Chinese soldiers quietly approached here, and Brigadier General Luo Xun and all the members of the command did not notice that the Grim Reaper was approaching them!

The Chinese soldiers gathered all the grenades on their bodies, and it never said that grenades were not allowed!

An irritating scene appeared:

The Chinese soldiers bundled the grenades in their hands into several piles and threw them into the position, and then with the continuous explosion of "boom-boom-", there was no sound in the position.

Brigadier General Roson and all the members of the command in the position were all killed, and no one survived.

The Chinese soldiers, who had only been relieved of their hatred, left the place with ease and pleasure, not knowing that they had blown up a brigadier general and commander and had blown up the headquarters of the British Western Brigade.

When the lieutenant ** officer, who arrived after hearing the news, hurriedly entered the position, he was greeted by only a broken corpse

"A turtle son!" Yang Sen was furious. It is no wonder that the commander was angry, and his hopes of being able to catch a few Englishmen were now dashed by those who were soldiers.

He had wanted to arrest the soldiers, but he thought about giving up on that idea. It is not easy for those who are soldiers, they are accustomed to attacking with the support of superior artillery fire and superior air power, and now they have suddenly lost these two magic weapons, and naturally they also have a belly of anger

Major General Mordeby learned of Brigadier General Rosun's death, a little later than the Chinese, and he shed tears of sadness.

Himself was the highest-ranking officer of the British Empire, oh no, the Commonwealth killed in Hong Kong.

Not only that, after the death of Brigadier General Rosun, Mordeby was reappointed as the commander of Brigadier General Luce's Western Brigade, leading the Canadian grenadiers and the Scottish battalion to counterattack the squadron, but suffered a terrible defeat.

Then the Chinese began to attack the Eastern Brigade.

Brigadier General Varys ordered the Punjab battalion to defend Shouson Hill to the death, but they came under the strongest pressure from the squadron, and a large number of British officers and men died on the position.

The situation was already precarious for the British

Now Governor Jan Muqi and Major General Mordeby have to face the impending defeat

On the evening of the 3rd. As the night came, the squadron did not stop attacking, but became more and more active. They were also reluctant to fight at night, but they had a commander who would never allow changes once an order was given:

Janssen!

Janssen's order was not to end the battle of Hong Kong no later than the 5th, and it was already the night of the 3rd, and the hellish British were still resisting there.

The Canadian rifles and the Middlesex battalion became the main targets of the Chinese in the night battle!

Brigadier Varys' throat was already hoarse. He commanded his troops hoarsely to resist the attacks of the Chinese one bō after another, but by this time, the British, Canadians, and Indians were already very strong. It is already difficult for them to organize effective resistance.

When the early hours of the 4th arrived, it was all over

The Canadian rifles and the Middlesex battalion were completely annihilated by the Chinese and continued to resist until 7 a.m. on the 4th, when the desperate Brigadier General Varys finally chose to surrender after obtaining permission from Major General Mordeby.

There is no shame, at least it is a relief for them

Faced with a tsunami of attacks by the Chinese and a constant stream of bad news from everywhere, Governor Yang Muqi and Major General Mordeby knew it was time for everything to end

On the afternoon of the 4th, Major General Mordeby reported to Governor Yang Muqi that the British troops stationed in Hong Kong could no longer fight, and Governor Yang Muqi made a report to the British Mainland, and after a short period of consideration, the British government replied to the telegram that it allowed the surrender to the squadron if Hong Kong could not continue to hold on. …,

After receiving a telegram from Britain, Yang Muqi was relieved. Now there is no need to continue to bleed, no more dead people.

Governor Yang Muqi sent someone to contact the Hong Kong Operational Headquarters to discuss surrender. Janssen accepted the surrender of the British!

In the 29th year of the Republic of China, at 20:00 on the night of August 4, 1940, Major General Modby, commander-in-chief of the British army, ordered the defenders of Hong Kong to stop resisting and surrender to the opposite squadron.

At 20:10, under the leadership of Hong Kong Governor Yang Muqi, a group of British colonial officials crossed the sea to the Chinese headquarters on the Kowloon Peninsula, where they signed a surrender agreement, formally surrendering to the squadron.

The Battle of Hong Kong is over!

"Send a telegram to the President!" Yang Sen glanced at the surrender agreement and said in high spirits: "The battle of Hong Kong began on July 30, 29 years of the Republic of China, and on August 4, the British Governor of Hong Kong, Yang Muqi, and the commander-in-chief of the British army, Modby, surrendered. The Battle of Hong Kong is over, Hong Kong - Liberated! ”

Hong Kong - Liberated!

The three parts of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories, originated from three unequal treaties at different times. After the First Opium War in 1840, Britain forced the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, ceding only Hong Kong Island. In 1856, the British and French forces launched the Second Opium War, forcing the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Beijing in 1860, ceding the Kowloon Peninsula. After the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the British forced the Qing government to sign the "Treaty on the Extension of the Boundary of Hong Kong" in 1898, forcibly leasing the New Territories for a period of 99 years.

This is a shame in Chinese history!

On July 30, 1940, Wang Hengyue, the president of the Republic of China, ordered the march to Hong Kong, and on August 4, the battle of Hong Kong was basically over, and only the sporadic gunfire of the British troops who had not yet received the order was still ringing.

On this day, Hong Kong finally returned to the embrace of the Chinese; On this day, the wounds of China's cession of Hong Kong were finally healed; This day will forever be engraved by history!

The war didn't go on very much, and there wasn't much to show for it, but it was of great significance. This means that China has officially entered the world war.

Hong Kong, Liberated!

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