Peace is dead, war is coming!

In the 29th year of the Republic of China, on July 30, 1940, Wang Hengyue, President of the Republic of China, issued a war order. In less than two hours after the war order was issued, the 6th Army Corps of the Chinese National Defense Forces, under the command of Commander Yang Sen, launched an attack on Hong Kong from Guangdong and Shenzhen.

The war has finally begun.

War has befallen the British!

In fact, from the very beginning, the British had expected such an outcome, but they were exhausted to deal with the German attack, but they could no longer do anything about the Far East, and now the only thing they could pray for was that the British troops in the Far East would be able to show their combat effectiveness beyond the level.

But the Chinese won't give them this opportunity. One

A brigade of Chinese troops, under the cover of light tanks, crossed the Shenzhen River and launched an offensive against the British in the New Territories.

The Chinese did not use the planes, Hong Kong was Chinese land, and large-scale destruction was not something the Chinese government wanted to see. They will do their best to maintain order in Hong Kong.

Even without the support of aircraft and heavy artillery, the speed of the Chinese army's advance was surprising.

The British army was almost crushed at the touch of a button, and in the New Territories they retreated with only symbolic resistance. It was clear that the British commanders at the front did not have much confidence in resisting the attack from the Chinese.

In Kowloon, the British commander, Brigadier General Varys, decided to show the bravery of the British here. He commanded the "Continental Brigade", consisting of four battalions of British troops, to defend the "drunkard" line on the Kowloon Peninsula, desperately blocking the Chinese army's attack, and although he did not know how long he would hold out here, he was by no means willing to give up his honor as an officer of the British Empire.

The two battalion commanders, Major Conson and Major Bunjishi, became Brigadier General Warris's most trusted officers, and he strictly ordered these two majors to command their troops to fight until the last moment.

Major Conson and Brigadier General Varys had the same attitude, they could be defeated, but they could never lose their honor. He built a defensive line at the Golden Mountain and did everything he could to entangle the Chinese army.

The British resistance was still very fierce, which caused some trouble for the Chinese army, which had been advancing very easily and happily.

A Chinese officer at the front could not hold back, he called in artillery fire and opened heavy fire on the British position at Golden Mountain. Unfortunately, two shells landed on a civilian's house, killing one and wounding two.

The Chinese officer, who called for artillery support, was dismissed from his post as front-line commander on the spot and severely reprimanded by his superiors.

His boss told the aggrieved subordinate: "Hong Kong is only so big, understand? Only such a small shell falling down will kill many people at any time, the British, and more Chinese. It is necessary to ensure that social order in Hong Kong can be restored as soon as the fighting is over, and that Hong Kong will not be destroyed on a large scale due to the war, and if the problem can be solved by artillery fire, then Hong Kong will have been razed to the ground long ago! ”

The officer may still be a little dissatisfied, but he can somewhat understand the hard work of his superiors.

As a result, in the subsequent offensive, the Chinese army used more weapons such as light tanks and machine guns. They are doing everything they can to keep Hong Kong from being devastated by the war.

Maybe it's getting a little harder, but it's good for Hong Kong's future.

The "incomprehensible" British continued to resist there, which made the eyes of some Chinese soldiers on the front line a little red. While they charged ferociously, they also began to become less polite to their captives. …,

This was not reprimanded by their superiors, but rather some of the officers turned a blind eye to such incidents. You can't ban the use of heavy artillery and at the same time stop the emotions of the soldiers, right? This will have an impact on morale.

And the Chinese officers on the front line began to use their brains, and heavy artillery fire was not allowed on it, but machine guns were not allowed.

So the officers began to gather all the machine guns they could organize, and under the cover of light tanks, they fired frantically at the British in the opposite position.

Bullets are being consumed in large quantities, and these bullets are like no money at all!

Bullets rained down on the enemy, and the British soldiers were completely stunned by the frenzied firepower. The bullets rained down on the enemy like fiery snakes, and the British were so beaten that they were so caught in their positions that they could not raise their heads at all.

Major Conson was shouting there, desperately trying to get the soldiers back into battle. But the firepower of both sides is not at all on the same level, and it is not easy to get the soldiers to regain their courage.

Major Conson was helpless.

After a frantic suppression, the Chinese soldiers began to advance towards the Golden Mountain.

Major Conson knew very well that with the condition of the target, it would be difficult for him to continue to command his troops to continue to fight and continue to defend this vital position.

True, the major's judgment was not wrong.

The Chinese easily broke through the British position, and then launched a white-knuckle battle on a not-so-very fierce scale. Some British soldiers were killed, while others chose to surrender.

In just over ten minutes, the front-line position was completely broken through. Major Conson reluctantly retreated to the core with the remnants of his soldiers, trying to block the advance of the Chinese with this place

But all the efforts made by Major Conson were in vain.

The Chinese troops, supported by light tanks, did not stop too long and soon launched a new offensive against the core of Major Conson's defense.

Major Conson shouted loudly, encouraging the soldiers to fight to the end for the honor of the British Empire. Some listened to him and continued to take up arms to fight, but others had completely lost faith in this war.

These British soldiers can't be blamed for being greedy for life and afraid of death, after all, in the face of a battle with no chance of winning, anyone will involuntarily give up their determination to continue to resist.

If Major Conson had lived, he would have remembered this day, but

The brave Major Conson, who was always commanding the battle in the most dangerous places on the front line, did not think about his own safety, and always boosted the morale of the dying.

A Chinese sniper quickly spotted the target, which struck him as strange. In their own army, officers are not allowed to enter the most dangerous areas unless they have to, after all, officers are the soul of a unit.

But what was this British officer doing?

The sniper didn't have much time to think about it, he raised his gun and aimed at the British officer opposite. One

"Bang" one. Shots rang out. The sniper falls to the ground when he sees his target

The sniper didn't pay much attention to it, it was just a new casualty of his hunting target, and there were always so many targets falling under his guns in every battle.

The unknown sniper is not too clear that this is the first British officer to be killed in the Battle of Hong Kong. One

Brigadier General Conson was shot to death, and he lay on his ground covered in blood, and he could never have imagined that he would die in Hong Kong, here. …,

He once had countless dreams, dreaming of having his own farm after retiring, and then living a safe and happy life with his wife and children. It's a pity that all this has come to naught, and all these dreams have been completely left in Hong Kong.

With the death of Major Conson, the British were completely defeated.

The morale, which was already not very low, was hit hard again. After the death of the major, the British defending in the face of the continuous attack of the Chinese army finally chose to surrender under the leadership of a lieutenant.

Although it was a shame to surrender, it was still possible to save this life, and there was still a chance to go home, to England, to leave this place that should be cursed, and never to return.

After the failure of these battalions under the command of Major Conson, the battalion commanded by Major Bunjishi suddenly became unsustainable. His flanks were attacked with the fiercest attacks from the Chinese army!

Major Bunjishi was forced to ask Brigadier General Varys for reinforcements, but where did Brigadier General Varys find reinforcements for him at this time?

He couldn't think of any way to stop the Chinese, he couldn't think of any way to continue to hold out in Kowloon, and the only way now was to escape from this terrible place as soon as possible and keep the "mainland brigade" as much as possible.

With the consent of Governor Jan Muqi, Brigadier General Varys gave the order to retreat.

The British abandoned Kowloon and evacuated to Hong Kong Island.

The battle against Kowloon, which began on July 30 and ended on August 1, took only three days for Kowloon to return to the hands of the Chinese.

Now, you can attack Hong Kong Island directly.

However, General Janssen, who commanded the attack of the Chinese army, did not feel that there was anything to celebrate, Hong Kong was only so big, and the British army here only had so many men, and when the Chinese army was so well prepared, so numerical superiority, and such a great superiority in firepower, it could no longer achieve victory, which only proved the incompetence of the commander.

Fortunately, his soldiers did not lose weight to themselves, and brought an imaginary victory for themselves and the Chinese government.

It would be interesting to go to Europe and fight the elite troops of the British, Janssen thought to himself, but it was not something he could control.

Looking at Heng Shuai's meaning, the battle of Hong Kong is about to end smoothly, and Heng Shuai will continue to put himself in Hong Kong for a period of time to stabilize the economic and social order of Hong Kong after the war.

In any case, the Chinese army won a beautiful victory in the Battle of Kowloon, and now it is time to set the target on the island of Hong Kong!