Chapter 589: Bombardment of Hong Kong Island

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Report to the general, the Chinese army broke through the third line of defense, and the regiments that our army was responsible for garrisoning were surrounded and annihilated by the Chinese army! The Scout said as he panted.

"What!" Major General Cherrison and Colonel Guy changed their faces. The Chinese army attacked so violently that in just half an hour, it actually captured two lines of defense carefully constructed by Major General Cherison in succession. And also surrounded the defenders and annihilated them all. It's a lot harder than just breaking through the defenses.

"Damn, we have 3,000 men deployed in the second line of defense, plus the troops withdrawn from the first line of defense, how can it not be broken so easily, how can the Chinese army be so fast?" Maj. Gen. Cherrison yelled in disbelief.

"According to our reconnaissance, the Chinese army, led by local civilians, outflanked the rear of the second line of defense from a shortcut that we did not know about.

The 3rd Regiment, which was in charge of defending the defensive line, and part of the 1st Regiment that had retreated from the 1st defensive line, totaling more than 4,000 troops, were all surrounded by Chinese troops. Now we have lost contact with the 3rd regiment. It is judged that it is likely to be completely destroyed. The Chinese army is adjusting its forces and pressing towards the third line of defense. The scout didn't dare to hide it in the slightest.

"Damn, the front-line troops immediately retreated. The Chinese army has already cultivated its vigor, and with the fact that they are far superior to ours, there is only a dead end in the wait. Major General Cherrison made a quick decision, knowing that things could not be done, and chose to retreat at the first time. As for the responsibility of the military to defend the territory, in the case of Major General Cherrison, this bullshit thing is simply a fart in the face of the life and death of the entire army. As long as the British army can defeat the Chinese National Defense Forces, let alone occupy Hong Kong, it is not impossible to invade the mainland of China and occupy the rich coastal areas in southeast China.

"General, if we retreat, I'm afraid that the entire New Territories and Kowloon area will be occupied by the Chinese army, so how can we explain to the country?" Colonel Guy's face changed. Although he also knew that Britain no longer had the strength to resist the attack of the Chinese army, such a simple withdrawal still made him a little unacceptable.

"Confession?" Major General Cherrison sneered, "Those old things sent us to the Far East to die, and we are not so stupid. What's more, we are not fleeing now, but retreating strategically. Knowing that you can't fight and still fighting, that's sending to death, it's a stupid idiotic act, and the soldiers of the British Empire have to know how to be flexible, and they can't be stupid to send them to death. I hope you understand this, Chief of Staff. ”

Major General Cherrison's expression was very serious, and it was rare for him to be able to tell the story of the escape so high-soundingly.

"General, since you have made a decision, I will resolutely obey your orders." Colonel Guy didn't insist on his opinion, just kidding, no one wanted to take the initiative to send him to death, not to mention that Major General Cherrison was the chief officer of the unit, and if something really happened, he Colonel Guy wouldn't be in charge. Naturally, he would not be so stupid as to resolutely stay and fight this war with no victory in sight. Colonel Guy is in his forties, he is no longer young, he has long passed the period when he dared to rush into the rain of bullets with his gun with his blood, and now Guy only hopes that he can make further progress in the army and retire as a general. That's why generals like him took the initiative to go to the Far East.

Major General Cherrison's order was transmitted to the third line of defense, and the British 1st Flying Brigade, which was responsible for defending the area, carried out the orders of the division headquarters without reservation. After all, they already know the situation of the first two lines of defense. In half an hour, they broke through two lines of defense, wiped out more than 5,000 troops of the British Empire, and almost half of the entire British army stationed in Hong Kong was wiped out by the Chinese army. They did not expect that the Chinese army in the Far East would be so capable of fighting, and the level of firepower was not weaker than that of the world war of a year ago. Although the equipment of the British army improved after the war, it did not undergo any fundamental changes. Coupled with the labor expedition, both the scale of firepower and the logistics guarantee are far from being compared with Europe, which makes the British army much less courageous in fighting. Otherwise, if this war had taken place in Europe, it would have been impossible for the British army to send all its troops. But this is the Far East, and the British lack the confidence to fight to the death. ..., Wehrmacht Front Command. Commander-in-chief Feng Yuxiang was studying the next step of the battle plan in front of the topographic map and the sand table. Relying on the manpower that had infiltrated Hong Kong earlier and taking advantage of the locals' familiarity with the terrain, the Wehrmacht chose a small road to successfully copy the enemy's rear route, encircling 4,000 enemy troops in the encirclement, and mobilizing heavy artillery units to bombard them, and successfully forced them to surrender. Even so, the losses of the troops who served in the frontal diversion mission and the final pouch mission in this operation were not small. Although the British army's will to fight was not very good, it was more than stronger than the Chinese army in terms of marksmanship and sense of the battlefield. After all, many of the elite veterans of the British army have survived the terrifying firepower of the West. The firepower that broke out in the Sino-British War was still within the tolerance range of those veterans of a hundred battles. It is these people who have caused huge casualties to the Chinese army.

"The commander-in-chief, the commander of the British army is not simple, the construction of the third line of defense makes full use of the local terrain advantages, coupled with the heavy troops deployed by the British army on it, I am afraid that we can only attack this road." Political commissar Ma Xianping said.

"Not necessarily, the terrain here is continuous, the mountains are densely forested, and there may not be no passages in the past. Unfortunately, the order given to us by the headquarters of the military district was to fight a quick battle, and we simply did not have time to find other paths, so we could only launch a frontal attack and deal with the enemy on the opposite side as soon as possible. According to our intelligence. The British troops stationed in Hong Kong were only about 12,000 to 3,000 in all. Through the previous battles, we should have destroyed about 5,000 British troops, and the British troops we stabbed down were only 8,000 at most. Feng Yuxiang said in a low voice. For war, he naturally has his own set of plays.

Although these troops under his command were not established by him, during the period when he was transferred here from the Shenyang Military Region to take charge, Feng Yuxiang traveled almost all the battalions and regiments of the troops under his command. Don't underestimate these moves. Only by knowing the true "watermark" of the soldiers under his command can he formulate an effective combat plan, fully mobilize the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command, and give full play to the greatest strength of the soldiers on the battlefield. The real generals in the army understand the combat effectiveness of the troops at the first time they take over the army. Even when many famous generals were commanding tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, of troops, they knew every company commander under their command.

"Commander-in-chief, I suggest that the 63rd Army-Brigade take the lead this time. The order we received was to fight a quick battle, and from this terrain, the third line of defense of the British army was probably a tough nut to crack, and in order to achieve the battle plan as much as possible, let the strongest brigade serve as the main attack, and have the greatest hope of victory. Ma Xianping said. As a political commissar, he was mainly responsible for the ideological issues of the troops, and he knew more about many details in the army than Feng Yuxiang. The 60th Army was a unit established by Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and others, among which Duogui was a general. Although the army seems to be stable, many generals still have a lot of opinions about the transfer of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, but their arms can't twist their thighs, and they don't dare to say anything if they have opinions, for fear of being told by the political commissars around them. As for the political commissars in the Wehrmacht, these Gui generals are still wary. After all, the identity of the political commissar is too much like a special envoy in the army, and he plays the responsibility of supervising the commander of the troops. Although the 63rd Army is a unit developed with the support of the Wehrmacht. But at that time, in order to paralyze the enemy, the structure of the 63rd Army was almost completely established in the form of warlord troops. Even the commissar of the Wehrmacht entered as a deputy at the beginning. This caused certain troubles for the subsequent structural reform of the 63 rd Army. After all, the 63rd Army was different from other warlord units that could be broken up and reorganized, because it was a Wehrmacht unit at the beginning of its establishment. The hasty reform of the armed forces that have formed a system will inevitably touch the interests of many people, and this has made the 63 rd Army not very harmonious. — Some of the problems of the commissar are difficult to eliminate its influence. …,

"It's good!" Feng Yuxiang nodded and said.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, news has come from the front-line reconnaissance force that no trace of the enemy has been found on the third line of defense of the British army?" The scout came to report with a sweaty face.

"No one?" Feng Yuxiang and Ma Xianping looked at each other, and they were a little confused about what the British were doing.

"Order the 1st Brigade to be the vanguard, speed up, and keep an eye on me whatever tricks the British want to play." Feng Yuxiang could not guess what the British were thinking, but this did not prevent him from ordering the troops to advance. His purpose is the entire Hong Kong region.

After determining a large-scale retreat of the British army, the Chinese army launched a large-scale pursuit. But what made Feng Yuxiang depressed was that even though the Wehrmacht was fast, it still did not block the main force of the British army. Looking at the British troop carriers in the strait between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, Feng Yuxiang only felt extremely depressed.

"Commander-in-chief, what shall we do?" Ma Xianping asked in a deep voice.

"Order the troops to sweep the New Territories and Kowloon areas. At the same time, the heavy artillery brigade was transferred to me and I was given artillery to Hong Kong Island. Feng Yuxiang's face flashed—a ruthless look.

"Yes!"

Following Feng Yuxiang's order, hundreds of howitzers of more than 150 millimeters were pushed to the shore and launched a fierce shelling on Hong Kong Island on the opposite side.

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