kingnovel Chapter 863 Raid on the Port
Chapter 863 Raid on the Port
863 Raid on the Port
Ye Qingshan also knew that the old devil Yamashita Fengwen's strategy of going south to fight a decisive battle with the British army had been completed.
It's too late to stop it now.
Next, it will be up to the main force of the British army commanded by Roberts to face the attack of tens of thousands of elite Japanese soldiers commanded by the ferocious tiger Yamashita Tomoyuki.
Can I hold on for a month?
If they hold on, the Japanese will still be destroyed in this battle.
If they can't hold on, it will be another disaster for the British, and Ye Qingshan will have no way to deal with it.
"Inform Zhou Pingkou to quickly eliminate the Japanese Fifth Division in the western mountainous area of Siam.
There is no need to annihilate them all.
After capturing the main defensive position of the Japanese, the Japanese Fifth Division was divided and surrounded.
The main force of our expeditionary force will immediately head south.
Leave two main divisions behind to slowly eliminate the remaining devils from the Fifth Division."
Ye Qingshan immediately gave instructions.
He knew very well that the devils in the western mountains of Siam had already eaten the meat in their mouths and just needed to digest it slowly.
The main force of their expeditionary force's next target was the Imperial Guards Division led by Yamashita Tomoyuki that had invaded the Malay Peninsula and the Japanese 18th Division that had been defending there.
These two main divisions are also the last two divisions of the 25th Army of the old Japanese devil Yamashita Tomoyuki.
"Contact General Stilwell again and ask the US military to send more transport vehicles.
When the time comes, we will speed up the main force of our expeditionary force's march southward."
"clear."
Luo Zhuoying took note of Ye Qingshan's instructions and left quickly.
At this time, 30,000 Japanese Imperial Guards Division commanded by the old Japanese soldier Yamashita Tomoyuki, as well as 20,000 loyal vassal troops, had arrived in the northern part of Yibao area.
Here, the old Japanese soldier Yamashita Tomoyuki also received the report from the Japanese reconnaissance troops.
"Commander, our reconnaissance team has discovered...
Tens of thousands of British troops built a solid defense line in the Yibao area several days in advance.
And, according to the news sent by the 18th Division.
In the past two days, they launched several counterattacks against the British troops besieging them, but all of them were beaten back.
This shows that the main force of the British army is still in Kuala Lumpur.
The British troops blocking our way are only there to stop us and buy time."
The Japanese Chief of Staff Yamane pointed to the location of the British army on the map and said to the old Japanese soldier Yamashita Tomoyuki.
"Yoshi, it's pretty much as we predicted.
I knew that with the character of the British commander, he didn't have the courage to send the main force north to fight a decisive battle with our Guards Division first.
In that case, let's proceed with Plan A.
Tell Nishimura-kun to command two brigades tomorrow to continue the fierce attack on the British troops in the Yibao area.
Notify the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment and have them advance westward overnight.
Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we will seize the British ports on the western coast."
The old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki pointed to a port marked on the map on the western coast of the Malay Peninsula, the Port of Hong Kong.
This is also the main port for the British army to obtain supplies from the sea.
After all, this place is close to Long City, and there is a British division stationed there.
The old Japanese soldier Yamashita Tomoyuki was not in a hurry to break through the British blocking positions in the Yibao area.
He attached more importance to capturing the port of Hongskan. In addition to wanting to cut off the British army's supply channels from the sea, he also wanted to seize the British ships at the port.
These British ships are the best support for the Japanese to retreat later.
After all, if the Japanese continue to fight on the Malay Peninsula and suffer another disadvantage.
If they wanted to cross the strait and escape to Sumatra Island south of the strait to join the Japanese invaders there.
It is necessary to rely on ships to cross the sea.
Boom boom boom!
The next day, the main force of the Japanese Imperial Guards Division, under the command of division commander Takuma Nishimura, continued to attack the defending British troops.
The British army fought very tenaciously and blocked the repeated attacks of the Japanese Imperial Guards Division.
These British troops also knew that this time they had to withstand the Japanese attack.
If the Japanese quickly broke through their defense line, the British army would surely lose.
Fortunately, the British army was well prepared, had sufficient firepower, and was fighting a defensive battle.
Even if the Japanese Imperial Guards Division launched a frenzied attack, it was unable to shake the British army's defense line in the Yibao area in the past two days.
Soon, British commander Roberts received the news.
Upon learning that the blocking troops he sent had been firmly blocked in the Yibao area, Yamashita Tomoyuki commanded tens of thousands of elite Japanese troops to move south.
I also breathed a sigh of relief.
“The Japanese army is no better than this.
The Second Army fought very well and the Japanese advancing south were blocked.
Contact General Stilwell and tell him the good news.
In addition, the entire army was notified to intensify the attack on the Japanese 18th Division.
The Japanese 18th Division also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a counterattack against us and attack us from both sides together with the Japanese coming south.
That's perfect, let's take this opportunity to completely annihilate them.
Then, we will go north to confront Yamashita Tomoyuki for a decisive battle."
Roberts no longer had the anxiety he had before.
The main force of the Japanese Imperial Guards Division, he found that the situation was not too bad.
The battle situation remained stalemate, and the British army did not quickly collapse under the fierce attack of the Japanese Imperial Guards Division.
As long as the battle becomes stalemate and time is delayed, it will be good news for the British army.
But Roberts didn't know.
Just when all of them turned their attention to the main force of the Japanese Imperial Guards Division in Yibao area.
An elite Japanese regiment hid during the day and traveled at night, moving all the way west to the outskirts of the Hongshikan port.