Volume 1: Fierce Battle of Singapore Chapter 5: Brave Warriors' Fierce Battle of Singapore

  Lin Jiangshi's words are not alarmist. (Qu You Zi Jin Zai Shi Liu K Qu Xue Wang) The Japanese have indeed been waiting for an opportunity to find a weak point in Singapore's defense and launch a surprise attack on Singapore. They had long included Singapore, this maritime traffic hub, in their plans for invasion.

  On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor and declared war on Britain and America. At the same time, it did not idle in Asia and occupied Thailand on the same day. On the 8th, it launched a war against Malaya. If the Flying Tigers had not accidentally discovered the Japanese soldiers landing, Singapore might have been attacked by surprise on this day as well.

  At 1:45 am on the 8th, more than 5,000 Japanese troops from the southern route of the invasion fleet landed at Kota Bharu in central Malaya under the cover of four destroyers' crossfire. Two hours later, the Japanese landing force repelled the defenders of Kota Bharu.

  The Japanese launched a storm-like invasion, leaving the whole world stunned. At that time, there were as many as 100,000 British troops stationed in Malaya, but facing the Japanese army's crazy actions, the British army retreated step by step, and Malaysia was quickly lost. In less than 10 days, the Japanese army had occupied Penang, a major city in Malaysia.

  In the face of such a severe situation, the British Governor of Singapore, Thomas, hastily changed his previous disagreement with Tan Kah Kee's suggestion to organize a volunteer army and strengthen border defense. He personally visited Tan Kah Kee, requesting him to convene a Chinese community assembly, gather personnel to dig air-raid shelters, and establish a volunteer army to defend Singapore. At that time, regardless of whether they were government officials, Kuomintang members, students, workers, or merchants, even dancers, as long as they were between 16 and 50 years old, all joined the volunteer army and participated in pre-war training. A Singapore Chinese Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army (also known as the "Star Volunteer Army") of over 10,000 people was quickly formed.

  The Xinghua Righteous and Brave Army was led by Lin Jiangshi, and the original civilian corps were incorporated into the Righteous and Brave Army.

  On the 25th, Japanese Lieutenant Colonel Yamada led an infantry battalion to land at Pasir Panjang under the cover of two warships and merged with a previous Japanese infantry company there, launching a brutal invasion of Singapore.

  The Star Alliance Brave Army was formed for just a few days and had no time to train properly before rushing onto the battlefield.

  Major Yamada's infantry battalion consisted of four infantry companies, a machine gun company (eight heavy machine guns), and a battalion gun platoon (two 70mm infantry guns). Each infantry company had three platoons, each consisting of one machine gun section (two light machine guns), one grenade discharger section (two grenade dischargers) and two rifle sections. As soon as they merged with the infantry companies that had previously invaded Singapore, they launched a charge like a pack of wolves, extremely arrogant and completely disregarding Singapore's defensive forces.

  Apart from the original militia with some combat experience in the Righteous Army, the new recruits basically had no combat experience. At most, they only learned how to aim and shoot. Everything else relied on their patriotism and hatred for the enemy, which inspired courage. Therefore, facing a well-trained Japanese army with excellent equipment, they suffered heavy casualties.

  The experienced aboriginal warriors of the Yiyou Army have all become small team leaders in combat, but experienced personnel are still extremely scarce. The Yiyou Army is facing an urgent need for people with combat experience to lead new soldiers into battle, otherwise it will soon face a situation where troops cannot be replenished and casualties are too heavy, and it will not be able to withstand the Japanese army's strong offensive.

  "Captain Lin, otherwise, go and bring Tianhu as well. One more person, one more strength. Although Tianhu has lost his memory now, his body is not injured at all. Who knows, once he hears the gunfire on the battlefield, it may help him recover his memory faster." During a break in the battle, Fan Bing suggested to Lin Jiangshi, "Lin Tianhu is a war hero, and when it comes to fighting against the devils, he is stronger than any of us."

  "Tianhu? If Tianhu's body is healthy, he can lead a whole squadron into battle, but...” Lin Jiangshi thought of how Tianhu was bitten by the Japanese military dog yesterday and hid in the corner, trembling with fear, "I'm afraid it won't work."

  "What to do? Now anyone who is a personal soldier has to go to the battlefield, but they are all people without combat experience. When they arrive at the battlefield, although they want to kill the enemy very much, they don't know how to kill and there's no one to lead them, it's almost like coming to die. Can you bear to see this situation continue? I think Fan Bing's suggestion is good, we should now mobilize all personnel who can fight to participate in the war. Tian Hu may have lost his memory, but he should still be accustomed to combat experience, habits won't change because of memory loss. Also, I think it's possible to let those lightly wounded old militia team members from the hospital come and lead the troops, this way our organizational leadership strength will quickly increase and we can also quickly control the casualties of new soldiers."

  "Report to Captain Lin, the new recruit platoon that was just sent to the left defense line has been wiped out. Requesting you to send another platoon over." Just as they were saying this, a militia soldier ran over to report.

  "The enemy attacking our left flank is just a small squad, how can their casualties be so heavy?" Lin Jiangshi was shocked.

  "Everyone is too inexperienced, the team leader who led the way was only one day ahead of everyone else in joining the Righteous Brave Army. When they saw the enemy approaching, all they knew how to do was tell everyone to open fire, without understanding the need to grasp the timing. The enemy was cunning, and as soon as we opened fire, they all dropped to the ground, with a few people firing from a distance to attract our firepower, while most of them took advantage of the undulating terrain to sneak up close to our trenches, then suddenly launched a charge. We were all intimidated by their momentum, although in the end, thanks to having many more men than they did, we managed to repel them, but with heavy casualties. If we don't hurry and replenish our forces, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand it if they launch another attack." The anxious Righteous Brave Army soldier said.

  "Lin Hai." Lin Jiang Shi didn't dare to hesitate for a moment.

  Arrived.

  "Take your squad and get over there immediately to take command." Lin Jiangshi ordered.

  "Yes." Lin Hai responded, immediately turning around and giving orders to his team members, "First squad assemble at once."

  "It's already gotten to this point, what are you still considering? Fan Jiang looked at Lin Hai leading a small team running away and said to Lin Jiang Shi, "Please hurry up and make a decision to bring back those lightly injured soldiers led by Tian Hu to join the battle."

  "Alright, you go to the hospital and find Dr. Lin Tianlong, tell him our situation in detail, and ask him to send the lightly wounded soldiers to the front line immediately." Lin Jiangshi did not hesitate again, the heavy casualties on the left flank had already made it impossible for him to consider anything else.

  "Yes." Fan Bing saw his suggestion being adopted and happily accepted the order, turning around and running towards the hospital.

  "Long Fanglan nurse, Long Fanglan nurse." Fan Bing arrived at the temporary field hospital and saw Long Fanglan, calling out to her as he walked towards her.

  Long Fanglan did not know Fan Bing, hearing the call turned around and looked at Fan Bing asking: "Was it you who called me?"

  "Yes. I'm looking for Dean Lin Tianlong. Do you know where he is?" asked Fan Bing.

  "Is anything wrong?"

  "It's like this......" Fan Bing briefly told Long Fanglan about the situation at the front line and Lin Jiangshi's orders.

  "Come with me." Long Fanglan listened and knew that things were urgent, so she didn't ask any more questions. She immediately took Fan Bing to find Dr. Lin Tianlong.

  "Let the lightly wounded soldiers go to the battlefield, this is forced by the situation. I can find them some work to do. But let Tianhu also go to the battlefield, this..." Lin Tiandragon showed a difficult expression, "After Lin Tiandragon lost his memory, his intelligence was like that of an infant, how could he go to the battlefield and fight, not to mention leading troops? You see if it's..."

  "Dr. Lin, we know the situation, but now is the time to use people on the battlefield, and we are also forced to have no choice, so we thought of asking Tianhu to come out." Fan Bing requested, "Just let Tianhu try it."

  "With the war at hand, if I refuse, I'm afraid I'll be accused of being greedy and cowardly. Alright, you go home and call him. Long Fanglan, take this soldier with you, I'm busy right now." Dr. Lin Tianlong knew that with the war situation so tense, anyone who could contribute to the war effort couldn't refuse, so he didn't explain further and let Long Fanglan take Fan Bing to his home to find Tianhu.

  "Tianhu, how did you end up like this?" Fan Bing was shocked when he saw Tianhu.

  Tian Hu's face was pale, his whole body trembling non-stop, and his eyes were lifeless.

  "Yesterday he wouldn't have done this, what's wrong with him today?" Long Fanglan walked over to support Tianhu and asked Tianhu's mother.

  "Tianhu's mother told Long Fanglan and Fan Bing about Tianhu encountering the Japanese soldiers who had sneaked ashore and being bitten by a Japanese wolf dog."

  "We've also heard Captain Lin say that, but we didn't think it was this serious. In this state, even if Tianhu were to be taken onto the battlefield, he wouldn't be of any use. Let him just rest at home instead. We're leaving." Fan Bing looked at Tianhu, shook his head and sighed.

  "Long Fanglan, Long Fanglan. Don't go." Tian Hu suddenly spoke up as Fan Bing and Long Fanglan were about to turn around and leave.

  Fan Bing and Long Fanglan hurried back and looked at Tian Hu.

  Long Fanglan said: "Tianhu, we still have something to do. You just rest at home."

  "No, I'll go with you." Tiān Hǔ seemed to have calmed down and stood up, saying to Lóng Fānglán.

  Long Fanglan looked at Fan Bing.

  "Or you can bring him along." Fan Bing said to Long Fanglan.

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