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Chapter 515 Real Cage Landing Battle

"Head, what do you think we should do now?"

"Don't worry, let's wait for the follow-up troops to land first. Now we must not act rashly. There must be something wrong with it. This shows that their large troops are deep in the depths. If we rush forward rashly, the entire army may be destroyed." Overwhelmed."

"Yes."

A few hours later, the soldiers of the 20th Army landed on the beachhead one after another, and the commander Liu Cunhou also disembarked. When he saw Qi Xieyuan approaching, he immediately lowered his face and said in a deep voice, "What are you doing?" Something? Could it be that the military order I gave you before I left was not clear enough? Or did you forget my order?"

"Commander, after our independent regiment landed, we didn't encounter much resistance from the rebels, and we took the beachhead in just ten minutes. I think there must be fraud in this!" Qi Xieyuan explained.

Liu Cunhou frowned, and pondered: "So, the rebels are going to fight us to the death in the depths?"

Qi Xieyuan nodded: "I think the intention of the other party is like this. They obviously want to lure us into the depths and then fight with us, so I dare not go deep alone and cause the troops to fall into the enemy's trap."

"You should know that the island of Singapore is not like those islands in the Pacific Ocean. There is only one city, Singapore, on the island of Singapore, which is flat. In such a city, if we enter it, we will fight the enemy on the street, fight in the jungle or fight in the mountains. They are two completely different concepts, and it is true that street fighting is not easy to fight, but compared to jungle warfare or mountain warfare, street fighting is relatively easier to fight, don't you think?"

Qi Xieyuan originally thought that his prudence would be recognized by the army commander, but now it seems that the army commander does not agree with his prudence, which really caught him by surprise.

"Okay, I don't blame you. It's not wrong to be cautious, but you have to remember that if you are too cautious, you will often miss the opportunity. Don't say anything now. Your independent regiment will follow the 6th Division as the vanguard. Attack the Jurong area first. Remember, after entering the Jurong area, it is very likely that you will fight the rebels in a mobile war. Try to give full play to the advantages of your independent regiment's mobile war and wipe out the enemy during the movement. Do you understand? ?”

"Yes." Qi Xieyuan paid a military salute and strode out of the headquarters.

At the same time that the 20th Army landed, the 21st Army also landed at the Senzhiwang Estuary.In Qiancaixi Port and the mouth of the Sembawang River, the rebels concentrated a whole division of troops in an attempt to stop the 21st Army. Relatively speaking, the pressure of the 21st Army appeared to be relatively high.

The fleet gradually approached the coast, and the two regiments who rushed to land on the beach sailed towards the shore with the help of landing craft, and the ships also aimed their naval guns at the fortifications on the shore. "Boom, boom, boom!" The sound of rumbling cannons echoed in the air, and the shells fell on the beachhead position, exploding clusters of sparks.However, the opponent's fortifications were done very well. Their heavy machine guns spewed out flames as soon as the landing troops landed on the coast.A dozen or so landing soldiers who hadn't found cover in time fell down immediately.

"It's really unlucky. So many soldiers were injured as soon as they landed. The communicator immediately asked for air support and fleet support, and destroyed the rebel fortifications first." Li Liejun, commander of the 21st Army, yelled.

A few minutes later, there was a buzzing overhead, and a formation of carrier-based aircraft rushed over the landing point at the mouth of the Sembawang River, bombarding the rebel fortifications indiscriminately. At the same time, the escort on the sea The fleet also continued to fire at several fortifications on the beach.After about half an hour of continuous bombing in this way, the fortifications of the rebel fortress were completely destroyed.

"Brothers, come on!" Li Liejun yelled at his soldiers.

The charge sounded, and the marines uttered a shout, and rushed towards the opposite side in skirmish formation.

The two sides fought fiercely in the beachhead area.Sun Dianying, the commander of the 11th Division of the rebel army, shouted loudly: "Grandma, the other party is obviously going to attack our position. The previous bombing by the enemy caused a heavy loss of our heavy weapons. Now we want to block the offensive. With the rifles and bayonets in our hands, whoever dares to retreat, I will be the first to kill him!"

As soon as the soldiers under him heard Sun Dianying's order, one by one, as if they had been hit with stimulants, they shot desperately at the landing army on the opposite side.

"Boom", the artillery units in the rear have already landed, and quickly set up heavy artillery. The artillery shells are pouring towards the rebel positions like raindrops. The artillery positions on the beachhead have been completely lost under the bombardment of naval guns and aircraft bombs. , so facing the opponent's artillery unit, Sun Dianying was also helpless.

"Son of a bitch, if the bombing continues like this, they will almost blow up my soldiers!" Sun Dianying roared hoarsely, watching helplessly as the shells exploded on the battlefield, and every explosion brought a piece of blood. Bloody flowers and pieces of meat flying across the ground were wailing all over the defensive position. "Medical soldiers! Medical soldiers!"

"Charge, charge, I will fight them to the end!" Sun Dianying drew out his command saber and ordered the troops to launch a counter-charge.While avoiding the bombardment of the shells, the rebels unloaded the bullets, then loaded the bayonets, and rushed towards the opposite side shouting loudly.

The two sides started a fierce hand-to-hand fight under the scorching sun. The soldiers on both sides refused to accept the other. When they met, they seemed to be enemies. They desperately thought about the other side's assault and assassination. , and even biting each other, like wild beasts, desperately putting each other to death in order to survive!
This kind of hand-to-hand combat lasted for more than an hour. The total strength of the 11th Division was far inferior to that of the opponent, and it was finally defeated. The Huwei Army pursued the victory.Soon the remaining rebels on the beach were surrounded.The two sides fought again and again until around three o'clock in the afternoon, when the rebel army finally found it difficult to continue. Some died, some were wounded, some were captured, and they were completely swallowed up by the Huwei army.The division commander, Sun Dianying, wanted to escape, but was stabbed to death by a pair of soldiers who were chasing him with military stabs.

In this way, the position at the mouth of the Sembawang River was finally taken by the Tigers, and a large number of troops landed on the coast continuously, making final preparations for attacking downtown Singapore.

At this time, the 22th Division of the 16nd Army landed in the area of ​​Serangang Port and guarded an infantry brigade of the rebels in Serangang Port. The brigade commander Wang Dong ordered his soldiers to guard the port at all costs.The Huwei army must not be allowed to land successfully, but how can a brigade's strength be able to withstand the attack of a division of the opponent?What's more, the opponent still has the sea and air superiority.

Through the binoculars, Wang Dong clearly saw batches of soldiers on the other side calmly carrying out the landing. He could only sigh deeply. This is the difference in strength. Hiding in the trenches couldn't even raise their heads.

Jin Yunpeng, commander of the 22nd Army, stood on the deck of the warship, looked at the fortifications on the beach, smiled slightly, and said to Liu Yunfeng, the chief of staff beside him: "Look, I really didn't expect that our landing was so smooth. It seems that the rebel troops guarding this beachhead are not strong enough." Liu Yunfeng said with a smile: "Commander, it should be said that we were relatively lucky this time, and we were able to capture this beachhead in a short period of time. The strength of the rebels is very embarrassing, and they need to put more troops into the next street fighting."

"Yunfeng, what do you think of Tekong Island and Ubin Island behind Singapore Island?"

"Put it aside, don't worry about it. Speaking of it, Yuan Shikai made such a stupid mistake at this time, and his death is approaching." Jin Yunpeng nodded: "I heard that they put a whole The strength of the brigade, it seems that the brigade is idle and has nothing to do, well, I will listen to you, ignore the two islands, order the troops, concentrate their firepower to destroy the enemy in front of them, and then march to the city of Singapore!"

"Yes!"

Next, the 16th Division divided into two attacking forces, like two sharp knives, pierced straight into the center of Tampines. As the two units leading the 22nd Army, the commanders of the four brigades seemed to be fighting with all their might. Like a competition, they launched a fierce attack on Paya Lebar Airport with a destructive momentum.

As the general manager of the region, Sun Yongan, the head of the independent regiment, is already extremely anxious at this time. The airport, as the only place where Singaporean military aircraft land and park, is occupied by the enemy, which means that Singapore will completely lose the protection of air power. If not, it will be an even greater disaster for the defenders of Singapore.Before that, he had received an order from the governor, no matter what, he must stick to the airport, otherwise he would come to see him in advance!
After receiving the order, Sun Yongan immediately concentrated all the surrounding forces and moved closer to the airport.An airport battle has begun!

The 16th and 8th Brigades of the 9th Division of the Huwei Army came to the vicinity of the airport first, and immediately launched an attack on the airport. Shells flew all over the sky, and a tank formation rushed out from behind the gunpowder smoke, and rushed straight on the airport position .

Sun Yong'an had known for a long time that the opponent's equipment was far superior to his own, but seeing this situation with his own eyes, he still couldn't help trembling in his heart. "Brigade Commander, I think this battle is not easy to fight." The adjutant said very worriedly.

"This battle is indeed difficult to fight, but if the airport is lost, we still have no way to survive. Now we have to bite the bullet and fight to the end. Before we receive the order to withdraw our troops, we must fight to the last man. At the airport, they want to easily occupy the airport from me, don't even think about it!" Sun Yongan said through gritted teeth.

Cannonballs, bullets, and bombs continuously poured into the airport positions, and the huge explosions swallowed up the screams of the rebels. Armored combat vehicles continued to carry out assaults, and their rolling tracks pressed towards the enemy's positions.In the case of a shortage of heavy weapons, Sun Yongan had no choice but to force his soldiers to roll to the bottom of the tank with explosive barrels in their hands and carry out human bombing.

(End of this chapter)