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Chapter 516 Battle for the Airport

"Fuck, these bastards are absolutely hateful!" Zhang Zizhen, the brigade commander of the Eighth Brigade, saw several chariots destroyed, and was so angry that he almost stamped his feet and cursed at the street.You know, how important the position of the chariot battalion is. Zhang Zizhen has been the brigade commander for several years, and was only assigned to a chariot battalion when he entered the key battle in Singapore at this time.For this chariot battalion, Zhang Zizhen is like a treasure.But now seven or eight chariots have been destroyed or damaged by the rebels, which makes Zhang Zizhen feel like a knife. "Pass my order, and the troops advanced quickly, saying that they will take down the airport before it gets dark today."

The brigade commander of the 9th Brigade came to Zhang Zizhen from Yunlong, breathing smoke and fire, and said: "Old Zhang, the rebels guarding the airport are still fighting trapped beasts. If our soldiers attack rashly, it may cause a lot of trouble." Necessary losses, so I think it is safer for us to proceed steadily and approach step by step."

"I don't care if it's safe or not. The troops from other roads may have already captured the predetermined location. Now that our troops and equipment are far superior to the opponent's, there is no need to be so cautious. Let's let go of our nerves." Fight, the airport has a relatively wide view, we can have no scruples at all, as long as we follow the instructions above and don’t destroy the ground planes. Old You, not every battle must be cautious, like the current situation, we You can make a big deal, what do you think?" You Yunlong nodded, patted the other party's shoulder, and said with a smile: "You are not afraid of the sky, you are not afraid of anything, you have to be responsible .” Turning around, he said to the messenger: “Order the troops to attack across the board!”

The two brigades immediately launched a joint onslaught, and Sun Yongan's situation became more and more embarrassing.

The adjutant was sweating profusely: "Brigade Commander, hurry up and make a decision. We have held on for more than half a day. The opponent's attack power is really too strong. If this continues, I don't know if we can hold on." How long, the only option now is to retreat. We retreat to the city first, on the one hand to preserve our strength, and on the other hand to fight street battles with the enemy, which is better than fighting here."

Sun Yongan's eyes were red, and he smoked fiercely, "Without the governor's order, if I retreat without authorization, we will not survive!"

Under the cover of powerful firepower, the Huwei army began to advance towards the deep area of ​​the airport. At the same time, the cavalry regiment that arrived later also joined the battle, constantly attacking Paya Lebar Airport, and completely surrounded Sun Yongan's army at the airport. Inside, Sun Yong'an personally went into battle and directed his soldiers to break out of the siege.

Paya Lebar Airport is in danger!This news reached Lu Zongyu's ears. Lu Zongyu was so devastated that he immediately ordered the 36th and 41st regiments to go to the airport for support. However, the answer he got was: the two were fighting fiercely with the 21st Army of the Huwei Army , is about to be annihilated, and it is impossible not to mobilize troops.

"Could it be that the airport is doomed? If it's not possible, order the planes staying at the airport to take off, and say nothing can fall into their hands." Lu Zongyu slapped the table angrily.

The staff officer spread his hands and said: "The Tiger's Mighty Army's planes have been circling over the airport, carrying out high-altitude fire suppression. Our planes can't fly at all. Alas, if the independent brigade is not arranged on Pulau Pulau Pulau Tekong and Pulau Ubin Well, they can be used to reinforce the airport, but they are useless now.

"Is there any way. This is the defense plan arranged by the Governor. Can I change his plan? Besides, the Governor has many luxurious properties and vaults on the two islands. The 15th Brigade is responsible for protecting these properties." Lu Zongyu sighed and said: "Call Sun Yongan and allow him to abandon the airport and break out to save troops."

"Yes."

Sun Yongan received the telegram from the Governor's Mansion, and said to the adjutant with a wry smile: "Look, this is the withdrawal order given to me by the Governor's Mansion, but now we can't leave even if we want to. , I knew it would end like this, it seems that today we can only fight to the death!" The adjutant said: "No matter what, we have to give it a try."

Sun Yong'an nodded, and issued an order to withdraw the troops. The rebels were like wounded mad dogs, breaking out crazily, and no one wanted to let go even if there was a little hope of survival.However, given the huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and the huge difference in weapons and equipment, it is impossible for these besieged soldiers to break out of the encirclement. Such a blind breakout can only speed up the process of death.

The encirclement quickly narrowed, and the troops surrounded it. A reinforced platoon from the 8th Brigade took the lead in breaking into Sun Yongan's brigade headquarters. Braving out, surrounded by his staff officers, adjutants and others, there are more than [-] people in a mess, they all drew their guns and killed themselves when they saw that the situation was over.

Although the brigade headquarters was breached, the remnants of the rebel army at the airport did not stop their stubborn resistance. At this time, although they knew that there was a dead end, they could only do nothing for them.The two sides fought until the evening, and all the remnants of the rebels at the airport were wiped out.

Jin Yunpeng, commander of the 22nd Army, came to the airport and sighed at the scene in front of him. None of the rebel brigades guarding the airport from Sun Yongan and below surrendered, which had to move Jin Yunpeng.

At the same time that Paya Lebar Airport was captured, the 20th Army had also attacked the Jurong area.The public security bureau guarding Jurong was suddenly overwhelmed by the attack of an army of the Huwei Army.

"What should we do? What should we do? Director, what should we do now? We are the Public Security Bureau. We don't have an army system at all, and we don't have army equipment. A full force is equivalent to a division's strength. With our little strength, It's impossible to resist the mighty tiger army." Gong Zhenpeng, the counselor of the Public Security Bureau, frowned and said to the director Lu Jianzhang.

"Director, we are directly facing the most elite 20th Army in the Tiger Mighty Army. They have an entire armored infantry division, and they have the strongest combat effectiveness." Gong Zhenpeng said again.

"Well, it seems that we can only fight to the death. As for the result, it depends on God's will." Lu Jianzhang said with a sigh.

At this time, Liu Cunhou's armored infantry division was the advance force and launched the most violent attack on the rebels' positions. The real combat force of the rebels at this time was the 3rd Wing of the Public Security Bureau. With the attack of the powerful armored group, the defense of the 2nd Wing is becoming more and more difficult. The captain of the 3rd Wing saw the current situation and knew that it was impossible to resist the opponent's attack only by relying on a wing like him.After just over two hours of fighting, the 3rd Regiment was almost completely annihilated. Seeing that it was powerless, the Regiment Captain had to commit suicide in despair.

"What? The entire army of the 3rd Wing was wiped out?" Although Lu Jianzhang had expected it, he sat down on a chair in shock.

"Director, now is not the time to lament and regret. We are now facing the attack of an enemy army. The 3rd Wing has requested to withdraw from Jurong more than once during the battle, but it has not received the order from the General Administration for a long time. Now Jurong It’s really hard to hold on, Chief, give an order, we’ve already lost the 3rd Regiment, I’m afraid if we continue to fight like this.” Counselor Gong Zhenpeng didn’t say any more, his meaning is very clear, if we continue to fight, the Public Security Bureau will cease to exist up.

It took Lu Jianzhang a while to wake up, "Yes, yes, we have already lost the 3rd Wing. If we continue to fight, we will die sooner or later. Pass my order, and the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Wings will withdraw from Jurong immediately. , all troops entered the urban area for defense, we can no longer let other regiments also become cannon fodder for the enemy!"

After receiving the order from the General Administration, each wing immediately began to organize a breakout battle. After half a day of fierce fighting, they finally highlighted the encirclement of the Huwei Army and retreated to the urban area of ​​Singapore. However, the Public Security Bureau also paid nearly half of the casualties for this. cost.

Wearing a gray woolen cloak, Liu Cunhou walked through the center of Jurong filled with thick gunpowder smoke. He was filled with emotion when he saw the soldiers cleaning up the battlefield. He did not expect that he could take Jurong so smoothly. At first, I was worried that there would be a life-and-death battle with the rebels in Jurong, but the facts told Liu Cunhou that the rebels were at the end of their strength at this time, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, especially the miscellaneous troops assembled by the Public Security Bureau. Speaking of comparing with the Huwei army, it means that compared with Yuan Shikai's army, the difference is not 01:30.

However, if you want to win Singapore, you can't do it without paying a certain price, especially when you enter the urban area to fight street battles, where the terrain is complicated, the strength of the Tiger's Army will inevitably be greatly reduced, and even incalculable casualties will occur What's even more troublesome is that the 238 high-ranking officials who participated in the Yuan Mansion's birthday banquet are still being detained by Yuan Shikai, including Governor Duan Qirui of Malaysia and Governor Feng Guozhang of Indonesia. If Yuan Shikai is really anxious, maybe he will Take out these hostages to threaten the court to cease fighting.Thinking of this, Liu Cunhou felt a splitting headache.He still doesn't know that in the Bukit Panjang area, the 21st Army is in an unprecedented fierce battle!

Turning around, after the 21st Army landed at the mouth of the Senzhiwang River, after a brief build-up of troops, Li Liejun immediately ordered to launch an attack on the Bukit Panjang area.This time, they faced the main force of the rebel 12th Army, the 17th, 18th and 19th Brigades.Li Liejun arranged for his chariot battalion and armored infantry regiment to take the lead, followed by several other infantry regiments.

In an instant, gunpowder smoke filled the position, and the chariot battalion and armored infantry regiment continued to carry out assaults.However, the rebels came up with an ingenious way to block the assault of the tank battalion and the armored infantry regiment.They built some obstacles with stones, bricks, or barbed wire in front of the position. Although these obstacles can be cleared by the opponent in a short time, they will always delay the enemy's advance.On the battlefield, the number of casualties is often not calculated in terms of people, but in seconds.

(End of this chapter)