Chapter 1588 I am Governor Thomas
In one day and night, there were more than [-] Chinese in the urban area of ​​Singapore. As the agreed boarding time got closer, the frightened Chinese hiding in the corners of the city flocked to the scheduled assembly point. A flow of people has formed on multiple access roads.What made them feel angry and desperate was that the British army, which had been incompatible with the Chinese before, now declared that it would implement military control over the entire city under the order of the Governor's Office of the Straits Settlements.They set up roadblocks on some necessary main roads, not only that, but also set up machine guns, aiming their black muzzles at the Chinese.

For this moment, Tan Kah Kee made a lot of preparations.Some association leaders and some well-known Chinese social activists were mobilized by him to be responsible for the assembly and organization of Chinese in a certain area.The colonial government suddenly announced the implementation of military control and sealed off all the main roads leading to the pier. Without knowing it, they sent people to the Chen Mansion to ask Tan Kah Kee what to do next.

Tan Kah Kee gave the answer with actions.

The Chen's Mansion is located in the most prosperous area of ​​Singapore. At this time, nearly three divisions of British troops have already entered this area.More than [-] British soldiers crowded the streets near Chen's mansion. They still didn't know their mission, so they gathered together in a company and made a lot of noise.

Toms brought two British soldiers into Chen's mansion to "invite Tan Kah Kee to a banquet". The only people who knew about it were Bai Sihua and Lieutenant General Percival, the actual British military commander in the Straits Settlements.In order to better command the large retreat, the two have temporarily moved the headquarters to a place only one street away from the Chen's mansion.As soon as Thomas went, there was no news, and whether Tan Kah Kee could be successfully controlled was the key to the entire retreat.Bai Sihua and Percival waited for about 10 minutes. Seeing that the American evacuation fleet was about to enter the port, they passed on the order for the large retreat, and at the same time ordered Major General Duduff, the commander of the 3rd Army's direct security force, to Take someone to invite Thomas and Tan Kah Kee to the temporary headquarters.

As soon as Du Dafu left, Bai Sihua received a call from one of Johnny's regimental commanders, reporting that Johnny, the chief of staff, and two brigade commanders had all been kidnapped by the Xinghua Volunteer Army. "What? The mighty commander of the Royal Army was kidnapped by a group of militiamen?" Bai Sihua yelled, half-dead from anger. "Where is Dali? Where is he? Don't you know how to ask for someone from him?"

Dali is the commander of the Volunteer Army, at least nominally the Supreme Commander of the Volunteer Army.

"We have looked for Commander Darley, but no one has seen him. Sir, will Darley be killed by the Chinese?"

"Do the Chinese have such courage? Singapore is not China. Here, we British have the final say."

After failing to get any useful information from the leader, Bai Sihua hung up the phone and said to Percival: "Sir, we may be in big trouble."

When Bai Sihua was on the phone with the head of the regiment, Percival was on the side. He gritted his teeth and said: "If it is impossible, then we can only suppress it by force. The dignity of the empire in Southeast Asia cannot be desecrated by any force. We have nothing to do with the Japanese." , can’t cure the Chinese?”

Bai Sihua: "At this time, we need to think about the long-term. If bloody conflicts are caused, the impact will be too bad. Don't forget that the Americans are on the side of the Chinese this time."

"General, there is no time for long-term planning. Time does not allow us to do this. Once the Japanese know about our plan, what kind of bad consequences will it have? At that time, it will be impossible to raise the white flag to surrender. Think about it, tens of thousands People drifting on the ocean - there is no need to worry about the Americans, we are the allies of the Americans, what are the Chinese?"

Bai Sihua and Percival were discussing countermeasures, Du Dafu and a company of British soldiers had already met Chen Jiageng and the others unexpectedly.

Around Tan Kah Kee, thousands of Chinese have gathered at this time.Thomas was escorted by Xiao Yi and Zhao Haota and walked at the front of the team. Du Dafu watched from the corner of the setting sun and thought that the Chinese were brought here by Thomas.

"Your Excellency!" After tens of meters, Du Dafu shouted loudly, leading his soldiers through the formation of the British army to quickly meet Thomas, and when the distance was about ten meters away, he said again: "How did you Come back? The two generals are already waiting anxiously."

Xiao Yi lightly stabbed Thomas's ass with a bayonet, and said softly, "Let them put down their guns!"

Toms's legs were trembling, but at this moment his body trembled, and he shouted to Du Dafu with a bloodless face: "Du Dafu, quickly order your men to put down the gun."

Du Dafu was ignorant at first, but immediately understood, he touched his waist with his right hand, and shouted: "Get ready—ouch!"

He was going to shout the gun to prepare for battle, but with a bang sound, his right hand was hit by a bullet, his wrist bone was shattered, and he cried out in pain, with cold sweat pouring down his face.

Zhao Hao played with a Browning in his right hand, and said coldly: "Those who don't want to die put down their guns. Of course, you can also resist, but your governor must die first!" Pulled off Thomas' corset.

With the sound of gunfire, Du Dafu's subordinates and the surrounding British officers and soldiers immediately became chaotic. Everyone held their guns and pointed at the Chinese queue. Some people asked, "Where was the gun shot? What happened?" After getting out of their own governor, and discovering that Mr. Governor's thin skin and tender belly was actually tied with a circle of explosives, they exclaimed and subconsciously backed away.

Du Dafu was gnashing his teeth in cold sweat because of the broken bones in his right hand, but when he saw the "fully armed" Thomas, he yelled in horror and howled, "Quick, quick, put down your guns! Don't let go! "

His subordinates were very obedient, and put down their guns tremblingly, while the other British troops on both sides looked nervous and panicked.The moisture in Thomas's body has long since turned into cold sweat. He saw the British soldiers on both sides still holding their guns tremblingly. He was worried that they would go off, so he mustered up his courage and shouted in a majestic governor's voice: "Not yet!" Put the gun down, I'm Governor Thomas, don't you know me?"

The soldiers put down their guns one after another.Chen Jiageng looked around and said to Du Dafu: "Where is Bai Sihua, let him come out and talk to me!"

"Chairman Chen? Do you want to see Commander Bai Sihua? Okay, I'll go back and report. Please wait a moment—" Du Dafu responded, turning around and trying to slip away.

Xiao Yi shouted: "Stop for me, and send other people back to report. That big nose is you!"

The big nose that Xiao Yi took a fancy to was a sergeant, he was overjoyed when he heard that, and ran away immediately without waiting for Du Dafu's appointment.

Because of the existence of Thomas, the human bomber, this place has been regarded as a hellish existence by the British soldiers. If Sergeant Big Nose has a chance to escape, he will not care about other things.

"My lord governor, what happened?" A division commander of the nearby British army led dozens of people and squeezed up from behind.Then, when he saw the circle of explosives on Thomas' stomach, he gasped in shock, and couldn't help taking a step back.

(End of this chapter)

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