Throughout Southeast Asia, the Japanese invading troops were like the god of war descending, attacking cities and lands with overwhelming force.

Hong Kong Island, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the East Indies Islands, and Myanmar were all under the iron hoof attack of the Japanese army.

Many cities and countries are being harvested and falling like wheat.

Faced with such a difficult situation, the foreign countries that had always been strong were in chaos for a while, and they didn't know where to start the reversal.

At this time, the battle on Hong Kong Island also began to enter a fierce battle.

For example, at Highland 401, the Japanese army changed from a sneak attack to a forceful attack and successfully occupied this place.

Although the Japanese army suffered a lot of casualties by storming and occupying Highland 401, it was still worthwhile for the Japanese army because it was one of the key places for them to launch an attack on Hong Kong Island.

However, faced with the fierce Japanese attack, the Scottish Company A stationed here was almost completely destroyed, and more than half of the lieutenant and sergeant died.

The few soldiers of the Scottish Battalion who survived immediately fled towards the position of the Indian D Company stationed in the Jinshan area and retreated.

It was an eye-opener for the Japanese army to defeat the British troops so easily. They felt that the British troops they had always been afraid of were not as powerful, scary, and invincible as they imagined.

So after the victory, Wakabayashi Toichi, the captain of the Japanese Army Corps who was the first to occupy Highland 401, was also elated and arrogant, and he carved the words "Wakabayashi team captured" on the rock of the city gate bunker there.

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To show that their troops were the first to capture and occupy this place.

However, it was also because of his achievements that he became one of the heroes in the attack on Hong Kong Island, and was regarded as one of the 'Military Gods' by the Japanese troops.

When the Doi Regiment commanded by Wakabayashi Toichi successfully occupied the bunker on the 401 Highlands, they immediately moved their troops to attack the next target, Jinshan.

Facing the Japanese attack, the troops of D Company of the Indian Army stationed there suddenly became frightened, including the remaining British troops who had fled here. They also became frightened again.

So after the Japanese troops launched the attack, these Japanese troops seemed to be helped by gods, with murderous intent flying into the sky, and they marched forward triumphantly and triumphantly.

It was very easy to occupy the Jinshan area,

The British and Indian troops continued to flee and became defeated troops...

Not long afterward, the entire Jinshan Mountain was lost. At that moment, the entire Kowloon District had become an undefendable place.

The famous Drunken Bay defense line in history has become a meaningless decoration; just like the Maginot Line in France at that time, it had no interception effect at all against the fierce and determined Japanese attack.

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After Jinshan fell to the Japanese army, the Japanese army on the eastern front of Hong Kong Island had also captured the Tate's Cairn area.

Faced with this dangerous battle situation, Major General Malby, the commander of the British forces stationed in Hong Kong, was also frightened. He went to the telegraph room and personally sent a telegram to the Far East Command asking for reinforcements.

But the other side did not reply to him immediately and could dispatch reinforcements.

Because the Japanese army's southward campaign is now breaking out everywhere, many foreign colonies have been invaded by the Japanese army, and the war situation is still in danger.

After seeing his urgent telegram for help but no response at all,

Major General Malby, the commander of the British forces stationed in Hong Kong, immediately became anxious and ordered the Yang Chuen Chau Fort and various strategic facilities in Kowloon to be destroyed, including oil depots, shipyards, power plants, etc.

Moreover, a large number of ships, including transport ships and gunboats, were also bombed and sunk into the seabed to prevent the Japanese warships from advancing and attacking.

In addition to these orders, he also routed the British troops on the Kowloon Peninsula and began to retreat to Hong Kong Island.

He already didn't know what to do about the next battle deployment.

Because the current strength of the British army on Hong Kong Island is simply not enough to resist the attack of such a huge group army as the Japanese 21st Army, and there are also a large number of Japanese fleets coming to assist in the battle.

The worst thing is that the weapons, equipment, and ammunition of the British army here on Hong Kong Island are not much better than those of the Japanese army. They don't even have many aircraft.

Therefore, facing the front of the Japanese 21st Army, these British troops were simply vulnerable, like paper tigers without much combat effectiveness.

Faced with the situation of being defeated by the Japanese army at any time and at any time, Major General Malby, the commander of the British army, had a feeling of sitting still and waiting for death, which made him very uncomfortable.

But just when he was upset, an even worse news was quickly conveyed to him, that is, while the war on Hong Kong Island continued to fail, and the defeat was under the heel of the Japanese army, the British army

The navy's most famous battleships, the Prince of Wales and the Invincible, were actually bombed and sunk at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean by the Japanese air force.

Faced with such huge and shocking bad news,

The British commander, Major General Malby, was immediately frightened and his face turned pale and bloodless.

This is something he never dreamed of,

Hong Kong Island, on the busy and bustling streets in the past,

Now it is extremely deserted, with not much excitement at all. Most of the citizens, including those foreigners who had not had time to evacuate and return home, have sad faces.

All of them were worried about whether the next battle with the Japanese army would be a disastrous defeat, and where they would go once the entire Hong Kong Island fell to the Japanese army.

They had heard about the brutality of the Japanese army, especially after the Pearl Harbor attack, which shattered all their good impressions of the Japanese army.

So now people are in panic, and everyone is worried about the brutality and cruelty of the Japanese army after they occupy Hong Kong Island.

Or they are worried about their future safety and destiny.

In addition to these irritable worries, they also need to avoid constant air raids and bombings by Japanese aircraft groups.

In such a situation where the war clouds are thick and there seems to be no hope, many citizens are trying their best to escape from Hong Kong Island.

Of course, there are also many native-born citizens who would rather die than leave their land, and even if they want to leave, they don't know where they can go.

Because the sea route has now been blocked by the Japanese army, even ships cannot go out to sea.

What's more, there are still no ships that can go to sea, and they have all been bombed and sunk by the British army.

In short, all the major newspapers are reporting news about all the victories of the Japanese army in the southward campaign.

After General Isoroku Yamamoto led the Japanese fleet to sneak attack Pearl, the Japanese army's atrocities of invasion could be seen throughout Southeast Asia.

After receiving these bad news, the citizens who had become an isolated island became even more panic-stricken. They were even more frightened and could not even sleep well.

Especially when they heard that the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories had almost completely fallen under the claws of the Japanese army, all the citizens were filled with fear.

And at this moment, they also discovered for the first time that the British army, which they had always trusted and admired, was so vulnerable and comprehensively defeated by the Japanese army.

So they feel hopeless,

They were not the least bit happy because the area they were in had not yet fallen.

At this time, Lin Sisi was also trapped here on Hong Kong Island with a sad face.

She came here all the way from the United States because she wanted to meet a big client and trade a large amount of goods. Who knew that as soon as she came here, she suddenly heard the bad news that the Japanese army had successfully attacked Pearl Harbor?

Then there was a constant stream of bad news about the Japanese army's sneak attacks southward.

Then when she wanted to leave Hong Kong Island, she found that the airspace here had been fully controlled by the Japanese aircraft group, and the sea routes were also blocked by the Japanese fleet.
Chapter completed!