Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

875 is preparing for the final battle.

Boom boom boom!

North of Ipoh, on the artillery positions of the New First Division, cannons with calibers of 75mm or larger are firing furiously.

The ammunition handlers on the artillery positions were constantly moving shells and loading them into the gun barrels.

On the front lines, the infantry of the New 1st Division were following behind the tanks of the Armored Division, advancing towards the positions of the Japanese Imperial Guard Division.

"Hello, is this the Second Regiment?"

Why haven't you achieved your target after three hours?

Don't tell me about any difficulties.

"You have one more hour; you must recapture the Japanese positions we handed over to you."

"I am Lu Dahai."

A large Japanese battalion headed towards our artillery position.

I see.

Immediately notify the Third Regiment to send a battalion to intercept this Japanese force.

The artillery positions must not be compromised.

"Hey……"

Lu Dahai, in the rear division headquarters, constantly received messages from the various offensive units on the front lines.

They continuously deployed troops to attack or to block the enemy.

Two days ago, Ye Qingshan sent a new telegram to Lu Dahai and Zhang Fa.

There is only one command, and no cost is too high.

They broke through the defensive positions built by the Japanese Imperial Guard Division along the Ipoh line.

To rendezvous with the British Second Army south of Ipoh as soon as possible.

It turned out that Ye Qingshan had made contact with British Commander Robles.

Robles told Ye Qingshan that although their main British force had been ambushed by the Japanese and had indeed suffered a defeat, Robles was not the only one to fall.

However, south of Ipoh, there was another detachment of tens of thousands of their troops.

This detachment was previously sent by Robles to intercept the main force of the Japanese Imperial Guard Division advancing south.

Therefore, when the British Second Army was ambushed by the Japanese, it was not with their main force.

Therefore, it has not yet been defeated.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingshan immediately realized that this was a golden opportunity for them to seize.

If only the New 1st Division and Armored Division, which had already moved south and arrived in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, could be combined with this British Second Corps.

There is a great chance that a pincer attack from the north and south would defeat the Japanese Imperial Guard Division.

As long as the Japanese Imperial Guard Division is defeated.

It would be much easier for the expeditionary force and the British army to join forces and defeat the other Japanese troops on the Malay Peninsula.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan gave Lu Dahai and Zhang Fa a death order.

Thus, Lu Dahai's New First Division and Zhang Fa's Armored Division arrived in the area north of Ipoh.

Without any rest, they immediately went into battle.

They launched a frenzied attack on the Japanese Imperial Guard Division.

Meanwhile, the British Second Army on the southern front also moved north to attack the Japanese Imperial Guard Division from both sides.

Meanwhile, the Japanese Imperial Guard Division, numbering over ten thousand men, was under the personal command of the old Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita, with Ipoh as its center.

They built a solid defensive line and held it to the death.

Even when attacked from both the north and south, the Japanese Imperial Guard Division was not easily defeated.

Along this defensive line, north of the Malay Peninsula, the main force of the expeditionary force, numbering 100,000, is advancing southward day after day.

South of the peninsula, the Japanese, led by the 18th Division, were frantically encircling and annihilating the main British forces, which outnumbered them many times over but were still in defeat.

The situation has now become...

Let's see whose reinforcements arrive in Ipoh first.

If the expeditionary force could reach Ipoh before the Japanese 18th Division completely annihilated the main force of the defeated British army.

After joining the battle, they broke through the Japanese Imperial Guard Division's defenses in one fell swoop.

Then we can successfully march south and annihilate the last of the Japanese 18th Division.

Meanwhile, the Japanese were also thinking of annihilating the main force of the British army as soon as possible.

They must ensure that the southern part of the peninsula is under their control, so that they are not attacked from both sides.

The Japanese 18th Division will then head north to engage in a final battle with the Expeditionary Force.

Now, both sides are racing against time.

For the next four days, the New 1st Division and the Armored Division attacked the Japanese Imperial Guard Division's defenses day and night.

To the south, there was also the cooperation of the Japanese Second Army.

After suffering heavy casualties, they finally broke through the Japanese Imperial Guard Division's defenses.

"Damn it, we finally broke through."

When a flanking company of the New First Division was flanking south, they encountered a British army unit after daybreak.

They finally realized that they had breached the Japanese Imperial Guard Division's defenses.

On July 20th, Yamashita Tomoyuki, the old Japanese leader, ordered the 18th Division of the Japanese army on the southern front, as well as the brigade of the 16th Army that had come to reinforce them.

They immediately headed north to prepare for a decisive battle with the expeditionary force.

As for the remaining British troops who were still fleeing and had not been completely eliminated, a small force was left to continue the encirclement and suppression.

These British troops no longer pose a threat.

Yamashita Tomoyuki knew he couldn't delay any longer; he couldn't just watch the Imperial Guard Division be wiped out by the Expeditionary Force in Ipoh.

The remaining 18th Division was unable to hold on alone.

This old Japanese devil is preparing for a decisive battle with the Expeditionary Force!