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Tang Dynasty poet Li Shang-yin evening among the Italian discomfort, Gordon drove the ancient original. Sunset is magnificent, it is almost dusk. I am not a poet, so the evening left Lixiong, select Sunday noon, drove boarded Kendall Ridge Park (Kent Ridge Park). Originally thought middle of the day, there are shares of stuffiness in the air, the mountains treasury management should be no visitors. Hill visitors really small, sparse, treasury management but seeing or eyes closed, or quietly reading a little popularity, still slightly surprised.
Calm and peaceful post originally Kendall Mountain Pasir Panjang (Pasir Panjang Ridge), several mountain peak, for example, one of which is 226 peak (Point treasury management 226), there was a bloody historical sites. Pasir Panjang (Pasir Panjang) is Malay, the original intent of the long sandy beach, next to the long sandy beaches are rolling hills, it is conceivable Singapore early southern mountains natural treasury management beautiful coastline.
October 3, 1952, the British Kendall Duchess (Duchess of Kent) visited, changing the fate of Pasir Panjang mountains, after the (1954) Singapore Nigerian Governor Hao (John Fearns Nicoll) announced here renamed Kendall Gang , from Pasir Panjang and Kendall each post a share, Pasir Panjang, "site" reduced by half.
226 peak is also called Bukit Chandu, is Opium Hill (Opium Hill). Opium Hill does not produce opium, but there is a mountain Pepys Road opium plants, shipped from India to Singapore after opium processing, packaging, transportation to China and Southeast Asia, in the 19th century brought nearly 50% of total revenue for the British colonial government. . Fortunately for them, opium is priceless, so anyway in an effort to protect the opium economy this fortress.
Opium is the mountain treasury management behind Normanton Park (Normanton Park), treasury management is a British fuel storage depot near Normanton Park is the British and their families live in a gorgeous manor. Normanton Park is below the Alexandra Hospital, treasury management wounded soldiers in World War II will be sent here for treatment. In addition, this location is the way to the center treasury management of Singapore, Clifford Pier and Kallang Airport, the British evacuated treasury management their families and diplomats by Clifford Pier and Kallang Airport, so the mountains of British opium last defensive in terms of particular strategic significance.
British push to move mountains (Chwee Chian Hill, part of Pasir Panjang Hill), Pasir Panjang Hill and Brazil Panjang Malay deployed more than 800 soldiers from the First Battalion Malay Regiment (1933 in Boulder Shencheng Li). The 20-year-olds, treasury management mostly from Kedah and Kelantan, they are subject to military treasury management clothing and reward, attracted summoned enlisted. They were sent to guard pushed to move mountains and mountains of opium accept less than two weeks after the military training, commanded by Captain HR Rix. At the time, top clear to them that Singapore is a defensive fortress, is not so vulnerable.
Battle Mountain opium concealed the truth often, in fact, before the Lunar New Year's Eve, the Japanese have easily crossed the Straits of Johor in Lim Chu Kang area (Sarimbun), in the case of the military responsible for the defense of Australia uninterested from Jurong (Jurong) to advancing south of the city. When the Japanese arrived treasury management push to move mountains and Pasir Panjang Hill when subjected to the Malay Regiment soldiers stubborn resistance. In a fierce treasury management war, there are many innocent villagers buried here, and this group also forced the military to retreat to the mountains of opium.
Meanwhile, the Japanese (18th Division) also received military orders for them to take opium Hill. Because opium mountain steep terrain, treasury management which will help the defense is not conducive to the attack, resulting in loss of soldiers off the Japanese wrangling. Arms supply trapped in the mountains of Malay soldiers opium is limited. In the final round of the Japanese attack, and they finished the last bullet, make the most brutal melee combat, the results of many of them died on the battlefield Opium Hill. At that time all the Malay anger the Japanese soldiers treasury management were thrown into the wreckage near Normanton Park refinery tank to vent. Japanese forces also stormed irate Alexandra Hospital, put all the blame on the medical staff resentment and injuries of the British who, in the wanton killing of the Red Cross, more than 200 innocent people were killed in Alexandria, both inside and outside the operating treasury management room and hospital wards.
After February 13th and 14th days of Opium Battle Mountain, treasury management British hopeless situation, has completely lost the courage to fight fighting force, February 15, 1942 Lunar New Year, the British commander in chief to the Japanese Arthur Percival treasury management surrendered treasury management Yamashita treasury management Singapore fall into the dark ages. At that time the coalition has 85,000 people, the Japanese only about 30,000 people, and has been in the food to make the edges of the empty shells. Yamashita said that Singapore is a lie from the hands of the British over.
The Malay Regiment showed what esprit de corps and discipline can achieve. Garrisons of posts held their ground and many of them were wiped out almost to a man. -Lieutenant General Arthur Percival
Malay Regiment guarding opium Hill C Company platoon leader Lt. Anan (Adnan bin Saidi, 1915-14 Feb 1942) plus chapters from Selangor (Kajang, Selangor), he encouraged the soldiers killed rather not surrender, he also This campaign sacrifice. According to witnesses, Anan was seriously injured by the Japanese hung upside down in the trees, in addition to endure more than the Japanese bayonets, the throat was cut, he was a national hero Malaysia Malay war history.
Recollecting the past some 60 years ago, as if still hear the war of bullets and soldiers crowded callsign sound, treasury management but in front of Kendall Ridge Park four weeks is so beautiful and serene, it seems that nothing happened. Is Laoyanhunhua it? Related Links: Hong Lim traceable (Pasir Panjang, Opium Hill) Changi Airport (Day War deployment, Yamashita) Please listen Changi waves (clean site) should not forget history (Sook Ching)
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