Leftenan Adnan Page #5

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Ngah, inform all the men

I will call mortar strike,

wait for my signal

Yes sir

Platoon, fire at will

Sir, Sargent Ngah is hit

Sir, 5 KIA

2 lightly wounded

- Ibrahim

- Sir

You take Sargent Ngah's position

- Yaakob

- Sir

You take Sargent

Ibrahim's position

Major Kimura, you've fail

They fought till the end. They didn't run.

We are taking casualties

- How about you company strength now?

- 70 dead, 24 wounded

We must produce other tactics

Sir

There a group of indian soldiers

advancing to our position

There's something odd

- Ibrahim

- Sir

Watch carefully the indian soldiers

They appear to be friendlies but

there's something odd to their rear

Look at their weapons

Those not British guns

Those the Japanese type 44

- Inform our men to be ready

- Yes sir

- Wait for my command

- Yes sir

Sir, we're British soldiers

from the 4th Indian Brigade

What happen to your brigade?

We were capture by the

enemy at Pasir Laba Sir

Well, you're going to be

with me at the moment

- Ibrahim

- Sir

Escort these Indian

soldiers to section 2

where we lost much of our men.

Inform our men, not to be excited

We may be facing a greater threat

Follow me

Saburo! What is taking too long?

Our enemy at Bukit Pasir

Panjang fought well sir

We devised many tactics but unsuccessful.

We've lost almost 2 company lost

Idiot! One Malaya was taken

in a blink of an eye.

Why that small hill

can't be conquered?

We are facing a tough enemy sir.

They have strong will

Our forces fail to penetrate their position

My company only left with 5 men sir.

Others are either hurt or dead

There are no British's soldiers that

strong-willed. Who are they?

Based on our intelligence,

they're not white British soldiers

These soldier are consist of Malay soldier

which the British form before the war

Bukit Pasir Panjang are defend by the

C company of the First Malay Regiment

In my record, there are 2 Malays that

become officers in the company

One named Lt Abbas

and the other Lt Adnan

Good evening sir

Good evening sir

How are your men?

7 are dead during the morning strike

3 wounded but they didn't

loose their strength to fight

In the pass we thought you

Malay can't become good soldier

But now

Actually other soldiers

didn't fought as hard

Especially the British

But sir, you've train us so well

Looks like the rain stop

We better get some rest

while we still can

Yes sir

Thank you sir

Sir

It looks like I'll be getting my rest

for good Adnan

I didn't regret to be in Malaya

- Ibrahim

- Sir

Take care of his body

back at the quarters

- Sir

- CO want to have a word

- 31 send over

- Yes sir

Sir

This place is compromise.

We are ordered to take a new

position in Bukit Chandu

Ibrahim

Bukit Chandu, Singapore

Ibrahim

It's the enemy. Take cover

We've just got word

from air reconnaissance,

the enemy has change position

Good! No more delays

Welcome Abbas

There a big possibility the

enemy will strike here

How many am I going to expect?

Based on intelligence, 1 Battalion

Then, we must hurry

You defend that hill

Alright

- Sargent

- Sir

- Order all the troops there

- Yes sir

I can't defend that hill.

I took many casualties

The enemy are closing in.

You and your troops assist

me, defend the right flank

Abbas

Ibrahim, order the troops to be ready

Sir, someone is hit

Sir

- Ibrahim

- Sir

Binocular

Ibrahim, we are facing a large

force of the enemy.

Order the troops to be ready.

We will fight to the last man

Yes sir

Hello 0 this is 3, requesting

artillery fire over

Azmi, mortar fire to

forward position 1 and 3

Yes sir

- Ibrahim, you stand guard here

- Yes sir

Ibrahim

Take cover

You defend here, I'm going there

Yes sir

- Ammo. Hurry.

- No Ammo sir

What are we going to do?

We can't defend this

position any longer.

We must retreat

Let's retreat Adnan

You go first, take my wounded

- How about you?

- I will cover your escape

Alright, right after you cover me,

you must also retreat

Go

Squad, we are out of ammo

Retreat with Leftenan Abbas

I order you to retreat

Retreat

Don't sacrifice a man that have strong will

If there were 10 men like him,

the Japanese may need 10 more

division to conquer Malaya

The Japanese army finally take

Bukit Chandhu on 14 February 1942.

The British surrender

on 15 February 1942

Battle which have Malay

soldier involvement on

1942 have kill 158 Malays

and 1714 Japanese.

This include leftenan Adnan bin

Saidi being captured and tortured.

Torture include hanging to a

tree and being stab with bayonet

Safiah experience hardship and pressured

with the death of her husband.

Her youngest, Fatimah died

during after 49 days of birth.

Her other children, Mokhtar and Zainuddin

are raised by their grandmother

After the war has ended, Safiah become a

teacher. She died on 29 May 1947

Mr Mokhtar bin Adnan stay in Seremban

while Mr Zainuddin bin Adnan in Johor Bahru

Lt Adnan B Saidi bravery

and service are recognise

by the British,

Japanese and Singapore.

May god bless his soul

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