Weihaiwei, rather than Hong Kong alone, was a critical forward position in British planning for war with Japan. Singapore would receive slow convoys with minimal escort and act as the theater's supply and command nexus. Faster convoys with heavy protection would then move material forward toward Hong Kong and Weihaiwei. Speed, escort strength, and base location together formed a layered logistics system across the Far East.
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Weihaiwei anchored the forward convoy plan
Slow convoys would accumulate at Singapore before faster heavily escorted movements carried supplies toward China.