Does @defer works on non-standalone component?

My angular project is a non-standalone component and modules. In order to reduce the initial bundle size, @defer is one if the options.

I have been wondering if it is possible to use in non-standalone project. If it only works on standalone components, can you provide me the steps?

Steps I tried to do:

1. Create a sample standalone project
2. Imported CommonModule package
3. Used @defer in template component(html)
4. Run npm run build
5. Found no lazy chunk files after build.

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