"Our brigade is located between the troops that have retreated with a large number of sick and wounded and their nearest destination, Ukrul. There is no hope for our army, we have no food, no medicine, nothing ......"

"The soldiers were weakened and their mouths were stuffed with weeds. In the mud that can be sunk deep on the road, it is possible to see the corpses of soldiers floating on the road. The scattered equipment in the four corners is a testimony to an undignified rout. ”

"We, the soldiers who became the conquerors of India, are now fleeing from the artillery fire, sick and struggling forward along countless jungle paths."

This was the recollection of Lewis Pew, commander of the 33rd Brigade of the British Army, who began to cry when he said these words. It was a difficult withdrawal.

In that battle on the position, he did not hold on in the end. Or rather, the British did not hold out in the end. A large number of Japanese troops rushed to the positions and formed an overwhelming offensive against the British.

Under these circumstances, the British troops on the ground were defeated and retreated. Then, they received an order from Command Slim to immediately evacuate their positions and go to Afghanistan to converge.

How to converge?! Brigadier Lewis Pew was furious and wanted to kill people, and began to order him to march quickly to support the battle, and now ordered him to rush to Afghanistan immediately.

Doesn't the Commander, Your Excellency, know how far Imphal is from Afghanistan?! With no provisions, no medicine and no medical care along the way, how do you get a scarred army to withdraw to Afghanistan?!

But Pew also knew that there was no way around it. The Japanese army could not resist the British army's strong attack, and now the British army could only do to evacuate here and withdraw towards their colony.

Southeast Asia was already overwhelmed with Japanese troops, and neither the United States nor the United Kingdom could provide effective support here. And even in some ways. These two countries are already too busy to take care of themselves.

"All troops pursue! Chase it now! Don't run away for these British, the Indian National Army will immediately join the pursuit! Your chance for revenge has come! ”

Muta was now very excited, and the British army had finally retreated. Rather, it was a crushing defeat, and the weapons and ammunition discarded along the way and the transport vehicles silently showed how badly the British army had been defeated.

"The British are defeated, they are withdrawing from India towards Afghanistan." In the headquarters of the Wehrmacht, Tu Mengben took a telegram and said to the people in front of him: "For the British, this is really a disaster!" ”

Indeed, it is a disaster, and Britain is now lost, and its most important colonies are also lost. The cabinet fled to Canada, losing more than half of the navy and most of the army being captured.

The war was fought to this extent. The British have little fighting power left. Next, if the United States does not take over the baton, then Britain will have to wait for death.

"I didn't expect that! The British Empire, which was so arrogant in the past, has now fallen to such an extent. Hey! Shen Honglie, the commander of the navy who came to attend the meeting, was very emotional, once upon a time, Britain had to look up to the existence!

As a result, now, those Japanese who were beaten by their own army can actually show off their might and clean up the British.

"It's not strange!" Tu Mengben smiled.

The Battle of Imphal in history. The result was a victory for the British. But this does not mean how clever the tactics of the British were, how strong the soldiers were.

In fact, this is completely the result of God's help and Mu Tian's brains pumping from the command of the battle at that time. At that time, the Japanese army was based on the presence of rampant presence in Asia.

The successive victories in China have raised these troops to be extremely arrogant. Even at that time, Mutaguchi Lian stood on the bank of the Chindun River before the start of the war, and proclaimed: "The Imperial Army has now reached the point of invincibility in the world. The day when the sun flag will proclaim our sure victory in India is not far off. ”

So the Japanese army that launched the attack at that time only prepared a month's supply and ammunition base, and then went to Imphal.

In fact, if the British had not been so lucky, the rainy season had occurred and the Japanese were not logistically prepared, the British would have been in a much better situation.

Historically, Mu Tian led his troops to capture the Sheamu Pass on the Bellaire Highway southeast of Imphal, forcing the British and Indian forces to retreat. Muta, on the other hand, is Tanupal with a direct view of the main road.

Then Muta's strong attack forced the British to abandon part of the defense line again, and the British at this time were actually at the end of their crossbows. If it weren't for the logistical roots of Muta's troops, and the large attrition of sick people due to the jungle and the rainy season, they might have breached the British position.

At that time, Muta's 15th Army was exhausted after days of fierce fighting. There was a lack of supplies from top to bottom. The ration dropped from 6 taels a day at the time of departure to 4 taels, 3 taels, 15 taels, and even 03 taels. Under these circumstances, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was greatly reduced.

The Anglo-Indian army, on the other hand, was very different, with the support of transport planes, in addition to receiving basic necessities every day, they could even get things such as cigarettes, sweet wine, and coffee...... And so on and so forth.

Then the good luck of the British came, and the arrival of the rainy season caused muddy roads. At this time, Muta also decided to change the direction of the main attack and make a detour north of Imphal in an attempt to penetrate Imphal from the north.

To this end, the Japanese advanced through slippery jungle paths. The Japanese 33rd Division and the assigned 15th Division collided head-on with the Anglo-Indian 20th Division in the jungle, and a fierce battle ensued.

Under the condition of sufficient supplies, weapons, ammunition and troops, the British and Indian troops were beaten by the Japanese army, who ate 03 two meters every day.

This time the Japanese rushed out of the jungle and struck all the way to the edge of Imphal. But at this time, their supplies were long gone, and they ate 03 taels a day for several months and experienced a series of bitter battles......

At this time, the Japanese army did not have any strength to attack. It is indeed a great irony for the Japanese that these tragic Japanese soldiers fought all the way to the doorstep of the British army in Imphal, but found that they were unable to move forward.

Similar to the battle on the Imphal side, the Japanese 31st Division's offensive in the direction of Kohima also became the end of the crossbow.

And the arrival of the rainy season has made this situation even worse. According to statistics, at least 30,000 Japanese soldiers at that time were infected with malaria, dysentery, cholera, influenza and other diseases, especially typhoid fever, the nemesis of the army, which was rampant.

Due to the lack of medicines and medical devices. I had to watch the sick soldiers wait for death or commit suicide. At that time, the 15th Army of the Japanese army had a total of 100,000 men, but less than 20,000 returned in the end.

At least 80,000 people died in the battle. But only 32,000 people died on the battlefield. The rest, almost all of them died of dysentery, malaria or even were swept away by flash floods and mudslides.

Tu Mengben couldn't help but sigh, the butterfly effect is really not to be underestimated. After the Japanese suffered heavy losses in China, they began to be cautious about the operations of various divisions.

The direct consequence of this was that the British army did not achieve the record of destroying 80,000 enemies as in history, but instead collapsed and withdrew from India after losing most of the army.

What Tu Mengben did not expect was that the Indians would choose to cooperate with the Japanese at this time to complete their dream of driving out the British for independence.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, because later generations of India had a great affection for the "Indian National Army" that helped the Japanese attack India during World War II. For example, for Chandrabose, the leader of the Indian National Army, even among the three portraits hung in front of the Indian Parliament at the beginning of the 21st century, Chandrabose's portrait is alongside Gandhi and Nehru.

Hence Chandrabose's assessment in India. On the occasion of the centenary of Bose's birth, India even issued a commemorative stamp for him.

Chandra Bowse was a former president of the Congress party. Of course, he was at odds with Gandhi's "non-violent" movement. He wanted a direct violent revolution. It was precisely because of this that he lost the support of conservatives in the Congress Party such as Gandhi.

"Hmm...... The Japanese had already occupied India. Next they will definitely think about the Middle East. Tu Mengben pointed his finger at the table and said in a deep voice: "Then, the biggest possibility is to join Germany to launch a war against the Soviet Union." ”

As he spoke, Tu Mengben turned around and looked at the map without saying a word. The generals below were quietly discussing the actions of the Japanese.

Obviously, after the Japanese conquered India, there would definitely be a lot more raw materials. In order to facilitate the plundering of India's resources, the British still did a lot of infrastructure construction in India.

Even when China was first liberated, infrastructure and industry could not catch up with India. Day got India. Then they have a lot of resources, and they can even recruit a large number of Indians into the army because of the support of the Congress party.

"Let the Southwest Military Region step up its offensive, and the Japanese cannot be relaxed." How could Tu Mengben not see the seriousness of the problem?! If the Japanese had consolidated their rule in India, then once they united with Germany to attack the Soviet Union.

It would be difficult for the Soviet Union not to die. If the USSR dies. The Wehrmacht would have to face the threat of the Japanese and German forces directly over their heads.

"Let the South China Military Region repair as soon as possible, and then launch a full-scale attack on Annan from Fangchenggang, Pingxiang and other places!" After a pause, Tu Mengben continued: "The troops of the Southwest Military Region who fought to Kandi will retreat first, and it is not a good thing for us that the Japanese have conquered India. Don't make dumplings for people......"

Tu Mengben's orders were issued one by one. The commanders of the troops at all levels below took out notes and wrote down these orders one by one.

After finishing the order, Tu Mengben took the notes and looked at them and returned them.

"This time. It's up to the Soviets to hold up ......"

"Three months! In three months, we must launch a war against the USSR! "In Berlin, Germany, Hitler was shouting excitedly in his headquarters.

"Our resources are now in the hands of the Soviets, and they have already sold us what they have sold us! But they used despicable means to take them away, which is absolutely intolerable! ”

Of course, His Excellency would never mention that these resources were also taken away by him by despicable means. Even in order to seize these resources, the Führer instigated a civil war in the USSR, which led to a general decline of the USSR.

"Honorable Führer, although I would also like to launch an attack on the Soviet Union as soon as possible. But the situation now is such that our army needs a certain rest and trimming. Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch, commander-in-chief of the army, smiled wryly at Hitler.

"We have indeed defeated Europe, Führer! It's all your achievement, but the continuous battles have also cost us a lot. If the war against the USSR is forced at this time, this will not be a good thing for us. ”

Hitler's face was cloudy, and to be honest, the resources at the disposal of the Soviet Union were like a sword hanging over his head. Especially after the news came back from informants within the Soviet Union, Hitler was even more furious after the Soviet Union had secretly contacted the situation in the United States.

"Ladies and gentlemen. I need you to know that now the Soviets are trying to get close to the Americans. I believe that you know better than I do what this means. Hitler softened his tone and said, "Attacking the Soviet Union and taking those resources is our established strategy." This can not only be used as a springboard to defeat the British completely, but also obtain a lot of resources......"

"So, that's what we have to do. Now the USSR is definitely thinking about getting more weapons from the Americans, which is extremely disadvantageous for us. Ladies and gentlemen, we hope that you will complete the repair and launch the campaign against the Soviet Union as soon as possible! ”

Hitler paused, stood up against the table and said loudly: "Okay! So you tell me. How long will it take for our army to trim up ?! ”

Everyone, you look at me, and I see that you have not spoken. In the end, Marshal Brauchitsch opened his mouth, but saw him say to Hitler: "Führer, we need at least half a year to repair." Especially waiting for the troops to be replaced with new weapons......"

"Four months! I can only give you four months! Without waiting for Field Marshal Brauchitsch to finish speaking, Hitler directly interrupted: "In terms of weapons." I'll let the factory give you full production. Now we have quite a few prisoners of war, and I believe that they will speed up production. ”

"But against the Soviet Union, I can only give you four months to prepare! In four months, what I would like to see is that sickle and hammer flag is lowered from the Kremlin, and our German flag is hung on it! ”

The words have already been said for this, what else can Marshal Brauchitsch say?!

"Hey! Hitler! ”

At this time, bursts of laughter were heard in the Japanese Imperial Palace, and Hirohito laughed heartily after learning that the army had taken India!

"Tell the Idle Palace. Let's just say I'm happy! They finally brought me some good news. "Hirohito was happy that the Japanese army had taken India at a cost of less than 6,000 casualties.

This is a remarkable achievement in his opinion. As long as it was a victory, Hirohito felt it was worth celebrating.

"That commander is called Muta, isn't it?! Tell Kanin Palace and Tojo. This person can be a general! Hirohito said to the attendant beside him: "Draw up a holy decree for me, and say let Muta do it well!" As long as he continues to bring victories to the Empire, then the position of Marshal will not be rewarded! ”

"Hay!"

When Hirohito's decree was issued, it caused a shock throughout the army. Boy. If you win the battle, you can rise so much?! Even the emperor made a promise to the marshal, and the eyes of countless people were red with jealousy.

In fact, Hirohito's reward was indeed a bit excessive. But he was more concerned with how to regain morale after China's defeat in the war. Undoubtedly, Muta's achievement has the effect of injecting a shot in the arm.

After this battle, the Japanese army became more combative again, and countless army officers and soldiers were ready to rush to the battlefield to show their skills. And the defeat on the battlefield in China is no longer mentioned.

The British in India were defeated, and the tragic situation of the Japanese army now fell on them. As the governor, Victor flew away by plane when Slim received the order to retreat.

The Slims, on the other hand, insisted on withdrawing from India with their own troops. The position had been breached, and more than 80,000 Japanese troops poured into India.

With the addition of the Indian National Army, then the Japanese army has more than 130,000 troops. Chandrabos's connections and prestige had faintly overshadowed Gandhi as the British had driven them out.

After all, Gandhi's "non-violence" never drove out the British, while Chandrabose led people all the way from Singapore to India and drove the British.

Of course, those Indians will subconsciously ignore the fact that the Japanese are helpful. Just as they later ignored that Chandrabose had been a Japanese coercive army.

Immediately after the defeat of India, Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo announced that India was recognized as an independent country and congratulated India on its independence from British control.

This greatly increased the prestige of Chandrabose in India, and as a result, India had a great affection for the Japanese who "liberated" them. Most of the former British Indian Army soldiers chose to join Chandrabos's Indian National Army directly.

For a time, the whole of India was huge! Even Chandrabose with his Forward Bloc directly overpowered Gandhi's Congress party. Many in the Congress party chose to work with Chandrabose.

Among them was Nehru.

"Cheers to the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere!" Chandrabose smiled toothlessly, something he had seen in countless of his dreams, but it was all in his hands at this moment.

"Cheers!" Muta laughed and drank the wine. He has already gotten the news that Hirohito has the big camp make him a general! He even said that as long as he continued to achieve victories, then the position of marshal was just around the corner.

Mu Tian is now sincere in cooperating with Chandrabose and them, after all, such a large Indian root is not managed by the Japanese with limited troops, and the big battalion does not want to provoke Indian resistance. Yes, cooperation is the best way.