357 Indian Raiders
Major Brooke desperately called out to his superiors, asking the Flying Tigers not to throw those* at their own heads. But this year, the coordination of the various branches of the military is not so easy, and when the Panda squadron is notified that it has hit the wrong target, their homemade cocktails* have also run out, so this kind of thing is completely powerless and has not caused losses to its own people.
Chu Aiyun temporarily opened the passage, and Ma Qiang's reconnaissance showed that the Japanese troops nearby were gathering and would launch a counterattack at any time.
General Alexander, who showed the morality of a professional soldier, demanded that the wounded, women and children leave first, and strictly ordered all commanders not to retreat first. Of course, he did not forget to send Sir Anderson to contact the national army in person, because he could speak a few words of Chinese.
Colonel Anderson approached Chu Aiyun's unit in a jeep and waving a white flag.
The gunfire was still ringing all around, and it seemed that it was impossible to clear the Japanese troops in the jungle, and the Japanese troops in the distance even organized scattered artillery fire to try to drink enough of the retreating crowd, but no one was afraid of the sporadic artillery fire, dragging artillery and trucks loaded with the wounded began to send escape notices in an orderly manner. It must be said that the British broke out of the siege in a mess, but the evacuation after really opening the passage was still efficient and decent, without much chaos.
Anderson ran into American Bruce head-on, who was searching the destroyed Japanese squadron headquarters to see if there was any intelligence. Because they were both engaged in some intelligence work, and the two had crossed paths, Anderson knew Brooke's identity, so he concluded that Stilwell commanded the battle.
"Thank you for coming in time. Where's General Stilwell? He hurried over to shake hands with the major.
"General Stilwell didn't come, and the Chinese didn't let him touch the army. I'm just here as a liaison officer to help them dispatch the Air Force. Bruce shrugged.
"Where's the commander?"
"Commander, he just left his troops and disappeared. He said there was also a Chinese team nearby to liaise. I can't figure out what he's talking about. ”
"There is indeed a Chinese army nearby, led by a captain surnamed Lin, who has brilliantly messed up the deployment of the Japanese army, by the way, do you know if there is a captain surnamed Lin in the 96th Division in this area?"
"That's impossible, I know the deployment of all the Chinese troops, the front line of the 96th Division is still in Mandalay, there are only two platoons in size, and there is absolutely no way that anyone will appear here. If someone here claims to be from the 96th Division, it must be Japanese spies. ”
"So that's it?"
Edson frowned, as if he was thinking a little, but did not ask any more.
In the headquarters of the Japanese army in Mawlamyine, Commander Iida ushered in two news, one good and one bad.
The good news is that the 55th Division entered Rangoon with little effort, and with the cooperation of the Indian rebels, took over the port facilities in its entirety; Two hours after the situation in Yangon was settled, the first freighter arrived just in time, almost seamlessly, and down the ship was a large group of Japanese troops, these people were from the 56th Division in the Philippines, they had experience in fighting the American army, and now they belonged to the 15th Army.
The bad news is that British troops highlighted the blockade. The Yugoslav authorities had assured him that the Chinese army would not fully cooperate with the British, because there was a deep dispute between the allies, but this happened. According to forward intelligence, a Chinese army equipped with tanks drilled into the rear of the main wing, completely disrupting the deployment, so that the chaotic British army temporarily got a breakthrough, he is mobilizing troops to prepare to plug the gap, and there is no response from the front at present. About 3,000 Indian soldiers took advantage of the chaos to stay behind, refusing to retreat with the British, and waiting for the Japanese in place.
The meeting dragged on very slowly, because there was constant news from the front, and then the staff officers updated the map, it seems that this setback was accidental, Sakurai's command was attacked by the enemy during the march, resulting in the command has not been restored, and the monitoring of the Chinese army is indeed somewhat negligent, and the 33rd Division's contempt for the mobility of the Chinese army is a reason. But they actually made a beautiful mechanized rush, which is hardly like a beautiful battle that an agrarian country might fight. However, for Iida, the arrival of Rangoon meant that supplies would no longer be a major problem for him, and soon his troops would be in order, and he would have a chance to destroy the enemy. He didn't have the schedule set by Asano, so he wasn't in such a hurry.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing left to talk about in the war ahead, and there is no way to remedy it now. However, the base camp asked the senior generals of the headquarters to start discussing the strategy against India, so it is better to talk about it all. ”
Iida waved his hand as he spoke, and the staff officers came up and began to change the map on the wall.
Takeuchi, the commander of the 55th Division, was the first to shout.
"The General Staff is crazy, it's completely whimsical, Burma hasn't finished fighting, how can it be possible to consider India? Our intelligence work there has not yet been carried out at all, and in any case, it is too late to conduct intelligence operations now, and what about the resupply of the attack on such a distant and mountainous place? ”
Although Takeuchi vigorously opposed it on the grounds that it was impossible to carry out the intelligence operation, the intelligence chiefs around him, Suzuki and Kagesa Zhenaki, did not speak, and the scene was very strange.
"Shadow Zuo-kun, since the above has already handed over the strategy and combat to you, why don't you talk about it first. How to mess up India, so that we can get involved. ”
Kagesa Akira was the person here who knew the details of the Isho plan best, not only because his superiors had given him the task of rebellion, but also because the soul of the plan came from Asano, who had humbly asked him for advice. Although he hated Asano, his instincts told him that this plan was actually feasible. Because Asano has enough information about the future to support this complex military operation. At present, the content of this plan is only known to a small circle in the base camp, and the generals below are only asked to provide discussions, and it seems that General Iida also wants to take advantage of the brainstorming to put some intelligence units on the table.
"The battle plan is still in the works, I don't have much to say, but believe me, the plan is feasible, and once implemented, there will be no supply or firepower problems that you are worried about, and it will only require very little investment from the army and navy to control the whole of India."
"What a big deal, will the British give up India?"
"I have no comment."
After Shadow Akira finished speaking, he sat down. General Iida was a little unable to get off the stage.
"Well, since it involves a secret that even we can't know, let's not ask about it. That's it for today's meeting, let's go back. ”
Kagesa got up and left, and took the car back to his station. He still had some details to negotiate with Chandrabose, and there were some things that he couldn't say directly, and he had to bring them up himself, so it would be natural.
The core of Asano's Indian strategy is Chandra Bowes. He had read a lot of post-World War II memoirs, including some very unpopular ones, so he knew that the Indian army was actually on the eve of a major uprising. But the British, with their old intelligence skills, strangled the independence movement on the eve of it. Germany and Japan actually missed this turnaround. Of course, through Asano's information, he had a rough idea of what Bowes was, and he and the other two giants of the Congress party, Gandhi and Nehru, actually didn't buy it, especially Gandhi.
Shortly after, Bowes said, prominent members of the Congress party would gather in Calcutta to launch an anti-British campaign on an unprecedented scale in the name of Tagore, the main purpose of which was to echo the Japanese army's victory in Asia, and if successful, the entire British rule in India would be crumbling.
His claim was corroborated by Asano, who told Kagezo that the incident did not work out because the British military intelligence agency acted a day earlier to arrest and put the key players Nehru and Gandhi in prison. Thus thwarting the revolt.
Nehru said in his rotation that if it had not been for the British military intelligence agency's agents who had foiled the operation, India might have gained independence years earlier and, like Spain, had become a level of competition between the Allies and the Axis powers. And it is likely that when you form an alliance with your allies and provide valuable soldiers, you will be better rewarded. Because an independent India, no matter where it stands, will decisively influence the situation of the war. If India had decided to go to war against Japan, rather than enter the war as a vassal of the British Commonwealth, it would likely have naturally gained a permanent seat in the United Nations after the war.
Of course, even if Asano knows what these people think, his plan still has some shortcomings, and Kagesa is a master at planning rebellions, so he can naturally see it at a glance. Because the key to India's position is neither Nehru nor Chandrabose, but Gandhi, who advocated non-violence.
He knocked on the door and entered Chandrabose's house and found him praying. He sat with the interpreter and waited patiently for 20 minutes until Bowes got up.
"Mr. Bowes, I have good news for you, that about 3,000 more Indian troops have defected in front of the battle. They are all veterans of the war in North Africa. It seems that the day of independence for you Indians is not far off. ”
"Thank you for your blessings. I was praying that with the help of Japan, the whole of Asia would be able to free ourselves from the slavery of the white people and share peace with each other, and that no one would die because of the war. ”
An Indian waiter served tea next to him.
"Is it Darjeeling's black tea? Sure enough, it's good. Kagesa complimented, barely swallowing, it was so unpleasant.
"Sir, I'm afraid there's something else going on here?"
"It's still the same plan. I thought about it after thinking about it, if the Indian officer corps can't respond immediately......"
"I see. Are you worried that my influence is not big enough? ”
"That's not what it meant."
"It's okay, that's what I'm trying to say."
"Oh?"
"There's only one person in India who has that energy, and that person is not me, it's Gandhi. This is also the reason why the British did not dare to kill him. ”
"I see. We have always wanted to send someone to reach out to Mr. Gandhi. ”
"It's useless, his ideal is non-violent, and no one can change him, but India needs violent resistance at the moment."
"This ......"
Shadow waited for Bowes to follow.
"If Gandhi dies at the hands of the British, the fire of hatred throughout India will be ignited, and everything will fall into place."
After Bose finished speaking, he closed his eyes, just like the monk's obscure Zen machine can't be too plain, and he can't be too straightforward. Kagesazhen smiled and said nothing, these words were exactly what he wanted.
"If we can use the source here in Sir, we will do this seamlessly."