Chapter 65 Waste Utilization

Let the umbrella company come to the front and enter the public's sight, this is a decision after consultation between the staff team and Angela, and the umbrella company is somewhat unjustified in the issue of controlling Myanmar. At this time, the introduction of the descendants of the Burmese royal family seems a little impatient, and without the clear support of the umbrella company, the British may not buy it. The Burmese were afraid of the British army, but the umbrella company, with more than 300,000 troops, was not afraid of the British who had fallen into the western mountains, especially when the British mainland was facing a strong German attack.

"Ms. Vivian, your Umbrella Company is doing this for the troops, and Burma has always been an overseas colony of the British Empire. The cooperation agreement we signed in Chongqing clearly states that we will provide weapons and ammunition, and you will help us retake Burma, but why are we restricting the return of the British Empire's troops to Burma? The British envoy from India was slapping the table with Vivien, but alas, Vivien did not react to it.

"Sir Henry, may I ask, is the agreement you just spoke of with our Umbrella Company?" Vivien reached out to Henry, who was sitting across from her, and asked for an agreement. "Sir Henry, as far as I know, the agreement you are talking about was signed with the Chinese government, right? So I want to ask, since it is not an agreement signed with our umbrella company, then why do you come to us, you should go to the Chinese government, our employer is the Burmese royal family. ”

Looking at Vivian, who was skewed in front of him, Henry really wanted to say that the bullshit Burmese royal descendant you pushed out may have picked it up from somewhere called the flower beggar, but Henry can't tear his face with the Umbrella Company now, because the British military power in Asia is obviously not the opponent of the Umbrella Company. "Lady Vivien, you and I know what the truth of the matter is. I'm here to seek cooperation, not to be the enemy of your umbrella company. Henry took a deep breath and forced a lower posture towards Vivien.

The change in Henry's attitude made Wei Wei feel relieved, and then smiled at Henry, "Our umbrella company has always rarely refused the requests made by friends, but if you want to be our friend, you can't just say it with your mouth, it depends on actual actions." Vivien and Angela had already privately discussed how to deal with this Sir Henry, and Zhuo Fei's response was to let Vivian and Angela make their own decisions, and in the negotiations between the two sides, Vivien had actually taken the initiative.

Henry can't help but be anxious, he has a lot of industries in Burma, when the Japanese army attacked, Henry could only leave his industry and flee to India, but now the Japanese army has been driven to the front line of Yangon, Henry is anxious to get back several mines in northern Myanmar and a small oil refinery in Ringanqiang. But Vivien has not been able to lead the topic in these aspects, and Henry is not good at asking about these topics directly, so he can only secretly slander Vivien in his heart, and at the same time go around in circles with Vivien to try to lead the conversation to this.

Vivien didn't actually know what Henry was thinking, she just didn't bother to talk to Henry about the ownership of Burma, the Umbrella Company used more than 100,000 troops and a lot of supplies to drive the Japanese out of northern Burma, why let the British take advantage of it. In order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, Zhuo Fei has been implementing the tactics of strong firepower attack, which once made Ruili's ordnance base almost unable to guarantee the production and supply of ammunition, which is also the main reason why Zhuo Fei wanted the independent army troops to stay on the front line of Donghu temporarily.

Vivien didn't say anything for a long time, Henry became even more impatient, in the face of the aggressiveness of the Germans, the British Empire, which was once strong, was no longer majestic, even if the umbrella company was just a so-called military institution, and Henry even suspected that this umbrella company was related to the Chinese government, but Henry knew at this moment that he had no ability to restrain the other party. "Ms. Vivian, let's just get out of the way, what exactly does your Umbrella Company want to get the British Empire's troops back to Burma?"

Henry mistakenly thought that Vivien was waiting for his offer, so he asked tentatively, but he did not expect to attract a burst of ridicule from Vivian. "Sir Henry, I seem to have made it clear just now that our Umbrella Company is only commissioned by the Burmese royal family to carry out armed strikes against the Japanese troops in Burma. As for the relationship between you and the Kingdom of Burma, that is your business, and our umbrella company will not be involved and concerned, I think, you should go and ask the Burmese royal family for advice and hook us. ”

Vivian refused, and the Umbrella Company is currently organizing manpower to carry out field surveys in northern Myanmar, especially those mineral resources. If you eat it in your mouth, you won't spit it out again, and the British want to come to Burma to pick up the cheap, and Vivien doesn't have to agree. Vivien's lack of oil and salt completely angered Henry, and Henry, who had to leave angrily, could only throw a few cruel words to Vivian, but the latter didn't take it seriously at all.

"Don't pay attention to what the British say, they will soon have no time to deal with us, soon." Zhuo Fei, who received the news, also looked indifferent, in the face of the threat of the British army in India, Zhuo Fei had already prepared countermeasures. Three days later, just as the British army in India was busy trying to force its way into Burma, fighting broke out in the Indian border area adjacent to Burma, and a Japanese force of 3,000 men suddenly appeared in the border area and exchanged fire with the British troops stationed at the border.

The sudden battle caught the British troops in the border area by surprise, and the British troops stationed in Imphal showed their timidity and panic as usual in the face of the ragged but fierce Japanese troops. Imphal is a border city in eastern India on the border with Burma, on the main line of communication to the eastern Indian state of Assam, and the British could not even imagine how the Japanese could have crossed the Chindun River.

In order to return to Burma, the British army in India was moving troops aggressively, and the British army stationed in Imphal built a number of military installations for this purpose. The Japanese troops suddenly appeared in Imphal and exchanged fire with the British, and the facilities that the British had previously built in Imphal were convenient for the Japanese troops, and the large amount of supplies hoarded in these military facilities also strengthened the Japanese troops who crossed the border. "Well, I'll just say it, the British won't care about entangling with us for the time being, those Japanese troops are enough for them to have a headache."

Zhuo Fei realized so calmly, this group of Japanese troops who crossed the Chindun River were naturally inseparable from him, the independent army held a large number of Japanese prisoners of war in their hands, and after the umbrella company recruited a large number of Burmese natives to build roads instead of prisoners of war, Zhuo Fei has been thinking about what to do with these prisoners of war. Zhuo Fei couldn't just keep these prisoners of war for nothing, and the appearance of Henry and the aggressiveness of the British army in India made Zhuo Fei think about what to do with these captured Japanese soldiers.

"I will give you weapons and ammunition and restore your freedom, but you will not be able to return to Japan for the time being. We can make it easier for you to cross the Chindun River into India, but what happens after you enter India has nothing to do with us. If you dare to return and continue into Burma or China, I promise you that we will leave you here once and for all, so that you will never return home. In front of more than 3,000 Japanese prisoners of war, Zhuo Fei showed full aura, and at the same time returned the wing flag captured by the 1st Independent Division to this group of Japanese soldiers.

Rearming the captured Japanese prisoners of war and then secretly sending them into India to fight the British was the clever plan that Zhuo Fei came up with. In the face of the Burmese, the British army may behave invincestly, but in the face of the Japanese army that has defeated them several times, Zhuo Fei knows that the British army will definitely behave badly and badly. In fact, the performance of the British army in Imphal was also as Zhuo Fei expected, in the face of the sudden appearance of Japanese troops, Imphal's British army lost three battles and three times, and lost a large number of weapons, ammunition and logistics supplies.

The flames of war ignited by Impal made it impossible for the Indian British to attempt to return to Burma to continue, and Zhuo Fei sent the last 1,000 Japanese prisoners of war in the hands of the Independence Army across the Chindun River. At this time, the total number of British troops in India was only more than 30,000, and the total strength of the Indian servant army they formed did not exceed 100,000. Nearly 5,000 Japanese troops against less than 100,000 Anglo-Indian troops, Zhuo Fei did not predict how the battle situation would change, he just knew that these nearly 5,000 Japanese troops were enough to leave an indelible memory for the Anglo-Indian coalition forces in India.

"Lady Vivian, it is so unwise for you to do this, the Japanese army is our common enemy, how can you send the captured Japanese soldiers to India? I want the Chinese government to complain about you. Sir Henry, who had come to Mandalay again, shouted hysterically at Vivien, but Vivien put on a relaxed expression of an old god, and did not even take the initiative to defend himself.

"Sir Henry, on what basis do you say that the Japanese troops who crossed the Chindun River were deliberately let go? The Japanese army has a multi-company force going north to Myitkyina, I think you British troops should know about it, right? When we were besieging Mandalay, this Japanese unit tried to support the Mandalay defenders, but before they arrived, we had already broken through Mandalay, and this Japanese unit suddenly lost its trace, in fact, we have been looking for this Japanese unit in Myitkyina, I think, your troops on the border must have also received our investigation notice, right? Vivien's outburst left Henry speechless, and he had to admit that what Vivien had just said was true.