Chapter 4 Procrastination
"Colonel Colm, since your cabinet has agreed with our three points, the most important thing now is when you will bring in the arms and equipment to support us from India. You know, we're not slow to recruit soldiers, but I can't let them go into battle unarmed, and they'll just die in vain. Colm met Zhuo Fei again, Zhuo Fei's expression was the same, but the anxiety in Colm's eyes was undisguised.
The Japanese army had forced a landing in Yangon, and like the information that Zhuo Fei had told Colm, Colm had also received relevant information from the garrison, and although the British troops stationed in Burma had fought to the death with the Japanese army, they were ultimately unable to stop the continued Japanese attack. At present, the Japanese troops who landed in Rangoon have slightly halted the momentum of the offensive, but Colm knows that it is only because the Japanese are waiting for their follow-up troops, and once the Japanese follow-up troops are in place, a new round of Japanese offensive will begin.
"Major Zhuo, as far as I know, there are not so many pilots in your army, and even you don't have a decent armored unit, I would like to know, what do you want so many planes and tanks for?" Colm consciously concealed the anxiety in his heart, and as soon as the conversation changed, he suddenly pulled the topic away from other places.
Zhuo Fei was amused when he heard this, he attributed Colm's behavior at this time to the natural arrogance of the British, because this was obviously a manifestation of losing people and not losing battles. "Colonel Colm, I said it, I'm a soldier, and I'm not going to leave those heavy equipment in storage waiting to rust. I want them because our army needs them, and as for the pilots and tank crews, you don't have to worry about it, Colonel Colm, I can assure you that these heavy equipment will soon be on the battlefield. ”
The British only provided China with more than 100 planes and more than 100 tanks, you must know that in the current Ruili training camp, there are more than 1,000 tank soldiers who take turns to drive modified tanks for training, and the number of pilots recruited by the umbrella company from Europe has exceeded 2,000. Zhuo Fei naturally couldn't tell Colm about the Ruili training camp, in fact, the Ruili training camp, which had been tightly sealed, even in the coalition government, there were a lot of people who didn't know about it.
Meeting with Zhuo Fei was extremely boring in Colm's opinion, because no matter how he tried to knock on the side or use those military aids to put pressure, Zhuo Fei was very indifferent, and a large number of arms shipped from India were about to enter China, but Colm still couldn't learn the specific time and arrangement of the Chinese army going south from Zhuo Fei. "Colonel Colm, none of this is the most important thing, as long as the weapons are in place, our army can go south at any time." Zhuo Fei kept answering like this, which made Colm very annoyed, but he couldn't find a chance to refute it.
After not getting a specific time for the Chinese army to go south, Colm finally let go and put his head down, and found countless people to get on the road of the Ministry of Military Affairs, but the person Colm found said that the matter was handled by Zhuo Fei with full authority. "Major Zhuo is the chairman's most trusted confidant, and the Ministry of Military Affairs has no way to meddle in this matter, if I were you, it would be better to go directly to Major Zhuo." The person who replied was a little ambiguous, but it let Colm know that Zhuo Fei had powers that he hadn't thought of.
"I sent a large number of men into Burma to fight their autumn breeze and buy the military supplies that the British had hoarded in Burma. Who knew that the damned British not only didn't know that the people who were grateful to me helped them clean up the mess, but they would dare to offer a high price, so I need to use the Japanese army to warn them. By the time they burn their eyebrows, they should know who is a friend and who is an enemy, which is also a small lesson for the British. ”
Zhuo Fei, who was called to the villa on the south bank, frankly admitted his plans and arrangements, and Chiang Kai-shek and others all laughed and scolded Zhuo Fei for being a profit-seeking villain, but they all agreed with Zhuo Fei taking the opportunity to buy British army materials at a low price. "But you still have to pay attention to one point, you can't suppress the British too harshly, after all, the British army in Burma is fighting with the Japanese army, if we go too far, when we deal with the British in the future, I'm afraid we will be very passive." In addition to being happy, Zhou Enlai had different opinions.
Regarding Zhou Enlai's advice, Zhuo Fei nodded yes, and when talking to these high-level leaders, Zhuo Fei has always put his posture very low. "The Independence Army has been prepared, and I am only waiting for the weapons promised by the British to arrive at the border, and I plan to use only two divisions of the Independence 1st Army this time, and two battalions of mixed commandos. Before figuring out the true intentions of the British, the main task of the 1st Independent Army was to meet the Japanese troops coming from the direction of Tonggu and ensure the safety of the rear roads for the retreating British troops. ”
In front of Chiang Kai-shek and other high-level officials, Zhuo Fei opened the map of Myanmar and gave a general idea of his tactical deployment. Ruili replied that the descendants of the Burmese royal family have been successfully transferred to Ruili, and nearly 10,000 Burmese natives have gathered in the border area, and we have recruited a large number of Burmese-speaking overseas Chinese to act as interpreters to reorganize these Burmese aborigines. As soon as the situation of the war changes, these natives who have received simple training will become our servant army, and if it is a mountain war, I am afraid that our new army will not be a match for these Burmese natives. ”
"What if these Burmese natives you have trained refuse to accept our command? Do you have any means and measures in place to prevent it? During the encirclement and suppression of the National Army, a large number of Red Guards trained by the Red Army defected to the enemy, which caused a large number of casualties in the troops directly under the Red Army.
Zhuo Fei did not express disgust at Zhou Enlai's suspicions, but replied in a deep voice, "We also have this kind of suspicion, so we forcibly transferred the descendants of the Burmese royal family to Ruili." In order to appease these Burmese natives, the Umbrella Company has spent a lot of money to build a palace and temple for the Burmese royal family in Ruili, and in addition to the efforts of a large number of Burmese overseas Chinese, the Burmese natives who have received integration training and agreed to obey our command are now half. ”
"Humans are social animals, and humans are blindly obedient, and the indigenous people of Myanmar who have not yet been trained in integration are just watching. Once they learn that the natives of Burma who have been trained will receive a lot of rewards after the battle, the remaining Burmese natives will surely rush to join us. Because of leaving, they can only continue to live without clothes and food, and can only watch the big bowls of wine and meat eating in large bowls around them. ”
"By the way, this is the subtle effect, we don't need to do more propaganda ourselves, we just need to erect a group of models among them, and the remaining Burmese natives who are watching will not be able to sit still." After Zhou Enlai pondered for a while, he understood Zhuo Fei's actual intentions, and couldn't help but high-five him in agreement.
"That's right, that's it, Myanmar is lazy by nature, relying on the geographical and climatic advantages, and does not produce. Since the Burmese people have no virtue, why don't we annex Myanmar into China's territory. Zhuo Fei finally showed his strong side, "I just want to stimulate them with generous treatment, only by stimulating them to the realm of selflessness, these wavering Burmese natives can be used by us." ”
"We can use the Burmese to fight the Japanese, we can use the Burmese to fight the Thai, we can use the Burmese, but we can use the Burmese in any battle. As soon as our troops begin to enter Myanmar, the weeding plan that has been put in place earlier can be implemented. We are preparing to engage in a series of tug-of-war battles with the Japanese in Burma in order to deplete the population of Burma and neighboring countries and lay the groundwork for our future annexation of South Asian countries. ”
Explaining his attitude to Chiang Kai-shek and others, Zhuo Fei took out the so-called weeding plan and handed it to Chiang Kai-shek and others for circulation, the weeding plan is to remove weeds and keep crops, but Zhuo Fei's weeding plan is to remove the population of South Asian countries. The weeding plan was too shady, and Zhuo Fei never revealed anything to Chiang Kai-shek, but now that the Burma campaign was about to break out, Zhuo Fei had to come up with this plan at this time.
"Zhuo Fei, do you know what you're doing? Once this plan is known to the outside world, those of us and you will be called butchers, do you know how serious the consequences will be? After reading the content of the weeding plan, Chiang Kai-shek secretly gasped, once this plan began to be implemented, the countries of South Asia would face a catastrophe that he thought would be.
Facing the scrutiny of Chiang Kai-shek and others, Zhuo Fei stood up straight and looked at them without flinching, and at the same time replied categorically, "I know what the consequences will be, so I will delay this plan until now, in fact, the umbrella company will actively integrate and train those Burmese natives, and it is precisely to cooperate with this weeding plan." This plan will only be circulated in this room, and then it will be destroyed, and we are the only ones who know about this plan, and the people who run it will not know the details of the whole plan. ”
"Since the Tang and Song dynasties, the countries of South Asia have been our subject countries, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, they began to be seized by Western powers, thus becoming the bridgehead for Western forces to penetrate China. If we fail to seize the opportunity, once the war is over, these small South Asian countries will become the bridgehead for the Western forces to restrict China's external development. ”
"I will never allow this situation to happen, even if it costs my net worth and my life for this, I can give up my life, I can give up my life, I don't care at all." Although Zhuo Fei's voice was not very loud, the hearts of Chiang Kai-shek and others who could hear it were heavy.