Chapter Seventy-Four: Chongqing's Great Joy
When the armored car in which Zhuo Fei and others were riding drove into Yangon City, the battle in Yangon City was nearing the end, a large number of soldiers of the Independent Army were searching for the remnants of the Japanese army, and there were many trembling local aborigines who were driven out by the soldiers of the Independent Army to help clean up and clean up the battlefield. Without staying too much in the city, Zhuo Fei and his party had already rushed to the dock under the escort of hundreds of soldiers, and the captured Japanese ships were slowly heading towards the dock, which was the first time that a Japanese ship surrendered to the opponent, which was of great significance to both the umbrella company and the national government.
"We have our own warship, right?" Looking at the slowly approaching Japanese ships, Chen Geng, who put down his binoculars, couldn't help but turn his head to look at Zhuo Fei. At the beginning of the war, Chen Geng said that he was not optimistic about Zhuo Fei's approach of breaking the kettle, but it turned out that Zhuo Fei won the bet, and the flight team of the umbrella company defeated the Japanese mixed fleet with only more than 100 fighters, and also captured four warships, including a modified aircraft carrier.
Chen Geng's words made Zhuo Fei smile slightly, and said in his heart What is this, in a few decades, aircraft carriers that are several times larger than this can appear. "Don't be too happy too early, the Japanese sailors on these ships just surrendered, but they won't help us operate these warships, if we don't have enough manpower to operate these warships, I'm afraid these big guys can only stop at the dock and let people visit them as decorations." Zhuo Fei's words are not unreasonable, warships are not gadgets such as tanks and armored vehicles, and without enough technical troops, these warships cannot participate in combat at all.
Zhuo Fei's words made Chen Geng and the others, who were originally ecstatic, instantly fall silent, but this is a fact that they can't answer, China's navy is indeed not very good, not to mention that there are no people in the independent army who can fiddle with warships. "Immediately send a telegram to Chongqing that the Independence Army has taken control of the entire territory of Burma, and the original plan to advance eastward remains unchanged. In addition, the Independence Army's flying team captured four Japanese ships, including the Fengxiang converted aircraft carrier, and the Independence Army urgently needed naval technical units to move south to Yangon. "The Umbrella Company also has no navy, so it can only turn to Chongqing for help, at least the Nationalist government still has a Chinese navy in its hands.
Since moving the capital to Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek has been living in a villa on the south bank, and after lunch is usually Chiang Kai-shek's nap time, but there was an accident today, and before Chiang Kai-shek could fall asleep, Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard after receiving a telegram from Zhuo Fei from Burma, did not dare to slack off, and immediately came to the door of the room where Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling were resting, and knocked on the door gently. After a while, Song Meiling, who was unhappy, opened the door, "Madam, have you rested?" There is an emergency electricity. Wang Shihe asked in a low voice.
"Is it Shihe, come in!" Without waiting for Song Meiling to speak, Chiang Kai-shek, who had already gotten up, shouted in the room, and Song Meiling immediately let Wang Shihe into the room.
"Bench, the Burmese Independence Army just sent a telegram!" Wang Shihe did not dare to delay, and directly handed the telegram in his hand to Chiang Kai-shek.
"Hmm!" Chiang Kai-shek nodded and took the telegram handed over by Wang Shihe, if you look closely at Chiang Kai-shek at this moment, you can find that Chiang Kai-shek's hands are already trembling slightly. "The Independence Army has taken Rangoon City, and the eastward expansion plan continues. In addition, the Flying Brigade of the Independent Army achieved brilliant results, sinking and damaging many warships of the Japanese mixed fleet, and capturing four warships, including the Japanese Fengxiang modified aircraft carrier! The contents of the telegram made Chiang Kai-shek involuntarily whisper the Lord, and his somewhat trembling voice was even more excited and excited.
"Good! All right! Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed, and then said to Wang Shihe: "Immediately inform Chen Houfu to come to see me, hasn't he Chen Houfu been shouting that I will allocate funds to order warships for him, now it's okay, I'll give him four ready-made warships." In addition, all government members in Chongqing should be notified to hold a meeting in the conference room immediately. Chiang Kai-shek said to Wang Shihe, who was standing beside him.
Chiang Kai-shek, who had read the telegram, changed his habit of taking a nap after dinner for the first time, and with the help of Soong Meiling, Chiang Kai-shek got dressed and went to the conference room in good spirits. About half an hour later, the high-level government officials entered the conference room, but until Chiang Kai-shek solved the mystery, none of them knew what Chiang Kai-shek had suddenly called the meeting for.
After all the people had arrived, Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a while and said: "Just now, the Burmese Independence Army sent a telegram, strictly speaking, it should be a telegram of success. An hour ago, the Independence Army had routed the last Japanese troops entrenched in Yangon, and from now on, the Independence Army has taken control of the whole of Burma, and the original plan to expand eastward will continue as usual. ”
For this news, all the people present were calm, from the moment the Independence Army decided to press to face the Japanese army, the performance and achievements of the Independence Army had already made everyone present vaguely speculate about the final battle situation. Seeing that everyone didn't seem surprised, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly smiled and said, "In addition, the Burmese side also reported good news, this time the Independence Army also directly used their flying team to participate in the battle, before the infantry attacked Yangon, the flying team had defeated the Japanese mixed fleet off the port of Yangon, and captured four warships, including the Japanese Fengxiang modified aircraft carrier. “
"What? Also captured four Japanese warships? Including the Fengxiang? The first reaction of the high-ranking government officials who heard the news for the first time was disbelief, but everyone looked at Chiang Kai-shek's expression and it didn't look like he was joking, but how was this possible? Since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese army has rarely been able to capture Japanese prisoners of war, let alone capture equipment of this level from Japanese warships, so their first reaction was impossible.
Seeing that his caution finally changed the faces of everyone present, the evil taste in Chiang Kai-shek's heart was finally satisfied. "Don't rush to conclusions, the Independence Army has already sent a plane back to Chongqing, and then we can see the photos of the Japanese warships taken by the Independence Army at the scene. Is it a false report of war exploits, when the time comes, after seeing the photos, everything will be understood. Unlike other high-level officials, Chiang Kai-shek believed in Zhuo Fei very much, especially when he learned that there were photos of Japanese warships, Chiang Kai-shek would not suspect Zhuo Fei's telegram from Yangon.
Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek was so insane and insistent, the high-level government officials immediately reacted, and it seemed that the war report sent by the Independence Army was really true. The focus of the next meeting has been around the southward migration plan, the independence army has already controlled the whole of Burma according to the plan, if the coalition government responsible for the southward migration delays the whole plan, it may give the British army in India an opportunity.
How to deal with the entanglement of the British government, Zhuo Fei's solution is to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and push everything onto the so-called descendants of the Burmese royal family. In order to cooperate with Zhuo Fei's southward migration plan, the coalition government has already migrated more than 600,000 people from Henan and Shandong, two populous provinces, to Myanmar in advance, but this number is still far from Zhuo Fei's estimate.
Zhuo Fei's ideal number of immigrants to Myanmar should exceed 6 million, otherwise he will not be able to occupy an advantage in Myanmar's population division, and he will not be able to occupy the advantage of population division, and it will not play a good role in promoting the control of Myanmar. "Then increase the intensity of the migration of immigrants, and draw people from Hunan and Hubei to the south, so that the British can't be allowed to pick up the cheap after the fact." It is difficult to leave the homeland, which is a common problem of the Chinese people, so the resettlement plan is so difficult to implement, but the climate of the independence army and Burma waits for no one, and the final result of Chiang Kai-shek and others can only be forcibly relocated to the south.
"What? Captured four Japanese warships? Including the Fengxiang? This is impossible, although the Japanese Navy's Fengxiang is only a modified aircraft carrier, it is not something that can be captured by fighters. When Chen Shaokuan, the commander of the navy who had arrived on order, rushed to the villa on the south bank, Chiang Kai-shek's evil taste was once again satisfied, and the reaction of the high-level government officials when they first heard the news was the same, Chen Shaokuan, who heard the news, also showed disbelief. As the commander of the navy, Chen Shaokuan was an expert in warships, so he naturally knew what the existence of the Japanese aircraft carrier Fengxiang was, and when he heard that the independent army had captured four Japanese warships, including the Fengxiang, with only more than 100 aircraft, Chen Shaokuan could not believe it.
"When I first learned the news, I couldn't believe it as much as you, but what the Independence Army said was accurate, and said that someone would fly to Chongqing on a military plane later, and they would send photos of the four Japanese warships." Chiang Kai-shek explained softly that Chen Shaokuan had completely reacted at this time, and it seemed that this was true. The Independence Army captured four Japanese warships in Burma, and Chen Shaokuan instantly became excited, but he knew that the Independence Army did not have a navy.
"Yes, it's true that the Independent Army can fight, but they don't have a navy, so are those four warships going to be handed over to our Admiralty?" Chen Shaokuan pretended to be confused, but Chiang Kai-shek did not express his position, but only said that he wanted Chen Shaokuan to wait for the photos of Burma to be sent and carefully confirm the authenticity of the news. Chen Shaokuan did not know that this was just Chiang Kai-shek's bad taste, Chen Shaokuan, who had not obtained Chiang Kai-shek's consent for a long time, began to fidget, since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the Chinese Navy has been weak for many years, as the commander of the navy, he is extremely eager to have a few real warships in his hands.