At eight o'clock in the evening of March 31, 1943, two sedans drove into the port of Bombay one after the other and stopped beside the tall hull of the heavy cruiser Prince Eugen.

The door of the second sedan opened, and two men in the uniform of a German naval colonel came out of the back compartment.

The man who was the tallest of the two looked up at the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen on the side, and said enviously: "When will India have such a warship?" A warship operated by the Indians. ”

"There will always be." Another skinny man said.

The two men followed the other officers up the gangway and down the deck to the conference room of the Prinz Eugen.

The conference room was brightly lit, and Chen Dao saw the group push the door in, got up and walked forward, stretched out his hand to the two officers walking at the back, and said with a smile: "It's a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Gandhi, Mr. Nehru." ”

The two Indians, disguised as German naval officers, were none other than Mohandas Karamcand Gandhi, the leader of the Indian National Congress Party and leader of the Indian National Independence Movement.

Next to Gandhi, the relatively tall man was his deputy, Jawaharlal Nehru.

When Chen Dao was hospitalized in Delhi, the two visited Chen Dao in the hospital, and they were no strangers to each other.

After exchanging pleasantries and greeting each other, the others left the room, and Chen Dao sat down at the conference table with Gandhi and Nehru.

Chen Dao said: "There are many people in the hospital, and you are the target of British agents, so it is inconvenient to say a lot of things. It's okay now, we can speak our minds. ”

Gandhi pushed the large round glasses on the bridge of his nose and asked in native British English: "General Rosen, I take the liberty of asking, why do you want to help India become independent?" ”

"That's a good question." Chen Dao nodded, and then said: "The British, with the natural danger of the English Channel, as well as the powerful British Royal Navy, and their insidious cunning, have played with the European continent for hundreds of years, and have also plagued the world for hundreds of years. This time, if it were not for the Führer, and for people like me, Germany would have become the second First French Empire, and the Führer would have ended even more miserably than Napoleon.

The British spared no effort to sabotage the great cause of German revival, thinking that an armistice was over? It's naïve. I want the British to know what the consequences of angering Germany and angering me are. Giving India independence was my first step in getting revenge on the British. By the way, the last Englishman who angered me was a guy named Winston Qiu Fatty, he was a die-hard anti-German element in Britain, and his current result was a cerebral hemorrhage to recuperate at home, and everyone trembled. ”

Gandhi and Nehru were stunned for nearly ten seconds before they realized that the Winston Qiu fat man in Chen's mouth was referring to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Gandhi said, "I see, General Rosen, you want to take revenge on the British." Only, what are you going to do to help us win our independence? ”

Chen Dao straightened his collar, raised his right hand and stretched out three fingers, and began to teach (destroy) people tirelessly.

"If India wants to be independent, it must first clarify three issues. Who are our friends? Who are our enemies? This is the first issue to be clarified for India's independence.

After figuring out the first question, you can figure out the second one. If India wants to become independent, it must follow the line of self-reliance, supplemented by foreign aid.

After the line is established, we can figure out the third question, that is, what means to use to become independent. The answer I give is to fight for independence by combining non-violent non-cooperation with the aesthetics of violence.

If you can follow the plan that I have provided, I think you will realize the great ideal of Indian independence by the end of this year at the earliest, and at the latest next year. ”

Gandhi glanced at Nehru beside him, who wrote down the three questions that Chen Dao had said.

Gandhi said, "Can we talk about these three issues in detail?" The first question is easy to answer, for the time being, the British are our enemies, you are our friends, as for the Italians, Americans and Chinese······"

"With me, the Italians will also be your friends, and the Americans and Chinese will remain neutral." Chen Dao interrupted Gandhi, "This question may seem meaningless, but it is the most important one. You can only strengthen your conviction if you give up all unrealistic illusions about the British and treat them as the number one enemy of India's independence, and not as a negotiator. Don't forget, how did the British treat you during the last war? ”

Listening to Chen Dao mention the last war, Gandhi and Nehru were first embarrassed, then angry.

After the outbreak of World War I, the British promised India that if India did its best to help Britain win the war, they would allow India to become independent when the war was over.

The infantile Indians, deceived by the scheming British, shed blood and sacrificed their lives to help Britain become the victorious power of the First World War.

However, after the war, the promises made by the British to India were scattered like a fart.

The Indians, realizing that they had been deceived, immediately set off a vigorous national independence movement, but after all, India was facing the British Empire, the world's number one power, and the means of armed struggle were completely no match for the British, and they were forced to embark on the lame route of the "non-violent non-cooperation movement".

The most hateful point is that after the outbreak of World War II, with the Japanese occupation of Burma and the flames of war about to burn into India, the British repeated their old tricks and promised India that if India assisted Britain in the war, India would be allowed to become independent after the war ended.

People are responsible for their own intelligence and cannot fall twice in the same pit.

This time, the Indians were not fooled and directly proposed the establishment of an autonomous government in time of war, and at the same time demanded that the Indians should be in charge of India's defense forces.

The British, in order to maintain their colonial rule, of course, could not accept it, and the negotiations between the two sides reached an impasse.

At the beginning of 1942, when the British government lost patience and decided to solve the problem violently, German agents provided timely information, and Gandhi and others temporarily made concessions, so that they were not imprisoned and avoided a large-scale bloodshed.

Until recently, the news of the independence of the Republic of Madagascar had stimulated the Indians and made them see that the Germans were genuinely helping the weaker countries to become independent.

Therefore, with Chen Dao's secret contact, Gandhi and Nehru ventured to meet Chen Dao.

Recalling the sinister and cunning side of the British, Gandhi said with a cold face: "General Rosen, you are right to remind us, we have been deceived by the British once, and we will not be deceived a second time. The British are enemies of Indians, not friends of India, and we have no illusions about him. ”

Chen Dao said: "Very good, the first problem is solved, and we can talk about the second problem." When it comes to self-reliance, you have a total of three things to do. The first is to uphold the leadership of the party, and the Congress party that you are currently leading is the leader of the Indian independence movement, and this has been done, and we have saved a lot of trouble. The second point is to follow the mass line, to go deep among the masses, to rely on the masses, and to do everything possible to awaken the strength of the masses. The reason why your Congress Party has become the leader of the Indian independence movement is because of its close ties with the masses. ”

Chen's words made Gandhi and Nehru proud.

Both of them studied in England when they were young, and after returning to China, they could be masters, but in order to realize the great ideal of India's independence, they gave up their privileged lives and went deep into the countryside.

Nehru is the best example of this.

Since the day he followed Gandhi, Nehru stopped wearing Western clothes and switched to Indian homespun clothes. Nehru prided himself on speaking standard English, but he gradually used Hindi or other dialects of India.

At that time, the slogan "Go to the countryside" was resounding throughout the country, and in order to mobilize the rural masses to join the independence movement, Nehru and his Congress comrades tirelessly trekked to remote villages to attend peasant meetings and give speeches. On these occasions, he appreciated the greatness of the power of the masses, began to understand the psychology of the masses, and mingled with the Indian peasantry.

It is precisely this fine style of going deep among the masses that has attracted a large number of supporters for the Congress Party.

Gandhi's eyes lit up and he said, "What is the third point of self-reliance?" ”

"The third point is to persist in armed struggle. I know that you are now engaged in a non-violent non-cooperation movement, but it is because your violent means are not the opponents of the British, so you have no choice but to carry them out. Now with my friend, everything is different, after all, both in Germany and for me personally, the aesthetics of violence is the mainstream aesthetic. If you don't follow the line of armed struggle, in the eyes of me, an expert on the aesthetics of violence, we don't have a common language.

Therefore, I added a sentence after self-reliance, that is, to enlist foreign aid. With my strong foreign aid presence, it is only a matter of time before your armed struggle is victorious. ”

Nehru stopped the pen in his hand, looked up and asked, "General Rosen, you just said that you want to win independence by combining the aesthetics of violence with non-violent non-cooperation, can you explain it in detail?" ”

"It's nothing more than walking on two legs, and now we are fighting against Japan, and a lot of supplies have to be shipped to the port by sea, and then transported to the front by rail. If you could organise a strike of port workers and railroad workers within the city at the right time, the British would have had a hard time, as this is a means of non-violent non-cooperation.

As for the aesthetics of violence, we can organize a large number of guerrillas in the countryside where the British control is weak, and of course these guerrillas are spontaneous and have nothing to do with your Congress Party. The guerrillas had nothing to do with the peasants to repair their houses, build roads, provide medical care, and so on, and by the way, harass the British who were active in the countryside.

If the British use violent means to suppress you, then it will be my turn as an ally. ”

"But you're about to leave India." Gandhi said.

"I'll be back when it gets colder this year. That's why I say that India's independence will happen at the end of this year or next year. From today until I come back, it's time for you to gather strength, and when I come back, we can have a big fight. ”

Gandhi said: "We need some visible assistance. ”

Chen Dao smiled: "I have been prepared, in the past war, we captured a lot of Japanese and British weapons, and we can't use these weapons, so I'll give them to you." Also, here is a letter from me that you take to General Bootdent, and he will give you the weapon, and at the same time give you a sum of money. ”

Chen Dao said, picking up the envelope on the table and handing it to Gandhi.

Gandhi opened the envelope and unfolded the letter paper with hope, but after reading it, there was only one thought, I could not read it!

The content of the letter was written by Chen Dao in the "One Piece Code", that is, in Hanyu Pinyin, which is definitely an unknown language to this world.

Even if he couldn't read it, Gandhi carefully put away the letter.

After discussing the details with Chen Dao for a while, the two got up to say goodbye to Chen Dao.

Before leaving, Gandhi clasped Chen Dao's hand and said: "General Rosen, when India becomes independent in the future, you will be India's most honored guest, and I very much hope that you can return from Europe as soon as possible, and I also wish you to recover from your injuries as soon as possible." ”

After sending Gandhi and Nehru away, Chen Dao found Mandolfir.

"Where did the Japanese fleet go?"

"According to the information provided by the Italians, the Japanese went south after entering the Indian Ocean, and the Italian fleet was tracking them."

"Let them play hide and seek slowly, by the way, remember to send a telegram to General Hersman, telling him to leave tomorrow and also go after the Japanese fleet." Chen Dao paused, and suddenly said with annoyance: "I forgot to remind those two Indians just now that they will build as many public toilets as possible in the future. It's sad that so many people defecate in the open on the streets of India. ”

"It's okay, we can go home early tomorrow morning, I'm really fed up with the Indians."