After sending off Hopkins and Donovan, Churchill spent his days thinking about what the British version of "Night of the Long Knives" should do and what its consequences were, and to tell the truth, he sometimes even had an impulse to ask Rudolf Hess about his "experience" in helping the Führer succeed in running it, and finally he stubbornly suppressed this urge. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

During this period, he didn't care about all other affairs, all internal affairs were entrusted to Attlee and others, and all military affairs were handled by Brooke and Pound, which was undoubtedly a huge contrast with his image of "doing everything himself" in the past, which made Aiden and the conspiracy group behind Attlee rejoice, thinking that he was finally seriously thinking about the possibility of going to Canada to find a way out. In view of the fact that it takes time for people's minds to change, it also takes time for the conspiracy group to convey this idea from top to bottom and control the situation, and it takes even more time for the Duke of Windsor to negotiate with the German side, so they maintain a peaceful and uneventful situation between them.

In the midst of all the disturbances, the snowflakes of telegrams for help from India and Australia and New Zealand were all ignored, consciously or unconsciously. By August 6, the Japanese and German forces had cleared the last remnants of the Anglo-Indian army in South India, and now, as far as the map is concerned, the Indian territory south of the 14th parallel is basically under control (it is actually impossible to penetrate), and the territory controlled by the Indian Nationalist Government is getting larger and larger, and there are more and more troop numbers, and even the number of army groups has begun to appear.

However, the main force of the Japanese-German alliance was still the initial 3 infantry divisions, 1 tank division and 2 German marine brigades, minus the personnel lost in the battle, a total of about 100,000 people, even if you add 2 flight divisions and naval land-based aviation, it is still 120,000 troops, which is too sparse for the vast Indian territory.

The other two German Marine Brigades had been staying on Ceylon Island to consolidate their defenses, and Yamashita and Schell both thought very clearly that this was their base and base camp, and they could not afford to lose it, so they did not have the slightest idea of additional reinforcements. However, Yamashita made a request for the troops still stranded in the Philippines to be in place quickly, and at the same time sent a telegram to Tokyo, demanding that the troops of the three divisions of the Burmese Front be placed under his command and that the country continue to send troops. At the same time, he also deliberately proposed that he hoped to expand the two tank brigades under the 4th Tank Division into three independent tank brigades after replenishing the strength, and recommended Takeda Tsuki, who had the most combat achievements and had experience in defeating the British tank brigade, as the new brigade commander.

After hearing that the march was going smoothly and that there was no large-scale resistance from the Indians, all sides breathed a sigh of relief, and when they heard that they had occupied hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land and collected nearly 50 tons of gold, everyone could not help but exclaim again.

"We must continue to speed up the pace of withdrawing troops from China, and we must further strengthen Yamashita-kun's strength by transferring troops into India...... Ishihara Wanji has a high degree of trust in Yamashita Fumi, although he has a slight difference in political views with Yamashita Fumi.

The staff officers of the base camp all thought that with the opening of the situation in India and the situation being "very good", the prestige of Vice Minister Ishihara increased unprecedentedly, far exceeding the original height, and even the cadres of the Ishihara faction became proud.

"How many troops does the chief plan to send troops from China?"

"Since the Chiang regime has promised not to send troops to India, promised that his cities (including Nanchang) can be returned to him peacefully, and by the way, can they sell him some arms, are there several arms ships in the waters of Saigon?"

A staff officer immediately nodded: "Yes, most of them are light infantry weapons, including French, Italian, and Soviet infantry equipment, including a small number of mortars and infantry guns, and the price given to us by Germany is extremely low, almost like giving it away for nothing......"

"That's because these things are not expensive in Europe in the first place, and then they are still trophies or obsolete products, of course, they can't be sold at a price, the Führer doesn't care, and Admiral Horiyoshi is very good at doing business." Ishihara smiled slightly, "Pick out the submachine guns and leave them for our troops, and sell the rest to Chiang and the local powerful warlords in China - such as the Gui and Yunnan factions, and go to North Indochina for delivery, and after the delivery, the ships will go to the Philippines as soon as possible to pick up the new infantry division." ”

Tada asked, "How much do you plan to reduce the number of Chinese troops?" ”

"The infantry divisions and regiments should be controlled within 12, with eight independent mixed brigades attached, and the scattered chariot corps of each unit should be assembled, and then some personnel from the mainland should be transferred to form two new chariot brigades -- according to Yamashita-kun's suggestion, the strength of the flying group can continue to be strengthened, and the area west of Wuhan in central China can be considered for sale to the Chiang regime and the Communist Party, and Okamura-kun will be responsible for the specific operation." After thinking about it seriously, Ishihara said, "The total strength must be reduced to less than 500,000 by the end of this year, the proportion of ordinary army divisions and regiments must be reduced, and the thickness and proportion of technical weapons must be increased. ”

"There will be a lot of disagreement on the part of the Chinese military."

"Disagreement? Wow. Ishihara smiled fiercely, "Those who obey the route of the base camp will go to India to send troops to promote and make a fortune; If they are not convinced, they don't need to go to the reserves, and they are directly sent to defend the islands in the South Seas, such as to places like Gilbert, so that they can taste the artillery fire of the US army. ”

Tada Jun gasped: "The one who reacted the most fiercely now is your old classmate Isamu Yokoyama. ”

"Yokoyama...... Hahaha. Ishihara laughed, "It's easy, I'll convince him." ”

"What about the Kwantung Army?"

"Give them the establishment and equipment of 3 new tank divisions and 2 flying divisions, and let them free up 6 infantry divisions and regiments for the country, half of each of A and B."

"Are you going to throw so many troops into India?" Tada Jun was taken aback, "I'm afraid the supplies won't be enough." ”

"Not all of them went to India, some of the soldiers returned to China and went to the factories for demobilization, and the industrial workers of the navy also had to be returned to them. In the end, the size of India's dispatch army of 200,000-250,000 people is okay (excluding the direction of Burma), and the era of relying on large numbers to fight wars has gradually passed, and technical weapons will eventually replace the role of people. Ishihara smiled slightly, "New tactics, new equipment, new routes, don't Tada-kun want to be an innovator?" Create the foundation of the imperial kingdom for all generations? ”

Tada Jun was said that there is no harm if there is no comparison: compared to China, India is not only richer, better located, and extremely easy to rule, but in this case, if you have to insist on suffering in China, your brain must be completely broken.

On August 8, the Tokyo base camp sent a telegram, agreeing that the Indian Dispatch Army sent the second batch of troops and 4 divisions into India, and at the same time assigned the 3 divisions of the Burmese Front to Yamashita Fengwen to command and adjust the combat sequence: the Indian Dispatch Army is divided into two parts: the Burmese Front Army and the Indian Front Army, the commander of the Burmese Front remains unchanged, the commander of the Indian Front Army is concurrently served by Yamashita Fengfumi, and is organized into the 3rd Mecha Army, and the original 4th Chariot Division is reorganized into the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd independent tank brigades. The rank remained the same as that of lieutenant general, and Takeda was promoted to the rank of major general brigade commander of the 33rd Tank Brigade.

What particularly stunned everyone was that the 11th Army of the Chinese Dispatch Army was disbanded, most of the troops were transferred to other armies, and Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama was ordered to return home. However, the confusion lasted only one day, and the next day the headquarters reissued the order, and Isamu Yokoyama was appointed commander of the South Indian Front, preparing to lead the remaining four divisions in the Philippines to India to support.

Ishihara, who knew his old classmates well, knew that the other party jumped out to oppose the withdrawal and did not really think that China was better than India, but he seized the opportunity to perform for fear of losing the opportunity to make contributions and climb up, and sure enough, Yokoyama Yui arrived in Tokyo, Ishihara Waner showed him the letter of appointment and the other party happily obeyed, not even half a word of nonsense, and finally asked Iimura, who was the president of the Army University at the time, to go to drink with him (the three of them were collectively called the 21st issue of Miyu Wu), and the entire army ministry and the staff headquarters looked stupid.

The Army's move seems to have clear ideas and logic, but the Navy's move is incomprehensible: instead of rushing to reinforce the Gilbert Islands, Admiral Horikichi led the main fleet to sweep through Australia and New Zealand, and the day after Yokoyama's appointment, the combined fleet after ravaging Sydney and Brisbane turned southeast and began to attack New Zealand.

In the process of attacking Sydney and Brisbane, the U.S. Army and Australian Air Forces fought hard to block it, forcing the Combined Fleet to pay a big price, the Shozuru was hit by a torpedo, although it did not affect the operation, but the speed slowed down to a maximum of only 26 knots, and the Kirishima (King Kong class) ate 2 bombs and lost 2 main guns, which looked miserable; The most unfortunate of all was the light cruiser Yura, which was hit by a bomb, then rammed the destroyer Kuroshio (Yangyan-class) in a rapid evasion, and finally sank both of them, as well as a transport ship and an oil tanker, although there was not much oil on it.

Of course, the losses of Australia, New Zealand and the US military were not small, and more than 300 planes were lost one after another, which was almost close to Arnold's estimate that the 7th Air Force had been exhausted -- a loss of 75 percent of the total strength. Even this did not shake Hori's resolve, and he insisted on directing the fleet to New Zealand - neither returning home nor to the Gilbert Islands.

This decision made King Fushimi Miyahiro in Tokyo angry, but he couldn't do anything about Horikichi. What's even funnier is that the fleets commanded by Kurita, Mikawa, and Tsunoda also pretended to keep the radio silent and did not bird the orders of the military command department, but Horiyoshi carried out the orders to the letter: Kurita's transport fleet sent ships to deliver arms, especially heavy artillery, to the islands of the South Seas, and was honored by the South Sea Army as the "Vice Admiral of the Sending Weapons" - the most cordial admiral; Mikawa's fleet was preparing to cover the second group of troops entering India, while Tsunoda's three-air battle was preparing to converge with the main force of the Combined Fleet...... (To be continued.) )