Chapter 061: The British Evacuate
Myanmar has a lot of wood, especially the hardwood suitable for making the butt is everywhere, so the rifle saves valuable metal, the butt adapts to the wood, and there is also a foldable butt for special forces.
Wang Hanzhang's military industry is currently the first to develop a rifle, which has been finalized, as long as it is produced, in addition to the heavy machine gun Wang Hanzhang intends to imitate the MG42 general-purpose machine gun, and the submachine gun imitates Thompson, if the technicians have a better one, of course, it can also be produced, but at present, due to limited technology and funds, it will not invest a lot of manpower and material resources in research and development for the time being.
In terms of artillery, it is mainly imitation, and then there is the development of rocket artillery, so that it is possible to concentrate on the development of the most important artillery.
In addition, Wang Hanzhang focuses on the development of helicopters, although he does not understand at all, but the general theory and direction Wang Hanzhang is still very clear, as long as more relevant scientists and technicians are found, I believe that the development of the problem is not big, as for the engine, Wang Hanzhang has dismantled a P-40 and P51 aircraft, several scholars and students in mechanical power are studying the power problem, Wang Hanzhang does not have too many requirements, just hope that they can imitate the engine, Wang Hanzhang feels that this should be difficult enough, Asking too much is counterproductive, so let them fumble first.
The other is the research and development of the bazooka, this thing is small can hit tanks, big is rockets, can be launched directly in the future, there can also be small models installed on airplanes or helicopters to fight planes and tanks is very effective, almost can reach 100 shots.
In January 1943, Soviet Russia, which won the Battle of Stalingrad in history, was still struggling to support at this time, but the German army was unable to fight anymore.
However, although the German army could not fight, Soviet Russia did not have the ability to counterattack, and the initiative on the battlefield was still firmly controlled by the German army.
If the combat effectiveness of the German army was 100 when the morale of the German army was at its highest, then the combat effectiveness has never exceeded 50 now, so the two sides have entered a phase of stalemate, each accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.
For the Germans, they could finally rest, except for duty, everything else could hide in the warm barracks to warm the fire to keep warm. But Soviet Russia was different, most of them had to prevent a sneak attack by the German army, in addition, their supplies were scarce, and their morale was even more low, they did not know when they would be able to defeat the German army.
Before Wang Hanzhang analyzed that Soviet Russia could achieve victory, but in fact it was a tie at most, and many people were pessimistic that Soviet Russia might not be able to withstand the German offensive next year.
Stalin also asked Britain and the United States to quickly land from France and attack Germany together, but Britain did not agree, and now India is in turmoil, after the security of the homeland is guaranteed, Britain wants to keep India the most, and the British high-level agreed that India must not be lost, otherwise the British Empire can only be reduced to a second-rate country even if it wins the war, they can't go from a superpower to a second-rate country all at once, they can't accept it.
On the Indian side, the territory of the Japanese army is now getting bigger and bigger, and almost everywhere the Japanese army goes, the British army is fleeing, and the Indian natives are very brave this time.
It is said that Gandhi, Nehru and others were arrested after opposing the British in August, and were later released, but after the Japanese army landed in India, they quickly supported an Indian regime, and Gandhi and others were arrested by the British again before they could escape, and the British forced Gandhi to declare that they did not support the pro-Japanese Indian government and declared them illegal. However, in the light of such gratifying results, Gandhi, who has always promoted the "non-violent non-cooperation movement", also supported the armed seizure of power this time.
Gandhi refused to cooperate with the British, and the British had no choice but to threaten the Indians with the lives of Gandhi and others. However, Gandhi was killed by an Indian, and Nehru fled shortly after.
As soon as Gandhi died, Nehru became the biggest beneficiary, because in the Indian National Congress party, Gandhi was the highest and most powerful.
There are different theories about Gandhi's death, the Indians said that the British killed their Mahatma, the British said that Gandhi was killed by the Indians, and the murderer behind the scenes was Nehru, and soon after Nehru escaped, he arrived in the area controlled by the Japanese army, which is enough to prove everything, it must be Nehru who was greedy for power, so he killed Gandhi and replaced Gandhi.
Western media analysis believes that Gandhi may not have decided to help Britain or Japan, but Nehru can't wait, so he instructed his men to kill Gandhi, and then deny it to the British, and he can replace Gandhi with his prestige in India, and then he defected to Japan, Japan in order to fight the Allies, so it is very necessary to have a very prestigious person to be a puppet, Nehru defected.
At present, the anti-British government of India, with the help of the Japanese army, has taken control of Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and their western state of Echattisgarh south of the Ganges, and part of Andhra Pradesh in the south has also fallen into the hands of Japan and India, so it can be said that the east coast of India has been under the control of the Japanese army.
The Japanese army continued to arm the Indian army with captured weapons and ammunition, and at the same time, the Indian army was constantly influenced by the propaganda of Japan and India, and joined Nehru's anti-British government one after another, especially Gandhi's death seriously stimulated the Indians, and the Indians who were still waiting and watching chose to support the Japanese and anti-British government.
The strength of the Japanese army and the Indian army did not seem to be superior, and the weapons and equipment were not superior, but everywhere they went, there were welcome Indians, while the expeditionary force and the British army were in an embarrassing situation, especially the expeditionary force was unfamiliar with the place, and the British could not be sure, which made the expeditionary force seem to be very lonely.
The Japanese and Indian armies are currently fighting fiercely in the northern part of Andhra Pradesh on the southern front and Madhya Pradesh on the western front, the eastern part of Maharashtra and the Anglo-Indian China, and the Indians are better than the power of the people, so although the allied forces on the battlefield have a little advantage, they are very passive in strategy, and the supplies are often attacked, even in the rear, there is no place to check, and it is useless for the British to get angry.
The repeated battlefield defections of the Indians made the Chinese and British troops very passive, and no one dared to believe the Indian soldiers.
Wang Hanzhang repeatedly persuaded the British to bomb the industrial area of Calcutta, the industrial area here is the largest industrial area in India, and it is rich in resources, if it is developed by the Indians, it will be enough for the British, but the British are reluctant, they have developed for hundreds of years, they believe that they will soon be able to take it back, if it is blown up, then I don't know how long it will take to build, the British are now the most short of materials, they are reluctant to blow it up.
Wang Hanzhang is really helpless about this, he is incompetent and can't hold it, and he stays there to support the enemy, this is the British, the selfish, arrogant and arrogant British, if they really have the ability, they will not go from the Malay Peninsula to Burma, and then flee to India.
Wang Hanzhang could already imagine the rout of the British army, and the expeditionary force might be framed again, Wang Hanzhang had to remind Du Yuming once again that if it really didn't work, he would withdraw it, don't be calculated by the British, the British have always liked to come to this hand, and the enemy has not yet fallen, and he has already begun to calculate his allies.
Wang Hanzhang also had plans in Burma, Wang Hanzhang first told the British that the situation on the battlefield was not optimistic, and it was better to evacuate the British non-military and political personnel in various parts of India, so as not to lose the war again, and these people became prisoners of the Japanese army, and perhaps used them to blackmail the British.
The British received Wang Hanzhang's telegram and vomited blood angrily, isn't this clearly looking down on Britain, the British secretly waited for the situation to settle down and wanted the Chinese to look good, and there were more than 100,000 expeditionary forces, and when the British army arrived, these people would immediately become cannon fodder.
However, the British look at the current situation, and the Indians are one-sided with Japan, so the situation is really difficult to say, and they can't get along with anyone and their own people.
The British finally decided to evacuate all the important military and political personnel, especially the British on the east side of the Brahmaputra River, although close to Burma and with squadrons stationed, the British never believed in the Chinese, they only believed in themselves, even if they were so incompetent.
And Wang Hanzhang also hoped that the British would evacuate this area, but he was embarrassed to speak directly, lest the British discover his scheme. That's right, Wang Hanzhang hopes to expand the territory of his empire to the Brahmaputra River in the future, which is the place where Wang Hanzhang wants to seize no matter what, and only after controlling the area on the east bank of the river can Wang Hanzhang feel safe.
What's more, there is a large oil field near southern Tibet, Wang Hanzhang has coveted it for a long time, although there are oil fields in Myanmar, but the amount is not large, and now there are oil fields on the side that are not occupied, do you want to spend money to buy them in the future! Therefore, in any respect, Wang Hanzhang must seize all the territory on the east bank of the Brahmaputra River, especially strategically important.
Wang Hanzhang saw that the British had already started to evacuate civilians, priests, etc., and he was happy in his heart, thanks to the Japanese, if it wasn't for the Japanese to intervene in India, Wang Hanzhang didn't know how to snatch this place, maybe it would have been delayed for many years, and now that the British have withdrawn, there is a vacuum of rights to stay, and Wang Hanzhang's people will immediately take it over, and when the time comes, they are trying to find an excuse to squeeze out the remaining British.