Chapter 051: Britain and the United States ask for help
The Japanese attack was very smooth, the British army was caught off guard, and retreated, at this time the British army reflected that it was not the aborigines who were fooling, let alone rebelling, listening to the sound of the ghost crying wolf, the British who had a little insight knew that it was the shouts of the Japanese.
The British did not think that the natives rebelled in this matter, and imitated the Japanese shouts to scare them, and the sound of guns and guns and shouts of killing by the British army could determine that the number of Japanese troops was very large.
By the time the British troops in the city hurried to reinforce them, the outskirts of Cuttack had already been captured, and the British army had not formed an effective resistance, and the Japanese troops were directly killed along the streets to the city government, and the Indian traitors used radio to tell the residents that the Japanese army was coming, and India was about to become independent, and there was no longer any need to be oppressed by the British.
Anyone who has been to India knows that Indians are a freak, they rarely build more than three storey houses, basically one floor, just like ancient China single-storey big tiled houses, of course, Indian houses cannot be compared with China.
Therefore, when the Japanese army attacked, the Indian army could not find a stronger place to form an effective defensive line. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Indian troops in the city surrendered to the Japanese army one after another, and the Indian traitors had already shouted to them that the Indians would not fight the Indians, but only the British, and the British would be driven out and India would become independent.
The Indian army, which was frightened by the massacre of the Japanese army in Burma, could not care so much at this time, the British themselves were like headless flies, running around, if they did not surrender, they would be killed immediately, the Japanese firepower was too fierce. Whether or not he will be killed in the future is a matter for the future.
The Japanese casualties were less than 100 people, and after an hour they completely controlled Cuttac, and none of the British regiments escaped, and the airfield was also controlled by the Japanese army, and more than a dozen planes were captured, which were just old-fashioned reconnaissance planes, but they were also planes, and in addition, there were a lot of supplies, which solved the supply problem of the Japanese army, which was enough for the Japanese army to fight for three months.
According to the previous deployment, the Japanese army did not commit any offense against India, and immediately supported India to establish an independent government, and the reproach of the surrendered Indian army was changed to the real Indian army.
Hope, the Viceroy of India in New Delhi, had already received a telegram from Wittuck before the fall of Cuttack, and before Hope (Victor Alexander John Hoppe was the Governor of India in 1936) had not yet arrived, and had not yet come to check the authenticity and love the British to report, the Japanese asked the Provisional Government of India in Cuttak to declare independence, and invited people from all walks of life to come to Cuttack to join in opposing British colonial rule.
In fact, it was a call to the Congress, the largest party in India at the time, to join in the rebellion against the British army, and although it was sent out in a hurry, the telegram and radio immediately caused an uproar in the world.
The Japanese government immediately responded by establishing diplomatic relations with the independent government of India. Other countries couldn't believe it, and soon they learned the news that it was the Japanese who landed in India and took Cuttac, and now the Japanese army is still attacking, and the Japanese and the squadron are fighting to the death in Burma, everyone is very strange, how the Japanese went to India without warning.
At the time of departure, a Japanese ship was crowded with Japanese troops, including officers, and the poison was averaged among the soldiers, and if they were discovered, then thousands of people on a ship would die without a place to be buried.
I don't know if the Japanese were lucky or the British were too unlucky, the Chinese government had long warned the British that the Japanese might land on the east coast, and they didn't take precautions.
When Wavell, who was the commander of the Indian army in Imphal, learned that the Japanese army had 100,000 troops landing in Ktak, his face suddenly froze, and one second he was secretly proud that he had severely pitted the Chinese, and this second he finally paid the price for his actions.
If the Chinese people give supplies to China in time, then the offensive of the expeditionary force will inevitably continue, and Yamashita Fengwen may not be able to draw troops to secretly cross Chencang, and Yamashita Fengwen will not feel that the two countries are inseparable, at least they can't use it.
Wavell knew how many supplies there were in Ktak, the supplies there were piled up, and now they were all occupied by the Japanese army, so the 100,000 Japanese troops could hold on for at least two months, even if they could not get the supplies they transported.
But the two months were too uncertain, and now that the Indian independence movement was on the rise, and in August the governor also arrested the anti-British Gandhi Nehru and others, which were opposed by all Indians, and Hope could now be forced to leave his post.
At this juncture, the Japanese army actually had 100,000 people quietly landed, and the British side has always believed that the Japanese army will inevitably take Burma first, and then attack India from Burma, so most of the troops and materials are concentrated in Imphal and other East Indies close to Burma, especially 80% of the British army is concentrated here, India can be described as a defensive emptiness, the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, coupled with the enthusiasm of the Indians for independence, those Indian troops are afraid that they will soon kill officers and surrender to the Japanese army, At that time, as long as the Japanese army supported the Indian army and the British army to fight, the British would have no choice.
As long as the British army is now dealing with Germany in Europe and North Africa, the total number of British troops in India is less than 100,000, and most of the urban Indian indigenous troops are in the city, so how can the British army hold India.
Wavell now feels that he is too presumptuous, if it weren't for the retreat of the ** squadron at his head, then the Japanese army might not have put so many troops into India, they would definitely fight to the death with the ** squadron in Burma, but now it is too late to regret it.
Similar to Wavell's thoughts, there is also the British government, they are now ants on a hot pot, if India loses, forty percent of their material sources will be lost, and there are no free indigenous soldiers as cannon fodder, African soldiers are far worse than Indian soldiers, and at the same time, they are far less obedient than Indian soldiers, and if they fight with the German army in the future, then it will be completely up to the British to die with the German army, is there so many people in Britain, or after this war, if other countries want to annex Britain's overseas colonies, what can Britain resist? I am afraid that even the movement for colonial independence could not be stopped.
The British government and the U.S. government regretted this very much, they believed that as long as the squadron fought hard in the front, just like the beginning, then the Japanese army would not send people to India to die, but the squadron did not have enough ammunition now, so the attack was slow, and the Japanese army now obviously wanted to drag the squadron and wait for the chaos in India.
Britain and the United States had to take responsibility for their own prosperity and swallow this bitter pill, and now they had to turn their attention again to the expeditionary force, because this was the only army that could break the siege.
Soon Britain and the United States asked their ambassadors to China to discuss how to break the siege, and if the British and American people lost India, then the squadron in Burma would be surrounded by the Japanese army on both sides, and the squadron would not be able to get supplies, so the Chinese government would definitely agree to help.
Although the British government hopes that the squadron will help, they cannot accept the squadron to fight independently, and they do not want the Burmese incident to be repeated in India, so the British government sternly told the British ambassador to China that after the squadron enters India, it must accept the command and jurisdiction of the British army.
Chiang Kai-shek didn't expect that Britain and the United States would also beg for their own day, and originally wanted to be tough, but after the analysis of Britain and the United States, coupled with the promise of a large number of materials, and some irrelevant technologies, Chiang Kai-shek still compromised, although Chiang Kai-shek was tougher than in history, but the haze of long-term oppression by Britain and the United States still stayed in his mind.
In the end, the two sides finalized the decision to send 7-80,000 men to the expeditionary force under the command of the British army to fight against the Japanese army in India.
Britain and the United States were very happy to leave and want to report to China, originally they thought it would be difficult, but they didn't expect it to be easy to do, originally they looked down on Chiang Kai-shek, and now they despise Chiang Kai-shek.
Britain and the United States originally thought that it would be very difficult, but they did not expect it to be done so quickly, they commended the ambassadors of the two countries, and then the three countries sent a report to the expeditionary force together, asking the expeditionary force to organize an army of 7-80,000 people to prepare for India, the deadline is five days, the materials do not have to be brought, and the British will send out.
At the same time, the United States also asked Stilwell to supervise, but not long after they sent the telegram, the expeditionary force replied that the expeditionary force could draw two divisions of troops to support, and there would be no more.
Britain and the United States did not expect that Chiang Kai-shek would agree, and the expeditionary force would dare to disobey orders, this is unimaginable, is Wei Lihuang crazy! Of course not.
Since the start of the war, Wang Hanzhang has been staying in Mandalay, how to say that he is also a staff officer, and he can't run around when he fights, and after the war starts, Wang Hanzhang naturally pays attention to the movements of the Japanese army at all times.
The Japanese army actually filmed a large army and ran to India at the risk of annihilation, and the key is that it was like entering a no-man's land, Wang Hanzhang immediately thought that the British would definitely ask China in the end, such a good opportunity, Wang Hanzhang must not miss it, this time if he does not slaughter him fiercely, I am afraid that there will be no chance in the future.
More arsenals have been built in China, even if India is lost, Wang Hanzhang believes that China can support the landing of the United States, Wang Hanzhang does not think that the United States will make peace with Japan in the case of dominance, if the United States does not have a nuclear bomb, China surrenders again, maybe it will, but the United States nuclear bomb will soon come out, as long as China holds on, it will not perish.
Wang Hanzhang already has a perfect plan in his heart, which can ensure the safety of China, so this time he will definitely kill Britain and the United States, and he can't be led by the nose by Britain and the United States, China is not afraid of him now.
If the British are willing to die in the country, then China can only admit it, but Wang Hanzhang believes that the British do not have the courage, who wants to die in the country!
The Americans don't want to see that kind of situation happen, Wang Hanzhang just wants a little material and technology, and Wang Hanzhang will definitely not let the expeditionary force go to death, and the British are gnawing bread in the back, drinking milk and coffee, watching the expeditionary force and the Japanese desperately.