Chapter 606: Japan's Troubled Waters, Introduced to India
March 20, 1943. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Harbin.
A page on the table on the trail was information from the Soviet Union. Seeing the news of the fall of Stalingrad and the beginning of street fighting in Leningrad, Xiaolu had mixed feelings.
Leningrad was besieged, and the fall was inevitable.
Stalingrad was the most Soviet-controlled city to the west. Only one strip of land on the eastern side of Stalingrad was still in Soviet hands, and both its northern and southern flanks fell. The location is so prominent, the fall is inevitable. If the troops do not withdraw, then there is a besieged city, like Leningrad.
It is conceivable that after the fall of Stalingrad, the strip of land on its eastern flank would soon be occupied by the Germans. If it doesn't work out, the Soviet Union will be completely finished.
One of the most important means of safeguarding China's future interests is to suppress the power of the Soviet Union and the United States. The reason is simple: the Soviet Union and the United States hurt China the most in the post-war system. Because of the great power chauvinism of the Soviet Union, Outer Mongolia, Outer Northeast and other places were lost. Because of the hegemony of the United States, China's Taiwan was lost. In Korea, China went to war with the U.S. military in extremely difficult circumstances.
At the beginning of World War II, American envoys visited the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union demanded that the United States enter the war immediately, but the United States only talked about aid. The conclusion of the US investigation shows that the Soviet Union is indeed ready to fight Germany for a long time, and the Soviet Union is also determined to fight Germany to the end.
On the other hand, the conclusion of the US investigation of China was far from ideal, and the old Chiang government only wanted to get aid, and only wanted to let the US military enter China to fight and retain its own strength. This is why the United States did not want to make Asia the main object of assistance, but chose the ideological enemy, the Soviet Union.
However, over-suppressing the Soviet Union would make the Nazis sit on the throne. If the Soviet Union really finds itself in a situation from which it will never recover, then China will face an even worse adversary, Germany.
The second disadvantage of over-suppressing the Soviet Union is that after the war, it is very likely that the United States will be in a big position, which is even more unfavorable to China. Because Britain will not restrain the United States. After the war, the United States and a series of satellite countries will be in a situation against China, and if there is armed intervention, China's interests will suffer even greater losses.
For this reason, Xiaolu immediately sent a telegram to Yan'an, suggesting that preparations for the war against Japan should be started immediately, and that he should always be ready to fight the Japanese army, interrupt the Japanese army's transportation lines, and prevent the Soviet Union from completely annihilating.
Immediately after sending out the telegram of proposals, Koji convened an operational meeting to discuss the issue of war against Japan.
In one winter, the Northeast Allied Army fought the Japanese army with a dead face, which led to the slowdown of the Japanese offensive, and the deterioration of the situation in the Soviet Union was basically the credit of the German family, and the bad situation occurred on the western front of the Soviet Union. If the Northeast Coalition Army slows down, the Japanese army may have a huge impact on the Soviet war situation.
Soon, while everyone was in a meeting, Yan'an called back, asking the Northeast to continue to prepare for war against Japan in accordance with the established policy and wait for orders.
On the surface, the Northeast Coalition Army fought in an entangled war with the Japanese in a few limited places such as Hailanpao, which was very much in line with the impression of Europe and the United States on the Chinese army.
In essence, these wars are basically for the training of new soldiers, and in addition to sporadic assassinations and guerrilla warfare, the preparation for major battles is what the real Northeast Coalition Army has to do.
Preparations for the war against Japan in the northeast began long ago, troops have been assembled in several selected combat sites, and targeted military training has been carried out for several months. Now that the supplies have been fully prepared, an order is almost given.
After half a year of military expansion, the Northeast Coalition Army rapidly expanded to 800,000 people, and if you count the soldiers in the boot camp, there are already more than 900,000 people.
The direction of the attacking Japanese army was concentrated in the directions of Vladivostok, Boehly, Shuangchengzi, Suifenhe, Hailanpao, and Manchuria, and the troops of Outer Mongolia also entered the position. Some of these troops are known to the outside world, and some are not known to the outside world at all.
In addition, the advance troops had already entered the vicinity of the Japanese strongholds, on the other side of the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers, in the mountains and forests, in the remote countryside, and some daring refugees had already arrived on the other side last autumn to serve the lurking troops, lured by debt relief.
Since it is winter, and the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers can be crossed on the ice, Xiaolu's advice to Yan'an also gives that it should not be too late for combat, otherwise it will be difficult to cross the river.
At this time, Li Wei called, and they had infiltrated northern Vietnam.
Another piece of news also came from Indochina, where the Burmese Japanese army attacked India along the recently repaired road, and the Indian, Chinese, and British forces were all defeated.
Half a year ago, the guerrillas spent money to hire people to build roads, and the road construction project was huge, and the guerrillas did not know where to find the food, and the local people came to work for the food.
The highway connects to the Yunnan-Burma Highway in China, turning west without Mandalay and following the valley towards India.
This move of the guerrillas was well received by all levels, and the United States, Britain, and Chongqing were all happy to see their roads completed as soon as possible.
Li Wei's real purpose is only known to him and He Wenyuan, to introduce the disaster water into India and open up a channel to southern Tibet.
India did not like the British, and they felt that the Japanese had played a role in weakening British colonial rule. This idea is in line with the Burmese people.
If the troubles are brought to India, the Japanese elephant will leave a deep mark on India. This is Li Wei's real purpose. The last time Xiaolu came to India, he talked to him about it repeatedly.
At that time, Li Wei felt that his manpower and financial resources were not enough to open up such a large project. As a result, the Americans found out and sent out engineering units to build roads with them.
The sappers of the Americans had a tank that could be used as a bulldozer. Or rather, they have a bulldozer that can be used as a tank. This bulldozer is used to carve out winding mountain roads and is extremely efficient. The British army also sent a unit to build several large and small bridges. The bridge is all made of wood, which is sturdy and durable, and tanks can be walked on the bridge.
If you really fall asleep, come to the pillow.
The Japanese army has known about this road for a long time, and has been quiet, not only not to prevent the Burmese natives from working, but even to connive at it. They believed that the Chinese government wanted to open a passage to India, so they built the road in the name of the guerrillas.
The road was opened in early March, with several wooden bridges along the way. After crossing the mountains, soon to Imphal in India, there is a road built by the British, leading to the depths of India.
March is still the dry season, and the river water level is low, which is conducive to construction and warfare.
In early March, 3,000 Japanese troops attacked India along this road. When the news came, the British regretted it.
After entering India, they first encountered Indian troops, swept away, hundreds of people chased thousands of people, and captured a large amount of supplies. Soon, the Japanese troops, equipped with the equipment of the cars of the Indian army, drove straight in, and soon encountered the British. The British army left a few hundred troops to block it, and the British nobles retreated in a hurry shortly after arriving here from Burma.
After a day of fighting, the British army was defeated.
On the same day, the foreign affairs department of the Japanese army contacted the Indian upper echelons through secret channels, explaining that the purpose of this attack on Bangladesh was to help the Indian people, fight against the British colonialists, and liberate the Indian people from the oppression of the colonizers. It is hoped that the Indian people will cooperate with the Japanese army.
They did not say whether they had territorial ambitions for India.
After two days of pursuit, they encountered the Chinese expeditionary force. The expeditionary force was training here, and the battle lasted for several days, with casualties on both sides. With the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the Chinese Expeditionary Force had no choice but to retreat due to the defeat of the British and Indian troops on the flanks. At this time, the combat effectiveness of the expeditionary force was greatly improved, but the comrades-in-arms were like pigs, and there was no way.
At this time, the Japanese army entered India for 5,000, in addition to occupying LinkedIn Parr, but also occupied a part of Bengal, the whole India shook, as if hot water was poured into the anthill, several troops fled for their lives, and tens of millions of Indians fled westward.
The whole country of India was shaken, and there were endless high-level debates, some advocating peace, others advocating more allied troops. The wealthy upper echelons have begun to pack up and flee to Britain and the United States.
The Japanese army quickly reached the upper echelons of the occupied zone. The occupation zone is East Bengal, and almost all of the upper echelons are there. When they heard that as long as they surrendered, a government could be established, and these people were moved.
Bangladesh is divided into East Bengal and West Bengal, and there are deep contradictions between the two countries due to their cultural differences, differences in religious beliefs, and the British policy of divide and rule.
East Bengal received a signal from the Japanese army, and many upper echelons thought that they wanted to contact and cooperate with the Japanese army. Some of the upper echelons were vested interests in British colonial rule, and they were afraid of the Japanese army and opposed cooperation with it.
West Bengal had not yet come into contact with the Japanese army, and people were panicking.
Soon, the upper echelons of East and West Bengal began to flee, leading to the exodus of civilians.
A large amount of supplies stored throughout Imphal all fell into the hands of the Japanese army. The results of the battle were so great that the Japanese themselves did not expect them.
Because the rainy season was coming, the Japanese army did not dare to rush in, occupied LinkedIn Pal, grabbed grain, and grabbed the road and fortifications. There is intelligence that the Japanese army's plans have been adjusted, and they are to prepare forces to expand the occupation of India.
At the same time, there was also information that the upper echelons of India had begun to make contact with the Japanese army.
For a time, the fall of parts of India caused a huge impact on the Allied camp. People from all walks of life have criticized the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the British troops stationed in India.
When the news of the Japanese attack on India reached the northeast, it did not cause any waves, and only a few people secretly rejoiced that the disaster had succeeded in leading the water to the west.
Koji has a knot in India's heart, and that is the attitude of Britain towards Japan. At the military tribunal for the Far East, Indian judges took the lead in promoting the innocence of the Japanese and did not agree to sentence war criminals to death. Decades later, the Japanese still remembered this Indian judge, and even made a statue of him.
This time, the Japanese army invaded India, although the invasion was in the territory of Bangladesh in later generations, but after all, it caused a wave of refugees in India.