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Chapter 1531 backfired

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An Yi was a little surprised when he received Song Meiling's invitation telegram, but thinking that it had been almost four months since he left Nanjing, it was estimated that Chiang Kai-shek had something he wanted to say to him in person.

At present, South China's international status is somewhat special, and France, threatened by Germany's aggressive momentum, has been unable to come up with a plan to deal with the Republic of South China for a long time, and has insisted on sending troops to conscription and advocating that troops should be placed on the Franco-German border to guard against Germany's southward advance.

On the one hand, because of the independence of South China, they feel that their self-esteem has been greatly damaged, and they believe that this kind of behavior must be resolutely and decisively stopped, otherwise the entire global colonial system of France will collapse; On the other hand, the French were unwilling to shed the blood of French youth for the sake of the colonies.

What's more, many people have different opinions from morning to night. For example, on the way to work in the morning, when I heard the speeches of politicians who insisted on sending troops on the radio, I felt that my blood was boiling, my patriotic feelings were vigorous, and I hated to immediately join the army and go to the front to fight against the rebel Annam natives and Chinese; And in the afternoon, I heard the exposition of the parliamentarians who advocated the peaceful settlement of the dispute, indicating that the squadron can dispatch thousands of bombers at one time, in addition to thousands of fighters to escort the aircraft, if more than 2,000 fighters flew over France, just the shadow cast by the fighters is enough to cover the sky over the entire city of Paris, questioning how many fleets and soldiers need to be sent to complete the almost impossible task of recovering Annam? Hearing this, those who were still full of enthusiasm in the morning and ready to shed their blood for the motherland felt chills in their vests, and quickly changed their views, feeling that there was no need to go all the way to fight in the Far East, where there was no rear support, and that the protection of the homeland was still the first priority.

For the French, South China was too far away from them, and the loss there would not affect the security of the French mainland, but if the Germans took advantage of the fact that France sent troops to Annam and suddenly launched an attack on France, it would be a major event for the loss of the country. Moreover, France still has a large number of prisoners of war in the hands of the South China government, and no one dares to guarantee that they will not use this as a threat at a critical time, and now the families of these captives are demonstrating in front of the parliament and the government every day, demanding that the government rescue their relatives as soon as possible, and they are also an important force against armed crusade.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, the majority of the French still insisted that it was really inappropriate to send troops to conduct conquest at this time, and it was more appropriate to adopt political and economic suppression and false intimidation to force the South Chinese government to make concessions. As for whether Nanhua will give in, that's another matter.

It is precisely because of the hesitation of the French government and army in the face of the opposition of a large number of people and members of parliament, as well as its lack of confidence in its own strength, that France's allies and the Commonwealth countries with which France has signed mutual assistance agreements cannot express any opinion on the establishment of South China.

On the contrary, the countries of the dollar system led by the United States, seeing the beginning of the founding of the South China People's Republic of China, announced that they would gradually implement the multilateral trading system in the next two to three years, after the political situation and financial system were stabilized, and advocated fairness and equal opportunities in international trade. That is, regardless of whether a citizen of a country has the right to freely exchange money, a foreigner should have the right to exchange his currency for other currencies.

These political and economic moves greatly cater to the views of US Secretary of State Hull. The U.S. government is anxious to find a sovereign country with free trade on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, and greatly agrees with South China's proposition, and after communicating with Roosevelt, Hull has already thrown out a bill to establish diplomatic relations with South China in the House of Representatives and the Senate, so that in the context of the economic crisis, American companies can successfully enter South China, which is in ruins, and compete for infrastructure and other big cakes.

With the efforts of Ou Chuer and relevant financial experts, the Central Bank of South China will be formally established in the middle of next month, and An Yi also wants to coordinate the relationship between the Chinese dollar and the fiat currency, the British pound and the US dollar (because the fiat currency is directly pegged to the British pound and is at the same time dominated by the US dollar), and at the same time wants to exchange views with Chiang Kai-shek on the international situation, so he readily agreed, and the reply will go to Nanjing in the near future.

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On March 24, a piece of news came from Bengal, India, that shocked the world:

The 17th Indian Infantry Division of the British Army, which was fighting against the rebels in eastern India, was ambushed by Indian rebel troops in the Gobdoi Lake area, more than 80 kilometers northeast of Chittagong. The Indian rebels built a dam on the high mountain, blocking the flow of water, and when the British army entered the valley under the mountain, the dam was suddenly blasted, and the turbulent torrent instantly scrapped the advanced tanks, armored vehicles and artillery owned by the British team, and at the same time, a large number of British officers and soldiers were swept away by the torrent, and the soaked corpses did not emerge in the Gobdoi Lake until a few days later.

The Anglo-Indian 17th Division was thus completely annihilated, more than 6,000 people were drowned on the spot, and the remaining more than 10,000 frightened British troops were captured by the swarming rebels.

After that, a terrible scene happened: more than 10,000 British prisoners were first escorted to the side of the road south of the Gobdoi Lake area, and under the threat of gunpoint, tens of thousands of crosses were erected in anxiety, and then, all the prisoners were machine-gunfired, broke their legs, and then were cut off ***, and all of them were crucified.

When the news broke, it shocked the whole world.

Prior to this, the British government had realized its mistake and was consulting and negotiating with the leaders of the Indian Congress Party who were imprisoned in prison, demanding that the Congress Party fulfill its role as the "ruling party" as soon as possible and quell the rebellion.

Just when the British and Indian colonial authorities were preparing to release the leaders of the Congress Party, such shocking news came that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax could hardly believe that all this was true, but soon, the major newspapers and magazines used vivid examples and detailed photographs to tell the naïve Prime Minister and Foreign Minister that the matter had happened and that the prestige of the British Empire was being brutally trampled on.

It didn't take long for London, Birmingham, Manchester and other cities to be quickly filled with crowds, especially the British who had lost their loved ones, all of them were naked and crazy, crying and complaining about the incompetence of the government and the army, and strongly demanding revenge on the barbaric Indians, so that they could understand how terrible it was to offend the most powerful country in the world. Some members of Parliament, such as former Admiral Winston. Churchill took the opportunity to challenge the government's rapprochement with the Congress Party, calling it a shameful surrender and a naked insult to the empire on which the sun never sets!

Under these circumstances, Chamberlain quickly severed ties with the Indian National Congress Party and, at the strong demand of the people, the army and the parliament, decided to take extreme measures against India.

On 26 March, after dispatching four divisions to recover the corpses of Paoze in the Gobdoi Lake area, the British publicly executed 36,497 rebel soldiers captured in the previous battle in Chittagong, cut off their heads, and built four pyramid-like Jingguan outside Chittagong City, and at the same time, hung up 927 Congress Party and religious leaders in the Chittagong area and crucified them in the Balua area southwest of Lake Gobudoy as revenge for the rebels' atrocities.

The revenge of the British *** team is like opening Pandora's box.

In any case, the British are only a minority in India, and the South Asian subcontinent, as a huge colony with 250 million people, has an absolute population advantage over the British.

In Maharashtra, Karataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and other places that had been stabilized, national uprisings once again burst into flames, colonial governments were overthrown by armed mobs, and India was like a stormy wrecked ship, once again attracting the attention of the world.