Chapter 1210: The Sorrow of a Weak Country
"Mahatma Gandhi, hehehe......" Lin Sen couldn't help but sneer as he looked at the telegram sent back from Li Zongren. This Mahatma Gandhi may have been a Mahatma for too long, and he really regarded himself as a holy hero.
He thought that the condition proposed by Li Zongren was to stop the war and preserve India's territorial integrity. He also demanded that Li Zongren not kill Indian soldiers without permission, and of course in return he would make the Indian army give up resistance and accept surrender.
China, on the other hand, will set up a temporary political axe with India under his coordination.
"It's not that he's out of a bad brain, but he's fearless." Yan Zhengqing pushed his glasses and said softly: "Regarding Gandhi, I have investigated his situation. β
"He did have a large following and prestige in India, and it was his restraint that saved Britain from a violent conflict with India. But even so, Bowes gathered his radical faction and found him......"
After a pause, Yan Zhengqing said: "But we must admit that if it weren't for Gandhi's strategy of non-resistance, the British would have suffered a lot. And they will be forced to abandon the Indian ...... earlier"
"Of course, in some ways, Gandhi also avoided the violent upheavals in India and the heavy casualties that could result from the revolution......"
Tu Mengben didn't say anything, he had been quietly listening to Yan Zhengqing's analysis.
Actually, Gandhi's idea was good. In doing so, he was able to avoid the violent upheavals in India and the huge casualties of the revolution. But at the same time, this revolution of his is incomplete ......"
Yan Zhengqing said, and couldn't help sighing: "Revolution is not a dinner party, revolution is to kill heads and shed blood." In ancient and modern times, in China and abroad, there is no change that does not cause turmoil. Looking at history, which drastic change that led to the progress of the country did not have great bloodshed and sacrifice?! β
"It's good to want to avoid sacrifice. But that possibility doesn't exist. If it is forcibly suppressed, then the consequence is that the revolution is also incomplete, and the conflict will be more violent......"
Yan Zhengqing's words made Tu Mengben couldn't help but be shocked! Isn't that the case in India?! Their reading power was derived from Gandhi and the last Viceroy of India, Louis Gandhi. Viscount Mountbatten negotiated, not revolutionized.
Gandhi would rather divide India into India and Pakistan than use violence to revolutionize his homeland. What this has brought about is the incomparable hatred and endless conflict between India and Pakistan in later generations.
Until later, India and Pakistan did not regard each other as their compatriots. For each other, they are eager to come out quickly.
"The incompleteness of the revolution has brought about the appropriation of interests by the old strata. At the same time, the new class also has its own interests. The conflict between the two sides will lead to constant chaos in the country......"
"And the old vested interests, they have not been cleaned up. This will lead to them still encroaching on the interests of the country, and even controlling the country openly and covertly, so that the country will continue to short......"
Tu Mengben sighed, Yan Zhengqing's analysis was to the point. Isn't that what India will be like in the future?! Under the caste system, the whole country looks like a so-called "boiled **", but in fact, the solidification of class brings the state lifeless.
The elites are still playing with power, and the poor who have nothing are still nothing. By 2002, Tu remembered the World Health Organization's alarming reports on life expectancy and infant mortality in India.
According to the report released at the time, the average life expectancy in India was 60.8 years, with the average life expectancy of women being 61.7 years. India's "health index" is 51.4 years old.
And the child mortality rate is even more alarming. According to a WHO report at the time, for every 1,000 newborn children in India, one child with a male surname dies within five years of birth.
And the situation of the republic at that time, Tu Mengben still had some impressions. In the 10 years from 1960 to 1970, life expectancy increased from 36 to 62 years, and in 1975 it reached 65 years.
The interests of the old classes control India, and they are reluctant to change the caste system. They don't even want the poor to get an education.
The poor, who make up the majority of the population, are not guaranteed basic medical care, food, and even the most basic education. Please note that it is the basic, the most basic and the most basic.
There is no electricity, no running water, the landlords in rural India are their own electricity, and the mobile phones in rural India in later generations are popular, but there are few places to charge, and they generally have to go to the charging station, so it led to the later Chinese copycat machine becoming the most popular model.
Hinduism, under the influence of Gandhi and the impetus of certain aristocrats with ulterior motives, has been integrated into the blood of almost all Indians. It has become a part of India and can no longer be separated in the case of the Hereafter.
And a group of poor people who don't have any basic knowledge, are poor, and even have to be controlled by the local aristocracy in their own lives and deaths, what do you think their so-called "cooking vote" will look like?!
Tu Mengben once had the privilege of seeing a group of poor people who were told who to vote for and which box to vote for. Then the votes all went into that box. There were no surprises.
Of course, there are still "dishes to cook". For example, their noble patriarch is not hereditary, and will be re-elected after the old noble chief leaves office, but remember: only those who have noble status can run.
Of course, those magical literati and writers in China in later generations will directly ignore this part. They will keep praising India, saying, "India is an additive society, all kinds of ways of life, whatever you want, as long as you don't offend the gods." β
As everyone knows, in rural India, as long as the aristocratic chief does not agree, the two families cannot even get married. And lynchings in India are extremely severe, but they generally do not cause deaths and are not questioned by the police.
Even if death is caused, people will still let it out after the limelight passes. For example, in later generations, a 20-year-old girl in the tribal area of West Bengal Province in India was lynched by a tribal leader for associating with a non-tribal man.
And the punishment method is to be ** by the leader himself with more than ten people leading her! This kind of thing, which seemed inconceivable to later generations, abounds in rural India.
But some poets are still chanting, "By the standards of China's official cityscape, India can be described as 'dirty and messy.'" But people are generally reassured, simple, kind, and honest. Temples, shrines everywhere ......"
Of course, the brother would not have known that the National Crime Statistics Department of India reported that in 2010 there were 8,391 cases of brides being burned to death due to insufficient dowry, which means that every 90 minutes a bride was killed because the dowry for her husband was not enough.
This is what the old man called "the so-called dirty and messy things are all things, and people are ...... above the material".
"Zhichang, then how do you think we should respond to this 'Mahatma'?!" Lin Sen didn't care what would happen to India, and Lin Sen didn't care if the country was down or strong.
An elephant doesn't care if the ants are strong or not. Unless, of course, the ants are genetically mutated to become as huge as the lion. Otherwise, it will be difficult for him to get the attention of an elephant.
"Although Gandhi was hailed as a 'Mahatma,' he was an idealist and not a fool. If we can hit New Delhi, it means that we won't do that. Yan Zhengqing pushed his glasses and said with a smile: "He made a price, and we just paid the price." Now we have more cards in our hands than he has, and he has no other cards in his hole except to sacrifice the whole of India. β
"In that case, why don't we ask for a higher price?!" Yan Zhengqing said, and said with a slight smile: "It's not a bad thing to use him to let us govern India more smoothly......
"Of course, in order to be more stable, some unstable factors still need to be removed......"
Li Zongren had already driven into New Delhi, and he was impatient to bargain with the "Mahatma Gandhi". After sending the telegram to **, he demanded that his army must now enter New Delhi.
Any resistance, he will see it as an attack. He will not hesitate to launch a counterattack.
"In three minutes, I'll have my troops in New Delhi! If there is any resistance, then I will consider it a declaration of war. A temporary ceasefire will end! Li Zongren looked at Gandhi coldly and said, "When the time comes, I will let my army set foot in New Delhi." Don't think we can't do it! β
Gandhi, merely the Mahatma of Indians. He is not yet the Mahatma of the Wehrmacht, so his influence is limited to that. And Gandhi saw that Li Zongren did not laugh.
The starving and murderous Wehrmacht soldiers also made him feel what would happen if he refused.
In desperation, Gandhi had no choice but to ask Nehru to go back and make everyone lay down their arms. However, just over a dozen minutes later, the Southeast Asian coalition led by the National Defense Forces directly occupied New Delhi.
Li Zongren soon entered the Delhi Palace in New Delhi, where he set up camp. At the same time, martial law was declared for the whole of New Delhi. Of course, at the same time, he announced that the negotiations would continue.
"Mr. Gandhi, I know your position in India. I respect you too, but I also want you to know that we're not the declining Brits, and don't try to fool us. β
After ordering martial law, Li Zongren looked coldly at Gandhi and Nehru, who hurried back, and said: "The Southeast Asian coalition forces here only have less than 50,000 Wehrmacht troops. And as long as I need it, then more than a million regular troops of the Wehrmacht can be driven from China at any time. β
"The conditions are reasonable, don't force us to open the killing ring!" Li Zongren's words were very direct, he didn't look at the blue and white faces of Nehru and the others, and said: "As long as you pay attention to the newspaper, you know what we have done." β
Gandhi kept his head down and did not speak. He knew that what Li Zongren said was the truth. The Wehrmacht's strategy was now focused on the Soviet Union, where the last of the Axis powers remained.
As long as it is settled there, the war is over. But that doesn't mean the IDF will be helpless against India. The course of the war, Gandhi had been following it all along.
Li Zongren did not exaggerate that the regular army of the Wehrmacht in this Southeast Asian coalition was only 50,000 troops. The remaining 200,000 troops were drawn from Thailand, Burma, and Annam.
These regions have now become vassals of the United Axe by default. Moreover, their armies are also trained and commanded by the Wehrmacht.
The Southeast Asian coalition army, with only 50,000 regular troops, has already crushed the Indian National Army. If it was an influx of millions of defense troops, then what would India look like?!
Gandhi didn't dare to imagine it, he just thought about it and felt that he was seeing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He studied in the UK and can understand English. He had always refused to read newspapers, but he had been reading newspapers about the Wehrmacht all this time.
He had already learned about Ben's tragic situation from the photos published in the newspaper. If this is the end of the book that is more powerful than India, then what kind of situation will India be like, Gandhi shuddered when he thought about it.
"You will not face violence, and my views have never changed." After a long silence, Gandhi said, "If our demands are not granted, then all you get is our disobedience and non-cooperation......
Li Zongren couldn't help but pout when he heard this, is he an idiot?! If you cooperate with me, I will be able to find more collaborators. Rest assured, there are a large number of ordinary people in Southeast Asia and China. Their thirst for land is intense.
You are going to play uncooperative, which is effective for the British, who have a smaller population. But playing this hand on China is no different from looking for death. If you don't do it, I'll find someone else to do it right away.
After three or five years of work, this land is basically mine. It's up to you to do it or not.
"Report! **Incoming call! At this time, the adjutant knocked on the door and walked in, handing the telegram sent by Lin Sen to Li Zongren. The latter looked at it and put it away.
"We have called Chairman of the United Political Axe Lin and the Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces. They agreed to negotiate with you, but they didn't agree to your terms. β
Li Zongren said solemnly: "It is impossible for the temporary political axe to be established, and India will temporarily enter a period of martial law." If you would like to assist us in administering India, we will accept. If we don't want to, we don't force it. β
"But what I would say is that if there is any resistance here, I will choose the most direct way to deal with it." Li Zongren looked at Gandhi and said word by word: "In that area, everyone will be responsible for this." β
"Of course, I don't want to do that. But for the sake of the lives of these warriors under my command, anyone who tries to harm them will have to pay the price in blood! β
Li Zongren hugged his arm, glanced at Bowes and said, "Believe me, because the number of people who died under my hands is definitely more than 100,000." Therefore, it is not difficult for me to count some more lives. β
When Bowes heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Even the most violent period of the British is probably far from the madness of this general. The general's meaning is very clear, if there is resistance anywhere, then he will choose to slaughter it directly!
"You're racial! You're a** guilty! ...... you are," Nehru stood up with great excitement and loudly accused Li Zongren.
And Li Zongren shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows?!" Or rather, who wants to care?! United States? United Kingdom? Or Germany, or Italy?! β
Nehru's voice stopped abruptly, who cares?! Or rather, who wants to care?! Britain and the United States are both allies of China, and India has betrayed its allies.
Nehru would not have been naΓ―ve enough to think that they would ignore their previous suspicions and pay attention to India's ethnicity with humanitarian feelings**. They don't care how many people die in India.
Germany?! Italy?! Not to mention that they are too busy to take care of themselves now, even if they have time, they will not care how many people have died in distant India.
Nehru held his head and sat in his chair in pain, silent. At this time, he realized how far he thought India, which he thought could be strong, was from being strong.
That neighbor, a country with a long history like himself, can be called powerful now?! And India, not even an Asian power......
And Gandhi, who was also silent, felt like his brain had exploded at this time. At this point, he suddenly began to look at the neighboring country around him. At one time, the chaos and revolution that took place there made him feel that this kind of chaos was not feasible.
But at this time, he had to sadly admit that his neighbor had been reborn from the ashes. The chaos of the past has brought extremely serious chaos and damage to a country with a long history like his motherland.
But as the chaos ended, the country began to rise. It's just that in more than ten years, this country has grown into a country that it has to look up to.
They drove away the enemy who invaded them and completely occupied the country that had tried to destroy them. They are in dialogue on an equal footing with the European and American powers, and even the British, whom they regard as their great enemies, have sent their prime ministers to their capitals for visits and consultations.
And what about India?! What is India doing?! India, under its own leadership, has always pursued the philosophy of "non-violence". In terms of casualties, it is indeed much lower than that of this neighboring country.
But again, India has not been free from the constraints of the British. It's easy to use my own strength, and India reads power. But what ushered in is the current result.
Gandhi is now extremely sad that if China is a yoke on India's head, then it is a more terrible thing than Britain is a yoke on India's head.
This neighboring country, not the United Kingdom.
"At least, you can't kill people at will......" Gandhi smiled bitterly after a long silence: "Protecting people's lives is the most basic thing......
"If they don't make trouble easily, I won't kill people easily." Li Zongren sat back in his chair and said, "I am a soldier, not a butcher." I have no interest in killing people for no reason. β
"I wield my saber only when I had to kill." After a pause, Li Zongren said: "I don't want to use the knife often in India. After all, my sword will always wear out if I kill more people. (To be continued.) )