The sky was getting dark, and the moon was on the willow tops.

In the Assam region, along the road that stretches for more than 300 kilometres from Dibrugarh to Guwahati, countless torches form a huge long dragon of fire.

Almost immediately after the "co-work plan", Li Bufan mobilized the people to start cleaning up the road, and the Chinese side had no shortage of people who could be mobilized in this area, but it was difficult to send people over, and the progress was not fast.

The bright moon rises and will be sunny tomorrow, which makes Li Bufan also breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhang Xiaozhun ran in sweating profusely and said: "Commander-in-chief, it is very difficult for the road to be restored to use, not to mention that many places are paved with more than a foot of silt, there are many trees and even boulders, and the most important thing is that people can't send them." ”

Li Bufan snorted coldly and said, "Can't people go up? Even if you climb, you have to crawl over for me. First concentrate on grabbing a path that can pass people, and send people up in the shortest time. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun said bitterly: "Even if you barely send people up, but these places are full of silt, and there is no way to make a fire to cook." We don't have special dry food, so on such a hot day, make rice and bring it over, and it won't take half a day to stink. ”

Li Bufan said: "Mobilize airships to deliver food to the people who clean up the road, and if it is not enough, it will be airdropped by airplane." ”

Zhang Xiaozhun swallowed his saliva, and even used this method, which shows that Li Bufan's heart is actually extremely anxious, and he nodded at the moment: "Yes." ”

Li Bufan saw that Zhang Xiaozhun was about to go out to make arrangements, and immediately said: "Wait." Let the tank go up and push the boulder away. I don't care what other methods you use, anyway, you have to make sure that. Within five days, our vanguard reached Guwahati by this road. ”

"Yes!"

"I mean our vanguard is going to Guwahati."

"Zhang Xiaozhun's face suddenly turned into a bitter gourd face, from here to Guwahati 300 kilometers, even if it is a forced march, it will take three days, which means that he has to arrange for people to clear at least one road that can be walked in two days, isn't this still a human life? However, he understood that Li Bufan's determination to kill the Xiafei group would never waver, and aerial reconnaissance intelligence showed that. The British forces in India were rapidly massing along the Tibetan River-Tista River.

Mr. Li's fears are becoming a reality. The purpose of the British army in doing so was clear.

"Yes!" Zhang Xiaozhun gritted his teeth and responded-

"What are you trying to do?"

Exclamations of surprise could be heard from the conference room of the British command in Lambour.

Dannatt invited General Marshall of the United States for a secret talk, and after thinking about it, he finally invited Hagrid to come over.

In just a few days, Admiral Hagrid also aged a lot. He was staring at Dannat in the same astonishment as Marshall.

Marshall said in an incredulous tone: "You let our American fleet and the main naval force of the Chinese fight a decisive battle in the Bay of Bengal?" What exactly do you want to do? ”

Dannat said in a deep voice, "Save people." Save General Xia Fei and his army of a million. Don't forget. In this unit, there are also two army groups of the US army. Are you going to let them be prisoners of the Chinese, or even give up their lives? ”

Marshall said, "Of course I want to save." But how to save? Chinese planes can sink any warship. And they also have 'super torpedoes' that can track attacks, and until they can think of a way to deal with them, no amount of warships will be sent to death in the past. I don't want to see people die instead of being rescued. ”

Dannatt breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since I dare to come up with this idea, of course there is a way to deal with it." I have already checked that the United States has a huge fleet of ships under the escort of the fleet to deliver 3,000 of the latest P-24 biplane fighters to the Australian side, this batch of transport ships has just been replenished in Britain, plus the aircraft production of our country and France this month, we can concentrate about five or six thousand aircraft, if we fly, these planes can reach the front line in two or three days, can contain the Chinese fighters; As for the damn super torpedo, there is no good way to deal with it, but there is a stupid way, to use other old warships to hit and detonate the torpedo, although we have not been able to obtain the technology of the 'super torpedo', but we still have a lot of money to buy insiders, China's super torpedo manufacturing is very difficult, so far, China only has five left. Without the interference of aircraft and torpedoes, would the US Navy not dare to fight this battle? ”

Marshall looked at Dannatt and said half-loudly, "Okay." I tried my best to convince the Navy. But even if we repel the Chinese navy, so what? We don't even have a ship to transport Xia Fei's million-strong army. Our navy can reach it, but the speed of the transport ship cannot reach the Bay of Bengal. ”

Dannatt sneered: "Why Yun? Can't we just open up a lifeline? ”

Marshall and Hagrid were stunned by Dannatt's words: "Are you going to fight an East Bengal battle with the Chinese?" ”

Dannatt said lightly: "Isn't it? ”

"Really?" Marshall said helplessly: "We don't have enough troops to fight this battle with the Chinese." You know, the Chinese can quickly throw in at least two million or more elite troops. ”

Dannatt confidently said, "They can't. Assam's traffic is ruined, and even if they barely get most of them, they can't get heavy weapons, but I have hundreds of artillery pieces here that can be quickly put into use. As for the million-strong elite troops of Burma and China, as long as Xia Fei can send troops to resolutely block it, there will be no problem. As long as the U.S. Navy wins the naval battle, we can also let the troops open a gap along the coast if we have to do so, so that this passage of life can be protected by the naval guns. ”

Hagrid frowned: "Dannatt, I admit that your assumptions are very correct, but where do we have so many troops to attack the Chinese blocking forces?" ”

"After I took over the Indian military, I have asked His Excellency the Prime Minister to send reinforcements from the Arabian Peninsula and even Africa, and the first batch of troops has landed in Mumbai, about 200,000 troops. At the same time I ordered martial law on the railway line, and anyone approaching thirty kilometers would be killed, in order to ensure the safety of the railway, and the troops could reach it in three days. In addition, I have made every effort to draw more than 100,000 troops from the eastern part of India, and with the existing troops, there are 500,000. At the same time, I promised the Indian Congress that if they assisted the empire in defeating the Chinese, India would be allowed to achieve the same status as Australia, but that they would support us in the war with no less than half a million men. ”

Hagrid was taken aback, jumped to his feet and said, "Are you crazy?" If they rebel, the consequences will be unimaginable. And what role can these 500,000 people of the Congress Party play, they are not even as good as the police, and more than half of them have not even touched a gun, do you expect them to fight? And if you allow India to be semi-independent like this, the empire will never agree to it. ”

Dannatt said lightly: "As long as this war is won, everything is negotiable." If we don't win, we're going to lose India. And as long as we win this war, how will we deal with the Indian question, and how can they resist it? As for these half a million people, cannon fodder has the use of cannon fodder. ”

Marshall and Hagrid looked at each other, and of course he understood what Dannatt meant, but there was nothing strange about it, and it was not the first time that they had rebelled as a great power. What Dannatt wants to save now is the troops of many countries in the Western coalition forces, and even if he repents, no country in the Western world will say anything. Of course, the premise is that they must defeat the Chinese, and if they cannot defeat the Chinese, then all this problem does not exist, because India will fall into the hands of the Chinese.

Marshall finally said: "Since Your Excellency is so confident, I will coordinate this matter with the relevant departments." ”

Dannatt shook his head and said, "There's no time." Xia Fei's food could not last a few days. ”

Marshall hesitated and said, "Alright then, I'll report your opinion directly to President Coolidge, as long as he nods." He stood up and said, "Since time is so tight, I'll do it now." ”

"Thank you." Dannatt thanked him solemnly and sent Marshall out of the conference room.

Hagrid looked at Dannatt as he walked back, shook his head, and said, "I can't believe how you could come up with such a plan. Don't you think the probability of success is too low and too low? ”

Dannatt said lightly: "But if you don't do it, then there is no possibility of success." Even if it fails, it will be good for the long-term interests of the empire. ”

Hagrid was surprised: "Long-term interests? I don't see any long-term benefit, but I think that if our losses in such a battle are too severe, and we may not even be able to hold the existing defensive line, we will lose India. ”

Danner nodded, "You're right. But if the Chinese of Xiafei's million-strong army are annihilated, we will lose India sooner or later. There is no difference between losing at one point and losing at a later time. After a pause, he looked at Admiral Hagrid, who was speechless for a while, and suddenly said, "Don't you think that the naval strength of the United States and China is too strong for the whole world at present?" ”

Admiral Hagrid was taken aback, thoughtful, and looked at Dannat as if he had seen a ghost.

As if he hadn't seen it, Dannatt said to himself: "No matter what, it is also good to let the Chinese Navy and the US Navy fight for both sides in the Bay of Bengal." Only then will the Empire's navy have a chance to re-emerge and at least safeguard the interests of the remaining colonies. As long as the Chinese navy is severely damaged, the desert of the Middle East is equivalent to a natural barrier in our Western world. This is the worst-case scenario. ”

Admiral Hagrid suddenly realized that he didn't know Dannat anymore, and he looked at it for a long time before he said, "How did I find out that you are so powerful today?" ”

Dannatt smiled and said, "You can too." As he spoke, he walked to the meeting room where the documents were kept, took out a book, and handed it over.

"The Art of War?" (To be continued......)