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When the four of them arrived at the headquarters, Jinnah was already waiting at the door. Compared to a few years ago, the revered father of the Muslim League looks much older, with gray hair and glasses, which looks like the result of long-term work fatigue. "Mr. Jinnah, you have worked hard." Zhang Zhidan quickened his pace and stepped forward to shake his hand, introducing Fei Hua and Wu Huanxian to him.

"Thank Allah for bringing you here." After shaking hands with the three of them, Jinnah took everyone to the quiet room on the second floor, and asked the waiter to bring milk tea and breakfast. Ayub also took the opportunity to take out the list of aid brought by Zhang Zhidan, and after reading it, his face also showed surprise, and a trace of relief flashed in his eyes.

Zhang Zhidan knew the meaning of Jinnah's eyes, after all, the Muslim League was not an iron plate, there were many internal factions and tribes, just pinching them together was a huge project, and the British did not give up resistance after the Japanese advanced southward, and the fierce war between Bangladesh and Burma has been continuing. So this year, India has been very chaotic, but because it is not the main battlefield, it has not been paid attention to by the outside world. "Mr. Jinnah, can you give us an overview of the situation?" Fei Hua had already received the appointment of the commander of the Bengal Division, and he thought that he would soon go to Bangladesh to form a resistance army, and he very much hoped to learn more about the current situation in India.

Jinnah did not hold back, and introduced it eloquently.

Now India is very, very chaotic, the Japanese Marines have caused panic in Bengal and Calcutta, and after the Battle of Ahvaz, the British government immediately transferred Lieutenant General Quinan, the former Iraqi commander of the Arab Legion, to try to drive out the Japanese army together with the Indian governor and commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Indian army, Marquis Linlithgo. Although Nehru once called on the Indians not to serve the colonists, the deep colonial foundation and manpower advantage still allowed the British to quickly form twelve Anglo-Indian divisions. Five of the divisions have been redeployed to the Middle East, Egypt and Turkey, while five of the remaining seven are joining forces with three Australian armoured battalions in attacks on Calcutta, Bangladesh and Burma. Since the main direction of the Japanese army some time ago was the Philippines, the marines who entered India could only hold on to the city. Cunningham also took the opportunity to transfer more than a dozen destroyers and submarines from the Mediterranean Fleet to harass the Bay of Bengal and the coast of Burma. In addition, 100 of the H-6 bombers sold by China and the Hurricane fighters transferred from Turkey were arranged to fight against the Japanese army in Mumbai and other places.

In the short term, the British have stabilized the front, but with the Japanese taking control of the Philippines, the formation of puppet armies in the East Indies and Siam, a number of warships have begun to cruise around Ceylon, and at least three army groups and several Marine garrison groups have been transferred from Turkey and Malaya to Burma and Andaman, and a new round of Burma-Bengal offensive is imminent.

Although the current number and supplies of the Japanese army are not enough to penetrate deeply, all walks of life in India are not optimistic that the British will be able to recover the lost ground, because the Anglo-Indian division has poor quality and equipment, and has hardly won a battle since the start of the war. So now there are rumors that the British government is considering inviting China to send troops to Burma and Bangladesh, and even the US government wants to intervene and consider selling weapons to the British and Indian armies to fight the Japanese army.

The domestic side is also chaotic, Nehru is bent on colluding with the Soviet Union, and has previously used the Afghan passage to obtain a large number of Soviet-style weapons and equipment. But with the passage to Afghanistan cut off and the news of the battle in Central Asia. He also put on the illusion of breaking with the Soviet Union and invited Jinnah and Chandra to talks, hoping to reach a settlement. However, the views of the three parties are too different, Nehru insisted on maintaining Greater India, Jinnah was bent on making the Muslim League an independent state, and Chandragan was a pawn of the IDF in India, plus his hatred of Nehru and the Congress Party. So the tripartite negotiations quickly broke down. After the negotiations broke down, Nehru realized that the position of the Congress Party had been challenged, so he immediately reached a secret cooperation agreement with the Indian GC Party and colluded with the Japanese army to purchase a large amount of weapons and equipment. In the end, he deliberately tried to curry favor with the Marquis of Linlithgow and Quinam by convincing them to declare the Muslim League and the Hindi Democratic Party (PDI) illegal, thereby constantly pressuring Jinnah and Chandra to break up the two factions.

After listening to Jinnah's introduction, Fei Hua scratched his eyebrows, he didn't expect that he was about to face such a complicated situation. Not only the three parties were opposed, but the Japanese, British, Indian GC parties and the Soviet Union were simply in a mess! In the end, even the United States put on the intention of getting involved. He couldn't help but be a little worried about whether he could grasp the situation.

You must know that although several of their Asian League divisions have been formed, they are not ready to immediately intervene in Southeast Asia and India on a large scale, and the goal in the past two years is still to deal with the Soviet Union first, so they deliberately took the opportunity of the United States to support the Philippines to strengthen the Asian League little by little and drag down the footsteps of the Japanese army moving south. According to the plan of the General Staff, it is to use the cloak of US support for the Philippines to develop its own Asian League, drag down the Japanese army as much as possible, let Japan fall into the quagmire of Southeast Asia, greatly deplete the living force of the Japanese army, and at the same time buy time for the main force to turn around. Therefore, these seed troops are mainly based on the local area, disguised as resistance forces. Of course, there will be necessary domestic support, but at least for a while, there will be no recognition of the existence of the Asian League and support for the Resistance Army.

The operation of the Asian League has just begun, and it is not the main thing at present, so Zhang Zhidan turned the topic back to the Soviet army in Afghanistan: "Mr. Jinnah, we have received reliable information that the Soviet army in Herat is about to break through and join Nehru, in order to ensure your safety, the president specially asked me to bring weapons and equipment to support, and sent Brigade Commander Wu to protect your flank." ”

After the Battle of Central Asia, Sun Chuanfang secretly visited Peshawar to discuss with Jinnah about driving the Soviet troops to India, and hoped that the Muslim League would open a passage to facilitate the passage of Soviet troops. But seeing that the plan was about to start, Ayub was still very worried: "Special Envoy Zhang, the Soviets have 200,000 troops in Afghanistan, and we only have 5 divisions, and 2 of them have already gone to Sabiri Lake to cooperate with you in garrisoning Mashhad. Even if Brigade Commander Wu brings a brigade, what if the Soviet troops stay in our area and don't leave? ”

Compared with Ayub's military focus, Jinnah was more worried that the Soviets would strengthen Nehru's strength after they entered. He knows very well that don't look at the Soviet army being beaten by the Wehrmacht, but in the face of second-rate troops like the Anglo-Indian Division and the Muslim League, if they really come in, I'm afraid it will be useless to have several times more numbers. Moreover, the Soviet army stationed in Afghanistan has been fighting for several years, and it is an absolute veteran unit, and its combat effectiveness is only stronger than that of the previous Kazakh Front! Therefore, he was afraid that after the Soviet army entered, Nehru would immediately attack the Muslim League.

Zhang Zhidan knew what he was worried about, and pointed at Fei Hua with a smile: "Mr. Jinnah, Colonel Fei Hua is about to go to work in Bangladesh, and he will form a force there to hold Ri and Nehru." As for your side. Brigadier Wu will be here for a while, and the President has asked me to assure you that we will deploy at least three infantry divisions in Kandahar, Urgon and Kabul to ensure that we are ready to support you at all times before the war ends! The President has also promised to support one of your fighter groups, to help you train pilots, and to deliver to you again by the end of the year a total of five infantry divisions. ”

Tanks in front, fighters in the back, and equipment of five infantry divisions before the end of the year! Coupled with the protection of three infantry divisions and Wu Huanxian's Plateau Brigade stationed in Peshawar, and finally Fei Hua pinning down in Bengal, Ayub was a little tempted.

But Jinnah was still a little worried. Moving his lips as if he wanted to say something, Zhang Zhidan immediately interrupted when he saw this: "Mr. Jinnah, I know you are worried, but I hope you will think about it seriously. If you want to re-establish order, you must first break the old order! Nehru and the Congress party were deeply entrenched. The influence is so great that the British will never come to you for cooperation unless they disappear. Therefore, they will only be in a hurry if Britain sees Nehru for what he really is! Your strength will be needed to keep the Indian continent safe! And you can use that need to serve your nation-building. ”

Jinnam was silent, and thought for ten minutes before nodding, "Mr. Special Envoy." What do we do now? ”

Zhang Zhidan's heart was relieved, and he looked at Wu Huanxian with a smile: "Sir, you really asked the wrong question, I have been out of the army for twenty years, and now I am afraid that I am not as good as the small soldiers around Commander Ayubu." ”

The witty words made several people laugh. Wu Huanxian also took the opportunity to spread the map on the table: "Sir, you see, the Soviet army must go through Kandahar and Quetta to break through, we will intercept it in Kandahar, and we will also notify the British army in Quetta." All that is left to do now is to evacuate the people near Mount Suleiman as quickly as possible and ambush and eat some of them. And then. ”

"Brigadier Commander!"

Before he could finish speaking, Jinnah's personal bodyguard hurried in with a staff officer. When the staff officer saw Wu Huanxian, he immediately whispered in his ear, and when he finished speaking, Wu Huanxian immediately stood up: "Mr. Jinnah, Commander Ayub, let's still discuss on the road, the Soviet army has broken through to Kandahar!" ”

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In Quetta City, Colonel Jamic, commander of the 8th British and Indian Division, walked to the window with coffee and gracefully. The sky outside the window was overcast, and the cold wind of the plateau condensed countless water droplets into fine Xiaoice and splashed down, crackling on the glass. "It was really bad weather. Marion, you slacker, my fireplace is going out! ”

For an English aristocratic officer with a good family background, the winter without a fireplace was unbearable, so Jamic called for the guards to fill up the firewood before picking up the newspaper in an orderly manner. It's not that he's tired, it's that Quetta really doesn't have anything to deal with with a colonel, and the 8th Anglo-Indian Division is just here for show, preventing small Soviet troops from crossing the border and deterring the Muslim League guerrillas.

The problem is that the Muslim League guerrillas will not be stupid enough to attack the regular army, and the Sino-Albanian coalition forces in Kandahar outside the national border will not have nothing to do to attack India. But as a British officer, he was still very concerned about the war in Europe, so when he read the news that the Royal Navy finally forced the battleship Count Speeze to sink itself, he couldn't help but slap the table hard.

But just as he was about to turn the page, the sound of an airplane engine suddenly came from outside. "It's that damn guy flying in this kind of damn weather! Is the property of the British Empire a toy for individual heroes? Hearing the sound of the plane, Jamic was very angry, and thought it was a fighter squad stationed in Quetta, but after going out, he found that a Wehrmacht Y-7 was hovering at a low altitude overhead.

"Are these guys crazy? Still flying in this weather? Hearing the voice, the officers came out one after another. Everyone knows this latest Chinese light liaison/transport aircraft, and to the surprise of many, it dares to fly in such weather. You must know that small ice cubes can damage the engine at any time, and may also condense on the surface of the body, in case of an accident, it can be forced to land or crash!

Before the officers could figure out the purpose of the plane's circle, the Yun-7 had already spotted the road not far away and pounced.

"Someone, get the car here! Damn, are they going to invade India? Jamic shouted loudly and immediately let people drive after him, and the officers were also in a hurry. By the time Jamic and his party arrived at the road, Yunqi had already stopped, and three heavily armed paratroopers were protecting the Chinese captain who had come to salute.

"Sir! I am the liaison officer of the Chinese National Defense Forces in Afghanistan, and I need to see the Supreme Commander here immediately. "The second lieutenant was very polite and fluent in English, which reassured Jamici a lot. He straightened his waist vigorously and straightened his hat before saluting back: "I am the highest officer here, British Army Colonel Alfrey Djamici, why did you land here?" ”

"Chief Jamic, I have come to inform you on the orders of the Theater Command. The Soviet troops in Herat, having broken out of our encirclement last night, are moving quickly towards here! Rest assured, we have set up positions in Kandahar to stop them, but we hope that you will also prepare your troops as soon as possible to prevent them from rushing over. ”

"Very well, thank you and wait!" Jamic didn't react at first, and only after the aftertaste came back did his eyes widen suddenly: "What did you say?" The Soviets escaped from your encirclement and are coming here! ”

"Yes, about 150,000 people escaped." The second lieutenant smiled in his heart, but his face put on a look of anxiety for Jamic: "They've gone crazy, so please be careful!" Sir, we can't stay long, we must go back to the barrage at once. After saying that, the second lieutenant turned back to Kandahar, regardless of Jamic's wonderful face.

Looking at Yun Qi, who took off in the air for a short distance, Jamic felt dizzy.

150,000 Soviet troops rushed towards Quezon!

Is today April Fool's Day?