Chapter 925: Invasion of India
The war between the League of Nations and the Chinese Empire soon came to December 1914, and the situation in several battlefields on both sides was becoming more and more bad for the League of Nations, and a large area of land was occupied by the troops of the Chinese Empire, but the countries of the League of Nations did not admit defeat, and continued to expand their armies, and continued to fight fierce battles with the armies of the Chinese Empire in various battlefields. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the African theater, the League of Nations army is all composed of Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Spain, but because the six countries are mainly focused on Europe, there are not many regular army units sent to Africa, and the African battlefield mainly relies on the colonial armies formed by the six countries using blacks.
However, these colonial armies were very poor in terms of weapons and equipment and will to fight, and in the face of the 23rd Field Army and the 24th Field Army of the 8th Field Army of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, as well as the 27th, 28th and 29th Field Army of the Royal Army of the Chinese Imperial Army that later landed in Africa, they were almost immediately defeated, and by December 1, 1914, all areas of Africa except Egypt and South Africa had been captured by the five field armies of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire. However, in many areas, the Imperial Chinese Army was only stationed in larger cities.
However, the remaining Egypt and South Africa are indeed places where the League of Nations is heavily armed, and the rout of the League of Nations troops in other regions has also retreated into Egypt and South Africa, bringing the number of League of Nations Army units in Egypt to almost 700,000, and there are also about 600,000 League of Nations Army troops in South Africa.
On the battlefield of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the forces of the League of Nations had retreated to the Turkish areas of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and the rest of the Ottoman Turkish Empire had all fallen into the hands of the troops of the Chinese Empire.
However, in the Turkish region, the army strength of the Ottoman Turkish Empire has reached nearly 2.5 million because of the expansion of the army at any cost, and the rest of Europe, in addition to the strong support for the Russian war, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the rest of Europe has not given up, and the armies of other European countries in the Turkish region are also nearly 1 million.
And the Chinese Imperial Army fighting in the territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire had only 3 field armies of the Army and 3 corps of the Marine Corps.
On the battlefield in Canada, the 7th Field Army and the 10th Field Army of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire have broken through the defense line established by the US Army in the vicinity of Whitehorse City, and the main force is marching along the Canadian Coast Range to the area of Canada's Prairie City, while the International Coalition Army led by the US Army has gathered more than 2 million army troops in the area of the Prairie City, preparing to use the fortifications around the Grande Prairie City to block the footsteps of the Chinese Imperial Army from advancing to the mainland of the United States.
In the Russian battlefield, in the area east of Moscow, the forces of the League of Nations have all been abandoned, and at this time in the Moscow area, the Russian army units alone have concentrated more than 8 million, but except for the six Russian army groups that were withdrawn to the Moscow area before, the rest of the Russian army units have been temporarily formed, and even many Russian women have been forcibly incorporated into these army units.
These improvised and forcibly formed Russian army units are extremely short of weapons and equipment, and there is nothing to praise except for the number of people.
The rest of Europe has done its best to support the Moscow region, and now in addition to the 8 million troops of the Russian army, the number of army units of other European countries has reached 5.5 million, and this number is still increasing, just like the figure of the Russian army in Moscow.
The forces of the Imperial Chinese Army in the Russian theater have been increased to 1 Guards Army, 5 Field Army, and 4 Provisional Field Army, and now the above 10 army groups are in the east of the Moscow region, making all preparations before the attack.
While the countries of the League of Nations were focusing their attention on the above-mentioned battlefields, the 2nd Guards Army, the 4th Guards Army and the 11th Provisional Field Army of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire suddenly crossed the Sino-Indian border in the early morning of December 1, 1914, under the cover of a large number of fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and launched an attack on India, the most important colony of Britain.
The 3 armies of the Imperial Chinese Army were divided into three routes, of which the 2nd Guards Army directly attacked the Kashmir region of India, the 4th Guards Army entered India from the Nepal region of Tibet Province, and the 11th Provisional Field Army attacked the territory of India from the Bhutan region of Tibet Province.
The British army deployed a large number of army units on the Sino-Indian border, as well as almost all the fighters in India, but in the face of the attack of the three armies of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, it still could not resist, and by December 5, the front of the 2nd Guards Army had advanced to Islamabad, an important city in India, and the entire Kashmir region of India had been basically taken by the 2nd Guards Army.
The 4th Guards Army had advanced outside New Delhi, which was not the capital of British India, but Calcutta, and the 11th Provisional Field Army had advanced to the vicinity of Dhaka, an important city in northern India.
By December 5 alone, the British army in India had lost more than 1.3 million men, and almost all the warplanes in India had been destroyed by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, so that the skies of India had belonged to the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire.
In order to stop the Royal Chinese Army in India, the British army mobilized heavy troops to defend Islamabad, New Delhi and Dhaka, but the entire international coalition, including the British government, was very pessimistic about the situation in India.
At the Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Herbert? Henry? Asquith whispered to the new British War Secretary Gary? Cahill asked, "Can the Army hold India?" I want to hear the truth! ”
Gary? Cahill smiled bitterly and said, "Your Excellency, although I would like to tell you that our British Empire's army can hold India, I don't think India will last long under the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army!" ”
Herbert? Henry? Asquith gritted his teeth and asked, "Isn't the army already amassing heavy forces in Islamabad, New Delhi and Dhaka?" As long as we can hold these three cities, our British Empire can keep India, and during the last war with the Chinese Empire, we held Islamabad and Dhaka, so that the troops of the Chinese Empire had to withdraw from India finally due to logistical problems. ”
Gary? Cahill sighed and said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, now our British Empire's troops in India are much more than in the last war, but in the last war, the Chinese Empire only sent more than 300,000 people from 2 field armies to attack India, and this time the Chinese Empire concentrated 3 group armies, with a total strength of more than 2 million people in 14 armies, and according to intelligence, the Chinese Empire dispatched a large number of transport planes to transport war materials for their land forces, and logistics is no longer a problem for the attack forces of the Chinese Empire." ”
Herbert? Henry? Asquith's face was a little gloomy again, and after a moment of silence, he said to Gary? "How many army units do we concentrate in the three cities of Islamabad, New Delhi and Dhaka?" Qahill asked. ”
Gary? "In Islamabad we have mobilized 1.4 million troops in the British Imperial Army, 100,000 of which are the regular troops of our British Imperial Army, and in New Delhi we have mobilized 1.8 million troops of the British Imperial Army, of which 150,000 are the regular troops of our British Imperial Army, and in Dhaka we have mobilized 1.1 million troops of the British Imperial Army, of which 100,000 are the regular troops of our British Imperial Army. ”
Paused for a moment Gary? Cahill continued: "Before the Chinese Imperial Army attacked India, our British Empire's army units in India were actually close to 7 million, but the regular army was still only 500,000, and now after removing the 1.3 million troops lost, and the troops that have continued to expand in the past few days, our British Imperial Army still has about 6 million troops in India, but all the fighters in India have been lost in the previous few days' battles, which is for the defenders of Islamabad, New Delhi and Dhaka, It's very bad news. ”
Herbert? Henry? Asquith said categorically: "Islamabad, New Delhi and Dhaka must be defended!" India must not be lost! The expansion of the army of our British Empire colonies in India must be accelerated, and more land forces are needed in Islamabad, New Delhi and Dhaka! ”
Gary? Cahill hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Excellency, our conscription in India is already very large, and there are not many weapons in reserve in India now, and the weapons in reserve can be expanded to about 500,000 colonial troops at most. ”
Herbert? Henry? Asquith waved his hand and said: "You must learn from the Russians, among the millions of new Russian troops in the Moscow region, only a dozen of those Russian soldiers can have a single-shot rifle and a small amount of ammunition, and the rest only have a knife, and even some forcibly recruited women in the Russian army can only bring their own kitchen knives!" ”
Gary? Cahill sighed: "The Russians are crazy, at present all men over the age of 14 and under the age of 65 in the Russian-controlled areas have been forcibly conscripted into the army, and even Russian women have been forcibly conscripted into the Russian army, according to intelligence, the Russian army in the Moscow region has exceeded 8 million, which is unbelievable!" ”
Herbert? Henry? Asquith said: "Russia has reached the moment of life and death, and it will not work hard if it does not work hard!" And our India of the British Empire has also reached the moment of life and death, and we must fight hard! You must know that India has a population of more than 200 million, and as long as we can mobilize one-tenth of Indians to form an army, we can completely stop the advance of the Chinese Imperial Army! ”
Gary? Cahill nodded solemnly and said, "Your Excellency, I know what to do!" Thanks to our propaganda in India over the years, in the hearts of many Indians, the Chinese Empire represents evil, and I believe that there will be a lot of Indians willing to stand up and defend India at this time of crisis! ”
Herbert? Henry? Asquith rubbed the temples on both sides of his head, and then said: "Now the situation of the whole war is very unfavorable for our League of Nations, and the European Combined Fleet and the Combined Pacific Fleet of the League of Nations have been severely damaged, so that the entire Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean have been controlled by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, India will not receive any support from other regions, whether it can hold India, can only rely on our British Empire itself, And we, the British Empire, can only rely on the current army forces in India. ”
Gary? Cahill hesitated for a moment at this time and said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, frankly speaking, after the defeat of this war from the Ural Campaign, it will be difficult for our entire League of Nations to become the ultimate victor, I think it is possible to find a way to end this war, after all, the more it continues, the greater the price paid by the countries of the entire League of Nations!" ”
Herbert? Henry? Asquith continued to rub his temples and said with a wry smile: "Actually, this problem is very clear to all the member countries of the League of Nations, but you must know that the Chinese Empire has an extremely greedy emperor, if we want to end the war at this time, the emperor of the Chinese Empire will definitely open his mouth, and the proposed armistice conditions are definitely not something that our countries in the League of Nations can afford!" ”
Gary? Cahill said: "But Your Excellency, the war must end one day, even if the emperor of the Chinese Empire, who is more greedy than greedy, puts forward conditions that are unacceptable to the countries of our League of Nations, we must contact it as soon as possible, at least we must know what conditions the Chinese Empire has, in order to end this war!" And all issues are being discussed, although the Chinese Empire can ask for a sky-high price, we can also sit on the ground and pay back! ”
Herbert? Henry? Asquith smiled helplessly and said: "Some countries in the League of Nations may not be willing to end this war, such as the Tsar of Russia, if the war ends at this time, there will not be much territory in Russia." ”
Gary? Cahill then suggested: "We in the British Empire can have a private touch with the Chinese Empire, and if the Chinese Empire does not have too harsh conditions for our British Empire, it is not unavoidable for our British Empire to withdraw from this war, but only if our British Empire can keep India, the most important colony." (To be continued.) )