Chapter 1476: British Cabinet Meeting
Looking at Adams's rushing back, Alexander suddenly felt an inexplicable fear, would his own construction be the last bit of the British Empire's belongings in the South Asian subcontinent?
With Tang Qiuli's cunning and deceit, could he not think of this? In case this is another trap for him, in Sido, surrounding tens of thousands of his soldiers, using this as bait to lure the rest of the Indian army to come to the rescue, Alexander repeatedly in his mind, weighing the odds of this possibility, he can't help but want to call Adams
Preventing him from sending a telegram asking for help, in the end, he did not do so, because this was the only chance for himself and tens of thousands of soldiers, and if he missed it, he could only become a prisoner of Tang Qiuli and surrender to the Chinese he hated the most, which was absolutely intolerable for the arrogant Alexander.
In just a few minutes, sharp thinking exhausted all of Alexander's jīng strength, lying on the stretcher limply, his mind fell back into an unconscious state, and by fate, Alexander sighed secretly in his heart.
At about 3 p.m. on 16 May, London, the capital of the United Kingdom, had just experienced a large-scale air raid just 10 minutes earlier, and the Luftwaffe had dispatched more than 2,000 sorties of bombers and fighters to bomb London indiscriminately.
The streets of London are full of ruins, between the collapsed buildings, there is still smoke, some are still burning with raging fires, the roads are full of huge craters, the mournful honking of fire trucks, resounding in the streets and alleys, the whole city, filled with a smell of burnt, has not yet recovered from the horror just now.
In the conference room at the bottom of the Prime Minister's Office, an impromptu emergency meeting is being held in which all the ministers of the wartime cabinet, the heads of the General Staff, and the Military Intelligence Bureau are taking place. Gathered all the important members of the military and political circles in Britain, suits and leather shoes and shining stars, complemented each other, but the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was breathless
British Wartime Prime Minister Winston? Churchill. Yīn's calm face, fat body, crammed the entire chair, the thick cigar smoke that never left for a moment, emitting repeated pale blue sè smoke, shrouded the Prime Minister's uncertain face, even more elusive.
On the table in front of Churchill. There was an urgent telegram from Indochina in Asia, "Prime Minister Winston of the British Empire? Sir Churchill, and all the members of the Cabinet, the General Staff, and the War Department, the troops of our army stationed in India to recover the Indochina Peninsula, in the process of retreating from the East Indies, were surrounded by the squadron Tang Qiuli near Sido, near the border area of East India. It is no longer possible to rely on its own strength to break out of the encirclement. ”
"More than half of the soldiers were killed and wounded, ammunition and provisions. I implore Your Excellency the Prime Minister and the General Staff to mobilize all the troops of our British Empire in India as soon as possible to come to the rescue, otherwise our troops will be in danger of being completely annihilated. ”
"The development of the war situation in northern Burma exceeded the original expectations, and Tang Qiuli's troops were on the East Indian border. The purpose of this is obvious: if our army is completely destroyed, the defense of the East Indies will become blank, and the direct consequence will be in the East Indies. There are no forces that can stop the Chinese from advancing into the region, and the city is waiting. ”
"Furthermore, Tang Qiuli's troops can go straight to the subcontinent, and the dangers in which they cannot be experienced are not on the battlefield, and the above construction is by no means alarmist, but according to the war situation in the East Indies, the conclusions reached are implore His Excellency the Prime Minister and the Cabinet to do their best to implement them! With the greed and ambition of the Chinese Tang Qiuli, when our army was completely destroyed, it was the Chinese soldiers who entered the South Asian subcontinent! ”
This earth-shattering telegram was the reason why Churchill convened this provisional military conference, at this time, Churchill's heart was so irritable, in the face of Hitler's unrelenting offensive, he was already overstretched, exhausted to cope, fortunately God gave the British an English Channel, otherwise, the iron hooves of the German Army would have set foot on the land of the British Isles...,
He can't do his best to mobilize all his national strength in Britain to deal with the German attack, and he can't go into exile like other countries on the European continent, send people under the fence, and see all the white eyes, even if he dies, the arrogant Churchill is not willing to do that.
Domestic affairs have already broken his heart, the distant East, do not let him worry, first rì himself, the British Empire in the Indochina Peninsula, beaten to the ground, and then the Chinese Tang Qiuli, grandly stole the Indochina Peninsula, and now, even the greedy eyes are on India!
With Churchill's personal xìng, such a bad situation will never be allowed, the British Empire, although it is now covered with bruises, is not the China that has been poor and weak for a hundred years, can be lightly bullied, the tiger is a tiger after all, as for that Alexander, Churchill has no interest in him, dead man, is not worth paying attention to!
Now, the crux of the matter is how to thwart the ambition of the Chinese Tang Qiuli, who he hated in his heart, and plotted against the South Asian subcontinent, as for launching this war to recover the Indochina Peninsula, and the current situation, Churchill does not regret it at all, that is originally the overseas territory of the British Empire, and to take back the land that originally belonged to the British Empire, do you need any reason?
It's just that the commanders of the front line are stupid and incompetent, such as Alexander and the like, who turned Prime Minister Churchill's ambition into a series of failures, so in Churchill's heart, in distant Asia, the root of the battlefield that took place, the root of the failure, is not how strong the Chinese are, but the incompetence of the commander of the British Empire!
After reading this telegram, Churchill's idea was very direct, mobilize all the troops of the Indian army, be sure to block the Chinese from the gate of the East Indies, and if necessary, drive back to northern Burma.
However, after his assistant finished reading the telegram, the military and political dignitaries in the room were staring at each other without saying a word, looking at these well-dressed military and political officials in straight uniforms.
Churchill's fat face, his muscles twitched a few times, and he asked, "Gentlemen, what do you have to say after listening to this telegram?" Raise it as it is, this is a matter of paramount importance to our British Empire's overseas territories, and you have to show your attitude! ”
What touched Churchill's sensitive nerves was not the fate of the tens of thousands of British Empire soldiers, but the consequences of the next Yan zhòng, that damn Chinese, Tang Qiuli's forces, would infect the subcontinent, cut off a large piece of fat from the British Empire, think differently, Churchill himself would do the same, so he decided that Tang Qiuli would do the same!
Silence, or silence, these cabinet ministers and generals, originally to Prime Minister Churchill, regardless of the domestic situation, insisted on sending troops to northern Burma, and fought with the Chinese Tang Qiuli, with an attitude of opposition or disapproval, the domestic situation is already worrying, Your Excellency Prime Minister, I don't know that the nerve, actually want to be in Asia, with the ally Chinese, isn't this putting the cart before the horse?
However, Prime Minister Churchill's strength and stubbornness are difficult to convince, and now, the war situation in Southeast Asia is rotten, and everyone needs to come up with ideas, isn't it embarrassing? God, which one of you has been to that distant Southeast Asia? And how to come up with a good construction xìng opinion?
Moreover, as far as the Chinese are concerned, there is still such a big invasion xìng? The blatant conspiracy against India's territory may not be true, I am afraid that it is an alarmist statement made up by the commander of the encircled army in India in order to seek reinforcements!
Churchill was angry, his stubby, fat palm, slammed the table, and shouted: "Not allowed, I will never allow those mean and cunning Chinese, challenge our bottom line, never allow, today's meeting, it will be decided, how to thwart the Chinese Tang Qiuli's conspiracy, General Brandt, tell me, what is the plan of the General Staff?" ”…,
was pointed on the head, no matter how dumb he pretended, he couldn't fool it, General Brandtes, the chief of the general staff of the British army, knew that he couldn't hide, but in his heart, there was no good way, others might not know about the situation of the army stationed in India, as the chief of the general staff, he still knew in his heart, and the troops of Jīng Rui were all taken away by Alexander.
In northern Myanmar, when fighting with the troops of the Chinese Tang Qiuli, the jīng light that was lost, and the rest were all some local garrison troops, equipment and soldiers, which were barely second-rate, but what about combat effectiveness? Only God knows!
The most terrible thing is that these troops, who have never been on the battlefield, even doubt themselves, these soldiers, once they are on the battlefield, whether they will shoot, is a problem, Alexander's first-class jīng sharp troops, all of them are dying by the Chinese, they can't even withdraw to the East Indies, these second-rate troops go up, what kind of can they with?
These words, Admiral Brandes can only wander in his heart, even if he says it, His Excellency the Prime Minister will not listen, if necessary, he will order the soldiers in India, with wooden sticks, to fight with the Chinese, Your Excellency, is such a stubborn and crazy person.
The only thing they can do is to help His Excellency the Prime Minister, persuade these military and political dignitaries, and at the same time, divert the Prime Minister's attention from themselves, otherwise, if they are questioned again, they will not be able to come up with countermeasures, their faces will be disgraced, and the General Staff will be embarrassed.
Admiral Brandtès, who had made up his mind, turned his gaze to the head of the Military Intelligence of the General Staff, Major General Orebrand, and then he said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, colleagues, before making a decision, the head of the Military Intelligence, Major General Orebrand, has an important intelligence briefing, perhaps, will help us to make up our minds!" ”
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