Chapter 53: The Return of the British Empire (II)

“…… According to the latest secret agreement, after the return of the imperial forces to the subcontinent, the moderates of the former Congress Party, led by Gandhi and Nehru, as well as the 26 princely princes who have not yet perished, including Hyderabad, Updale, Gwalior, Mysore, Indore, Nagpur, Bhopal, and Rajputana, will re-swear allegiance to His Majesty King George VI. The King of Nepal also agreed to join www.biquge.info British Commonwealth. ”

In the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, Churchill held a cigar in his hand, so flaunting the great breakthrough of the wartime cabinet in Eastern diplomacy," ...... In this way, two-thirds of the whole territory of Hindustan was reinstated in the territory of the empire......"

“…… So, what is the price we have to pay for this? Attlee, the leader of the Labour Party, asked.

“…… Uh, that's a bit much. First, to withdraw Marshal Wavell's army from Delhi and hand over the capital of the Indian Empire to Nehru; secondly, to agree to the establishment of a new Government of the Republic of India, with Gandhi as President and Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister, and that the new Government of the Republic of India should enjoy at least a minimum of Canadian autonomy on the premise of taking the oath of allegiance to the British Crown and joining the Commonwealth; Thirdly, the princely states joined the Commonwealth directly and became Dominions, with their own governments and armies, equal to South Africa and Canada; Fourthly, to urgently provide Nehru's corps and the armies of the princely states with a quantity of ordnance and ammunition, as well as heavy artillery, tanks and instructors, as well as bombers and volunteer pilots, and to send the Royal Navy fleet to assist the new Government of the Republic of India in the fastest possible way to destroy the opposition in the country; Fifth, the permanent deposition of the title of vice-king of India would allow Marshal Wavell to retain the title of Viceroy of India, but the area of his jurisdiction and garrison would be limited to the eastern part of Bengal, and Marshal Nehru suggested that Marshal Wavell could establish a temporary office in the city of Dhaka. ”

“…… Damn it! In other words, the empire only recovered most of Hindustan on the map, and in fact only half of Bengal province could actually control? And for this you have to hand over Delhi? And to continue to participate in a colonial law and order war that is bound to take a heavy toll on the colony? ”

Attlee frowned and said critically, "...... Even East Bengal, where Nehru and Gandhi were destined to be handed over to the empire, seems to be a place where Jinnah's Muslim League was dominant and ethnic vendettas were in full swing...... Where is the concession between Gandhi and Nehru? It was clearly a time bomb thrown at the Empire! ”

“…… There is no way, Nehru is such a guy, he wants to take advantage all day long, and what comes out of his mouth is nothing but empty words and lies, basically the same as Hitler before the war...... But the British Empire can only cooperate with him, Lord Attlee. ”

Churchill puffed out smoke rings and replied, "...... The world has changed, and it is almost unrecognizable. The empire could no longer firmly rule India, a large country of three or four hundred million people, with only 9,000 administrators and 12,000 British soldiers.

After the fall of the port of Mumbai, Delhi was doomed to be unable to hold on, and the empire was doomed to a miserable withdrawal from Asia. Now, it is good that the empire can not only keep the more than 10,000 remnants of the army trapped in Delhi, but also recover half of Bengal, and maintain the last vestiges of dignity in India, so that it will not be completely driven out. What you can't get on the battlefield can't be won back entirely by diplomatic negotiations!

Well, in addition, the empire can recover the island of Ceylon. After the evacuation of the Japanese troops defending the island, it fell into anarchy. Chandra. Although Bowes sent a small force to try to take over the rich island, because of ethnic and religious barriers, and because of the small number of troops, he did not occupy much of the island. So, as long as we can send a fleet and put together two brigades of landing troops, and have Gandhi help coordinate it, it should not be difficult to re-establish the rule of the empire there, and the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet will have a reliable port base between Africa and Singapore......"

“…… It's not perfect, but it's better to be able to reclaim Ceylon and East Bengal than to lose all of India. ”

Field Marshal Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, pondered for a moment and echoed, "...... But how do we fulfill the covenant next? Chandra in western India. Bowes and Ali. The two Jinnah had 500,000 Indian National Army, and with the Sikh army, their total strength was expected to reach 700,000! And these are some of the best soldiers in the subcontinent, and Bose has a rudimentary but durable system of munitions production. Even if the regular army of Britain were to be dispatched, we would need at least 200,000 men to ensure victory—but where would the Reich draw 200,000 now? The last bit of elite land forces of the empire will either stay on the mainland or fight against the Soviet Red Army on the European continent, and it is impossible to transfer them to India! ”

“…… You're right, when the fighting on the European continent is raging, the Empire can't afford to throw too many troops into the South Asian subcontinent. But...... Why should we really send troops to exterminate Chandra? Bowes and Ali. Jinnah? Well, and the Sikhs? ”

Churchill raised an eyebrow, "...... Now that the empire has effectively lost its ability to rule over Hindustani, they are enemies of Nehru and Gandhi, and the princely princes, but they are no longer enemies of the empire. Well, at least I have no intention of really fighting them until they can conquer the entire Ganges valley and fight East Bengal, or build their own fleet to cross the Pauk Strait and land on the island of Ceylon......"

“…… But without foreign aid, Gandhi and Nehru would soon be defeated! If Chandra. Bowes and Ali. If Jinnah's Indian National Army was still half a regular army, Gandhi and Nehru's troops could not even be called militiamen, but only peasants with guns......"

Marshal Brooke shook his head, "...... The strength of Gandhi as an ascetic lay in his prestige and charisma. But if he turns to us, he will make many radical Hindu nationalists think that they have been betrayed and turn to the side of Gandhi's enemies......"

“…… So I got a few helpers for the dervish Gandhi and Nehru the evil lawyer, and they helped to drag down Bose and Jinnah. ”

Churchill turned sideways around the globe next to him and explained to Field Marshal Brooke, "...... First of all, Iran, didn't the empire sign a treaty and an armistice with the Kingdom of Iran in the Middle East theater before? Then the next step is to go one step further and invite Iran to send troops to India - for Baluchistan in western India, Iran's Pahlavi Shah had an idea for a long time...... Of course, in order to show the sincerity of the empire, our army needs to abandon Mosul and recognize the occupation of the entire territory of Iraq by the Kingdom of Iran as an upfront cost for inviting Iran to send troops. Then there is Afghanistan, and the area around Kashmir and Peshawar in the northwest of Hindustan is originally Afghan territory, and the empire can now sign an agreement to return these lands to Afghanistan for King Zahir to send his own troops to take them. As for Sindh and Punjab next, it's up to the Iranians or the Afghans who moves faster......"

“…… Iran and Afghanistan...... This seems to be the birthplace of the traditional Indian conquerors in history! ”

Attlee frowned and said, "...... The addition of these two external forces will inevitably plunge India into chaos for a long time......"

“…… It's about plunging India into chaos for a long time! After all, the empire no longer has the strength to conquer all of India. ”

Churchill rubbed his stubby, fat fingers and said, "...... Therefore, it is necessary for us to formulate the future policy of India as we do with Europe......"

Formulate the future of India as it did Europe...... Hearing this, the corners of Attlee's mouth twitched - due to special geographical factors, Britain has always remained relatively independent in the political history of Europe. It manipulates the "balance of power" and plays the role of an "offshore balancing hand" to manage its relationship with the European continent. Strictly speaking, Britain's European policy has not changed for 500 years. That is to create a divided Europe. In order to achieve this goal, the British used to fight the Spaniards with the Dutch, the French with the Germans, the Germans with the French and Italians, the Germans with the French, and the Germans and Italians with the French...... Now in the subcontinent, it is to create a divided India, Nepalese, Iranians, Afghans, Hindustanis, Tamils, Bengalis, Burmese...... You beat me and I beat you, and they fought each other endlessly.

However, it is also a very reasonable choice in the face of adverse circumstances, and the traditional norm in India's ancient history.

“…… Well, relying on the two spoilers of Iran and Afghanistan, it should be the Jinnah who can drag Sindh and the Sikhs in Punjab, but Chandra who colluded with the Japanese invasion of India. What to do with the culprit Bowes? His base is in the south, out of reach of Iranians and Afghans.

With the prestige that came with launching the rebellion, Bose is now president of the Congress party, widely recognized as the supreme leader of all of India, and the theoretical boss of Gandhi and Nehru. Once Nehru and Gandhi quit the Congress Party and turned to the empire, they would be legally treason and rebellion, and they would inherently lose points in morale and image. Even if this issue is not considered, although the number of troops actually controlled by the two sides is about the same, the combat effectiveness is very different. Without strong foreign support, Nehru and Gandhi were doomed to defeat even if they faced Bose alone. ”

Field Marshal Brooke continued to provoke and said, "...... People like Gandhi and Nehru basically made a living by marching, going on strike, giving speeches, and going to jail. It may be okay to engage in propaganda and canvassing votes, but when you really want to run the government, it will be very bad, and the combat effectiveness of the army will make people feel even more hopeless.

And their enemy, Chandra. Bowes, although he returned to India with the help of the Japanese bayonets and the combined fleet, also relied on his own army to fight his ground little by little. His entire lineage grew from scratch in the flames of war, grew up, learned war in the midst of war, and gradually cultivated his own civilian and officer corps. No matter how much we give Gandhi and Nehru more guns and ammunition, they will not win.

However, the Empire could not afford to invest much in South Asia, and the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet could not help much. It was impossible to break the determination of such a military organization to resist by a few sneak bombings by naval aviation alone, or by the shelling of ports by naval fleets.

What's more, although Bose did not have a fleet, he had a small air force that the Japanese helped him train, and it is said that there were also submarines and torpedo boats, as well as a large number of coastal defense forts left by the empire. The great Nelson once said that warships should never fire at shore guns. After our Grand Fleet suffered two atomic bombs from the Soviet Union, the Reich now does not have many surplus warships to squander on such a secondary battlefield. ”

“…… But after the retreat of the Japanese Combined Fleet, we have at least mastered sea and air supremacy in the Indian Ocean, at least Chandra . Bowes's small air force certainly couldn't completely stop the bombing of the Royal Naval Air Force. ”

Churchill said calmly, "...... So, after Gandhi and Nehru had abandoned the darkness and turned to light, in order to weaken the rest of the Congress rebels as much as possible, I planned to experiment a little with gas warfare and bacteriological warfare in Bombay and Surat. Well, probably add nuclear weapons. ”

“…… What the? Nuclear weapon?!! Everyone in the room exclaimed.

“…… Yes, nuclear weapons. Churchill smiled and nodded, pointing to the map of India hanging on the wall, "...... Not long ago, the secret factory in Oak Ridge in the United States made a second batch of three atomic bombs. President Truman was ready to ship one of the atomic bombs to the island of Great Britain to be used to deter the Soviet Union; The second atomic bomb continued to bomb Japan, trying to break the will of the yellow-skinned dwarfs to resist as soon as possible; The third atomic bomb has not yet been thought of as a use. Therefore, I intend to try to contact President Truman and persuade him to drop this atomic bomb on Goa, India, to punish the Indian rebels with the severest punishment, and at the same time to deter the uncivilized barbarians in the other colonies and make them understand the fate of betraying the Empire!

In this way, if not to kill Bose, at least it will destroy his base camp and military industrial base, and weaken the advantage of the Congress rebels over the rest of India. As for the remaining bandits, petty warlords, and red guerrillas, these were the tasks of Nehru and the princes themselves. If they can't even beat such an opponent, then there is nothing Whitehall can do......"

With that, he turned around again, took a huge globe, put it in front of everyone, and stretched out his hand to make it spin dripping, "...... Well, that's all for the Indian arrangement. The following is to talk about how to recover the other colonies of the empire and the allies in the East......"

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Over the next hour, Churchill gushed about what he envisioned as the next step in the Far East's grand strategy.

At present, if we do not count the British troops stationed in the Middle East to confront the Iranians, then in East Africa, South Africa, India, and Singapore around the Indian Ocean, and in East and Southeast Asia east of Singapore, the British Empire has only a small third-rate fleet, plus less than 30,000 British Army soldiers of pure blood, and then there are the 50,000 American and British prisoners of war who have just been rescued from the prisoner of war camp on Hainan Island......

However, with only such a very limited military force, and the vacuum left by the collapse of the Japanese Empire in the nuclear bombing, Churchill was confident that he would recover Britain's lost colonial empire in the Far East, and further encroach on French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies!

Not to mention the fact that even as Churchill was planning his march to the East, his rear was still in turmoil – not to mention the tug-of-war with the Soviet Red Army and the Red elements on the European continent, and the remnants of the imperial possessions from North Africa to South Africa were full of insurrection and riots.

And Churchill, with such a thin capital on hand, wanted to turn this dream grand blueprint into reality, in addition to relying on the remnants of the former days of the empire, which was to bring into full play the talent of John Niu, the leader of the Mixed Yuan Wuji Taishang-stirring stick - to put it simply, they each sowed discord, all kinds of tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, all kinds of borrowing strength, all kinds of borrowing chickens to lay eggs, all kinds of pulling big flags as tiger skins, all kinds of fooling and fooling......

In this unprecedentedly cruel world war, Britain has lost three million people, and the boys in Britain really can't afford to die anymore, so Churchill can only use various methods to draw the pie and pull the Jews of Iran, Afghanistan, Thailand and Palestine, these small partners who were not looked down on at all, into the chariot of the British Empire. Then use Jews to fight Arabs, Arabs to fight black Africans, black Africans to fight Indians in Ceylon and Bangladesh, let Iran and Afghanistan deal with the Muslim League rebels in western Hindustan, use Thais to fight Vietnamese and Burmese, use Indians to fight Malayans and Indonesians, lobby Americans through Jewish relations, and use American nuclear weapons to deter Indians......

If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese Empire continued to resist and did not give up the battle, Churchill, who was forced by the lack of troops, and even the Japanese prisoners of war who had just surrendered in various parts of the South Seas, wanted to rearm and make use of them.

In short, Churchill's plan was to "conquer the whole world with the power of the whole world" in the face of the severe weakening of Britain itself.

How so? It feels like crowdfunding, more like a scam, or shameless.

Attlee, the leader of the Labour Party, who is half an outsider, thought about it and found that there was a real possibility of success.

However, the foundation of the British Empire's world hegemony lies in its overwhelming sea power, its fleet all over the world, and its advanced and efficient systems, science and technology, and industry. But today, all this has disappeared, the fleet of Great Britain has been wiped out, the sea power is finished, the industry has collapsed, scientists have defected to the United States with all the technical information, and even Britain itself is under the haze of Soviet nuclear bombs at any time.

Even if Churchill's plan went well, how many days would a colonial empire like this, which had been deceived by all opportunism and brazenness, last?

Well, like Portugal, which has decayed like this, and can still maintain the colony of Macau until now, maybe the British Empire can have the same luck?

Of course, this kind of long-term strategic planning is something that the next or even the next government needs to consider. If the current cabinet can recover the lost territory in the east, it will already be able to reach the top of the gods. However, not to mention how to fool the various "uncivilized inferior countries" to fight for the restoration of the colonies of the empire, will the process be as smooth as Churchill said, even if they are really fooled into the chariot of the British Empire, at best they will provide some cannon fodder strong men, and how to solve the next ordnance and ammunition, material logistics? Anyway, the British Empire couldn't produce it. It is difficult for the local arsenal to even maintain the consumption of the European battlefield, and the British warriors themselves have to fight with American aid supplies and eat Spam luncheon meat!

In fact, because they did not defeat the Indonesian indigenous rebels in Sukarno, seize the Palembang oil field and the Bariba refinery, and did not fully negotiate the terms of the alliance with the Iranian kingdom, which had invaded most of Iraq and blockaded the Persian Gulf, to restore the supply of crude oil from the Middle East oil fields. At present, the British Empire is not even self-sufficient in fuel, and almost entirely depends on the Americans!

After a moment's hesitation, Attlee asked Churchill the question, and Churchill waved his hand confidently, "...... Rest assured, the Americans are paying for all this, and since the White House wants to lead the free world to victory, then all this is the necessary price......"

At this point, everyone can only pray to God, that President Truman will be more generous than Santa Claus and will respond to Prime Minister Churchill......

Then, on the other side of the Atlantic, President Truman in the White House was almost blown out of his lungs -- "...... An additional 5,000 aircraft, 10,000 tanks, 5 million rifles, 500,000 tons of wheat and 10 million tons of fuel? A thousand 'Liberty ships' and fifty escort carriers? And the atomic bomb?!! Churchill treated us like Santa Claus, and if we just stuffed a card in his stinky sock and hung it on the door, could we ask for anything? ”

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PS: Many people say I'm a crow's mouth, but the world really has the potential to collapse day by day. Some of the ideas I had written about the civil strife in Britain are now showing signs of becoming a reality: Cameron played a tightrope referendum to escape, leading to the outbreak of a movement in London, where 70% of the foreign population had reached after the British referendum to leave the European Union, announcing the establishment of a London city-state. Then, in Scotland, which advocates Remain, a second secession referendum is also imminent, and the author of "Harry Potter", Rowling, who lives in Scotland, has said that she wants to "say goodbye to England". In addition, some people suggested that London and Scotland should form a federal "Scottish Town", but when they heard it, they thought it was a Scottish stewpot, and even the flag of "Scottish Town" was drummed up.

-- It would be even more hilarious if the banana people in Hong Kong also joined in the fun, saying that since Britain had no capital, they simply suggested moving the capital to Hong Kong.

In short, if the reality that does not need rationality is more bizarre than fiction, the British Empire has become the next Ukraine, the streets of London are staged in the same "all-out war in the imperial era" as Kiev, and the Li people who fled Hong Kong to "buy the bottom" of the United Kingdom lose their pants, then it will be ...... It's so enjoyable!

It is said that some people in Taiwan are developing mobile phone referendum software, so that they can hold referendums every day, count votes in the middle of the night, and announce them in the morning, and I think this great invention can be popularized in democracies around the world, and it can be very effective in promoting political entertainment and increasing the enthusiasm of the whole people to participate in politics...... At least in this Brexit referendum, we can quickly find out that something is wrong, and it may not be reversed in less than 48 hours.

In addition, there is an even more long-lived thing, Taiwan is really going to spend NT$470 billion to play large-scale construction, and President President Tsai said that he wants to build twelve world-class Aegis! Could it be that the second sick ship Niang Xuefeng Danyang II who I am still in my brain is also going to come out, right?

In short, let's put up the banner of the SOS group here, and look forward to seeing a more lively and noisy world! Meow -