Age of Rebirth

In the Zhenhati headquarters in Central India, the actions of the division commander Tang Qiuli made everyone puzzled. Isn't it the military map of the South Asian subcontinent?The division commander read it several times, and it was as familiar as the palm of his own hand. Even the staff officers were familiar with the situation of the enemy and the enemy above, and they could know the current position of their troops even with their eyes closed.

In the middle of the night, what did the commander call a military map? After more than 40 minutes, Tang Qiuli was still gesticulating with great interest, muttering words, and kept thinking, sometimes frowning , He shook his head from time to time, as if he had encountered some difficulty, and his attitude was extremely serious. If he didn't say anything, the staff officers didn't dare to ask, but they just watched the teacher's every move from the corner of their eyes.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe couldn't help it, and asked tentatively: "Master, it's already past eleven o'clock at night, you should rest, if you have any questions, please explain it, and the staff office will keep it after you wake up. , Mark all the signs you need on the military map."

Zhao Yuhe was probing. He believed that the division commander was dissatisfied with the work of the staff office. If he personally modified some data on the military map, it would prove that he, the chief of staff, was negligent. , the staff is under their own leadership.

Tang Qiuli put down the scale in his hand, moved his cervical spine, smiled mysteriously, and avoided answering Zhao Yuhe's words, but said, "Yuhe, let me sum up today's battle situation, so I know it well! "[

Zhao Yuhe was here to report the situation. Seeing the division commander busy in front of the military map, he had doubts and didn't bother him.

He opened the folder in his hand and said: "Commander, after a whole day of fighting on May 23, the battle situation in the three battlefields is as follows. The troops of Commander Hantie of the Marine Corps attacked Sri Lanka. It went very smoothly. In front of them, the attacking troops from the north and the south are sweeping away the remnants of the enemy. They are encircling in the direction of Colombo, and Commander Hantie personally led the central army, which has already approached the outskirts of Colombo."

"In the naval battle in the East Indian Ocean, Commander Tang Qiuquan's fleet wiped out the task force stationed in India, sank 31 ships, and captured 32 ships. Including more than [-] British naval soldiers and officers, Commander Tang has already begun to reorganize and receive The work of warships and escorting prisoners of war, as well as the battle plan for the fleet, have been successfully completed."

"On the front lines of Dhaka, Khulna, Pokaro, Saifpur, and Zhenhati in Central India, our 130 brigades took the initiative to attack the second-line troops of the Eastward Regiment of the Indian Army on the opposite side. One day's battle. A total of more than [-] second-line troops of the Eastward Army Regiment were wiped out, most of which retreated to the front lines of Muzaffarpur, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Howrah, and Kolkata more than [-] kilometers away .”

"Looking at the battle situation of the day, the fleet has achieved the greatest results, followed by the Marine Corps. We have invested the most troops in the front line of China and India, but the results are the smallest. The reason is that the second-line troops of the British and Indian Army's Eastward Expedition Corps , After a short contact with the battle, it will collapse at one touch, so that the troops have no chance to encircle, commander. The results of today's battle have exceeded our expectations, especially on the front line of Sri Lanka and Central India, the speed of the troops' advance is amazing!"

Tang Qiuli said simply, "It's expected to use a sledgehammer to kill chickens. Yuhe, how is the situation in Imphal? Did Deputy Master Tang send you a telegram?"

Tang Qiuli nodded, and said: "Yuhe, order Deputy Commander Tang to shrink Imphal's encirclement, compress the strategic space of Chelsea troops, try to force them to surrender, and catch the second-line troops of the Eastward Army. Imphal has already There is no need to be alone in the East India anymore, if he is dealt with early, the troops will be free."

"A dozen or so brigades seem to have a lot of troops, but they are far from enough to be scattered on the vast land of India. If the British were in India, I would never dare Adopting such a tactic of blooming everywhere, the capture of Imphal will also give British Prime Minister Winston Churchill another wake-up call!"

"Order the troops on the front lines of Dhaka, Khulna, Pokaro, Saifpur, and Jhatti to attack Muzaffarpur, Patna, Ranchi, and Jamshedpur starting at [-]:[-] am tomorrow. , Howrah, Calcutta, and the second-line troops of the Eastward Regiment on the front line, launched a fierce attack, pursued, and fought fiercely, and they must attack continuously without stopping, so as not to give the British a chance to breathe."

"In the order, it is emphasized that at 24 o'clock in the evening on May 130, all attacking troops will occupy the lines of Lucknow, Allahabad, Jabulpur, Phamlagar, and Gunpur. Thirteen Within an hour, each unit has to advance an average of more than [-] kilometers. During this period, there are still battles, and the task is definitely not easy. We must explain this to all units, especially to avoid the breeding of pride.”

Zhao Yuhe hesitated for a moment, then said: "Commander, the terrain conditions in the Central India region have great restrictions on the troops' advance, especially for the mechanized troops. In terms of the battlefield situation in front of them, the British have no way to organize them." If we can effectively resist, why don’t we just move forward slowly in the existing area, looking for opportunities to annihilate the second-line troops of the Eastward Army, time is not urgent for us, so why take risks?”

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said, "Yuhe, you must always remember that our strategic center of gravity is by no means in the South Asian subcontinent, but in the Indochina Peninsula and the South Pacific. Our main enemy is still the Japanese, but because The British made a mess and took the initiative to provoke a war in northern Myanmar, which gave us this chance, and we don’t have enough time.”

"The Japanese are in the South Pacific region, just around the corner, and the Pacific War is about to break out. It is impossible for the Americans to respond to our capture of Sri Lanka, Central India, and East India. If the Americans intervene in the South Asian subcontinent, the situation will become more complicated. , Therefore, ending the war against the British as soon as possible will avoid a lot of trouble, and the troops can withdraw as soon as possible."

"I assumed a stance of onslaught, and continued to enter the interior of the Indian mainland. I took the stance of swallowing up the British territory, just to force the British to come to the negotiating table. Yuhe, with our current strength, It is not enough to occupy the entire South Asian subcontinent, we can only sign an alliance with the British under the most favorable conditions to get what we want, war is just a means!"

Zhao Yuhe vaguely understood why the division commander had considered for such a long time before the military map of the South Asian subcontinent. He was thinking about how to use a knife to cut off a large piece of fat from the British. From Zhao Yuhe's understanding of Tang Qiuli, this knife must see bones and blood!

In Imphal, East India, at the headquarters of the Indian Army’s Eastward Regiment, in the office of the commander, Lieutenant General Chelsea, only a dim lamp was turned on. Under the dim light, Lieutenant General Chelsea was writing hard. Writing to Prime Minister Churchill and Chief of Staff General Brandes.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, Chief of Staff, it is already late at night on May 23, and the surrounding area of ​​Imphal is full of Tang Qiuli's troops. soldiers, surrounded by Chinese troops several times larger than mine, and since the 22nd, the sound of gunfire around Imphal has never stopped."

"Tang Qiuli's troops, relying on their overwhelming strength and firepower, continued to encroach on my outer positions. The troops were gradually compressed into a small area in the city. The soldiers, medicines, supplies and supplies were being consumed day by day, and there was no supply. , It is impossible for the troops to break through, Imphal has become a Jedi, a dead city, this is the real situation."

"And during the day today, bad news came from the front line of China and India. When the second line troops of our Eastward Army tried to open the blockade of the independent division troops, they encountered a fierce counterattack, suffered heavy casualties, and had to retreat for a while. More than a hundred kilometers, now that I think about it, this is a fatal mistake I made, Tang Qiuli's troops are fully capable of capturing Imphal within ten hours."[

"However, the Chinese did not attack. Their only purpose was to attract our second-line troops to come to rescue. This method is exactly the same as the siege of Sido under Alexander. However, we were all fooled. Rescue Sido caused the eastward army to fall into a situation where the entire army was wiped out, and Imphal became an isolated city."

"In order to rescue the Eastward Army, the second-line troops also caused the last military potential of our British Empire in the South Asian subcontinent to be fatally damaged. Alexander's original prophecy has become a terrible reality. The greedy ambitions of the Chinese are not in East India. , not even in Central India, what they want is the entire South Asian subcontinent."

"The Chinese Tang Qiuli's conspiracy and strategy have caused us to be fooled again and again. In the end, we will lose this war. Imphal will become the next Xiduo. Tang Qiuli has no worries anymore. His troops will all press down on the inland of India, but we have no troops to stop them. The only way is to persuade the Americans to join the war against the Chinese, otherwise, we will lose the largest piece of overseas territory. "

Chelsea put down his pen, rubbed his sore eyes, listened to the solidified sound of guns and guns outside, and sighed inaudibly. The communications officer came in, "Reporting to Your Excellency, Commander, we have received a report on the battle situation from the Governor's Palace of India. The fleet was ambushed by the Chinese fleet in the waters of Sri Lanka, and after five hours of fierce fighting, the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hill, was killed and the entire fleet was wiped out."

Chelsea numbly accepted the telegram. He had heard too much of similar news since arriving in India. His 9 troops were almost wiped out. What was the loss of a task force?

Is this the only thing lost by the British Empire in the Indochina Peninsula and the South Asian subcontinent?

With the faint flames outside and the "rumbling" sound of cannons, the dimly lit office seemed increasingly lonely and melancholy. Chelsea walked to the desk and opened the drawer.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)