On the afternoon of May 9, after the Japanese army conducted a careful geological survey of Lake Gobdui in the upper reaches of the Gornopri River, they used nearly fifty tons of explosives to blast four key river channels in the Kiraggioli Mountains. Suddenly,
Hundreds of millions of cubic meters of water rushed like wild horses from the 300-meter-high mountain highlands to the downstream estuary plains. The flood peaks tens of meters high, with thunderous momentum, submerged thousands of square kilometers of land around Chittagong into a swamp.
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The Japanese army, which had already retreated to the upper mountainous areas, did not stop their advance. Instead, they accelerated towards Feni City at the mouth of the Feni River. The Japanese army must take advantage of the arrival of the rainy season in late May to open up connections with Assam and northern India.
Imphal and the railway transportation line in the Nagaland region, otherwise what awaits the right-wing army of the Japanese, Burmese and Indian troops will be an unprecedented fiasco.
Yes, at this time the right wing of the Myanmar-Indian Army encountered a huge crisis.
There are two corps and seven divisions of the right-wing corps of the Myanmar-Indian Army. Although there are four Lanyin divisions specifically responsible for logistics, from Mandalay to Assam, only a section of Myanmar is accessible by railways and roads. Most of the other places are at altitude.
The mountains and forests of one thousand to two thousand meters are only connected by the Ancient Tea Horse Road. Logistics troops can only rely on their backs and shoulders, using mules, horses and even elephants to cross rivers, mountains and virgin jungles to overcome high temperatures of 40 to 50 degrees.
, it takes a month to travel thousands of kilometers back and forth, and supplies are extremely limited.
After the Japanese army occupied the Assam plains, the food crisis was alleviated to a certain extent by frantically robbing local residents of their rations.
Assam is not a grain-producing area in India. In the 1960s, British capitalists began to plant tea on a large scale in Assam. By the end of the 1970s, it had become the largest tea-producing area in India. Assam is rich in tea.
Teas flooded the international market, and Chinese tea's monopoly in the global tea market was quickly replaced by cheap Indian tea.
There are several major crop-producing areas in the UK. Assam and Bengal produce tea and jute, Orissa produces rice, Punjab and the Ganges region provide wheat, Jijrat and Central Province are rich in cotton, Sri Lanka and southern India produce rubber.
The spice-producing area, highly colonized India, provided Britain with an endless supply of abundant products.
Tea is a good thing. After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was pacified, the Qing government relied on tea and raw silk to maintain its supremacy for a long time under the impact of industrial products from European and American powers. Later, tea was replaced by India and raw silk was replaced by Japan.
The decline of the colonial system. Under the colonial system, tea farmers in Assam purchased grain by selling tea in exchange for pounds or rupees.
But now the Japanese army is out of the mountain like hungry tigers, with more than 300,000 mouths needing to eat. Naturally, tea can not satisfy the needs of the hungry Japanese army. The Japanese army no longer cares about maintaining the image of "liberators" and is the first to do what they do wherever they go.
The thing was to raise food and rob Indian families of all the food. There was crying and wailing everywhere in Assam.
Food can be obtained through robbery, but the ammunition consumed cannot be replenished in this way. The Japanese army sent troops from March 1st to occupying Assam in April. During this period, it experienced continuous battles with the British army. The ammunition carried by the troops had already been
It was basically exhausted. We originally expected to obtain supplies from the British. However, all the British troops in the Imphal area fought to the death and their weapons and ammunition were exhausted. The British troops in Kohima had already run out of ammunition and food before surrendering. The capture by the Japanese army could be said to be negligible.
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After entering April, the British army launched a counterattack. The British army, the British Indian army and the Bangladeshi army, which were reinforced by railways and roads from the Bangladesh region, launched a fierce attack on the city of Guwahati from Shillong in Meghalaya. The Japanese army could only
Using a small amount of ammunition, they defended the city and had several hand-to-hand battles with the British troops who invaded the city.
On April 12, Guwahati was lost. The 31st and 33rd Divisions of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army who were defending the city were forced to retreat to Naugon City. During the retreat, they were constantly attacked by families who had no food and relied on wild vegetables.
After surviving the Indian attack, the troops suffered heavy losses. On the 16th, the city of Naungon was lost and they retreated to Dimapur again.
On the 18th, the 15th and 29th Divisions stationed in Maiban and Lundin in southern Assam, the 18th Division, the 53rd Division, and the 50th Division were scattered in the north and northeast.
The Sixth Division was afraid of being divided and surrounded by the British army, so it was also forced to withdraw towards Dimapur.
On April 29, the British army approached Dimapur. Although there were seven divisions, the Japanese army, which was seriously short of ammunition, had to retreat to the Kohima Mountains. On May 6, the British army, which had been victorious, approached.
The night before Kohima City, the Japanese army promptly received a batch of food shipped from Mandalay by the Lanyin Army.
Ammunition, if it rains in time, can be quickly distributed to the troops. Shojiro Iida, who had been depressed for a month, became energetic and immediately commanded the troops to launch a counterattack. He defeated the complacent British army, captured countless weapons, and covered them all the way to Dimapur. On May 8,
Conquer this city that has changed hands several times again.
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May 10, Nanhua.
In Xiaonanhai, Xinjing, in the conference hall of Xuanwu Building, Zhizhengtang, the joint meeting of the Anjia Army Headquarters is underway.
Participants included generals from the General Staff, the Air Force, the Navy, various corps, and military academies. The meeting started at nine o'clock in the morning. They first introduced the war that may break out in Europe today, and randomly selected two people to conduct deductions on the sand table. The results represented the German army.
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After Xia Jian invaded Sedan, he was surrounded by the superior British and French forces and was forced to retreat. In the end, he was defeated by Gu Changfeng, the commander of the British and French forces who had superior troops and a solid defense line. Gu Changfeng commanded the British and French forces and directly attacked them.
In Berlin, Xia Jian sadly admitted defeat.
Seeing Gu Changfeng's arrogance and arrogance, Yang Fei, Deng Bin, Zhang Tianyi, Han Yaoxian, Zhang Zhongkang and other generals who participated in the European inspection team all said that Gu Changfeng cheated and that the command system of the British and French coalition forces was rigid and it was impossible to be like Gu Changfeng.
With such a quick response, a real war will definitely end with a quick victory for the flexible and proactive German army.
Gu Changfeng smiled and did not answer, and then listened to Yang Jie's detailed explanation of the troop deployment and response plans of the two sides. He shook his head and sighed, saying that the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Gamelin, had laid out the battle lines in a mess, which was completely incomprehensible! However,
If the British and French allied forces have a certain advantage in the air force, if they can successfully resist the first wave of German bombers, they may be able to gradually regain their disadvantage by relying on their air superiority.
You must know that from October last year to April this year, Britain and France spared no effort to transport back 2,500 fighter planes and 500 tanks from South China. This is a huge force. If used well, it is not difficult to
Rely on fighter planes to penetrate the Sedan area, and then mobilize mechanized troops to rush to the rescue to block the gap.
An Yi commented on both sides of the sand table simulation and gave a detailed demonstration based on the actual deployment of the French army and possible responses.
This is a prediction based on the written report submitted by the members of the European Observer Group and the analysis of the progress of the war at the tactical seminar held by the General Staff and the National Defense University on May 5th - the German army will immediately attack the fighter planes of the British and French coalition forces.
Eliminated at the airport, the main force drove straight in from the Sedan area, and then the powerful mechanized troops turned to the northwest and advanced along the north bank of the Somme River at high speed. In one fell swoop, the British and French forces that had penetrated deep into Belgium were surrounded and eliminated in the border areas of southern Belgium and northern France.
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After reading it, the generals such as Gu Changfeng, Zhang Chengzhu, Xia Jian, Ding Zhicheng, Yang Guan, An Jin, Jiao Guangxu, etc. all sighed with regret, saying that the British and French coalition had such a huge advantage, and they were fighting on the inside. If the results were really as expected.
If the sand table deduction develops like that, the leaders of the French army can be prosecuted for dereliction of duty.
"Everyone, stop arguing!"
An Yi smiled and waved his hand, signaling for everyone to be quiet: "Last night, we arranged for the intelligence agents at the top of the Nazis to pass back the news that Hitler had already contacted his trusted general Heydrich, Minister of Supreme Command Keitel, adjutants Schmont, Schaub and Lin
Accompanied by Gerard, he left Berlin and took a train to the base camp called "Rock Nest" built on a hill near Euskirchen in the Rhineland. The war between Germany and Britain and France was about to break out.
"I believe it won't be long before we know whether our judgment is correct. Well, now let's listen to Liu Qing's explanation of the Indian war... At three o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Japanese army moved upstream of the Gornopri River.
The dam of Gobdui Lake in the region was blown up, and hundreds of millions of cubic meters of floodwater rushed to the downstream plains, bringing a terrible disaster, and the British defense in Bengal collapsed."
A group of people returned to the conference table and sat down. General Staff Intelligence Arrangement Liu Qing went straight to the large map of India spread out on the display board, holding a baton in his hand and looking very solemn:
"...Originally, the entire Indian war was complicated and confusing. The British army unexpectedly attacked and actually fought evenly with the menacing Japanese army. Originally, we thought that before the rainy season came, the Japanese army wanted to change the current disadvantage.
The situation was very difficult, but no one expected that it would be blocked by Chittagong
The Japanese troops on the front line of Chittagong and the Gornopri River actually resorted to such a desperate plan to blow up the mountain lakes hanging high on the plains. In anticipation of the flood, the British troops gathered around Chittagong, the British and Indian troops
The army and the Bangladesh Army will suffer total losses, including civilians, and the personnel losses will be at least five million.
"With the disappearance of the effective forces assembled by the British army in the areas around Chittagong, the obstacles on the way forward of the Japanese army suddenly disappeared. The newly formed Muslim armies of the British army in Bengal could only fight on their own, facing all the enemies.
The stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, which has superiority in land, sea and air, and the British will gradually collapse. This tug-of-war, which has lasted for more than two months, will end with the final victory of the Japanese army.
"Currently, the only thing the Japanese army needs to do is to advance and keep advancing. While dividing their forces to remove the coastal defense fortresses set up by the British army along the coastline, they will also fight north to join up with the Japanese army in the Assam area. As long as they occupy the Meghna River coast
As a port city, the Japanese army's supply line could extend from the Brahmaputra River (the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra River in China) and the Ganges to the interior of India. As long as the military strength allowed, it could even reach Delhi.
"Of course, this is only the most ideal situation. After the rainy season in India and Bangladesh entered in late May, the roads were muddy and the march was extremely difficult. The troops can't all rely on shipping, right? Therefore, it is expected that before the end of the rainy season, the largest Japanese army will
It may be to completely occupy and consolidate the Bengal and Assam regions in eastern India, and occupy Calcutta, the largest city in India.
"Calcutta has been the capital of British India for 140 years from 1772 to 1911. It is the center of modern education, science, culture and politics in India. It is a megacity comparable to Shanghai in China. Its industrial base
Second only to Bombay, once the Japanese army takes Calcutta, its industrial strength will expand rapidly. Various supplies, including weapons and ammunition, can be replenished nearby. Now it depends on how quickly the British army demolishes or destroys these strategic materials and machine factories.
Got it!"
Gu Changfeng asked a little strangely after hearing this: "Do you know the actions of the Indian rebels? Why did the Japanese army launch an offensive for so long? The rebels who kept clamoring to welcome the Japanese army into India did not cooperate with the Japanese army's offensive on the eastern front. Instead, they
The Muslims in India were armed by the British and continued to fight against the Japanese army?"
Liu Qing replied: "Although I did not get a more authoritative answer, based on the intelligence from the Fourth Hall, the Ministry of National Security and our General Staff Intelligence Department, due to the division and wooing of the British, there have been serious differences within the Indian National Congress, which has led to various
The rebels fought on their own, and some re-entered the British command.
, some of them cling to their territory and form their own, some are ready to defect to the Soviet army led by Sheng Shicai under the auspices of the Indian Party, and some of the rebels who are close to the Japanese army are afraid of the strong strength of the British army in Bengal and dare not easily
March eastward and prepare to cooperate with the Japanese army when they attack nearby areas.
"India is a strange country. Their people are very docile and emotional, and they easily change their position in the face of commitments. Until now, we still don't know which side the rebels belong to. It is estimated that even the British
I can’t figure it out myself, so I don’t dare to mobilize the Indian army to fight.”
The conference room burst into laughter, but An Yi, who was sitting in the main seat, did not laugh. He stood up suddenly, looked slightly sadly across the faces of the senior officials, and said with a serious expression:
"This is not funny at all. The performance of Indians just illustrates the sorrow of disadvantaged ethnic groups. Unlike our Chinese nation, Indians have Han as the main ethnic group and have a civilization that has been passed down for thousands of years. However, with different changes, India
During this period, with the invasion of foreign races, bloodlines and religious beliefs also continued to change. What we have reached today is the inevitable result of the development of a weak civilization.
"In fact, the Harappan civilization established by ancient Indians appeared almost at the same time as our Xia, Shang and Zhou civilization. However, in the 14th century BC, the Aryans from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau entered the Indian region, conquered the local indigenous people, and in
At the beginning of the 10th century BC, a slave state was gradually established in India, forming a highly developed civilization. Brahmanism was formed during this period, and the caste system formulated in the name of God continues to influence today.
"After the sixth century BC, there were frequent civil wars in India. During this period, Buddhism emerged that opposed the dominance of Brahmanism. Sakyamuni is said to be the prince of one of the small countries near Nepal. Internal disputes led to external invasions. Persia and Greeks successively
Invading India, the Mauryan Dynasty unified northern India at the end of the fourth century BC. Ashoka converted to Buddhism and vigorously promoted it. However, the Mauryan Dynasty only flourished for more than a hundred years before being destroyed. Then India entered the age of nations. During this period, Buddhism was gradually introduced
to China.
“By the fourth century AD, the first unified feudal king in India arose, which lasted for two hundred years. Hinduism, which evolved from the ancient Brahmanism, emerged and gradually took over the dominant position. Starting from the eighth century AD, the Arabs who believed in Islam
They continued to invade India and introduced Islam to India. Buddhism gradually declined. By the beginning of the 16th century, the Turkish nobles who converted to Islam established the Mughal Empire. In the middle of the 18th century, the British colonists gradually took control
The South Asian subcontinent became the most important raw material supplier for the British Empire.
"India can be said to be a mixed race. They have no culture of their own, and their beliefs are all imposed by outsiders, which makes them naturally obedient. During the last European War, the British organized two
Millions of Indian troops went to Europe to participate in the war, but this time they were not so lucky... This is why the *** will attack India at all costs. Once India is occupied, 200 million people will immediately be at their mercy
Driven, it is a big attraction to everyone!"
An Yi's words caused everyone to think deeply. An Yi said again:
"This world war is very important to our Chinese nation. If we win, we will have a lot of land and resources for development. The influence of the Chinese nation, especially the Han people, will expand to the whole world in one fell swoop. If we lose, we will have a lot of land and resources for development."
We will be like the Indians, losing our own culture and traditions, and putting our nation under the intervention and rule of foreign powers. This is something that a bloody Chinese will not allow. Therefore, we must learn from the Indians.
, never slack off, otherwise you will be the eternal sinner of the country and nation..."
At this moment, Lieutenant General Li Yufu, director of the Communications Department of the General Staff, strode into the conference room and handed an urgent message to An Yi.
An Yi read it in a hurry after taking it, with a strange look on his face, Gu Changfeng, Lu Guang, Zhang Chengzhu, Xia Jian, Yang Fei, Yang Jie, Deng Bin, Zhao Dongquan, Huang Xuyi, Yang Guan, Liu Qing, An Jin, Shen Ziling, Zhang
Tianyi, Cheng Shiming and other generals took the telegram in turn and read it carefully. The conference room suddenly fell silent.
Xia Jian took a deep breath and asked in a trembling voice: "Boss, is the largest war since the last European War about to break out?"
An Yi nodded: "I'm afraid so..."
It turned out that this telegram was sent from Berlin, and Germany had issued an ultimatum to Belgium.
There is a seven-hour time difference between Beijing and Berlin. At 4:30 a.m. local time in Berlin, the Belgian ambassador in Berlin was summoned to the German Foreign Ministry. Later, he was notified by Ribbentrop that the German generals would enter Belgium.
, in order to "defend" their neutrality and resist the imminent "offensive" of Britain and France just like helping Norway. The German government issued an ultimatum, asking the Belgian government not to resist. If it resists, it will definitely be crushed. The responsibility for the bloodshed will be
Belgium is responsible.
In Brussels, the capital of Belgium, the German envoy handed a telegram with the same content to the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
But soon, the Belgian government unequivocally rejected the German ultimatum, and immediately issued a telegram inviting British and French troops to station in Belgium to resist the German invasion.
Gu Changfeng looked at his watch: "It is estimated that German bombers have already flown over the military airports in France and Belgium at this time. As the boss just demonstrated, in the early stages of the war, attacking airports is the most effective way to eliminate them.
The way enemy airpower..."
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***: The temperature is close to zero, the air pressure is very low, breathing is difficult, the physical condition is extremely bad, and there is no condition at all...