Ceylon Island is located near the equator and it is like summer all year round. There is only a difference between the rainy season and the dry season. The rainy season is divided into two stages. The first stage is from May to September when the southwest monsoon prevails, and the first stage is from November to February of the following year. The second phase occurs when the northeast monsoon covers the entire island in March, and this cycle starts over and over again.
It is late February, the northeast monsoon has basically ended, the sky is clear and the temperature is suitable. It is a good time for marching and fighting.
Xia Jian set his headquarters in Jaffna. This city is located in the southwest of the triangular peninsula in the northern part of Ceylon. The city is surrounded by wide coconut groves and oil palm plantations. It faces the sea to the west and south, and Jaffna to the east. The lake was historically the capital of the Tamil Kingdom. European and American colonists built weather observatories, ancient castles, churches and other facilities here.
The naval base built by the British in the southern port area of Jaffna was once deserted, but now with the arrival of the navy and army units of the Anjia Army, it has regained its vitality and vitality. At this time, a two-story white small building is located in the center of the naval base. In the building, staff officers and communications officers came and went, making it very lively.
In a spacious and bright room on the second floor, two staff officers were marking the dynamics of the army on the large map of Ceylon hanging on the northern wall according to the latest telegrams sent by various ministries. Several generals of the Fourth Army were surrounding the house. On the sand table in the middle, they whispered about the situation of the war.
"Why, haven't there been any indigenous residents found so far?" Xia Jian stood in front of the window, overlooking the beautiful scenery of Baoke Bay. When he heard the report from the intelligence chief, Colonel Qian Yushang, he turned his head in surprise.
"Yes!"
Qian Yushang looked solemn: "When Major An Haoyang reported the strange situation on the island a few days ago, we thought that the indigenous people here might have escaped into the nearby jungle to avoid the cruel oppression and rule of the Japanese. , However, as our army landed in various places on Ceylon Island and used each landing point as a starting point, it successfully advanced the front line for more than 20 kilometers, but so far, we have not found any trace of a local citizen. "
Xia Jian frowned and returned to the desk that the guards had packed. He took out a file from the drawer and read it carefully.
Ceylon has a documented history, which can be traced back to more than 2,000 years ago when the Aryans from North India immigrated here and established the Sinhala dynasty. He came to the island to promote Buddhism and was welcomed by the local king. From then on, the Sinhalese people abandoned Brahmanism and converted to Buddhism.
Around the second century AD, the Chinmir people from South India also began to migrate and settle on the island of Ceylon.
From the fifth century AD to the sixteenth century, there were constant battles between the Sinhalese Kingdom and the Tamil Kingdom on the island. From the sixteenth century, it was ruled by Portuguese and Dutch colonists, and it became a British colony at the end of the eighteenth century until it was occupied by the Japanese army.
The ethnic composition on the island of Ceylon is complex and the religious beliefs are diverse. Among them, the Sinhalese are the main ethnic group, and the Tamil, Moorish and other ethnic groups account for a quarter. Sinhala and Tamil are more popular, and the upper class English is commonly spoken. Most of the residents believe in Buddhism, and a small number believe in Hinduism, Catholicism and Islam. Before the outbreak of the war, the total population of the island was about two million.
The island of Ceylon has an area of arable land of up to 200 million acres. The main crops are rice, wheat, tea, rubber and coconut. The main mineral deposits include graphite, gemstones, iron iron, radium stone and mica. Ceylon has the highest concentration of gemstone resources in the world. There are many types of local gemstones, including sapphire, topaz, star ruby, star sapphire, sunstone, topaz, amethyst, garnet, green jade, moonstone, alexandrite, cat's eye and other reserves that rank among the top in the world.
In the materials, the Military Commission and the General Staff repeatedly emphasized the complex diversity of ethnic groups in the area and required that officers and soldiers landing on the island must fully respect the customs and habits of all ethnic groups on the island. In order to facilitate communication, they even deliberately included those who are proficient in Sinhala and Tamil.
New recruits from the subcontinent are assigned to various units. Almost every company has a subcontinental recruit who voluntarily becomes a Chinese national to facilitate full communication with the local people.
However, after doing a lot of preparation work, it is really hard to imagine that all the work has been in vain. This is simply a piece of land without an owner.
"How can it be possible for more than two million people to just disappear?"
Xia Jian closed the file and said to Qian Yushang: "Order all ministries to step up the search of the mountainous areas around the landing area, especially the troops landing in the central and southern areas. The mountains and hills of Ceylon Island are mainly concentrated there. I heard that the British of Ceylon
Army Commander-in-Chief Hao Dejie has been insisting on fighting guerrillas there, and maybe the local people are with them."
Qian Yushang's face changed a few times, but finally he reported the truth: "Most of the Japanese soldiers captured this time came from Daling and other cities. Before joining the army, they were mainly engaged in trades and other occupations. Their combat effectiveness is not strong, and their willpower is even weaker. We
When the political workers preached our policies in the prisoner-of-war camp, many little devils enthusiastically expressed their intention to be punished... They reported a situation, saying that Hao Dejie had been killed in the battle the year before last under the continuous encirclement and suppression by the Japanese army. His troops
It has long since disappeared.”
"oh!?"
Xia Jian nodded repeatedly and signaled Qian Yushang to continue.
"This Hao Dejie is also a character, flexible and flexible. When the Japanese army captured Ceylon, he only had more than 3,000 Colombo base garrison troops commanded by Admiral Leighton, and more than 100,000 indigenous armed forces who were urgently armed. Facing the powerful Japanese army
During the landing offensive, he took the initiative to order the abandonment of coastal areas and relied on the dense jungle on the island and the mountains in the south to confront the Japanese army.
"Long before the fall of the Malay Peninsula, the British lacked confidence in holding on to the coastal port cities of Ceylon and were well prepared for long-term operations. They set up a large number of material storage points throughout the island to meet wartime supply needs.
The Japanese army had a long-term battle with the British army here. Both sides used poisoning, arson, assassination, night raids and other methods frequently. Until the year before last, the Japanese army dispatched the "Pig Raid" special attack division and adopted the three-way policy of killing everyone, burning them all, and robbing them all.
, carried out a massacre of the natives who were the eyes and ears of the British army, and the resistance on the island was gradually and completely eliminated. After Hao Dejie was captured, he was cut into pieces by the Japanese, and the remains were fed to wolves and dogs. His ferocity and savagery are incredible.
"I heard that as early as two years ago, the population of Ceylon Island dropped sharply to 200,000. The indigenous residents on the island either died of famine or were involved in wars and became innocent victims. By the second half of last year,
The Japanese army began to prepare to abandon the island of Ceylon. The first thing they did was to move away the young indigenous people on the island. Then the newly-built special division "Fuji" division carried out the genocide order. In less than half a year, the island
All the natives were slaughtered!"
"Kill them all?"
Xia Jian was shocked and stood up suddenly: "Is the situation confirmed?"
"I'm afraid it's true!"
Qian Yushang nodded vigorously: "We compared the confessions of the fifty-eight Japanese soldiers who took the initiative to confess. The situation they told was almost exactly the same. Based on their confessions, we found a large number of indigenous corpses in the north of Jaffna Lake.
mass graves...
"Because the Japanese Fourth Division was notorious among the Japanese army, soldiers recruited from Daling and other places were also discriminated against. When the Japanese base camp deployed troops, most of the troops formed from the Daling area were used for homeland defense.
The Japanese soldiers on Orchid Island are such a force.
"Originally, the Japanese base camp was to allow the Japanese troops who stayed in Ceylon to retreat to the mountainous and forested areas to fight guerrillas and deal with us skillfully. However, these Japanese troops were unwilling to retreat to the mountainous and forested areas to endure hardships and had agreed to surrender when the war situation went unfavorable. This resulted in our landing operation being extremely smooth.
Something happens!
"These Japanese soldiers from Daling were also very shocked by what the Fuji Division did. Many of them had insomnia and nightmares after witnessing the tragedy. They were afraid that we would find out the truth and attribute the responsibility to them, so after entering the prisoner-of-war camp, they heard
When our political workers came to the publicity, they immediately exposed the truth. On the one hand, they made them feel better, and on the other hand, they sought leniency from us!"
Xia Jian was extremely shocked, and after a while he murmured to himself: "So, I'm afraid there aren't many indigenous residents left on this island... Wei..."
"There are definitely fish that have slipped through the net, but the number is definitely not large."
Qian Yushang said softly: "But this is a good thing for us. Now the houses, fields and even some primitive factories and enterprises here are ready-made. We just need to seize the time to immigrate and connect all the industries.
It won't be long before this place truly belongs to us.
"Of course, in order to silence Western countries, it is best to faithfully record everything our army saw and heard during the march with cameras and video cameras. The confessions of the Japanese soldiers who took the initiative to provide information must also be recorded one by one.
To organize, it is best to find the mass graves of previous massacres.
"The Japanese mostly threw the corpses into the sea, doused some with fuel and burned them, and then covered them with soil. They thought they did everything perfectly, but there are always clues left behind. We only need to find these traces, and everything will be revealed.
In this way, we don't have to carry the burden of history at all. All the blame was brought by the Japanese, and we just recovered a piece of land without an owner."
Xia Jian calmed down. The more he thought about it, the more serious the matter became. He immediately said to Qian Yushang: "Prepare a special line immediately. I want to report this matter to the boss personally!"
"yes!"
Qian Yushang turned around and left. Xia Jian collected his thoughts and then came to the telecommunications room next door.
When Xiao Nanhai received the telegram, An Yi was meeting with General Ismay, the deputy secretary-general of the First Cabinet and the representative of the Prime Minister's Office on the Chiefs of Staff Committee, who was the representative of British Prime Minister Churchill.
Similar to the purpose of "Free French" Foreign Minister Jean Moulin, the British visit this time is also for the ownership of China's Palestinian and Transjordan regions.
At this point today, the strength of the empire on which the sun never sets has been seriously damaged. Ismay is not so arrogant as to just rely on diplomatic means to take back sovereignty over the subcontinent, Myanmar, Malaya and other places, but Ismay is talking
He repeatedly tested An Yi and asked about the possibility of returning to the above areas.
An Yi was unmoved and insisted that every inch of land owned by China was not taken from the British and its colonial powers. West India and Persia were obtained from the Soviet Union and Sheng Shicai's coalition forces, East India, Burma and Malaya.
It was taken from the Japanese.
Before the Anjia Army recovered the above areas and incorporated them into the territory of the United Kingdom, the British colonial rule had completely collapsed. There were no territorial or sovereignty disputes between the two countries. If the British felt aggrieved, they could go to the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union.
The Japanese government is settling accounts, and China does not bear any responsibility for this.
Seeing An Yi's clever words, Ismay couldn't help but be filled with anger, but he also knew that Britain and the United States now had too much to take care of themselves. An's army had defeated the German army, and the majesty of the Japanese army had actually become the mainstay of the Allies. Therefore, he did not entangle too much and was ready to let everything go.
By the time of the post-war settlement, the sensitive Middle East issue was again discussed.
Ismay believes that with the official launch of Operation Torch, it is a certainty that the Allied forces will open a battlefield in western North Africa. In order to respond to the war in the west, there must be a support point in the east, and the Sinai Peninsula, which was newly recovered by the Anjia Army, has
Stan and Transjordan are important springboards for counterattacks in Northeast Africa, East Africa and other places. Since An Yi has previously stated that he will not be involved in the European war, it is the proper meaning of the question for Britain to take back its own territory.
An Yi once again stated that the good news from various parts of the Middle East was obtained by his own army from the German army with its own strength. It had no direct relationship with the British government and there was no question of return. Just when Ismay was furious and prepared
When he got angry, An Yi changed the topic and said that considering the overall strategic situation of the world, he could consider returning the two places to the UK, but the UK must support China's proposal to establish a new Jewish state in the Palestinian area.
An Yi said that after continuous wars, there are now less than 500,000 Arabs in the Palestinian area, and more than 300,000 Jews have been persecuted by the Germans. Considering that after the establishment of a Jewish state in the future, there will be large-scale emergencies around the world.
Due to the wave of Jewish immigration, he considered allocating a total of 80,000 square kilometers of land, including the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, and parts of the Jordan River, to the Jewish people for the establishment of a state, while East Jerusalem included the Gaza Strip and parts of the Jordan River, a total of 80,000 square kilometers.
Thousands of square kilometers of land to establish the Arab state.
Ismay immediately objected, saying that the Sinai Peninsula was the inherent territory of British Egypt. Such division would seriously harm the legitimate rights and interests of the Kingdom of Great Britain. At the same time, in view of the deep-rooted contradictions between Jews and Arabs, once the Jews were allowed to establish a state, it would
It is not conducive to uniting Arab and Islamic countries to fight against the Axis powers.
An Yi solemnly stated that this is the premise and basis for cooperation between the two sides. At present, the Jews are also a major force in the fight against the Axis powers. Since the British side has stated that it wants to unite all forces, it cannot ignore the feelings of the Jewish nation, and
Helping them establish their country can better inspire the strength of the Jews and achieve a win-win goal.
Seeing An Yi's insistence, Ismay didn't understand why An Yi would be so kind to the Jews who were hated by the whole world. He repeatedly considered the decision and had no choice but to request a temporary adjournment and wait until negotiations with the country were completed before meeting An Yi again.
An Yi did not force himself and sent Ismay downstairs in person.
After An Yi returned to the office, Shen Fengdao handed the telegram from Ceylon to An Yi. After reading it, An Yi immediately went to the telecommunications room and communicated directly with Xia Jian through an encrypted satellite phone.
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