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"Your Excellency, please, please calm down... In fact, we have achieved certain results in this battle! More than 8 people were killed or injured..." Admiral Singer stammered.

"But can we still hold Calcutta?" Gandhi glanced at Singh, gritted his teeth, and said, "I promised the Indian people that I would keep this city! My promise has now become the laughing stock of the whole world. Slim's fault! Couldn't he have lasted a few more hours in Jamshedpur-Danbad? Just a few hours!"

Singer just shook his head and smiled wryly. As a military layman, he also felt that Lieutenant General Slim's combat skills were a bit trendy.Almost more than 120 million troops were mobilized, but in the end they could not beat the Communist Party's 50 troops!It seems that the decline of the British Empire is because of these generals who can't fight.The Republic of India can no longer count on "British thighs" in the future.Thinking of this, he quietly moved a few steps to Gandhi's side, and said in a low voice, "Mr. President, it seems that the British can no longer help India, and Lieutenant General Slim doesn't have much military talent. We need better ones." military advisor."

"A better advisor?" Gandhi was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked, "German? Or Chinese?"

Singer frowned and thought for a while, then replied: "It's safer to use the Chinese... At present, there are some rifts between China and Germany, and the relationship is obviously alienated. If we use German military advisers, the Chinese are likely to Misunderstood that we are going to defect to Germany." As he spoke, he emphasized his tone. "Although Germany is very powerful, China is very close to us, and the Indian Ocean is under the control of the Chinese navy."

Gandhi heaved a long sigh, with a helpless expression on his face, he walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. "You don't know what the Chinese are thinking, do you? They want us to divide India! How could they really help us to suppress the Communist Party? They didn't get these Communist Party on the land of India!"

Singer sighed softly and said with a wry smile: "Mr. President, of course the Chinese are aware of their sinister intentions, but the current situation is obvious. The war between Germany and Germany is about to break out, and these two countries have no time to take care of it in a short time. India. But Britain and France have weakened, and Japan... can’t cross the Strait of Malacca. Now we can only rely on China.” He smiled confidently as he spoke: “Actually, the Chinese also have differences on the issue of how to treat the Communist Party. For example Their chief of staff, Luo Yaoguo, has always been relatively pro-communist, and the CCP’s expedition to India was launched with his support. Another giant of the Chinese Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek, has always been anti-communist. We can invite him to India to serve as the military chief. consultant."

Gandhi nodded silently.Chiang Kai-shek had a little friendship with him. In order to plan the military operation to encircle Stalin's Red Army, they exchanged letters for a long time.Moreover, in the letter, Chiang Kai-shek unabashedly showed his dislike for the Communist Party!

"By the way, is Chiang Kai-shek still the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force?"

"It's not anymore." Singer smiled and replied: "The designation of the Chinese Expeditionary Force has been revoked. Among the three armies it belongs to, the 3th Army was transferred to Kuwait Free City and the Gulf Free Zone, and the 17th Army He was stationed in Saudi Arabia (to protect Saudi Arabia), and the 18th Army was stationed in Ceylon. Chiang Kai-shek’s new position was the Minister of Colonial Affairs of the Chinese Nationalist Government, but he was obviously very dissatisfied with this arrangement, and he still remains in Tehran recuperate."

"Oh, why? Do you think the official is too small?"

Singh replied: "I don't know the specific situation, but I can be sure that Chiang Kai-shek still has considerable influence in the Chinese army, especially in the Chinese garrisons around India. If you can invite him to help We will definitely help the great cause of the Bharatiya Janata Party to suppress the Communist Party.”

Gandhi finally made up his mind, and he said to Singh: "Then I would trouble you to go to New Delhi, contact Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in the name of the Minister of Army of India, and ask him if he has the will. By the way, here in Calcutta you have Any suggestion? Can you not give up?"

"Calcutta..." Admiral Singh glanced at Gandhi secretly from the corner of his eye, and tentatively said: "Calcutta can hold on! We still have four central infantry corps and two local infantry corps near Calcutta, with a total of 25 troops. Yes. Leave 15 people to guard the city, transfer another 5 to Dhaka, and 5 to guard Imphal. This should ensure that East and West Bengal and Assam will not be completely lost."

"Okay! Let's do that." Gandhi breathed a sigh of relief, and said again: "Appoint General Mountbatten as Imphal Defense Commander, promote Major General Rao as Lieutenant General, and serve as Calcutta Defense Commander. Dhaka will let... that Major General Mittal, commander of the armored forces defeated by the infantry, go to the defense."

After randomly arranging the defenses of East and West Bengal and Assam.Mahatma Gandhi, who vowed to live and die with Calcutta, took a plane back to his capital, New Delhi, after brazenly announcing the news of "victory in the defense of Calcutta".

And this Calcutta, and Dhaka, the capital of East Bengal, were both besieged by the South Asian Army of the Comintern who also claimed to have won the Jamshedpur-Danbad Battle soon after!Except for these two isolated cities, the whole of East and West Bengal was also occupied by the Communist Party.In addition, Jharkhand, half of Bihar south of the Ganges, and northwestern Assam are also controlled by the Communist Party.However, the Communist bases in southern Orissa and western Chhattisgarh were captured by the Indian reactionary army.

So far, the "First Battle of Calcutta" that lasted for more than a month has finally come to an end. Although the authorities in New Delhi, India and the South Asian Army of the Communist International all claimed victory after the war, everyone can see that India's war is still far away. Far from coming to an end!

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Wuhan, the capital of the Republic of China at the end of August 1939 AD.In this big city that has become the center of the Eastern world, few people seem to care about the ongoing war in India.Apart from the "Red Star News", the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, which was just approved to be published in Wuhan, it introduced the illustrious military exploits of the South Asian Army of the Communist International and various preferential conditions for emigrating to West Bengal, India. news about India.

During this period of time, what the Chinese press and public opinion were concerned about was actually a series of shocking massacres that took place in the "British Dominion of East Australia"!The murderer who committed the massacre was the army of the Republic of China's friendly neighbor, the Imperial Japanese Empire.Those Japanese probably wanted to clear out all the white people in East Australia and turn it into a "new paradise" for "30 million" Japanese nationals, so they massacred them after capturing big cities like Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra More than 800 white Australians created an atmosphere of terror and forced [-] million white residents there to flee to Western Australia... Of course, the Japanese side firmly denied the massacre.

However, some "Chinese immigrants" who came to Australia to make a living in the early years took quite a lot of photos reflecting the Japanese massacre, and sent them back to China through special channels, and published them in Chinese newspapers and periodicals.As a result, the "anti-Japanese protest" activities of the Chinese people with a sense of justice were triggered.There are even quite a few members of the Kuomintang who proposed to use force to stop the humanitarian disaster that is happening in East Australia in the Legislative and Supervisory Houses!Uh, in fact, similar incidents seem to happen from time to time in the Chinese territories of Southeast Asia and Central Asia, but no righteous person in China has ever stood up to say a word for the oppressed people there, and no one cares about what is happening there. racial segregation...

Captain Jiang Weiguo, who is half Japanese, returned to China amidst this somewhat unbelievable "anti-Japanese wave".As soon as I got off the plane, before I had time to report back to the Armored Forces Headquarters, I was taken to the General Staff by a Major General of the Armored Forces who was waiting at the airport.Now he is sitting anxiously in a certain luxuriously decorated living room in the General Staff Headquarters, waiting for the reception from Chief of General Staff Luo Yaoguo.Of course, his uneasiness is not due to the half of Japanese blood. The current China is promoting narrow Han chauvinism on ethnic issues-as long as there is a little Han blood, they will all be classified as Han.A Chinese-Japanese mixed-race child with a Chinese father like Jiang Weiguo will never be considered a "Yamato nation"!

What really disturbed Jiang Weiguo was his adoptive father Chiang Kai-shek's refusal to serve as the Minister of Colonial Affairs of the Nationalist Government!The reason why Chiang Kai-shek refused this "fat job" was because this position was a [-]% civilian job, and the military committee was justifiably abolished after the country entered the "constitutional period".Therefore, once Chiang Kai-shek is transferred from the "Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force" to the "Minister of Colonial Affairs", it means that he will lose his military post. According to the regulations on the management of active servicemen of the Chinese National Defense Forces, he will be transferred to the reserve service and bid farewell to the military circle. !For Chiang Kai-shek, who had worn military uniform for most of his life and had all his disciples in the army, once he left the army and became a civil servant, he might never have a comeback.

But the question is, if the old man refuses to be the Minister of Civil Affairs, will Luo Yaoguo arrange a corresponding military post for him?Jiang Weiguo shook his head with a wry smile. In fact, Luo Yaoguo, who led the National Defense Forces to win the world war and made China the hegemon of the East, had long been unable to shake the prestige of the National Defense Forces.The old man's refusal to return to the country is probably not just his fantasy of making a comeback, but also the factor of worrying about his personal safety?

At this time, there was a soft sound of footsteps outside the door.Jiang Weiguo stood up quickly and found that it was Major General Luo Youlun, the deputy chief of staff of the Armored Forces Command who brought him here.This Major General Luo is a little fellow of Luo Yaoguo, from Mei County, Guangdong, and it is said that he has some relatives.He is also a top student in the seventh phase of Whampoa, the third phase of Armored Forces, and the eighth phase of Lu Da.He performed well in the Western European campaign not long ago, and was promoted to the deputy chief of staff of the armored forces as soon as he returned to China. It seems that the future is absolutely bright.So the mood is very good, everyone is very pleasing to the eye, and Jiang Weiguo smiled at him when he saw some uneasiness, and said: "Weiguo, why are you so nervous? This is not the first time you have met the assistant commander. If I didn't remember Wrong, you two are still neighbors, right?" As he spoke, he patted Jiang Weiguo lightly on the shoulder again. "The assistant commander is waiting for you in his own office. Actually, it's nothing serious. I just want to know about the war situation in India, and maybe Jiegong wants to be the general military adviser of the Indian army..."

"What!?" Jiang Weiguo was taken aback when he heard the words, and blinked at Luo Youlun, "Si Gong (Luo Youlun), who did you hear that my father was going to be the military advisor of the Indian Army?"

Luo Youlun was also stunned for a moment, "Why, you don't know? This is proposed by Mr. Jie himself, and the government of the Republic of India has also made a request to us in this regard." He smiled again: "It's okay if you don't know. It's time to tell the truth, come with me, don't make the assistant commander wait too long." After speaking, he walked to Luo Yaoguo's office with Jiang Weiguo.

"Weiguo, I heard that you witnessed the battle between the CCP's armored forces and the Indian army's armored forces in India, right?" Luo Yaoguo greeted Jiang Weiguo and Luo Youlun to take their seats, and then asked about the situation in India. He seemed quite interested. look.

"Assistant Marshal, I did witness three battles between the armored divisions of the Communist International and the Indian armored forces." Jiang Weiguo took out a few discs of film from the purse he brought with him and put them on the desk. Some of the battles I want to bring back to the Armored Forces Command for research."

"Oh." Luo Yaoguo smiled and nodded. "Okay, you are still a caring person." He said to Luo Youlun: "Siyang, you take these films back, and send a copy to the General Staff, I want to have a look."

Luo Youlun agreed, and put the reels of film into a file bag and put them away.Luo Yaoguo turned to Jiang Weiguo again and asked, "Then what do you think of the performance of the CCP's armored troops? Can it be called elite?"

Jiang Weiguo shook his head and said with a smile: "In general, there is still a gap compared with our armored forces and the German armored forces. It's just that the performance of the Indians is worse. That's why an armored division of the CCP wiped out an Indian armored army." Then Jiang Weiguo carefully told Luo Yaoguo everything he saw and heard in India.

"Then the performance of the Indian army is really bad, especially their armored units." Luo Yaoguo sneered: "But the Indians still want to rebuild an armored division, and asked your father to propose to buy our No. 65 Tanks." At this point, Luo Yaoguo glanced at Jiang Weiguo with a half-smile, "Brother Jie always has to sell a little face, I have already agreed to sell it to a heavy tank battalion in India (equipped with 180 No. 60 tanks) With all the equipment, another 28 No. 18 tanks, 75 18-year armored vehicles, 28 100mm armored assault guns, [-] [-]-year self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, a batch of armored command vehicles, armored maintenance vehicles and other equipment will be sold... In addition , and thousands of cannons over [-]mm. It’s a big deal!” He paused, looked at Jiang Weiguo, and said, “Weiguo, I’m going to make you work harder and go to India to participate in the Your father's military advisory group, you have been in the South Asian Army of the Communist International for a while, so it can be said that you know yourself and your enemy well. It should be most appropriate for you to assist your father."

Chapter 0908 Anti-encirclement and Long March (23) Eighth International Congress

A solemn expression flashed on Jiang Weiguo's face. Hearing Luo Yaoguo's words, it seemed that the other party had agreed to appoint Chiang Kai-shek as the general adviser of the Indian Army.Moreover, he plans to approve a large-scale arms sales project... But Jiang Weiguo can guess with his heels that the South Asian Army of the Communist International will definitely buy corresponding arms from the Nationalist Government!Marshal Luo will not be reconciled if the wealth accumulated by the Indian people for thousands of years is not exhausted.With such a scheming warmonger behind them, what great things can the Chiang and his son do in India?

"Weiguo, as the saying goes, father and son fight in battle, and brothers in battle. With you and Jiegong father and son working together, I believe that our country will get the most benefits in India." Seeing Jiang Weiguo hesitated, Luo Yaoguo just smiled gently, and then Said: "I believe your father also knows that a divided India with civil wars is in the best interest of our country." He sighed, "There is no way to do this. Who made India the second largest country in Asia? If they are united, they will definitely grow into We are the great enemy of China. This is the case between countries. There is no benevolence, justice and morality to talk about. But I will not make it difficult for your father... In short, I will be the villain, and your father can just be the third son of India. That's old friends."

Jiang Weiguo also knew that this matter could not be pushed away. Although the Generalissimo Luo in front of him was polite to the Jiang family, he did not relax the power to suppress the Jiang family. Now Chiang Kai-shek refused to return to China but went to India as a military adviser. I'm afraid it is also a good thing he can't wait for?

Of course, for Chiang Kai-shek, hiding in India as a military adviser is not bad, at least he doesn’t have to worry about being murdered all day... From this perspective, Chiang Kai-shek is really the best candidate for an Indian military adviser, because he is absolutely Hope the civil war in India can continue for a long time.

After thinking about these issues clearly, Jiang Weiguo stood at attention and said loudly: "The humble post guarantees to live up to the expectations of the assistant commander, so that the Republic of India will be in the most favorable state for our country for a long time."

Luo Yaoguo smiled, beckoned to Jiang Weiguo, and signaled him to sit down and talk. "Weiguo, young people should go outside to exercise, so that they will be able to take on heavy responsibilities in the future. This time, your mission in the South Asian Army of the Communist International has been successfully completed. The CCP is full of praise for you. I hope that in the future The same can be done in the Army of the Indian Republic." He then said to Luo Youlun: "Si Yang, promote Weiguo to be a major of the armored forces. After he has served as a military adviser in the Indian Army for one year, he will be sent on recommendation. Army University, after graduating from Lu University, he was assigned to the Armored Division as a combat staff officer."

"Okay, I understand." Luo Youlun replied with slightly raised eyebrows.

"Thank you for the training of the assistant commander." Jiang Weiguo stood up and saluted again.Of course he knew that Luo Yaoguo's arrangement was a shortcut for junior officers of the National Defense Forces to climb up the ranks.At present, most of the senior generals of the Whampoa Department in the National Defense Forces were promoted along this path.

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And at this time, Beiping, China.Around the city center, which had just become the resident of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, there was a bit more atmosphere of a revolutionary holy place.Both sides of the road from the front train station to Shuncheng King's Mansion are filled with bright red flags of the Communist International, and there are various slogans celebrating the victory of the Eighth World Congress of the Communist International.The police department of the national government in Beiping City has increased its police force at various intersections in the city center every day, especially the Shuncheng Palace. The heavily armed security team sealed off a large area nearby, with one post every five steps and one sentry post every ten steps. Any Beiping citizen who entered or exited here must undergo strict security checks!In addition, the Nationalist Government of Beiping City also used the so-called "training regime" to reject the submissions submitted by the Chinese Youth Party, the Chinese Communist League, the Chinese National Socialist Workers Party, the Chinese Social Democratic Party, the Chinese Fascist Party, and other parties that the CCP did not deal with. applications for marches and protests.

For this reason, representatives of these parties in the Beiping Legislative Council and the Supervisory Committee jointly protested against the Kuomintang dictatorship!However, representatives of the CCP, the Kuomintang, and the Zhigong Party, for the first time, sided with the Kuomintang during the fight in the Legislative Council... It's a bit of a farce no matter how you look at it.

And the only reason for this weird incident in Beiping City is the Eighth World Congress of the Communist International that is being held!For the successful convening of this conference, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has been preparing for a long time. It dredged up the high-level officials of the National Government, and renovated the Prince's Mansion of Shuncheng County in Beiping. It has been transformed into a conference hall, and even the painted patterns in the corridor of the palace have changed from traditional Chinese stories to world revolutionary events such as the Paris Commune, the October Revolution, the January Upheaval, Lenin in 1918, etc.!Of course, there are no painted paintings of the execution of Tsar Nicholas II's family.

At this moment, the Shuncheng Prince's Mansion is already heavily guarded, and the conference hall transformed from the palace hall is even more heavily curtained. Within a hundred steps around the conference hall, there is a restricted zone, except for the most reliable comrades from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. No one is allowed to get close to the representatives of the Communist Parties of various countries participating in the meeting!It is said that this is to prevent the imperialists from stealing the secrets of the meeting... There is also a rumor that the marathon World Congress of the Communist International was a bit difficult.

"Comrade Dolores Ibaluli, do you still insist on your ideas?" Zhou Enlai looked at the passionate flower of the Spanish Communist Party with regretful eyes. This woman is the chairman of the Spanish Communist Party and the leader of the conference. One of the main thorns!Uh, still a staunch anti-China element.She firmly opposed the CCP's proposal to amend the constitution of the Communist International and strengthen the leading role of the Communist International in each branch. She also gathered a group of leaders of European and American Communist parties to form an "opposition".The most intolerable thing for the leaders of the CCP is that this woman also publicly accused the CCP of pursuing the "KMT-CPC cooperation" as taking the road of capitalism!The Indian Revolutionary War led by the Eastern Bureau of the Comintern is "neo-colonialism"!The decision of the Eastern Bureau of the Comintern to ban the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Communist Party of Burma and the Communist Party of Malaya is a big party chauvinism...

The tall, brown-haired Spanish woman, Ibarulli, stood up abruptly from her seat, waved her arms and replied loudly in Spanish: "Yes, we Spanish communists still insist on our own views. The communist parties of all countries must be equal. , independence, and non-interference in the internal affairs of other parties! And Spain does not need the so-called Communist International Army! The goal of the Spanish Communist Party is to establish an independent republic in Spain, not to make Spain a vassal of some big countries! If you do that, What's the difference between us and Franco?"

The conference room was full of buzzing discussions, revolutionary leaders from all corners of the world were discussing in low voices, some supported Ibaruri, and some opposed her views.

In general, most of the blond and blue-eyed European and American Communist Party representatives supported Ibaluri's views.It's not that the Communist Party in these countries has a particularly low level of awareness, but that the reactionary forces they face are particularly strong, and the CCP's current strength cannot be provoked at all.Therefore, even if these CCPs supported the CCP’s request, the Comintern would not be able to send troops to help them in the revolution... Even if the CCP had the courage to send them, most of them would be meat buns beating dogs.But once these resolutions are exposed in European and American countries, these European and American communist parties will have to face doubts from the working people in their respective countries, which is very detrimental to their development in their respective countries!

The five Asian communist parties, including the Communist Party of the Far East, the Communist Party of India, the Workers’ Party of Korea, the Communist Party of Japan, and the Communist Party of Indonesia, all stand on the side of the Communist Party of China, supporting the establishment of a unified Communist International Army, and supporting leaders of the Communist Party of China such as Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong to become a new Communist International The leaders, the CCP will act as the "leading party" of the world revolution, turning Peiping into the "guidance center" of the world revolution.

Zhou Enlai frowned slightly as he watched the leaders of the communist parties in the room whispering to each other. This meeting has been going on for almost a month, and they have been arguing over these issues for a month, but they still can't reach an agreement. It seems that today's meeting is not I want to have some results.

"Comrades!" Zhou Enlai sighed softly, and finally said: "I know that you still don't understand some of the suggestions put forward by our party at this meeting, and even the policy of cooperation with the Kuomintang that our party is currently pursuing. I don't understand... But comrades, have you really looked at the problem from the overall perspective of the international communist movement? Since the failure of the Soviet Revolution, the world revolution has entered a trough, and after the end of the Western European campaign, the newly emerging Chinese , German imperialism is unprecedentedly powerful, and it is not at all a weak revolutionary force that can confront it head-on! Under such circumstances, the revolution can only avoid places where the imperialist forces are relatively strong, and the weakest links of the imperialist forces must first Victory! To this end, temporary cooperation with certain imperialist forces is also very necessary.

For example, the current Indian revolution, I can tell you very clearly that our actions to help the Indian revolution are indeed supported by Chinese imperialism!And we also know that the support of the Chinese imperialists has bad intentions, but we still have to cooperate with them.Maybe you don't understand why we do this, but you should be able to see the achievements of the Indian revolution now!We have helped the Communist Party of India to gain power in six states including East Bengal, West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Jharkhand, and Bihar! "

At this point, Zhou Enlai also stood up, raised his voice, and said loudly in fluent English: "A revolutionary proletarian India is being established with our help! This fact just proves that the viewpoint of world revolution advocated by our party is The truth in line with the present world revolutionary situation!"

"But this proletarian India does not have its own army, only a Comintern South Asian Army controlled by you Chinese Communists!" Ibaluri retorted coldly: "I don't see the Comintern South Asian Army and the The Anglo-Indian Army is any different."

Zhou Enlai smiled lightly and replied: "Comrade Ibaruli, what is the goal of our revolution? Is it to establish the dictatorship of the Communist Party in our respective countries like the Stalinists, or to liberate all mankind, eliminate classes, and destroy the country?" How about establishing a communist Datong society in the end?" He didn't wait for Ibaluri to answer, but he replied: "Of course we Communists want to build a communist Datong society belonging to all mankind! To achieve this goal Therefore, we should no longer establish armies under the leadership of our respective political parties, but instead establish a revolutionary army belonging to the proletarian countries of the world, that is - the Communist International Army!"

"I'm afraid it is the Communist International Army under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party!" The leader of the Communist Party of an unknown country muttered in English in a strange manner.