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"Yunying No. 13 calls Yingwang, Yunying No. 13 calls Yingwang! The British fleet is only 120 kilometers away from you! The location is XX east longitude and XX south latitude."

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London, Whitehall.

In the solemn and solemn naval conference hall, British Prime Minister Chamberlain sat in the top seat in the middle of the conference table, neatly dressed but expressionless, staring blankly at a document in front of him without saying a word. There was no gleam in the eyes either.The ministers at the conference table were whispering among each other, discussing their views on the current war, and proposing various solutions.The generals, on the other hand, were about the same as Prime Minister Chamberlain, staring at the battle report they had just received before their eyes in a daze.

Outside the window is Whitehall Street in London.Today is a rare spring day, but the sunshine that shines through the thick glass windows into this conference hall looks so cold and damp to the British civil and military attendees, just like their mood at the moment .

That battle report is the latest battle report jointly submitted by the Indian Theater and the Indian Grand Fleet to the Imperial General Staff, the Navy Ministry, and the Army Ministry.These include reports of the just-defeated Battle of Jamshedpur on Indian land, as well as reports of the ongoing Indian Ocean battle that has already been won or lost.On land in India, about 10 of the British-Indian Army's Third Army was caught off guard by the Chinese Communist Army, which had been raiding hundreds of kilometers all day and night. The 10 army collapsed in less than half a day and followed Lieutenant General Nelson. Ranchi's army was less than 3, and the rest were either killed, captured, or dispersed and fled.And the [-] people who fled to Ranchi also lost their armor and armor, and most of the infantry lost their rifles and bayonets!

However, the loss of the British and Indian troops did not make the atmosphere in this conference hall so dignified and depressing. What made everyone feel desperate was another urgent message from the Indian fleet. The naval battle in the Indian Ocean had already been defeated!Lost three of the most valuable aircraft carriers, the Glory, the Brave, and the Victory, the carrier-based aircraft lost more than 200 aircraft, the heavy cruiser lost two, the Australia and the Canberra, and the light cruiser lost three, the Newcastle and Southamp The Dayton, the Glasgow, and 6 W-class destroyers and two 2-ton fast tankers were sunk...

And the Indian Ocean Fleet can confirm that the result is only heavy damage to the aircraft carrier Taiwan and the heavy cruiser Nanjing!According to the telegram sent back by Admiral Cunningham, the Taiwan aircraft carrier was hit by a 225 kg semi-armour-piercing bomb and a 760 kg aviation torpedo.For a 27000-ton heavy aircraft carrier, such damage is usually not fatal, and the Chinese can repair the aircraft carrier in at most three months.The heavy cruiser was only hit by a 225-kilogram bomb, and it was a bit of a suspicion of plastering the face of the Royal Navy to say that it was seriously damaged.

"Hey..." A long sigh came from Prime Minister Chamberlain's mouth, "Gentlemen, we have lost, and we are no longer capable of defending Australia."

The atmosphere in the conference hall became even more depressing. Prime Minister Chamberlain was right. The Indian Ocean battle had indeed been lost, and he was suspected of losing all his money!Even if the "Formidable" aircraft carrier can escape from the siege and interception of 8 Chinese aircraft carriers, Britain will not have the power to compete with China for sea control on the west coast of the Australian mainland.Now the Chinese can continuously send their powerful army to Australia. With Wavell's army of 10,000 + not much heavy equipment, how can it be possible to keep this continent of more than 760 million square kilometers?

"Mr. Prime Minister, we can defend the Empire, and the Royal Navy has 8 aircraft carriers!" The speaker was Minister of the Navy Churchill. He can always find favorable factors from a lot of unfavorable news, and his words are always full of confidence .Churchill said confidently:

"The restoration of our HMS Indomitable and Ark Royal is also progressing smoothly, and they will be ready for combat by the end of June at the latest. By then, the Royal Navy will have three more aircraft carriers in Australian waters, and we will be able to get them soon." A batch of "Sea Hurricane" fighter jets and the American SBD "Dreadnought" dive bombers, and then the "Barracuda" type will be changed to torpedo bombers, so that the combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier force will be greatly improved.

Therefore, as long as the Army can stick to Western Australia until the end of June, the Royal Navy's Australian Grand Fleet will be able to regain the power of World War I. "

"Really?" Prime Minister Chamberlain slowly raised his head, his pale and haggard face turned rosy, his eyes wandered in the conference hall, and finally fell on Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. "William, can the Army hold Western Australia until the end of June?"

"No problem, Mr. Prime Minister, Admiral Wavell is capable of holding on to Western Australia for at least three months." Ironside swallowed, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

"What's the matter? Is there any problem? William." Chamberlain looked at the chief of the general staff who looked embarrassed and asked.

"Mr. Prime Minister, it is like this. After the failure of the Indian Ocean naval battle, the most dangerous is not the Australia and New Zealand theater, but the Indian theater and the Middle East theater..." Ironside stammered: "Especially in the Indian theater. After the Battle of Mshedpur, it will soon control the entire Odisha, southern Bihar, western Madhya Pradesh and other regions. And according to reliable information, the Chinese Communist Party will support a government of the Communist Party of India there.

In addition, in Kabul, Afghanistan, a Muslim coalition army with a total strength of about 10 people recently appeared. This army is composed of Muslims from the Central Asian Autonomous Republic, a Chinese colony. They should also have the support of the Chinese government behind them. .Moreover, the government of the Kingdom of Afghanistan has also formed an army of 5 people, preparing to invade northwest India with this Muslim coalition army.

Also, after the naval battle in the Indian Ocean, the troops of the Chinese Nationalist Government will definitely step up their offensive against Ceylon Island, and the Maldives Islands are expected to be invaded soon.We also deployed in these two places..."

"Give up!" Chamberlain waved his hand, interrupting Ironside. "Immediately abandon Ceylon and the Maldives archipelago and withdraw troops there to Mumbai and then all to the Middle East."

"However, Mr. Prime Minister, if all the British troops in India are withdrawn, it may be difficult for the British and Indian troops to defend India. If India falls, the Chinese army may soon attack the Middle East, and even go all the way to the Suez Canal!" Unseld argued loudly.

"This..." Chamberlain hesitated again when he heard the words. Abandoning India was a long-established strategy when he had to, but the Middle East, especially the Suez Canal, must not be abandoned.If China hits the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea and seizes the Suez Canal, then countries such as Italy, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Yugoslavia and other countries that are still on the sidelines will probably join the Axis powers without hesitation, right?

"No, we don't rely on the British and Indian troops to defend India!" Churchill interrupted suddenly: "India should be defended by Indians." "Didn't the Chinese Communist Party say that India should be liberated from the colonial rule of the British Empire? Then we will let India be independent now! If the Chinese continue to invade, then they will not be liberated, but invaded! The Indian people will rise up against them, it will be a struggle of [-] million people, the Chinese will either leave in despair, or fall into the big quagmire of India!"

"Yes! Winston is right. Let's arrange it like this. We will immediately grant India an independent status. Let Mr. Gandhi be the president and Nehru the prime minister. We can also invite the Communist Party of India to join the coalition government." Liang stood up with his hands on the table, and there was some confidence in his tone.

"I will immediately go to Buckingham Palace to ask His Majesty the King to allow India to be independent. From now on, India will no longer be part of the British Empire. British officers will serve in the Indian Army as advisors for a period of time and may also be employed by the Indian government. Served as an officer in the Indian Army until..."

"Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Chamberlain hadn't finished speaking when a secretary with a flustered expression suddenly pushed the door open and walked in, interrupting the meeting.

"Europe! Something happened in Europe! Hitler's army suddenly appeared on the Ardennes Plateau..."

Chapter 0857 India's Two Kingdoms Theory

"The Republic of India was proclaimed today." A gloomy Indian walked into a simply furnished office. Maybe it was very cold outside the Great Wall in May. This Indian comrade who grew up in the warm and humid climate of South Asia Wearing a thick blue-gray military overcoat on his body, he walked into this stuffy office full of leading comrades from the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International who had come to attend the meeting, and was filled with the strong smell of cigarettes. There was a thin layer of sweat.This Indian comrade is now Comrade Lu Yi, chairman of the Communist Party of India.In this small meeting room, there were already more than a dozen Chinese and foreign revolutionary leaders discussing in low voices around a wood table.Or in other words, the revolutionary actions of the Eastern Bureau of the Comintern in India seem to have lost their best reputation.

The purpose of the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International to send troops to India is of course to liberate the [-] million oppressed Indian people. However, in order to unite the Indian upper class, including some "progressive Brahmins" in the initial period of the Indian revolution, they still chose national liberation. banner.That is to help the Communist Party of India liberate India from the colonial rule of British imperialism.But now, because of successive defeats on the battlefield and pressure from the Indian independence movement led by the Communist Party of India, those British imperialists had no choice but to agree to end their colonial rule in India.

This matter is of course another great victory achieved by the Eastern Bureau of the Comintern and the Communist Party of India, but the problem is that the agents of the Indian bourgeoisie and feudal landlord class, including Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah, have shamelessly usurped This is the fruit of the revolutionary victory that originally belonged to the Indian people!Without the consent of the Communist Party of India and the Indian people, the government of the Republic of India was announced. Gandhi also proclaimed himself the interim president, Bose as the interim vice president, Nehru as the interim prime minister, and Jinnah the interim deputy prime minister...More What makes people feel angry is that after these Indian indigenous upper-class figures have carved up most of the positions in the Indian central government, they hypocritically invited the leader of the Communist Party of India, Lu Yi, to New Delhi to participate in the coalition government negotiations.It is a vain attempt to use high-ranking officials and generous salaries to buy the top leaders of the Communist Party of India, so as to achieve the goal of establishing the reactionary rule of the bourgeoisie and landlord class in India!

In Luo Yaoguo's original time and space, these agents of the Indian bourgeoisie and landlord class used this insidious method of "false democracy, real dictatorship" to divide the revolutionary forces in India and establish a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and landlord class , Bringing endless disasters to the people of the South Asian subcontinent!In this time and space, because of the early rise of China, the historical trend of the entire world has been profoundly changed. The British Empire also lost its ability to maintain colonial rule in India earlier, and the focus of the world revolution has also shifted from Europe and China to India. On this rich and ancient land.

On the desk is a huge map of the "Pseudo-Republic of India (including Pakistan and Bangladesh)".Two large areas are drawn above with red and blue pencils.One is located on the west coast of India, including India's "liberated areas" including Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal; the other is India's "India" that includes most of India. National Control Area" (National Congress Party).Although there are still many forces planning to step into India, a treasure land of geomantic omen, but the two forces on the map that can really stand out in the future competition in India are probably the two.

Lu Yi snorted, walked to an empty seat, and smiled while taking off his military overcoat: "Comrades, that Gandhi also wrote me a personal letter, wanting to make me his Indian Republic Minister of Labor, let's see if this official is big or not?"

Zhou Enlai raised his head. The leader of the Communist Party of China and the actual leader of the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International seemed to be a little thinner these days. "Comrade Lu Yi, why don't you Communist Party of India also establish a Union of Socialist Republic of India, and you will be the chairman of the country, and you can also make Gandhi the chairman of the Political Consultative Conference of the Union of India."

Hearing Zhou Enlai's proposal to establish the Union Republic of India to sing against the Republic of India, Lu Yi was not a little excited, as if everything had been expected by him, he smiled calmly, "Okay! The working people of India are It's time to form our own government... But the most urgent thing now is not to establish a government, but to establish an army belonging to the working people. Only with their own guns can the working people of India be truly liberated. I don't know... Has the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International made any arrangements in this regard?"

"Of course there is an arrangement." Mao Zedong took a puff of cigarette, reached out to pick up a document, waved it lightly, and said with a smile: "Comrade Lu Yi, this is the plan for the South Asian Army of the Communist International drafted by the Military Committee of the Eastern Bureau." Please take a look at the organization method."

"South Asian Army of the Communist International..." Lu Yi stood up abruptly, reached out to take the document from Mao Zedong, first read it at a glance, and then carefully read the document word by word. gas.According to the "South Asian Army Organizational Measures" formulated by the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International, this army is directly under the orders of the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International, and all personnel appointment and dismissal powers are also directly controlled by the Eastern Bureau!In other words, the future Union Republic of India will not have its own army at all!What kind of sovereignty does a country have without an army?

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense, and everyone turned their attention to Lu Yi. Zhou Enlai took over the topic and explained slowly: "Comrade Lu Yi, this arrangement was made after we studied the lessons from the failure of the Soviet revolution. The arrangement most in line with the current general situation of the world revolution. India is now the most promising place for a breakthrough in the world revolution, but after the victory of the Indian revolution, will the newly born socialist country of India follow in the footsteps of the Soviet Union and enter the What about the dead end of 'socialism in one country'?"

"Comrade Lu Yi, the lessons from the failure of the Soviet Union tell us that only by standing on the height of the world revolution can the final victory of the revolution be achieved, and the establishment of a proletarian regime in the whole of India is not the end of the Indian revolution, but the victory of the world revolution." start……"

As soon as Zhou Enlai's words fell, there were bursts of echoing voices in the room.

"Imperialism can even wipe out the mighty Soviet Union, let alone a weak India? If India implements socialism in one country, it will definitely be wiped out by imperialism."

"I'm afraid that India will become an imperialist colony again?"

"The Indian revolution can only be victorious if it becomes part of the world revolution."

"Now that Chinese comrades travel thousands of miles to India, aren't they also standing at the height of the world revolution? How can India only care about itself?"

Seeing that everyone in the room was unanimous in support of the proposals of the two CCP leaders, Lu Yi's face was flushed, his fists were pressed against the table, and his thick lips were still trembling slightly.I don't know whether to be angry or excited?

"As long as the [-] million oppressed working people of India can be liberated, what's the point of setting up a Communist International South Asian Army? Didn't the Movement Republic organize their army into the Communist International Far East Army?" Dimitrov, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, slammed the table and shouted loudly in Chinese that he had just learned and was not very fluent: "I think this matter has been decided! The Socialist Union of India will The establishment of the Comintern South Asia Army will be established at the same time! This is not only the decision of the Comintern Eastern Bureau, but also the decision of the Comintern Executive Committee!"

Seeing what Dimitrov said, Lu Yi knew that the establishment of the South Asian Army was the will of the entire Eastern Bureau, and he and the unarmed Indian Communist Party could not stop it at all!Moreover, as a branch of the Eastern Bureau of the Comintern, the Communist Party of India is also obliged to obey all instructions of the Eastern Bureau, otherwise... Thinking of this, Lu Yi peeked out of the corner of his eye at the always gloomy face of Gu Shunzhang, the head of the Political Security Bureau of the Eastern Bureau , took a deep breath, and nodded heavily.Then, the whole person slumped on his chair...

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In the office of the Chief of Staff of the Wuhan General Staff Headquarters, at this time, Luo Yaoguo was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back in a depressed mood. A telegram from the headquarters of the Chinese First Armored Army that had just been translated was placed in his office. table top.He would never have dreamed that the originally good Manstein plan would turn into an Ardennes offensive!After trying to raid the side of the British and French coalition forces through the Ardennes Forest, the Chinese and German coalition forces were blocked in Bastogne!

Isn't this Bastoni the place where the American 101st Airborne Division became famous in history?Hitler's last fight in December 1944 seemed to have suffered a disastrous defeat because he had not captured Bastoni for a long time and pulled out the nail behind the army.

And now, I don't know what went wrong. The Sino-German coalition forces in this time and space actually ran into Bastoni's nail when they were implementing the Manstein plan!Huang Guyu, commander of the First Armored Army, reported in a telegram that they encountered a Moroccan infantry division in Bastogne in the middle of the Ardennes Heights!In other words, in this time and space, there will be no more surprise attacks across the Ardennes forest, and there will be no miracle of the destruction of France in 35 days. Of course, the Great Escape from Dunkirk will never happen again!

This history seems to have undergone unexpected changes again!Will the European battlefield of World War II become a stalemate similar to World War I?If the European battlefield becomes a protracted war, what about the war in the Indian Ocean and Australia?Will there be unexpected changes as a result?

Both Bai Chongxi and An Sihua sat quietly on the sofa in the office, holding fragrant tea in their hands, watching him think about things in circles.There are some inexplicable feelings.After all, the two of them didn't travel from later generations, so they didn't know how easy it would be for Germany to defeat France in another time and space.In their view, the Ardennes offensive has been carried out smoothly so far. It has advanced more than 24 kilometers in less than 60 hours. Even if it encounters a Moroccan division, it is no big deal. Maybe it can use this Moroccan infantry division to attract British and French armor. The troops came to help, and then relying on the complex terrain of the Ardennes Forest to set up an ambush, it is also the best strategy to come to a surrounding point to fight for help.If one or two British and French armored divisions can be wiped out, and then the Moroccan division can be eaten, then the front can be smoothly advanced to the front line of Sedan.In this way, the flanks of the main force of the British and French allied forces in Belgium were also completely exposed to the bayonets of the German army.The subsequent campaign to attack Paris will therefore go much smoother.

"Are the Australian troops ready? When can we start?" Luo Yaoguo suddenly stopped in his tracks, no longer thinking about the war in Europe, but instead asked about the preparations for attacking Australia.An Sihua flew from Singapore to Wuhan today to report this matter to Luo Yaoguo.

"Supplementary text, at this stage the army's preparations have been completed. The troops of 42 divisions including the Second Armored Army, Second Army, Fourth Army, Fifth Army, and First Cavalry Army have all been concentrated in Guangzhou, Zhanjiang and Zhanjiang. They can be dispatched in batches only after the navy's transport fleet arrives. According to the arrangement of the Ministry of the Navy, by the end of this month, after the second batch of five "Heilongjiang" class aircraft carriers have completed sea trials and been incorporated into the Nanyang Fleet, they will be dispatched in batches. The first phase of the landing plan can begin. The Navy Nanyang Fleet will dispatch all nine aircraft carriers to provide air cover for the landing, and the Naval Transport Command will be responsible for moving the Second Army and the Fourth Armored Division, as well as the Marine War First The brigade and other units are transported to the landing site near the port of Perth in South West Australia..."

Luo Yaoguo nodded slightly, with a smile on his face, as if he was very satisfied with the progress of the Australian landing operation.He pondered for a while, and then asked: "Brother Jiansheng, has Japan made any special moves recently? Will they change the direction of attack because we started the Australian campaign? Will they go south in advance?"

Bai Chongxi frowned and thought for a while, then finally shook his head and said with a smile: "It's hard to say, now the Japanese military has a 'Southern Faction' and an 'Eastward Faction', which respectively advocate going south to Australia and eastward to America... Among them, the Eastward Faction The reason is that only by fully cooperating with Germany’s military operations can Japan get the rewards it deserves in a world dominated by Germany in the future. They seem to be determined to be Germany’s younger brothers. Representatives of this faction are Nagata Tieshan, Neiji Okamura and Wanji Ishihara are a group of Japanese army elites with experience in Germany. They are the so-called "control faction". Those who advocate going south to Australia are mainly the Japanese navy. The fleet has been destroyed by us, and it is a good opportunity to go south to capture Papua New Guinea and Eastern Australia. As for which faction will win in the end, I am afraid it depends on the situation in the European war."

"Europe?" Luo Yaoguo frowned: "If there is a situation where Germany wins quickly in the war in Europe, Japan should invest all its strength in the Americas to cooperate with Hitler in attacking the United States. If there is a stalemate in Europe, then they will transfer their forces to South Pacific. Because Britain and France have not fallen for a while, we can't tear ourselves apart with Japan so quickly. The current Japanese high-level leaders are much smarter..."

He still wanted to continue the analysis by talking to himself, but was interrupted by the sound of footsteps outside the door.It was Natalie who pushed the door open.