Great time travel

Chapter 53, The Return of the British Empire

"...according to the latest secret agreement, after the return of imperial forces to the South Asian subcontinent, the moderate faction of the original National Congress headed by Gandhi and Nehru, as well as Hyderabad, Upurdale, Gwalior, Mysore The 26 princes of the undefeated kingdoms including Nagpur, Indore, Nagpur, Bhopal and Rajputana will renew their oath of allegiance to our Majesty King George VI. The King of Nepal also agreed to join the British federal."

Inside the prime minister’s official residence at No. [-] Downing Street, Churchill held a cigar in his hand, flaunting the huge breakthrough of the wartime cabinet in Eastern diplomacy, “…in this way, two-thirds of the entire territory of Hindustan will be reintroduced It has been included in the territory of the empire..."

"... So, what price are we going to pay for this?" asked Labor leader Attlee.

"...well, that's a bit much. First, let Marshal Wavell's army withdraw from Delhi, and hand over the capital of the Indian Empire to Nehru; second, agree to form a new government of the Indian Republic, with Gandhi as President, and Helu served as Prime Minister, under the premise of swearing allegiance to the King and joining the Commonwealth, the new Indian Republic government should enjoy at least the autonomy of Canada; third, each state directly joins the Commonwealth and becomes a Dominion, with The respective governments and armies are equal in status to South Africa and Canada; fourth, urgently provide a batch of ordnance and ammunition to Nehru’s regiment and the armies of various states, as well as heavy artillery, tanks and instructors, as well as bombers and volunteer pilots, and Dispatch the Royal Navy Fleet to assist the new government of the Republic of India to destroy the domestic opposition as quickly as possible; Fifth, permanently abolish the title of Vice-Prince of India, and retain the title of Marshal Wavell as Governor of India, but its jurisdiction and garrison range are limited to In the eastern part of the Bengal province, Nehru suggested that Marshal Wavell could set up a temporary camp in the city of Dhaka."

"...Damn it! In other words, the empire only regained half of Hindustan on the map, but in fact only half of Bengal province can be really controlled? And for this, Delhi has to be handed over? And continue to participate in a battle A colonial policing war that must have suffered heavy casualties?"

Attlee frowned, and said critically, "...even East Bengal, which Nehru and Gandhi were scheduled to hand over to the empire, seems to be a place where Jinnah's Muslim League is dominant and ethnic vendettas are in full swing...Gandhi and Neh How is this a concession from Lu? It's clearly a ticking time bomb for the empire!"

"...No way, Nehru is such a guy, he always wants to take advantage of his face all day long, and what he says is nothing but lies, basically like Hitler before the war... But the British Empire can only Cooperate with him, Lord Attlee."

Churchill replied, puffing smoke rings, "...the world has changed, and it is becoming almost unknown to us. It is no longer possible for the empire to be firmly established with only 1 administrators and [-] British soldiers. Rule India, a big country with a population of [-] to [-] million.

After the fall of the Port of Mumbai, the besieged Delhi was doomed to fail, and the empire was doomed to withdraw from Asia miserably.Today, the empire can not only keep the more than 1 remnants trapped in Delhi, but also take back half of Bangladesh, and maintain the last trace of decency living in India, so that it will not be completely driven out, which is already very good.What cannot be obtained on the battlefield cannot be obtained by relying entirely on diplomatic negotiations!
Well, besides, the empire can also retake the island of Ceylon.After the withdrawal of the Japanese troops guarding the island, there was anarchy there.Although Chandra Bose sent a small army to try to take over this rich island, but because of the barriers of race and religion, coupled with too few troops, they did not occupy much of the island.Therefore, as long as we can send a fleet, make up two brigades of landing troops, and let Gandhi help coordinate, it should not be difficult to restore the rule of the empire there, and the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet can also operate between Africa and Singapore. A reliable port base..."

"...Although it is not perfect, it is better to be able to take back Ceylon and East Bengal than to lose the whole of India."

Marshal Brook, the chief of the Imperial General Staff, pondered for a moment, and echoed, "...But, how should we fulfill the covenant next? Chandra Bose and Ali Jinnah, who are entrenched in western India, have 50 Indian nationals Army, plus the Sikh army, its total strength is expected to reach 70! Moreover, these are the most skilled soldiers in the South Asian subcontinent. Boss also has a simple but durable ordnance production system. Even if the British For the regular army, we need at least 20 people to ensure victory—how can the empire draw 20 people now? The last elite army of the empire is either staying at home or fighting against the Soviet Red Army on the European continent. They are transferred to India!"

"...You are right. When the European continent is in full swing, it is impossible for the empire to deploy too many troops to the South Asian subcontinent. But...why do we really send troops to wipe out Chandra Bose and Ali? .Jinnah? Well, and Sikhs?"

Churchill raised his eyebrows, "...Now that the empire has virtually lost the ability to rule Hindustan, they are the enemies of Nehru, Gandhi, and those princes of the earth, but they are no longer the enemies of the empire. Well, at least until they can conquer the entire Ganges River Basin and reach East Bengal, or build their own fleet to cross the Palk Strait and land on Ceylon Island, I have no real plans to fight them..."

"...but Gandhi and Nehru would be defeated soon if there is no foreign aid! If the Indian National Army of Chandra Bose and Ali Jinnah is still a half-regular army, Gandhi and Nehru Our army can’t even be called a militia, it can only be called a farmer with a gun..."

Marshal Brook shook his head, "...Gandhi, an ascetic monk, is powerful because of his reputation and appeal. But once he turns to cooperate with us, many radical Indian nationalists will think that they have been betrayed, And then to the side of Gandhi's enemies..."

"...so I found a few helpers for the ascetic Gandhi and the wicked litigator Nehru, and asked them to help hold Bose and Jinnah."

Churchill turned sideways and turned the globe next to him, and explained to Marshal Brooke, "...First of all, Iran. Didn't the empire sign a treaty with the Kingdom of Iran in the Middle East battlefield and negotiate a truce? Then the next step is to invite Iran to send troops India - For Baluchistan in the west of India, the Shah of Iran has long had an idea... Of course, in order to show the sincerity of the empire, our army needs to abandon Mosul and recognize the Kingdom of Iran's control over the entire territory of Iraq. As an upfront fee for inviting Iran to send troops. Then there is Afghanistan, the Kashmir and Peshawar areas in the northwest of Hindustan, which were originally Afghan territories. The empire can now sign an agreement to return these lands to Afghanistan and let King Zahir Send troops to get it yourself. As for the next provinces of Sindh and Punjab, it depends on who moves faster, the Iranians or the Afghans..."

"...Iran and Afghanistan...this seems to be the birthplace of the traditional Indian conquerors in history!"

Attlee frowned and said, "...the addition of these two external forces will inevitably plunge India into chaos for a long time..."

"...It is to keep India in chaos for a long time! After all, the current empire has no power to conquer the whole of India anymore."

Churchill rubbed his stubby fingers and said, "... Therefore, we need to formulate a future India policy like we treat Europe..."

Formulate future India policy like Europe... Hearing this, the corners of Attlee's mouth couldn't help twitching—due to special geographical factors, Britain has always remained relatively independent in the political history of Europe.It manipulates the "balance of power system" and acts as an "offshore balancer" to manage its relationship with the European continent.Strictly speaking, British European policy has not changed for 500 years.That is to create a divided Europe.In order to achieve this goal, the British used to fight the Spaniards with the Dutch, the French with the Germans, the Germans with the French and the Italians, and the Germans and Italians with the French. In contacting the whole of Europe, they are beating the Soviets, or being beaten to death by the Soviets... Now switching to the South Asian subcontinent, it is to create a divided India, so that Nepalese, Iranians, Afghans, Hindustan, Tamils, Bangladeshis, Burmese...all of them are fighting each other, fighting each other endlessly.

However, this is also a very reasonable choice under an unfavorable situation, as well as the traditional norm of ancient Indian history.

"...Well, relying on Iran and Afghanistan, the two spoilers, should be able to drag Jinnah in Sindh and the Sikhs in Punjab, but what about Chandra Bose, the culprit who colluded with Japan to invade India ?His base is in the south, out of reach of Iranians and Afghans.?

And with the prestige brought about by launching the rebellion, Bose is now the chairman of the Congress Party, the supreme leader widely recognized throughout India, and the theoretical boss of Gandhi and Nehru.Once Nehru and Gandhi withdrew from the Congress Party and turned to the empire, it would be treason and rebellion in legal terms, and they would lose points in morale and image.Even if this issue is not considered, although the actual number of troops controlled by the two sides is similar, the combat effectiveness is very different.Without strong foreign aid, Nehru and Gandhi would still be doomed to fail even if they fought Bose alone. "

Marshal Brooke continued to criticize and said, "... People like Gandhi and Nehru basically make their livings in demonstrations, strikes, speeches and imprisonment. It may be okay to engage in propaganda and votes, but it sucks when they really want to manage the government , The combat effectiveness of the resulting army is even more desperate.

And their enemy, Chandra Bose, although he returned to India with the help of the Japanese bayonets and the combined fleet, he also relied on his own army to gain ground little by little.His entire lineage grew out of nothing in the flames of war, from childhood to adulthood, learned about warfare during the war, and gradually cultivated his own civil and military corps.Even if we give Gandhi and Nehru more guns and ammunition, they will not be able to win.

However, it is impossible for the empire to invest much army in South Asia, and the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet cannot help much.It is impossible to destroy the determination of such a military organization to resist by relying on several sneak attack bombings by the naval aviation or the bombardment of the port by the naval fleet.

What's more, although Boss didn't have a fleet, he had a small air force that the Japanese helped him train. It was said that there were also submarines and torpedo boats, as well as a large number of coastal defense forts left over from the empire.The great Nelson once said that warships should never confront shore artillery.After our large fleet suffered two atomic bombs from the Soviet Union, the empire now has not many surplus warships that can be squandered on such secondary battlefields. "

"...But after the retreat of the Japanese Combined Fleet, we have at least gained control of the sea and the air in the Indian Ocean. At least the small air force of Chandra Bose certainly cannot completely block the bombing of the Royal Navy Air Force."

Churchill said calmly, "...so, after Gandhi and Nehru turned from the dark to the bright, in order to weaken the power of the remaining National Congress rebels as much as possible, I plan to experiment with poison gas warfare and germ warfare in Bombay and Surat. Well, Possibly with nuclear weapons."

"...What? Nuclear weapons?!!" Everyone present exclaimed together.

"...Yes, they are nuclear weapons." Churchill nodded with a smile, pointing to the map of India on the wall and said, "...Not long ago, the secret Oak Ridge factory in the United States produced the second batch of three atomic bombs .President Truman plans to transport one of the atomic bombs to Great Britain to deter the Soviet Union; the second atomic bomb continues to bomb Japan, trying to break down the resistance of those yellow shorts as soon as possible; the third atomic bomb has not yet figured out the use. So I plan to try to contact President Truman and persuade him to drop this atomic bomb on Goa, India, to give the Indian rebels the most severe punishment, and at the same time, it can also severely deter the barbarians in other colonies. They understand the fate of betraying the empire!

In this way, even if Bose is not killed, at least his base camp and military industrial base can be destroyed, weakening the advantage of the Congress rebels over other forces in India.As for the rest, there are some bandits, small warlords and red guerrillas, but these are the tasks of Nehru and the princes of the country.If they can't even defeat such an opponent, then Whitehall will have nothing to do..."

Having said that, he turned around again, took a huge globe, put it in front of everyone, stretched out his hand to make it spin, "...Okay, that's all about the arrangements for India .The next thing I want to talk about is how to recover the other colonies of the Empire and the Allies in the East..."

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For the next hour, Churchill rattled off what he envisioned as the next step in his Far East grand strategy.

At present, if you don’t count the British troops stationed in the Middle East to confront the Iranians, then in East Africa, South Africa, India and Singapore surrounding the Indian Ocean, as well as in East Asia and Southeast Asia to the east of Singapore, the British Empire only has a third-rate army in total. The small fleet, plus less than [-] pure-blooded British Army soldiers, and the [-] American and British prisoners of war who were just rescued from the Hainan Island prisoner-of-war camp...

However, only relying on such a very limited military strength, and the power vacuum left by the collapse of the Japanese Empire in the nuclear explosion, Churchill was full of confidence to recover Britain's lost Far East colonial empire, and to further encroach on the French Empire. Indochina and the Dutch East Indies!
Not to mention that when Churchill was planning to march to the east, his rear was still chaotic and turbulent-not to mention the tug-of-war with the Soviet Red Army and red elements in various countries on the European continent, and the remaining imperial territories from North Africa to South Africa, also There are uprisings and riots everywhere.

However, with such a thin capital, Churchill wanted to turn this grand blueprint into reality, in addition to relying on the power of the empire on which the sun never sets in the past, he also had to use the power of John Bull, the leader of Hunyuan Promise to stir up shit. The talent of the shit-stirring stick has been brought to the extreme—to put it simply, it is to sow discord, to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, to use strength to fight strength, to borrow chickens to lay eggs, to pull big banners as tiger skins, to make up for each other. kind of fooling...

In this unprecedented and cruel world war, Britain has lost 300 million people, and the British boys really can't afford to die anymore. Therefore, Churchill can only use various methods to make Iran, The Jews in Afghanistan, Thailand, and Palestine, these small partners who were not looked down upon at all, also pulled on the chariot of the British Empire.Then use the Jews to fight the Arabs, use the Arabs to fight the African blacks, use the African blacks to fight the Indians in Ceylon and Bangladesh, let Iran and Afghanistan fight the Muslim rebels in western Hindustan, and use the Thais to fight Vietnam People and Burmese, use Indians to fight Malayans and Indonesians, use Jewish relations to lobby Americans, use American nuclear weapons to deter Indians...

If it weren't for the continued resistance of the Japanese Empire and the fact that they hadn't given up fighting, Churchill, who was driven by the lack of troops, and even the Japanese prisoners of war who had just surrendered in various parts of Nanyang wanted to rearm and use them.

In short, Churchill's plan was to "use the power of the whole world to conquer the world" when Britain itself was severely weakened.

how to say?It feels like crowdfunding, more like fraud, and it can also be said to be shameless.

As a half-outsider, Attlee, the leader of the Labor Party, thought about it in his heart, and found that there was really such a possibility of success.

However, the basis for the British Empire to dominate the world lies in its overwhelming sea power, fleets all over the world, and advanced and efficient systems, technologies, and industries.But today, all of this has turned into a passing cloud, the fleet of Great Britain has been wiped out, the sea power is over, the industry is completely collapsed, scientists have defected to the United States with all technical materials, and even Britain is under Soviet nuclear bombs at any time under the haze.

Even if Churchill's plan goes well, how many days can such a colonial empire, which was deceived by opportunism and shamelessness, last?

Well, like Portugal has declined like this, and it can maintain the Macau colony until now, maybe the British Empire can have the same luck?

Of course, this kind of long-term strategic planning is something that only the next or even the next government needs to consider.If the current cabinet can regain the lost land in the east, it will be able to ascend to the top and become a god.However, not to mention how to fool the various "uncivilized and inferior countries" to fight for the empire to restore its colonies, will the process be as smooth as Churchill said, even if they are really fooled into the chariot of the British Empire, At best, it provided some cannon fodder, and how to deal with the next ordnance, ammunition, supplies and logistics?Anyway, the British Empire couldn't produce it.The local arsenal is having a hard time even maintaining the consumption of the European battlefield. The British warriors themselves have to fight with American aid supplies and eat Spam luncheon meat!
In fact, because Sukarno’s Indonesian indigenous rebel army was not defeated, the Palembang Oilfield and the Bariba version of the oil refinery were not captured, nor was it able to fully negotiate the terms of an alliance with the Kingdom of Iran, which has occupied most of Iraq and blocked the Persian Gulf. , to restore the supply of crude oil from oil fields in the Middle East.The current British Empire can't even be self-sufficient in fuel, and it depends almost entirely on the Americans!
So, after hesitating for a moment, Attlee raised the above question to Churchill, and Churchill waved his hand confidently, "...don't worry, the Americans will pay for all of this, since the White House wants to lead the free world To win, then all this is the necessary price..."

At this point, everyone can only pray to God, and hope that President Truman will be more generous than Santa Claus and respond to Prime Minister Churchill's request...

Then, on the other side of the Atlantic, President Truman in the White House was nearly blown out of his lungs—“…an extra five thousand planes, ten thousand tanks, five million rifles, half a million tons of wheat, and ten million tons of fuel oil? A thousand 'Liberty ships' and fifty escort carriers? And an atomic bomb?!! Is Churchill thinking of us as Santa Claus, just put a card in his smelly sock and hang it on the door, and you can have anything you want ?”

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PS: Many people say that I am a crow's mouth, but this world really has the potential to collapse day by day.Some ideas I wrote about the civil strife in the UK at the beginning are now gradually showing signs of becoming a reality: Cameron played the referendum tightrope and escaped, which led to the Brexit. Form the city-state of London.Then, in Scotland, which advocates staying in the EU, a second secession referendum is imminent. The author of "Harry Potter" and Ms. Rowling, who has lived in Scotland for a long time, said that she would "farewell to England".In addition, some people suggested that London and Scotland form a federation "Scotland Kingdom". At first glance, they thought it was a Scottish stew pot, and even the flag of "Scotland Kingdom" was fiddled with.

——If the gang of banana people in Hong Kong also join in the fun and say that since Britain has lost its capital, they simply propose to move the capital to Hong Kong, then it will be even more hilarious.

In short, if there is no need for rationality, the reality is more bizarre than fiction, the British Empire becomes the next Ukraine, and the "Age of Empire Total War" like Kiev is staged on the streets of London, and Li, who fled Hong Kong to "buy the bottom" in the UK, lost his pants. That would be...so pleasing!
It is said that someone in Taiwan is developing a mobile phone referendum software, so that referendums can be held every day, votes are counted in the middle of the night, and announced in the morning. I think this great invention can be spread to democratic countries around the world, and it can very effectively promote political entertainment and increase the participation of all people in politics. The degree of enthusiasm... At least put it on the Brexit referendum, and you can vote again as soon as you find something wrong, and maybe it can be reversed within 48 hours.

In addition, there is a more premature thing. Taiwan is really going to spend NT$4700 billion on major construction. President Tsai said that he will build twelve world-class Aegis ships!Could it be that Xuefeng Danyang II, the second-year sick ship girl who I still have in my mind, will also appear?

In short, let us raise the banner of the SOS regiment here, and look forward to seeing a more lively and noisy world!Meow -