"The Americans expressed opposition to the Chinese's behavior, but... it seems that they are not willing to stand up and oppose the Chinese, so they rejected our request..."

"This is impossible, sir..."

Lord Beaverbrook, who was beside him, smiled bitterly.

"At present, the Japanese combined fleet is rampant in the Pacific Ocean, and although the Americans' strength has recovered a little, they still have no confidence in defeating the Japanese. So now Americans must rely on the Chinese so that Americans naturally do not want to stand up for this issue..."

"But"

Hearing Lord Beaverbrook say this, Leo Emory said loudly

"Have the Americans never considered the issue of checking and balancing the Chinese after the war ended?"

No wonder Leo Emory's reaction was so fierce. The reason is very simple, because Leo Emory is the minister of India and Myanmar, and Leo Emory's reaction will naturally be very fierce.

Secretary of State forindia, the Minister of India, is also translated as Iary, and is also translated as Minister of India. It was a cabinet position established for Britain to directly govern India in 1858. It was in charge of the Ministry of Indian Affairs until 1935 and was also appointed as Minister of India and Myanmar Affairs. It was also translated as Secretary of State forindia and Burma.

Historically, in 1947, the Ministry of Indian Affairs was suspended with the Indian Supreme Court, and his position was repeatedly renamed the Minister of Myanmar Affairs, but the following year it was abolished because of the Myanmar Affairs, and Leo Emory was the British Minister of India and Myanmar Affairs from 1940 to 1945.

As for Leo? Emory is so intense...

After the China-led Central Alliance troops captured Bangkok, Rama VIII still had considerable influence and the original Thai government retreated, a considerable number of Thai troops and guerrillas surrendered to the Thai government supported by the National Socialist Government.

Under this circumstance, while He Zhuguo continued to sweep away other Thais who were still loyal to the original government, he also ordered his troops to continue to advance towards Myanmar.

At this time, great chaos occurred in Myanmar and India and other regions.

Originally, before the National Defense Forces attacked Thailand, a coalition of Japanese and Thais was advancing towards India's hinterland. In addition, the Japanese army also landed in Sri Lanka through the superior navy, and used this as a transit station to land in Chennai and other places...

After conquering Bangladesh, the Japanese army on the other side had also attacked Nagpur in later generations.

However, with the attack of Thailand by the coalition forces and the National Welfare Forces, the Thai troops that were originally fighting in India and cooperated with the Japanese army had to start returning to Thailand one by one. After all, Thailand is their hometown, and they must first protect their homes before they can discuss other matters

When Bangkok fell, many Thai teams began to be loyal to the government

In this case, the Japanese army, which originally belonged to friendly forces with the Thai troops, naturally became the enemy...

So a disarming incident against the Japanese army soon occurred in Myanmar and Bangladesh. Of course, the Japanese were not vegetarians, so it was natural that the two sides fought fiercely.

Since the Japanese are more combat-ready, while the Thais stand with the advantage of many numbers, there is no question of who suffers any losses.

On India, since most of the fighters in India were the original Japanese expeditionary forces and Japanese local troops to support them, the Thais could not occupy the majority, so the Thais were disarmed instead of the Thais.

Moreover, because it is far away from the local area, there are quite a lot of Thai troops continuing to be loyal to the original Thai government.

Of course, no matter what, this situation still brought great chaos to the Japanese and Thai troops, and forced the Japanese to pause their pace.

In addition, it should be noted here that since the British had to transport a large amount of resources from India in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the British built a large amount of infrastructure in India, especially railways, etc.

From 858, Britain passed the Improving India Administration Act to abolish the East India Company, the Minister of Indian Affairs took over all its powers, and established the Indian government headed by the Governor of India. India has since entered the era of direct rule by Britain. Indians often say that the British only left them three things: English, parliament and railway

After the New Year, someone made a report on building railways in India. However, many British colonists at that time suspected that it was necessary to build railways in India, a country full of ascetics and beggars? Can they afford tickets? Is it necessary to increase the pace of life? The most important thing is that they would choose trains instead of ox carts to travel? The caste system is also a big trouble. Will people allow "incontactless" and "brahmins" to sit side by side in a train?

In 1843, Lord Dalhous strived to build railways. Dalhous said: "The great railway system will definitely completely change this country under the scorching sun. Its glory and value will cross the water diversion bridges of Rome, the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, and the temples and palaces of the Mughal dynasty."

Not to mention whether what he said is this, India is the first Asian country to start the railway era. It was built 9 years ago and built 3 years ago.

By 1920, the length of Indian railway business exceeded 60,000 kilometers and became the first in Asia and the second largest railway network system in the world at that time.

In fact, until the 1990s, India had the largest railway in Asia.

Until 1996, the operating mileage of China's railway reached 65,000 kilometers, and the first time it passed 63,000 kilometers of Indian railways, becoming the largest railway network in Asia.

By the way, until now, India has a railway of 64,015 kilometers...

That is to say, in the past few decades, Indians have only built several thousand kilometers of railways, and the remaining 60,000 kilometers are all built by the British, which is why Indians say that the British have only left them three things: English, parliament and railways...

However, it is precisely because of this that the developed railways in India have brought great convenience to the Japanese. The Japanese only need to occupy a port along the coast of India to obtain very convenient logistical measures through the railways originally owned by India.

In fact, India during this period was much more developed in infrastructure than China in the same period in history.

Of course, it is precisely because of this reason that the Japanese can advance so quickly, because the Japanese do not need to worry about being subject to infrastructure problems like that in history.

The infrastructure built by the British to export resources from India provided too many conveniences to the Japanese...

Ya, when I was playing Gang3, I always wondered why India's infrastructure was so developed. Later I realized that India had the world's second largest railway transportation network. In terms of infrastructure, it was naturally far from China at that time, and even reached the level of synchronization with Europe. However, in India, for the last few decades, it has been relying on its original capital, that is, the railways built by the British. In addition, Indians have a magical hobby, that is, to use the toilet on the railway...

Of course, the Japanese have encountered some special problems...

For example, the Ganges water...

The Ganges is a major river in South Asia, flowing through northern India and Bengal, and originates from the Bajirati River and the Alaknanda River, the source of the Ganges River in western Himalayas, originates from Genggodri, Uttarakhand, India. It crosses the Northern Indian Plain, flows through Uttar Pradesh and merges with its largest tributary, Yamuna River, and then flows through Bihar and West Bengal. Finally, it is divided into multiple tributaries and injects into the Bay of Bengal. One of them is the Hugli River near Kolkata, and the main one is the Padma River entering Bangladesh. After entering Bangladesh, it joins the Brahmaputra River in the lower reaches of Bangladesh, and the Jamna River in the lower reaches of Bangladesh, and its section into the sea is called the Megna River.

The Bramaputra River and above are not included. The Ganges River is 510 kilometers long and has a basin area of ​​910,000 square kilometers. It reaches one-third of the land area of ​​the Ganges River, one of the top 20 rivers in the world. The Ganges River Basin is the river basin with the largest population in the world. There are more than 400 million people living in the Ganges River Basin, with a population density of more than 1,000 people per square mile.

The Ganges River is regarded as a holy river by Hindus and is also the lifeline for residents around the river to maintain their daily lives. There are also gods called the "Goddess of Ganges" in Hinduism. In addition, the Ganges River was rated as the five most polluted rivers in 2007. The fecal E. coli species measured in the water in Varanasi are more than 100 times the standard set by the Indian government.

The reason for this result is the Indians' habit of throwing things into the Ganges

Many Indians believe that the Ganges originated from the holy lake Mabang Yongcuo, Indians call it Manas Lake, and therefore worship it as a holy river. They believe that soaking in the Ganges can wash away a person's sins; scattering the ashes of people after cremation into the river, and throwing dead bodies, relics and funeral items directly into the river for them to float, believing that this will help the deceased to get a good life and even get "liberation" early. Many devout believers will pilgrimage to the Ganges, soak in the river and meditate on the river bank.

Therefore, due to the above-mentioned traditional habits that are difficult to restrain, the environment of the Ganges River is still extremely dirty and messy. Often, those who bathe in the Ganges River have floating corpses passing by not far away.

In addition to wastewater pollution, 80% of the diseases in India and one-third of the causes of death are related to water-borne diseases. In addition, at least one million people die every year due to drinking water hygiene problems, that is, dysentery and other...

Although the Japanese are more beastly, because the Indians are naturally obedient, or docile, the Japanese in India have not done too much burning, killing, looting, of course, it is impossible not to do it.

But on the other hand, the Japanese are also humans, so after they encountered the Ganges water, many Japanese knelt in front of the Ganges water———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Although the Japanese have always been known for their animals, they obviously cannot accept such heavy tastes.

From a certain perspective, the obstacles caused by the Ganges River to the Japanese army may even be greater than those of the British and Indian troops.

Especially the non-combat power loss caused by the Ganges River is more than those who have been killed along the way from Myanmar.

In addition, although the data on the Ganges waters are from later generations, from the Spanish flu that more than 10 million people died in India, the world's highest, can be seen how sanitary conditions in India are.

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The Japanese are like wolves and tigers, but the British have no way to expel the Japanese from India, because now the only power of the British is in the UK and North Africa is fighting against the Germans, and the remaining power has been concentrated in India.

As for the mainland that the British longed for a long time? Although the Americans had decided to join the war after Pearl Harbor, it is a pity that since Pearl Harbor's losses are much greater than in history, according to the Americans' estimates, it may take a little longer to reach the level of being able to counterattack.

Even so, it does not mean that the British welcome the Chinese.

In the eyes of the British, the Japanese are just a group of wolves, a group of meat-eating wolves...

But the Chinese are a tiger, a tiger that can swallow the entire India

For the British, Japan is indeed strong, but the economic and industrial foundation determines that Japan cannot be compared with countries like the United States, Russia and Britain, and of course, there are countries like Germany.

The main reason why Japan was able to succeed in history was the incompetence and weakness of the Chinese government at that time, and that there was no real power in East Asia.

Therefore, for the British, even if the Japanese swallowed India, as long as the war ended in the future, the chance of regaining India is still very high.

But China is different. From China's attitude towards Russia, we can see how much China's greed for land is. If China enters India, it will be difficult to get India back in the future.

You know, China is not comparable to Japan. Not only does China have more than ten times that of Japan in terms of population, but even its territory is not comparable to Japan. Even in terms of industry, especially steel production, has reached more than ten times that of Japan.

It is precisely because of this reason that the British people decided to ask Americans for help.

Because in this world, if there are still countries that can compete with China, there are only Germany that swept Europe and the United States that occupies North America.

As for Russia, Russia originally had such strength, but unfortunately, after Yan Guang cut off a lot of meat and was beaten up by Hitler, if the Russians don't have the ability to recover.

However, the Americans' reaction to the British request for help was very cold.

This was beyond the British's expectations, but Churchill himself seemed to understand something

"Should you start to do it..."

Churchill said, "I bit the cigar in my mouth with an ugly expression."

Churchill understands very well that as the world's number one power and a country with colonies all over the world, how jealous Britain is.

When Britain was the world's largest power, this was naturally nothing. After all, although the British strength group at that time was not as strong as the United States in later generations, the United Kingdom was still very strong at that time.

But the problem is that after two wars, Britain's strength has declined seriously, and under this circumstance, the colonies that originally belonged to Britain naturally attracted people's attention...

First, the colonies in the Western Hemisphere that China asked for, and then the lease law implemented by the United States. All of these came from the British colonies.

There is also the "national self-determination" pursued by Americans...

Like a knife, it was inserted into the chest of the British who had the most colonies.

"I'm afraid after the war, the British Empire will not only be unable to restore its former glory, but will also fall into a situation of falling apart..."

The disintegration in Churchill's heart naturally refers to the colonies all over the world, but the current British Isles are actually very problematic.

However, what Churchill couldn't understand was what exactly made the United States choose its current attitude. Churchill knew Roosevelt and understood that he was definitely not a person without vision. It was impossible for him to see the threats of the Chinese in the future.

unless…

"Unless the Chinese agree to certain conditions, the Americans acknowledge that the Chinese sent troops to India..."

Thinking of this, Churchill frowned

"It turns out that the tree is really a big hit, has it attracted too many people's attention..."

After all, in Churchill's opinion, China today may not be much better than Russia, and it is also one of the targets he is vigilant... to be continued)

Chapter 475 of Iron Ambition of 1908: Sending troops to India
Chapter completed!