Chapter 15: Force each other with momentum (Three)

In the more than two years since the People's Army occupied Shannan, the People's Party has transferred more than 4 million victims to Shannan through the Qinghai-Tibet Highway extending to Shannan to resettlement by the Construction Corps. With the remaining 3 million residents in the local area, the total population of Shannan area under the control of the People's Army has reached nearly 8 million. Over time, the number of people moving to Shannan will gradually increase. While ensuring the various construction labor in Shannan, the increasing population has also restored a lot of vitality and vitality to the local area after the disaster.

Of course, the development of various construction projects and the resettlement of foreign populations are strictly limited to the area controlled by the People's Army. For the once rich area in the eastern part of Bangladesh Province of British India, the People's Army strictly prohibits people from entering.

The so-called "desolate realm" refers to the triangular area in the eastern part of Bangladesh Province south of the Kashi Mountains, west of the Ganil River and the Mekna River, and east of the Brahmaputra River. It is also called the Three Rivers Plain within the People's Party. This area has been raging due to the outbreak of the epidemic that year, rat disasters and floods that year, and people have died or fled. So far, it is still a deserted place with extinction.

In the past two years, the people who have been migrating from the People's Army and the People's Party have established and developed in the areas north of the Kashi Mountains and east of the Ganil River and Mekna River, and the Muslims or Hindus west of the Brahmaputra River have also been moved to the fertile soil of the former east of the river.

After the summer storm in 1937, Muslims and Hindus moved to the east bank of the Bumalaputra River in order to survive and live in the fertile soil of the past. However, in less than half a year, these people crossed the river were defeated in the fight against various epidemics. Most of them paid the price of their lives, and a small number of people who fled back to the West Bank were also infected with cholera and plague. This reminds people of the horror of the outbreak of the epidemic that year. In order to avoid the outbreak of the epidemic again, the British and Indian authorities listed the plains in eastern Bangladesh Province as a forbidden area, and local residents were strictly prohibited from entering.

After the abundant precipitation brought by the summer storm in 38 flooded the plain, the Muslims and Hindus on the west bank of the Bumalaputra River completely lost their idea of ​​crossing the river and advancing eastward.

Last fall, Jinnah and Ma Bufang took the opportunity to visit Shannan and took the People's Army Air Force plane to explore the "Judiyuan" and carefully learned about the danger level of the triangle. Later, Jinnah looked sad and no longer mentioned the topic of Muslims returning to their homes.

During the 37th meeting between Zhao Zhenzhong and Jinnah, it was clearly stated that the "Jueyu" would exist as a segregation area between the People's Army controlled by the People's Army and the British and Indian authorities, and the British and Indian authorities and the People's Army would not be able to change this situation in the future. However, after Jinnah saw the desolation of the Sanhe Plain with his own eyes and was destroyed, he understood what the "Jueyu" looked like, and he also subsided his obsession with the fertile soil of the past.

By the autumn of 1939, the triangular plains south of the Cassie Mountains, west of the Ganil River and east of the Bramaputra River had become a "devil area" that people west of the Bramaputra River had changed their eyes. There were wild grasses growing wildly, rats were scattered, and there were also epidemics hidden in it, and no one dared to take risks.

Whether it is the "devil area" or the "devil area", the People's Party will still be busy with the construction and development of the Shannan controlled area in the next two or three years, and is unable to develop that place for a while. However, after gaining a foothold in Shannan, it will take the opportunity to determine the ownership of the controlled area, and that "devil area" must also be included in the boundary of the Shannan controlled area in ownership.

Zhao Zhenzhong originally wanted to open the gap in the ownership of the Shannan People's Army controlled area and the "decisive domain" through the Ma Bufang brothers, but unexpectedly, Boss took the lead in getting up, which happened to take the first step to solve the problem from him.

"Your Party's proposals are indeed reasonable, and I personally do not object to this." Facing Lin Chenglou and Chen Zhiyuan's opinions on territorial ownership, although Boss felt that some of the reasons were far-fetched, but he had something to ask for, so he said carefully, "However, the eastern plains of Bangladesh Province were once where Muslims lived. Although it is now a terrible area, since your Party claims rights there, it cannot put aside the opinions of Muslims. I suggest that your Party and the Muslim alliance negotiate this matter."

Boss was born in a high caste family and was a complete Hindus. At this time, he proposed the Muslim statement, one was that he was concerned that once he made a statement, it might intensify the division between the Hindus and the Muslim community, which was not conducive to the last unity and stability of India; the other was that he wanted to use this opportunity to ask the People's Party for more help, and he had the intention of bargaining.

"Our party will discuss the issue of that triangular plain with the Muslim alliance." Lin Chenglou put the issue of "real world" aside and continued to ask, "According to what Mr. Bos just said, is he agreeing with our party's claim on the current issue of ownership of the control area?"

Boss hesitated, but nodded and said, "I personally have no objection to this."

Although the People's Party's view that the People's Army's Shannan control area belongs to China is a bit far-fetched, it is only a bit far-fetched in terms of some areas belonging to China. For India, the entire Greater Assam region and the eastern part of Bangladesh are territories that were "explored" after the arrival of British colonists, and there is nothing to do with its traditional territory in history. Boss wants to overthrow the rule of the British colonists by force and achieve the real victory of India. He will not be able to defeat the People's Army's defeat of the British and occupy the Greater Assam region, which has nothing to do with India's traditional territory and is almost unmanned!

"Since Mr. Boss has no objection to the ownership of our party's Shannan controlled area and does not oppose our party's claim of rights over the Sanhe Plain, then we still have a basis for cooperation." Lin Chenglou smiled and reminded, "However, Mr. Boss is here to represent the entire 'Fuanjin Group', and the one who cooperates with our party is also the 'Fuanjin Group'. It is unreasonable that Mr. Boss expresses his personal opinions only!"

Boss was not embarrassed when he was seen through his linguistic tricks. He shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said, "The 'Forward Group' has just been established, and the internal structure is still a little loose and the opinions are not unified. If I say something, it will take some effort to become the will of the entire group. This is another reason why I came here to seek help from your party and your army."

The "Forward Group" was formed by Boss, who led some radical elements from the Congress Party, and then absorbed some anti-British radical elements. It may be a bit exaggerated to describe it as a different quality, but there are indeed many different voices inside it. This also makes Boss very troubled.

Lin Chenglou, Chen Zhiyuan did not expect that the "Forward Group" would be like this. After the two looked at each other, Chen Zhiyuan frowned and said, "I am not afraid of enemies like gods, but I am afraid of comrades like pigs. If I order multiple troops on the battlefield, no matter how well the equipment is, it is destined to be a destruction! We have no intention of interfering in your internal affairs, but your loose state cannot compete with the British colonists!"

"I am also worried about this, but now I am unable to solve these problems." Boss sighed and looked at Lin with hope. Chen and the other two said, "I wonder if your party, can your army help us rectify party affairs and train the army like you did to help the Muslim alliance? We can unify our opinions as soon as possible, drive away the British colonists as soon as possible, and achieve the real victory of India. Of course, we can also provide you with more help on some bilateral and international issues."

"There must be clarified here, that is, our party, our army has never provided help to the Muslim Alliance to rectify party affairs and train the army!" Lin Chenglou waved his hand and said in a serious manner, "Nearly three years ago, those people who entered northwest India from Xinjiang, our country were not troops sent by our party, but Ma Bufang brothers who arrived there after our army failed in Xinjiang. They are also Muslims, and joining the Muslim Alliance has nothing to do with our army, but our army! What we did was just to send the Ma brothers and their families in the mainland through Xinjiang to northwest India to reunite with them! Of course, we also carried out a certain degree of bilateral trade with the people in the northwest India. But our party, our army has never interfered in the internal affairs of the Muslim Alliance!"

The People's Party and the People's Army only provided some training to the troops of the Ma brothers and their families, and then influenced the Muslim alliance through the Ma brothers. From this perspective, Lin Chenglou did not lie. Of course, what Lin Chenglou said was somewhat different from the facts in terms of the Ma brothers' leadership teams into northwest India and the types of bilateral trade materials.

"We can provide you with some material assistance. Without violating the discipline of confidentiality, we can also provide you with some information about our party and our army for reference. But we are helpless to send personnel to participate in your internal affairs." Lin Chenglou shook his head and explained to Boss, "Our party has always adhered to the principle of autonomy and opposes foreign forces interfering in our affairs, so he will naturally not interfere in your affairs. In addition, our country is fighting against Japanese invasion, and Shannan is stepping up construction, and he cannot draw out personnel to rectify the party affairs and train the army for you. Moreover, we do not have anyone who knows the Indian language and understands local customs."

The People's Party supports the Muslim Alliance led by Jinnah and the Forward Group led by Boss, although it is for future bilateral relations, but it is more of the British to cause trouble, and to increase the bargaining chips when the People's Party negotiates with the British on the ownership of Shannan in the next few years. However, increasing the bargaining chips does not mean that they will have to fall in love with the British now!

Although Britain has declared war on Germany and is unable to take into account the situation in India and Myanmar, the People's Party's armed forces are also confronting the Japanese army at home. In addition, the overseas material channel of Shannan is crucial to the construction of Shannan and Northwest, so it is natural for the People's Party to avoid another head-on collision with the British in Shannan.

In addition, what Lin Chenglou said was not familiar with Indian languages ​​and understood local customs. Under the rule of the British, English was regarded as the official language. However, in addition to English, due to historical reasons and many ethnic groups, India has more than 1,500 languages ​​and dialects. As for India's caste system, the complexity of various rules is even more shocking. Those master soldiers who come from high castes, fight fashionablely and need the service of low castes slaves, the People's Army is not interested in sending people to train them!

Boss himself comes from a high caste family, so he naturally knows the headache of Hindu caste system and knows the complexity of Indian languages, but he still says unwillingly: "Your side does not interfere in our affairs, which is indeed appreciated. But can we send people to Chittagong for training? In addition, I have met many people who are proficient in English at the port. Can you solve the problem of language barriers between each other through English?"

"Mr. Boss, I'm sorry! Due to our party and the principle of our army, we will not send people to interfere in your internal affairs!" Lin Chenglou said seriously, "However, we can provide some military supplies for free and provide some information on our party and our army to train grassroots personnel. The extent to which we can do depends on you in the end! If we need to supplement materials in the future, we can solve the problem through trade. In addition, because our relationship with the British is not harmonious now, you must transport all the supplies we provide to Chittagong."

Boss wanted to get all-round help from the People's Party to pull up a strong force to drive the British out of India as soon as possible, but he did not expect that the People's Party and the People's Army gave a reply far lower than his expectations. Seeing Lin Chenglou at this time, Chen Zhiyuan was firm in his attitude, Boss asked in disappointment: "I wonder what materials are you going to provide?"

"There are four thousand rifles, two hundred aconite bullets per; four hundred light machine guns, six hundred aconite bullets per; three hundred mortars, one hundred aconite bullets each. In addition, there are four radio stations and a number of medicines." Chen Zhiyuan looked at Boss with a smile on his face, and explained, "Weapons and ammunition were seized by our army from the Japanese army on the domestic battlefield, 70% to 80% new; the radio station was recently purchased from the United States. There are no problems with these use. If you still need relevant materials in the future, it will be solved through trade. After all, our party and our army are fighting against the Japanese army in China, and military supplies are also in short supply."

Considering that the Shannan War Zone will fight with the Japanese army in the future in the future and help Lan Fang train the troops, in order to adapt to the Japanese weapons and equipment and combat characteristics as soon as possible, Zhao Zhenzhong sent a batch of Japanese weapons and equipment seized by the People's Army in the battle to Chen Zhiyuan, which was just in handy at this time.

As for those radio stations, they were purchased from the United States through Lan Fang by the People's Party and were originally required for the merchant ship to be transformed into military ships. The first batch of modified ships will have other uses in the future, except for the People's Army's naval training for a while. Zhao Zhenzhong did not want to equip the high-performance radio stations produced in the northwest.

"Thank you for your assistance! This is just a good start. I believe that we will have broader cooperation in combating British colonists and achieving peace and stability in South Asia in the future!" Boss's original disappointment expression turned into a smile, and he regarded both sides as equal partners without saying a word!

After Lin Chenglou exchanged glances with Chen Zhiyuan, he smiled and said, "In order to promote the better development of our bilateral relations, we also need to sign a written document to confirm it. Of course, the main content is what we have talked about before."

As the saying goes, "With a short hand, a weak mouth." Boss just received a large number of military supplies promised by the People's Party, and he was unable to express his objection. Moreover, whether it is the current control area of ​​the People's Army or the "descendant" of the Three Rivers, it is neither the territory in the traditional sense of India, and it involves basically the interests of Muslims. Boss has no psychological burden even if he signs.

Furthermore, Boss has been expelled from the party because of his serious political differences with Gandhi and his breaking with the Congress party due to his formation of the "Forward Group". In addition, he was wanted by the British for his anti-British anti-British people. Now he has nothing! Through a document, he used a piece of land that did not belong to India in history and is not under India's control in exchange for the People's Party to support it in achieving the Indian ***. This is a great thing no matter how you think it is!

In this document called "Shannan Trade Agreement" , Boss, as the chairman of the Indian Forward Group, admitted that the "decisive territory" of the People's Army now controls the area and the "decisive territory" of the Sanhe Plain is the exclusive area of ​​the People's Party and belongs to China; Lin Chenglou and Chen Zhiyuan, as the head of the Shannan Committee of the People's Party and deputy director, supported the Indian people represented by the "Forward Group" to achieve national liberation and the country, and promised to provide the required materials for the "Forward Group" through trade. As for the settlement method, the two sides will negotiate separately.

Afterwards, during the more than half month of lingering in Chittagong and Assam, Boss learned as much as possible about the organization and training methods of the People's Party and the People's Army, so as to return to Kolkata, he could reproduce everything he heard and saw in Shannan based on the information. Lin and Chen chose to introduce some situations to him without violating the principle of confidentiality and provided a summary translated into English. This made Boss feel like he was treasured. It was not until the end of September that Boss accompanied the Forward Group to the Kolkata area that smuggled military supplies from Chittagong to Kolkata at night.

After finalizing the matter on Boss, Zhao Zhenzhong contacted Ma Bufang through Zhang Mingrui of the Dihua War Zone, and expressed his hope to Jinnah through Ma Bufang to develop its power to fight British colonial rule through material support and help the Muslim alliance develop its strength in West Bengal, in exchange for the Muslim alliance's recognition of the ownership of the People's Party occupying Shannan and the Sanhe Plain.

"The Shannan controlled area of ​​the People's Party was taken from the hands of the British. At that time, it was basically a homeless area after the outbreak of the epidemic. We admit that it had no substantial impact on it. Zhao Zhenzhong discussed with us the land of the Sanhe Plain!" After listening to the opinions from the People's Party reposted by Ma Bufang, Jinna sighed.

"We visited the Sanhe Plain at this time last year. The place has been completely abandoned. If we want to restore it, we must prevent the epidemic, kill rats, and start water conservancy construction together. The manpower and material resources invested will be huge. Considering the storms and floods in summer every year, not to mention anything else, the difficulty and intensity of water conservancy projects alone will be beyond imagination. In the next ten years and even longer, it will be difficult for us to solve this series of problems." Ma Bufang did not express his opinion, but only analyzed the facts of the "desolate domain".

"If we cannot drive the British away, it will be useless even if we have a long time left. Although it is now deserted, it was a fertile land and the home of the Muslim brothers. I would be reluctant to give up!" Jinnah sighed and said bitterly, "But if the People's Party can really help us develop our strength in West Bengal and form a regime and army, we cannot consider it."

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