Chapter 1045, Delhi Conference
With the victory of the Huishan Battle for half a year, the situation on the entire Korean battlefield changed again.
The command of the three eastern provinces officially began to formulate the "Southern General Offensive" strategy, aiming to mobilize all combat troops in North Korea to invade southern Korea with a powerful firepower offensive, completely defeating the Japanese army that had been severely injured in North Korea.
The 7th Division and the 17th Division were destroyed one after another, which was already a very heavy blow to Japan.
Although the Japanese mainland reinforced the forces of three divisions to North Korea in a hurry, in the face of the situation where the situation was hopeless, these three divisions had no chance of turning things around.
After all, after the fall of Shinyizhou and Huishan, China completely solved its worries, and all the main combat divisions of the First Northern Army of the North were able to move forward calmly.
The second defensive strategy formulated by the Japanese General Staff Headquarters originally held many hopes, but unfortunately after Ham Hsing was broken, the second line of defense was already full of loopholes. The Chinese team could use the Ham Hsing breakthrough point to quickly pass the second line of defense and directly attack the rear.
In February, voices of truce and peace began to appear in Japan. The first one to advocate this was naturally the democrats in the Japanese cabinet. However, not long after, some financial officials, business officials and even economists joined the anti-war ranks. They did not need too much reason. The only thing they knew was that the Japanese government had no money.
The warlords in the Japanese cabinet remained calm on the surface, but they could no longer help but feel panic in their hearts.
The prestige of the Great Japanese Empire will be destroyed, and the history of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 will be reversed and repeated!?
These are not the scenes that the warlords want to see, but they have to admit that if the status quo cannot be changed and a solution to the problem is found, this scene will happen sooner or later!
For the entire Japanese cabinet, their only hope is British aid, and even the Vietnamese United Legion is no longer concerned. The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs frequently contacted the British Embassy in Japan, hoping to obtain more funds and materials to maintain the rule and war in North Korea.
Although after China announced its joining the Allies, Britain realized a major threat from China and could only rely on Japan's military restraint in the Far East to prevent China's infiltration into South Asia.
However, Japan has retreated in North Korea, and its domestic economy has seen increasingly large loopholes, making it difficult for the British government to continue to believe in Japan's capabilities. This is like a bottomless pit. Britain has dumped all its funds, but Japan has no response at all.
In early February, the Second Southern Army successfully completed the strategic encirclement of Hanoi and cut off all connections between Hanoi's defense line and Myanmar, Siam and even Taiwan. The United Army in Hanoi only had six corpses of troops, but it was really powerless to resist the enemies from the Second Southern Army.
It is precisely because of the dilemma of the Hanoi defense line that the UK's attitude towards Japan has further promoted the change of its attitude towards Japan, because within a month, the four promised wings of Japan were still hovering in Taiwan, and even the so-called Chairman of the Officer Delegation Lieutenant General Kikuike Shinnosuke did not die on the Vietnam battlefield.
On February 5, the British Foreign Ministry sent representatives to Delhi, India, where a secret diplomatic meeting was held.
Not only were the representatives of the British Foreign Ministry to India, representatives of the Indian royal family, officials of the dominant lords of South Asia, officers of the Indian Staff Office of the Joint Legion, but also the US business agency in India.
The special mission representative is Spencer Churchill, the younger brother of the current Navy Secretary Winston Churchill. It can be said that his visit to India to organize this secret meeting was to follow the instructions of the meeting of five major ministers of the British government, and it will also be an important action to rewrite Asian history.
After waiting for all the people invited to attend the secret meeting to arrive, Spencer Churchill ordered the Indian servants to close the door of the conference room and not allow anyone to enter and exit until the meeting ended. Then, he came to the first section of the long fir conference table, looked at everyone with a serious expression, and said, "Before the official meeting, I hope that gentlemen can understand one thing, that is, regardless of the result of our discussion, the content of this meeting must be strictly confidential."
This speech, which seemed to be the opening remark, added a bit of seriousness to the atmosphere on site.
Everyone didn't say anything, just looked at each other, and everyone was making different plans in their hearts.
Spencer Churchill turned to the officer of the Indian Staff Office of the United Legion and said slowly: "Major Gorle, I hope you will introduce the United Legion to everyone here."
Hearing this, everyone was surprised. The United Legion has been a hot topic in Europe recently. Everyone here is very clear about the situation of the United Legion. What are you going to introduce?
The young Major Gorle stood up with a serious expression and a bad tone and said, "Gentlemen, I must tell you very seriously that after two months of discussion..."
The representative of the Indian royal family suddenly interrupted: "Wait, hasn't the United Legion been established for only one month?"
Gorle sighed: "Yes, that is, we have begun this discussion while the United Legion is still in preparation. Please allow me to continue the topic just now. After solemn discussions from our staff office, we will make a formal decision in just a week and we will give up the United Legion."
The venue was in an uproar, and everyone was talking nonsense.
"What does it mean to give up the United Legion?"
"Oh my god, what does that mean?"
"You are going to give up our Bangladesh Corps?"
"Gentlemen, gentlemen! Calm down!" Spencer Churchill loudly comforted the venue, "Please calm down. There are inevitable reasons why the Advisory Office made such a decision. Furthermore, this matter was personally approved by the Prime Minister of the British Empire."
The venue finally became quiet, but everyone's face still showed a look of surprise, especially those Indian officials and other officials of the autonomous region. The main forces of the United Legion were all drawn from the British colonies, so they naturally had to care more about the safety of their own army.
Spencer Churchill nodded to Golle, so Golle continued: "Actually everyone here should know that the Chinese have long cracked the information about our establishment of the United Legion, and the Chinese team is ready for war one step earlier than us. This is a premeditated act by the Orientals, and we were a beat slower from the beginning."
Someone asked harshly: "Since that's the case, why did you still have to establish a joint legion? You know better than us that the foreign corps that form the joint legion is the only force we have at present. If we give up the joint legion, South Asia will be in a situation where there is no soldiers to defend."
Gorle solemnly said: "The United Legion is just a strategy to delay time. The reason why we let Japan, Taiwan, the United States, and even local newspapers promote this is to create an illusion for the Chinese people, so that they can only rely on the United Legion now."
The British diplomat in India frowned and asked, "What then? Procrastinate, and what?"
Galle did not rush to answer because the next content would involve the top secret. He glanced at Spencer Churchill and waited for the other party's sign. Spencer Churchill did not intend to let Galle answer this question. He took a little step to the center of the long fir conference table, and then said: "We have assembled an 80,000 troops in Australia, all from the Dominions of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South America. All soldiers are drawn by local reserve forces and have stronger combat capabilities and tacit understanding."
Spencer Churchill's words made the audience in an uproar again. It was really unexpected that the British government had carried out such a huge military operation behind the scenes. Even officials from the British Federation and colonies knew about this news, let alone the Chinese.
"Oh my God, why didn't you say it earlier?"
"There are so many troops in the Americas and Australia. If that's the case, why bother to mobilize foreign corps?"
Chapter completed!