Chapter 16 Asian Strategy

On the day the emperor read the surrender edict, white flags were hung everywhere over the Japanese archipelago. When they learned that Japan had officially announced its surrender, Chinese warships entrenched in the Japanese sea roared cannons to the sky at the same time to celebrate. All artillery of nearly two hundred warships fired three cannons at the same time. The resonance of the cannons resounded throughout the entire Tokyo sea, and the cheers from Chinese officers and soldiers resounded throughout the Japanese archipelago.

The surrender ceremony was held on the flagship "Feiyang" of the East China Sea Fleet. The army minister Hiramaru was the one who came to surrender on behalf of Japan. Hiramaru climbed up the "Feiyang" with trembling steps and bowed to Deng Shichang and other surrender representatives. When Hiramaru signed the surrender book with his slightly trembling hands, Deng Shichang also picked up a brush and wrote down his name on the surrender book.

As the surrendered party, the Japanese army also laid down all weapons on the same day. The Japanese Navy left the warships anchored in the harbor, and the entire army disarmed the Chinese army after the Chinese army landed. According to the Chinese requirements, the first thing was to punish the supreme commander of the Japanese army, requiring the emperor to abdicate immediately. Japan no longer had an emperor. Japan could only have a small number of armed personnel, and the number of people should not exceed 100,000, including police and other personnel to maintain public order. Moreover, Japan was not allowed to own a navy. The Yasukuni Shrine was demolished and Japan was entrusted by China within 50.

After the Japanese radicals learned about these harsh conditions, countless people cried bitterly, some committed suicide by cesarean section, some beat their chests and stamping their feet, and some went to the streets to make trouble. However, these troublemakers were quickly suppressed by the Chinese army that entered without mercy.

China achieved a brilliant victory in Japan, but Germany was not so smooth in Europe. After barely moving the front line forward for a few kilometers, the British and French coalition forces showed strong tenacity. They stabilized their positions on the Marne River, blocked the German attack that was no longer sharp, and had already begun counterattacks on local battlefields, and the warring sides were in a tug-of-war again. Both sides, who had temporarily lost their offensive capabilities, began to build large-scale fortifications and began a protracted position war.

On the Russian side, due to the continuous requests from Britain and France, and the Chinese army has not made much moves on the border, the Chinese army has used troops to Japan again. Russia has also begun to boldly transfer two armies from the eastern front and launched an attack on the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Galicia. The Russian army concentrated 36 infantry divisions and 12 cavalry divisions. The Austro-Hungarian Empire also invested 39 infantry divisions and 10 cavalry divisions. The battle started on September 20 and came to an end on October 18. The Russian army advanced about 300 kilometers, but did not complete the predetermined combat targets. Both sides suffered heavy losses, with about 250,000 Russian troops,

The Austro-Hungarian Empire lost about 400,000 people, and in general, the Russian army gained a little advantage. After the battle, the military strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the most powerful military alliance in Europe, was severely weakened, which also forced the German army to draw troops from the Western Front battlefield to reinforce the Austro-Hungarian Empire, thus greatly alleviating the pressure from Britain and France. The disastrous defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire led to a change in the form of the entire European battlefield. While the German government urgently reinforced the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the German government asked the Chinese government to send troops as soon as possible and launch an attack from the Russians. At this time, the Chinese government leader Yang Yi and his aides had turned their eyes to another battlefield.

Beijing, the command of the Three Armed Forces.

Many people do not understand Yang Yi's name very well. After all, the concept of the Air Force is still very vague now, and no new force of the Air Force has appeared in various countries. However, whenever Yang Yi put his eyes on the desert in northwest China on the map, he would smile knowingly.

The command of the three armed forces faced a choice at the end of 1895. After Japan surrendered, who was the next combat target of the Chinese army? Many people naturally thought of Russia. China and Russia have a long border line. China deployed millions of troops on the border. In the past six months, China has continuously transported a large amount of combat supplies to the border, and China's allied Germany repeatedly requested it. All of this can be a reason.

On December 10, 1895, more than a month after Japan's surrender, Yang Yi and his staff were about to launch the next attack. Yang Yiduan sat in his seat, and his subordinates sat on both sides. Chief of General Staff Li Xiucheng conveyed new combat orders to everyone attending the meeting.

"After Japan surrendered, the biggest threat around us has been eliminated. Although we must invest 200,000 naval and army in order to continue to control Japan, this has little impact on our overall military strength.

Due to the increasingly fierce European battlefields, the British routes on the Atlantic were attacked by German submarines and had to mobilize a large number of naval forces to escort. In addition, Britain wanted to blockade the German navy, which caused the British colonies in Asia to be extremely empty. At present, the British navy in India and West Asia was only one of the East India fleets, and the army was only 100,000. This created a powerful opportunity for our army to advance.

The military strategy says: Avoid the real and attack the virtual. At present, the Russians still have 800,000 heavy troops in the Far East. Once our army advances westward, it will inevitably cause major casualties. Given that the German army still has the strength to deal with Britain, France and Russia, the commander-in-chief has formulated a new combat plan, with the targets of India and West Asia and Arabia.

The first step of the combat plan was that our army concentrated the main force of the two fleets in the South China Sea and East China Sea to carry out a devastating blow to the East India fleet entrenched in India. After the Navy succeeded, our army would land in the Kolkata area. While the Navy was fighting, 100,000 soldiers from our Southwest Military Region would take the initiative from the southwest border, pointing to New Delhi. After the Indian problem was resolved, our army would advance together by sea and land, and lead the troops to West Asia.

Entering West Asia is the second step in our military strategy.”

When Li Xiucheng said this, Yang Yi waved his hand and said, "Everyone, the Indian people have been under British colonial rule for a long time. Now we are waiting for us to liberate. India is the largest colony of Britain in Asia and a huge source of its overseas income. We must destroy this last fortress in Asia."

After Yang Yi finished speaking, he signaled Li Xiucheng to continue.

On December 15, 1895, the Chinese Navy completed all combat preparations in Singapore, and 100,000 troops from Tibet and Southwest Military Regions also entered their respective attack positions.

In the early morning of December 15, smoke was filled with smoke in Singapore's military port. Chinese warships sailed out of the Strait of Malacca and headed straight for Kolkata, the British East India fleet base stationed in India, to kill the generals.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, our Southwest Military Region 100,000 troops set out from Dawang and crossed the Sino-Indian border. The British garrisoned in India claiming to be 50,000 foreign troops, but its troops are mainly stationed in New Delhi and Kolkata. Only 10,000 Indian soldiers on the Sino-Indian border rely on dangerous terrain to defend. Due to distrust of Indian soldiers, the number of Indian soldiers is only 300,000, and the morale of the troops is extremely low, and they have no combat power at all. They are usually good as a force to maintain local public order. Once they fight with the well-equipped and well-trained Chinese army, they can be said to be vulnerable.

The southwest border has a dangerous terrain and difficult roads, so our army's supply line has become the biggest problem. The so-called 100,000 army is actually only 30,000 in real combat troops, and the rest are all civilians recruited by the local government. The task is to transport ammunition supplies to the offensive troops.

My southwest soldiers almost encountered Xiangyang along the way, with decent resistance. Once the Indian army fought, when our army mortars blasted, most of the Indian soldiers dropped their weapons and turned around and ran away. Even if there was a small amount of sporadic resistance, as long as they attacked a little, the Indian soldiers immediately scattered. Our soldiers ignored the fleeing Indian soldiers, crossed the border and advanced quickly, and occupied Shillong, an important town in eastern India in three days.

The Indians who were used to being enslaved did not resist the arrival of our army. Since our army did not violate any crimes, the local Indian residents were waiting and watching our army. Wherever our army went, the Indians hid in the house and closed the door.

The Chinese army encountered the first organized resistance of the British army in Shillong. One thousand British troops coerced 30,000 Indian soldiers in an attempt to rely on the city to resist with temporary fortifications. Our army fought fiercely, and the Indian soldiers holding garbage rifles could not resist at all. The 30,000 Indian soldiers fled in all directions like ducks. The 1,000 British troops who were fighting stubbornly were also wiped out within half a day.

At 2 pm on December 15, our joint fleet blocked the British East India Fleet in the Kolkata waters. The British did not expect our army to launch an attack at this time, and the unprepared East India Fleet resisted in panic. This was an asymmetric war. The 30 battleships of the Chinese joint fleet, 3 armored cruisers, 60 destroyers fought against the 5 battleships of the British East India Fleet and 15 destroyers. This was simply a cannon to kill mosquitoes. In just one hour, the little power of the British Navy in India was immediately shattered. All British battleships were sunk, 10 of the destroyers were sunk, and 5 were injured and surrendered.

The Chinese army sent troops to India, which was far beyond the expectations of the British. They did not expect that the Chinese army would seek far away and pass the sea to print the situation, and would not provide assistance to the Germans who were fighting hard in Europe. According to the British thinking, the Chinese army should be dispatched urgently at this time and launch an attack on the Russian army to link Germany's pressure. Unexpectedly, the Chinese government's plan was to allow the European powers to continue fighting, and China took the opportunity to expand its sphere of influence in Asia.

After 30,000 troops occupied Shillong, they continued to advance southwest and pointed directly at Kolkata. On the 20th, our two men met in Kolkata. At this time, under the cover of the navy, the Chinese Army had easily landed 30,000 people in Kolkata.

With the support of the fleet, Kolkata was unable to resist the landing attacks of the Chinese army. Britain, which has always regarded itself as the world's number one in the navy, did not build a decent coastal defense turret along the coast of India, let alone landing defense wars. After the British Navy was defeated, three thousand British soldiers immediately stepped back and fled to New Delhi.
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