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To give all of it, in order to preserve enough air power to use in future wars, the British army was forced to stop the daytime retreat and only use nighttime organizations to retreat. The Chinese Air Force lost its target and had to change the target and began to carry out large-scale air strikes on the Mumbai defense circle. The attack on Mumbai will be mainly completed by ground forces.

As soon as night fell, a fleet of various ships set sail from the Middle East. Before midnight, it arrived in Mumbai. The last group of Middle East Expeditionary Forces boarded the ship from the East Dike. When the retreat was slightly interrupted, the sailors on the rescue ships went ashore to guide the retreat. The sailors sent by the British destroyer "Malcolm" also blew up the bagpipes unique to England, and gathered the fallen people from the ruins in the city with fire everywhere and took the destroyers. That night, another 26,256 people were withdrawn.

On the morning of the 63rd, Alexander and Tennant patrolled the beach together and were very satisfied with the British. After nightfall, the two led their respective staff members as the last batch of British troops to board the destroyers and retreat to the Middle East. Most of the 26175 retreated to the Middle East that night were British troops.

At 9:40 on the 64th, the armored troops of the 18th Army of the Chinese Army rushed into the city of Mumbai and broke through the Mumbai defense circle. All 340,000 British troops who had no time to retreat were captured.

On that day, 26,175 British officers and soldiers evacuated from Mumbai. The British destroyer "Bukari" loaded with British troops was the last ship to evacuate from Mumbai. At 4:23, Ramsey announced the end of the "Generator Operation".

The Great Retreat of Mumbai. It lasted nine days from May 26 to 64, and it was actually 526, and June 3 in total three nights. From 527 to June 1, five of them were withdrawn from 558,226 people, including about 35.5 British troops and about 3.3 Indian troops. However, when these troops evacuated, they would discard all heavy equipment and bring them back to the Middle East, with only rifles and hundreds of machine guns. On the beach in Mumbai, the British troops discarded a total of 2,200 cannons, 1,750 anti-aircraft guns, 500 anti-tank guns, cars, 75,000 motorcycles, 2,700 tanks, 21,000 machine guns, 6,400 anti-tank guns and 500,000 tons of military supplies.

During the retreat, more than 24 British troops were captured, and more than 12.8 were killed or injured. Some of these casualties died in battle when fighting against the crucial defense line of Chinese troops, some were killed while waiting on the beach to board the ship under Chinese military airstrikes and artillery fire, and some were buried in the sea with ships sunk by Chinese troops.

The British mobilized 1,861 Indian ships of various types to be sunk by the Chinese army. In order to cover the retreat, the British Air Force dispatched a total of 2,739 fighter jets for air cover, with an average of 300 dispatches per day. It effectively resisted the Chinese army's air strikes, and the British army lost 106 aircraft, and British fighter jets and ground anti-aircraft artillery fire shot down about 14 Chinese aircraft. However, as the Chinese army occupied the entire territory of India, all British air forces in India were captured by China.

Under the fierce bombardment of the Chinese army's ground and air firepower, the British army still withdrew more than 33.8 people, which is known as the "Mumbai Miracle"! The main reasons for this miracle are:

The first is the time. During the retreat, most of the Mumbai area was rainy. The heavy fog, light rain and the smoke caused the Chinese Air Force to carry out two and a half days of large-scale bombings on the afternoon of 527, 529 and June 1. In the rest of the time, either a small fleet of 35 aircraft was disruptive air strikes or simply not dispatched. On the sea, the Indian Ocean, which is known for its high winds and high waves, was unexpectedly calm, which allowed many inland ships in the Middle East to join the retreat, which played a significant role.

The second is the geographical advantage. Mumbai's soft beach is the savior of the British officers and soldiers. Chinese military aircraft dropped ground bombs, and most of them fell into the beach. The shrapnel was difficult to effectively scatter and their lethality was greatly reduced.

The third is the harmony of people. First, the rear guard forces bravely resisted the attack of the Chinese army and covered the retreat of the main force. Especially the last rear guard forces, the British Army's 1st Army, knew that it was difficult for them to escape, still fought to the death and defended the position. The pilots of the Middle East Air Force did their best to provide cover for the troops. Some pilots were dispatched three or four times a day, so that British aircraft were available over the Mumbai beach from beginning to end, and severely hit the attacking Chinese aircraft. The officers and soldiers of the retreating troops maintained strict organizational discipline and order while waiting for boarding and boarding the ship. There was no chaos of scrambling to make the entire retreat process very smooth; the retreating group

With outstanding organizational skills, those naval officers coordinated hundreds of people, and used all methods and equipment to safely withdraw 33.8 people to the Middle East, retaining a large number of officers and soldiers with combat experience for future wars. Most of these officers and soldiers returned to the Middle East became the backbone forces of future counterattacks.

If the main force of the Middle East Expeditionary Force could not withdraw back to the Middle East, then the only one who fought against the Chinese invasion was the Boy Scouts (Author's Note: Boy Scouts are a semi-militarized teenager organization in the Middle East). The subsequent development of war is unpredictable. Such heavy losses will be irreparable for the Middle East. Although the British army lost a large amount of equipment and military supplies, a group of officers and soldiers who had been tested by the war were retained. This was a group of elite officers and soldiers with strict discipline, well-trained and brave combat. Four years later, these people were undoubtedly the absolute backbone force among the British army landed in Normandy. The great significance of Mumbai is that the Middle East retains the most precious and vital force to continue to persist in the war. As Churchill said when reporting to the parliament on the 64th: "We have defeated China's attempt, and this retreat will breed victory!"

However, no matter how the British concealed it, it could not offset this fact. The Chinese army completely defeated the British and completely lifted up the British's three hundred years of foundation in India. From any perspective, China won the war without dispute. After winning the war, people were surprised to find how profound the vision of the Chinese Emperor Zhao Gang was.

If the attack is carried out according to the previous plan, even if the British Indian Ocean fleet is defeated, India has a very superior strategic position surrounded by mountains, and the land is facing the Chinese Navy and Air Force coming from Malacca. No matter from which angle, no matter which force attacks, it will face the Indians who have the advantage in the terrain. The cruelty and long-term nature of the war are inevitable. Moreover, even if China gradually repels India with its superior forces, it is unlikely that it will evolve into an annihilation war. It can only be a tug-of-war. Even if the British are defeated in the end, it will not be able to annihilate the British's living forces on a large scale, and finally turn into a parallel annihilation war.

Although the war is very fierce, no matter how victory or defeat is, it will not become a long-term war. Even if China is defeated, India cannot pass the obstacles of the Himalayas. Once the war is victorious, it can directly cut India and cut off the British army's retreat. Therefore, in the end, the British lost more than 5. Even the soldiers who escaped by chance were firmly engraved with traces of defeated soldiers. If you see the Chinese army again, you don't know how much combat effectiveness it has. After the British people learned about the powerful strength of the Chinese army through these defeated soldiers, they don't know if they have the courage to continue this war that gradually loses hope.

In order to calm the domestic anti-war public opinion, Henry Moore, a famous military historian in the Middle East, pointed out that the liberation of Europe and the failure of China began in Mumbai! This was by no means a great humiliation retreat. American military historians listed Mumbai retreat as the first of the most famous battles of World War II.

As soon as the retreat of Mumbai ended, Prime Minister Churchill delivered a speech in the House of Commons: "We must be extremely careful not to cast this retreat with victory. War is not won by retreating.... The Chinese are desperately trying to sink thousands of ships loaded with soldiers on the sea, but they were repelled, they were defeated, and we withdraw from the expeditionary force!... We will never be discouraged! We will fight to the end! We will fight on the sea with growing confidence and strength! Fight in the air! No matter how expensive we are, we will defend our country! We will never surrender!" These powerful and powerful words show that the unyielding Britain will continue to fight, which means that China must fight a powerful navy and a powerful air force. Although Mumbai is the pinnacle of the failure of the Allies, there is no doubt that China's final failure began on the beaches of Mumbai!

After hearing these remarks, Zhao Gang made a very vicious comment, "It's not your fault to be ugly, but if you look ugly, you have to say everywhere that you are beautiful and disgusting, that's your fault." In any case, China occupied the entire territory of India in the next month, dominated the Asian continent, and was already invincible. The United Kingdom and the United States were afraid of China's strength and began to reconsider their attitude towards Germany.

Just as Britain, the United States and France were planning to separate the Sino-German alliance, a huge change occurred in the German-French front. The Germans all started a war, and they jumped thousands of miles and had already reached Paris, the capital of France within seven days.
Chapter completed!