Chapter 471 India is opening
While the G-ism father was quietly preparing for a revolutionary thunderstorm that swept across Europe, Hessman boarded the Folk 40 plane to Italy.
His purpose of returning to Italy was of course to continue commanding the war. Because the Battle of the Mediterranean had not yet ended, the British still had three strongholds in the Mediterranean, Tobrook, Gibraltar and Crete.
In addition, the 290,000 Italian troops stationed in East Africa are still in a tough battle. Although the British army basically gave up the Mediterranean and Middle East battlefields, they did not retreat from East Africa, but instead strengthened their troops. According to the report of the Italian East African Forces Group Command, the British army currently has 11 African divisions (mainly black sorghum) and at least 3 Indian divisions in East Africa. This is a powerful force that 290,000 Italian troops cannot defeat!
Because the German army's Suez Canal, which was blocked by a shipwreck, has not yet been opened, it is currently unable to reinforce the Italian troops in East Africa.
However, even if the Suez Canal was opened, it would be difficult for the German army to help the Italian army in East Africa. This was because the Italians threw two precious aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean. Without aircraft carriers, the powerful surface fleets of Italy and France could not operate in the Red Sea. The British Oriental Fleet had three aircraft carriers, and the British also deployed shore-based aircraft in the Port of Aden at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra Island, which was located at the exit of the Gulf of Aden.
For fleets without air cover (the length of the Red Sea is close to 2,000 kilometers, and it is difficult for German aircraft deployed on the Sinai Peninsula to cover the fleet located in the southern part of the Red Sea), the British shore-based aircraft and carrier-based aircraft are still very dangerous. Therefore, Hessmann did not intend to let the precious Italian-French fleet take risks, which were the key to defeating Britain.
Moreover, Hessman also knew that by this time next year, the Japanese Navy would most likely be able to distribute some troops to enter the Indian Ocean. There is no need to do more. As long as you can send two fleet aircraft carriers and two King Kong-class vehicles into the Indian Ocean, it will be enough to deal with the British Oriental Fleet.
Once the British Eastern fleet is finished, the British army in East Africa will be nowhere near collapse. At that time, the Italians will almost be able to take out several escort aircraft carriers, which is the best time for the Italian fleet to leave the Red Sea and enter the Indian Ocean.
However, Hessman's goal of fighting the Indian Ocean was not limited to opening up the oil transport channel of the Persian Gulf-Suez Canal. His goal was like Stalin, and he was taking India!
Hessman also has a trump card that Stalin does not have in the fight for India, because he will soon have an Indian army.
On the special plane to Italy, there was an Indian San, Chandra Boss, the former chairman of the Indian National Congress Party.
This is an Indian who is in his forties, tall and looks similar to a white man, but with a little dark skin. He is wearing a dark green military uniform, a boat hat on his head, and a big and pointed nose with small round glasses. He looks very cultural and well-educated. In fact, he is a cultured and well-educated Indian superior, born in a high caste (you can tell by looking at your face and skin). His father is a barrister. He graduated from the University of Kolkata and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He also passed the very difficult Indian civil servant exam in 1920.
However, he did not become an official of the British colonial authorities, but devoted himself to the Indian independence movement. First he participated in Gandhi's hunger and independence movement. Later, he felt that there was no regime in the world that had been hungry, so he decided to go out of power with a gun. In 1927, the National Volunteer Army (a semi-military organization). He also proposed a resolution to demand India's complete independence at the Congress Congress. Although the resolution was not passed, Boss himself received a large number of supporters and was elected as the General Secretary of the Congress. After that, he has been committed to promoting the violent revolution and finally brought himself to the prison of the British in 1936.
However, after being imprisoned, Boss was worth more and became the leader of the National Assembly, second only to Gandhi. He was elected chairman of the National Assembly in 1938, but Gandhi then took the lead in opposing Boss and forced Boss to leave the National Assembly to establish a radical organization forward group and continue to go out of power with guns. However, not long after, he was again arrested by the British authorities. This prison disaster finally made Comrade Boss understand a truth.
If you want to go the way of a gun, you must first learn to hold your thighs!
So Boss escaped from a British prison in Kolkata, then got an Italian passport (this guy looks similar to an Italian southerner) and took it to Afghanistan and went to the Soviet Union.
But he was not a G-speaker, so he did not hold his thighs in the Soviet Union, so he had to go to the German Embassy for help. Not long ago, he arrived in Germany again and was also received by Hitler. Later, he met Marshal Hessmann who returned to Berlin from the Middle East for a meeting. Only then did he really hold his thighs.
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"Mr. Bous, Gandhi's view is undoubtedly wrong. US President Jefferson once said: The Flower of Freedom must always be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is the natural fertilizer of the Flower of Freedom. The United States can get rid of British colonial rule by countless people, not by the protest of Washington's hunger strike. How can India today expect to use the hunger strike of a few people to exchange for the fruits of national independence and freedom? If Mr. Gandhi starves to death, what will it take for Churchill to lose?"
On the way to Rome, the capital of Italy, Hessman sat in the spacious and comfortable cabin and talked.
"If Boss was willing to stand up and lead the battle first, I could provide some help. In the battle of Tobrook, we captured quite a lot of Indians. Several Indian divisions were fighting for Britain, and when the British army was unfavorable, they were abandoned, so they were captured by us and the Italians in large numbers. In the prisoner-of-war camp in Benghazi, the number of Indian prisoners captured was about 20,000, of which 80% had the ability to fight."
In fact, not all Indians were locked in prison camps. Thousands were Nepal Gurkhas, and most of the remaining Indians were Sikhs. There were not many Ah San who truly believed in Hinduism.
"They are all very good soldiers, better than our Italian friends." Hessman looked at Bous and smiled. "If you can convince them to fight for you, I can give them to you for command, and provide weapons and equipment, and send them to India to engage in the War of Independence after the Italian Navy rushed out of the Gulf of Aden."
80% of the 20,000 is 16,000! All the soldiers of the British and Indian army were given to Chandra Boss, and they were fully armed. Boss suddenly felt like he was holding on to the golden thigh.
"Marson, thank you so much!" Chandra Boss's smile was almost gone, "The Indian people will always thank you and Germany..."
Hessman waved his hand, interrupted Boss, and said, "Don't rush to say thank you first, because there has never been a free lunch in the world, and of course there is no free liberation."
"Marson, what do you mean..." Boss looked at Hessman and thought to himself: Does Jiefang need to charge money? So how much should he pay? Should he pay according to the cap, or according to the land area?
“Germany’s efforts must be rewarded,” Hessman said slowly, “but we will not regard India as a colony, nor will we seize territory on the South Asian subcontinent.”
He only mentioned that "not seizing territory on the South Asian subcontinent" and did not say that he did not want the territory in the Indian Ocean. However, it doesn't matter to the current Indian San, and they would not have such unrealistic ideas as "Indian Ocean".
Hessmann then made a request: "The British government's property in India, not sovereignty and territory, but includes railways, factories, mines, port facilities, banks and corporate equity and schools, will all be taken over by the German government."
In fact, this may not be a bad thing for India. If the railways, factories, ports, mines, and schools are managed by German companies, the efficiency will definitely be higher than that of the Indian San.
"It's no problem," Bous replied, "but those who can only be used as commercial investments in India by Germany must comply with the laws of future Indian countries."
"Of course, that's certainly a commercial investment." Hessman nodded and smiled, "It's not good for us to not pursue privileges in India. In fact, if the Indian government can offer a reasonable price in the future, these can be sold to India."
Hessman paused and said, "In addition, we noticed that there were a large number of msls in the British Indian Empire, and they had a deep conflict with you Hindus. However, resisting British colonial rule requires Hindus and msl to unite and fight together. Therefore, we will also provide military assistance to msl revolutionaries in northwest India."
"Of course," Chandra Boss nodded, "there are many msls among my comrades, and I am willing to work with them."
In this era, in addition to the National Congress, India had an MLS alliance, which was now led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and was following the same path as the National Congress.
However, there are also radicals in the msl alliance who want to come out of power with guns. Hessman has instructed Iran's Reza Khan and the Arab Baath Party to try to contact them. He is also preparing to provide weapons and instructors to Indian msl, striving to form a situation where the Indian msl army and the Hindu army work together.
Chapter completed!