Chapter 679 Churchill's Trouble
Slim is very anxious now. He knows that Japan's motorcycles are faster than their cars now. Once they are chased by the Japanese, then all 20,000 people here will probably be killed. Even if they persist tonight, the Japanese bombers will come tomorrow, and they will still have no place to escape!
At this time, the generals with him were also very depressed and angry. They had advised Slim before to take his troops to China, and then return to China under the escort of Chinese troops.
If they had asked China for help from Yinduo instead of going to India alone, perhaps their 80,000 people would not have died. Along the way, there were corpses of their British troops everywhere. Now that they saw only these few people left, and Britain had broken diplomatic relations with China, this made the British soldiers dejected. They all knew that once they were chased by the Japanese troops, they would be dead.
"Commander, we should send another telegram to the country, asking them to let Chinese troops come and help us. The soldiers are already very tired and cannot stop the attack of Japanese troops. Commander, no matter what, we have to send another telegram back. At this speed, we can't run far. If we defend here, we can't stop tomorrow. Please send another telegram!" A major general looked at Slim and said.
When the other major generals heard this, they all looked at Slim. Now they all know that life and death will depend on tonight. If Chinese troops come to save them tonight, then they may not have to die. If China does not save them, they will not survive tomorrow, and the Japanese troops have already chased them!
"Okay, I'll send a telegram to ask. However, there is little hope. Our country has just broken off diplomatic relations with China. It is probably impossible to let them save us now!" Slim nodded.
He didn't want to die, nor did he want to see his troops being wiped out. He had followed him before, but now only one division's troops were left, most of which had been killed.
Soon, Slim sent a telegram to the UK.
"Damn it, why can't I escape for such a long time? What's going on? Can we still ask China for support?" Churchill said in anger when he saw the telegram sent by Slim.
When they retreated from Banmao yesterday, they still had more than 40,000 people, but now there are less than 20,000 people left, and more than 10,000 wounded people.
"We cannot ask for support from China, and even if we ask for support, China will not help us!" an aide looked at Churchill and said.
"Damn it, send a telegram to Slim and ask him to continue to retreat north with his troops. Must retreat to India, damn it!" Churchill said two damn it in a row.
He really didn't expect that his troops had retreated and the Japanese troops were still chasing them. Now he wanted him to ask for help from China. He couldn't do this. He would rather Slim think of a way to find out if he could escape. If he could escape, it would be the best. If he couldn't escape, he had no choice!
"What. Let us continue to retreat, damn it, I want to protest. We have more than 100,000 people, and now there are only 20,000 people left. They are all of them. We want us to retreat to India. Are they fools when they are Japanese troops? Will they let us retreat to India successfully?
We made mistakes over and over again. If we retreated to China, we could not survive. Now, we would not be able to survive. What did they think? Who would take responsibility for such a large casualty this time!" After seeing the telegram sent by Slim, a major general shouted angrily. He knew that no one from the British troops had come to save them now!
"Let's surrender. Now we can only surrender. Surrender to Japan, or we will be dead!" A major general raised his head and looked at everyone and said,
When those people heard this, they all looked up at the major general, then turned to look at Slim. Slim sat there without saying a word. In front of them were the troops they marched. Although there were vehicles, they all ran away with wounded soldiers. Now the soldiers who could walk were walking at very slow speeds, and the Japanese troops would be able to catch up soon!
"If we don't escape, we will surrender. However, I hope that the men of our country will take responsibility for this matter. If they agreed to go to China, maybe our casualties would not be that great. If our country cooperated with China, maybe we could leave now.
Chinese troops have strong combat capabilities. You have also seen that they fight with Japanese troops. Japanese troops are not Chinese troops at all!" Slim sat there and said sadly. Now he regretted it. If he had not carried out the command of the headquarters, but persuaded them and asked him to take his troops to China, perhaps there would not have been such a large casualties here.
"We need to know the situation in China. We cannot let the country misunderstand that the troops here are useless. They are wrong in command and shouldn't let us come out alone!" a major general said.
"Yes, let the people in the country know that it is not that we don't fight, nor that we want to retreat, but that the superiors don't allow the fight. We must explain clearly to the people in the country so that our soldiers and families can know what's going on here. We really can't watch these children and continue to sacrifice. We don't have many people anymore!" Another major general also started talking.
"Okay!" Slim nodded. He didn't want to take this responsibility on himself now. More than 80,000 people were killed. If he surrendered, what would he think about himself in China? How his family survived in China is a big problem. Moreover, the responsibility he had to bear for this matter is limited, or was it a command error or a strategy mistake in the country.
"Send a telegram to the country!" a major general said.
"Okay!" Slim nodded.
Soon, they drafted a telegram, telling them that they now want to order the troops to surrender, and how their troops have fought here in the past few months, if they missed the opportunity to be rescued, how domestic commands commanded them randomly, causing them to fall into a desperate situation.
Soon, the telegram was sent to the country. The families of the soldiers and local newspapers learned about it and prepared to report it. The local people saw the reports, especially the families fighting in Southeast Asia, who saw so many casualties. Now they didn't know whether their relatives were dead or alive, so they began to protest.
"What, who asked them to send such a telegram, who asked them to surrender, would they want to treason?" Churchill shouted angrily after seeing the contents of the telegram. The meaning in the telegram was very clear, and those of them directly pointed the blame at him.
"Prime Minister, many people in China now know the content of this telegram. Some soldiers' families have begun to come to us. They want to protest!" A staff officer came over to remind him.
"No, you mean, there are other ordinary people who saw this telegram?" Churchill looked at the staff officer in shock.
"Yes, many domestic newspapers will probably be published soon, and more people will know about it at that time!" The consultant nodded and said.
"No, you can't let them log out, you must not let them log out!" Churchill roared loudly. If the telegram was logged out, let's not talk about whether the telegram said true or false.
Those people saw it, but they didn't think it was fake. This was sent by a commander from Southeast Asia. It was definitely not fake. It was a problem with the domestic command center. They were watching the children go to die, so why wouldn't the families of these soldiers be angry? Moreover, there are so many young people in the UK now, and they are fighting against the German invasion here. If they know, they probably won't let Churchill go.
"It's too late, there are too many people who know it!" The staff officer said, and at this time, the staff sitting in Churchill's office saw this situation and didn't know how to deal with it. It's no longer something they can handle!
After a while, hundreds of people gathered outside their cabinet building, holding signs to protest the entire cabinet. The entire cabinet caused more than 80,000 people to be buried on the battlefield in Southeast Asia. Slowly, more and more, two hours later, tens of thousands of people gathered here, and they were all protesting and Churchill needed to stand up and explain.
"What should we do now? What should we do now?" Churchill looked at the staff in the office and asked loudly.
Because just now, many commanders on the front line sent telegrams asking what was going on, whether the command center made a mistake in making decisions, and they were not allowed to retreat to China or surrender.
All of this was immediately obtained by Japanese intelligence agencies and German intelligence agencies, and they sent the telegrams back to the country. Okamura Yanji soon saw the telegram.
"Yoxi, just surrender. With these people in our hands, I think we will be more proficient in printing!" Okamura Nishi said with a smile after seeing the information.
"Hey, Slim's people have not returned now, so the troops on India are definitely not enough. We can quickly attack India!" The staff officer also said happily.
"No, no, there is one thing that has not been resolved!" Okamura Yasuji shook his head and said.
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