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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 1502 Bow your head and beg for peace!

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    As for what is happening in New Delhi, the British Governor-General in India, Sir Pajevasali, is not unaware, but he is powerless and has no way to stop it. He also knows that in front of him, these people look worried about the country and the people.  Senior officials, their families and properties have been flown out of New Delhi.

    Governor Pajevasali sighed secretly, "It's not that I don't want to defend New Delhi, but there are weapons and equipment to recruit soldiers there, including guns and artillery provided free of charge by the Americans. The armory is almost full. But what about it?"  "

    This is the saddest thing about Governor Pajevasali. When things came to a head, as a senior British official in India, he was usually pampered and bossy, but when the critical moment came, he thought of escaping first. The Governor also tried,  Organize a militia, mainly British, and arm it. At the very least, it can resist the Chinese army for a while.

    But what disappointed him so much was that none of the senior officials in the Governor's Mansion responded positively. Instead, after hearing his suggestion, they moved all their relatives away.

    But those British compatriots not only did not respond, but ran faster than rabbits. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the living room of the Government House, a string of cars speeded past from time to time on the streets of New Delhi. The people in the cars were all their compatriots.  , Governor Pajvasali¡¯s heart was bleeding, and he felt a sense of despair.

    The Governor remembered this number. There were as many as 70,000 British people in New Delhi. It was not a problem to organize an armed militia of about 20,000 people to fight the Chinese in Aligarh and Agra.  The expatriates who were covering New Delhi were evacuated, but now, they all ran away overnight, and.  Running in a panic and without organization, the Governor became a loner, which made His Excellency the Governor even more chilling.

    On the night of May 24, in London, England, in the basement of Prime Minister Winston Churchill¡¯s official residence, Churchill¡¯s office was lit with bright lights, on the table in front of Churchill.  There were several telegrams and a thick envelope.

    Telegrams are all urgent telegrams sent from India to report.  It was all bad news. The task force fleet stationed in India was completely wiped out, and the Sri Lanka Island garrison was surrounded by Tang Qiuli's troops in Colombo.  Sooner or later the whole army will be annihilated.

    Tang Qiuli's troops, more than a dozen divisions, successively occupied Lucknow, Allahabad, Japurpur, Pumragul, Gonpur and other places in the interior of India. The British Empire's military strength in India was basically reduced.  All was lost.  To be precise, there are no more.

    Pajvasali, Governor-General in India.  He sent more than a dozen telegrams in succession, requesting peace talks with Tang Qiuli.  The troops of the ** Division have already approached New Delhi, which means that New Delhi will fall tomorrow.

    In the conference room next door, there were all the cabinet members and senior generals of the General Staff who had been summoned urgently. They were waiting for him to chair the meeting, but he had to figure out a clue first and negotiate with the Chinese Tang Qiuli. Churchill  I absolutely don't want the peace talks now to be tantamount to negotiations with Tang Qiuli's gun pointed at his forehead. It is a complete alliance under the city.

    But what if we don¡¯t negotiate?  Fight?  It has already been fought, and it was the first to fight. The result is the worst situation now. What's more, as far as the current war situation in India is concerned, the British Empire has lost everything it can fight with.

    Pajevasali's suggestion is right. Only by begging for peace now can the best interests of the British Empire in the South Asian subcontinent be preserved. If Tang Qiuli's troops occupy all of India, the British Empire will not even have the capital to negotiate.  , but if we negotiate now, we will lose a lot, and Churchill is a little hesitant.

    He picked up Chelsea¡¯s final letter, which contained the words ¡°Americans must be urged to join the war against the Chinese.¡± This irritated Churchill¡¯s nerves. When this matter was mentioned, Churchill became very angry.

    Churchill personally sent a telegram to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, imploring U.S. troops in the South Pacific to enter the South Asian subcontinent. Even if they did not participate in the battle against Tang Qiuli's troops, they could at least have a deterrent effect. Tang Qiuli  Qiu Li would never dare to attack without restraint like he did now. He knew that both MacArthur and Stilwell were good at fighting.

    But Roosevelt's call back was polite and tactful but he refused without hesitation, "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, as far as the current situation in Southeast Asia and India is concerned, our biggest enemy is the Japanese. Tang Qiuli's troops are Allied forces."  As a component, if our country¡¯s military power in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific enters India, the Japanese¡¯s actions in the region will not be restricted.¡±

    "At that time, our common interests will suffer great losses. In my personal opinion, the war with Tang Qiuli is unwise for the Prime Minister. If the US military joins in, wouldn't it turn into a war within the Allied forces?  A war? Therefore, we in the United States Government cannot and will not respond to the request of the Prime Minister.Satisfied, the only solution now is to immediately negotiate with Tang Qiuli so that the Chinese troops can return to the Indochina Peninsula as soon as possible.  "

    Churchill showed off his face and ignored it, but Roosevelt, the lame man, vaguely blamed himself for not having enough brains. The Japanese are close to your American territory, and Tang Qiuli has become your guest.  So what¡¯s wrong with me regaining Indochina?

    The United States is indeed a country where interests come first. The relationship between Britain and the United States that has been close friends for many years is indeed not as good as its own interests. However, the Americans are the only country that Churchill can restrain Tang Qiuli from cutting flesh in the overseas territories of the British Empire. Even now, without the United States  People continued to receive blood transfusions, and Britain had long been defeated by the Germans. As the Prime Minister, he had no choice but to run away!

    Churchill could not ignore the words of US President Roosevelt. The scope of his thinking could only be to the minimum to reduce the losses of the British Empire in the South Asian subcontinent. Within this limited range, the situation was stronger than the people. No matter how much Churchill thought about it,  , whether it was fair or just, or despicable and dirty methods, he sadly discovered that the British Empire was cut into pieces by the Chinese Tang Qiuli, which was an inevitable outcome.

    The only difference was how much was cut off. The ambition of a great man and the ruthless reality made Churchill feel powerless. At this moment, his secretary quietly came in and reminded: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, Cabinet  Members and generals of the General Staff have been waiting for you for more than two hours. Do you think the meeting will be held immediately? "

    Churchill swayed his fat body and walked down the basement corridor with a nonchalant expression. Under the light, his back looked so lonely.

    The joint meeting of the Cabinet and the General Staff lasted very briefly. Everyone knew that it was nothing more than a decision to make peace with the Chinese Tang Qiuli under the current situation. In fact, the British had been forced into a corner.  If you don¡¯t have room for maneuver, you will lose more or even everything.

    As for the details of the negotiations and the interests that must be ensured, the cabinet ministers and the generals of the General Staff wisely did not mention a word, because this matter was not something they could control. Which Chinese Tang Qiuli said  After all, who let the Chinese have the upper hand now? Everything in the world is indeed the same. If you have a hard fist, it is the truth.

    The cabinet meeting unanimously passed the resolution to negotiate with Tang Qiuli by a show of hands. When the cabinet members and generals raised their hands, their expressions were as painful as possible. This was the first time in the British Empire that  In such a passive situation, negotiate with the enemy.

    Churchill picked up a page and, as Prime Minister, wrote on it: "The plenary meeting of the British Empire's War Cabinet unanimously decided to authorize the Governor-General in India, Sir Pajavasali, to negotiate with the Chinese Tang Qiuli and ensure that  On the premise that the British Empire is in the best interests of the South Asian subcontinent, Sir Pajevasali can determine the bottom line of the negotiations. "

    Churchill was also smart enough not to stipulate the bottom line for negotiations. The bottom line was not in the hands of the British. Therefore, all the regulations were just a piece of empty paper. His heart was bleeding. He was the first to sign the treaty under duress.  The Prime Minister negotiated documents that were absolutely unfavorable to the British Empire.

    Putting down their pens, the cabinet ministers and generals discovered that many wrinkles appeared on the Prime Minister's face. It seemed that he had grown surprisingly old in an instant, and his radiant eyes, full of wisdom and tact, turned dull.

    Seeing Churchill's fat and tired body disappear into the conference room, heavy footsteps could be heard in the corridor, monotonous and messy. The hearts of the cabinet ministers and generals kept sinking. They seemed to have seen something from Churchill.  The end of the British Empire.

    At about 11 o'clock in the evening on May 24, in New Delhi, India, the residence of the British Governor-General in India, Sir Prajavasali, was still brightly lit. However, the senior officials of these Governor-General's residences, including Prajavasali himself,  , all sitting on the sofa tiredly, silent, as tired as running a marathon.

    They had been waiting for news from the country for too long. They had waited until the evening until now. More than five hours had worn away their patience and confidence. The cabinet had not given a reply, which meant that it did not approve the agreement with Tang Qiu.  After leaving peace talks, everyone knows what will happen next.

    When the sun rises tomorrow, Chinese soldiers will flood into New Delhi like a tide. This city has no basic defense capabilities. Then there will be a carnival of Chinese soldiers and a disaster for the British. The city will be full of killings and rapes.  , plunder and fire, the former conqueror, aloof existence, became the target of Chinese soldiers to vent their primitive animal desires.

    The terrifying scene they imagined made these frightened British people shudder. Everyone among them had quietly called home, ready to run away at any time. In the early hours of the morning, the cabinet had not replied. They  I am not going to accompany His Excellency the Governor in NewDelhi is waiting to die.

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