Many people think that Qin Wei is doing something random. But many people also see the "deep meaning" behind Qin Wei. Even these so-called "deep meanings" may not even Qin Wei himself have thought of them.

Among them, Archibald Percival Wewell, the commander-in-chief of the Indian Army of the British Empire, is the person who has the most thoughts about him.

Weiville, the future British marshal, was taciturn, loyal and gentle. He was considered a better general in later generations to be the Bible and many other British generals. He did meet this evaluation.

At that time, shortly after Germany invaded Poland, Vevere was ordered to go to Egypt to take over as commander-in-chief of the British Army Command in the Middle East, commanding the only 50,000 British troops in the Middle East. What he had to face were two armies in North Africa led by Italian Marshal Rudofo Grazia, a total of 250,000 troops, and the Italian army stationed in Abyssinia, later Ethiopia, and Somalia, with a total of 300,000 troops.

With 50,000 to fight against 550,000 enemies, although the number of British troops gradually increased, the situation faced by Weiville was still cruel. Because not only was he small, the lack of troops under his jurisdiction was also very serious. These troops were not trained enough and were extremely lacking in equipment and ammunition. But he not only had to use these people to defend the Middle East, but also keep the traffic lines between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea smooth. In addition, he also had to face blind command from someone from London, who was Churchill...

…When the battle with the Italians was about to begin, Churchill actually ordered Well to draw some of the few troops to support the European battlefield. Fortunately, John Greyle Deer, who was the chief of staff of the British Army at the time, knew that the situation was extremely bad, so he discussed it with him. He secretly suppressed Churchill's order and deliberately dragged it down, which ensured that after the two armies started a war, the British army in the Middle East had a certain strength. But in this way, Well also offended Churchill.

Later, in the battle in North Africa, Vavel led the British army to advance more than 800 kilometers in two months with exquisite command. The troops led by Rudofo Grazia not only forced Rudofo Grazia to retreat to Tripoli, but also captured more than 130,000 officers and soldiers from 9 Italian divisions, seized nearly 400 tanks and 1,290 artillery.

After the decisive victory of the North African Battle, Vevere did not allow the troops to rest, but instead transferred some of the troops directly to East Africa to support the British army that was fighting against Aosta in East Africa. After that, the British army fought one after another, and the British army failed to retreat, liberated Abyssinia and Somalia, and won a great victory in East Africa.

Unfortunately, just when the war was going well, Prime Minister Churchill, who was known as "a poor soldier among politicians and a poor politician among politicians", came to interfere in Vevere's actions again and asked him to transfer the main force of the four divisions to the Greek battlefield, which was under fierce attack by the Axis powers. As a result, this led to the lack of troops in the British army at the same time, which was unable to save the crisis on the Greek battlefield, and also made Vevere lack sufficient troops to pursue the Italian army. This made Mussolini's reinforcements quickly merge with the defeated troops after landing in North Africa, gained a foothold and turned to a counterattack. In this battle, the British army suffered a defeat. Although the losses were not large, the situation began to turn to an unfavorable aspect of the British army. In the end, Vevere had to withdraw the troops back to Egypt and wait for Italy to occupy Libya again.

Later, in order to shirk responsibility, Churchill decided to change the horse after repeated consideration. After discussing with the cabinet and relevant military parties, he decided to let the Indian Commander-in-Chief Okinlek be the Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East, and Weiville be the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army.

But unexpectedly, not long after, Weiville had to face the crisis of the Japanese attack.

...

From the beginning of World War II, the Middle East and the Soviet Union have been more valued in the strategic decisions of the entire UK, and have received priority allocation in manpower and materials. Compared with these two regions, the air force that Malaya hoped to have 300 to 500 fighter jets had never been realized. The British Malayan army also hoped to have enough tanks, but until the Japanese invaded the Philippines, they could not obtain support from the British mainland with a tank or even armored vehicles.

After Weiville took over as commander-in-chief of the Indian Army, through his understanding of the situation in Southeast Asia and South Asia, he pointed out that the Indian military was extremely weak, so the government should also place Myanmar as the commander-in-chief of the Indian British Army, which was his subordinates. However, it was not until the Japanese army officially invaded the Philippines that London approved his request, and by the way, he handed over the same troublesome Malaya to his hands.

Afterwards, Weiville quickly formulated an "Operation Bullfighter" plan with British General Brooke Poppam, hoping to lead the British army to invade southern Siam and destroy the possible landing sites of the Japanese army in order to avoid the Japanese invading these places and obtain the pedals to move south. However, this plan did not obtain the consent of the British government at the beginning, especially Churchill... The Prime Minister, who always opposes Weiville, insisted that as long as the Chinese army stayed in Vietnam and Cambodia for a day, the Japanese would not be able to directly attack Siam. If the Japanese could invade Siam, it would be even more

It is conducive to the British war situation in Southeast Asia... The Japanese cannot ignore the existence of the Chinese army in French Indochina in any case. If they take over Siam, they will inevitably have conflicts with the Chinese army in Vietnam and Cambodia. In this way, the pressure on the UK will naturally be reduced. They even need to use the Yunnan-Burma Highway to slight threats, and the Chinese need to fight against the Japanese between these three small countries. After all, China cannot lose its external transportation line. Without this transportation line, it will be difficult for them to obtain large-scale assistance from foreign countries, which is extremely unfavorable to the entire Chinese War of Resistance.

Although Churchill did not stick to his own point of view in the end, he felt that he could not put the hope of the British Empire in other countries and agreed to the "Matador Plan". However, when Weiville and others received the order, the Chinese army suddenly withdrew from Cambodia and southern Vietnam.

Weiville and Poppam were directly confused by this move.

If the Japanese really obtained a landing point in Siam and used it as a pedal to cut off the connection between the Pacific and the Indian Ocean, where would the Chinese get assistance? Did they do this? Didn't they think about the consequences? Then another trouble came: Churchill sent a telegram to Popalm, claiming that Popalm's position had been lifted, and the cabinet during the war would send a much younger person to replace him. So Popalm had no intention of working.

If you are laid off, why do you fight such a battle? If you win, you will face the fierce attack of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops. MacArthur is also a famous general. He is beaten to no avail. If you are defeated, the outcome will definitely be even worse. Even the Siamites can't beat you, so how can you? Anyway, that young man is coming soon, and I'll wait... he's already a general, and it's not necessary to earn the title of marshal or not, right?

That's it. Even though Weiville has a good temper and is well-educated, he almost was pissed off by Churchill and Poppam. He suspected that these two were his nemesis, especially Churchill, who always caused him trouble at the most critical moment. If he hadn't known it was impossible, he even had the intention to duel with that guy. Although he was blinded in one eye during the battle and became a "one-eyed dragon", he was confident that he would never take much effort to deal with the short and fat man.

However, after anger, Wavell found that his luck had not improved. He seemed to have become the abandoned child of God. After Churchill, he actually faced two big troubles: Chinese and Americans.

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"Military exercise?" Kolkata. General Weiville, who had always been taciturn and gentle in character, finally broke out uncontrollably: "This is simply the biggest joke ever... The war is about to break out, but they still have the leisure to make fun of it? They were just intentional, intentional-"

"The Chinese insisted on establishing the Asian theater and wanted to surpass Britain and the United States on this land. Now they found it impossible, so they leaned slightly towards the Americans..." "Arthur Percival, the British Lieutenant General, the "young man" sent by Churchill to replace Poppam. He is not astonishing in appearance and behavior, but he is considered to have a strong character and superhuman courage. He was trained and taught in the staff school and was highly valued by the British upper class. He was also sent to Malaya to study local defense, and all the plans he drafted were adopted. It is believed that he will inevitably take over as the Chief of Staff of the British Army in the future. Perhaps it is precisely because of his value that Churchill sent him to replace Poppam at the moment of the war. But before he arrived in Singapore, the British Lieutenant General who was highly anticipated began to have a headache.

"If I were MacArthur, I would definitely not give up such an excellent opportunity. As long as I win and gain military dominance in Asia, the future United States will gain the lead in the distribution of post-war interests in most Asia."

"Not only that, my friend." Although angry at Churchill's temporary replacement of Popam, Weiville did not expose this emotion to Percival. He took a breath and sighed: "The so-called exercise is just an excuse for them to sit and watch the Japanese attack us. They want to use the power of the Japanese to reduce our military presence in Asia, especially Southeast Asia."

"They are playing with fire." Percival said in a deep voice. "We have insufficient defensive forces in Malaya and Singapore. Our air force has only 158 aircraft, while Japan has 560 aircraft, we have no tanks, while the Japanese have more than 200 vehicles. ... We have two armies, but the Malay runner-up has only 2 brigades, and they are completely local troops, not regular troops; as for the other Third Indian Army, although there are two divisions, they have never been trained in jungle warfare. I heard General Popam say in the telegram that these people are not even willing to leave the few roads in Malaya..."

"I can draw two divisions to reinforce you, but I hope you can implement the 'Matador Plan' as soon as possible! We can only gain the lead by taking the possible landing point of the Japanese army in Siam before we can take the lead." Weiville said.

"Thank you, General." Percival saluted Weiville.

"Be careful. The actions of the Japanese have always confused me very much. Logically, after they surrounded MacArthur in the Philippines, they should immediately mobilize their troops to attack Siam, and then use it as a springboard to attack Singapore and Malaya, and then enter Indonesia... But now they first used airborne troops to seize the two major oil fields in Indonesia, and most of the forces of the army and navy continue to stay in the Philippines... They must have had some tricks." Weiweier said.

"Then do you think they want to take advantage of this so-called military exercise opportunity to target China and the United States?" Percival asked suddenly.

"You mean..."

"That's right." Percival nodded heavily, "If it were me, I would definitely not give up such an excellent opportunity. After all, just attacking us, Japan may be attacked by Chinese people from the back at any time. I think this should be the reason why their military operations are always so slow. But if they defeat the Chinese first, the situation will be completely different."

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Chapter completed!