Chapter 260 The Andaman Riot

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In fact, as the commissioner of British India, Sir Barron had no prejudice against the incoming governor.

But as the commissioner's assistant, he has some unclear, indescribable, and inexplicable mysterious relationship with the governor's daughter, which made Sir Barron worry.

When General Mountbatten takes office, will he still be the authority in British India?

But fortunately, Alan Wilson's loyalty was very effective. He directly stated that he was a person who reciprocated his kindness, and he would never forget that Sir Barron helped him at the beginning of his career.

This answer made Sir Barron quite gratified. The young official is still reliable. "Actually, Alan, you know the current situation. We have to wait until the deadline as much as possible. But you also know that General Mountbatten is a character. People who are more unrestrained are afraid that they will not cooperate with us when they take office."

What is foresight? This is called foresight! Allen Wilson really admired it. In history, General Mountbatten arrived in British India. When he saw the chaos, he wanted to get out of it as soon as possible, so he cut the mess with a sharp knife.

British India became independent into two countries, India and Pakistan, a full year earlier than the original time set by the cabinet. This even caught the local Labor Party cabinet and Prime Minister by surprise.

Almost as soon as he woke up, the most important jewel of the British Empire was gone! Not even Prime Minister Attlee would accept it, let alone an ordinary Imperial citizen.

General Mountbatten was the commander of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia. Although he spent most of his time in British Ceylon for vacation, the new governor was no stranger to Sir Barron.

I'm afraid that there will be disagreements on work at that time. For a chief of the British Indian civil servants, it is always unwise to conflict with the governor, but the interests are there, and Sir Barron can't let it go.

So after the cabinet stated repeatedly that the Governor of British India would not be replaced, Sir Barron called his assistant over to test whether the promising young official was reliable.

"I understand what Sir means. Governor Mountbatten may have some wishful thinking, which requires someone to give kind advice at this time." Alan Wilson said carefully, "to maintain the peace and stability of British India .”

"That's right, it's best that this person is not estranged." Sir Barron said with a high profile, "The most suitable candidate is you. Only your relationship with General Mountbatten is suitable for the governor to follow professional advice at that time. , and sometimes it can be an opinion.”

"For the success of our proposition, I will do my best." Alan Wilson deliberately emphasized the word "our", expressing that he will stick to his heart and protect the interests of civil servants to the greatest extent.

"Alan's statement will surely make many, many civil servants gratified. In fact, everyone has always been very optimistic about you. They think you are a model for young civil servants and an object for them to learn from." Sir Barron nodded and said, "Empire The order of the world needs us to maintain, of course, this is mutual, if you can maintain everyone, everyone will protect you, and in some things, everyone is willing to give you support."

General Mountbatten was about to take office after all, and Sir Barron had prepared for it. Calling Alan Wilson was not just for beating. After getting a satisfactory answer, he also expressed a positive response.

For example, in some matters, Alan Wilson can give more valuable opinions, while others can give firm support.

After leaving Sir Barron's office, Alan Wilson was refreshed. Before the arrival of the new governor, this conversation had already shown that the commissioner wanted to add more burdens to the assistant commissioner.

Of course, this also means that the civil servants of the entire British Raj are closely united and determined to stand on the last post.

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Above all Sir Barron's support,

To be honest, the position of assistant to the commissioner is easily regarded as a decoration by the commissioner. Alan Wilson is very lucky not to have been treated this way.

Now Sir Barron used this conversation to show that he would never suffer this kind of treatment in the next time, but he had to work with him to safeguard the overall interests of British Indian civil servants.

At this moment, Edel, the commissioner's secretary, came in a hurry, and Alan Wilson, who had just come out of the commissioner's office, came face to face, "What happened?"

"Assistant, something happened to the Andaman Islands." Edel said anxiously, walked to the door of the commissioner's office without stopping, pushed the door open and entered.

Then Alan Wilson, who had just left, came in again. He already had a guess in his heart, and he came in just to make sure.

"Commissioner, there is a Japanese prisoner-of-war riot in the Andaman Islands. The British on the island have been evacuated, but there are only two battalions of Indian troops on it, and they lack heavy weapons. I don't know if this riot can be quelled." Edel took it out. The telegram hurriedly reported, "The current news was sent before the British nationals evacuated. We don't know the current situation yet."

"Such a thing happened?" Alan Wilson said with a serious face, "I never thought that Japanese prisoners of war would dare to riot on a small island that is isolated overseas and where news is extremely easy to be blocked. Do they have any brains?"

The focus is on a small island that is isolated overseas and is extremely easy to be blocked from news! Allen Wilson's words at this time were very malicious. It's not that Sir Barron didn't hear it. On the contrary, he immediately understood Alan Wilson's intentions.

"Call General Erwin, let's talk about the Andaman Islands." Sir Barron made a decisive decision. Once such a thing happens, it will definitely depend on the garrison. It can't be settled with 100,000 civil servants and 100,000 troops. Riot?

At this time, the Andaman Islands were in the midst of massacres. The Japanese soldiers who followed Fufumi Yamashita to sweep across Southeast Asia showed their viciousness again after a lapse of nearly a year.

These Japanese prisoners of war were thin and weak, and their bodies obviously consumed a lot of vitality during the long-term starvation state, but everyone's eyes were releasing murderous aura, venting all the abuse they received on the island.

The reason for the incident was that a telegram to purify Japanese prisoners of war was leaked, which led to the riot this time.

The telegram is just a fuse, and there is no need to pay attention to its authenticity. In the final analysis, the endless heavy labor and food deduction in the past year finally wiped out the Japanese prisoners of war with excellent psychological quality.

As long as they are not sleeping, the Japanese prisoners of war are constantly working, building a military base that almost exceeds the needs of use, and the deduction of food is accumulated over the years, not to mention the British instigating Indian soldiers to abuse Japanese prisoners of war in various ways.

Finally, this riot was caused, but the instigator had already fled in a warship and left the Indians on the island.

More than 20,000 Japanese prisoners of war, although unarmed, were 20 times the number of Indian soldiers. Once they decided to resist, less than 1,000 Indian soldiers could be imagined without preparation.

There were originally more Japanese prisoners of war who arrived in the Andaman Islands. More than 4,000 people died because of the local environment and became part of the islands. Indian soldiers contributed a lot to this. After the riots, the situation faced by the Indian garrison can be imagined.

The British all lived in the largest port in the Andaman Islands, where there were warships docked. When they got the news, they got on the ship and fled immediately, leaving the Indian soldiers on the island.

Now, all the consequences have to be borne by Indian soldiers. From the beginning of the riots, many single Indian soldiers were directly killed. Japanese prisoners of war armed with plundered weapons and continued to attack the Indian army. In the past two months, many prisoners of war starved to death due to lack of food. Many rioting Japanese soldiers fought against the hunger with one breath.

Tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers carried the exiled Japanese traitors on the island and carried out a sweeping raid on Andaman Island.

The harsh environment of the jungles on the Andaman Islands is the same as that in Southeast Asia. Tens of thousands of people, without roads and no possibility of getting food, plunged into the almost deserted jungles, full of wild animals and ravaged by mosquitoes. would be a tragedy.

Moreover, the Indian soldiers, who knew what they were like in the eyes of the prisoners of war, did not get caught at this time. They were still fighting the rioting prisoners of war on the island. They hoped that the situation on the island had been passed on and persisted until the arrival of reinforcements.

The two Japanese prisoners of war who were shooting at the gate into the house were overturned to the ground at once, and even the light machine gun that had just misfired was blown into the air, finally temporarily suppressing the rioting Japanese prisoners of war.

At this time, the defending Indian soldiers got up, and saw several prisoners of war rushing in from the gate. He aimed at the incoming prisoner of war, and fired a shuttle of bullets with a wave of his hand.

Twenty rounds of bullets were fired in a fan-like pattern, and the three prisoners of war immediately fell to the ground with blood spurting from their bodies and screaming. Two figures rushed out of nowhere, and started fighting with pistols bang bang bang.

But the house guarded by this soldier could not withstand the impact of the rioters. Because of the defense and weapons, the two brave Indian soldiers lived for fifteen minutes longer. After fifteen minutes, a wisp of cooking smoke rose into the sky. , the hungry prisoners of war must have something to eat, they can eat anything...

The life of prisoners of war in the Andaman Islands, the most intuitive feeling for these prisoners of war is hunger, they want to eat...

At the Governor's Mansion in New Delhi, General Irvine of the British Army in India has arrived. He and the Governor's Mansion received the news at about the same time. Now he is rushing over to discuss countermeasures. No one knows the situation of the Andaman Islands now.