Translated into English by Saravanan Karmegam.
Chapter 22: The Freedom
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The influence of the American navy in the Pacific Ocean region grew stronger. The fighting units of General McArthur launched from New Guinea and Salomon Island bases traversed the archipelago of Marshal and Marianne Islands and were nearing Philippines and Japan and were spraying bombs on Japanese cities. Both the countries were readying for a decisive war.
The Japanese Supreme War Council decided that Japan must exhaust all its naval and air power so as to prevent its enemy forces reaching Philippine shores and completely decimate the American navy at any cost.
With a resolute spirit, the Japanese navy with its remaining skeleton number of naval units left their bases without air power, a fundamental requirement of war, to destroy the magnificent American Navy in the Pacific Ocean and finally got perished one and all in the fierce war that occurred in Leith Sea.
The troops of McArthur reached the Philippine shores. The Anglo- American combined forces that could set their foot strongly in Europe after winning many near-miss wars, broke open the array of barriers at Sigbrit and entered Germany. Montgomery troops in the north and Bradley’s forces in the south were moving towards the heart of Germany.
Italy’s 20th century Caesar Mussolini and his young concubine Claretta were captured by the communist guerrillas while they tried to escape to Switzerland in a German truck and were summarily impaled.
Russia’s “Attack of Victory” began in the snowy plains of Southern Poland. Russian General Konev crossed Vistula River and marched forward in the early morning. On the North, Rokossovsky’s drove away the twenty divisions of German troops in the Dansik Square till the latter were cornered along the sea line. The beleaguered troops were head collided with Serniovsky who pounced upon them from the east. Meanwhile Jukhav penetrated in the west and rounded up Poland’s capital Warsaw and captured it.
On the Burma war front, the situation grew worst.
It had been months since the battle field of Kohima which turned red with the blood of countless Tamil martyrs had gone into the hands of enemy.
The “Imphal army” of General Muta Kuchi had lost its structural integrity and sped to Siyam (Burma) border. As the dictum says ‘charity comes only after meeting one’s needs’ the soldiers of the Indian National Army were abandoned to their destiny and were roaming clueless of their destination without food and medicines for diseases in the steep slopes of mountains and thick jungles that hadn’t seen sun light.
When Pandian was serving his terms in the jail, he received an envelope with the seal of the Supreme Commander of Indian National Army under caption ‘Change of Officers’ carrying the order of his release.
***Chap 22 "The Freedom" ended***
Chapter 23: “Kalik Usman” will be posted shortly.
