One hundred and twentieth chapters secret wrestling
In the early morning of the old days, the Indian army, who had been persisting for 6 days, collapsed across the board.
Yan Blade divided, two of Haora's four Indian military divisions were second-line divisions, and two raised white flags for the reserve divisions, and surrendered to the concave army.
These Indian troops did not surrender without fighting, but chose to surrender after their defeat.
From the night of the mouth to the dawn of Luri, the Indian army guarding Howra, according to Jigo, launched a counterattack against the main force of the Jiao Army entering the city. Because Fu Weimin let the offensive troops defend on the spot in advance, when the Indian army launched a counterattack, it was not an unprepared opponent, but the steel defense line of the concave army. More importantly, the Indian army in Kolkata did not provide support as planned, and Howra's Indian army fought alone, fighting all the last bit of fighting spirit and morale.
Before dawn, the Indian army took the initiative to stop the attack.
In the favorable situation of the prime minister, even if the attack and defense were changed, the Indian army was not only unable to break through the defense line of the Guijun, but also paid a greater price in the counterattack. With the casualties exceeding 70%, Howra's Indian army had to choose to surrender.
They have made the best efforts and choosing to surrender is not a shame.
While the concave army began to contain prisoners of war, the Third Army in the direction of Ranchi collapsed completely.
Although the Third Army is the main force of the Indian army, it is not restrained by the city, nor faces the powerful heavy armored army, compared with Howra's Indian army, the Third Army has less room for rotation.
The fight was too fierce on the strong brigade's position, which led to the combat effectiveness of the Third Army being reduced to a minimum.
What's even more terrifying is that several main divisions tried their best but failed to kill an airborne brigade, which severely frustrated the morale of the Third Army. On the night before the retreat, in order to strengthen the attack, the Third Army even dispatched a supervision team and forced the soldiers to charge with guns. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, several soldiers who escaped in the frontier positions were executed. This action fundamentally defeated the fighting will of the Indian army officers and soldiers. Although the generals of the Third Army knew that it would be a dead end if they did not escape, most Indian officers and soldiers, including most grassroots officers, believed that in addition to escaping, they could also choose to surrender.
On the way to Bendu, about 20% of the soldiers became deserters. Although 80% of the soldiers followed the officers to Bendu, when they arrived at Bendu, the morale of the Third Army had completely disintegrated. Most of the officers, including some division commanders and regiment commanders, did not agree to continue to advance towards Jiamei Shedpur, and advocated staying in Bendu. Because of the disagreement, the Third Army stopped in Bendu for several hours.
Although it did not have much impact on whether the Third Army could break through, because when the Third Army arrived in Bendu, the vanguard of the army had already arrived in Jamshedpur and established a defensive position between Jamshedpur and Bendu, most officers did not agree to continue to retreat, indicating that some of the upper-level officers supported surrender. Even if it was not stated clearly, the purpose of staying in Bendu was to "create" the opportunity for surrender.
Can you surrender by staying in Bendu?
After unifying the opinions, the Third Army left Bendu and continued to advance towards Jamshedpur.
Because the commander firmly opposed surrender, he believed that after arriving in Jameishedepur, the Third Army could go south to Odisha, and he received supplies and rest in the south to restore combat effectiveness. Most officers believed that the Third Army could not reach Jamhedepur, and even less likely to enter Odisha. Even when he arrived in Odisha, he would be besieged by the Blue Army and the Bad Army. Therefore, during the march, the phenomenon of displaced troops was very common. Either there was a problem here or there, and the marching speed was very slow. There were more and more deserters. Before the defensive positions of the women's thugs, there were even bad situations in which the entire battalion of officers and soldiers collectively became deserters.
For an army that is about to fall apart, even if there is only a paper line of defense ahead, it will collapse at once.
The battle magazine started, and before the vanguard of the army led the army organized armored forces to launch a counterattack, the Indian army, who was responsible for the offensive mission, executed the supervisory team at the front of the position and surrendered to the army led the army.
The offensive troops turned against each other at the last minute, and the troops behind were not much better.
After the news spread, the Third Army collapsed instantly.
The Indian army suddenly collapsed, caught the army off guard. The most important thing was that only two thugs arrived in Jamshedpur. The logistics battalion was only four in total.
Facing the old ten thousand Indian troops who fled in all directions, the famous officers and soldiers who led the army were indeed helpless.
After leaving the logistics battalion to guard the defensive positions, four combat battalions launched a full-scale attack.
In the chaos, the Indian army commander took the guard battalion and left the road and fled to Jamshedpur from the dense forest, but ended up hitting a reconnaissance company that entered the dense forest to capture prisoners. The battle lasted only minutes, and the battalion commander of the guard battalion surrendered to the reconnaissance company with the tied Indian army commander.
The action to capture the prisoners continued until the evening of that day. The officers and soldiers captured about ten thousand-strong army of Yin.
This is a very amazing achievement. It is equivalent to every soldier capturing the famous Indian army.
As the main force that led the army arrived, the vanguard was freed from the work of relocating prisoners of war and turned to Jamshedpur.
Because the Third Army collapsed completely, the defenders of Jamshedpur surrendered to the lure that night.
What's funny is that once the four Indian troops finally escaped to Mushedepur during the day, they eventually became prisoners who led the army.
If we look at the entire war, the complete collapse of the Third Army may not be a good thing.
When the Third Army began to break through, the main force was the main force, and finally left the Second-line Infantry Division in Kolkata and let it die. In other words, the ones that collapsed in front of the defense line of the army were all the main force divisions of the Indian army. According to the data obtained after the war, the forces of the Third Army at that time were between the old ten thousand and the thugs of the thugs. For the army, only about ten thousand were captured, and 70,000 to the Indian army were shortlisted."
Although these Indian soldiers had long lost their fighting spirit, as long as they were still alive and were still in India, it would be a big threat to the Republic's army.
This is true. According to the information obtained from India after the war, less than one-third of the 60,000 to 70,000 Indian soldiers who "break through" Jamshedpur were hidden among the people until after the war ended; they did not serve again during the war, and the other two-thirds returned to the Indian army controlled area and fought desperately. More importantly, about half of these Indian soldiers were promoted before the end of the war or before they died, or became grassroots officers, and several of them were also awarded the title of "Combat Hero" awarded by the Indian government.
For India, these soldiers are definitely very valuable military forces.
Compared with the recruited soldiers, although the dispersed soldiers have morale and fighting spirit, there is no problem of combat skills. As long as the ideological work is in place, these soldiers are excited and courageous, they will not only have practical experience, but also understand their opponents.
When Pei Chengyi received the news of the complete collapse of the Third Army, he was not happy.
According to his vision, the final outcome of the Third Army was not to collapse completely, but to surrender to the Diao Army or be completely wiped out by the army.
From the beginning, Pei Chengyi had no intention of letting the Third Army run away.
If it weren't for the entire attempt to wipe out the Third Army, Pei Chengyi wouldn't have the airborne thugs captured Lanqi, and he would have been in Lanqi for several days.
When deploying the campaign, Pei Chengyi emphasized the importance of annihilation of the enemy's living forces.
Although in the short term, the complete collapse of the Third Army of the Indian Army is of great benefit. For example, if the army is led to the army does not have to pay too much in the battle to annihilate the Third Army, and can occupy Jiamei Shedpur without any blood. More troops can be arranged to go south to open up the transportation line between the Mi Army and the Da Army. Accelerate the combat operations to sweep the Bay of Bengal coasts, but from Pei Chengyi's standpoint, if the Third Army can be completely wiped out, even if the army leads to the army to fight in Jam Shedpur, it will be worth the money.
The truth cannot be changed.
If Pei Chengyi was a little disappointed when the entire collapse of the Third Army, then the Indian army in the direction of Varanasi was completely expected by Pei Chengyi.
The fighter of the Kongtu thug is the fighting spirit of the Lu.
During the day and night, the Indian army concentrated its forces to block the main force of the army that was about to arrive in Varanasi. Although the battle was very fierce, the Indian army failed to stop the progress of the army.
At this time, Pei Chengyi was a little confused.
Since the 24th Army advanced towards Varanasi, the Indian army has strengthened the defensive position east of Varanasi and made a stance to compete with the 24th Army. According to Pei Chengyi's estimate, the outgoing army will pay a great price on the Indian army's defensive position. Otherwise, the 2nd Air Brigade of the Airbus would not risk the reinforcement of the airbus. The actual situation is completely contrary to Pei Chengyi's expectations. The Indian army's resistance did not cause much trouble to the outgoing army.
Because the battle took place at night, Pei Chengyi could not fully grasp the situation on the front line.
In the early morning of Mingri, he arrived at the defensive position of the airborne thug.
Pei Chengyi temporarily adjusted his tactical plan and gave up his troops to launch a counterattack immediately, and did not wait until dawn.
Like the previous assault, the army was still subjected to stubborn resistance from the Indian army when it counterattacked. However, it was not trapped in this way to reduce the speed of the counterattack.
In the early morning of the past, Pei Chengyi received a battle report from the army.
It was not until this time that he realized that the Indian army had retreated!
The Indian army stayed in Varanasi with only two second-line infantry divisions. In order to confuse the opponent, the Indian army set up a large number of fake targets on the position, such as installing electric heaters, inflatable tank models that looked no different from real tanks from passive infrared night vision instruments, a large number of unguarded fortifications, etc. It is precisely because of this that the army went out of the army that there were many Indian troops on the position and were stubbornly resisted by the Indian army. The two second-line infantry divisions could not stop the army and could not hold back the army's progress.
What made Pei Chengyi even more annoyed was that the Indian army chose to break through in dispersed ways.
About a thug, an Indian military advisor broke through from four directions. In his state of leaving the army, it was impossible to divide the troops into four groups and pursue the fleeing Indian army separately.
As a last resort, Pei Chengyi had to let the 24th Army return to Varanasi and replace the airborne thug Nai Brigade.
Although this result came a bit suddenly, it did not shock Pei Chengyi.
The Indian army besieging Varanasi were all second-line troops as reserve forces and had no main force. Judging from the strength of the attack on Varanasi, the combat effectiveness of this Indian army was not strong, otherwise the airborne thug would not have been allowed to hold on for several days. When the army was sent to help the airborne brigade, Pei Chengyi believed that the Indian army would collapse at once and not leave the opponent of the army. Although the fallen army encountered some trouble during the march, which changed Pei Chengyi's view, the final result was exactly the same as Pei Chengyi expected, and there was no big difference.
Letting the Indian soldiers who were not strong in combat effectiveness escaped were not very much impact on the entire war.
From the short-term goal, it will not have much impact. If nothing unexpected happens, the next battle will start on the Western Front, and the main field army of the Republic Army will definitely be greatly transferred. Even if there are more than ten thousand Indian troops on the Western Front battlefield, from the situation of the decisive battle on the Eastern Front, this little force will be almost gone for the entire battle. More importantly, the fleeing Indian army has lost its courage and will also tell other Indian troops the strong combat power of the Republic Army, thus making the Indian army collectively timid. It is better to scare the enemy than to defeat the enemy. As long as the Indian army is timid, the battle behind will be much easier.
At this point, Pei Chengyi should have the airborne thug Wang Lu come on the field. When he was defeating the enemy Chen Hao, he was waiting for Pei Chengyi's orders to come to life, Fei Chengyi did not make any instructions.
Until the thugs, when Pei Chengyi left the front line command center at noon on the 8th, he did not issue combat orders to the airborne Boat.
Yuan Chenhao couldn't help asking, and the reply he got was "The time was not ripe."
At that time, Yuan Chenhao didn't understand at all. But after the time of the fortune, Yuan Chenhao fully understood.
Pei Chengyi is paying attention to the drastic changes on the battlefield. Du Qiwei, who is far away from the other end of the earth, is also observing.
When the Indian army was completely defeated, Duqiwei immediately issued a warning to the Indian Army Command, making the Indian army highly afraid of the coming new round of attacks, and clearly pointed out that Pei Chengyi was very likely to dispatch the airborne thug, the Mu Brigade, who had not been on the battlefield, to attack a strategic location west of Varanasi. According to the importance of military value, Duqiweiluo listed three strategic locations, Allah Abad, Kanpur and Lucknow, which were most vulnerable to attack.
There is no doubt that Du Qiwei's thinking was only half a beat slower than Pei Chengyi.
After issuing the warning, Du Qiwei realized the problem, that is, Pei Chengyi was unable to dispatch combat troops other than the airborne Vomit Brigade, which could provide the airborne thugs with the attack power of the Wang Brigade, and it was difficult to capture a large city like Allah Abad.
Duchiwei did not hesitate and immediately sent a second warning to the Indian Army Command, making the Indian army attach great importance to small and medium-sized cities with important strategic value, including Fatahpur.
This time, Du Qiwei caught up with Pei Chengyi's ideas.
After receiving a warning from the US Secretary of Defense, Gujarad did not dare to hesitate at all. At noon that day, he ordered to strengthen the defense power of several cities mentioned by Duchwie.
It can be seen from this that Pei Chengyi did not dispatch the airborne thugs and the thugs, which was indeed an accurate decision.
Although Pei Chengyi can get the strong thugs on the field on the morning of the couple's day, it will take at least half a day from the departure to the occupation of the position. In other words, the Airborne Peng Brigade will control the landing ground as soon as noon that day, occupy the position in the afternoon of the day, and enter a defensive state at night. This speed obviously cannot keep up with the Indian army's adjustment speed, so that it will be besieged by the Indian army before establishing a defensive position. Because Pei Chengyi cannot escape unscathed for the Airborne Mud Brigade.
It has to be admitted that Pei Chengyi is one step ahead of Du Qiwei.
Although it was not mentioned to anyone, many phenomena on the battlefield showed that the United States not only has been providing military intelligence to India, but also is also making profits for India. As the only American general who fought with Pei Chengyi, even if Du Qiwei took off his military uniform, he would take on the heavy responsibility and serve as India's military adviser part-time.
Pei Chengyi never underestimated Du Qiwei. He had long admitted that Du Qiwei was the most powerful opponent he had ever met.
With Du Qiwei seeking profit for the Indian army, Pei Chengyi was not careful.
Although Du Qiwei knows Pei Chengyi very well, it turns out that Pei Chengyi knows Du Qiwei better.
On the evening of the old days, Pei Chengyi returned to the tactical command center and collected the news of conquering Patna. The first order he issued was to open the railway line to Varanasi as soon as possible. He loaded the millions of tons of military supplies stocked in Dalchanga onto the train and prepared to send them to Varanasi.
This order puzzled Yuan Chenhao because the battle was not over yet, and the weak troops attacking Kolkata, as well as the Mi and Dajuns heading south on the coast of the Bay of Bengal, needed combat supplies. And according to the plan, after the army was led to open the railway line to the Bay of Bengal, Darpenga's supplies would be sent to Zhang and Dajuns, so that the two armies could advance south at a faster speed.
Pei Chengyi did not explain much, but just asked Yuan Chenhao to do as he did.
It seemed that he was not satisfied. That night, Pei Chengyi asked Hongjun to hand over the garrison mission in Patna to the old thug brigade who was resting on the spot, and then rushed to Varanasi at full speed.
Because the engineers began repairing the railway line that was destroyed by the Indian army two days in advance, the railway line from Dalzhangjia to Varanasi was opened that night. The first train carrying approximately the stewed combat supplies left Dalzhangjia before the early morning of the old days.
When Pei Chengyi received this news, he smiled.
At this time, Duqiwei, who was thousands of miles away, couldn't laugh.
The army fell to Varanasi and the Chinese army began to transport combat supplies to Varanasi. What exactly did Pei Chengyi want to do?
Although Du Qiwei was also doubting the Hongjun's continuous combat capability, Bi had fought for six days and six nights, and conquered several cities in succession, even the heavy armored army reached its limit. However, Du Qiwei had to consider two very important issues: First, the Hongjun is one of the three ace armored armies of the Republic Army, and its combat effectiveness is just a little worse than the Cong Army; Second, the Hongjun has been fighting in coordination with other armies in the previous battles, such as when annihilated the First Army, it received the assistance of the Knife Army. When attacking Sahibgen, it received the support of the storm army, and when attacking Patna, it received the support of the old brigade of the Air Turks. The combat intensity is the lowest among the main field army.
Thinking of this, Duqiwei couldn't be happy.
Although he still believes that Pei Chengyi will use airborne thugs to the Muyou Brigade, the front line of defense will also be cut by the fallen army, and maybe even Allah Abad will be lost. If Allah Abad is lost, the northern defense line will be useless. With the assault speed of the Chinese army, the Indian army will not have any chance to establish a second strategic defense line.
Chapter completed!