The whirlwind attack of the Communist Party made the Western action change from a plan to a difficulty encountered when the army advanced towards Surat, and the Western action returned to reality again.

In the early morning of the past, the sword army replaced the army and began to advance westward from the starting position on the other side of Hilpur.

It has to be said that Pei Chengyi made a small mistake at this time, that is, he ignored the serious impact of the two-line combat on logistics support.

When the Knife Army launched an attack, the 24th Army's combat operation to sweep the railway line was still underway. That is to say, only road transport can provide combat supplies to the Knife Army. As early as the battle of the Cego thug, Yuan Chenhao clearly stated that road transport could not provide sufficient logistical support for the front-line offensive troops. The reason is very simple. The Myanmar transportation troops, which originally assisted the Republic's army in combat, had left the front line and returned to the rear to transport humanitarian supplies to the refugees. Only by relying on

The transport convoy of the combat troops could only provide less than half of the combat supplies. It was precisely because of this that Pei Chengyi made the decision to give up the army and fight the first half of the battle and the methods of the troops fighting. After successfully seizing the bridgehead on the south bank of the Dabouti River, he urgently stopped it, allowing Luo Shaopeng to turn around and clean up the Indian army on the rear railway line and open up the railway line. Only when the railway line is opened to traffic can the front-line troops be recommended to provide sufficient combat supplies and allow the offensive troops to attack Surat.

The problem is also here, that is, the action to sweep the railway line can only be completed in the past.

If the sword army waited until the old days before advancing towards Surat, it would obviously not keep up with the progress of the battle.

Of course, it’s not that there is no solution. Pei Chengyi’s first thought of airdrops and air transport.

Because the sword army is a strategic reflex army and the model is much smaller than the sword army, airdrops and air transport are enough to make up for the shortcomings of road transportation and provide the sword army with sufficient combat supplies.

The problem is that Pei Chengyi did not expect that the troops attacking New Delhi also needed airdrop support.

What's even more terrible is that by this time, one-third of the villa thugs have been slacking off due to a long period of time, and about one-third of Tian Yifu, the Army Air Force, cannot be used due to mechanical failures. In fact, the situation is even worse. Although the Air Force and the Army Air Force have organized a large number of ground crews to carry out emergency repairs on the failed transport aircraft, and even hired a group of engineers from the aircraft factory, the remaining transport aircraft that have not been slacked will also be repaired one after another, and the airlift capacity is difficult to recover quickly. According to the report submitted by the Air Force and the Army Air Force, even if all transport aircraft are grounded immediately and undergo comprehensive maintenance, the airlift capacity will not be restored until the beginning of the old month at the earliest. If the airlift intensity is not reduced, two-thirds of the airlift force can only be guaranteed before the day of the moon. The airlift force from the old month will drop to one-half, and then it will start to recover, and the full airlift capacity will not be achieved until the day of the month.

The reduction of air transport forces by one-third is self-evident.

You should know that one-third of the air transport force is equal to the logistics support force of the thugs.

If we had expected to invest the main airlift force in the direction of New Delhi earlier, the problem would not be very big. At most, the departure time of the Lang 7th Army was delayed by two days, giving the logistics troops more time. The problem was that before the sword army set off, Pei Chengyi did not expect that he would need to invest so much airlift force in the direction of New Delhi. To be precise, Pei Chengyi should have thought that he was too concerned about the battle in the direction of New Delhi at that time and did not realize that the sword army launched an attack from the south bank of the Dabuti River to the west when the supplies were insufficient.

The previous two days, the problem was not very big.

In the old night, the sword army attacked the thug westward and fell 1,000 meters, capturing Nendubar on the south bank of the Dabuti River.

According to Pei Chengyi's instructions, Wanjun did not continue to advance at night, but stopped in Nendubar. In addition to letting the officers and soldiers have a good sleep, the engineering troops that accompanied the attack also repaired the Nendubar Railway Station, laying the foundation for the future transport of combat materials through railway lines.

However, the reason why Pei Chengyi asked the sword army to stop at that time was not to ask the sword army to repair the railway station.

At night, all the long-range support forces were concentrated in the direction of New Delhi. Although the artillery troops of the fallen army and the Wanjun army could provide artillery support to the assault troops, without air support, the difficulty of the sword army attacking at night will be greatly increased.

According to Pei Chengyi's idea, waiting for the air support force to turn around before launching an attack can reduce the difficulty.

Let the engineering troops repair Huofeng Station only let the engineering troops without combat missions do something so as not to stop the Hu troops in Nendubar without anything.

Of course, Pei Chengyi didn't know that this unintentional act ultimately played a big role.

Because the battle in the direction of New Delhi was very fierce and air support was restricted, it was not until the thugs, the Japanese and old points of the sword that Wanjun set off from Nendubar and continued to advance westward.

In the evening, the vanguard of the sword army arrived about a kilometer away from Surat, and was stubbornly blocked by the Indian army.

At this point, the sword army has arrived outside the Surat defense line.

The sword army failed to quickly break through the Indian army's defense line. In addition to the lack of logistics support, it also had a lot of laughter with the Indian army's defense deployment. As a necessary passage for the Indian government to move the capital, after Bhopal fell, the Indian army began to comprehensively strengthen the defense position of Surat, expanding the defense area from the original Tian Qianmi to the thug Tian Qianmi, and the defense forces also increased from the initial four divisions to the old division. If other Indian troops in the neighboring areas are included, the Surat defense forces exceed the ugly division, and the total force is close to ten thousand.

This is not the main problem.

About a thousand meters south of Surat is India's slandering shipping center, Mumbai with a population of more than 20,000. Although from a strategic perspective, Mumbai is not as good as Surat, no matter what, Pei Chengyi cannot obtain a port on the Arabian Sea by occupying Mumbai. Not to mention anything else, the investment required to attack Mumbai exceeded the strength of Pei Chengyi's hands. From a military perspective, whether to capture Mumbai after occupying Surat is worth trading, but as a megacity with a population of more than 40,000, Mumbai has many defenders, and Mumbai is also the war mobilization center in the region. The mobilization force alone exceeds the thug Tian Wan.

When attacking Surat, the sword army must keep an eye on the Indian army in the direction of Mumbai.

In fact, the only force that the sword army can be used for frontal attacks is the thugs and brigades.

According to Pei Chengyi's plan, the task of the sword army was to attack outside Surat City, prevent the Indian army from expanding its defense range, and then concentrate its forces to attack Surat after the main force came up.

If everything goes well, you will be able to lead the army around the past month and guide the concave army.

The problem now is that everything is not going well.

While the sword army was fighting hard in the east of Surat, they were still sweeping the Indian army on the railway line.

The battle was in the early morning, and when the supplies could not keep up with the consumption of the battle, the sword army had to stop attacking and build a line of defense opposite the Indian position.

It was precisely because Pei Chengyi turned his attention to the southern battlefield in his mouth.

There are two choices before Pei Chengyi: one is to invest more troops on the battlefield of sweeping the railway line, so that the sword army can confront the Indian army on the front line, and wait until the railway line is opened before launching an attack; the other is to invest more troops on the front line, strengthen material transportation work, and provide more support to the sword army.

Two options, one is aimed at long-term goals, one catty, to solve the current problem.

After discussing with Yuan Chenhao, Pei Chengyi decided to go both ways.

In the afternoon of Yao, he ordered the two troops to leave the garrison and Hongjun to move to the front line. Although the problem of dispatching the two troops in advance was not very big, the spirit of the troops was very strong, the officers and soldiers were very active, the concave troops were in good condition, and the officers and soldiers were very eager to seek war, but Pei Chengyi made special arrangements for the two troops, that is, all combat troops carried combat materials to the maximum extent, and the logistics support troops of the two troops were also put into the material transportation work. Be sure to arrive at the defensive position of the sword army before the evening of the day to support the sword army's operations.

There is no doubt that the officers and soldiers who led the army could not understand it. You must know that they are also the main field army.

Regardless of whether the officers and soldiers of the two armies could understand or not, Pei Chengyi did not change the combat order.

After arranging the guided army and Hongjun, Pei Chengyi issued an order to the Medicine Army that had just arrived in Bhopal, requiring at least one brigade of troops to be dispatched to advance south. With the support of the Nu Army, it mainly provides artillery fire support, with intensity, and intensity. After occupying the opposite bank, it advances along the railway line south, and meets the Kowthorn Army that is advancing in the opposite direction as soon as possible to open up the railway line.

Because the Vatican army had just arrived in Bhopal and had been fighting along the Bay of Bengal coast, the fatigue of the officers and soldiers was very serious. In order to reduce the combat pressure of the Mi army, Pei Chengyi asked the two artillery brigades of the Flying Army to be put into battle. The transportation line to Bhopal had been opened long ago, and supplies were not a problem.

Of course, Pei Chengyi did not forget the most important thing, that is, let the engineering troops follow the Mi army. After the Mi army occupied Hoshengabad, they immediately started to repair the railway bridge on the Nalmoda River. Because the railway bridge on the Dabuti River to the south was also broken by the Indian army, Pei Chengyi arranged more equipment and supplies for the engineering troops, and asked the engineering troops to go south to repair the railway bridge on the Dabuti River after they went out to join the Mi army.

This time, Pei Chengyi gave the army, and the Li army and the engineering troops issued a death order. The mobilization operation on the railway line must be completed before the old day of the guayue. Before the day of the juli, the first train carrying materials was Darendubar. In order to attract the attention of the three troops, Pei Chengyi clearly mentioned in the order that if the task cannot be completed on time, he will definitely change the generals in the last battle.

However, the problem is even more serious than Pei Chengyi imagined.

During the night and night, the Indian army in the direction of Surat launched a counterattack.

Upon receiving the news, Pei Chengyi immediately went to the tactical command center.

"How is the situation?"

"I've still been fighting. I've asked the artillery brigade to launch in Indore and can provide artillery support to the troops in thirty minutes."

Pei Chengyi nodded and breathed a long sigh.

"The Indian army's counterattack was very determined, Yuan Chenhao also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The sword army has sent back three battle reports, and the battle was very fierce. It is preliminary judgment that at least two main divisions participated in the counterattack operation.

“When will you receive battlefield information?”

"The early warning aircraft is rushing over, and the drone is also flying over." Yuan Chenhao smiled bitterly and said, "The Indian army chose to launch a counterattack when our early warning aircraft rotates.

"It's very targeted and prepared."

Yuan Chenhao nodded and said, "Fortunately, it only takes fifteen minutes to change shifts, and you will receive the battlefield information soon.

"First of all, understand the scale of the Indian army's counterattack, especially the number of main divisions. In the future, the artillery brigade of the army will be deployed, and the sword army will send reconnaissance troops to guide artillery fire."

“It has been arranged

Pei Chengyi glanced at Yuan Chenhao and said, "Have the Indian army in Mumbai been dispatched?"

"No, the Navy just sent a message that the carrier-based early warning aircraft has been monitoring the Indian army near Mumbai

"That's good, where is the fleet now?"

"It's heading north, the carrier-based aviation has begun to take off, but the fleet is 700 kilometers away from Su Renxing. Don't count on the fleet's artillery support tonight

"Air support is enough for Pei Chengyi touched his chin and said, "Have you contacted the Air Force and the Land Aviation?"

"I contacted me, but I couldn't send any support forces, and I was all trapped in Changba Gal.

"It's really hard to fight on both sides."

When Pei Chengyi sighed, the communications consultant displayed the battlefield information sent back by the early warning aircraft on the three-dimensional war zone map.

The battle was indeed very fierce. The Indian army, which launched an attack from several directions, had already broken through the defense line of the sword army at many locations. Fortunately, due to electromagnetic suppression, the Indian army commanders failed to seize the opportunity in time. Most of the Indian army was still attacking the defense line of the sword army step by step and did not take the opportunity to expand the breakthrough.

As the terrifying artillery brigade left in Indore entered the battle, the battle situation began to reverse.

About ugly minutes after the shelling began, the carrier-based aviation troops arrived and focused on bombing the Indian army on the west side of the front to prevent the Indian army from entering the offensive forces to the front line.

It can be said that the two rounds of firepower strikes came very timely.

If the artillery strikes the night blade arrives in minutes, the Knife Army is likely to retreat voluntarily if there are too many casualties. As long as the Knife Army shrinks its defense line, the Indian commander can seize the opportunity and invest more offensive forces. When forced to retreat, it is difficult for the Knife Army to defend the second line of defense. To be precise, the Wanjun has no second line of defense at all. As long as the retreat is retreating, it must be separated from the Indian army, retreat a few kilometers, and then establish a defense line. If you really want to retreat a few kilometers, as long as the Indian commander's burden is slightly larger, he will use the night cover to hit Nendubar in one breath.

Even if the sword army can gain a foothold in Nendubal, it will suffer heavy losses, and in the future, it will have to spend more time to establish a forward base in Nendubal. The attack on Surat will definitely be delayed for several days.

Using firepower to secure assistance, Wanjun first blocked the loopholes in the defense line.

Pei Chengyi did not ask the sword army to launch a counterattack, but instead used firepower support to eliminate the vitality of the Indian army in a persistent manner.

Although she did not go to the front line, Pei Chengyi knew that the damage of the sword army would not be too small. Besides, whether it was defense or attack, he had to eliminate the vitality of the Indian army in battle. Relatively speaking, the damage caused by defense wars on his own troops was much smaller. If the enemy could be consumed through defense, it would be a great thing.

After encountering setbacks in the first round of attack, the Indian army did not give up immediately.

The battle was fought until early morning, and the Indian army took the initiative to retreat and broke into contact with the sword army.

At this time, Yuan Chenhao suggested that the sword army launch a counterattack immediately and take advantage of the Indian army's retreat to capture Surat's peripheral defense line in one fell swoop.

Pei Chengyi vetoed this suggestion because many signs indicate that the Indian army's counterattack was carefully planned.

When the early warning aircraft sent back the defense deployment of the Indian army, Pei Chengyi's speculation was confirmed that the reserve team of the Surat defenders was attacking the sword army, not the Indian army on the outer defense line. In other words, the Indian army retreated voluntarily without affecting the outer defense line. If a counterattack was launched according to Yuan Chenhao's suggestion, the sword army was likely to be bleeding from the outer defense line of Surat. More importantly, the Indian army chose to retreat in the early morning of the day, and it was clear that it wanted to lure the sword army to launch a counterattack so as to break through the sword army's defense line before dawn.

When the Indian army retreated, Pei Chengyi asked the sword army to send a reconnaissance force.

In addition to monitoring the Indian army's movements, another task of the reconnaissance force is to guide fire strikes.

Not being able to counterattack does not mean that one cannot use firepower to strike.

Before dawn, artillery fire and air strikes intersected sharply, giving the Indian army on Surat's outer defensive positions no chance to breathe. The Indian counterattack troops that had retreated before rushed for dozens of kilometers and stopped after leaving the air strike range.

As the sky brightened, the fleet arrived at the shelling waters.

After asking the No. 1 Artillery Brigade to stop the artillery attack, Pei Chengyi handed over the heavy responsibility of firepower to the fleet.

Of course, with the fleet's artillery strike capabilities, it is a waste of valuable military power to deal with the outer defense line of Surat. According to Pei Chengyi's order, the fleet will carry out a round of key strikes on the Indian army in the entire Surat region. In order to ensure the accuracy of the artillery attack, the fleet also sent several carrier-based early warning aircraft.

Only then did Pei Chengyi ask the sword army to report on the night combat damage.

It was not much different from what he expected, because the defense preparation was seriously insufficient. The Knife Army was not an airborne army and did not have portable engineering equipment like the airborne troops. The engineering troops built an offensive position in Nendubar and could not build a complete defensive position within the old hours of the day. Therefore, when the Indian army suddenly launched a counterattack, the Knife Army could only use armored troops to fight mobile defense wars. In the melee, the damage of the Wanjun was very large. More than one person was killed in the battle, and more than four hundred disabled officers and soldiers were injured and more than four hundred thugs. The main combat equipment was lost. Because the combat troops participated in the defensive operations, the combat effectiveness of the Knife Army was reduced by about one quarter.

Fortunately, the logistics support and engineering forces suffered no losses.

After ordering the Knife Army to garrison on the spot, Pei Chengyi asked the marching army and Hongjun to speed up the marching speed, and asked the Hongjun to deploy a thug artillery brigade in Shirpur. Because Shirpur is only 0 kilometers away from Surat, the artillery brigade does not have to continue moving forward.
Chapter completed!