On the 61st day of the war, the Battle of Amritsar began.

This time, it was the Pakistani army that launched the attack first.

Because the armored forces formed in Mumbai had not yet arrived, after the outbreak of the battle, the Indian army was mainly defensive on the entire front.

As a result, naturally there is nothing to say.

Although the Indian army has made full preparations, built a large number of fortifications, and adjusted its deployment, the Indian army is far inferior to the Pakistani army in terms of troops, equipment, and morale, and the officers and men on the front line seriously lack fighting spirit and even lack the courage to engage the Pakistani army head-on.

In only three days, the Pakistani army made a breakthrough in three directions, north and southwest.

As the defensive line outside the suburbs was broken through by the Pakistani army, the Indian army collapsed almost completely.

In fact, this is the true portrayal of the Indian army.

During these three days, at least 30,000 Indian officers and soldiers surrendered on their positions, and many of them surrendered to the Pakistani army en masse in battalions.

Very often, the Indian army did not even resist.

In fact, even if more Indian troops did not surrender, they just fired casually and fought for a while, and then withdrew from their defensive positions under the strict orders of their superiors.

The key point is that the officers and men on the front line of the Indian army have no weapons to deal with the tanks of the Pakistani army at all.

Interestingly, the Indian army actually had enough anti-tank missiles at that time.

According to information disclosed after the war, in the two months after the start of the war, the United States provided India with at least 15,000 heavy anti-tank missile launchers, as well as at least 100,000 anti-tank missiles.

Although most of them are "Tao" missiles, and most of them are in stock, their performance is not advanced, and they may not be able to penetrate the frontal armor of the Pakistani army's main battle tanks, but these missiles are in good condition, and they can definitely be used, and the number is certainly not small.

In addition, the United States has supplied 1,000 Javelin systems, as well as at least 10,000 missiles.

And, of course, Japan.

Although Japan does not have as many ammunition in stock as the United States, the supplies to India are not bad, and there are tens of thousands of heavy anti-tank missiles alone.

To this end, U.S. and Japanese intelligence agencies have also sent personnel to India to help the Indian military master the skills of using these missiles.

The problem is that there are very few anti-tank missiles sent to the front line.

At that time, the front-line units of the Indian army, an infantry battalion, received a maximum of 4 sets of anti-tank missile launch systems, and there would be no more than 20 spare missiles.

What can such a missile do?

What's more, almost all of the goods sent to the front line are second-hand goods that have been eliminated by the US military.

Well, what about other missiles?

At that time, India provided all the anti-tank missiles provided by the United States and Japan, especially the latest models, to the New Delhi garrison, and some to Jalandal, and those that were supposed to be sent to the front line were also detained by the Indian troops along the way.

Strictly speaking, a part of it was withheld.

In this regard, the Indian authorities also made a strong statement, that is, the offensive of the Pakistani army is too fierce and it has to fight a defensive war on the mainland, so it is necessary to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the rear troops.

As a result, the officers and soldiers of the front-line units of the Indian army, in many cases, had to use RPGs to deal with the tanks of the Pakistani army.

So, what reason is there to ask the front-line soldiers to fight hard?

What's even funnier is that almost all of the missiles that were seized by the Indian authorities were useless.

Why?

The Pakistani army did not march on New Delhi at all, or even attack Jalandhar.

After the Indian army discovers that the purpose of the Pakistani army is Amritsar, it will be too late to deliver missiles to the front line.

After the war, the United States also set up a special investigative team.

What to investigate?

Why so many anti-tank missiles that were aided to India were not sent to the front line.

What can be the results of the investigation?

In fact, the US authorities have not released the results of the investigation.

Why?

No face to announce.

At that time, the US officials in charge of handing over missiles to India accepted bribes from the Indian army and manipulated the handover procedures, mainly changing the number of the troops.

What do you mean?

To put it simply, the United States authorities believe that the aided missiles have been provided to the front-line troops, at least judging by the handover procedures that they have received.

Later, most of these missiles were missing.

What does it mean?

After the war, most of the anti-tank missiles aided by the United States were sold on the international black market as second-hand goods by generals and officers at all levels of the Indian army.

Many of these missiles have fallen into the hands of extremist groups and are being used against the US military!

In fact, it is precisely because of this that the US authorities launched an investigation.

Of course, no amount of investigation, no matter what the results of the investigation, can change the fact that the domestic situation in India is out of control.

Although the Indian authorities still have some prestige, it is clear that even the Indian army no longer takes the government's orders seriously.

It's not just a morale issue.

You know, if even the Indian generals in the rear do not have the confidence to win and begin to think about themselves, then what else can the Indian soldiers on the front line rely on?

Of course, the battles at the front also proved this.

It took only five days for the Pakistani army to complete the encirclement of Amritsar.

This speed made the General Staff of the Pakistani Army unbelievable.

Why?

It's so fast!

According to the battle plan drawn up by the Pakistani army, it will take 10 days at the earliest to encircle Amritsar, and the Pakistani army has prepared for this for 15 days.

As a result, it took only 5 days.

Of course, this is not necessarily a good thing.

Why?

The troops are advancing too fast, and logistics cannot keep up.

Although the resistance of the Indian army was not very fierce, the combat consumption was not a lot at all, especially the 4 armored brigades that acted as the vanguard.

After 5 days, 4 armored brigades consumed 2 times as much fuel as planned!

Because the logistics could not keep up, the Pakistani army had to stop and postpone the attack on Amritsar, or more precisely the attack on the city, for a few days.

This is something that can't be helped, the tank has no fuel, how can it be fought?

Of course, this is definitely not a good thing for the Indian army that retreated into the city.

The Pakistani army has surrounded Amritsar, cut off all roads to the outside world, and completed the blockade, and the Indian army does not want to receive foreign aid.

Although the Indian army had made full preparations before this, such as hoarding enough food and implementing military control in advance, as long as the encirclement of the Pakistani army remained, the Indian army in the city would sooner or later lose its combat effectiveness, similar to the outcome of the battle of Lahore.

In addition, in Amritsar, there are quite a few Indian troops who have withdrawn from Lahore.

Outcome?

Obvious!

By the time the Pakistani army completed the encirclement, the morale of the Indian army had already returned to zero, and many officers and soldiers of the grassroots units were thinking about escaping from Amritsar by car or how to surrender to the Pakistani army alive, rather than how to defend Amritsar to the death, let alone how to break the encirclement of the Pakistani army.