Chapter 641: Military Coup

The unrest in New Delhi is not over.

After the Indian Prime Minister announced that he would accept the mediation of the UN Security Council, negotiate an armistice with Pakistan, and ordered the frontline troops to stop military operations, the long-standing contradiction erupted, and it was the ambitious Indian Prime Minister who triggered this contradiction.

In fact, it can also be said to be a mouse's eye.

Why?

Will there be a good outcome before agreeing to negotiate until the end of death?

What's worse is that the Indian Prime Minister had already ordered the troops stationed in the suburbs to enter the city, and it was to quell the riots.

What are the consequences?

Military coup!

That's right!

You must know that it is not only the officers and soldiers on the front line who are worried about being purged, but also the officers and soldiers in the rear, and even the senior generals of the Indian army.

Why?

When the situation stabilizes, the prime minister will inevitably shirk responsibility, and the first to be unlucky are the senior generals.

The reason is very simple, the command is not effective.

In any case, the prime minister is only responsible for internal affairs, and it is the general's business to command the war, and if the war is not won, the general naturally has to take responsibility.

The question is, is the responsibility really on the generals?

You must know that the several crushing defeats suffered by the Indian army are actually related to the prime minister's indiscriminate command, such as the loss of almost all elite troops in Lahore.

Of course, no general wants to be purged.

Moreover, to sit down and negotiate at this time is tantamount to admitting defeat.

This is still an unacceptable outcome for some senior officers who still do not give up, especially those who are a little ambitious.

You know, in Jalandhar, the Indian army still has more than a dozen brigades of armored units.

In the eyes of these officers and generals, even negotiations with Pakistan will be made after the recapture of Amritsar, not before.

To put it simply, it is to win a war first, and then negotiate with Pakistan.

And, of course, there are political aspects.

Negotiating with Pakistan at this time will inevitably lead to the loss of Kashmir, and all that can be gained is for Pakistan to withdraw its troops from Amritsar.

Perhaps, Pakistan will also make a fuss about Amritsar.

Why?

In just over a decade, more than 4 million *** have flocked to Amritsar and via Amritsar to Pakistan.

In addition, there are many more *** on the way to Amritsar.

Although it is an absolute minority in India, there are more than 100 million people in total, and more than half of them live in the northwestern territories, which borders Pakistan.

You know, that's tens of millions***!

If all these *** go to Pakistan, then it is better to say, after all, for India, the loss of tens of millions of people does not have much impact.

The question is, who can guarantee that Pakistan will accept them?

In fact, it is impossible for Pakistan to accept tens of millions of *** from India at once, after all, it is unthinkable to resettle tens of millions of people.

According to outside speculation, most of these *** will remain in Amritsar.

As a result, an extremely serious problem arises.

What's the problem?

These *** gather in Amritsar, they will take Amritsar as their home, and then in the area occupied by the Pakistani army, there will be an independent kingdom to which *** occupies the absolute belonging.

In fact, this is also the key to Pakistan's relaxation of restrictions and the finalization of *** to Amritsar.

As long as there is an absolute majority in the region, then during the negotiations, Pakistan can propose to make Amritsar autonomous, so that Amritsar can become a buffer zone east of Lahore, and detonate the already very serious ethnic contradictions in India.

In fact, this is the key reason why the Indian authorities have previously opposed the dispatch of peacekeeping troops to Amritsar.

Now, will the Indian authorities be able to make concessions on this matter?

Obviously, the Indian prime minister's promise to negotiate an armistice with Pakistan is tantamount to recognizing Amritsar's high degree of autonomy.

This is also unacceptable from a political point of view.

The result is simple.

What the Indian Prime Minister did in one day turned himself into an enemy of the army and the people, and thus laid the groundwork for a military coup.

Actually, this result is not surprising.

Soon after the outbreak of the war, the news media of some Western countries predicted that if India was defeated and forced to negotiate an armistice with Pakistan, there was a high probability that a coup d'état would break out in India, and that Indian nationalism, which had been in power for decades, would inevitably collapse.

In addition, countries such as the United States and Japan share similar concerns.

It's just that no one thought that it would come so quickly.

According to outside predictions, the coup d'état will only break out after the negotiations have begun, that is, when India is forced to compromise with Pakistan at the negotiating table.

After all, before that, India has room to maneuver.

Let's not forget that Pakistan's war aims are very clear and have been achieved through military action, and there is no reason to put too much pressure on India in the negotiations.

To put it bluntly, as long as India tacitly acquiesces in Pakistan's control of the whole of Kashmir, then Pakistan is likely to give up the territory it occupies in India.

As for India's domestic problems, Pakistan may only ask the Indian authorities to give assurances.

Unexpectedly, on the same day, the night of the 100th day of the war, a coup d'état broke out.

It came very suddenly, without any warning.

When the coup army stormed the prime minister's office, the Indian prime minister was discussing negotiations with key officials such as the foreign minister and the defense minister.

At the same time, the coup army took control of major news outlets such as India's state television.

Subsequently, the coup army also cut off New Delhi's communication network with the outside world.

That night, there were fierce exchanges of fire in many parts of New Delhi.

Although many of the troops remained loyal to the prime minister, they had been sent to quell the rebellion before that, and there was no way to deal with the sudden outbreak of a military coup.

What's more, the coup army had a much larger number of troops, and a large amount of main battle equipment, and its combat effectiveness was also stronger.

By daybreak, the coup army had taken control of New Delhi.

Although there were still sporadic fighting, the forces loyal to the prime minister had been completely defeated, and the few units that were still holding out were driven out of the city.

It was only then that the outside world learned that a coup d'état had taken place in India.

Of course, problems followed.

Will the military government, which seized power through a coup d'état, recognize the decisions made by the Indian prime minister?

That is, will there be armistice negotiations with Pakistan?

Also, has India's control of nuclear weapons fallen into the hands of coups?

If the military government has no intention of negotiating with Pakistan, will it use nuclear weapons in the next war to turn the tide of the war?

It can be said that this coup d'état almost completely threw the situation out of control!