Chapter 167: Territorial Questions
At the same time that the first regiment and one company of the 6th Group Army's motorized infantry brigade in the eastern sector severely attacked the invading Indian red-headed Ah San at the Tagla Pass, the Indian army provoked a second armed conflict on the Sino-Indian border in the western section of the Sino-Indian border, in the Kashan Pass area, and more than 70 members of the Indian army's special police force were killed by the commander of Karam. Under Singh's leadership, they went deep into the vicinity of Shengli Mountain in the deep zone of our territory, surrounded seven soldiers of our army's Kongkashankou defense unit, and shot and killed Wu Xingguo, the deputy squad leader of our border guards who went to stop their invasion. With the determination to defend the motherland and avenge the deputy squad leader, the remaining six soldiers fought back against these murderous Indian troops who invaded, and the battle lasted for more than an hour under the condition that the disparity between the enemy and us was 10 to 1. Our border detachment killed 29 Indian soldiers and captured more than 10 enemy troops, and won the victory in the battle of Kongkashan Pass.
China is a country of etiquette, everything has to be justified, and etiquette is still exchanged. There is no indecency. China cannot do that kind of "indecent" thing. In the face of the invasion of the Indian army, the [***] team is also pregnant with a large-scale counterattack.
Spring in Lhasa, the breath of spring is as faint and thin as her air, but the sun is unusually strong. Through the cold air, it shone into the office of the "Printing Working Committee" at Dangxiong Airport. After Li Dawei completed his whirlwind diplomatic visit, after making a two-day report in Yanjing, he asked Deng Feng to urgently summon him to Tibetan Province. The war was about to begin, and Li Dawei, as the deputy secretary of the Indian Working Committee, asked him to go to northeast India to sit down.
Stimulated by the sun, Li Dawei squinted his eyes and said: "There are still people in Yanjing who fantasize about whether this war between China and India can be avoided. ”
"Avoid? How to avoid it" Deng Feng said disdainfully to this opinion: "No one will make concessions on the territorial issue." The sanctity and inviolability of the motherland's territory is by no means an empty phrase, and every sovereign country in the world will inevitably defend itself against the enemy in the face of foreign aggression. Even in a weak country, in a mediocre ruler, they will maintain a high degree of sensitivity to their territory. No matter how great the achievements of a person in power are, as long as he loses territory during his reign, even if these territories are stolen, robbed, or illegally occupied by any disgraceful means used by the previous rulers, as long as they are passed into the hands of the rulers of the current dynasty, then they must never be lost, otherwise he will be forever spurned by this country and this nation, and will become a sinner of this country and this nation through the ages, and will forever be nailed to the pillar of shame in history. ”
"Heh, heh, that's." Li Dawei smiled and said approvingly: "On the contrary, if the person in power can open up and expand the territory of his country and nation during his time in power, no matter what means he uses, then he will be praised by his country and nation for generations, and become a national hero of the first emperor through the ages, and he will be remembered for centuries." Therefore, every ruler will take the preservation of the territory left by the previous ruler as his bottom line; Every person in power will regard the expansion of territory as the highest dream. That's the biggest motivation for those in power. ”
Therefore, the sensitive surname of the territorial issue has also determined that in the long history of human development, border wars between countries have been continuous, one after another. Defending one's own country has become an eternal theme since the concept of the state was introduced. Deng Feng stood up, looked at the red arrows on the map of Tibet Province and India hanging on the wall, which marked the imminent march of our army like a sharp sword, and said: "The boundaries of a country have become a dynamic concept, which is constantly changing with the rise and fall of a country's strength and weakness, and the courage and courage, will and ability of the rulers of the dynasty. He walked over to the map and stared at it for a moment, then said, "There is no land in the world that belongs exclusively to that country. Like the territory of an animal, it has the ability to acquire it and defend it, and it is yours; If you can't defend it, you're sorry, and you'll have to give up this territory. Give it to the new rulers who can get it and keep it. This is the predator of all animals, including human beings, who claim to be superior animals, except that human beings cover up this essential fact through the lies of those politicians. He turned to look at Li Dawei, who was sitting there, thinking with his eyes closed, and said, "Hey, what does the great diplomat think?" ”
Li Dawei opened his eyes, smiled and said, "I'm thinking that the Indian nation really has a lot of similarities with China. In general, it is a very unenterprising nation, and it is one of the people who have a very bloodless surname. There is nothing wrong with the British colonists, and it is quite hard when it is the turn of China to do so. ”
Deng Feng sat back in his chair and said, "India's reading power is obtained through begging for the occupiers. But this does not mean that after he gets it, he will not defend the begged thing, just like a beggar who asks someone else for a piece of bread that someone else has robbed, when the robbed person asks him for it, he will never willingly return it to the robbed, and will fight with the robbed person for it. ”
"Brilliant," said Li Dawei, standing up and closing the curtains to block out the harsh sunlight, "this is the case with Nehru, who not only fully inherited a series of privileges of the British colonialists, but also used force to merge the princely states of South Asia after winning the first general election by an absolute majority. He got the sweetness of territorial expansion. Ambitions began to swell. and finally annexed Sikkim and 92,000 square kilometers of land in China. ”
Deng Feng frowned and said: "India has annexed China's 92,000 square kilometers of land, so India can't be blamed, who can occupy it or not?" If you want to blame us, we can't blame ourselves. At the beginning, the old man made some mistakes in handling it. Of course, at that time, there were certain objective reasons at home and abroad and difficulties in logistical supply. But it is not used as such a high profile. As a result, as soon as we finished fighting and withdrew, India immediately took advantage of it, and the more we took advantage of it, the more obedient it became. They pay lip service to peace, but in fact they are actively advancing, and they can take advantage of a little more. And we ourselves can't put our posture too high, so we are becoming more and more passive. We, the victors, have everything we need to be losers except that we have no name of defeat; And India, the loser, got everything from the victor except that it did not have the name of victory. Deng Feng shook his head, smiled bitterly and then said: "When you really have the ability later, people can't do it again." The policy has changed again. We have always advocated that China and India resolve the border issue through negotiations through friendly consultation, fairness and reasonableness. It's really the most boring words. There is no border issue that can be resolved through friendly consultations. The so-called solution is also a quiet cutting of meat. How much do the common people know about this? Deng Feng's thinking came out of the memories of the future generations and said: "However, all this is impossible to happen now because of our arrival." When this war is over, the entire northeastern part of India will be ours. ”
Li Dawei showed a greedy look on his face and said, "That's really a good place." Located in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, the altitude drops to one or two thousand meters or even hundreds of meters, moistened by the warm winds of the Indian Ocean, and has a subtropical ecological environment. The land is extremely fertile. The plants are lush, the minerals are abundant, and there is oil and gas. In the future, if a 40-kilometer-long diversion tunnel is built across the big bend, the world's largest hydropower station can be built, with a minimum installed capacity of more than 45 million kilowatts, which is three times that of the Three Gorges Power Station, but the investment is much lower than that of the Three Gorges, and there are no problems such as immigration, ecology, and war disasters. Heh, heh, the middle and low altitude and subtropical climate of South Asia are fully adapted to the traditional life, production mode and physical conditions of our Han people, and then immigrate to the poor areas of the interior of 10 or 20 million people, and build a great wall of flesh and blood of Han civilization there, completely sever the traditional close relationship between Tibetan Province and India, encircle Tibetan Province in the circle of Han civilization, and eradicate the possibility of establishing the West once and for all. ”
Deng Feng looked at Li Dawei, who was still immersed in the report "Several Suggestions on the South Asian Issue" submitted by the "Printing Work Committee" to the Central Committee two years ago, and asked: "Didn't you report the report on this aspect to the Central Committee a long time ago?" ”
"It's handed over, it's already been handed over to the prime minister" Li Dawei hurriedly said, "Well" Deng Feng said: "Then these things are still handled by the central government, I don't want to participate in these things anymore." ”
Li Dawei looked at Deng Feng's black and red face due to the strong ultraviolet radiation on the plateau due to his long-term life and work in Tibetan Province and said: "You have really worked hard all these years, but you are about to get out of the blue." Li Dawei is trying his best to recall what Deng Feng looked like four years ago.
Deng Feng smiled, and then moved his gaze to the huge map on the wall again.
Li Dawei looked at Deng Feng and looked at the map intently, and asked with concern. "How? Are you absolutely sure about this operation? ”
"It's going to be okay to take North India." Deng Feng turned his head and said: "At present, the total strength of India's army, navy and air force is only more than 400,000. There are also more than 230,000 local armed forces. In order to meet the needs of our war against the Indian People's Liberation Army, Nehru, in disregard of the country's economic difficulties, greatly increased military spending, purchased planes, tanks, and other advanced military equipment from the Soviet Union and Britain, and actively expanded his armament warfare. At present, it is equipped with 1,500 artillery pieces, 790 tanks, 1,000 aircraft of various types, and 69 ships of various types. Deng Feng was full of confidence, and continued: "Nehru thought that with this, he felt that his waist was stiff. The ignorant are fearless. Don't you know that his little bit of stuff is almost vulnerable to our battle-hardened mechanized army. ”
"Now are the mechanized units of our army adapted to the cold and oxygen-deficient environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?" Li Dawei asked with some concern.
"The terrain of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is characterized by higher altitudes, but more "original", and most of the terrain is still relatively flat, which is completely suitable for mechanized troops. Deng Feng replied: "Here, both people and equipment are indeed adapted to the problem of cold and hypoxia, equipment is used in this environment, and low altitude will be different, due to low oxygen content, fuel combustion is not sufficient, all vehicles will appear to be insufficient power, vehicles at an altitude of more than 4500 meters, the average power drop of 20%, the failure rate will also increase; Even the shooting accuracy of various weapons has also decreased, taking the Type 51 automatic rifle as an example, when shooting at a fixed target at 300 meters, the average impact point is 5-7 cm higher; Walking on a plateau is equivalent to carrying a weight of 20 kilograms on flat ground. These altitude sicknesses will certainly cause some non-combat attrition. However, after a period of training to adapt to the surname, the troops still gained some experience, and they passed the test of counterinsurgency in Tibetan Province in the previous paragraph, and on the whole it was quite good. With the 6th Group Army, a mobile combat unit that responds quickly, moves quickly, and is well-equipped to adapt to the natural and geographical characteristics of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, I am full of confidence in this war. ”
"How's the logistics? Can it be effectively guaranteed? Li Dawei asked again.
"Heck, I've been around for the past few years, and I'm about to become the logistics minister, and there's nothing to worry about at home or abroad. When I go back, I can switch places with Liu Jun. Deng Feng smiled proudly and said: "When I came, I fully estimated the difficulties in this regard, strengthened the construction of road traffic and the construction of the plateau air base, and improved the communication conditions. The intensification of the construction of material reserve bases can be regarded as creating relatively good conditions for this war, ensuring that the troops can go up, fight, supply, and rescue, and have the ability to sustain operations. Heh, heh, I'm a bit greedy for it, but in fact, it's mainly the prime minister's credit.
"Well, Lao Deng really has you! Your hard work in the past few years has not been in vain" Li Dawei said after listening to Deng Feng's introduction: "Okay, I have the bottom of my heart when I hear you say this." Tomorrow I'm going to Northeast India. This time, we will take a good look at India's self-defeating thing, and let the world see what will happen if you dare to challenge China's core interests! ”
On April 10, 1956, units under the Tibetan Provincial Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army issued the "Operational Order on the Total Annihilation of Indian Troops in the Sino-Indian Border Area to North India." On the 13th, the Central Army also issued a directive to the Tibetan Provincial Corps, stressing: The current war against India has a bearing on the prestige of the country and the military, and that the first battle must be won, and it can only be fought well, not broken. Combat units are required to make meticulous plans, organize strictly, and do a good job in military command, political mobilization, and logistical support. All the personnel of the troops participating in the battle must be conscientious, guard against arrogance and rashness, never underestimate the enemy's carelessness, and work with one heart and one mind to overcome all difficulties and strive for victory.
On 18 April 1956, with bursts of deafening rumbling artillery and the pungent smoke of war, thousands of troops competing and iron streams rolling, the Chinese People's Liberation Army launched an armed invasion of India along the eastern, western, and middle sections of the Sino-Indian border, launching a thunderous and unconcealed attack, thus opening the prelude to another large-scale anti-aggression war in the modern history of the Chinese people.
(To be continued)