Chapter 171: The Fall of the 7th Brigade of India
Major Dashras, the 3rd Company of the 9th Punjab Battalion, finally pulled out a Bren light machine gun from the collapsed machine gun bunker with his bloody hands, and then pulled out three more magazines, and saw that the 7th platoon, Second Lieutenant Shabi Singh, and five or six soldiers were still alive in his position. He shouted to them: "Shoot at the charging Chinese" but these people did not react, he knew that these people were just as deafened by the heavy artillery fire of the squadron as himself. He looked at the Chinese who were gradually approaching. He himself rolled into a crater and set up his machine gun to shoot frantically at the Chinese who rushed up. He saw that these [***] men used tree stumps, rocks, and craters as cover, jumping alternately, with extremely fast speed, and very skilled individual soldiers, always finding cover as fast as possible when moving from one place to another, with little chance of accurately aiming at them and firing. But Major Dashras, they still inflicted 1 dead and 3 wounded on the company.
Gao Shouqing shouted loudly to Shi Lei, who was following him, with red eyes: "Knock out that damn machine gun for me"
During the rapid march, Shi Lei leaned on a tree that had been blown up by artillery fire and only had a wooden pillar left, and fired a shot at Major Dashras, a company of the 3rd Company of the Indian Army, who was shooting a machine gun. The bullet pierced the left side of Dashras's neck, causing blood to flow. But he insisted on firing the last bullet in the magazine, and Second Lieutenant Sabi Singh beside him saw that the company commander was wounded, and hurriedly put down the Li in his hand. Enfield rifle, pulled out a first-aid kit and knelt on the ground to bandage the wound on his own company commander's neck.
This time, Shi Lei accurately hit Second Lieutenant Sabi Singh in the head, and the 7.62 bullet drilled into the back of Sabi Sinegger's head, shattering the brainstem, an important pathway between the cerebellum and the spinal cord, and then pierced through his upper lip. The bullet that lost its powerful energy knocked out two front teeth of Major Dashras, who had been wounded face to face with Second Lieutenant Sabi Singh, and finally landed in his mouth. Major Dashrath struggled to push away the body of Second Lieutenant Sabi Singh who had collapsed on top of him, spitting out his broken teeth and bullets. Crawl to the machine gun with difficulty
The remaining Indian soldiers threw down their depleted rifles and knelt on the ground to pray to the Buddha for themselves. This is really a bit of a taste of putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the spot. But now it's too late to become a Buddha, and I can only become a ghost. The Chinese shot a bullet into their bodies mercilessly.
A company quickly rushed up the hill, Gao Shouqing took the bayonet on the Type 51 automatic rifle, and walked to Major Dashras, "Iwaswounded.please" (I am a wounded. Please) Major Dashrasa said as he looked at the red-eyed Chinese lieutenant who came up. "Fuck you" Gao Shouqing was not in the mood to listen to what he said about the Neiwa Convention, let alone practicing spoken English, and while scolding, he slammed the Type 51 multi-bayonet into the chest of the Indian major.
The 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the 6th Group Army's Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Battalion of the 154th Regiment of the Tibetan Provincial Military Region captured the forward position of the 9th Punjab Battalion of the Indian Army. Afterwards, a small number of personnel were left to clean up the battlefield and attack the Karon area of the 9th Punjab Battalion Command Post, which had several bunkers left in artillery fire on the northeast side of the 9th Punjab Battalion Command Post. Gao Shouqing immediately organized the flamethrowers of the 40 rocket launchers and machine gun platoons of each squad to clean up these remaining bunkers of the Indian army.
Debil. Lieutenant Colonel Singh squatted behind a stone in front of the headquarters with a telescope, watching the battle around him intently, when he moved the telescope, the sunlight on the lens of the telescope instantly refracted a reflection, Gao Shouqing was extremely sensitive to catch this momentary flickering light source. He looked at this important target more than 500 meters away, took the radio station of the communicator who followed him, and directly informed the artillery command behind him of the coordinates of the location of the flashing point.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" a rocket with a tail flame whizzed through the air. "Lieutenant Colonel, danger!" An Indian guard shouted loudly. It's late! The shells were accurate and ruthless, and landed directly around the semi-underground headquarters of the 9th Punjab Battalion. Suddenly, the smoke of gunfire and flesh flew everywhere, turning the command post of the 9th Punjab Battalion, which had escaped from the catastrophe, upside down.
"Debil. Singh! Debil. Lieutenant Colonel Singh! "Lieutenant Colonel Tewali, commander of the 4th Signal Regiment of the 4th Division of the Indian Fourth Army, who crawled out of the bombed semi-underground headquarters, shouted in horror that the commander of the 9th Punjab Battalion had been killed, and he saw a piece of shrapnel hit Debil directly. On Lieutenant Colonel Singh's forehead, most of his skull was severed from above the hairline by shrapnel, and his right shoulder and entire right arm hung from a treetop 40 meters away. The deputy battalion commander and the two guards who were following the battalion commander were all killed, and the death was also horrific. Lieutenant Colonel Tevali couldn't help but vomit "wow, wow". The people in the headquarters are also dead, he doesn't know how he survived, he sincerely "Thank you for the blessing of the Buddha!" With tears in his eyes, he knelt on the ground with his hands folded and looked west, muttering something unobtrusively. He was completely stupefied, and for the rest of his life, except for eating and sleeping. This action became the whole of his life.
After l hours of fierce fighting, the 1st Company and the 3rd Battalion of the 154th Regiment completely annihilated 739 men of the 9th Punjab Battalion, captured 198 people, captured 4 mortars, 28 light machine guns, 13 rocket launchers, 12 radios, and killed the battalion commander Debil. Singh, captured Lieutenant Colonel Tevali, commander of the 4th Division's communications regiment, who was scared into mental illness. The 1st Company and the 154th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment also paid great sacrifices in this battle, with 72 casualties.
After a short rest, Gao Shouqing then shouted to the whole company: "Next, we will attack Zhang Duo in a roundabout way, and there is no one to take care of the prisoners and these Ah San's wounded!" Give the prisoners we captured to the 3rd battalion. Three platoons long! ”
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"You have a squad to take care of the wounded and the bodies of the martyrs in the company. The rest followed me and attacked in the direction of Zhangduo. Eliminate the headquarters of the 7th Brigade of the Indian Army and capture their brigade commanders for fun. Walk! ”
When the 1st Company was moving behind Bridge No. 4 on the Kejielang River, it encountered about 10 remnants of the Indian Army who had retreated from the position of the Indian Army on Bridge No. 4, and was led by Major Ponde, the deputy commander of the 4th Company of the 2nd Rajput Battalion of the Indian Army. Gao Shouqing, who was at the forefront of the ranks, took the lead in firing at the 10 or so Indian officers and men who were still trying to resist, and immediately turned these Indian officers and men into a hornet's nest. Subsequently, Gao Shouqing ordered the 1st Company to attack the headquarters of the 2nd Rajput Battalion and the 1st Company and the remnants of the 2nd Rajput Battalion of the Indian Army stationed in the area of Bridge 4 from the rear. In the face of the 2nd Rajput Battalion, which was flanked from both sides, more than 90 Indian officers and soldiers under the leadership of the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Riedker, surrendered to the first company. Gao Shouqing handed over these prisoners to the 155th Infantry Regiment of the Tibetan Provincial Military Region, which was attacking head-on.
He then led the 1st Company to quickly intersperse in the direction of Zhangduo, 10 kilometers to the west, and encountered the remnants of the 3rd Company of the 1st Army's 1/9th Gurkha Rifle Wing that had retreated from Bridge No. 5 during the march. More than 40 Indian soldiers from the 3rd Company of the Gurkha Rifle Wing, under the leadership of the company commander Captain Hilp, actually put down the rifle that did not have many bullets, drew out the Gurkha scimitar, and wanted to rush up and start hand-to-hand combat with the 1st Company. But when I think about what era this is, I still play this set, isn't that the same SB as the opponent? He ordered the soldiers to wait for these stupid Gurkha to rush up and then beat them hard. He himself replaced himself with a new magazine full of 30 rounds, put the fast and slow handle on the right side of the receiver of the Type 51 automatic rifle on the fully automatic firing stop, and then leveled the Type 51 automatic rifle, and stood firmly on a gentle hillside, waiting for this group of Gurkha SB, 100 meters, 80 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters, he looked at these while holding the Gurkha scimitar and rushed forward quickly, while shouting: "Huh, Gurkha!" Huh, Gurkha! A grim smile appeared on his face.
"Hit, hit me hard" he shouted as he slashed the automatic rifle, and in an instant, a company of more than 100 automatic rifles was like a huge sickle, and the more than 40 uninteresting guys were sent to the western sky.
He looked at the corpse of the Gurkha mercenary lying in a pool of blood and scolded: "! Fighting with these armies that have no culture at all, there is no technical content at all. ”
"The deputy company commander, the front commander of the Eastern Front called and ordered our company to quickly intersperse towards the Dora Pass, cutting off the retreat of the 7th Brigade of the Indian Army," the correspondent reported loudly.
It turned out that the 157th Infantry Regiment, which was responsible for our army interspersing in the direction of Zhangduo, has not yet been interspersed in place because of the terrain and ravines, dense forests, no roads, steep slopes and slippery roads, and carrying a lot of equipment. The front commander of the Eastern Front was worried that the 7th Brigade of the Indian Army would escape, so he ordered the company of Bridge No. 1, which was closest to the Dora Pass, to set up another checkpoint at the Dora Pass, where it was known that Gao Shouqing and the company were no longer in the area of the No. 1 bridge.
"Throw away everything more than equipment, ten kilometers of mountainous forced march" Gao Shouqing couldn't say clearly, looked at his watch and ordered.
"No! No way! This will not work! Dongping Zhizhu, who has been following a company as a guide, said: "You must bring the coat, otherwise it will be cold at night and you can't stand it." I know of a trail that leads to the Dora Pass. I'm sure I won't be able to delay you by taking you there. ”
After two hours, we finally arrived at the Dora Pass, but fortunately there was no delay in the event, and after arriving at the Dora Pass, we immediately built the fortifications regardless of fatigue.
Gao Shouqing took Dongping Zhizhu to the mountains to observe the terrain, in the Dora Pass can take in the entire Kejielang River area, he saw the mountains of Bhutan on the west, the north is the Tagra Ridge, and the south is the Dora Mountain at an altitude of 5638 meters above sea level, the Indian army must pass through here or retreat south along the Kejielang River if they want to flee south, and now the entire Kejielang River basin has been occupied by our army, and the east side of the Dora Mountain is the No. 1 and No. 2 bridges, where there are 154 regiments. Now the Dora Pass is the only way for the Indian Army's 7th Brigade to retreat south. In front of the pass is a small valley, and out of this valley there is a small mountain road that leads to the east. Gao Shouqing watched and listened to Dongping Zhizhu's explanation.
Gao Shouqing ordered the messenger to call the platoon commanders up, and he pointed to the valley below and ordered: "2 platoons, 3 platoons, you are ambushed on the east and west sides of the valley, 2 platoons are in the east, and 3 platoons are in the west. You set up some directional mines in the valley, the machine gun platoon blocked the Indian army from passing through the Dora Pass in the main position, and the 1st platoon was used as a reserve for the whole company. Is it clear to everyone? ”
"It's clear!"
"Okay, let's act right away." Gao Shouqing finally added: "Everyone must hurry, the enemy may come up at any time." ”
Gao Shouqing saw 2 and 3 platoons on both sides of the valley on the mountain, busy laying mines and repairing fortifications. Suddenly saw more than 1,500 meters ahead, there was a pair of men and horses moving towards the Dora Pass, he took out his binoculars and looked carefully, about 1,000 Indian troops, like refugees squirming forward in a disorderly manner, he immediately told the correspondent to notify each platoon to enter the position and prepare for battle. He looked at the 2,3 platoons that entered the position, it was not bad, the concealment effect of the mountain camouflage uniform was really not blown.
Dalvi, the commander of the 7th Brigade of the Indian Army, sat on a mule and walked in the retreating ranks, at this moment, Dalvi's heart was completely shrouded in the shadow of defeat, and what he had feared and worried most about had finally become a reality.
Himself completely lost control of the 7th Brigade less than 1 hour after the start of the battle. In the early morning battle, the 7th Brigade lost 2,489 casualties, all units were completely disrupted, and the entire brigade was completely incapacitated within 2 hours.
As a front-line commander, he had long expected that the [***] squadron would counterattack, and he repeatedly suggested that his superiors should withdraw from the Kejielang River area, where there was no danger to defend, but he was scolded and ridiculed.
He had been in hell for the past morning, and he had experienced the heart-rending pain and cramps of his bones, which still made his stomach cramp and make his soul whimper. The outcome of the war with the Chinese is clear to themselves. He was not happy about his foresight, but more of a helplessness.
I did my best, and my subordinates and soldiers were brave and tenacious enough. In the face of such heavy artillery fire from the squadron, they did not flinch, and they brought the energy and power contained in the Indian army to the top. However, it did not stop the progress of the [***] team. Who in this world can stop them?
Zhangdo was broken through, and the 1/9th Gurkha Rifle Wing was disabled; The 34th Heavy Mortar Battalion, a battalion and an artillery detachment of the 17th Field Parachute Regiment, and a service detachment of the Indian Army totaled more than 2,600 people. In the face of the attack of the powerful squadron [***], after destroying all the documents, he and the direct personnel of the brigade headquarters could only retreat south with these routs that had completely lost their formation, about his fate, Kaul's ridicule, Tapar's reprimand, Sen's violent thunder, he didn't dare to think about it, his brain was numb. He didn't know that Kaul would never laugh at him again, and that Tapal would never reprimand him again.
Suddenly, the sound of China's characteristic small machine guns came from ahead, and the noisy screams of the soldiers woke him up from his contemplation.
The deputy commander of the 1st Battalion of the Gurkha Rifle Wing, Major Bapu Carvos, ran over and reported in a panic: "General, the Dora Pass ahead has been intercepted by the [***] team, and our way back has been cut off. ”
Dalvi's heart seemed to have been slammed with a hammer, and he felt dizzy when his brain was starved of oxygen. "General, General." The orderlies around him hurriedly supported Brigadier General Dalvi, who was riding on a mule, and shouted desperately.
Dalwei couldn't understand why the soldiers of the [***] team did not have the discomfort of lack of oxygen on the plateau, and when they fought above the snow line, their movements were still so fast, their running was still so agile, and they were still so fast. He opened his eyes, pretended to be calm and said, "Don't panic, it must be a small force interspersed with China." Major Papkaworth organized his troops and captured the Dora Pass. ”
"Yes." Major Bappkavath agreed loudly.
In this completely unorganized rout, Major Papkavos organized a ragtag force of 800 men with the Gurkha as the backbone, and personally commanded this ragtag army to launch a group attack on the Dora Pass, shouting the battle cry of the Gurkha rifle wing: "Huh, the Gurkhas are coming, huh, the Gurkhas are coming."
Gao Shouqing stood behind a large rock halfway up the mountain pass and watched as seven or eight hundred Indian troops poured into the valley, and there were three or four hundred more people outside the valley. He judged it to be a desperate attack organized by the Indian army. He ordered the machine guns that were acting as frontal blockades to open fire, and the two 14.5 mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns immediately smashed the Indian troops who entered the narrow valley to the flesh and blood.
With the unique "knock, knock, knock" gunfire of our army's Gaoping dual-purpose machine guns in the Dora Pass, "Boom!" was heard from the east and west sides of the valley. Boom, boom", and in an instant, the Indian soldiers and horses in the valley were blown down in a pool of blood as if swept by a hurricane, and the entire valley was littered with flesh and blood fragments and corpses like a sieve; The 2nd and 3rd platoons are in the valley, and the directional mines with an effective killing distance of 50-100 meters are set up every 30 meters on both sides, and 20 are used in parallel. Moreover, the intersection of the two sides is set up and there is no dead space when exploding. The 700 fragments from each mine explosion fanned out at an angle of 60-120 degrees towards the Indian army in the valley directly ahead. More than 10,000 fragments of shaped mines were enough for the more than 800 Indian officers and soldiers to enjoy.
Immediately behind, the 2nd and 3rd platoons of fighters made an all-out attack to clear the survivors of the targeted mine blast.
(To be continued)