In the reckless Ali area, the snow has not yet melted, everything is quiet, and the neighing of iron horses is suddenly heard. The iron flow was rolling, and the "Destroyer" tanks, the "Raider" wheeled armored vehicles, and the 122-mm tracked self-propelled rocket launchers ploughed through the snow one after another magnificent ruts. They went out with the wrath of the Republic to punish those who dared to offend our Chinese might.

The Tibetan antelope in the distance stared at the big innocent eyes, curiously watching the iron stream that made a huge roar.

At about 6 o'clock in the morning of 18 April, more than 90 "destroyer" tanks of the tank regiment of the armored division of the 6th Group Army rushed along the loop of the Diya River to the town of Tasekan in India, 10 kilometers away.

At the exit of the outer loop of the Indian town of Tasekan, 3 kilometers away from the traditional Sino-Indian border, there is a relatively high ground of 150 meters in the south and low in the north, which is the strategic support point of the Indian army in this area, and the Indian army has set up a battalion-level defensive position here. Behind the position is the starting point of Highway 22, which was built by Indian assault. This is the only place for our army to march into India.

In the dry loop, more than 30 40-barreled 122-mm tracked self-propelled rocket launchers lined up along the riverbank. The headquarters of the 108th Brigade of the 5th Division of the Indian Army on the 150th Heights and the small town of Tasegan on its right rear were prepared for 30 minutes of artillery fire, and the 150 Heights and the small town of Tasegan were like an erupted volcano. The snow-covered surface was suddenly turned into scorched earth by the fierce artillery fire of our army, the bunker group was tortoise shells that were lifted off, the ring fortifications on the mountain were flattened by our artillery fire, the Indian army's position here was shattered, completely lost the value of actual combat, and the corpses of Indian soldiers were lying on it, and the air was filled with gunsmoke and blood. Fortified at this strategic point were a battalion of the Punjab Wing, composed of more than 700 Punjabi people, and more than 800 Indian officers and men of the 108th Brigade Headquarters in the small town of Tasekan behind. Under the cover of a smoke screen, an armored assault group dominated by 20 "destroyer" tanks took the lead and coordinated with the infantry to form a multi-way attack group to launch a fierce assault on the Indian troops holding on this high ground. The Indian Army, the earliest infantry wing with a history of more than 200 years and a reputation in the Indian Army, was completely annihilated by the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Armored Infantry Regiment that rushed up during World War II and fought in Burma, Malaya, Ethiopia, Somalia, North Africa and Italy.

At the same time as our army launched an attack on the 150 heights in the Tasegan area, another 36 tanks and more than 30 armored vehicles and 3 122-mm tracked self-propelled rocket launchers of our army galloped through the front of the heights and rushed into the town of Tasegan, striking a stormy blow to the Indian troops in this town. Among them, there were 20 destroyer tanks, 20 assault armored vehicles, and 3 122mm tracked self-propelled rocket launchers, almost non-stop, desperately fighting through the town, along Highway 22 ferociously to southwest India, directly taking the Indian army's important supply base 40 kilometers away from the Sino-Indian border, Rambol Town, destroying the supply of the Indian army, cutting off the choke point of the Indian army's reinforcements and the retreat of the Indian army's 5th Division, and achieving the posture of encircling and annihilating the Indian army's 5th division.

When Nehru heard the news, he cried out in grief and appealed: "We, the heroic Punjab United, have shown their perseverance and perseverance. Fighting against Chinese aggression, for the dignity of India and the Chinese to fight to the end, the Indian people should support the Indian army that is fighting against the invaders of China. Our country must be united. Political conflicts must be subordinated to national obligations.

At the same time, Indian Defense Minister Menon spoke in Bangalore, "saying that no matter whether it takes a day, a hundred days or a thousand days, we will fight to the last man, the last gun, and we must drive the Chinese out, and there is no question of any change in this attitude here."

Nehru, in the name of India's prime minister, ordered a three-day silence throughout the country, and personally invited several Indian monks to honor the Punjabi United's undead.

However, all this done by Nehru did not stop the advance of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The armored detachment of our army, which was responsible for penetrating from deep into India, was led by "Destroyer" tanks, followed by "Raider" wheeled armored vehicles and 122-mm tracked self-propelled rocket launchers. The whole detachment galloped west along a narrow road through the mountains. The Indian troops along the route were condescending and constantly attacked this interspersed detachment with light and heavy firearms. As they marched through the valley, they carried out accurate artillery bombardment of the Indian firing points on the hills on both sides, attacking and advancing as they advanced, and along the way they struck and rushed violently, breaking through the Indian interception again and again.

After 1 hour and 30 minutes, they arrived at the designated position and launched an attack on the Blue Bol. There was a fierce battle with 36 British Firefly tanks armed with 77mm guns and a battalion of Indian troops guarding the town of Rambol. The battle for the capture of Rambol began with a massive shelling of our troops. In the face of this offensive posture of our army, the Indian army decided to turn the defense into an offensive, with tanks as the vanguard, and a large number of infantry followed closely behind, to counterattack our army's interspersed detachments. The tanks of the Indian army participating in the counteroffensive were divided into three groups and rushed towards our troops in a wedge formation. The tank also carried Indian infantry. Seeing this scene, our army immediately plunged into a counter-shock battle. Three 122-mm tracked self-propelled rocket launchers, using anti-personnel steel ball airburst shells, carried out one short artillery attack on the Indian army's three groups of wedge tank attack groups. The Indian infantry group following the Indian tanks and behind the tanks was completely cleared. Immediately, our army relied on the excellent ability and powerful firepower of the "Destroyer" tank, and the tanks of the Indian army attacked head-on. For a time, the entire battlefield was filled with gunsmoke and flames. The whistling of shells, deafening explosions, the firing of automatic weapons, the roar of tank motors were intertwined and thrilling.

As soon as the battle began, the Indian army's British cruiser-class Firefly tanks swooped straight ahead. However, this 77 mm caliber gun of the Firefly tank of World War II could not hit our tanks at a long distance, so a large number of Indian tanks were destroyed by the 125 mm large-caliber smoothbore guns on the destroyer tanks of our army before they approached our tanks. After only 30 minutes of this tank battle ended without suspense, on the battlefield, the wreckage of Indian tanks was emitting black smoke and flames, most of the Indian tanks could not see the original shape of the tanks, and the tank battalion of the 108th Brigade of the 5th Army of the Indian Army was completely wiped out. The interspersed detachment of our army then cleared the Indian army in the town and successfully captured Rambol, an important supply base of the Indian army.

At this time, India's troops in the central and western sections of the Sino-Indian border were still struggling with the Chinese counterattack forces, and after the news of the assault detachment's capture of Rambol Town reached the Indian front headquarters, the Indian army's positions were in chaos, and the entire front quickly collapsed. For the next two days, the 1st Panzer Division of our 6th Army and the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division followed by it were divided into two lines.

The 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division continued to advance westward. Occupied Ghba, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, all the way to reach the border of the Lahore region of Pakistan. Thus cutting off the Punjab, Himachal and Indian-administered Kesmir regions of northern India from India. Subsequently, more than 30,000 Indian People's Liberation Army (PLA) marching north entered this area and cooperated with our army's counterattack force on the western front to clear out the isolated Indian troops in this area.

On the other hand, the 1st Panzer Division captured the city of Chandigarh, then turned south and broke into the Ganges Valley. Straight to the city of Banibud, the city of Banibold is the last barrier into the Gangetic Plain, more than 100 kilometers away from New Delhi, and it is also the last barrier to defend the capital of India, New Delhi. The Indian army has built very strong fortifications here, and there are two forts and two fortified positions built by the British colonists on the road leading to Meerut in the north, and the whole position constitutes a complete multi-level fortification area, and the defense is very strong, in addition to the Indian 112th Infantry Division, there are more than 40 British centurion main battle tanks of a reinforced battalion of the third heavy armored division of the Indian army. On the morning of the 22nd, the 1st Panzer Division Wheel Infantry Regiment went to the front of Banibold and quickly launched an attack, because the terrain was unfavorable to our army, and the Indian artillery fire was quite fierce, after the three attacks of the Wheel Infantry Regiment were ineffective. In this case, tank regiments were also thrown into battle.

At this time, Indian reinforcements also rushed up. The Indian authorities have sent 5,000 Gurkha United, the absolute trump card of the "genius warriors", to the Banibad region at a hiring price four times higher than usual, to stop the fully mechanized steel lion of China. The Gurkha Army was a colonial force created by the British in Nepal in the early 19th century. Because of its courage and hard work, good use of Gurkha scimitar in battle, proficient in hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons, it was highly appreciated by the British. In 1947, according to the tripartite Kathmandu agreement between Britain, India and Nepal, Britain and India divided the Gurkha forces. The Gurkha are a slow and emotionally apathetic race, and it is for this reason that they are outstanding soldiers, and these Gurkha mercenaries carry out orders resolutely. They are still able to deal with it calmly in the heat of battle, extremely calm, but they are warriors who fight and rush. There is an indomitable tenacity in the spleen surname. Whenever they feel the true joy of life, the Gurkha people feel sincerely happy. What is different is that when faced with setbacks or hardships, they do not have the vices of being full of guilt and nitpicking. It's just as if nothing happened, talking and laughing as usual. Most of these Gurkha soldiers are forced by life, have been soldiers for generations, and they have a good work ethic. The Gurkha people said unabashedly: "I went to India to serve as a soldier for money, and for no other purpose." In order to keep their jobs, they are generally obedient and blindly obedient, thinking that it is a matter of course to eat the king's fortune and share the king's worries, and to take people's money and wealth to eliminate disasters.

Zhou Xigui, commander of the 1st Armored Division, who had caught up from behind, observed the situation on the battlefield through the periscope of the armored command vehicle, and he saw that more than a dozen wheeled armored vehicles had been destroyed by the Indian army's 106-mm recoilless guns, rocket launchers, and the 100-man Captain main battle tank that carried out one or two short assaults from time to time. There were also two destroyer tanks with broken tracks, and he was really going crazy. It's been 4 days of fighting, and it's not as big as this morning. His face was blue and gloomy, like a thick cloud. He ordered the deputy chief of staff beside him: "Tell them not to rush again, and withdraw for me." Find all these regiment commanders and reorganize them, this battle is really embarrassing! ”

The commander of the lunbu regiment, who personally drove the armored command car to the meeting, had highly bloodshot eyes, and his eyeballs were about to pop out, and as soon as he got out of the car, he shouted: "Division Commander Zhou, why did you withdraw?" I'm going to kill these Indian Ahsan myself."

"What are you shouting, who approved it? You thought that when you were a company commander in North Korea, you would just lead a few people to charge ahead! How did you go to military school for three years. Zhou Xigui glared fiercely, and his favorite general said: "Our battle has been too smooth in the past two days. There is some underestimation of the enemy up and down. Including me, it's harmful! He looked at the commanders of the regiments and then said: "Listen, everyone, we are emphasizing rapid intersperse, rapid advance, and completely disrupting the deployment of the Indian army, but we can't do it because of this." Attacking such an important strategic fortress without even the most basic artillery preparations, isn't this a light enemy? ”

The deputy chief of staff said: "Division commander, we are advancing too fast, and now the artillery has a base of ammunition. It will take at least two hours for the ammunition truck in the back to get on board. ”

"A cardinal what. A base is kept, is there such a war? Besides, it's better to wait for two hours and let everyone rest first, it's better than causing such a big loss to be stunned. ”

Zhou Xigui quickly made new arrangements and formed three artillery groups, with the tank regiment and the armored infantry regiment waiting for the battle, and the wheel infantry regiment as the reserve wheel infantry regiment.

At 14:30 in the afternoon, with Zhou Xigui's order, two signal flares rose into the air. In an instant, the earth suddenly seemed to jump up, and the three artillery groups roared at the same time, and the air waves from the muzzle brakes rushed to the ground. 30 40-barreled 122-mm rocket launchers fired 6 salvos in one go, 152 cannons, 100 mortars, 155 howitzers and various artillery pieces fired at the same time. Anti-personnel steel ball air explosive bombs, grenades, incendiary bombs, armor-piercing shells, and thousands of shells with the anger of the Chinese violently poured on the positions of the Indian army; wherever the bomb group went, it exploded into a large area, the artillery fire was magnificent, the Indian army's position was completely shrouded in a sea of fire, many Indian soldiers were blown to the point that there were no bones, and they "disappeared" without a trace in an instant, and even the smoke of the explosion was red.

With the extended artillery fire of our army, the tank regiment and the infantry regiment rushed into the defensive position of the Indian army in depth of 5 kilometers, after the shelling just now, although more than half of the Indian army was killed and wounded, but the battle was extremely fierce, especially those Gurkha soldiers, don't look at these Gurkha soldiers with the surnames of mountain people, usually taciturn, dumb-headed, really provoked surnames, they can't be controlled. Once you start a temper, it will erupt like a volcano, desperate to fight you for your life. Fight, they rushed towards the destroyer tanks in droves, and were swept away by machine guns in pieces.

Many tanks of our tank regiment still desperately broke into the positions of the Indian army despite running out of shells and heavy machine gun bullets, drove tanks on a rampage, and crushed the Indian soldiers, especially these Gurkha SB soldiers who dared to play with their lives. In front of such a ferocious our army, the Indian defenders completely lost their fighting spirit, and those accomplices who watched being crushed by tanks into minced meat no longer dared to pretend to be bulls. Throw down the knife and gun in your hand and run faster than anyone else. After nearly four hours of fierce fighting, the Indian 112th Infantry Division and a reinforced battalion of the Indian Army's 3rd Heavy Armored Division, as well as the Gurkha Wing that came to reinforce them, captured the city of Banibed, and opened the door to the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

After the complete occupation of this important point in the Banibed area by our troops, the entire northern defense of the Indian army was destroyed. India was no longer in danger, and China's sharp sword was pressed against India's chest.

The First Armored Division of our army made some necessary supplements after the logistical support units of the Tibet Provincial Production and Construction Corps, which were advancing immediately after our army's attack troops were advancing. Turning to Meerut, the open plain of the Ganges appeared before the eyes of this armored force. The First Armored Division of our army galloped along the north bank of the Ganges River, the Jin Ge Iron Horse, galloping on the Ganges Plain, all the way to the wind and dust, all the way to kill, in the rain of swords and arrows, the momentum is like a broken bamboo, the sword is pointed, invincible.

At 17 o'clock on the evening of the 22nd, on the fourth day of the counterattack, our army occupied the Meerut area, across the river from Delhi.

With the ruts of our tanks, the Indian People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Indian [***] (Maoist) guerrillas immediately took over the local power. At the same time, it also assisted the Tibet Provincial Production and Construction Corps in providing effective logistical support for our combat units and safeguarding the safety of our transportation lines.

(To be continued)