Three o'clock in the morning.

"Ming fleet!"

The Battle of Kolkata began with the terrified screams of a sailor on a patrolling river-class frigate off the coast of Calcutta.

Of course, the contribution of this small frigate in this campaign was limited to that, because immediately after sending a telegram to the Calcutta Defense Command, it was sent to the bottom of the sea by the Kalinin with a 180-mm shell.

This is the current capital ship of the Tianzhu Navy, as a result of the division of the Tianzhu Royal Navy, Tianzhu got a part of the small warships, several Jianghe-class and some small gunboats, torpedo boats and the like.

In the Calcutta defensive circle, the sirens sounded wildly on the positions everywhere, and the Tianzhu soldiers who were still asleep, under the reprimand and whipping of the officers, took up their weapons in a panic and entered their posts, waiting for the arrival of the enemy one by one with terror, and the result of the large-scale expansion was that the quality of the soldiers plummeted, if the previous Anglo-Indian army still had a certain combat effectiveness, then these people were just some peasants who took up arms.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of people in Tianzhu.

After the sirens sounded, even the airfield was put into a state of readiness, and a large number of ground crews began to refuel and reload those fighters and bombers in the lights to prepare for the battle after dawn.

Even the pilots all got up and began to make all kinds of pre-war preparations.

It is clear that after dawn they will have a brutal battle.

But they have more planes, they also have radars, they also have more experienced pilots, albeit Soviet pilots, who have the confidence to wash away their shame and defend themselves with victories ...

"Huh? What is that? ”

A pilot who was next to his Yak-9 fighter and the mechanic was doing the final touches, staring in amazement at the dark night sky to the east.

There was a little flickering fire.

Countless fires flickered.

"Shelling, hide!"

This veteran pilot who fought in World War II. Without hesitation, a heart-rending scream was released, and at the same time, the whistling sound of falling shells sounded densely over the airport.

A kilometer away, in a large paddy field with a glimmer of light on the horizon at dawn. Four hundred infantry fighting vehicles, at the same time holding high the muzzles of seven or three mm low-bore guns, in the spray of fire, with tail stabilized shells, dragged the trail of flames, whistling across the sky.

began, and after a night of galloping, Li Jun's mechanized corps finally arrived.

And by this time, the Kolkata airport was already in flames.

Four hundred seven-three-mm rocket-booster grenades. In an instant, it exploded in this small area, and in the rising firelight, countless fighters on standby turned into fragments, and among the shrapnel and steel balls scattered in all directions, the dazed pilots and ground crews fell in pieces, the explosion ignited the fuel that was joining the fighters, and the raging flames devoured everything around, and the flames detonated the bombs that were being hung for the bombers. Horrific explosions shook the land.

And that's just the beginning.

"Forward!"

Under the reflection of the muzzle flames, Li Jun stood on the command car. Shout and point ahead.

Four hundred infantry fighting vehicles rumbled in, stopping briefly and then spewing flames, and the soldiers standing on the turrets, with the large-caliber machine guns in front of them, pulled out gorgeous tracer lights in the dark night, converging at the distant airfield and disappearing into the flames of the explosion. The torrent of steel advanced like the ancient heavy cavalry, running over the field with an unstoppable domineering spirit at a speed of more than fifty kilometers per hour.

And at this time, on the opposite side of them, there is not even the simplest counterattack.

Because it was so sudden. No one could react, not even the anti-aircraft artillery at the airport, the vast majority of which at this time had not yet entered the position.

In less than two minutes, four hundred chariots crushed the barbed wire fence around the airfield under their tracks, and then, like wolves rushing into a sheepfold, began to destroy everything in their path with impunity.

"All planes, not a single one is allowed to stay, all of them are destroyed!"

Li Jun yelled into the walkie-talkie.

This is his task, as for the infantry of the Tianzhu people, it has nothing to do with him, as long as the airfield is destroyed, before the Tianzhu people remobilize planes from all over the country to rush in for reinforcements, the coalition bombers and fighters that have taken off at this time will completely burn the defense line of the Tianzhu people to ashes.

More than 600 fighters and bombers, all heavy bombers capable of carrying six tons of bombs, would be ridiculous if they could not blow up the defense lines of two divisions.

"All blown up?"

An officer on the radio said in amazement.

"Yes, it's all fried, don't blow it up, keep it for us!"

Li Jun said angrily.

"Loser! What a good plane. ”

On an infantry fighting vehicle not far from him, an officer looked sadly at an Il-4 not far away, then pressed the fire button, and as the muzzle flame erupted, a rocket-propelled grenade instantly turned the bomber into a burning flame.

At the same time, the four hundred chariots that rushed into the airport were also looking for the target they thought fit, and then quickly destroyed, and even the infantry behind them stood behind the bulletproof plates, using automatic rifles to strafe around, and those who were carrying RPG7 archers joined the ranks of destruction, and the four hundred chariots were like four hundred beasts, destroying everything they saw with impunity.

The airport is completely finished.

And at this moment, in the city of Calcutta, the commander of the garrison, Major General Manekshaw, stared blankly at the airport that instantly turned into a sea of fire, and the whole person was stupid, he didn't even understand what was going on there.

But soon, the second bad news brought him to his senses.

"Commander, the enemy landing ship has seized the beach."

An officer reported with a white face.

Yes, the landing operation officially began.

After using sonar to determine that there were no mines, 30 Ming landing ships drove directly into a nearby river, this area is full of such rivers, not hundreds but dozens, and many are connected to each other, although the water is not very deep, but for the landing ships this is not worth mentioning, soon 30 landing ships completed the beach grabbing outside the range of Tianzhu people's artillery fire, and then a team of infantry walked out of it, and Xie Mantou drove into the rice fields on the shore.

Two brigades of infantry, plus a battalion of tanks. In this way, they easily stepped on the land of Tianzhu, and the next thing they needed to do was to attack.

"Order all armed men in the city, be it militia, police, or the personal armies of the elders, to prepare for battle. Immediately build barricades, prepare Molotov cocktails, distribute all the weapons in stockpiles to the men, inform Brigadier Hogg to defend the line of defense, no one is allowed to take a step back, even if he dies, he must die in the trenches! ”

Born in Zoroastrianism, he was educated by the elite of the Britons, and he was the only marshal of Tianzhu in the original history. Manekshaw, who had fought bloody battles in Honsavady, was no piece of waste like Kaul, and he made his decision almost instantly.

"Commander, he, are they going to attack the city?"

The officer said incredulously.

"What do you say?"

Manekshaw said as he glared at the airport, where dazzling fires were rising.

He guessed right.

Of course, Li Jun will not stop, his advantage is speed, the enemy also has an armored brigade on the southern front, once he reacts, his infantry fighting vehicle can not beat the T34 tank. After taking less than twenty minutes, the Kolkata airport was completely destroyed. This torrent of steel then swept into the city.

At this time, Calcutta was already in chaos, and the Tianzhu people who were awakened, looking at the war that was close at hand, of course they would not remain calm, and Manekshaw's countermeasures were fine. The battle at the airfield was terrifying, but it was still at sea that was truly deadly, and as long as the defensive line was impregnable, the intrusive coalition force would not be a problem, as long as it could hold out until the reinforcements arrived by train.

The problem is the one who achieves his goal. In such a city where two racial killings almost broke out in two years, it would be impossible to think about it in such a situation.

As soon as the news of the arrival of the coalition forces at the airport spread, the Muslims in the city immediately moved to welcome their Pakistani brothers, and countless Muslims rushed out of their ghettos, took all the weapons they could find, and began to loot and slash the streets.

And in the midst of this chaos, Li Jun's chariot rushed into the city from the streets and alleys like fiery red lava flowing wantonly after a volcanic eruption.

The Belt and Road Party appeared.

"Thank you very much, esteemed imam, I was going there."

Li Jun smiled and said to a Muslim elder in front of the car, and the Pakistani guide next to him hurriedly translated.

This elder and his brothers were going to bring the Ming brothers who had come to liberate them to attack the headquarters of the Tianzhu people, and in other streets and alleys, the same scene was also being played out in large numbers.

The Muslim uprising made Li Jun change his plan to just rush in the city, and then quickly retreat to the swampy area, avoiding the attack of the Tianzhu armored forces, and raiding the Tianzhu army's defense line from the flank. After getting in touch with the general command of the campaign through a special special radio station, or a satellite phone, he decided to rely on these free cannon fodder to turn Calcutta upside down first, anyway, Yang Yuan had already explained in private that he had come to sabotage, and the destruction after the war was not good-looking, but it could not be controlled so much in the battle.

"Tell this esteemed imam that our men are in charge of storming, and the Muslim brothers are in charge of sweeping the tail, and we will liberate the city together."

He looked at the Muslims looting the surrounding shops in front of him, smiled and said to the guide, and when he understood what he meant, the elder saluted happily.

Well, the next carnival begins.

When Manekshaw learned that the Muslims in the city had rebelled and were looting the Tianzhu Cultists under the cover of the Ming army's chariots, and that their numbers were snowballing, he could only say sadly: "These damn bastards." ”

There was nothing he could do, because the battle on the southern front had begun, and two brigades of the Ming army, under the cover of tank and naval artillery fire, were attacking the defense line of the Tianzhu army, of course, this was not the most terrible, because that line of defense was prepared for this situation, and the real terrible thing was ...

It's dawn.

Countless fighters and bombers, like clouds that obscure the sky, flew towards Calcutta from the east against the backdrop of the morning glow.

And in this city, there is no plane that can take to the skies to meet it. (To be continued......)