Liaori point drops. The Sword Army invaded Yernia with lightning speed, and the Indian Army's 1st Infantry Division in the Yanshan Majesty launched a street battle, and the eyes of the whole world turned to this small city in the lower reaches of the Ganges River, which not many people knew about before this.

Although the fighting in Brnia was still ongoing, the end of the Indian First Army was near.

The Knife Army's 1st Armoured Assault Brigade had captured Raigenje and sent its main force to advance south. Attack the English Bazar. As long as the English Bazar falls into the hands of the Republican ** team, not only will the Indian First Army, which was surrounded by the Sword Army and the Concave Army in the north, be completely finished, but the Second Army's First Armored Division, the First Infantry Division and the Third Infantry Division of the Second Army left in Getihar south of Brnia will also be doomed.

Only a few hours after the battle began, the Republic Army surrounded the Indian Army Diren, which could not be said to be unpleasant.

As always, some trivial troubles will always be distracted by Pei Chengyi at the right time.

In order to promote the combat effectiveness of the republican ** team. The Ministry of National Defense sent three press corps to the front line and asked the front-line command to send the press corps to the front line as soon as possible. Of course, Pei Chengyi will not send reporters to the Airborne Thugs Brigade, not because the war correspondents are not bold enough, but because Pei Chengyi does not want non-military personnel to take risks. As a result, the journalists who were clamoring to go to the front could only be sent to Brnia.

It was for this reason that the republican television station carried out live coverage of the fighting in Brnia.

I have to admit that those war correspondents who have served in the service have a high level of professionalism and are not afraid of death.

In order to let the audience get too tired of the war addiction, a war reporting team composed of three reporters arrived in Brnia and followed the sharp knife unit of the knife army, carrying a camera to shuttle through the streets and alleys of Brnia, showing the cruelty of war in the most direct way to the world.

The brutality of war is not only reflected in bloody battles.

During the assault on the city of Burnia, the Armored Assault Brigade of the Army, which was tasked with the main attack, dispatched a large number of main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. A lot of high-tech equipment is also used for urban street fighting, such as all-terrain combat robots equipped with automatic weapons, miniature reconnaissance planes that can fly into houses through windows, individual radars that can penetrate walls to detect what's going on behind walls, and thermobaric rockets that can destroy entire buildings in one fell swoop. If street fighting was a headache for even the most combat-ready troops, it has become advantageous for the attacking side, especially if the defending side has not been able to take full advantage of the complex environment of the city, with the support of various technologies. The attacking side has a big advantage.

The character of the army commander determines the character of the army.

The officers and men of the Sword Army did not fight with the Indian army, except for shouting to the Indian army hiding in the building house before the attack every time, they did not give the Indian army who resisted too many opportunities. In many cases, in order to avoid combat casualties, the attacking troops of the Knife Army will destroy the buildings held by the Indian army in the most direct way after the surrender is ineffective. Wait until the assist troops come up, and then send the engineers to clear the rubble. Search for the remnants of the Indian army.

It is understandable that soldiers die in battle, but the biggest victims are not soldiers, but civilians.

Faced with the inhabitants of Brnia, the Knife Army took a different approach. Before the attack, the Knife Army will dispatch drones with loudspeakers. Civilians in the area were shouted to go to junctions controlled by the 77th Army, and civilians were then transported by vehicle to makeshift camps. Although some civilians took up arms to participate in the resistance, the vast majority of civilians did not heed the call of the Indian army.

Prioritizing the resettlement of civilians is something that has to be done.

If there is no field report from a war correspondent. Ling Yunxiao wouldn't think about that much. The problem is that with the whole world watching the 77th Army attack Bulnia, no matter how cruel and cold-blooded Ling Yunxiao is, he will not dare to risk the international image of the Republic and the future of his officers and soldiers with the sword.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to reporting on the ground.

On the morning of the same day, some Western news media, on the basis of the live battlefield broadcast on Republic TV, pointed out that only the 7th Knife Armored Assault Brigade participated in the battle against Brnia, and there was no 1st Armored Assault Brigade. From this, it was concluded that the purpose of the Knife Army's onslaught on Brnia was to force the Indian First Army in the north to move south, cooperate with the concave army attacking frontally, and strive to become the First Army of the Indian Army to annihilate in Brnia. Some Western military commentators also believe that the onslaught of the Knife Army on Brnia will put a lot of pressure on the Indian Second Army remaining in Getihar. Even if the Indian Second Army would not go north to rescue the First Army, it would send troops to attack the Sword Army in order to gain more time for defensive preparations. If the Indian Second Army counterattacks Brnia, the 7th Armored Assault Brigade, which is advancing towards the English Bazar, is very likely to turn around and take advantage of the empty rear defense line of the Indian Army to capture Getihar in one fell swoop, encircle 2 of the 3 divisions of the 2nd Army of the Indian Army, and become the main division, expanding the results of the first battle of annihilation.

If it really comes to this point, the Indian army's northeastern defense line will completely collapse.

Regardless of whether the analysis of Western military commentators is reasonable or not, Pei Chengyi is indeed considering whether to expand the scope of the encirclement and eat the Second Army in one go.

The key question is not whether to turn in time, but the impact of expanding the range of enemy annihilation on the entire campaign.

The most important thing to consider is the troops' sustained combat capability and the logistical support of the day before the battle

It can be said that these two issues are completely contradictory.

If only the sword army and the concave army are used, although the consumption of war materials can be effectively controlled. But the duration of the operation was necessarily prolonged. Right? The sustained combat of the main force can be resounded by the Yao Gong Alliance. In the end, it will affect the entire campaign plan. If other combat units that have already arrived in Gischengenja are sent. For example, the 24th Army, which has strong combat effectiveness, although it can effectively shorten the campaign time and ensure the continuous combat capability of the main army, will accelerate the consumption of materials, and will eventually still have a negative impact on the entire campaign planner.

When considering these two issues, Pei Chengyi also has to consider the actions of the Indian army.

The strength of the Second Army was not strong, and its main task was not frontal defense, but to hold the junction of the First Army and the Third Army. Although the First Army was still fighting. But the total annihilation of the army was a foregone conclusion. If saving the First Army did not make much sense, the task of the Second Army would not be established. That is, the Second Army no longer had to hold on to its original positions. In this case. Army Group Eastern of the Indian Army will certainly adjust the combat operations of the Second Army. According to Pei Chengyi's guess, it is very likely that the Indian army will let the Second Army build a defensive line north of the Third Army to buy more time for the Third Army to adjust. If the Indian army still has a glimmer of hope for the eastern battlefield, it will let the Second Army hold on to the spot, and let the Third Army concentrate on annihilating the air assault brigades of Baharampur and Padbara. Looking a little further, the longer the Second Army holds out, the more confident the Indian Army will be to annihilate Varanasi's strong brigade of airborne fighters, thus revitalizing the entire battle situation.

After concluding that the Second Army would not go north to attack Bulnia, Pei Chengyi did not make adjustments to the battle plan of the soldiers.

The old point was divided, and the leading army and the outgoing army reached Brnia along the offensive route of the sword army.

While the fighting in Brnia continues. However, the introduction and departure of troops did not stop advancing. It was only in Brnia that they parted ways, leading their troops around Brnia and heading south to Gettihar. The army followed the railway line and advanced to Dalpenga to the west.

It can be said that it was only at this time that the large-depth offensive began to take shape.

Pei Chengyi did not intend to let the leading army storm Getihar, but only asked to create pressure on the Second Army, and make it look like entangled the Second Army and prepared for the next stage of annihilation of the Second Army. As long as the Second Army can think that it cannot hold Getihar, it can force the Indian army to take the wrong action, either by transferring the surrounding troops to defend Getihar, or by allowing the three divisions deployed in Getihar to retreat on their own initiative. Either way, it will be beneficial for later combat operations.

In other words, if the Indian army held on to Getihar, Pei Chengyi would use the strength of the thug army to contain 8 Indian divisions and gain the opportunity to break through the defense line of the Second Army in other directions; If the Indian army abandons Getihar. It is equivalent to giving up a foothold on the north bank of the Ganges River, providing an opportunity for Pei Chengyi to annihilate the remaining Indian troops on the north bank of the Ganges River. Look at it from another angle. Even if the Indian army does not make the wrong decision, that is, use the original 3 divisions to hold on to Getihar. Under the pressure of the army, the Indian army could not reinforce other troops on the north bank of the Ganges, Pei Chengyi could first capture the north bank of the Ganges, advance the front to Varanasi, and then find a breakthrough west of Getihar, liberate the old airborne brigade trapped in Varanasi, and even rush to Ranchi to liberate the airborne brigade to carry out a strategic encirclement of the eastern Indian army group.

In fact, there is only one way out for the Indian army. That is, to kill the leading army that reached Getihar, forcing Pei Chengyi to have to put in another thug army in the direction of Getihar, and his combat operation to sweep the north bank of the Ganges River could not be completed on time, and the operation of comprehensively encircling the Indian army's eastern army group could not be completed in time, thus forcing Pei Chengyi to concentrate his forces to attack Getihar and give up the most prudent offensive tactics.

The question is, does the Indian army have the strength to annihilate the leading army?

The answer is definitely no.

Although the reputation of the leading army is far inferior to that of the sword army, as a strategic response force of the republic, the leading army has strong enough combat effectiveness. What's even worse is that the Indian Second Army is stationed in Getihar, and even if it bears the name of the Group Army, its overall strength is far inferior to that of the First Army and the Third Army. 3 Indian divisions, even if 2 of them are the main divisions, not to mention the annihilation of 2 fighters and combat brigades is a problem.

If Pei Chengyi did not have absolute confidence in leading the army, he would not let the concave army go directly to Dalpenga.

It can be said that the battle was fought to this point. The Indian army is facing an unsolvable war situation.

It's not that the commanders of the Indian army are not smart, but that the combat effectiveness of the Indian army is too weak. If the combat effectiveness of the Indian army is slightly stronger, even if it holds in the direction of Gissengenj for a while longer, the assault action of the Knife Army will be affected, and the leading army will not be able to reach the outside of Getihar City smoothly, and the Indian army will have enough time to adjust its deployment, and even have enough ability to annihilate the air assault troops nailed to Baharampur and Padbara, so that the Third Army can rest assured and boldly go north to support the First Army and the Second Army, so as to gain absolute superiority in strength in the battle on the north bank of the Ganges.

There are no ifs and no ifs in war.

While Pei Chengyi was waiting for the good news on the front line, the commander of the Indian Army, Gujarad, was thinking about what method to use to save more Indian combat units.

The First Army is definitely finished, and the Second Army will not be able to escape.

There is only one hope, and that is to get the Third Army out as soon as possible.

Judging by Gujarat's considerations, he has abandoned the eastern battlefield and is even ready to abandon the eastern metropolis, including Calcutta. From an objective point of view, there is nothing wrong with Gujarade's ideas. Let the third commander of the Tiangan small division in the eastern region to defend the thugs, the result will only be the loss of Chouwan soldiers, and before the soldiers are in place, the Biwan soldiers are more important than any big city, or even the entire eastern region. In other words, if the Third Army is lost, the Indian Army's Eastern Army Group will have no troops to send, and it will not only be able to hold Calcutta, but also the more important places such as Ranchi and Patna. Looking further, even if the first phase of war mobilization can be successfully completed and the old O new divisions can be obtained, in the absence of the main combat force, it will be difficult for the Indian army to establish a new strategic defensive line west of Varanasi and south of Ranchi, and it will not be able to prevent the squadron from advancing into the interior of India.

From Gujaram's point of view, the first thing to consider is the strategic line of defense.

As long as time is gained, the war mobilization is completed, and more combat units are formed, the lost eastern region will be able to fight back sooner or later. If you lose all the main combat forces for the sake of the eastern region and lose the strength to block the advance of the squadron, it will not only be the eastern region that will fall in the end.

After deciding to free the Third Army, Gujarad began to adjust his deployment.

In addition to having the main forces of the Third Army assemble in Calcutta, leaving the second line of troops to entangle the air assault forces of Baharampur and Padbara, the first thing Gujarad had to do was to go to the troops near Ranchi and give the order to die. Eliminate the Airborne Prisoner Brigade at all costs and provide ground access to Varanasi for the Third Army.

Gujarad's eagerness to save the Third Army was completely understandable.

The problem is that the movement of the Indian army is entirely in the hands of the republic's reconnaissance forces.

After the main forces of the Third Army were now assembled in Calcutta, Pei Chengyi realized. The Indian army made the decision of breaking the arm of a strong man, intending to sacrifice the First Army and the Second Army to keep the Third Army, which was the most complete and sharp. Lay the groundwork for the formation of the next strategic line of defense.

Before receiving the exact information, Pei Chengyi concluded that the Indian army would concentrate its forces to encircle and annihilate the airborne brigade that was still fighting with the defenders of Ranchi.

At this time, Pei Chengyi's significance of leaving the airborne thug brigade behind was revealed.

After asking Yuan Chenhao to immediately adjust his air power and provide more support for the airborne Fujian Brigade, Pei Chengyi personally issued an order for combat readiness to the Airborne Stuffy Brigade.

In any case, Ranchi must be laid down, and nailed to Ranchi!

It's just that Pei Chengyi didn't rush to make a move.

The Airborne Brigade is the only unit that can support the strong brigade of airborne fighters, and it is also the only unit that can support the old brigade of the airborne. The Indian army stormed Ranchi and only opened the first joint, and in order to save the Third Army, the Indian army had to open the second joint. That is, the annihilation of the airborne in Varanasi! It's a brigade. Although the importance of Ranchi is above Varanasi, the combat effectiveness of the Airborne Brigade is also the wrong arrangement for the Airborne Brigade to be sent to Ranchi.

Pei Chengyi did not need to worry about whether he could be reinforced in time, and the airborne combat brigade could arrive within hours.

The airborne thugs were killed by the Indian army within the air.

Of course, Mu Chengyi did not arrange combat operations based on speculation.

After contacting Li Dongshi and inquiring about the combat situation, Pei Chengyi not only asked the airborne nephew brigade to defend Ranchi, but also promised to provide maximum air support for the airborne thug trade brigade and provide combat materials for the airborne occupation of the 3rd brigade in a timely manner. Of course, Pei Chengyi did not forget to tell Li Dongshi that if the airborne brigade could not hold Ranchi, it would have to report in advance, so that the front-line command could arrange reinforcements in time.

When talking to the commander-in-chief of the front, Li Dongshi must have promised that he could hold Ranchi.

Actually, Li Dongshi is not very sure.

The battle lasted from early morning to noon, and although the first thug Zhao Battalion led by Zhang Zhituo had broken through the last line of defense of the Indian army, entered the city of Ranchi, and was advancing steadily, Li Dongshi had to consider not only the remnants of the Indian army running in the city of Ranchi, but also the reinforcements of the Indian army that were pouring in from all directions.

"Fighting bayonets" with the Indian army is certainly unrealistic.

Counting logistics support personnel and engineering personnel. In total, there were many officers and men in the strong brigade of airborne fighters. Fighting by force has never been a tradition of the Airborne Forces.

After putting down the phone, the first thing Li Dongshi did was to go to the line of communication on the rear line of defense to send scouts.

Why fight with the Indian army, since the commander-in-chief of the front promised to provide maximum air support. And not to use bombs dropped by bombers to take out the enemy?

Guided bombing requires only a handful of scouts. It will not have much impact on the combat operations against Ranchi.

More importantly, the scouts only need to stay a few kilometers away to guide the bombers to the target, and they do not need to fight face-to-face with the Indian army at all, so naturally there will not be many casualties.

Of course, the key is to take out the remnants of the Indian army in Ranchi as soon as possible.

As long as the Indian army is determined to fight hard with the airborne brigade, Li Dongshi must let the airborne defense brigade gain a firm foothold in Ranchi as soon as possible and make good preparations for a positional defensive battle, and he must occupy Ranchi as soon as possible and eliminate hidden dangers.

After arranging a reconnaissance mission, Li Dongshi went to the front line with a platoon of guards.