The Chinese [***] team and the Western coalition forces gradually formed a confrontation on the line of the Tibetan South River and the Tista River.

China has built fortifications on the east bank to strengthen the defensive line, while although the Western coalition forces have "recovered" eastern India, China's retreat is not unguarded, and China has always been in contact with India's anti-colonial forces, and even during the occupation of eastern India, it provided a large number of obsolete old arms free of charge, so that India's anti-colonial forces quickly expanded to nearly one million troops. India's anti-colonial forces are not monolithic and fragmented, but the Chinese side has made a commitment to let them read in the event of victory, and to that end, the anti-colonial forces have repeatedly broken the long logistical supply lines of the Western coalition.

The Western coalition could only try to shorten the supply line as much as possible, that is, to send supplies to the Ganges only by land and send them to the front line by river, after all, the West could also send small warships and gunboats to escort the troops in the Ganges, and the anti-colonial army could not directly capture the transport ships on the river. However, the Chinese side did not let them get their wish, and the Chinese retreat almost wiped out all the ships in eastern India, and without ship supplies, they could not be quickly transported to the front line, especially the heavy weapons, without enough supplies and heavy weapons, the Western coalition forces could only stare dryly on the west bank of the defense line, but had to constantly withstand the Chinese artillery bombardment.

Of course, it was impossible for the Western coalition forces to let this situation continue, and the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Admiral Hagrid, soon discussed again, and demanded that a large number of small and medium-sized steamers that could be navigated in the Ganges be mobilized from Europe to India to ensure supplies, and at the same time, with the continuous arrival of troops from other small countries, organize troops to encircle and sweep the Indian anti-colonial army.

Since Li Bufan got rid of India's ships, he wanted to destroy the supplies of the Western coalition forces, how could he let them easily transfer ships? What's more, China's industrial capacity is weak, and it needs more time to produce materials for a decisive battle, and it is difficult to fight a war of annihilation without enough materials, because the Western coalition forces that came in a hurry are almost all white troops, and defeating them can directly make the entire Western world suffer a great loss.

Although this is different from the original strategic purpose of fighting a war of attrition with the West, the situation of the war is ever-changing, and naturally it cannot be set in stone.

After learning the news that the Western coalition forces were transferring ships from Europe, Li Bufan summoned Li Haijun.

In the Indian Ocean War, although the Chinese Navy won the victory and achieved the strategic goal, the losses plus the scrapped warships were as high as more than 20, most of the warships were overhauled, and after three months, the warships were basically repaired, and some of the warships salvaged in Da Nang were also repaired, plus in the past three months, China's shipbuilding industry completed three light cruisers and six destroyers, and China's naval strength has not only recovered, but even increased slightly.

The combined Anglo-French fleet was eliminated, and the morale of the Chinese Navy was unprecedentedly high.

Li Bufan looked at Li Haijun and saw that he was heroic, and felt that this high-level clone expert-level talent was really no different from ordinary people, and the most important thing was that he was much smarter than ordinary people. Shaking off this thought, he smiled: "How is the situation of the Navy now?" ”

Li Haijun said with a straight face: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the morale of our Chinese Navy is like a rainbow, and we are ready to fight." ”

Li Bufan nodded and said, "It's very good." Our immigration program will take at least another two months to complete, and I need the Navy to buy me at least two and a half months. Now that India is in turmoil, it is unrealistic for the Western coalition to rely entirely on land for supplies, and they need to rely on safer inland water transportation. Their ships have been taken away by us, but they have ships in Europe, you know what I mean? ”

Li Haijun said solemnly: "Yes, the navy understands. Our navy has been recuperated and is fully capable of intercepting the transport ships of the great powers in the Indian Ocean. After a pause, he said, "However, once the supply of the great powers is threatened, I think Britain and France will definitely ask the main force of the Atlantic Fleet of the US Navy to enter the Indian Ocean." In that case, it will be a bit troublesome, we now only have two battleships, both of which are Queen Elizabeth class, namely "Queen" and "Malaya", and only two armored heavy cruisers, if we fight head-on, we only have four "radio-guided rocket-boosted super torpedoes" now, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to completely gain the upper hand. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said noncommittally: "The Western coalition forces will definitely ask the main force of the US Navy to dispatch, there is no doubt about it, after all, the British and French fleets have been basically disabled by us." It's just that I think it's not us who should be afraid, but them. Our super-torpedoes have frightened the navies of the Western world, how do they know how many torpedoes we have? I believe that the Americans will definitely not take tens of millions of dollars of battleships to consume our torpedoes. ”

Li Haijun smiled and said, "The commander-in-chief is reasonable. In fact, even in the worst-case scenario, as long as we do not fight head-on, with our high-speed fleet to break through, there is no problem at all to delay for a few months. Martial arts in the world, only fast is not broken. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said, "It's very good." The longer it drags on, the better it will be for us. The development of the war exceeded my expectations, and the consumption of a large amount of automatic firepower in our army and the consumption of heavy weapons in order to achieve the effect of a thunderous blow also exceeded my expectations. We are delaying the decisive battle, not only to achieve the goal of immigration, but also to stock up on supplies and try to give them another head-on blow. ”

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, the Navy will do its best."

Li Bufan nodded and said, "Very good!" Go ahead and prepare, I'll let you know when it's time for you to go. ”

Preparing the Navy does not mean that it will be dispatched immediately, after all, it will take time for the Western coalition to mobilize inland transport ships from Europe, and it will also take time on the road.

It took more than a month for the convoys of the great powers to enter the Indian Ocean, and the main force of the Chinese navy was also dispatched to the Indian Ocean, so that the supply fleets of the great powers did not dare to enter the Bay of Bengal, partly in the Gulf of Aden and partly in Mumbai.

And the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet really entered the Indian Ocean, but China's super torpedoes almost frightened the US Atlantic Fleet and refused to enter the Bay of Bengal no matter what, which also made the Western coalition forces helpless.

As a last resort, the Great Powers had no choice but to produce the proposed traditional sailing boats at some dock ship repair yards in the Ganges River valley, and at the same time intensified the encirclement and suppression of anti-colonial forces, and invested more cars to ensure land transportation. However, this delayed the time for their counteroffensive again and again.

Of course, this is nothing in the eyes of the great powers, except for the Chinese air force, they are fully confident that they can crush the Chinese side in all aspects, and it is best in their opinion, after all, the Chinese side has gathered more than 2 million troops on the South Asian continent earlier, which is not so easy to deal with.

Li Bufan wants this time, China's navy is temporarily limited, and its shipbuilding capacity is not strong, so it is naturally best not to fight hard. With the continuous repair of the Da Nang army, the strength of the Chinese navy has been greatly improved, and after the war, the training of the navy has gradually matured.

As a result, an extremely strange situation was formed on the front line, with a total of four or five million troops on both sides facing each other, but except for some sporadic shelling, there was no large-scale battle at all, and the two sides were desperately repairing fortifications across the river. The famine in India gradually formed, and the Indian anti-colonial forces were joined by a large number of victims, and their strength expanded dramatically, and the Indian anti-colonial forces obtained the secret book of the Chinese "Guerrilla Warfare", which was a complete version dug out from the hands of Wu Di, a traverser, and there was no need to explore while fighting with the [***] team. As a result, the main forces of the coalition forces were attracted by the Chinese side on the front line, while the Indian mainland was in full swing.

Although the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet is in this area, the speed of the US [***] ships cannot catch up, and the Chinese Navy hits and runs, and countless material transport ships are buried at the bottom of the sea.

By the end of March 1925, China's immigration to the indigenous people had all been in place, and Li Bufan once again gave the order to retreat.

The Chinese Army once again retreated without a fight, leaving the Western coalition forces furious, and they could not think of any reason for the Chinese Army to retreat. In fact, they have been preparing for so long, sparing no expense in the iron-blooded massacre to clear an absolutely safe road passage dozens of kilometers wide, using more than 100,000 cars, and finally gradually preparing the materials for the decisive battle. But at this juncture, China actually retreated, and the heavy punch they had prepared almost hit the air.

Admiral Hagrid, Marshall and Xia Fei were all depressed, and even Seishiro Itagaki couldn't figure it out for a while, after all, in their opinion, for such a long time, if China wants to prepare, it is definitely much more fully prepared than the Western coalition forces.

Marshall said suspiciously: "Could it be that the Chinese are afraid?" ”

Seishiro Itagaki shook his head and said, "It's absolutely impossible. There is only one explanation, the Chinese want to further lengthen our supply lines. ”

Xia Fei nodded and said, "It's very likely." The Chinese Navy has basically repaired all the warships that Da Nang can repair, and now the Chinese Navy is the second largest in the world, and they still have damn super torpedoes. With the strength of the Chinese navy, they have maritime superiority in the Bay of Bengal, and if they cannot obtain sea supremacy in the Bay of Bengal, our supply will have to span thousands of kilometers across the whole of India, and this is our Achilles' heel. ”

Michelle said bitterly: "In the current situation in India, to ensure the absolute safety of thousands of kilometers of supply, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands, or even more troops, are needed. ”

Hagrid gritted his teeth secretly and said, "Then in order to ensure the victory of the upcoming Armageddon, we only need to prepare enough supplies. ”

Michelle and the others nodded one after another, and Xia Fei looked at the map and said, "However, the Chinese [***] team retreated along Assam and Bengal respectively, what should we do?" Divide your forces to pursue or concentrate your forces to attack all the way? ”

Itagaki Seishiro looked at the map for a while, then turned to the sand table, and sighed: "I'm afraid, we have to divide our troops." ”

(To be continued.) )