The Battle of Jamshedpur-Dhanbad, which broke out on August 9, 1939, was in a state of white-hot from the beginning, in the lands of West Bengal, Garkhand, and Odisha in eastern India. More than one million officers and men on both sides fought in a mixed group, and a major battle was no less tragic than the just-concluded Western European campaign. In this counterattack, the officers and men of the Indian reactionary army suddenly burst out with an unimaginable will to fight. The onslaught on all fronts continued, and the GC International South Asian Army actually fell into a situation of being passively beaten.

In Bhubaneswar's General Headquarters of the GC International South Runners' Army, the atmosphere was also a little gloomy. The high-spirited internationalist fighters of the past are all busy in and out with a straight face. Passing on various information and orders, or discussing where to launch a counterattack around the map to regain the initiative on the battlefield. On the map, the blue arrows of the Indian army have broken through the Danbad area in the northern section of the Jamshedpur-Danbad defensive line, and the defense system of the 4th Army of the GC International South Asian Army commanded by Chen G and Xu Syou has been overwhelmed by the Indian army's armored forces, and it has not been able to hold out for 24 hours. It seems that these internationalist fighters also did not find effective tactics against the assault of armored forces!

The battle line in Odisha is relatively stable, the two sides are engaged in a huge tug-of-war along a front hundreds of kilometers long, in just one day, the GC international army has repelled dozens of offensive attacks of the other side, large and small, the total number of enemies destroyed in the summary of the battle sent by the various departments has reached more than 20,000, and its own losses are less than 3,000, of which the Chinese internationalist fighters only sacrificed and seriously injured less than 1,500 people.

And around Kolkata, the sound of gunfire has gradually calmed down, and the GC International South Asian Army has achieved the goal of "luring the enemy", and there is no need to rush to eat this somewhat prickly bait. Of course. The remnants of the defeated army in the city of Calcutta were also unable to counterattack.

But the breach in the direction of Danbad made the top brass of the GC International South runners-up feel a little restless, yes. It's just fidgeting! Although the map also has the emblems of the 10th, 11th, and 12th Divisions of the GC International Army on it. But everyone in this command knows it. Wu Huawen's 11th Division has already existed in name only! More than 13,000 people in the division were destroyed by the Indian army's armored clusters, a large number of Indian indigenous soldiers surrendered or fled, and only about 2,000 Chinese internationalist fighters were still relying on a few ring fortifications to resist, but they were all surrounded by Indian infantry! The 10th and 12th divisions also suffered heavy losses. Now one retreated to Cerya and the other to Gulti. A hastily formed thin front was maintained along the Lubnarayan River, covering the flanks of the 3rd Army of the GC International South Runners...... Fortunately, the attack power of the Indian armored forces is far inferior to that of the Chinese Defense Forces or the armored troops of the German ** team, otherwise it would be a question whether the 4th Army of the GC International will be at this time! But everybody knows. Indian armored forces will certainly soon be ready for a second assault. At that time, the 4th Army will definitely not be able to resist, and the entire GC International South Asian Army's northward advance corps will be in crisis. In this case, the only option is to put in the GC International Armored Division as the general reserve, and the duel of armored forces will decide the future fate of the South Asian subcontinent!

But the problem is that there is not a single tank in the true sense of the word of the GC of the International Armored Division. Can 130 wheeled armored vehicles defeat more than 200 tanks of the Indian Asan? Among them, there are more than 60 20-ton vehicles. Tank II with 40mm frontal armor arranged at an angled angle and a 40mm cannon of 75x caliber......

In fact, this problem has also been bothering Xu Gda, the commander of the GC International Armored Division, and part of the armored force of the Central G is inherited from the armored car brigade of the Northeast Army. Some were trained by military advisers from the Soviet Red Army. To be sure, the combat skills of these armored troops are in no way inferior to those of the Chinese National Defense Forces, but the armor protection of the main weapons and equipment they use, the 28-year-old wheeled armored vehicles of the Republic of China, is really a little weak. If there is a face-to-face tough battle with the Indian armored unit with the No. 2 tank, I am afraid that it will not be much of a success...... According to the plan of the General Front Committee of the Northern Advance Corps, the infantry divisions deployed on the Jamshedpur-Dhambad defense line should first deal a heavy blow to the Indian armored forces, and then the GC International Armored Division should attack and give them a fatal blow!

After receiving the order to attack, Xu Gda immediately summoned Nie Heting, political commissar of the division, Zeng Kelin, chief of staff of the division, and others on his armored command vehicle to hold an emergency meeting around a military map of West Bengal spread out. Xu Gda stretched out his finger and pointed to Gurti on the map and said:

"The city of Gurti is surrounded by water on three sides, so it is dangerous to defend, and the defensive line between Gurti and Cheria is supported by the Rubnarayan River, and it is not a convenient place for the armoured troops to operate. If I were Slim, I would not have taken a frontal attack, but would have taken advantage of the high mobility of the armored and motorized units and adopted a wide detour tactic, simply detouring north of Gulti to the east of Gulti to find a suitable place to cross the river, and then attacking us from behind...... So instead of waiting for the Indians to break through behind the Gulti-Cheria line, we should march east along the Rubnarayan River, cross the river east of Gurti, and then look for Indian armoured forces for a decisive battle! ”

Chief of Staff Zeng Kelin also made a suggestion at this time: "According to the report of the 4th Army, the Indian armored forces that broke through their defense line only have about 60 No. 2 tanks, and the remaining more than 100 tanks are mostly Vickers light tanks and No. 1 light tanks, of which Vickers tanks only have two machine guns, which are not at all the opponents of our Min-28 armored vehicles, and the 20mm machine guns of No. 1 tanks are not a big threat to us, so we just need to find a way to eliminate those 60 No. 2 tanks. The current unfavorable situation can be reversed. ”

Destroy 60 tanks No. 2? Xu Gda frowned slightly, it is not easy to use the Min 28 armored car to achieve this purpose, even if he can complete the task, he will have to pay a heavy price!

"Division commander, I think we can take the method of ambushing and luring the enemy to deal with the tanks of the Indians." Political Commissar Nie Heting is also a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, and at this time he proposed a solution to Xu Gda. "After we cross the Rubnarayan River, we can deploy our light armoured vehicles with great fanfare, let them attract Indian armoured forces to the decisive battle, and when the two armies face each other, we can lure the enemy with light armoured vehicles. Put them in front and let the Min 28 hide in the rear. Use their 50mm cannons to destroy the Indian Army Tank No. 2 ......"

Xu Gda nodded silently‖ this tactic. Lure the enemy with light armored vehicles and create a chance for heavy armored vehicles to annihilate enemy medium tanks! Of course, this method has a certain degree of feasibility, and it is also the only way at present...... It's just that what will happen to those light armored vehicles that take on the task of luring the enemy?

The "turning point" of the battle of Jamshedpur-Dhanbad, in which tanks versus armoured vehicles were fought ♀ at around 11 p.m. on 11 August, on the plains of the Dubrajpur area, a plain sandwiched between two rivers. However, it is not a wasteland, but a large area of paddy fields...... This caused great inconvenience to the GC International Armored Division. Because the wheels of their wheeled armored vehicles are in such terrain with dense paddy fields. Far less useful than the tracks of a tank.

However, this inconvenience will not shake the determination of the GC International Armored Division. They spread out a narrow frontage about 4,000 meters wide on this paddy plain, led by more than 150 light wheeled armored vehicles with almost no defense. Well, these internationalist fighters who drive armored vehicles are so heroic!

And behind the warriors. It is an infantry defense line composed of armored infantry and motorized infantry under the GC International Armored Division, relying on a farmhouse and a large paddy field.

Behind the infantry are 112 28-year wheeled armored vehicles ♀, some armored vehicles are carefully camouflaged with leaves and mud, and from a distance they look like piles of bushes, and finally 18 28-year 75mm armored assault guns and 8 armored combat vehicles, armored observation vehicles, air defense combat vehicles, battlefield rescue vehicles and other auxiliary armored vehicles.

The internationalists were facing two Indian armoured divisions, the 2nd Armoured Division, commanded by Major General Mittal of the 1st Armoured Corps, and the 1st Armoured Division ♀, commanded by Brigadier General Shah Rukh Khan, both of which still had 206 moving tanks (some had been lost in previous battles, but some returned to the battlefield after the tanks were repaired), of which the No. 2 tank had 61 units. There were 59 units of tank number one and 86 units of Vickers light tanks.

The deployment of the Indian army is still the most standard tank battle formation. At the front was Tank No. 2, followed by Tank No. 1, and then behind by Vickers Light Tank...... However, the Indian infantry did not deploy in advance, and still followed behind the tanks in armored vehicles and trucks. In addition, 24 105mm howitzers belonging to two Indian armoured divisions have also been lined up behind the front.

Due to the light rain in the sky at that time, the Indian Air Force did not appear on the battlefield, and the whole battle was opened by 24 howitzers of the Indian army. The shelling lasted 30 minutes, and 24 cannons fired more than 700 rounds of 105mm shells, but most of the shells fell into the muddy paddy fields and did not cause much damage. And 18 75mm armored assault guns of the GC International Armored Division did not fire back during the entire Indian artillery shelling.

When the shelling stopped, it was 11:40 p.m., and the commander of the 1st Indian Armoured Army, Major General Mittal, gave the order to attack the entire army! More than 200 Indian tanks, as well as almost the same number of Indian armored vehicles, the roar of motors soon resounded throughout the battlefield.

The Indian tanks advanced very quickly. Soon, the distance between the warring parties narrowed to about 1,000 meters. In the face of the hundreds of steel behemoths roaring at full speed, more than a hundred vehicles of the GC International Armored Division quickly reversed to avoid being killed by the opponent's powerful firepower. The Indian tanks, on the other hand, continued to attack at high speed, trying to close the distance between them and the light armored vehicles of the G Army. At this time, the wheels of some light armored vehicles got stuck in the muddy paddy fields and were blown to pieces by the Indian tanks that rushed after them. However, in general, the light armored vehicles of the GC International Armored Division still maintain a "safe distance" of about 1,000 meters from the opponent. At this distance, although the 40 times caliber 75mm gun of the Indian No. 2 tank was enough to destroy these almost unarmored armored vehicles, the poor technology of the Indian tank crew reduced this possibility to a minimum.

After paying the price of about 35 light armored vehicles, the light armored vehicles of the GC International Armored Division finally introduced 61 second tanks into a crescent-shaped ambush circle consisting of 112 Min-28 armored vehicles! The 50mm anti-tank gun equipped with the Min 28 model began to exert its power at a distance of about 500 meters from the Indian tank, and the No. 2 tank of the Indian army was hit one after another and caught fire, and almost half of the No. 2 tank was destroyed in just a few minutes! However, the remaining No. 2 tank of the Indian army also recovered from the panic. Began a fierce counterattack with their 40mm cannons of 75 times the caliber. Later, 59 No. 1 tanks of the Indian army joined the battle group, and their protection was almost equal to that of the Type 28 armored vehicles. And the body is lower. Difficult to hit in rice paddies, their 20mm guns were not powerful enough, but they were able to destroy the 21mm frontal armor of the 28mm armored vehicles at close range.

"Tank No. 1 can't be allowed to get closer, their 20mm guns have a fast rate of fire!" Xu Gda, who was watching the battle from the rear of the battlefield, shouted at Zeng Kelin, the chief of staff beside him: "Let the infantry's 37mm anti-tank guns fire." Kill them! ”

"Yes, Commander!" Without saying a word, Zeng Kelin picked up the telephone and gave orders to the armored infantry and motorized infantry in ambush in front of him. Their positions and Type 28 armored vehicles were almost on the same line. However, the 37mm guns used by these infantry were limited in power and could not penetrate the frontal armor of the number two at a distance of 500 meters, so they never fired. After receiving the order. The 36 37mm anti-tank guns, which had been eager to try for a long time, also began to spray tongues of fire. The Indian Army's No. 1 tank, which was advancing rapidly, also suffered heavy losses.

Seeing that his first charge had suffered a crushing defeat, the commander of the Indian armored unit was forced to give the order to retreat at about 12:10 a.m., while the Indian army's 24 105mm howitzers began to bombard the G Army's infantry line that exposed the target. A burst of thunderous artillery fire swept across the battlefield. The front of the front of Army G was again turned into a sea of fire. Looking forward from where Xu Gda was, his thousands of infantry seemed to be in a hell of fire, and in the rows of rising smoke pillars and flames, he also vaguely saw the human body being thrown high!

After 30 minutes of shelling. The Indian armored forces launched a second wave of tank assaults, and 18 No. 2 tanks survived the first wave of the charge. Thirty-two No. 1 tanks and 86 Vickers light tanks, leading nearly 10,000 infantry, launched a charge on a frontal less than 5 kilometers wide.

"Fire! Order the armored assault artillery battalion to open fire! Xu Gda threw away the binoculars in his hand and shouted loudly to the staff officers beside him: "The assault artillery will attack sharply in 5 minutes, and then the whole army will charge!" We've won this battle! With that, he strode towards his armored command vehicle.

Xu Geda is not boasting about Haikou, at present, on this battlefield, his GC International Armored Division still has 87 Min-28 wheeled armored vehicles. The opponent's No. 2 tank is less than 20, the No. 1 tank is only more than 30, and as for the more than 80 Vickers armored vehicles...... In front of the 50mm cannon of the Min 28 armored car, they are just moving targets.

Xu Gda's armored command vehicle was quickly mobilized and rushed to the forefront ♀ of the team, and at that time, 18 75mm armored assault guns had also completed the artillery attack, and the whole army charge of the GC International Division began!

The charging Indian armored cluster had just been subjected to a burst of intensive artillery bombardment, and before it could calm down, it saw hundreds of "tanks" roaring towards it, and it was a little cringe. However, the Indian Major General Mittal who was also leading the charge could no longer care about this, and now he retreated only to annihilate the whole army, he hurriedly turned on the car radio and ordered loudly: "Charge!" Keep charging! For Gandhi's sake, rush!! ”

For Gandhi's sake, rush!

For the sake of GC doctrine, rush!

Comparing the slogans of the two sides of the charge, it is immediately possible to decide between the two, one side is only a "cult of personality" at work, and it is not the kind of good personality cult that worships Lenin and Stalin, but the bad personality cult that worships the agents of the bourgeoisie...... And the fighters of the GC International South Asian Army are fighting for the cause of human liberation!

The tragic battle soon took place between these two kinds of people who were fighting for very different purposes, first of all, the long-range fire of the tanks (armored vehicles) of the two sides, 18 Indian Army No. 2 tanks and 87 Min-28 armored vehicles fired at each other at a distance of 5 or 600 meters, and in less than 10 minutes, 18 No. 2 and 16 Min's 28 years were beaten into piles of blazing "torches". The victorious Min 28 armored vehicles carried out another round of one-sided slaughter against the Indian Army's No. 1 tank and Vickers light tank. At the same time, the infantry on both sides were also red with bayonets, and the battle was in a mess! Tanks on both sides are firing at each other, and there are 10,000 infantry fighting bayonets in the middle of the battlefield! This comical scene was faithfully recorded by a Chinese National Defense Force observer named Jiang Weiguo with a hand-cranked camera......

The battle of Jamshedpur-Dhambad has reached its heightened intensity.

>，