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The night of November 30 was destined to be an unusual night, as the 1st Cluster of the Chinese Army captured the bridge at Le Sur in a surprise attack, which also kicked off the Battle of Punjab! The 1st Cluster of the Chinese Army and the Anglo-Indian Army, with more than 5 million troops in this rich plain, fought fiercely to the death, and millions of people died in this battle, their blood irrigated the land here, making the plain more fertile. 『5.com』

Gujayranwala, an important city on the Punjab plains, has become a sea of soldiers during this time. More than 3 army groups of Anglo-Indian troops were stationed in the city, and this did not include the 5th Army, which was rushing from Delhi. And here, too, is the location of the headquarters of the Anglo-Indian army in the Punjab war!

By the time the commander of the Anglo-Indian forces, Admiral Kitchener, learned that the Chinese Army had seized the Le Sur Bridge, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening. Moreover, more accurate information has come from the front that the 72nd Infantry Division of the 2nd Army stationed in Le Sur has been routed by the cavalry units of the Chinese Army, and Le Sur has also fallen! The main force of the Chinese army was crossing the Geneb River at the bridge through Guò Le Sur, which was undoubtedly a surprise to the British and Indian troops. Until then, the main direction of the Anglo-Indian defense had always been in the direction of Wauzirabad.

"General, Lieutenant General Daniel, commander of the 7th Army, telegraphed that the Chinese had captured Le Sur. Now he has mobilized 3 corps, including the 72nd Army, to Le Sur. Prepare to defeat the Chinese while the number of Chinese crossing the river is still small. Take back the bridge! "Lieutenant General De Frerell, Chief of Staff of the Anglo-Indian Army, reported to Admiral Kitchener!

"Humph! Do you believe that the 7th Army has this ability? If it is not as I expected, let alone that the 7th Army only sent 3 corps, even if all the troops of the 7th Army rushed to it, it is estimated that it will not be the opponent of the Chinese! Admiral Kitchener said coldly. He repeatedly told all departments to strengthen their defense, and once they discovered the attack of the squadron, they would immediately make an accurate response. The Le Sur bridge was about to be blown up. But he never expected that the final solution was still beyond his expectations, and those Indian Asan were really unreliable. The Chinese have already seized the Lesur bridge. The thought that the main force of the 1st Group of the Chinese Army was crossing the river through the Guò Le Sur Bridge made Admiral Kitchener very angry and even had the urge to kill. He knew that if the Janab River was lost, it would be difficult for the British and Indian troops to defeat the squadron in the night battle!

"General, you mean that the squadron that captured Le Sur is their main force? That is to say, the Chinese troops in Gujarat are nothing more than suspicious soldiers, deliberately letting us strengthen our defenses in Wazirabad, and launch a surprise attack on us when our defenses are lax! Lieutenant General de Frell said. If this is the case, then the Anglo-Indian army will suffer a big loss!

"From now on. That's how it should be! The Chinese used this trick to break through our defense line on the Chenab River. We want to keep the Chinese at bay west of the Chenab River. It's already impossible! Admiral Kitchener said.

"General, what should we do then? Do you want reinforcements in the direction of Hafizabad. If the Chinese launched an attack on Hafizabad, the 7th Army would not be able to withstand the attack of the Chinese! Lieutenant General De Frell said with some concern.

"Hmmm! Let Lieutenant General Daniel shrink his forces and strengthen the defenses of Hafizabad. Also, let the 11th Army go to Hafizabad early tomorrow morning and assist the 7th Army in defending there! At the same time, let the 5th Army speed up and make sure to reach Gujranwala within two days. The 3rd Army stationed in Wozerabad and the 4th Army stationed in Sialkot strengthened their defenses to prevent attacks by the Chinese. In addition, the 10th and 11th armies stopped advancing towards Wauzirabad and stood by in place! Waiting for the next command! "Admiral Kitchener issued a series of orders in succession to adjust the operational deployment of the British and Indian troops. Originally, he thought that the main direction of attack of the first cluster of the Chinese Army was Wauzirabad, so he sent two army groups to reinforce Wolderabad so that the British and Indian troops could resist the attack of the squadron in Wolderabad. But now, the squadron has seized the Lesur Bridge, which makes Admiral Kitchener doubt his judgment, if the main direction of the Chinese Army's attack is not Wauzirabad, but Hafizabad, then the British and Indian troops will have to adjust the direction of the increase. After all, it is only 40 kilometers from Hafizabad to Gujranwala, and after capturing Hafizabad, the Chinese army will be able to pose a serious threat to Gujranwala!

"Yes, General!" Lieutenant General de Frell did not have the slightest doubt about Admiral Kitchener's analysis. If the main direction of attack of the squadron is really Hafizabad, but the Anglo-Indian army deploys the main force to Wauzirabad, then it may not be easy for the Anglo-Indian army to hold Gujranwala. He has already learned the strong attack power of the Chinese army, once the British and Indian troops are unable to hold Gujranwala before the arrival of reinforcements, the rear route of the millions of troops deployed on the Punjab plain will be cut off, which is definitely a fatal blow to the British and Indian army!

Lieutenant General de Frell soon conveyed Admiral Kitchener's orders, and the Anglo-Indian forces in the Punjab began to move. Although it was still night, the capture of the Le Sur Bridge by the Chinese Army was still a great shock to the British and Indian forces, indicating that they would soon have to fight the Chinese Army, which was as vicious as the devil. And the previous British and Indian troops who fought against the Chinese Army, without exception, all ended up in failure, what was their final result, and can they succeed? That's very hard to say!

On the Lesur Bridge, the main force of the 11th Army of the Chinese Army is arriving at the east bank of the Geneb River on the Guò Bridge! Lieutenant General Wu Yanfa, chief of staff of the 11th Group Army of the Chinese Army, was personally on the east side of the bridge, watching the continuous flow of troops on the bridge. By 1 a.m. on December 1, the 1st Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army had all opened to the Guò Bridge. Next to cross the bridge is the 48th Division of the Army, and behind the 48th Division there are the 54th and 55th Divisions and the Heavy Brigade of the Army Group! In order to ensure the long-distance march of hundreds of thousands of troops and launch an attack, baggage is very important, especially the fuel of armored troops, which is the most important thing! If there is no fuel, the combat power of the powerful armored forces will not be able to play at all!

"Chief of Staff, the armored forces have routed the troops of the 72nd Army of the Anglo-Indian Army, annihilating more than 20,000 enemies, and the rest have fled while the night wolf bèi! In addition, the Anglo-Indian army, which had discovered that two more corps were advancing towards Le Soul, asked the armored brigade and the cavalry brigade to attack and defeat them at night, so that they would not interfere with our plans! A staff officer reported to Lieutenant General Wu Yanfa!

"Approve the battle plan for the armored brigade and the cavalry brigade, however, require that they must return before dawn! After daybreak, the commander's side will launch an attack on Wauzirabad, and we must push there as best we can, and flank the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army with the frontal troops! Lieutenant General Wu Yanfa said. Annihilating the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army, and then marching to Gujranwala, and fighting a decisive battle with the Anglo-Indian army, this is already a plan that has been drawn up before! To annihilate the hundreds of thousands of people of the 3rd Army of the Anglo-Indian Army, this requires that the main force of the 11th Army must arrive in time!

"Yes, Chief of Staff!" The staff officer nodded, then left quickly, giving orders to the armored brigade and the cavalry brigade!

At 3 a.m. on December 1, the 1st Armored Brigade and Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Army of the Chinese Army were also encountered by the 75th and 76th Armies of the British and Indian Army 8 kilometers southeast of Le Sur. The two sides launched a melee battle, although the two armies of the British and Indian armies totaled nearly 100,000 troops, but under the impact of the armored forces and cavalry of the Chinese army, they could not resist at all, and they were almost crushed at the touch of a button. The 100,000 Anglo-Indian troops were defeated, and the wolf bèi fled, but they could not resist the attack of the armored and cavalry units of the Chinese army. The armored and cavalry units of the Chinese army pursued these routs for more than ten kilometers before stopping. In this battle, more than 20,000 British and Indian soldiers were killed, the rest were scattered, and less than half of the troops were finally gathered!

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the main forces of the 11th Army of the Chinese Army all passed through the Le Sur Bridge, and more than 100,000 troops began to leave from Le Sul and assault north. The armoured and cavalry units, which had been fighting all night, continued to act as the vanguard of the entire force and attacked Wauzirabad. It is a full 40 kilometre distance from Le Sur to Wazirabad. The original plan was to reach Wauzirabad by 4 p.m., but the capture of the bridge was so smooth that almost all the infantry rode their livestock, which made the march much faster. It is expected that they will be able to reach Wauzirabad before 11 a.m., cooperate with the frontal forces to besiege the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army, and then eat this army group in the shortest possible time!

When more than 100,000 squadrons set out from Le Sur and turned around to attack north, the British and Indian troops realized that their judgment was wrong, and the main direction of the Chinese army's attack was not Hafizabad, but still Wauzirabad. And when this news reached Admiral Kitchener, it was already after 9 o'clock in the morning, and at this time, the Chinese Army had launched an offensive from Gujarat to Wauzirabad, and at the same time, the main force of the 11th Army of the Chinese Army was not far from Wauzirabad! (To be continued......)