Chapter 1200: Starry Night Captures the Bridge
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As one of the three major metropolises in India, Delhi has always been the most important city in India and a place for India's wealthy. Most of the great Brahmin families who have been living in Delhi for hundreds or thousands of years are also living in Delhi, and the wealth they have accumulated over the centuries is undoubtedly very staggering. Therefore, the commander of the Japanese mercenaries, General Kojiro Uchiyama, almost drooled at the thought of this! Although, half of the wealth looted by the Japanese mercenaries had to be handed over to the squadron. But even so, each Japanese was able to share a large amount of bonuses, which is why those Japanese mercenary soldiers were always keen to fight. As long as the battle is won, the squadron will basically not restrict their actions too much. When the time comes, they will be able to burn and loot as much as they want!
"Next, the chief of staff will introduce to you the battle plan this time!" Admiral Yang Guoxing glanced at everyone and said, he knew that what he said just now had mobilized those murderous Japanese mercenaries to fight! After the battle begins, these Japanese mercenary soldiers will definitely fight desperately and exert extremely strong combat effectiveness. Although the weapons of the Japanese mercenaries were rudimentary, they were much better than those of the British and Indian armies. On top of the individual soldiers, the British and Indian armies could not catch up with the Japanese mercenaries. As long as these Japanese mercenaries can play an extraordinary role, then the pressure on the Chinese army will be much less!
"Ladies and gentlemen, our battle plan has been approved after it was submitted to the General Staff! The specific battle plan was as follows, against the Anglo-Indian army entrenched in the Punjab plain. It will start tomorrow! 13th Division of the Army. 47th Division. The 201st, 202nd, 203rd, 204th, 205th, 206th divisions and Japanese mercenaries will force their way across the Chenab River from Gujarat to launch an attack on the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army in Wazirabad on the east bank of the river! The rest of the main forces of the 1st Army of the Army, including the 1st Armored Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade. An attack will be launched south along the Jenab River, forty kilometers away from Le Sur! According to the information we have received, there is a bridge at Le Sur that has not been blown up by the British and Indian troops, but there is about a division of British and Indian troops stationed at Le Soul. We need to seize this bridge, and then, with the armored forces in the front, advance north and attack Wauzirabad! Cooperate with the frontal troops to encircle and annihilate the 3rd Army of the British and Indian Army! After that, march from Wauzirabad to Gujranwala! Decisive battle with the Anglo-Indian army! Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Wu Yanfa introduced. The main force of the 1st Cluster of the Chinese Army is the 1st Armored Brigade of the 1st Army, but. The Janab River Bridge in Gujarat had already been blown up by the British and Indian forces, even if the Chinese Army had forced its way across the Janab River with the support of artillery and air force. But it is still impossible to send armored units across the river in a short time. Therefore, there is no other way to think of it. And the bridge in Le Sur, which has not yet been blown up, has undoubtedly become the hope of the first cluster of the Chinese army. As long as the armored forces were able to cross the Chenab River along the Lì, they would be able to carry out a surprise attack on the Anglo-Indian army. In the plains, no matter how numerous the Anglo-Indian army is, it will not be able to withstand the surprise attack of the armored forces!
"The capture of the Le Sur bridge this time is the key to this operation. After the capture of the Lesul bridge. The armoured and cavalry brigades crossed the bridge as fast as they could, and then routed the Anglo-Indian troops defending Le Soul, holding the bridge. Wait until the main forces of the 1st Army have crossed the river, and then advance north as fast as possible! Before the Anglo-Indian army could react, we ate the 3rd Army of the Anglo-Indian army! Admiral Yang Guoxing said. The British and Indian armies concentrated 8 army groups in the Punjab Plain, and there was also an army group in Delhi, which was undoubtedly a huge pressure on the first group of the Chinese army, which only had 800,000 troops plus mercenaries!
"Yes, Commander! We promise to be able to complete this combat mission! Lieutenant General Wu Yanfa, chief of staff of the 1st Army, who was in charge of commanding the main force of the 11th Army in a roundabout operation this time, replied! General Yang Guoxing, commander of the group army, will sit in Gujarat to command the operation, and the main force of the 11th Group Army, which is fighting in a roundabout way, will only be handed over to Lieutenant General Wu Yanfa to command!
"The artillery brigade of the army group and the air force will provide fire cover for the river crossing operation in Gujarat! The specific time of the battle is tomorrow night! The roundabout operation of the main forces of the 11th Army will begin tomorrow evening after dark. For the sake of secrecy, the cavalry brigade of the 11th Army will clean up the Indians along the line to avoid leaks of our actions! After dark, the main forces of the 11th Army began to depart from Gujarat and were expected to arrive in Le Sur around 12 p.m.! Send out elite reconnaissance troops to seize the bridge and prevent the British and Indian troops from blowing up the bridge! The cavalry brigade then quickly crossed the Guò bridge for defense, and the armored brigade then crossed the river to crush the Anglo-Indian counterattack. The whole army must cross the river by 9 a.m. on December 1st, and after resting for two hours, begin to assault northward! Arrive in Wazirabad before 4 p.m. and cooperate with the 1st Cluster of Frontal Forces to besiege the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army! All battles must be over by December 2nd! Admiral Yang Guoxing continued. The most crucial battle plan this time is to seize the bridge before the British and Indian troops blow it up, and remove the explosives on the bridge. The second point is to assault from Le Sur to Wazirabad, and cooperate with the frontal forces to annihilate the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army! Once the squadron launches an attack, the British and Indian troops will definitely send troops to reinforce Wauzirabad! The squadron had to do everything possible to get rid of the Anglo-Indian forces in Wauzirabad. Otherwise, when the reinforcements of the Anglo-Indian army arrive, it will not be so easy to eat the troops of a group army of the Anglo-Indian army! After all, the more than four million troops amassed by the Anglo-Indian army in the Punjab Plain is also a number that is enough to make the scalp tingle. There is no doubt that this time the first cluster of the Chinese Army will face a tough battle, but if they can win, then they will also achieve an impressive victory!
"Yes, Commander!" Air Force Lieutenant General Chen Tian and Artillery Brigade Commander Major General Chen Jianbing both replied. The biggest advantage of the Chinese Army in the face of the British and Indian forces is that it has an overwhelming superiority in artillery and an advantage in the air force. Otherwise, the Chinese Army would not dare to face several times the enemy!
"Excellent! Let's go down and get ready! Tomorrow night, the main forces of the 1st Army will begin to attack! The morning after tomorrow, the rest of the troops will also launch a river crossing operation! "Admiral Yang Guoxing is very satisfied with everyone's statement!
A day later, on November 30, the night gradually darkened as the sun went down. On the east bank of the Chenab River, the Anglo-Indian army was already in full position. Although they do not know when and where the Chinese Army will attack, they know that this day will come soon! Although the news of the Anglo-Indian army's fiasco in Calcutta was blockaded by the British and Indian armies, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and many Indian Asan's knowledge of the Calcutta fiasco also caused panic among the British and Indian troops. In addition, some troops participated in the northwestern border operations of India, and they knew that the squadron was strong. Many Indian Ah San who joined the army regretted it, if it weren't for those British officers who watched it closely, it is estimated that those Indian Ah San would have already slipped away with oil on the soles of their feet!
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the cavalry brigade of the 1st Army of the Chinese Army was dispatched, and they were to be deployed along the road to the south to prevent the spies of the British and Indian troops from revealing the news of the squadron's dispatch. For the sake of secrecy, the indigenous Indians of the Indian villages along the highway were guarded and handed over to the Japanese mercenaries. Of course, what will happen to these Indian Ah San, this can be imagined!
After the cavalry units were dispatched, the 1st Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army set out, the 3rd Infantry Division, the 48th Infantry Division, the 54th Infantry Division and the 55th Infantry Division of the 1st Group Army, as well as the Baggage Brigade directly under the Group Army, also set out one after another, and the whole army advanced south at the speed of a rapid march. You have to cover a distance of 40 kilometers in 6 hours. In order to save as much infantry as possible, the First Army of the Chinese Army allocated a large number of trucks to reinforce the main force of the First Army, and used trucks to transport troops as much as possible. In addition, in the process of burning and looting in the Punjab Plain, the Japanese mercenaries also looted a large number of livestock, horses, mules, donkeys, etc., totaling tens of thousands. Now all these livestock have also been requisitioned and handed over to the main forces of the 1st Army. This greatly increases the speed of the troops, and also allows the soldiers to maintain a good body so that they can go into battle as soon as they arrive at their destination!
At 10 p.m., three cavalry battalions of the Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Army of the Chinese Army arrived less than a kilometer from the Lillesur Bridge. Having arrived here, the cavalry units stopped their advance and waited until the arrival of reconnaissance units in the rear.
At half past 10 o'clock, the reconnaissance battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Chinese Army began to attack the Lesur Bridge. Although there was an infantry division of the Anglo-Indian army stationed at Lesur, the Anglo-Indian army probably did not expect that the Chinese army would make a detour of dozens of kilometers to attack Lesur, and there was only one battalion of a few hundred Indian Asans on the bridge. These Indian as-three had almost no defense. When the reconnaissance battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Chinese Army secretly approached the bridge. After stealthily touching the sentry on the west side of the bridge, the reconnaissance battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division attacked. Thousands of soldiers launched a fierce attack on the British and Indian troops, and when they were caught off guard, hundreds of British and Indian troops were beaten and collapsed on the spot. With the exception of a very small number of Anglo-Indian troops who escaped, most of the Anglo-Indian troops were wiped out! Of course, the sound of gunfire also woke up the British and Indian defenders stationed in Le Sur! (To be continued......)