The 749th marched towards the Himalayas
Under clear skies, the glaciers that cover the roof of the world are slowly melting under the summer sun, and the snow water and warm winds from the Indian Ocean give birth to the rich southern slopes of the Himalayas. On the rising lands, the peasants of Nepal and Sikkim have already begun to toil, and the red storm that swept through the two highland countries not long ago seems to be a good thing for them, the oppressed toiling masses. For the first time in thousands of years, they have their own ...... It should be said that it belongs to the state, but the land that they can cultivate. And there is no need to pay taxes to the temples and lords anymore, only to pay public grain to the people's government led by the GCD in India (is there a difference between the two?). )。
What made them most happy was that the feudal ruling class that had been riding on their necks for an unknown number of years had been completely wiped out, and the nobles and senior monks had either been wiped out by the agrarian revolution led by the GCD in India, or had fled to imperialist China on the other side of the mountain!
However, fleeing to China does not mean that you can escape the just punishment of the people's power - according to the Indian GCD cadres, the world revolution is now the best! That is to say, the whole world is in a revolution, and it is useless to flee anywhere! For those who come from the reactionary class, the only way out is to honestly accept the punishment of the people's power. Well, that's what GCD says, and GCD doesn't lie! The long march that now appears on the road to the north is proof of this!
I watched a team of marching troops waving red flags, singing "Song of Commander Lu Yi", wearing blue and gray military uniforms, carrying shiny steel guns, and striding north with neat steps. The peasants, who had lived in the mountains for generations, involuntarily stopped their farm work and looked at the Yiqiē in front of them in a daze, and the more they looked at it, the more frightened they felt. I didn't expect the Indian Red Army to be so powerful, and the number of troops was too numerous to count! It seems that the living Buddha who fled to China is also more auspicious......
These Nepalese and Sikkim peasants, who had never seen the world, probably never dreamed that the Indian Red Army, which was now marching towards the Himalayas, was not the real jīng rui, but the "cannon fodder troops" who had sacrificed their lives, and the real jīng soldiers were still on standby in eastern Bengal, ready to give a head-on blow to the Chinese invading army that was forced to attack!
Blyukhel's plan for the Battle of Imphal, the "Red Himalayan Plan", was soon approved by the Revolutionary Military Council of India after gaining the support of Comrade Chalya. On July 5, Rì Ruy officially gave the order to start the operation of Xīzàng-Imphal. Under the order of Commander Berzin, the Himalayan Army Group, which had been ready for a long time, divided its troops into 10 routes and marched into the defense areas of the Chinese border troops in the Kejielang River Valley, Yadong Pass, Zhangmu, Xialinggong, Lamudo, Linka, Laman, Ashabila, Jilong, Loza, and other places. At the same time, the Jammu and Kashmir Army, which was part of the Northwest Front of the Indian Red Army, also sent a large group of men and horses to launch an attack on the Aksai Chin area at the junction of southern Xinjiang and Xīzàng in order to coordinate with the main attacking force on the eastern route.
The Himalayan Army Group of the Indian Red Army commanded by Berzin is composed of the 34th Army, the 35th Army, the 36th Army, the 37th Army, the Nepalese Army, the Snow Mountain Army, and the Western People's Army. The total strength is about 500,000, of which the 34th, 35th, 36th, and 37th armies of India are the main forces. The main direction of attack was Zhangmu, Yadong and Kejielang, of which Zhangmu, the pass on the road from Kathmandu to Lhasa, was the most important, and Berzin invested the 34th and 35th armies in this direction, and also appointed his own deputy, the German internationalist fighter Sorge to command the two armies.
Army Group Nepal consisted of natives from the Indian state of Nepal. The Snow Hills Army was made up of natives from Bhutan and Sikkim. The officers and men of these two armies were more adapted to the climate of the plateau, but their equipment and training were poor, and the relationship between the Indian officers and the Nepalese, Sikkim and Bhutanese soldiers was not very good, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was further compromised. So these Nepalese, Sikkim and Bhutanese soldiers, who are more adapted to the highland climate, are now only tasked with some secondary tasks.
As for the Western People's Army, which claims to be a revolutionary armed force led by the Western People's Party, it is all composed of local people in Western Uz, but in fact it is composed of Indian internationalist fighters, and there are not a single Tibetan speaking officers and soldiers in the whole army. This embarrassing situation is mainly due to the ethnic and religious policies of the Federation of Great China. Although the federation pursued a policy of controlling religion like a certain party in history, at the same time, many politicians and businessmen of the Great China Federation, including Chang Ruiqing, were immortalists, and they controlled religion on the basis of believing in immortals, which was completely different from the method of controlling religion by atheists who did not believe in immortals.
According to Marxists, religion is meant to deceive the working people by the ruling class, and in fact the vast majority of religious leaders are very willing to serve the rulers. Of course, the premise is that the ruler is strong enough to control religion, otherwise there are many precedents for the ruling class to be controlled by religion in turn.
If a ruler wants to use religion to serve his regime, then he should treat religion with an attitude of not believing or believing it all, at least on the surface, he should be fooled like this, but he can't treat religious leaders as liars all day long with a face that wants to expose a feudal superstition. If that is the case, it would be better to ban the spread of religious ideas, as in the Soviet Union. You can't just want to use the immortals, but also want to tear the dignity of the "immortals", and you want to peel off the coat of the immortals?
In this regard, Chang Ruiqing, who is a theist himself, has done a very good job of keeping a few "great gods" in mind and letting the "great gods" lose the "minor gods", rather than letting the zhèngfǔ or political parties directly lead all the gods. This is much stronger than the practice of an atheist organization in history setting up an immortal bureau in its own organization, letting a vote of atheist GC fighters take care of the affairs of the immortals, and also being responsible for issuing certificates to the immortals of all sizes to verify their mana・・・・・・
Therefore, the greatest living Buddha of Tibetan Buddhism, Lai XIII, is now doing his best to serve Prime Minister Chang Da, and also claims to his followers that Chinese Premier Chang Ruiqing is also the reincarnation of a very powerful Buddha, even more powerful than him (well, there is still evidence, that is, the Tokyo earthquake on September 1, 1923, this Lai Lama can't do it)!
Therefore, the Buddhist Xi Z people (there are no Tibetans in the Great China Federation now, because Lai XIII and the other great living Buddhas of Xi Z have already declared Tibetans to be Han people living in Xīzàng) are basically very supportive of Chang Ruiqing's rule. Moreover, the current ruler in Xīzàng Province is also elected by the voters of Xīzàng, and no one has heard of it outside of India.
However, Berzin, the commander of the Indian Army's Himalayan Army Group, did not have a heart on the question of whether the people of Xīzàng needed him to liberate. Because he was now worried about the poor health of the soldiers of the Indian Red Army, and the rugged mountain roads on the southern slopes of the Himalayas.
In the increasingly thin air, the march along the steep mountain roads was very difficult, and the warm wind blowing from the Indian Ocean had turned into a biting cold snap at this altitude, although it was not a temperature for internationalist fighters such as Berzin and Zorgel, who were accustomed to the cold climate of Russia. However, the soldiers of the Indian Red Army, who had been living in a warm climate, were extremely unadaptable, and the air was too thin, the boiling point of water in a low-pressure environment was reduced, and the food was difficult to cook.
"Comrade Sorge! Please don't talk to me about sick numbers, air problems, road problems, demoralization problems, I don't want to hear that! In Kathmandu, the headquarters of Army Group Himalayas, Berzin was carrying a telephone receiver and shouting loudly. In his hand was Sorge's grievance report.
"I don't want to listen to any difficulties, I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the enemy so that you can overcome difficulties and defeat the enemy, not be defeated by difficulties! The 34th Army and the 35th Army had to reach their designated positions within two days and be ready for the attack! If anyone dares to run away and become a traitor, then let them taste the bullets!
Also, sue Comrade Sù Padmanaban and Jasvante. Comrade Singh, the imminent start of the Himalayan campaign will have a bearing on the success or failure of the Indian revolution and even the world revolution, and the 34th and 35th armies must attack the enemy at any cost, and must beat the Chinese hard! ”
"Comrade Commander・・・・・・" Viji, the Indian chief of staff of Berzin, walked into the office at this time, and when he saw his immediate boss's face turned blue, he sighed slightly. This tiny facial expression happened to be seen by Berzin, who was in a disapprehensive mood, and this internationalist fighter from Latvia snorted coldly: "Comrade Vigi, report anything quickly." ”
Although the status of Indian officers in the Indian Red Army has improved significantly after the Second Middle East War, even an old comrade like Vig, who has participated in the revolution for more than ten years, still looks like a mouse and a cat when he sees Berzin. Busy with a military salute, he reported loudly: "Report to Comrade Commander, Comrade Carya has come from Calcutta. ”
"Comrade Carya is here? Hurry up and please. "Although it is said that it is so, this son of Lu Yi is probably one of the last people Belzin wants to see now. If there is anyone in the Indian Red Army who is least in the eyes of the Soviet emperor, it is the eldest son of Comrade Lu Yi. Don't say it's yourself, it's Blyukhel and Borodin, this lord still dares to collide face to face.
As soon as Berzin ended his call with Sorge and hung up the phone, Vigi walked in with Charia and another Oriental dressed as an Indian Red Army cadre. It is clear that the relationship between Berzin and Charia is not very good, and the two simply shook hands. Charia pointed to the Southeast Asian people beside him and said: "Comrade Berzin, let me introduce to you, this is Comrade Le Duan, Secretary of the Military Committee of the Indochina GCD, who was instructed by Comrade Nguyen Aiguo to bring the First Army of the Indochina Liberation Army to support the Himalayan battlefield. ”
"Comrade commander, please arrange the mission, our Indochina People's Liberation Army is ready to fight to the death with the Chinese!" Le Duan had already inquired before coming to Kathmandu, the Chinese only had a mountain army of more than 40,000 people in xīzàng, while the Indian Red Army dispatched more than 600,000 troops, plus his own army of almost 700,000, and more than 300,000 troops were on standby in Uttar Pradesh and ready to support the front line, so this battle was sure to be won. Otherwise, Comrade Ruan Aiguo would not have asked Lu Yi for his life and let him bring his troops over.
Carya next to him introduced with a smile: "Comrade Berzin, the Indochina Liberation Army is a Jīng Rui unit composed of revolutionaries from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Siam, Burma, Malaya and other countries, and the equipment is comparable to that of the Indian Red Army. ”
"I didn't expect Indians to learn to pull cannon fodder." Belzin sneered, but he still walked to the map with a serious face, and beckoned to Li Duan: "Comrade Li Duan, let me first give you a general introduction to the general situation on the front line. ”
"Yes!" Le Duan immediately walked to the map, and Carya followed, his mission in Kathmandu was not to lead the way for Le Duan, the two of them just met by chance on the road. His real mission was to supervise the operations of the Himalayan Army Group on behalf of Lu Yi, and he also served as the acting political commissar of this Army Group, but he was a real comrade supervising the army.
Sorge picked up a whip and knocked it on the map in Zhangmu, Yadong and Kejielang, and said: "Although the Himalayan Army Group is now divided into 10 routes, the real focus is only on these three places, because the terrain and climatic conditions in the Himalayas are very harsh, most of the mountain passes can only allow small troops to enter and exit Xīzàng, and there is no strategic value in Xìng, and there are only three places in Zhangmu, Yadong, and Kejielang for large armies to enter and exit, among which the Zhangmu area is the most important, Since ancient times, it has been the gateway from Nepal to Xīzàng, just over 200 kilometers from the important town of Rì Kaze, and only 90 kilometers from Kathmandu. Moreover, Kathmandu is connected by road to the Indian railway network, and the logistics are very secure to march from this road. So we deployed two armies, 34 and 35, along the way.
Since last week, the vanguard of the 34th Army has arrived near Zhangmu and engaged in sporadic exchanges of fire with a regiment of the 8th Mountain Division of the Chinese Army's 1st Army stationed there to find out what is true and false. According to the report of the 34th Army, Chinese built twelve outposts and a fortress in the Zhangmu area, equipped with 75 mountain guns, M recoilless guns, 120NNM heavy mortars, and Type 34 general-purpose machine guns, and their infantry used Type 31 automatic rifles instead of ordinary rifles, which were very powerful......"
Li Duan listened quietly, and took out a notebook to keep recording, looking very serious, but Calia, who knew this detail, knew that he was pretending, but in fact, he didn't know anything about military affairs. But Charia itself has already heard some ways, and the 34th Army has already launched at least one onslaught! What sporadic firefights to find out the truth is a pretext, and the real situation should be beaten by opponents who are far less than them! And the Chinese 3rd Mountain Army seems to be quite sharp and well-equipped, especially the Type 31 automatic rifle has become the standard equipment of the infantry, which in the Chinese Defense Forces is usually the equipment that only Panzergrenadiers have. Fortunately, they did not have many troops, and they were scattered over a long defensive line, and the Himalayan Army Group should be able to defeat them.
After Berzin's introduction, Li Duan closed his notebook and began to ask for battle: "Comrade Berzin, our comrades in the Indochina Liberation Army are eager to fight, and I hope you can give us a chance to go into battle and kill the enemy!" ”
Some people were in a hurry to ask for death, but of course Comrade Berzin couldn't ask for it, so he clapped his hands and said: "Comrade Li Duan, then please work harder for your Indochina People's Liberation Army, and you must all arrive at the Zhangmu front line within a week, report to Comrade Sorge, and he will arrange combat missions for you." As he spoke, he looked at Carya again. Lu Yi's eldest son took out Lu Yi's warrant from his pocket and handed it over: "Father asked me to go to the front line in the Himalayas to have a look, Comrade Berzin, when do you think you can arrange for me to go to the front line?" ”
Sure enough, it's the prison army! Berzin took Lu Yi's warrant and glanced at it, the content on it was not as polite as Berzin said. Lu Yi directly asked his son to act as a member of the Himalayan Army! This position turned out to be held by Berzin himself, and the political commissar was the number one in the Red Army! It seems that Lu Yi did this not just to promote his own son? It seems that after the Second Middle East War, the great Indian leader has felt that his wings are hard enough and is ready to take back his military power step by step!