The chariot is like thunder, and the offensive is like fire.

Under the order of General Peng, the Bengal cluster suddenly strengthened the offensive, and the Imphal cluster also switched to a counteroffensive at the same time. On two fronts hundreds of kilometers apart, tens of thousands of elite assault infantry, accompanied by tanks and self-propelled guns, under the cover of heavy artillery groups and aircraft, advanced along the road opened by artillery fire. The thin minefields, barbed wire, and other miscellaneous obstacles laid by the Indian army had long been swept away by artillery fire, and the Chinese armored assault group then began a large-scale attack. The Indian resistance remained very resolute, both at the Imphal front and on the South Fulda-Demlug line in Kolkata, all of which were defending to the best of their ability. The 37mm and 45mm anti-tank guns were erected on the front-line positions, and the armor-piercing shells were loaded into the chamber and fired like money, and suddenly many C-type tanks were shot and caught fire! The artillery group deployed behind the battle line also began to fire intensively, and shells rained down in front of the first-line positions of the Indian army, and a high wall of artillery fire was actually opened!

However, the ferocity of the Indian cannons did not last long. The J-3E Dragon Eagle and the J-1 Orion hovering in the air soon roared and swooped down, either dropping bombs one after another, or firing wildly with airborne artillery. Especially the one with a strange appearance, with two connected tails, and a thick and short body, seems to be quite clumsy. However, it has quite strong low-altitude survivability, and the aircraft's belly, fuel tanks, and key parts of the engine are armored, and unless it is directly hit by an anti-aircraft gun, the lethality of shell fragments alone is simply not enough to cause any fatal damage to the Strong 1 Orion Fighter aircraft. And two 37mm guns were more than enough to fight any kind of tank of this era. The artillery bunkers of the Indians could not resist at all. The firepower from the air was a piece of fire on the front-line positions and artillery positions of the Indian army, and the explosions came one after another, and suddenly a piece of flesh and blood flew sideways.

Taking advantage of the complete suppression of the artillery fire of the Indian army. The armored assault clusters of the Chinese army began the final assault. Machine gun and rifle fire from the Indian infantry also began to fire intensively. The sound of the M1910 Maxim machine gun firing like a human breath resounded on the battlefield. There seemed to be a frantically firing machine gun on various vantage points of the Indian position.

Bullets whizzed around the C-type tanks of the Chinese Army that were rushing to the front, and from time to time bullets made a clanging sound when they hit the steel plates of the tanks. This C-type tank, which was weakly armored and not powerful in firepower, was probably completely useless in the battlefield against the Soviet Union, but it seemed to be very useful for the Indian infantry. The tanks at the front had stopped moving forward and began to turn the turret, using the 45mm gun to name the Indian army's fire points one by one. The shells with dark red or orange tail flames hit the target in a very short time, and the machine-gun positions of the Indian army were instantly collapsed into the sky. Then there was the Chinese commandos of the brigade who crossed the trench in front of the Indian position, and there were obstacles. Those who wield Type 31 automatic rifles or Panzergrenadiers (infantry in armored units) are fierce and fierce. Flat-ended with an automatic rifle charging and strafing. Soon rushed into the forward positions of the Indian army. Close quarters battles between the two sides ensued, and unlike the Soviet Red Army and the Japanese Red Army, the Indian Red Army was not very skilled in fighting bayonets. However, these Indian GC fighters also have their own style of play. It's just a grenade! Indian grenades flew like raindrops in the trenches, bringing up pieces of flesh and blood from time to time, both Indian and Chinese. Although this kind of life-for-life style was barely fought under the strict supervision of political work cadres and defense fighters. But compared with the fighting power of the British and Indian armies in the past, the current Indian Red Army can really be regarded as extremely brave.

And as the opponent of Indian Ah San. The Chinese and South Korean people seem to be slightly inferior in bravery - to use the Indian GCD's point of view. China and South Korea don't know why they are fighting now? Don't know who to fight for? A war of aggression is destined to be unpopular. However, the reality is that the front-line commanders of the Chinese and South Korean armies are not willing to let their subordinates suffer too many casualties. In everyone's opinion, the lives of Indians are worth nothing, and their own great leaders do not care about them. So it's not worth exchanging the lives of Chinese and South Korean soldiers with them. Therefore, no one was willing to urge his subordinates to attack at the cost of casualties. Seeing his men being blown out of the trenches with grenades by the frenzied Indians only allowed tanks, self-propelled guns, and mortars and recoilless guns deployed to the front to repeatedly bombard the opponent's trenches with artillery.

Viewed from the air, the trenches of the Indian army looked like a volcano that had suddenly erupted, and huge pillars of smoke mixed with dirt rose up. Before the pillar of smoke fell, the steel behemoth and the Wehrmacht infantry attacked again!

The trenches of the Indian army were almost filled with layers of corpses, mostly Indian officers and soldiers killed and wounded by the fire of Chinese tanks and self-propelled guns that fired at close range. However, as soon as the Indian army in front was wiped out, reinforcements came up from behind. They only made it to the front line after breaking through the layers of obstruction of the Chinese army's air and ground firepower. At least half of them fell on the way to the front-line positions. Once on the battlefield, the Indians began throwing grenades. In fact, at most half of them were equipped with rifles, and the rest carried a few grenades into battle! Most of these grenades were recruits who had just joined the army, and due to the excessive consumption on the battlefield, the Indian army now had problems with its reserve forces and the supply of weapons and ammunition. Although there is still no shortage of people, there is not enough time for the necessary training of recruits, let alone enough weapons and ammunition to arm them. As soon as they saw the Indians desperately throwing grenades at them, they quickly shrank behind the tanks and fired from a distance with their rifles, machine guns, and automatic rifles. The poorly trained Indian recruits had no idea what to do in such a situation, with the machine guns of the Overseers in the back and the endless fire of the enemy in front. All that is before them is the glorious path of dedication to the most magnificent cause in the world......

The situation in the two battlefields of the Bay of Bengal and Imphal soon turned into a trade of human lives for time and space! Inside the Fort William fortress in Calcutta, Blyukhel grabbed a telephone headset. With a grim face, he listened to the ominous news coming back from the front line.

The Chinese artillery fire was overwhelming, and the Chinese planes completely controlled the sky, and the ground attack was extremely accurate. Under the combined attack of the Chinese army's artillery fire and air fire points. The front-line troops of the Indian army suffered heavy losses, the artillery of the Indian army could not effectively support the forward positions at all, and the anti-tank guns deployed on the front line were completely destroyed after not firing a few shells!

After artillery fire preparation and air strikes, the enemy quickly launched an armored cluster assault. The enemy's tanks covered the infantry and quickly approached the front of their defensive positions. Then their infantry, with the direct support of tank and self-propelled artillery fire, broke into the trenches of the first line in one fell swoop! Such an attack was no stranger to Blyukhel, but now there was no way to crack it, except to strictly order the front-line troops to resist desperately. And there is no way to throw the reserves into the battlefield like a furnace in batches.

It seems that the Chinese have really launched a general offensive this time, and they are ready to destroy the main force of the Indian Army's Northeast Front with the greatest attack force, and then seize Calcutta, an important town in northeastern India!

Blyukhel didn't know what to do for a while. After returning to India from the Middle East this time, his military talent did not know where to go. First the defeat in the Himalayas, then the landing of the Chinese army in the Bay of Bengal right under his nose, and then the Battle of Imphal, which now seems completely wrong. Now let the Chinese army seize the opportunity of his shrinkage and retreat to fight back. The entire Northeast Indian Theater. All of a sudden, he was completely in a state of passive beating. To make matters worse, he, the commander of India's Northeast Front, has come to an end. In the "recommended" Apanashchenko to serve as the commander of the Northeast Front of India, Jasvante. After Singh served as the commander of the Northwest Front of India and Pavlov served as the chief of the General Staff of the Indian Red Army, his glorious mission in India was completed, but before Apanashchenko took office, the squadron suddenly launched a general offensive. Do you want to give Apanashchenko a rotten mess that can't be rotten anymore?

Pavlov, who was about to become chief of the General Staff of the Indian Red Army, had a clearer mind. After he and several staff officers were arguing around the sand table, he said loudly to Blyukhel: "Comrade Blyukhel. The enemy's attacks were so fierce that it was no longer realistic to maintain the battle line. The only way now is to shrink the whole line, and the troops east of the Jamuna River to retreat as far as possible to Dhaka; The troops west of the Jamuna River retreated to Calcutta; The first part of the Himalayan Army Group was deployed along the north bank of the Brahmaputra River, and the other part stayed at various key points on the Himalayan front, and the main force returned to Bihar and Orissa, blocking the passage for the Chinese army to develop westward...... Then find a way to mobilize reinforcements from the Western Front, and at the same time launch a guerrilla war in Bengal and Nagar, constantly harass the enemy's logistics line, and the final victory must belong to the Indian people! ”

Pavlov's plan had been given to him by Blyukhel before. If it were played at the mercy of Blyukher, he would not even defend Kolkata and Dhaka. As long as we want to occupy this part of the geographical beauty of Northeast India and at the same time hold the passage to central and northern India, and then organize a large number of guerrilla forces to guerrilla forces in Bengal without attacking and contain the strength of the Chinese occupation army, the Chinese army will very likely fall into a quagmire in India. As soon as Pavlov reminded him, Blyukhel remembered his original plan, and did not bother to discuss it with Apanashchenko, who was still halfway there, so he walked to the map table and talked to Pavlov and Charya, discussed a few words in a low voice, hastily decided on a strategy for adjusting the troops, and after assigning the new plan to the staff officers of the Front Command, he said to Calia, who was a member of the military and political committee of the Northeast Front: "Comrade Carian, since Calcutta is very likely to be surrounded by the enemy, The Northeast Front Command must be immediately transferred to Patna, the capital of Bihar. I'd like to ask you to take someone to Patna to set up a headquarters first, and leave now. ”

"Don't you need to discuss it with Comrade Apanashchenko?" Chalia asked rhetorically, stunned.

"No, I'm still the commander!" Blyukhel solemnly said to Chalya: "The headquarters of the Front is an incomparably important command center, the heart and soul of the entire front army, and must not remain in the city of Calcutta, which is likely to fall. In the event that the city of Kolkata is broken, it will be a great shame for the front headquarters to be captured! ”

Chalya heard from Blyukhel that Calcutta might fall. A frightened expression suddenly appeared on his face. In the camp of the world revolution, being a prisoner is almost the same as being a traitor, if you are captured by the Chinese. So who will lead the Indian people in the future? Who will take over the class of the world revolution? Thinking of this, he nodded heavily, turned around and went to pack his bags. Seeing him leave the war room, Pavlov leaned over to Blyukhel and whispered: "Comrade Blyukhel, is this really the case?" The city of Calcutta is very well defended, and the reserves are extremely well-stocked......"

Blyukherr said to Pavlov with a stern expression: "Comrade Charia has a very important position in the mind of Comrade Ruy. He is not only the eldest son of Comrade Lu Yi, but also the successor of the revolutionary cause in India. If he is lost in the city of Calcutta. The enemy will be able to besiege the city and force the Indian army to fight a decisive battle with them! ”

He stared at Pavlov with blazing eyes, as if he had completely restored the demeanor of the former god of war: "Comrade Pavlov, after I leave India, you will be the military leader of the entire Indian Red Army. You must keep it in mind for me. The decisive battle in Bengal cannot be fought! ”

"Can't fight?" Pavlov was stunned and asked rhetorically: "Why can't you fight?" ”

Blyukhel crossed his fingers and explained to Pavlov: "The first is that it cannot be beaten, after more than two months of competition, you should know that the Indian Red Army is not the opponent of the Chinese Defense Forces;

The second is that there is no need to fight, it is always beneficial for us to let the million-strong army of the Chinese fall into India, so there is no need for us to drive them away;

The third is that there are no troops to fight, because of the lack of equipment and training, the combat effectiveness of the Indian Red Army will become worse and worse in the future, and more and more troops will naturally be needed to fight such a decisive battle. But India's military strength is not unlimited...... There is no room for loss in the northwest, and the Soviet and Middle East battlefields still need Indian troops to maintain them. In addition, the Indian Red Army had to defend India's long coastline, especially the northwest and western coastlines, so the Indian Red Army simply could not spare troops to fight a decisive battle in Bengal. ”

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Nanjing, Tangshan.

A crisp phone rang, Chang Ruiqing picked up the telephone receiver on the desk, and the voice of Zhang Guotao, director of the National Intelligence Bureau, came from inside.

"Prime Minister, news from the Indian side, Blyukhel has left India, and Apanashchenko has taken over as commander of the Indian Northeast Front."

"Apanashchenko? Isn't he the commander of the Northwestern Front of India? So who will take his shift? Is it Pavlov? ”

Not to mention how deep Chang Ruiqing's historical foundation was in his previous life, that is, after the three-year world war, the world revolutionary camp and the world counter-revolutionary camp already have a very good understanding of each other's generals. Soviet generals of the rank of Apanashchenko and Pavlov have a whole box of archival materials in the Chinese General Staff and the National Intelligence Service. So when he heard that Apanashchenko had taken over Blyukhel's class, Chang Ruiqing's first thought of being the successor to the commander of the Indian Northwest Front was Pavlov, and the second successor was Konev.

"No, not Pavlov, he became the chief of the General Staff of the Indian Red Army...... Replacing Apanashchenko is Jasvante. Singh. ”

"Singh? Indian? ”

"That's right, it's an Indian, who was originally the commander of India's 35th Army, and then he seems to have spent time in the Middle East before, so I don't know anything else."

Chang Ruiqing said lightly that he knew, and put down the phone. He looked at Bai Chongxi, who was sitting opposite, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiansheng, you now have an Indian opponent named Jasvante. Singh. ”

Bai Chongxi just smiled slightly: "Whether it's Apanashchenko or Singh, in short, they are all lost...... In fact, I would rather have fought Blyukher in the northwestern battlefield of India, and it would be interesting to defeat the strongest general of the Soviet Union. ”

Seeing Bai Chongxi, who was full of ambition, Chang Ruiqing smiled and said, "Brother Jiansheng, are you really so sure?" It's already September, and there is still a month and a half left at most, and the autumn harvest in Punjab is about to be completed...... In such a short period of time, can you be sure to take this granary of India? Also, if Lu Yi is not fooled and transfers troops from northwest India to Bangladesh, will our Asekhin cluster still succeed? ”

Bai Chongxi said with a confident smile: "I have repeatedly studied with Liu Bcheng and Liao Yannong, the Northwest Front of the Indian Army has gathered its main forces in Afghanistan in order to resist our offensive, and there are not many troops in the Kashmir Valley, but there is a group army on the border defense line close to China. In order to deal with them, I plan to use the old method of seizing the Ferghana Basin, and send in airborne troops to make a surprise attack...... At the same time, air strikes were used to slow down the return of India's Northwest Front. As long as the Kashmir Valley is seized before they do, the road to Punjab is open. As soon as our 200,000-strong army enters the Punjab Plain, what else is there to worry about? Judging from the current table of the Indian Red Army, even if Lu Yi can draw out an army of 1 million, it is not our opponent! ”

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