Go South! Go South!

In the night of Kashmir, large groups of Chinese defense forces are rolling southward. A crowd shouting the sound of horses neighing and the roar of motors. On the mountainous Kashmir Valley, long marching troops, armed with baggage and artillery, marched south to the Punjab plains south of the Jammu Mountains. The headquarters of the 36th Mountain Army of the National Defense Forces and the 1st Airborne Division have now crossed the Kashmir and Jammu Mountains to reach the designated position, and now along the Jammu-Kashmir road to the south are the other three armies of the Aksai Chin Army, the 9th Infantry Corps, the 10th Infantry Corps, and the 2nd Mountain Corps. Due to the huge mistake of the Indian army's deployment in the northwest battlefield, as long as these three armies arrive in the Punjab plain before the Indian army completes the adjustment, it will be equivalent to a complete victory!

Under the stars in the Kashmir Valley, the main forces of Army Group Aksai Chin, which must arrive at the designated position by October 18, were received. Mighty and galloping forward. Behind the brigades of the three armies was a transport convoy of thousands of trucks! In order to provide logistical support for the more than 200,000 troops who raided Punjab, the logistics department of the Chinese army was very troubled, not only mobilizing millions of people in the three Xinjiang regions, but also transporting thousands of brand-new military trucks through the Guò Lanjiang Railway. But even a convoy of this size is unlikely to sustain the more than 200,000 troops of the Asekhchin cluster in the Punjab region. After all, the Tibetan highway will become impassable due to heavy snow closures for a month at most. Therefore, in the upcoming Battle of Punjab, the Chinese army was almost in a situation of "fighting without a rear", and it was necessary to demand a quick victory!

The commander of the Asekhin Army, General Xue Yue, sat on a military off-road vehicle and smeared the march with the staff officers of the headquarters. Xue Boling, who can be regarded as a top general in history, has finally got a chance to emerge now. He became the commander of the field army in charge. Although the road was dusty, it couldn't hide the excitement on his face. He had already calculated in his heart, the raid on Punjab was carried out very successfully, and the main force of the Northwest Front of India and Afghanistan was pinned down in Afghanistan and could not move at all; The Sindh-Beloch Army Group is to garrison the Sindh-Beloch coastline, which is threatened by the Sino-German and Al-A-3 teams, and will not be used for a while; The Indian Army's Northeast Front had already started a decisive battle with the Chinese East India Front under the command of Peng Dhuai. It is simply impossible to come to reinforce the Punjab battlefield. In other words, the army that the Indian Asan can put into Punjab is extremely limited. If his more than 200,000 troops can arrive in time, they will definitely be able to defeat them, and then they may even get the opportunity to take advantage of the victory to attack the Indian capital Delhi.

It seems that the credit for the defeat of the enemy capital is already within reach! With such a great contribution, should his rank of general be replaced by the rank of general? Wait until the victory of World War II in the future, as long as you don't make any big mistakes. I'm afraid that it will not be difficult to become a marshal any further.

Not only was Xue Yue full of expectations for this southward journey, but the infantry marching on both sides of his headquarters column were also high-spirited, and from time to time the voices of the officers were cheering and mobilizing: "Let's go to capture Delhi and capture the capital of India!" Brothers, work hard, why do you have to walk a hundred and eighty miles tonight, don't let Lu Yi, the old boy, run away! ”

"We're unprepared now. Straight to the Yellow Dragon. The capture of the capital of India was the first achievement of the Indian battle! We are all great heroes of the Great China Federation! ”

"Don't let the brothers of the East Indies Front steal the jackpot! I heard that they are fighting the main force of the Indian Ahsan! If they wait for them to destroy Ah San's main force, we won't have a taste even if we defeat Delhi! Brothers, work harder, and be sure to get into Delhi first! ”

There were bursts of young and cheerful voices in the ranks. The soldiers of these three armies of the Asekhin Army were from different parts of the Great China Federation. Among them, most of the soldiers of the 2nd Mountain Army came from the mountainous areas of Sichuan, and their style was quite fierce. The 9th Army's troops were supplemented by Liaoning, which was a strong force in the Wehrmacht.

The soldiers of the 10th Army are interesting. The soldiers of this army are all from the Far Eastern Republic of China, about half of them are immigrants from Shandong, Henan and other places, and the other half are the Far Eastern He people, so this army is very much like the style of the old Imperial Japanese Army...... It's a little bit of a devil entering the village. Of course, it was the Soviet flower girls who were plagued in the past, and this time it is estimated that it will be the turn of the Indian flower girls to be unlucky.

Walking beside Xue Yue now are the officers and soldiers of the 10th Army, although this unit is notorious. However, the combat effectiveness is among the top few in the infantry army of the Chinese army. Therefore, Xue Yue specially named and transferred this army from the Siberian Front to his command this time, just to let them go to the Punjab Plain to commit murder. As for the scourge of the Indian people or something, he doesn't care, these Indian people don't even take their own country's government seriously, and directly set the target of killing their heads. Slaughter them like pigs, and you can still count on yourself, a Chinese invader, to treat them as human beings?

In the night, a messenger on horseback galloped over and restrained his horse in front of Xue Yue's off-road vehicle. Salute and report loudly: "The guard commander of the 36th Mountain Army reports that the main force of the Indian army is building fortifications outside the city of Lahore and seems to be preparing to defend it, and the guard commander asks for instructions, is it necessary to immediately send troops to attack the enemy army in Lahore?" ”

"Guarded?" Xue Yue exchanged glances with Chen Changjie, the chief of staff beside him, and laughed at the same time. Xue Yue waved his hand and said, "Sue Wei Junru, let's go with the Indians to defend it, and we won't go to Lahore." Then he raised his voice again and shouted to the staff officers of the army headquarters who were riding on the off-road vehicles behind him: "Command all troops, speed up the march!" Tell the brothers, act fast! You must arrive at the designated location by noon tomorrow! ”

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At the same time, in the middle of the night. Outside the city of Lahore, the ancient capital of the Mughal dynasty, the capital of West Punjab. Countless fires were lit, and countless figures were busy in the firelight. The criss-crossing trenches have taken shape under the toils of the citizens of Lahore or the soldiers of the Indian Red Army who are struggling to wield shovels or shovels. Truckloads of timber and other building materials were pulled from nowhere and piled up in the open space outside the walls of Lahore, and soon some of them were carried away to reinforce the trenches.

It was the fortifications that were being built to defend the city of Lahore, in order to build the city of Lahore before the Chinese army was assembled. Pavlov not only ordered the officers and soldiers of the Indian Guards Army to participate in the construction of fortifications, but also ordered the mobilization of more than 200,000 citizens of Lahore! Nearly 250,000 people had been toiling outside Lahore for a day and a night, and their officers and men in the Guards Army were given 1 kilogram of rice with curry per person per day. But the citizens of Lahore had to bring their own rations, and in order to cope with the possible siege, the West Punjab Provincial Party Committee had urgently ordered the abolition of the West Punjab food stamps. and a minimum food ration is in place in all cities throughout the Punjab. On average, each person receives less than 150 grams of corn, potatoes or sweet potatoes per day, and rice and flour are only available to GCD cadres with special cards, except for the army.

Although hungry, the quantity of work given to each citizen of Lahore who participated in the construction of the fortifications was not at all compromised, even compared to the soldiers of the Guards Army, who were strong and strong. Moreover, there are also armed political cadres and security fighters to supervise on the spot, and any citizens who fail to meet the targets. will be immediately sentenced to death! The reason for this situation is actually related to the dispute between the Muslims and Hindus in India. Although the Indian GCD is atheistic and takes an attitude of exterminating any religion, there is still a rift between the non-religious Hindus and the M'slin, and neither side regards the other as its own. The middle and upper echelons of the Indian GCD are all original Hindus, and the main enemies of the Indian GCD. Except for China, there are two MSLing parties, and the Afghan terrorists who make the GCDs in India hate it so much are all MSLins, which is why the MSLin people in West Punjab are treated so harshly.

However, under the supervision of the Indian and G security cadres and the political workers of the Red Army, the Lahore city defense project proceeded very smoothly. Even if they were tired and hungry, the citizens of Lahore gritted their teeth and waved their tools, sweating profusely. From time to time, people die of hunger and exhaustion, but no one dares to complain. Not only did no one complain. There are also many people who are working hungry while singing "The Song of Commander Lu Yi". This scene made many Indian GCDs present unforgettable for life.

In the later primary school Chinese textbooks of the People's Republic of India, the expression of the citizens of Lahore during the construction of the Lahore fortress was described as follows: "...... From time to time someone falls down and never gets up again, because of hunger and overwork. But soon someone else took over his or her unfinished work. No one complained, no one complained, no one complained, all the people voluntarily gathered here to build this line of defense to defend the Indian GCD and Comrade Ruyi out of infinite love for the great leader of the Indian GCD and the Indian people. This kind of intimate relationship between the leader, the party and the people can only be found in red India under the leadership of the GCD. The fortifications of Lahore miraculously stood in a matter of days, and behind this miracle was the infinite love of hundreds of millions of Indian people for the Indian GCD and Comrade Ruyi. We firmly believe that this power is enough to defeat any despicable enemy, whoever wants to overthrow the ruling position of the GCD in India. It is impossible to defeat the glorious, great, and correct Indian GCD, which has the support of hundreds of millions of working Indian people, and it is impossible to prevent the West Indies, including Lahore, from returning to the bosom of the Indian People's Republic. ”

Well, this is something that every kid living in the People's Republic of India is sure to learn in the Hindi language curriculum in primary school. However, in the history books of the Republic of Pakistan, the same event is recorded as the "Lahore Massacre", according to the official statistics of Pakistan. More than 55,000 Lahore citizens died of exhaustion or starvation during the week-long construction, and the so-called Lahore fortress played no role in the subsequent war.

Because the Chinese did not attack Lahore, which was entrenched by the Indian Guards Army.

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"It has been four days since the arrival of the Chief of the General Staff of the Indian Army, General Pavlov, and according to intelligence, local troops from various central and western Indian states are massing in the Punjab area. The Indian Guards Army, which had arrived in Lahore in advance, was desperately building fortifications and stockpiling supplies. It seems to be ready to hold out in Lahore for a long time. At the same time, the Indian Guards Group Army has also expanded on the basis of absorbing the local troops of the Indian Army in Punjab, and has now expanded from the original five divisions to five armies and 10 divisions, with a total strength of about 120,000 troops. In addition, crops in rural areas of West Punjab have not been damaged. The Indian army showed no signs of scorched earth warfare. There is also intelligence that the West Punjab State Committee of India's GCD has issued a strict order to supervise the autumn harvest and grain transshipment, and the autumn harvest has begun ahead of schedule in Jehrum, Mendibehauddin, Desgar and other places close to the Zhì area under the control of our army......

Jinnah, the leader of the All India MSLIN Alliance, arrived in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir State, by plane a few days ago, and was warmly welcomed by the MSLIN people in Kashmir. In addition, Jinnah has indicated to us that he can take over the civil affairs of Srinagar and the entire Kashmir region at any time. The All India Union is also ready to take over Lahore to take over West Punjab and the whole of Northwest India. In addition, Jinnah also hoped that the West Indian Front would make a breakthrough in the frontal battlefield of Afghanistan in order to allow the armed forces of the M-Sling Alliance to enter the northwestern part of India.

After many familiar consultations, the headquarters of the West Indian Front planned to launch a frontal offensive in Afghanistan to attract the main force of the Indian Northwest Front in order to deal with the Xue Yue cluster that broke through into the Punjab area. However, Xue Yue's cluster headquarters planned to abandon the original plan of attacking Lahore. Remain in Sialkot with one division, and attack the eastern Punjab with the main force through Bosrul and Narowar, and advance to Delhi, the capital of India, in the southeast, so as to force the Indian Guards Army to leave Lahore, which has a strong city defense, and engage our army in the plains of the West Punjab......"

Chang Ruiqing put down the long electricity in his hand, while Zhao Zhen and Wu Shi were sitting opposite him at the moment, staring at Chang Ruiqing's face tightly. It was as if waiting for him to make some decision. Chang Ruiqing stood up and walked to the huge electric sand table in the middle of the combat command center of the Ministry of National Defense, looking at the mountains and rivers in northwest India, and muttered. After a while, he whispered: "More than 200,000 troops are rampage in the heart of the enemy...... It is not yet known about the deployment of Indian troops in Delhi and in the eastern states of Punjab and Haryana. Youlin, Yu Xun, do you think Liu Bcheng's plan is too risky? What is the opinion of the General Staff? Although his words were asked, he was 100% relieved in his heart to face Liu Mingzhao. No matter what the other party says, he is a famous general in history, and his military talent is probably only comparable to Bai Chongxi and Lin Zuo. However, Zhao Zhen and Wu Shi, as chief of the general staff and commander-in-chief of the army, belong to the most important staff of the defense minister, and according to the procedure, Chang Ruiqing, the defense minister, should listen to the opinions of the two of them on specific tactical issues (such a system is not for Chang Ruiqing alone. In the Federation of Great China, the Minister of National Defense is a political officer and cannot be a military member on active duty, so he can only manage military and political affairs and grasp the strategic direction.

In fact, the battle plan reported by the West Indian Front has been repeatedly discussed by the General Staff Team and the Army General Headquarters, and when they heard Chang Ruiqing ask, Zhao Zhen and Wu Shi exchanged glances with each other, and then Zhao Zhen, who was in a slightly higher position, pointed to the sand table and began to talk.

"In the Punjab direction, after repeated discussions between the General Staff and the Army Command and the Air Force Command, it is proposed to adopt Liu Bcheng's opinion (the current Wehrmacht attaches great importance to the system and regulations. There is also a clear division of authority and decision-making between the General Staff and the Frontline Headquarters. According to the relevant regulations, the front-line headquarters has the main decision-making power in the theater under its jurisdiction, and as long as there are no major omissions in the operational plan submitted by the front-line headquarters, the General Staff and the general departments should approve the implementation of the 9th Infantry Corps, the 10th Infantry Corps, the 2nd Mountain Army, and the 1st Airborne Division. An offensive operation was launched in the direction of Delhi, while the main force of the 36th Mountain Army held Sialkot and confronted Lahore. The Indian Guards Army fell into a situation where it was difficult to take care of each other, and added a few more points to the Punjab battle!

As to the enemy situation in Delhi, East Punjab, and Haryana, the General Staff and Army Command agreed with the estimates of the West Indies Front. It is believed that the Indian army has not deployed heavy troops in the above-mentioned areas, and it is very likely that Delhi, the capital of India, is an empty city. In addition, Delhi is the capital of India and is the political, cultural, economic, and military center of India, which is of great significance, and once it falls into our hands, if the Indian Union of Mismlin can establish power in Delhi, it can even be regarded as the change of power of India's central power. Therefore, the General Staff has already said that although the plan reported by the West Indies Front has certain risks, it should still be resolutely implemented! ”

"Into Delhi?" Chang Ruiqing muttered in a low voice, his brows already wrinkled: "Youlin, Yu Xun, how likely do you think it is that Liu Bcheng will enter Delhi?" ”

This time, Wu Shi opened his mouth to answer: "Unless the Indians have a heavy army cluster of more than 300,000 people lurking around Delhi, Delhi will definitely fall into our hands!" He paused slightly and looked at Chang Ruiqing: "Yaoru, are you worried about the problem after entering Delhi?" ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded silently: "Call Liu Bcheng back, the Ministry of Defense has approved his plan, let him do it." In addition, arrange for a plane to take Jinnah to Nanjing, and I will have a good talk with him. ”

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