Chapter 1193: Confrontation with the main force of the Anglo-Indian army
Kolkata is the largest and most important city in eastern India, the center of British colonial rule for a hundred years, and the most prosperous metropolis in India. "5.com" Even after the Indian Viceroy Baron Harding moved the Governor's House from Calcutta to Delhi, it did not affect the prosperity of the place.
The urban area of Kolkata has a population of more than one million people, and there are millions of Indians living and living in the entire Kolkata area. After the Chinese Army landed at Port Diamond on November 25, it caused panic among Indians living here. Under the propaganda of the British colonialists, the Congress Party and the Muslim League, the Chinese have become synonymous with the devil, and these Indians do not want to be affected by the war, so they leave Calcutta and flee to the countryside on foot or with livestock. It's just that millions of urban people want to flee, which is not something that can be done in a short time, not to mention that there are still many Indians who are unwilling to leave their homes. They also had a little illusion about the squadron, believing that the squadron would not be as evil as the British advertised, so they intended to stay. However, when the Chinese team began to attack Kolkata, these Indians paid a heavy price for it!
On November 26, the first wave of the third group of the Chinese Army landed in Kolkata and inflicted heavy losses on the 24th Army of the Anglo-Indian Army north of Port Diamond, and completely annihilated the 4th Army of the 24th Army.
After that, the Chinese Army continued to recommend to the north, with the 11th Armored Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade leading the way. At the same time, the second wave of the third group of the Chinese Army landed in Kolkata on the evening of November 26 directly under the escort of the naval fire support ship detachment. Nine battleships of the detachment of fire support ships anchored on the Hooghly River inflicted heavy artillery shelling on Calcutta.
Although the Anglo-Indian 24th Army had already assembled 6 corps in Calcutta, a total of 300,000 defenders. However, they didn't expect the squadron to come so quickly at all, so that these Indian Ah San didn't have any preparation before the squadron's shells fell on their heads!
Every explosion of a battleship's large-caliber naval guns was as if the sky was falling apart, and a building often needed only one shell to be destroyed. As the economic and political center and cultural center of India for a long time, Kolkata's prosperity is second to none in the whole of India. However, under the brutal shelling of the Chinese Navy's fire support ship detachment, the entire city was reduced to ruins little by little. In the shelling, the 24th Army of the British and Indian Army, which was preparing to fight with the squadron in the streets of Calcutta, suffered heavy losses, and many Indian Asans were directly blown to pieces in the shelling. Although war has nothing to do with civilians, no country can completely do it without harming innocents in combat. What's more, the Chinese side also intends to reduce the total population of India during the war, so there will be no distinction between so-called military targets and residential areas.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The detachment of Chinese naval fire support ships anchored on the Hooghly River opened heavy fire on Calcutta, and houses were destroyed by shelling, and they caught fire and burned until they were left in ruins. Streets were destroyed, and a large number of Indians wept and wailed in the midst of the war! However, no one sympathizes with them, the war, as it should be! Backwardness is a beating・India, with its fertile land, has raised a large population of Indians, but these Indians are not capable of defending the country. The so-called innocent husband is guilty of his crimes, and the current situation in India is exactly like this. China values the fertile lands of northern India, and this war is China's best chance to seize them. And those Indians, as an obstacle to China's future immigration to India, will of course be eliminated!
The courage of the British and Indian 24th Army to resist was also lost in the fierce shelling of the Chinese Navy's fire support ship detachment, and in the face of such a terrible shelling, even those Indians were trying to defend their homeland, but at this time they were unwilling to continue fighting. Many of the Indian Ah San threw away their weapons and fled out of the city.
At 7 p.m., the shelling of the Chinese Navy's fire support ship detachment ended, and the urban area of Kolkata was destroyed a lot, and some shanty towns built by Indians were even more ablaze, and I don't know how many Indians died in the fire. At this time, the commander of the third group of the Chinese Army, General Zhou Shun, gave the order to attack. Eight infantry divisions of the 11th Army of the Chinese Army and ten divisions of the Japanese mercenaries entered the city from the west and south of Calcutta.
Most of the defenders of the Anglo-Indian 24th Army in Calcutta fled, and only a small part resisted. However, their resistance is completely equivalent to the mantis arm as a car for the squadron. After determining that the Anglo-Indian troops were not able to threaten the outfit! After the weapons of the troops, the 11th Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army drove directly into the city of Calcutta, and a large number of Chinese soldiers or Japanese mercenary soldiers hid behind tanks and armored vehicles, and cleaned up the British and Indian soldiers inside. In the process, many Indian civilians were also eliminated as militants. In the process, there have also been large-scale incidents of looting, rape and killings of civilians.
The Japanese mercenaries fought very fiercely, but in terms of military discipline, they were very bad. In addition, the establishment of Japanese mercenaries is not equipped with special comfort personnel, which makes these Japanese mercenary soldiers have to find their own way after being anxious. During the eradication of indigenous women in Southeast Asia, indigenous women in Southeast Asia were subjected to large-scale humiliation by Japanese mercenary soldiers. And now in India, although these Indian women are pitch black, the Japanese don't care about this at all. It seems that as long as it is magnetic, they can do it!
Of course, there are also a small number of people involved in the squadron. Fighting is always a very stressful job, and once you relax, you will inevitably want to vent.
And venting on a woman's body is undoubtedly the best way to vent stress!
After a night of fierce fighting, the 3rd Cluster of the Chinese Army completely took control of Calcutta. The 24th Army of the British and Indian Army, except for more than 100,000 people who successfully escaped, all the rest died in this battle! Many of the people who remained in the plains of Kolkata also died in the battle. Of course, the exact numbers are still a mystery. Japanese mercenaries often dispose of the corpses together after they had done their worst crimes. Coupled with the chaos, even among the Indian survivors in Calcutta, it is unclear whether they were killed in the battle on the night of November 26.
On the morning of November 27, the commander of the third group of the Chinese army, General Zhou Shun, entered Calcutta under the protection of guards. A large part of Kolkata's urban area was destroyed in the fighting, and many fires have yet to be extinguished. But at this time, the squadron did not have time to deal with these at all, but many surviving Indians began to extinguish the fire.
"Commander, the Anglo-Indian army in Calcutta has been wiped out by us, except for a small number of Anglo-Indian troops who fled, the rest have been wiped out! It is estimated that in this battle, we will destroy at least 300,000 enemies! Lieutenant General Chang Hashi, chief of staff, said.
"Hmm!" Admiral Zhou Shun nodded, although he won the battle and conquered the big city of Calcutta, he did not feel anything happy. The opponent is a garbage like India's Ah San, and the victory is supposed to be.
"What was the reaction of the 2nd Army of the Anglo-Indian Army? When will I arrive in Kolkata? Admiral Zhou Shun asked. He cared more about the Anglo-Indian 2nd Army, an army group composed entirely of British, than an ordinary army group that annihilated an Anglo-Indian army.
"The Anglo-Indian 2nd Army is still marching on Calcutta. However, after our assault on Calcutta, they seem to have deliberately slowed down, and it is expected that they will arrive in Kolkata tomorrow morning! Lieutenant General Ehashi said.
"Humph! As long as they dare to come, let them have no return! Let the ministries step up their rest, tomorrow we have another fierce battle! Also, get in touch with the third wave so they have to get to Kolkata by tonight! Admiral Zhou Shun said. Faced with an army group consisting entirely of British, he had to pay attention. Now he only has more than 200,000 men of the 11th Army and 10 divisions of Japanese mercenaries at his disposal, and his strength is still somewhat weak. If the third wave of ten infantry divisions and twenty divisions of Japanese mercenaries arrived, they would be much more generous in terms of troops!
"Yes, Commander! The third wave will be able to arrive before four o'clock in the afternoon! Tomorrow's battle will definitely be in time! However, we found that there was also an army group of the Anglo-Indian army that was heading towards Calcutta. It is expected to arrive the day after tomorrow! It is estimated that the Anglo-Indian 2nd Army will wait until this army group arrives before launching an attack on Calcutta! Lieutenant General Ehashi said.
"Another army group? If it is an ordinary Anglo-Indian army group, then you don't have to take it to heart! An ordinary Anglo-Indian army group, a Japanese mercenary of up to twenty divisions, would be able to defeat them! Admiral Zhou Shun said disdainfully. After this battle, he had a more intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the British and Indian armies, and he looked down on them even more!
On November 27, the 3rd Group of the Chinese Army began to leave Calcutta and advance northward, taking the initiative to attack the 2nd Army of the British and Indian Army!