Chapter 657 657 Protracted Guerrilla Warfare in India
Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee looked anxious and anxious in a phone call to US President George W. Bush, "The Chinese and Pakistanis have sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers to invade Punjab in three ways, our army is not enough to resist their invasion, we lack soldiers, weapons, and supplies, so the Chinese and Pakistanis who have tasted the sweetness will go straight in, India is hanging by a thread, we need support from allies!" ”
George W. Bush replied to him: "Prime Minister Vajpayee, the crisis suffered by India is a crisis for us as a whole NATO, and we empathize with India's experience, but to continue to support India, provide materials, weapons and reinforcements, we must open up the entire shipping route, on this issue, that is, to occupy Madagascar, NATO's fleet and ground forces have begun to fight with the Chinese here, I believe that as long as India holds on for a while, we will completely open this shipping route. The whole shape of India is able to be reversed. ”
Vajpayee wanted to say in his heart who knows if you can win the Chinese in Madagascar, after all, the last battle for the Mozambique Channel has been lost, and as far as the current situation is concerned, the Chinese PLA is still very imposing, not like it can be defeated lightly.
"Just like your previous plan, Your Excellency Prime Minister, India is a country with a vast territory and abundant human resources, India can continue to implement its 'space for time' strategy, as long as you hold on, reinforcements will definitely arrive, I can give you this promise, Your Excellency, please believe in the determination of your allies." George W. Bush continued to persuade.
Vajpayee still complained: "It's just that I'm worried that even if we delay, we won't be able to delay for too long, the gap between China and India in terms of national strength and military strength is too big, although I don't want to admit it, but China has only used one of ten fingers to overwhelm India." Space for time sounds good, but it is the people and land of India that are being violated and occupied, and if NATO reinforcements do not arrive in time, I am afraid that I will not call you in New Delhi next time. ”
Bush Jr. is not completely unkind; he naturally knows the predicament of Vajpayee and the Indians, and he is also under tremendous pressure; since the start of the war, the United States has not yet obtained any practical benefits from the Chinese, and there are more and more domestic doubts about the rationality of the war. The United States has recently arrested some anti-war demonstrators and labeled them as obstructing wartime order and even being guilty of espionage.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I understand the concerns of you and your companions, please hold on for another two to three weeks, the NATO fleet and ground forces will break through Madagascar and the Mozambique Strait at any cost, our troops will soon reach the subcontinent and defeat and expel the Chinese together with the Indian army, I give you this promise!" George W. Bush tried his best to narrate his words in an unquestioning and sonorous tone to make them sound more credible. As if these words did have some effect, Vajpayee calmed down a little, expressed his gratitude to George W. Bush, and sincerely hoped that NATO reinforcements would arrive soon.
Subsequently, Vajpayee attended the war decision-making meeting in New Delhi, at this time he was under great criticism at home, India has lost the whole northeast region and Jammu Kashmir, some people have openly declared Vajpayee to be the sinner of India, he had advocated Sino-Indian friendship before the war, and advocated the easing of relations with Pakistan, but it was these two countries that gave them a fatal blow. If it weren't for the fact that the head of government could not be removed lightly due to the fact that it was a wartime situation, I am afraid that he would have been replaced.
Defense Minister Fernandez spoke at the meeting: "War is no longer like in the past when victory or defeat could be decided by manpower and firepower, and our soldiers and generals are so strange and dazed in the face of the Chinese on the battlefield, because the Chinese have completely changed their mode of war against us, their mechs slaughter our mountain divisions in the mountains and plateaus, and their advanced main battle tanks ignore our armored forces." India can continue to recruit millions of soldiers to fight in this war, but the war will not change because we have millions of soldiers. Moreover, we will not even be able to provide these millions of soldiers with enough guns and supplies in the short term, this is an oversight of the logistics department of the Ministry of Defense, our combat readiness system is old and full of holes, so we are paying for this mistake. ”
Vajpayee's face was not good, and he said: "Mr. Fernandez, we are not here for a meeting to hear you say that we have made those mistakes and are much worse than the Chinese. What we need is to find a way to win, to win this war, and at least to protect our land and our people. ”
He glanced at the senior generals present again and said, "Generals, do you have anything to do?" If anything, now is the time to share it with you. ”
When the war first broke out, when China had not yet invested huge military forces, this group of generals A San was the most noisy group of people, waving their fists, dancing with their hands, clamoring for punishment against the Chinese, and they even verbally deduced several "great strategies", including laying ambushes on all sides to completely wipe out the Chinese invading forces, and even attacking Tibet and Yunnan to launch strategic counterattacks against China.
However, when the war continued to unfold, the Chinese drove the Indian army on the battlefield like pigs and sheep, and the Indian army has not once resisted the Chinese army head-on for more than half an hour, and more than 100,000 Indian troops have been defeated and captured, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land have been occupied, and even many Indian generals have become prisoners. Therefore, when asked what countermeasures these Indian generals had, they did not have the confidence that they used to have in the past, thinking that they could defeat the Chinese lightly, but shrunk their necks and sat there like stuffy gourds, without saying a word.
Seeing that no one in the military spoke, Vajpayee could only name him, "General Shanka, what do you think?" ”
General Shanka was startled at first, and then said hesitantly: "The weapons and equipment of the Chinese PLA are too advanced and we are too advanced, our Indian army is brave, but the warriors with stones and wooden sticks will never be able to resist the thugs with AK-47s, if we can't get more advanced weapons, it will be futile to deal with the Chinese PLA." ”
Vajpayee frowned: "Do you mean that if we don't have fighters, mechas, and aircraft carriers, we will only be destroyed by the Chinese?"
General Shanka waved his hand again and again, and said, "I didn't mean that, I think we will definitely find a way to win this war in East Africa." ”
At this time, a general came up with a bad idea, saying, "Maybe only nuclear weapons can stop Chinese......"
Defense Minister Fernandez turned blue with anger and said: "Nuclear weapons? Do you think we're dying fast enough? We only have about 100 nuclear warheads, but China conservatively estimates that there are 20,000 or 30,000 nuclear warheads, both strategic and tactical, and we lack carrier rockets that threaten China's hinterland. Once we use nuclear weapons, then the Chinese will no longer care, they will use nuclear weapons on the entire territory of India, and maybe only a few hundred will be able to wipe the entire Indian nation off the face of the earth, is this something you are happy to see?
The general could only shake his head and say, "Of course not, this result is too bad." ”
Vajpayee sighed: "Don't think about nuclear weapons, the US allies have also informed us that nuclear weapons cannot be used under any circumstances, once the monster of nuclear weapons is released, no one knows what will eventually evolve, and India is not qualified to pay for the collapse of the world." ”
Fernandez said at this time: "Everyone, although we are not capable of defeating the Chinese head-on on the battlefield, a billion Indians are not so easy to conquer. I propose that the government should come forward to form guerrilla units to carry out constant attacks on the Chinese in areas controlled by the Chinese, thus affecting the combat capability of the Chinese army. It will be a long battle, and we will have a long battle with the invaders until we finally emerge victorious. The Indian army may be defeated and driven away, but our guerrillas will continue to make it difficult for China to control these occupied areas, thus pinning down their large forces. Although China is strong, it also has a strong enemy, and China has to face more than just India. When they are drawn in India, they will have difficulties in other theaters, and the victories of our allies in other theaters will soon be translated into our victories. ”
Almost everyone who has a little knowledge knows that such a guerrilla war and protracted war strategy all came from China's wisdom in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression more than half a century ago. China never technically defeated Japan, but Japan eventually lost and China emerged victorious. It has to be said that India wants to replicate the same process to defeat the countries that created these concepts, and of course these things do meet India's needs.
However, India is not China, and China is not Japan. Japan is a small country with a lack of national strength and resources, while China today controls tens of millions of square kilometers of land, and the Shanghai Alliance has a population of more than 1 billion and can assemble tens of millions of well-equipped troops, which the Great Japanese Empire in the past could not keep up with. It can be said that if India uses protracted warfare and guerrilla warfare, it can be regarded as the right medicine for the situation, but it is really difficult to say whether it will be effective.