Chapter 1178: Capture of Imphal
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"General, the Chinese have occupied Belair and are now marching on Imphal. According to the information we have received, there are at least 400,000 Chinese who have come to attack, of which 200,000 are North Koreans raised by Chinese! Major General Lawrence, Chief of Staff of the 27th Army of the Anglo-Indian Army, reported to the commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Reinert. The 27th Army's defense area was Imphal and the surrounding area, and the 28th Army also had the 28th Army in Dinsugiya in the north. However, now it seems that the Chinese did not march from the direction of Dingsujiya, but made a desperate direct attack on Imphal.
"Sue Philip, let him withdraw his troops from Dinsujia! The Chinese will not attack from that direction! Lieutenant General Renate said. Since the squadron did not attack Dinsugia, it would be a complete waste to deploy an army group there.
"Will General Philip say yes?" Major General Lawrence said with some hesitation. The Anglo-Indian 27th Army and the 28th Army were among the last two armies to be formed, and the relationship between Lieutenant General Renate and Lieutenant General Philip was not very good. In such a situation, it is already the best for Lieutenant General Philip not to fall into the ground, and it seems unlikely that Lieutenant General Philip will lead troops to rescue Imphal!
"Tell Philip directly, if he doesn't come to Imphal, then I'll have to report to General Kitchener. The 27th Army did not resist the strength of the Chinese, and if they did not arrive in time and the guide zhì Inpal was lost, he would be responsible for the consequences of that qiē! Lieutenant General Renate said with a smile. Although the relationship between the two is not good. But at this time. Anyone who dared to mix personal feelings in the middle of the battle would certainly be suppressed by Admiral Kitchener. Right now. All the efforts of the Anglo-Indian army were aimed at being able to defeat the Chinese.
"Yes, General, I know how!" Major General Lawrence also laughed. He knew that if the commander of the 28th Army, Lieutenant General Philip, did not want to be punished by Admiral Kitchener, then he had to obediently lead troops to rescue Imphal.
"By the way, Philip is reminded that we can hold out for a week at most. If he can't make it within a week, then go and explain it to General Kitchener himself! Lieutenant General Renate said.
"Yes. Checkmate! Major General Lawrence nodded, left his office, and went to the telegraph room to send a telegram to Lieutenant General Philip, commander of the 28th Army. When Admiral Kitchener deployed the mission, he deployed the 25th and 26th Armies in Bengal and the 27th and 28th Armies in northeastern India, in order to be able to fight with sufficient troops and squadrons. Make up for the weakness in combat power with the superiority of troops.
After Major General Lawrence left, the smile on Lieutenant General Renat's face faded. It is a distance of 300 kilometers from Dinsugiya to Imphal. It's almost impossible to get there within a week. However, the Chinese have now crossed the Naga hills. The march is underway towards Imphal. Lieutenant General Renate was not sure that the 27th Army would be able to hold off the Chinese for a week. If the 27th Army is defeated, the Chinese can go directly north. Cut off the retreat of the 28th Army. When the time comes, they will suffer a crushing defeat!
Lieutenant General Philip, commander of the 28th Army of the Anglo-Indian Army, who was far away in Dingsukiya, immediately cursed after receiving a telegram from the 27th Army. However, after scolding, he still had to honestly order the main force of the army group to advance south, preparing to rush to Imphal to support the 27th Army. Although he wished that the Chinese would kill Lieutenant General Renate, he did not want to put himself in it. Therefore, for the sake of his own future, he also has to desperately march towards Imphal.
After the capture of Bolair, the squadron continued to advance towards Imphal. Imphal is located in the middle of the Imphal River Valley Plain, and the terrain is relatively flat, which is suitable for the deployment of the squadron. At the same time, the Chinese Army's engineering units have also stepped up the construction of airfields near Burair, and the fighters of the 1st Wing of the Chinese Air Force are currently deployed at airfields in northwestern Burma, and if they want to attack the British and Indian forces, they will have to fly over the Naga hills. This is a serious defect for the current situation of the Chinese Air Force's relatively short combat radius. If an airport is built in Belair, this problem can be fundamentally solved. Berair is only more than 30 kilometers away from Imphal, and the fighter planes take off from Imphal and can stay in the sky over Imphal for a long time, which can provide fire support for the squadron attacking Imphal for a longer time.
After the Northern Route Army was marching on Imphal, the Southern Route Army captured Chittagong on 29 October. Because of the initiative of the 26th Army of the British and Indian Army, the squadron easily obtained the most important port in Bangladesh. After obtaining the port, the logistics materials needed by the squadron can be directly sent to Chittagong by sea, which greatly reduces the difficulty of supply.
After the capture of Chittagong, General Lin Chengye, commander of the second group of the Chinese army, ordered his troops to rest and recuperate, while sending a force closer to Dhaka. However, there was no obstacle along the way, not only the British and Indian soldiers who were originally stationed here had fled, but even the Indians had fled, leaving the city empty. Two days later, the Chinese army captured Dhaka without resistance from the British and Indian forces. At the same time, the Chinese side also learned that the 25th and 26th armies of the British and Indian armies were heading to the north of the Bengal Plain. Kathy. Intelligence on the retreat of the Jeintia hills. The British and Indian troops knew that they could not resist the attack of the squadron along the Bengal coast and along the river, so they took the initiative to retreat. In this way, we can make full use of our strengths and avoid our weaknesses and give full play to the superiority of the British and Indian armies in terms of military strength. And the squadron obviously can't let hundreds of thousands of British and Indian troops entrenched in Carlo. Kathy. In the Jaintia hills, if these British and Indian troops are not wiped out, the squadron will not be able to advance along the Ganges River to the hinterland of India with confidence. Otherwise, if the British and Indian troops attacked the rear of the squadron, there was a danger that the rear road would be cut off. After all, compared with the Anglo-Indian army, which has a strength of tens of millions, the Chinese army plus mercenaries have only sent more than 2 million troops to India, and the gap in strength is too great!
The Anglo-Indian army prepares at Carlo. Kathy. The Jeintia Hills and the Squadron have a meeting, which is exactly what the Squadron wants to see. Although the British and Indian armies are strong, as long as hundreds of thousands of British and Indian troops are eaten in every battle, the gap between the two sides in the final battle will gradually narrow, or even completely reversed.
After figuring out the operational intentions of the British and Indian forces, Admiral Lin Chengye ordered the troops of the 2nd Cluster of the Chinese Army to report to the Caro Army. Kathy. The Jeintia Hills marched. In addition to the Southern Route Army, the Northern Route Army, after capturing Imphal, also followed the Brahmaputra River to the Kalo. Kathy. The Geintia Hills marched and together with the Southern Route Army flanked the main force of the Anglo-Indian army. At the same time, the Chinese Navy will also send warships into the Brahmaputra River to smash the Anglo-Indian army's attempt to cross the river and completely wipe out the four Anglo-Indian army groups deployed in northeastern India and Bengal.
On the morning of November 1, 10 infantry divisions of the Chinese Army and 20 divisions of the Korean mercenaries arrived in Imphal and began to attack Imphal and nearby cities held by the 27th Army of the British and Indian Army.
Although the 27th Army of the British and Indian Army still has more than 400,000 troops, it is stronger than the Second Cluster North Route Army of the Chinese Army. However, the combat power of the British and Indian armies was far inferior to that of the squadron and the North Korean mercenaries.
After a day of fierce fighting, the squadron defeated the troops deployed by the 27th Anglo-Indian Army on the periphery of Imphal, annihilating more than 100,000 enemies, and no less than 100,000 British and Indian soldiers fled from Imphal. These Indian Asans were so frightened that they did not dare to stay in Imphal anymore, but chose to become deserters.
On the morning of November 2, the squadron officially launched an attack on Imphal. The squadron gathered more than 300 heavy guns and shelled Imphal for an hour. In the heavy shelling, the Anglo-Indian army suffered heavy losses, and most of the fortifications that had been painstakingly built were destroyed. At the same time, the fighters of the 1st Wing of the Chinese Air Force also rushed to organize the exhibition, and dozens of fighters circled over Admiral Imphal, strafing and dropping bombs on the British and Indian troops, which put those Indian A-san under tremendous pressure and even fled because of a nervous breakdown.
In the afternoon of the same day, the squadron broke through the Anglo-Indian defense line and entered the city of Imphal. Street fighting takes place in the city of Imphal. As an important city in the northeast region of India, the urban area of Imphal is not small, but those civil structure houses cannot withstand the attack of the squadron at all. And those Indian Ah San also had no experience in street fighting, and were defeated by the squadron with the absolute superiority in weapons. At the same time, the Indians in the city who had not had time to flee paid a heavy price. The squadron and the North Korean mercenaries will not care whether the Indian Ah San is a civilian, or whether there are Indian Ah San soldiers hiding among the civilians, and all the Indian Ah San who show hostility to the squadron will be eliminated. The North Korean mercenaries are still on the offensive, sometimes humiliating the Indian women. I don't know why those North Koreans have such a strong taste, and those Indians are dark, and they are no better than Africans. But those North Koreans still don't care.
Because the North Korean mercenaries are not bad when they fight, the squadron also turns a blind eye to these behaviors of the North Korean mercenaries.
On 4 November, the Anglo-Indian 27th Army suffered heavy losses and had to evacuate Imphal, fleeing northward, and after joining up with the Anglo-Indian 28th Army moving south, it fled west into Carlo. Kathy. Jeintia Hills. (To be continued......)