Although the Indian army knew that it had a border conflict with China when the Chinese frequently moved troops through the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a moderate politician who had always advocated rapprochement with Pakistan and China and the development of political and diplomatic relations with major powers. In the aftermath of the crisis in southern Tibet, Vajpayee felt that the military's handling was rather inappropriate, creating even greater risks. At the same time, it is extremely unwise to engage in unprovoked exchanges of fire and clashes with Chinese troops on the border, and there is a rift between the government and the military.

Moreover, India did not expect that because of some troublesome students in southern Tibet, China would be determined to start a war to resolve the border and disputed territory issues with India that have been shelved for decades. According to normal logic, both sides should exercise restraint after the conflict and at the same time resolve the dispute through negotiations. But in this matter, China does not want to make peace with India at all.

As a result, the tens of thousands of Indian troops stationed in southern Tibet were still in a state of relative ignorance, unaware that a great danger was coming from the north, and were still busy purging the social order in southern Tibet, and at the same time eliminating and punishing some unstable elements in the locality.

It is said that during the Sino-Indian War in 62, the residents of southern Tibet were never afraid of PLA transit, but as soon as they encountered the Indian army, they ran as far as they could, and the Indians did not regard southern Tibet as their own land, but more as an occupied land or colony, and the Indian army had a strong mercenary nature since the colonial period, and the fighting quality was not too bad, but relatively speaking, it was very backward in terms of discipline and ideology.

The Indian army has caused great disasters in southern Tibet, a large number of local women have been raped, and the Indian army has also caused serious losses and injuries to the local tribes.

At this time, the Indian army basically carried forward the style of the Indian army in those years, taking disturbance and sabotage as its main action, and the purging work in southern Tibet was very rude, and there were certain casualties and property losses. The Indian army imposed martial law and a curfew on southern Tibet, prohibiting people from taking to the streets to participate in any opportunities and even any way to express their opinions. However, after all, the Indian army is still relatively new to this kind of work, and has not cut off local communications with the outside world, especially network communications, and a large number of inquiries have been exposed to the world through transit. Of course, in this process, the impetus of China's strategic bureau is indispensable.

Among all the pictures and video materials that have been circulated, the one that has the greatest impact is a video that is not very clear. The video mainly shows a local resident of southern Tibet waving a five-star red flag on a building and making angry looks at the Indian soldiers downstairs. It was judged that the man was angry because of the sabotage of the Indian army, so he unfurled the Chinese flag to mock and insult the Indian army.

Indians have always had an inferiority complex towards Chinese, and they are both ancient civilizations, but Chinese culture continues to this day, and China has experienced some twists and turns in modern times, and has developed rapidly in recent years and has become one of the world's top superpowers. At the time of India and China's independence, India's situation was obviously much better than China's, but after so many years, it was overtaken by China, and now it is getting farther and farther away. Not only in terms of economic strength, but also the border war in '62 proved that the Indians were inferior to the Chinese in terms of war, and India at that time was full of fear of China.

As for the inferiority complex of the Chinese, it is easy to develop into venting their emotions with the help of the residents of southern Tibet who are related to the Chinese. Indians themselves are not as good as the Chinese, but they feel better than the inhabitants of northeastern India, so they treat them with some rough behavior.

When the man in southern Tibet unfurled the Chinese flag, it aroused the anger of the Indians, and several Indian soldiers directly raised their guns and shot him to death, and this person was shot nearly 100 times all over his body, and even his body was gone. And this did not alleviate the anger of the Indian soldiers, who rushed up to trample on the five-star red flag, which had been beaten to a thousand holes, and finally lit a fire and burned the red flag.

The entire process of killing and burning flags was filmed by residents of southern Tibet in the building on the other side, and then the video was circulated on the Internet and reprinted by some media, especially Chinese media. Although after years of construction, the personal quality of the Chinese people has been improved, and although it may not catch up with the level of developed countries, it is still worthy of praise. However, once such a video came out, many Chinese people could not remain calm and reasonable, combined with the explanation package of the southern Tibet issue and the Sino-Indian border issue posted by some people on the Internet, there was a voice in the country, demanding that the country fight back against India, and at the same time recapture southern Tibet, and end the discrimination and persecution of Indians against their compatriots.

Originally, it was just the voices of netizens who might not have been able to do anything, but soon, the picture news that the Chinese army crossed the Line of Actual Control on the Sino-Indian border and drove into southern Tibet came again, and it seemed that China had really sent troops!

Although, most people know that this war was not caused by Indian soldiers burning the Chinese flag, in fact, because of China's development and growth, more and more foreigners are willing to burn the Chinese flag over the years, and China cannot go to trouble others because of who burned their own flag. Even if China sent troops for other reasons, this war is still called by many people as "a war caused by a burned flag", or "war of revenge of the national flag" or "war of flag burning".

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Qi Yiming sat in front of the bed and fed the soup to the old man, moving gently. The old man on the hospital bed may have retired a long time ago, and there are fewer things to worry about, coupled with better medical conditions and some help Qi Yiming took from the base, he did not die in 97 like in another plane, but has lived until now.

However, although he has been stealing his life for several years, he is already old after all, and life is passing quickly from his already dry body. When the weather got cold, the old man became more and more tired, and now he could not get off the ground, so he could only lie on the bed.

"Yiming, did you fight with India?" The old man's voice was low, but the words were still clear.

"There were sporadic firefights on the border, and we all took advantage of it, and there was no damage, and many of them were killed and captured. The large army of the PLA was almost in place at this time, and at the first order, it would be able to cross the mountains, enter southern Tibet, and recover our land. Qi Yiming put down the soup bowl and reported to the old man.

The old man pulled out a little smile, and he said, "The battle back then was so aggrieved. We have won, but we can't keep the victory. I know that there has been a lot of criticism about that war over the years, and this is normal, but if we old guys make another decision, I'm afraid we will have to go back...... What you are doing today is actually paying off the debts we owed back then, alas. ”

Many people like to blame someone for the success of the Sino-Indian War in '62, and although it cannot be said that the decision-makers made absolutely no mistakes, there were still many practical factors back then. There is no adequate logistics on the plateau, the whole country is still in the crisis of natural disasters, the damage of the Great Leap Forward is fermenting, and so on and so forth. Anyway, this is what has happened, regret is inevitable, but there is no need to dwell too much.

The old man added: "India is much worse than us now, even if we fight in a place with difficult conditions like southern Tibet, we are very sure." Just, what scale do you want to develop this war to? The United States has been courting India as their key ally in South Asia, and that George W. Bush seems to be a dumb guy who is not afraid of war at all. Now we're walking a tightrope. ”

Qi Yiming said: "Our preparations are almost ready, and the clouds of the big war have fallen. Even if we don't launch it in southern Tibet, the Americans will launch it in Iraq, and it makes no difference. Instead of putting the initiative in the hands of the Americans, let's take control. Moreover, the contradictions between us and India in disputed territories cannot be reconciled, and India will not be able to live in harmony with us after all. Moreover, it is not appropriate for such a large country to emerge among our neighbors. ”

The old man nodded after hearing this, but coughed violently again, Qi Yiming hurriedly picked up a glass of warm water, asked the old man to calm down, and when the old man's cough calmed down, he said again: "This hundred years old, I'm afraid I won't live to live, but I live to be ninety-nine years old, which sounds much more auspicious than a hundred years old." ”

Qi Yiming said: "Your old man can live for another ninety-nine!" ”

The old man looked at him and said, "You kid is in his thirties, and he still looks like he just saw you, and I believe that you will live for another ninety-nine, and it is impossible for me." ”

Immediately, the old man said: "Our generation has witnessed the country's transformation from being bullied, chaotic and dilapidated, poor and weak, to the founding of New China, the nascent development, and then to the great development of the new era, and even to become the most powerful country in the world today, which is also worthwhile." I'm afraid that this big war of yours will still have to be fought for a few years, and I may not see the grand occasion of China's ascension to the top of the world after the war, but it is also quite a good thing to be able to anticipate this day......"

The old man's voice was low, and Qi Yiming was startled, wanting to check the old man's signs. The old man raised his hand and said, "Don't be here, you are also a busy person, you should be busy with your work, you should go, it is estimated that you are indispensable everywhere at this time." I'm tired, I need to rest for a while, go, go. ”

The special escort came over and pulled Qi Yiming to signal him to leave and let the old man rest, Qi Yiming nodded, looked at the old man who closed his eyelids and was sleeping, and was a little stunned for a while.