Chapter 1203: Encircling and annihilating the Anglo-Indian army

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At 7 o'clock in the morning of December 1, Gujarat, the artillery brigade of the 1st Army of the Chinese Army and the artillery battalions of the other 12 infantry divisions all pulled closer to the artillery position, a total of more than 800 heavy guns of 105 mm caliber or more have faded their armor, and the thick barrel points to the east, the position of the 3rd Army of the British and Indian Army on the east bank of the Chenab River! On the west bank of the Chenab River, the infantry artillery and 120mm heavy mortars mobilized by the 13th and 47th Divisions of the Chinese Army and several other infantry divisions were also pushed to the defense line on the bank, and these light artillery pieces will provide fire cover for the troops who force the crossing of the Chenab River in the next battle. 『5.com』

In addition, more than 200 fighters of the 2nd and 3rd Wings of the Chinese Air Force have also been prepared to take to the air for combat at several field airfields around Gujarat. For the fighters of the Chinese Air Force, the Indian battlefield is undoubtedly the least dangerous battlefield! On the Indian battlefield, the British and Indian forces did not have any air force, and they also lacked air defense weapons, and under such circumstances, they could not pose a threat to the Chinese air force at all! All the fighters of the Chinese Air Force can strafe and bomb the positions of the British and Indian troops at will, without worrying about being shot down! Since the start of the war, the fighters of the 2nd and 3rd Wings of the Chinese Air Force have lost only three, and they all crashed due to malfunctions, not shot down! For this operation, two wings of the Air Force were also prepared. Once the battle began, they would take to the skies to suppress the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army on the east bank of the Chenab River. Create a favorable opportunity for the troops crossing the river!

Wauzirabad. There was silence on the positions of the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army. Though. Last night, the 1st Battalion of the Chinese Army launched an attack at Le Sur and captured the Le Sur Bridge, which caught the British and Indian troops by surprise. But this was a good thing for the 3rd Army of the Anglo-Indian Army. For a long time, these British and Indian troops also feared that Woldirabad where they were stationed would become the main direction of attack of the Chinese Army, and now the main direction of attack of the Chinese Army has become Hafizabad, which makes the officers and men of the 3rd Army of the British and Indian Army very happy. They don't care what the impact of the Chinese Army's crossing of the Geneb River at Le Sur will be on the Anglo-Indian army. They only know that at least they don't have to face the attacks of the evil and powerful Chinese! Their safety is guaranteed! As for the lives of other compatriots, they don't care so much!

7:15 a.m. General Yang Guoxing, commander of the 1st Group of the Chinese Army, came to the position of the artillery brigade of the 1st Group Army of the Chinese Army. The main forces of the 1st Army succeeded in capturing the Le Sur Bridge and began to march towards Wauzirabad, which undoubtedly showed that the campaign was off to a very good start! If there is no accident, it is entirely possible that they will encircle and annihilate the 3rd Army of the British and Indian Army before the British and Indian troops react!

"Commander, we're ready to fire at any time!" The commander of the artillery brigade of the 1st Group Army of the Chinese Army reported to General Yang Guoxing!

"Start shelling!" Admiral Yang Guoxing ordered. This time, the operation of the first group of the Chinese Army against the British and Indian troops has begun, and it is time for them to win!

"Yes, Commander!" After the commander of the artillery brigade saluted. Returned to his command position.

Two minutes later, the positions of the artillery brigade of the 1st Army of the Chinese Army opened fire first. Subsequently. The artillery battalions of the other infantry divisions also opened fire. Eight hundred heavy artillery pieces began to frantically tilt shells at the positions of the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army on the other side of the river!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Orange-red flames flashed at the muzzles of the guns, and grenades flew across the river under the action of huge kinetic energy, and then exploded on the positions of the British and Indian troops, and the smoke of gunpowder rose from the positions of the British and Indian troops.

A large number of British and Indian soldiers hurriedly came out of the barracks under the shelling, looking at this qiē in amazement. They had no idea at all why the shells would fall on their heads. Doesn't it mean that the direction of the main attack of the Chinese Army is Hafizabad? And what about the shells that fell on their heads?

"Whew! Shout! Shout! "The sharp whistling sound of shells piercing the air makes people's scalps tingle. The British and Indian officers and soldiers, who were still stunned, immediately hugged their heads and began to look for a place to hide. Although I don't know why the Chinese are attacking here, there is no time to think about that now, and running for your life first is the most important thing!

The positions of the British and Indian troops began to tremble under the heavy artillery bombardment of the Chinese army, sections of trenches were blown down, the barbed wire in front of the positions was blown up in all directions, and one by one the firing points were directly blown into the sky. Under the bombardment of hundreds of heavy artillery, the positions of the British and Indian troops seemed to be made of paper! And in the face of the fierce shelling of the Chinese army, the British and Indian troops did not even have the strength to fight back!

"Buzz!" With a roar in the sky, twenty H5 'Hongyan' bombers of the Chinese Air Force flew over the positions of the British and Indian troops. After the bomb magazine was opened, 50-kilogram aerial bombs fell one by one, and the positions of the British and Indian troops turned into a sea of fire in the dense explosions! In the absence of weapons that threatened the Chinese Air Force by the Anglo-Indian forces, the bombers of the Chinese Air Force were able to carry out bombing missions without the escort of fighter jets. This was almost impossible on the North American battlefield, and although the U.S. Army Air Corps' Hurricane 1 fighter was poor, it was not something that bombers could handle. And in the Indian battlefield, there are no such worries at all!

The fierce attack of the 1st Group of the Chinese Army on the 3rd Army of the British and Indian Army made the British and Indian Army completely confused. After Lieutenant General Kenneth, commander of the 3rd Anglo-Indian Army, reported to General Kitchener, General Kitchener was also puzzled, and he even speculated whether the attack launched by the 1st Cluster of the Chinese Army in Wauzirabad was a feint, specifically to attract the attention of the British and Indian Army, so that the British and Indian Army could focus on Wauzirabad, and then the Chinese Army could take the opportunity to capture Hafizabad and eliminate the Anglo-Indian 7th Army and the reinforcements sent later. Even if Lieutenant General Kenneth assured Admiral Kitchener that the squadron had used hundreds of heavy artillery and air force in Wauzirabad, it did not look like a feint at all. Admiral Kitchener did not promise to send reinforcements to Wauzirabad, but let the 3rd Army hold out. As a result, this directly led to the total annihilation of the 3rd Army of the Anglo-Indian Army!

The 1st Group of the Chinese Army carried out the shelling of the 3rd Army of the British and Indian Army for half an hour, and the positions of the British and Indian troops were already in disarray! Although the casualties of the British and Indian troops in this shelling and bombardment were not very large, most of the British and Indian troops were not on their positions, at least the positions were destroyed. However, the fierce bombardment of the heavy artillery units and air force of the Chinese army frightened those Indian Ah San who had seen this terrifying firepower attack for the first time, and their combat effectiveness was greatly affected.

At 7:50 a.m., the 131st Regiment of the Chinese Army began the river crossing. This section of the Chenab River is about a kilometer wide, and hundreds of landing craft are scattered across the two-kilometer-long stretch, making it a bit dense. However, the second batch of several dozen fighters of the Chinese Air Force had already flown overhead the positions of the British and Indian troops. The strafing and bombing of these fighters, and the outpouring of the British and Indian troops, could not form a favorable blockade against the Chinese Army, and the 131st Regiment of the Chinese Army crossed the Chenab River at a small cost.

Under the cover of the Air Force, the 132nd Regiment of the Chinese Army began to cross the river, while the officers and men of the 131st Regiment launched an attack on the positions of the Anglo-Indian troops! The resistance of the British and Indian troops was very weak, and the 131st Regiment of the Chinese Army captured a position with a length of one kilometer and a depth of 500 meters!

By 9 a.m., all three regiments of the 13th Division of the Chinese Army had crossed the Chenab River. The 47th Division of the Army is also crossing the river! In addition, the sappers also began to build pontoon bridges. The news that the Chinese Army had launched a large-scale river crossing operation in Wauzirabad and that the main force of the Chinese Army's 1st Army had turned north at Le Sur convinced General Kitchener that the main direction of the Chinese Army's 1st Group was not Hafi Bazad, but Wauzirabad. The Anglo-Indian 3rd Army is already in extreme danger!

Admiral Kitchener immediately ordered the 10th and 12th armies of the British and Indian armies to march to Wauzirabad immediately, but these two armies had already been delayed for several hours, and they were still dozens of kilometers away from Wauzirabad.

Admiral Kitchener asked Lieutenant General Kenneth, commander of the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army, to hold on to Wauzirabad, and ordered the 10th and 12th British-Indian armies to speed up to support the 3rd Army. At the same time, the 11th Army, which had rushed to Hafizabad, was ordered to return to Gujranwala and prepare for the next fierce attack of the 1st Cluster of the Chinese Army!

At 10 a.m., the main forces of the 1st Army of the Chinese Army arrived east of Wauzirabad, cutting off the Anglo-Indian 3rd Army from the rear. At the same time, the squadron that crossed the river also reached 3 infantry divisions, and as the pontoon bridge built by the sappers began to be put into use, a large number of squadrons and Japanese mercenaries began to attack Wauzirabad through the pontoon bridge!

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the squadron broke through the direction of the Anglo-Indian army, attacked Wazirabad, and began to encircle and annihilate this group army!

Lieutenant General Kenneth faithfully carried out Admiral Kitchener's order, even though the shape was already at a very critical moment, he was still unwilling to give the order to break through, and still asked the British and Indian troops to hold their positions! A large number of Indian Ah San surrendered to the squadron, and in order to reduce the difficulty of the operation, the squadron accepted the surrender of these Indian Ah San, but handed them over to the Japanese mercenaries to take care of! Seeing that the Chinese were willing to accept their surrender, a large number of Indian A-3 began to surrender to the squadron in formation! (To be continued......)