Since Kashmir (with the exception of more than 30,000 square kilometers of land such as Aksai Chin) is not Chinese territory, Hu Weidong took into account Taizu's character and explained in his telegram that due to geographical factors, it is almost impossible for Britain to recover the 90,000 square kilometers of land in southern Tibet that Britain has occupied, and even if it is recovered, it will be impossible to govern and govern it, so it is natural for us to obtain compensation from other places. He didn't know that Taizu had never been a good person who advocated "repaying grievances with virtue", and his character was actually more like the old saying "arrogant but unbearable; Bully the strong, not the weak. For those small and weak countries (Note 1), he pays more attention to "convincing people with virtue", but now he is facing Britain, an old imperialist country whose national strength is far above China and has caused great harm to China for more than 100 years, he is not so polite

In order to fully expose the rebels in the Tibetan government, and to establish authority to deter Xiaoxiao, Fang Yongle ignored the rebellion in Lhasa and other places for the time being, but directly waved his army south, and killed the foreign robbers first!

Before the war, absolutely no one thought that the British Indian Gurkha Brigade, known as the "king of the mountains", would be defeated by the troops stationed in Tibet, and the other British troops were even more vulnerable, when these invaders fled to the Nathula Pass in panic, only to find that this place had already been seized by a Chinese reinforced battalion on a rapid march, and the British army rushed several times and was repelled by the other side with fierce and accurate firepower, seeing that the pursuers had arrived, there was no way to escape, and the British army, which was less than 8,000 people, was directly disarmed and surrendered

This battle included more than 13,000 British troops in the Gurkha Brigade, who claimed to be the best in the world of mountain warfare, either killed or captured, because of the timely blockade of the Nathula Pass. None of them escaped the net, and the casualties of the troops stationed in Tibet were less than 1,000, of which only more than 200 people died. However, as the details of this battle were revealed more and more, the world realized that the Chinese army had achieved such a disparity in exchange in this battle, thanks to the excellent command of its chief general Fang Yongle, and their absolute superiority in sophisticated weapons and equipment and more advanced mountain tactics were also absolutely indispensable.

Some people may ask, how can the British army's weapons and equipment be inferior to the Chinese army? The reason is simple, the Himalayas are not so easy to cross, and even the so-called mountain passes can only bring mortars through at best. Not even a light mountain cannon (Note 2). Although the plane could theoretically fly over the Himalayas, the danger was very great, and in the war of aggression, the British pilots did not have such a spirit of sacrifice. Therefore, the British army no longer existed in terms of artillery fire or air superiority. Worse. Because the troops stationed in Tibet are fighting on the inside line. And the path was relatively flat, so they were able to carry a large number of 75mm mountain guns, plus the Red Star series mortars, which were far superior in performance to the British mortars. and the bazooka bombs that inflicted heavy losses on the British army, and the British army did not even have a third of the troops stationed in Tibet in terms of artillery fire

Although the Enfield rifle equipped by the British army has the fastest rate of fire among the bolt rifles, it is unbearably slow compared with the Type 24 semi-automatic rifles equipped by the troops stationed in Tibet, and each infantry squad is equipped with only two Type 1 automatic rifles, and the Type 81 type light machine gun and the more powerful Type 1 general-purpose machine gun are even more powerful with their sharp continuous firepower. Moreover, in the harsh climate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the advantages of good reliability and low failure rate of Soviet-made rifles are also extremely obvious, which makes the guns of the troops stationed in Tibet not only have a further increase in the rate of fire, but also have an absolute upper hand in shooting accuracy, so in terms of light firepower, the British army is not even a quarter of the troops stationed in Tibet

The loss of the most relied on firepower advantage was already very painful for the British army, and the tactical disadvantage made it even worse. Although the British army has more than 13,000 men, only the Gurkha Brigade is really good at mountain warfare, and even if it is the famous Gurkha Brigade, how can they compare with the people's army, which has taken mountain combat as its main mode of operation since its establishment and has been tempered by more than 10 years and countless battles? In particular, the main force of the troops stationed in Tibet is still the elite of the mountain division of the 15 th Red Army, which was trained by Hu Weidong with the super-era mountain warfare thinking that he had sublimated from the experience and experience of mountain warfare over the past 100 years.

Of course, even if there are so many objectively favorable conditions, if you can play an exchange ratio of more than 20:1, Fang Yongle, as the main general, also makes a great contribution. The fact that he needed a strong light when aiming according to the crosshair of British firearms (during the Red Army, he mainly used captured Wanguo brand firearms, among which the Enfield rifle was unique because of its extremely fast rate of fire, so Fang Yongle knew it quite well). Deliberately allowing the troops to attack in the early hours or dusk of the morning when the light is not well lit will at least halve their casualties

In fact, when Fang Yongle was fighting guerrillas in Dabie Mountain, he showed the quality of a first-class famous general, but at that time he was too young and inevitably had the weakness of impatience and impulsiveness, which was a taboo for soldiers, and at the same time, the military foundation was not solid enough, which limited him from becoming a first-class famous general. But after coming to Tibet, Fang Yongle, who had no war to fight, had to calm down (the unique environment of the plateau also helped a lot), in the past two or three years, he not only laid a solid foundation through diligent self-study, but also tempered his mind more and more mature, and unconsciously this young general who was only 23 years old until now has grown into an outstanding general who can be compared with almost any famous general in China

Note 1: Historically, during the self-defense and counterattack against India, China's national strength did not have any advantage over India, and the fact that southern Tibet could not be taken back was not because it was embarrassed to bully India, but purely because of geographical restrictions and the international environment. But even so, China still "recovered" Aksai Chin and other places on the Western Front

Note 2: The Japanese may be able to do so, the European mountain artillery is powerful and has a long range, but the weight is obviously much larger, it is definitely not possible, and in addition to the factor of steep terrain, the severe altitude sickness brought by the altitude of about 5,000 meters also greatly reduces the weight-bearing capacity of the soldiers on both sides. (To be continued......)