The performance of the army in the first round of the right battle somewhat surprised Cheng Yi, not that the combat effectiveness was too strong, but that the combat effectiveness of the Indian army was too weak. 【】

4 main divisions, but they didn't fight 2 armored assault brigades!

To know. Even in the Peninsula War that year, the main divisions of the South Korean army were able to draw with two armored brigades.

Because the combat effectiveness of the Indian army was too weak, by the time the battle on the southern battlefield in Gissengenje ended, the tactical air support force prepared by Pei Chengyi for Ling Yunxiao did not appear. It wasn't until Ling Yunxiao sounded the horn to annihilate the Di Bi Armored Division and the First Infantry Division that a very serious problem emerged. That is, will the Sword Army fight so fiercely that it will force the Indian First Army to abandon the operation of attacking Gissengenja?

If so, the consequences are severe.

The First Army could not defeat Gischengenje. The Indian Third Army will not move eastward, but will turn north. Take part in the siege of Gischengenja. The Second Army, deployed to the south of the First Army, would also join the battle. Although the combat effectiveness of the sword army is extremely strong, it is an airlift force in Pei Chengyi's hands. It was difficult to ensure that there were enough supplies for the sword army in battle, and it was not possible to send reinforcements in time. Under the onslaught of Army Group Eastern of the Indian Army. Most of the sword armies will not be able to hold Gischengenja, and the casualties in the battle will be very large.

The Indian army must not be allowed to pounce on Gissengenjae. Only when the Indian army disperses its actions can it gain every opportunity for annihilation.

It is precisely in this way that when Ling Yunxiao was preparing to put the first armored assault brigade into battle and launch a full-scale counteroffensive, Pei Chengyi lost no time in intervening in the combat operations of the sword army.

After receiving Pei Chengyi's combat order, Ling Yunshu almost scolded his mother.

According to Ling Yunxiao's calculations, he must have annihilated the Indian army south of Gischengenj first, because the Southern Army still has 2 main divisions. And the greatest threat to Gissengenje. However, Pei Chengyi let the A Assault Brigade pass between the two main attack forces. Then it struck west with the Digong Armored Assault Brigade to encircle and annihilate the 2-catty, second-line infantry division of the Western Army of the Indian Army that was blocked outside the encirclement.

Powerful with armor. Isn't it enough to kill 2 armored assault brigades of the main army to deal with 2 second-line infantry divisions that do not have much combat effectiveness?

Fight according to Pei Chengyi's tactics. It is quite possible to miss the opportunity to annihilate the Tyau Panzer Division and the 1st Infantry Division. If the 2 main divisions of the Indian army take the opportunity to adjust the deployment. Switching from offense to defense, even if there is still a chance to fight a war of annihilation, the difficulty will increase a lot. More importantly, the Indian Army's Second Army was moving north, and it would not be able to catch up with the First Army in a hurry, and Ling Yunxiao did not arrange combat forces on the left flank of the First Knife Fighter Armored Assault Brigade, that is, to the east. After the arrival of the Second Army of the Indian Army. The left flank of the 1st Armored Assault Brigade would be exposed to the enemy. As long as the Indian commander has a little courage, he will take advantage of the fact that the First Knife Armored Assault Brigade will not have time to shrink the front. In one fell swoop, the armored assault brigade was defeated and the first army was rescued. It is even possible to take the opportunity to advance the battle line under the city of Gissengenje, forcing the sword army to fully shrink the defensive line and meet the two army groups in a passive defensive way.

It can be said that Pei Chengyi's tactical orders are completely contrary to Ling Yunxiao's tactical arrangements.

This can also be seen from this. As a field commander. Ling Yunxiao thinks more about the problem from a tactical level. As the commander-in-chief of the front, Pei Chengyi mainly looks at the problem from the operational and strategic levels.

Ling Yunxiao had no choice but to act according to Pei Chengyi's request for the orders of the commander-in-chief of the front line.

Of course. Ling Yunxiao did not forget the most important thing, which was to ask for reinforcements as soon as possible. Provide more ammunition supplies for the Sword Army. For Ling Yunxiao, if something goes wrong. The only solution is to get the reinforcements that Pei Chengyi promised. Strengthen the investment of troops in the south and provide a combat reserve for the A Assault Brigade. In order to follow Pei Chengyi's operational deployment. In order to annihilate the Western Army of the Indian Army as quickly as possible, it is necessary to obtain more ammunition and supplies and shorten the battle time on the battlefield in Jessengen, Jessengen as much as possible.

The Commando Brigade of the Army, which acted as a reserve, crossed the Beram River about a kilometre south of Gischenenje. Began the assault to the west.

In fact, at this time, it can be seen that Pei Chengyi did not make tactical mistakes.

In terms of troops, the sword army is less than one-tenth of the Indian army's First Group Army and one-sixth of the Indian army's participating units. It's impossible to be at your best all the time. As long as the battle continues for more than one hour, the fatal problem of the sword army will be exposed, that is, there is no battle reserve. With all the combat units exhausted, what did Ling Yunxiao do to annihilate the First Army of the Indian Army?

Whether it is Pei Chengyi or Ling Yunxiao. It is known that with the strength of 2 brigades. It's hard to get into battle after being a fighter. In other words, not only did the Knife Army fail to eat the southern corps of the Indian Army at that time. There will also be new enemies. With the entry of the Indian Second Army into the war. The only option for the Knife Army was to retreat to Gischengenje. According to Ling Yunxiao's deployment, even the Western Army of the Indian Army in the west was not eaten at that time. Gischengenj was bound to be besieged in two directions. And the 3 combat brigades of the Knife Army must be reorganized at this time. Unless Ling Yunxiao uses the non-combat troops of the military department, he can only let the officers and soldiers who have been fighting for hours fight desperately with the Indian army. There will definitely be heavy casualties.

Obviously, Ling Yunxiao's tactical deployment violated the moon, and the purpose of the furnace army's battle in Gischengenje was defied. Pei Chengyi's deployment just solves this problem.

Only one combat brigade was used to contain the southern corps of the Indian army, which had strong troops, and the superior strength of two brigades was concentrated. Eat the relatively weak Western Corps of the Indian Army as quickly as possible, so as to ensure the continuous combat capability of the Sword Army. According to Pei Chengyi's estimates, after surrendering to a combat brigade, plus comprehensive air support and fire support from long-range artillery deployed in Sikkim, the battle to annihilate the Indian Army's Western Corps will end within Sun Shi. At that time, at most the armored assault brigade will be left to provide a brigade reserve. If done well, Ling Yunxiao can even replace the 1st A Assault Brigade with the recuperated combat brigade and continue to fight an armored battle with the Indian army south of Gischenenje, so as to consume the Indian army's armored strength to the greatest extent.

Of course, Pei Chengyi did not ignore the problems that may arise after the adjustment of the deployment.

In other words, if the battle to annihilate the Western Army of the Indian Army is not completed on time, the Knife Army still lacks reserves and still has to fight with the Indian Army.

After receiving Ling Yunxiao's battle report. Pei Chengyi immediately adjusted the support force.

In the strength of the enemy is inferior. The best way to quickly annihilate the enemy is to intensify firepower. Break your opponent's will to fight with powerful firepower.

Starting from the old point blades, the tactical aviation deployed on the Eastern Front was fully mobilized.

As in the past, Yuan Chenhao was responsible for the tactical command of the support forces.

After the tactical aviation of the Air Force was dispatched. Not to be outdone, the Army's low-altitude strike forces are not to be outdone, after all, the battle near Gischengenj is the Army's battle, and the Army Aviation is obliged to provide comprehensive support to the ground forces.

The most important thing is to provide reinforcements and combat materials for the Sword Army in a timely manner.

Although the battles at the front were fiercely fought. But Gischengenj was not threatened by the Indian army. So the operation to deliver war materiel to Gissengenje did not stop for a moment.

In order to speed up the delivery of materials, the staff of the military department of the Sword Army asked the engineers to open up two airdrop sites before dawn.

The airport is unable to accommodate all transport aircraft. Only those transport planes carrying dozens of tons of supplies can be used to drop war materials by air.

That's right, before the point of arrival, the sword army can get about every hour! Wangton of war materiel.

After the pass, the volume of air freight began to decrease.

The reason is simple, transport planes are needed to deliver reinforcements.

When arranging the first reinforcements, Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao had another disagreement.

According to Pei Chengyi's idea, the main task of the sword army is to defend Jishengenjie. And the Indian Third Army has not yet entered Bangladesh. It is possible to attack Gissengenje at any time, so a mechanized infantry brigade that is good at defensive warfare should be sent to Gissengenje first, so that Ling Yunxiao has the confidence to fight against the Indian army in front. Yuan Chenhao thought that an armored assault brigade or armored brigade that was good at fighting offensive warfare should be sent to Gischengenj first, strengthen the assault force of the knife army, and entangle the main force of the Indian army south of Jishengenjie, and at the same time make the Indian army believe that the defense of Jishengenj has not been strengthened, and as long as the knife army is annihilated, it will be able to capture Jishengenja, so that the Indian army's third army can enter Bangladesh.

After weighing the pros and cons, Pei Chengyi once again adopted Yuan Chenhao's suggestion.

The Armoured Brigade of the Chouthugs left Siliguri and headed for Gischengenja, where it was expected to arrive in Gischengenj before the point of Nai.

Although the main combat units of the 1st Armored Brigade do not need to travel to Gischengenj by transport aircraft. However, by the time they arrived in Siliguri, many of the combat equipment and support units of the 1st Armored Brigade were left behind, and when they went to fight in Gischengenja, they had to be transported by air.

Other than that. The establishment of the Armored Brigade of the First Fighter is larger than that of any armored assault brigade of the Knife Army, and the requirements for logistics support are higher, and the degree of consumption of combat materials is faster. Therefore, it is necessary to mobilize more airlift forces to meet the operational requirements of the 1st Brigade. The most important thing is that Siliguri is also not safe, after the departure of the 1st Armored Brigade, the remaining troops of the Concave Army can only hold Siliguri at most, and cannot counterattack in the middle of the battle according to Pei Chengyi's previous arrangement. In this way, it is necessary to replenish combat troops to Siliguri as soon as possible. Because the battle in the direction of Gissengenj will be known in the time of the fall, and whether the Indian Third Army enters Bangladesh or not. The result will also be obtained within the time of the divination. The throughput capacity of the Siliguri field airfield. The transport of armored brigades began to deploy additional combat units as soon as they left Siliguri.

After arranging the airlift work, Pei Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he have time to sort out the entire battle situation.

Leave aside the problems at the tactical level. Pei Chengyi immediately had an opportunity.

At the same time, Pei Chengyi made a phone call to Xiang Linghui and reported the battle.

In fact, Xiang Linghui also saw the problem.

Although Xiang Linghui according to the meaning of the yuan. He handed over the command of the front to Pei Chengyi, and concentrated on acting as a mediator between the commander-in-chief of the front line and the headquarters of all services and arms. Assist Bae Chengyi in battle. But Xiang Linghui did not forget the battle on the front line for a moment. Pay more attention to the combat situation than anyone else.

When Ling Yunxiao was fighting against the Indian army, Xiang Linghui saw the delicate situation on the battlefield.

Ding Yi said that in Pei Chengyi's war plan, he gave up new opportunities for direct political fighting. First gain a firm foothold on the battlefield on the Eastern Front: First, to avoid a war of attrition with the Indian army in the Shannan region. ensuring the security of the Republic itself; the second is to allow the Indian army to fight on two fronts and offset the Indian army's superiority in strength; The third is to dismember India at the strategic level in order to eventually overthrow the Indian regime. Lay the foundation for the establishment of a pro-China regime.

As a decision-maker at a strategic level. Whether it is Wang Yuanqing or Xiang Linghui, what is important is strategic value:

In fact, there are many tactical problems that start fighting on the Eastern Front first.

The biggest headache is logistics. Because there is no direct ground communication line to eastern India, the only means of support until a sea supply line is opened is air.

Leaving aside the cost of air transportation for the time being, it will be difficult for the efficiency of air transportation to meet the requirements of large corps operations.

It is precisely because of this that Pei Chengyi had to try his best to let the Indian army invade Bangladesh and win over Bangladesh. Acquired port access rights in Bangladesh.

Arguably. The entire initial operations of the war on the Eastern Front were conducted around this purpose.

After the start of the campaign, the situation took a turn for the better.

That is, the Western Indian Corps, which was blocked by the sword army to the west of Jischengen, was less than a kilometer from the Nepalese border. After the A Assault Brigade went north and put on a posture of encircling the Indian army with the A Assault Brigade. If the western group of the Indian army is unable to break through to the west in time, the only way out is to retreat north.

If the Indian Army's Western Corps can be driven into Nepal, Nepal will be able to enter the war in advance.

From the Republic to Nepal, there is not only a railway. There are also several highways. There are also railways from Nepal to India. and several highways. With the help of Nepal's ground communication lines, the logistical support problem can be alleviated to a large extent, if it cannot be completely solved.

Of course. This is no longer a question of tactics and the battle situation.

If Nepal enters the war ahead of schedule. Pei Chengyi's adjustment of the war plan "When he went south to attack Calcutta, he sent troops to the west to attack Nepal to prevent the Indian army from counterattacking Nepal. In this way, the investment on the battlefield on the Eastern Front will increase a lot, at least the Witch Army or the Concave Army will have to stay on the Eastern Front. If the investment on the eastern front increases, the investment on the western front will have to decrease. Shrugged. From the point of view of the entire battlefield. As long as Nepal is willing to enter the war in advance, even if more troops are invested on the Eastern Front, it will not have a negative impact on the ultimate goal of the war.

Pei Chengyi and Xiang Linghui talked through video calls for more than an hour.

As Chief of the General Staff of the Three Armed Forces of the Republic. Xiang Linghui has no shortage of strategic literacy. When Pei Chengyi made a suggestion, he made a decision immediately. As long as the Yuan does not object, immediately adjust the war plan.

Actually, Wang Yuanqing will not object. It also depends on the communication between the government and Nepal.

Except for Bhutan. All the countries bordering India made a pre-war commitment as long as the republic could achieve a decisive victory on the battlefield. And promised to settle their territorial and territorial waters with India after the war. will participate in military operations during the war.

Although these countries have expressed their support for the Republic, they have also expressed reservations.

From the actual situation, the attitude of these countries is not difficult to understand.

As a small country sandwiched between two big countries, offending either side will not end well. Although the Republic's comprehensive national power and global influence far exceed that of India, it is blocked by the Himalayas. Small countries in South Asia have to pay attention to their relations with India. With the exception of Pakistan, the Republic does not provide national security guarantees to any country in the region.

In other words, if these countries offend India. In the event of a military attack by India, it is unknown whether the republic will send troops to help. In such a situation, India will only be able to defeat and collapse from now on, and will not be able to pose a threat to its neighbors for at least for decades to come. Only the South Asian countries that are in a wait-and-see attitude will enter the war and support the republic with concrete actions.

In these countries. Nepal is undoubtedly the most representative.

In Wang's words, Nepal is big enough that India can't annex Nepal like Sikkim, and Nepal has small enough thugs to confront India head-on like Pakistani Sintan.

Although since the beginning of this century, after the CPN became a legal political party, Nepal has changed its national policy of favoring India and began to strengthen its relations with the Republic, and after the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, the establishment of a comprehensive strategic cooperative relationship with the Republic has become the basic national strategy. But Nepal has not completely fallen into the republic. At least when it comes to their own security. The policy of neutrality is still adhered to. If it weren't for India's continued refusal to make substantial concessions to Nepal on the issue of territorial disputes, Nepal probably would not have made a pre-war commitment to send troops.

Because Nepal is hesitant. Therefore, the combat operations of the Republican ** on the Western Front had to rely on the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir region, rather than attacking from the northeast. In other words. If Nepal fully supports the Republic, the Republican Army will be able to avoid the Kashmir region. Attacking New Delhi from the northeast forced India to fight on three fronts.

After talking to Pei Chengyi, Xiang Linghui left for Yuanfu.

The launch of the river in Nepal is a strategic decision, and only the Yuan has the right to make the decision.

Of course, the campaign on the Eastern Front had already begun. Xiang Linghui should also introduce the battle situation to Yuan