In the early morning of the old day, the Indian army, which had held out for six days, collapsed on all fronts. 【Reading.com】

Howrah's 4 Indian divisions, 2 of which were second-line divisions, and 2 of which were reserve divisions, raised white flags and surrendered to the concave army.

These Indian troops did not surrender without a fight, but chose to surrender after resisting to no avail.

From the night of the mouth to the dawn of the day, the Indian army guarding Howrah counterattacked the main force of the pickled army that entered the city according to the calculation of the thugs. Because Fu Weimin let the attacking troops defend on the spot in advance, when the Indian army counterattacked, it was not an unprepared opponent, but the steel defense line of the concave army. What's more, the Indian army in Kolkata did not provide support as planned, and the Indian army in Howrah fought alone. Fought for the last bit of fighting spirit and morale.

Before dawn, the Indian army took the initiative to stop the offensive.

After the switch of attack and defense, the Indian army was not only unable to break through the defense line of the concave army, but also paid a greater price in the counterattack. With more than seventy percent of the casualties, Howrah's Indian army had to surrender.

They have done their best, and it is not a shame to choose to surrender.

At the same time that the Concave Army began to contain prisoners of war, the Third Army in the Ranchi direction completely collapsed.

Although the Third Army was the main force of the Indian army, it was not pinned down by the city and did not face a powerful heavy armored army, but compared with Howrah's Indian army, the Third Army had less room to maneuver.

Fight too the positions of the strong brigade of airborne thugs. led to a minimum in the combat effectiveness of the Third Army.

What is even more terrifying is that several main divisions tried their best but failed to take out a single airborne brigade, which seriously damaged the morale of the Third Army. The night before the retreat. In order to strengthen the offensive. The Third Army even dispatched the Overseers and forced the soldiers to charge at gunpoint. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, several soldiers who escaped from the battle were also executed on the forward positions. This action fundamentally broke the will of the Indian officers and men to fight. Although the generals of the Third Army knew that if they did not flee, they would be dead, but the vast majority of Indian officers and men, including most of the junior officers, believed that they could choose to surrender in addition to fleeing.

On the way to Bundu, about twenty percent of the soldiers deserted. Although eighty percent of the soldiers followed the officers to Bendu, they arrived at Bendu. The morale of the Third Army has been completely weakened. Most of the officers, including some division commanders and regimental commanders, did not approve of continuing the advance towards Jamei Shedpur and advocated staying in Bundu. Because of the disagreement, the Third Army stopped for several hours in Bendudo.

Although it did not have much impact on whether the Third Army could break through the encirclement, because by the time the Third Army reached Bendu, the vanguard of the leading army had already reached Jamshedpur and established a defensive position between Jamishedpur and Bundu, but the vast majority of the officers did not approve of the continued retreat, indicating that there were also people in the upper echelons who supported surrender. Even if it is not explicitly stated, the purpose of remaining in Bendu is to "create" an opportunity for surrender.

Can you surrender if you stay in Bendu?

After unanimity, the 3rd Army left Bendu and continued its advance towards Jamshedpur.

Because the commander was firmly opposed to surrender, believing that after reaching Jamei Shedpur, the Third Army would be able to move south to Orissa, where it would be replenished and recuperated in the south to restore its combat effectiveness, while the vast majority of officers believed that it was impossible for the Third Army to reach Jamshedpur, let alone enter Odisha, and even if it reached Orissa, it would be besieged by the Bi army and the outlaws, so it was on the march. Desertion among the troops is very common. Either there is a problem here, or there is a problem there, and the march is very slow. There were also more and more deserters, and before the women's thugs were in the defensive positions, there was even a bad situation in which entire battalions of officers and men collectively became deserters.

For an army that is about to fall apart. Even if there is only a papier-mâché line of defense ahead. It will also collapse at the touch of a button.

The battle magazine began, and before the vanguard of the leading army organized a counterattack by armored forces, the Indian army, which was responsible for the offensive mission, executed the overseers at the front of the position and surrendered to the leading army.

The attacking troops defected, and the troops behind were no better.

As soon as the news spread, the Third Army collapsed in an instant.

The sudden collapse of the Indian army caught the army by surprise. The most important thing is that only 2 dozen battalions of the rear service battalion arrived in Jamshedpur, with a total strength of only four.

In the face of the old tens of thousands of Indian troops who scattered and fled, the officers and soldiers who led the army were indeed a little helpless.

After leaving the logistics battalion to guard the defensive position, the four combat battalions made a full-scale attack.

In the midst of the chaos, the commander of the Indian army took the guard battalion. Leaving the road, he fled through the jungle towards Jamshedpur, only to run into a reconnaissance company that had entered the jungle to capture prisoners. The battle lasted only a few minutes, and the commander of the guard battalion surrendered to the reconnaissance company with the commander of the Indian army.

The capture of the captives continued until the evening of the same day. The officers and men of the Gongkou Dynasty captured about 10,000 Indian troops.

This is a very remarkable achievement. It is equivalent to each soldier capturing the famous Indian army.

With the arrival of the main force of the leading army, the vanguard was relieved from the work of settling the prisoners of war. Turn to kill Jamshedpur.

Because of the complete collapse of the Third Army, the defenders of Jamshedpur surrendered to the leading army that night.

Interestingly, the four Indian soldiers managed to escape to Mtshedpur during the day, and eventually became prisoners of the army.

If you look at it from the point of view of the war as a whole, the total collapse of the Third Army is not necessarily a good thing.

When the Third Army began to break through. was the main force, and in the end even left the second-line infantry division in Calcutta and left it to fend for itself. In other words, it was the main division of the Indian army that collapsed in front of the line of defense that led the army. According to the data obtained after the war, the strength of the Third Army at that time was between 10,000 and 10,000, and only about 10,000 Indians were captured, and 70,000 Indian troops were shortlisted."

Although these Indian officers and soldiers have long lost their fighting spirit. But as long as they are alive and in India, they are no small threat to the Republican **.

Indeed, according to the information obtained from India after the war, less than one-third of the 60,000 to 70,000 Indian officers and soldiers who "broke through" from Jamshedpur were hidden by the civilian population until after the end of the war; They did not serve again during the war, and the remaining two-thirds took up arms again after returning to the Indian army-controlled areas, and more importantly, about half of these Indian officers and soldiers were promoted or became junior officers before the end of the war or before they died, and several of them were awarded the title of "combat heroes" by the Indian government.

For India, these servicemen are absolutely invaluable military forces.

Compared with the recruited soldiers, although the scattered soldiers have problems with morale and fighting spirit, they do not have the problem of combat skills. As long as the ideological work is in place and these soldiers are invigorated and courageous, they will not only be fighters with actual combat experience, but also fighters who understand their opponents.

When he received the news of the complete collapse of the Third Army, Pei Chengyi did not become happy.

According to his assumptions, the final outcome of the Third Army was not a complete collapse, but a complete surrender to Diao's army, or total annihilation by the led army.

From the very beginning, Pei Chengyi had no intention of letting go of the Third Army.

If it weren't for the total annihilation of the Third Army, Pei Chengyi would not have let the airborne thugs bow brigade capture Ranchi, and held out in Ranchi for several days.

When deploying the campaign operation, Pei Chengyi emphasized the importance of annihilating the enemy's living forces.

Although in the short term, the complete collapse of the Indian Army's Third Army has great advantages, such as the introduction of troops does not have to pay too high a price in the battle to annihilate the Third Army, it can occupy Jiamei Shedpur without blood, and more troops can be arranged to go south to open up the communication line between the Mi army and the gangster army. Speed up combat operations to sweep the coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal, but from the position of Pei Chengyi. If the Third Army can be completely annihilated, even if the army is more difficult to fight in Jamshedpur, it will be worth the money.

The wood is in the boat, and the facts cannot be changed.

If the total collapse of the Third Army made Pei Chengyi a little disappointed. Then the dispersion and breakthrough of the Indian army in the west of Varana was completely expected by Pei Chengyi.

The air assault fighter is the fighting spirit of the brigade.

On the night of the day, the Indian army concentrated its forces to block the main force of the outgoing army, which was about to reach Varanasi. Although the battle was fierce, the Indian army was unable to stop the advance of the troops.

At this time, Pei Chengyi was a little puzzled.

Since the 24th Army advanced to the west of Varana, the Indian army has strengthened its defensive positions east of Varanasi and assumed a posture of competing with the 24th Army. According to Pei Chengyi's estimate, the army will pay a great price in the defensive positions of the Indian army. Otherwise, the old 2nd Brigade of the Air Assault would not have risked reinforcing the old Airborne Brigade. The actual situation was completely contrary to Pei Chengyi's expectations, and the resistance of the Indian army did not cause much trouble to the army.

Because the battle was carried out at night, Pei Chengyi could not fully grasp the situation at the front.

In the early morning of the same day, the troops arrived at the defensive position of the airborne thug brigade.

Pei Chengyi temporarily adjusted the tactical plan and asked the troops to immediately counterattack, not waiting for dawn.

As with the previous assaults, the troops still encountered stubborn resistance from the Indian army when they counterattacked. It's just that it doesn't get stuck in this way, and it reduces the counterattack.

In the early morning of the old days, Pei Chengyi received a battle report from the army.

It wasn't until this time that he understood. The Indian army has withdrawn!

In order to confuse the opponent, the Indian army set up a large number of false targets on the position, such as the installation of electric heaters, inflatable tank models that look no different from real tanks from passive infrared night vision devices, and a large number of unguarded fortifications. It is precisely because of this that the army mistakenly recognized that there were many Indian troops on the position, and met with stubborn resistance from the Indian army, and the two second-line infantry divisions could not stop the army at all, so they could not delay the advance of the army.

What annoyed Pei Chengyi even more was that the Indian army chose to disperse and break through.

About a battalion of Indian army divisions, breaking through from four directions, with the state of sending troops, it is simply impossible to divide troops into four ways and pursue the fleeing Indian army separately.

As a last resort, Pei Chengyi could only let the 24th Army return to Varanasi to replace the airborne thugs of the brigade.

Although this result came a little suddenly, it did not shock Pei Chengyi.

The Indian army besieging Varanasi was all second-line troops as reserves, and there was no main force. Judging from the strength of the attack on Varanasi, the combat effectiveness of this Indian army is not strong, otherwise it would not have allowed the airborne thugs to hold out for several days. When the army was sent to help the airborne brigade, Pei Chengyi believed that the Indian army would collapse at the first touch and would not leave the opponent of the army. Although the fallen army encountered some troubles on the march, which made Pei Chengyi's opinion change, the final result was exactly the same as Pei Chengyi expected, not much different.

Let go of the old 10,000 Indian officers and soldiers who are not strong in combat. The impact on the war as a whole was not significant.

In terms of short-term goals, it didn't have much of an impact either. If nothing else, the next battle will be fought on the Western Front, and the main field army of the Republic Army will definitely be greatly shifted. Even if there are more than 10,000 Indian troops on the battlefield on the Western Front, judging from the decisive battle on the Eastern Front, this strength has almost no impact on the entire campaign, and more importantly, the Indian troops who have fled have lost their courage, and they will tell other Indian troops about the strong combat effectiveness of the Republic Army, thus making the Indian army collectively timid. It is better to crush the enemy than to frighten the enemy, as long as the Indian army is timid, the battle behind will be much easier.

At this point, Pei Chengyi should let the airborne thug Wang Brigade play. When Chen Hao, who threw off the enemy, waited for Pei Chengyi's next order, Yu Chengyi did not move

Until noon on the 8th, when Pei Chengyi left the front-line headquarters, he did not issue a combat order to the airborne stuffy brigade.

Yuan Chenhao couldn't help but ask, and the answer he got was "the time is not ripe".

At that time, Yuan Chenhao didn't understand at all. But after the divination, Yuan Chenhao completely understood.

Pei Chengyi is paying attention to the drastic changes on the battlefield. Far away on the other side of the world, Dudgway was also observing.

When the Indian army collapsed on all fronts, Du Qiwei immediately issued a warning to the Indian army headquarters, making the Indian army highly vigilant for the upcoming new round of strikes, and clearly pointed out that Pei Chengyi was very likely to dispatch the airborne thug brigade, which had not been in battle, to attack a strategic point west of Varanasi. In order of military importance, Duchwero listed the three most vulnerable strategic locations of Allahabad, Kanpur and Lucknow.

There is no doubt that Du Qiwei's thinking is only half a beat slower than Pei Chengyi's.

After the warning, Du Qiwei realized the problem, that is, Pei Chengyi could not dispatch combat units other than the airborne brigade, and it was difficult to capture a large city like Allahabad because he could provide the attack power of the airborne thug brigade.

Without hesitation, Duchway immediately sent a second warning to the Indian Army Command, asking the Indian Army to attach great importance to small and medium-sized cities of great strategic value, including Fatehpur.

This time, Du Qiwei caught up with Pei Chengyi's train of thought.

Received a personal warning from the US Secretary of Defense. Gujarad did not dare to hesitate, and at noon on the same day ordered the reinforcement of the defenses of several cities named by Duchway.

It can be seen from this that Pei Chengyi did not dispatch the airborne thug brigade, which is indeed an accurate decision.

Although Pei Chengyi can let the airborne thugs on the morning of the couple's day, he can go from going out to occupying the position. It will take at least half a day. That is, the Airborne Peng Brigade controlled the landing site at noon at the earliest of the day, occupied positions in the afternoon of the same day, and went into a defensive state at night. This degree obviously could not catch up with the adjustment degree of the Indian army, so that it was besieged by the Indian army before establishing a defensive position. Because Pei Chengyi couldn't retreat for the airborne mortar brigade.

I have to admit that Pei Chengyi is one step ahead of Du Qiwei.

Although he did not mention it to anyone, many phenomena on the battlefield show that the United States has not only been providing military intelligence to India, but is also making plans for India. As the only U.S. general who has ever fought with Pei, even if Duchway takes off his military uniform, he will shoulder the heavy responsibility and serve part-time as India's military adviser.

Pei Chengyi never underestimated Du Qiwei. He has long admitted that Dudgway is the most formidable opponent he has ever faced.

With Du Qiwei making profits for the Indian army, Pei Chengyi was not careful.

Although Du Qiwei knows Pei Chengyi very well, it turns out that Pei Chengyi knows Du Qiwei better.

In the evening of the old day, Pei Chengyi returned to the tactical command center. After receiving the news of the capture of Patna. His first order was to open the railway line to Varanasi as soon as possible. Millions of tons of military materiel stockpiled in Darjanga were loaded onto train wagons for delivery to Varanasi.

This order puzzled Yuan Chenhao, because the battle was not over yet, and the weak army attacking Kolkata, as well as the Mi army and the gangster army that were moving south in the coastal area of the Bay of Bengal, needed more war materials. And according to the plan, after the introduction of troops to open the railway line to the coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal. Dalpenga's supplies will be sent to Zhang's army and the Gangster's army, so that the two armies can advance south more quickly.

Pei Chengyi didn't explain much, just asked Yuan Chenhao to do it.

As if it wasn't fun, Pei Chengyi asked Hongjun to hand over the garrison of Patna to the old airborne thug brigade resting on the spot, and then rushed to Varanasi.

Because the engineers began repairing the railway line damaged by the Indian army two days in advance, the railway line from Darjanga to Varanasi was opened to traffic that night, and the first train carrying about the war supplies left Darjanga before the early hours of the old day.

When he received this news, Pei Chengyi showed a smile.

At this time, Du Qiwei, who was thousands of miles away, couldn't laugh.

The fallen army went to Varanasi, and the squadron began to deliver war materials to Varanasi, what did Pei Chengyi want to do?

Although Du Qiwei was also doubting the continuous combat ability of the Hong army, Bi had been fighting for six days and six nights, and had conquered several cities in a row, even the heavily armored army, which had reached its limit. However, Du Qiwei had to consider two very important issues: first, the Hongjun Army was one of the three ace armored armies of the Republic Army, and its combat effectiveness was on par with that of the Summoning Army, only a little worse than that of the Concave Army; The second is that the Hongjun has been fighting in coordination with other armies in the previous battles, such as the assistance of the Sword Army when it annihilated the First Army, the support of the leading army when attacking Sahibgen, and the support of the old brigade of the air invasion when attacking Patna. The intensity of the battle was the lowest among the main field armies.

Thinking of this, Dudgway couldn't be happier.

Although he still thinks that Pei Chengyi will use the airborne combat brigade, the frontal defense line will also be thrown out of a big hole by the falling army, and maybe even Allahabad will be lost. With the loss of Allahabad, the northern defense line will be useless, and with the surprise attack of the squadron, the Indian army will not have any chance to establish a second strategic defense line.

There is no other choice, you must concave the army head-on!