"The second force is to end the combat operation a few days in advance, and guard the sword army at the back door for the Mi army and the gangster army in Gaden Ridge. After the capture of Garden Ridge, the 77th Army began to rest on the spot. The task of attacking Calcutta was given to the strong army. Although this arrangement makes sense. The Sword Army has been fighting for days. Participated in a number of large-scale combat operations. The officers and men were already exhausted, but if they thought about it carefully, they would reveal a problem. As the main field army of the Chinese Army, even if the Knife Army is not a heavy armored army, its reputation is not as loud as the Hurried Army, the Nu Army and the Falling Army, and it is not even as famous as the Zhan Army that became famous in the first battle of Shangganling and later became China's first airborne army, but as the first digital army of the Chinese Army, the first strategic response army, and the first light field army built according to the all-terrain meteorological combat capability, the combat effectiveness of the Knife Army is strong enough, the style is strong enough, no worse than any heavy armored army, and the sustained combat capability is far more heavy armored army. After entering the Indian war, Pei Chengyi let the sword army attack Jishengenjie and guarded Jishengenjie alone for many days. It is enough to prove the ability of the sword army. Such a powerful unit to rest before other units must not have much to do with the fatigue of officers and men. Instead, Pei Chengyi intended for the Sword Army to perform more important tasks in the later stages of the campaign. What task is more important than the assault on Calcutta? Don't think about it, the situation is clear.

The Hong army is heading towards Varanasi, and a large number of war materials are on their way to Varanasi. Pei Chengyi must have grasped the deployment of the Indian army, knew that the Indian army would use Allahabad as a support point to establish the northern defense line, and knew that the northern defense line could not be completed overnight. Attacking Allahabad as soon as possible is the only way to destroy India's strategic defense line at the lowest cost. The problem is that the capture of Allahabad alone is not enough to tear through the northern defenses, at most it will create problems for the Indian army, forcing the Indian army to move the line of defense on Allahabad to the west. Make Allahabad the salient. From the perspective of offensive and defensive conversion, it is not of great significance for the squadron to occupy the salient, but it may make Pei Chengyi have to deploy more troops in Allahabad. To destroy the Indian army's northern defensive line, in addition to capturing Allahabad. It can also afford a large assault in depth to capture a strategic point to the west of Allahabad. Distorting the defensive line to the point where it could not be defended, thereby forcing the Indian army to abandon the northern defensive line.

Out of this consideration, Du Qiwei still believes that Pei Chengyi will use the airborne combat brigade.

The question is, can the airborne Peng Brigade become an effective support force for a large-depth offensive?

If the answer is no, Pei Chengyi has only two choices: one is to let the airborne thug Shao Brigade be the same. In the end, the ground forces won the victory; The second is to mobilize "a ground force with strong enough combat effectiveness to launch a large in-depth assault when the Hong army attacks Allahabad." In the same way that the Knife Army besieged Calcutta, and the Mi Army and the Gang Army bypassed Kolkata and moved south to sweep the coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal, the ground assault force was responsible for all offensive tasks.

Both possibilities exist, and both options require the same for a rushing or assaulting ground force.

Looking at all the Chinese field armies on the battlefield, the most qualified and capable of shouldering this heavy task is the sword army. In terms of fast assault capabilities, the Sword Army surpassed all the heavily armored armies, and was no worse than other strategic reaction armies; sustained combat capability. The Knife Army passed through all the Heavy Armored Corps and the Strategic Reaction Army; In terms of the ability to attack positions, the Sword Army is stronger than other strategic reaction armies, and it is not much worse than the Heavy Armored Army.

According to Du Qiwei's estimate, if Pei Chengyi sent a sword army, there would be no need to dispatch the airborne thug brigade.

Will Pei Chengyi send Ran Daojun?

Unlike the previous two. Duchway was in no hurry to make a judgment.

The battle for the main stage of the decisive battle on the Eastern Front, which was aimed at annihilating Army Group Eastern of the Indian Army, is coming to an end. If the situation does not change much, within the next twenty-four hours. Most of the squadrons participating in the battle will begin to rest. Picked it up. Pei Chengyi must do three things well: First, maintain stability in the occupied areas. The second is to annihilate as soon as possible the remnants of the Indian army entrenched in Calcutta and the Indian army's Northeast Army Group in the area east of Siliguri, and the third is to prepare for the next round of offensives.

To attack Allahabad is to prepare for the next round of attacks. Relatively. The first two things are more important to the mouth

How to control the occupied territories? It has always been a headache for major military powers. Iran war. The United States failed to overthrow the Iranian regime. It was because of the failure to stabilize the occupied zone that the main army had to be left in the rear, and it was impossible to put more offensive troops on the front line; It can even be said that it was not the regular Iranian army that forced the United States to withdraw, but the guerrillas in the occupied territories; According to U.S. military statistics, more than 80 percent of the casualties during the Iranian war came from skirmishes against guerrillas, and less than 20 percent of the total casualties in frontal combat. During the Japanese War. China's failure to send troops to Japan has a lot to do with China's unwillingness to pay an exorbitant price in casualties for the occupied territories. The Indian War, unlike the Japanese War, was not aimed at destroying India. It's about conquering India, and it is necessary to occupy India, at least in the short term. In order to solve the problem of the occupied areas, China has made many efforts, such as persuading Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, Sikkim and other neighboring countries of India to enter the war and use the troops of these countries to control the occupied areas. This trick is clever and effective. With the exception of the Hindustani ethnic areas, most of India's border areas are inhabited by ethnic minorities. Moreover, it has close relations with bordering countries, such as West Bengal, which borders Bangladesh, where the Pangala ethnic group is generally resentful of the central government and local government, and replacing the sense of national identity with a sense of national identity can minimize the resistance of ethnic minorities in the occupied areas. Even if they resisted, it was not the squadron that suffered casualties.

End the first phase of large-scale combat operations as soon as possible. Only then can the main forces get a chance to rest and recuperate as soon as possible.

Calcutta pinned down the thugs' army and 3 brigades, and if you count the troops who had to go south to open up the transportation line for the strong army and the blade army because of poor transportation. There were 2 corps and 3 brigades that could not rest in time. The operation to annihilate the Indian Army's Northeast Army Group was even more important, because this army, which had dozens of troops, threatened not only Bangladesh. It also poses a threat to Myanmar. Although the combat effectiveness of the Indian Army's Northeast Army Group is very poor, its morale is extremely weak, and it basically has no fighting spirit, several hundred thousand soldiers is not a small problem. If Army Group Northeast collapsed suddenly, as in the case of the Third Army, hundreds of thousands of armed servicemen flowed into the local towns. It will certainly create a lot of trouble for the occupation. As long as Pei Chengyi is a little politically minded. will solve this problem as soon as possible. According to Dugway's guess, without Pei Chengyi trying to figure out a way, China's top brass will set out to solve the problem. The most ideal outcome would be the collective surrender of India's Northeast Army Group, and the worst outcome would be that the Indian Army's Northeast Army Group would be reduced to pieces and become guerrillas, and the most likely outcome would be that more troops would have to be mobilized to fight a small-scale war of annihilation. In addition to the best results. The other two outcomes will cause Pei Chengyi great trouble.

Bae Seung-yi will try to fight for the first result, but he will not be unprepared.

In this way, will the 77th Army go to Siliguri?

Dudgway had to consider the result. Because now is not the time for the start of the campaign, Pei Chengyi does not have many reserves left. If you use the sword army too early, you will encounter problems later. There will be no help.

Just when Dudgway couldn't make up his mind, Stark came the latest news.

Howrah's defenders have disarmed and surrendered. The concave army had already begun to attack Calcutta. What's more, the squadron used a particularly powerful bomb in the battle against Howrah.

Catalytic metallic hydrogen explosive device?

Although it was not the first time he had received such news, Duchway was still very shocked. Because this is the first time that the squadron has used a high-power bomb in a densely populated city.

After contacting Stark urgently and getting detailed information, Dudgway breathed a sigh of relief.

The bombs were not dropped on the city, but were used against the riverside pass that connects Kolkata with Howrah.

Merely. Before Dudgway could breathe, Stark came up with another "breaking news." "The squadron again used high-powered bombs, and the dropping site was in the city of Kolkata.

What does Pei Chengyi want to do!?

Dugwe couldn't believe the news he had just received.

As another country that has mastered the technology of internuclear energy explosion, the United States has long secretly conducted explosion tests, and has used the collected explosion data to establish a mathematical model, and used computers to analyze the destructive effects of high-power explosive devices in various environments, and finally came to the conclusion that the destructive power of catalytic metal-hydrogen explosion devices is excessive. It can only be used on sparsely populated field battlefields, and if it is used in densely populated urban areas, the consequences will be unimaginable. According to the test report obtained by Du Qiwei, if used in a large city such as Kolkata, a high-power bomb with a yield of 3 tons of steel would have a lethal effect on people within the vicinity of the explosion point, and a disabling effect on people within the range of Jiutian rice near the explosion point, calculated at 20,000 people per square kilometer. Because of the serious damage to the city's infrastructure, most of the injured could not be rescued in time, and the final death toll is likely to exceed 20,000.

Although the United States opposes the inclusion of catalytic metallic hydrogen explosive devices in the list of nuclear weapons, in Dugway's view, a weapon of such great power is certainly worthy of "weapons of mass destruction." The title.

According to the blatant nature of international warfare, belligerents cannot use weapons of mass destruction in war.

Why did Pei Chengyi risk the world's condemnation and use a high-powered bomb in Kolkata?

Is it just to reduce the combat casualties of the hasty army?

Duch felt that this reason was too far-fetched, although the difficulty of attacking Calcutta was more difficult than any previous urban siege, but with the combat effectiveness of the concave army, the problem was not very big, and the casualties were not very large. Considering the Chinese's ability to tolerate war casualties, the casualties of the Den Army are certainly within an acceptable range.

Either to reduce the number of casualties, or to speed up the pace of the offensive and take Kolkata as soon as possible!

What is the purpose of occupying Kolkata as soon as possible?

If it is said that let the concave army rest as soon as possible. It's too reluctant. The concave army finally entered the battle, and the state of the officers and men was far from the point where they needed to rest. Besides, with the establishment of the concave army, even if Pei Chengyi planned to let this heavily armored army with the strongest combat effectiveness participate in the decisive battle on the Western Front, he would not be sent to the battlefield at the first time, but would wait until the decisive battle on the Western Front started and let it participate in the battle at the right time. Other words. The urgency of recuperating the army is not high. If we think about it in the long run, that is, the army and the gangster army will have to stop sooner or later. At that time, another army will definitely have to be dispatched, because the strategic mobility of the correction army is the worst, so Pei Chengyi is very likely to leave the concave army behind and send other armies that are more convenient to transfer to the battlefield on the Western Front. In this way, the concave army does not need to take a break immediately. It's completely possible to lay down Calcutta step by step.

Since the army does not need to be organized, Yi Dayyi must want to send the concave army to other places Thinking of this, Du Qiwei suddenly understood.

Pei Chengyi's campaign deployment has finally surfaced.

As long as the concave army can be freed from the war cattle in Calcutta as soon as possible, the sword army can go to Varanasi to fight side by side. At that time, even if the 10,000 armies are in trouble, they can also let the correction army go through Bangladesh to deal with the Indian Army's Northeast Army Group.

In the final analysis, Pei Chengyi's purpose was to send the Sword Army to Varanasi.

In other words, Pei Chengyi's fundamental purpose is to launch a large-scale in-depth attack on the west. Break down the Indian army's northern defensive line. Prepare for the general decisive battle on the Western Front.

Take a long-term strategic view. It is also a very ambitious battle to seek a fight.

It's not enough to figure out Pei Chengyi's purpose, you have to come up with a way to deal with it.

Since the Sword Army is definitely going to Varanasi, Pei Chengyi is very likely to hold the Airborne Peng Brigade in his hands, and wait until the ground offensive has made a breakthrough before letting the Airborne Fighter Brigade participate in the battle. Achieve greater breakthroughs.

And so it goes. The Indian army must defend Allahabad and resist the 34th Army at all costs.

Not only did they have to resist the Bi army, but they also had to defeat the Hong army.

Dudgway changed his angle, if it was according to his arrangement. It will definitely attack Allahabad in advance and force the Indian army to shrink its defensive line. Surround Allahabad before the sword army arrives. At this point, the combat mission of the Sword Army was decided according to the situation, that is, whether to assist the Bi army to occupy Allahabad first, or to attack westward under the cover of the falling army.

Because its combat effectiveness is strong enough, even without the assistance of the sword army, it can surround Allahabad, and if it moves fast enough, it is even possible to occupy Allahabad, so it is unlikely that the sword army did not stay to assist the concave army. It is quite possible that after the siege of Allahabad. Assault westward with the fastest degree. If you count the concave army that remained in Varanasi, it will regain its combat effectiveness in a few days. It is even more important to let the sword army advance westward, and when the time comes, it will be a big deal to send the 4th Army. With the strength of 2 armies, it will definitely be able to defeat Allahabad.

There is no doubt that defending Allahabad will not turn the tide of the war.

It is necessary to fight back. Before the Knife Army arrives, send the army back to Varanasi.

With his purpose clear, Dudgway contacted Stark and asked the Colonel to relay his analysis of the battle situation to the Indian Army Command.

The problem has been made clear enough. The solution was also proposed, and what to do was left to Gujarade.

In fact, Gujarad is also thinking about these issues, but his understanding of the situation is far less than that of Duchway, and his understanding of Pei Chengyi is far less than that of Duchway.

After receiving the analysis of the battle situation sent by Stark, Gujarad suddenly came to his senses.

The question is, will it be possible to defeat the fallen army in Allahabad?

Although according to Dudgway's analysis. Since the beginning of the war, the Chinese Air Force and Army Aviation have continued to fight in close proximity, and they will certainly carry out a recuperation that lasts no less than an hour in the near future to carry out comprehensive maintenance of combat equipment, and as long as the Indian Army seizes this opportunity, they can fight a relatively fair ground war, but Gujarad is not so optimistic, because it is not an ordinary field army, but one of the "Four King Kongs" of the Chinese Army, a famous heavy armored army, and its combat effectiveness is far superior to that of the ordinary strategic reaction army. Even in a relatively fair battlefield environment, the Indian army needs to mobilize twice the strength of the troops to be able to defeat the fallen army.

The total strength of the fallen army is close to 30,000, and according to the standard of multiple, the Indian army needs to dispatch the total strength of the tile division to 10,000, and according to the standard of the blade multiple, the Indian army needs to dispatch the total strength of the Wu division. The Indian army deployed in Allahabad had only the old divisions. Even with the nearby troops within a kilometer range, there is only about one division. There is no doubt that in the short term, it will be difficult for the Indian army to gather a wizard.

Of course, there is no hope, but it will have an impact on the whole situation.

Before the decisive battle on the Eastern Front. The weapons and equipment provided by the United States have been allocated to the Chou Division, and most of the supplies were blown up by the Republic Air Force in the port of Mumbai, and the remaining supplies are only enough for the Wu Tang Division. In order to organize its forces according to the calculations, the Indian army had to lower the standard of the armament of the troops, reducing the number of armored divisions from one to two, the number of mechanized infantry divisions from seven to three, and the size of the infantry division from Xu Ren to four, and the second batch of weapons and equipment that arrived in Mumbai in August had also been allocated to three armored divisions, four mechanized infantry divisions, and six infantry divisions. According to the plan of the Indian army. These newly formed main divisions will be used to consolidate the northern and southern defensive lines, especially the southern defensive lines.

That is, if these main divisions are withdrawn, the southern defense line will be weakened.

Is it a little too much to pay for the sake of Allahabad to weaken the southern defense?

Gujarad did not dare to make a decision on his own, because it was Rurajapani who decided to strengthen the southern line. Although the prime minister still refuses to express his position on the issue of moving the capital, and has even repeatedly said that he will stay in New Delhi until the last moment, it can be seen from the premier's decision that the relocation of the capital is only a matter of time, otherwise the focus should be on strengthening the northern defense line. Instead of focusing on strengthening the southern line of defense. Since the capital is to be moved. The southern line of defense cannot be weakened.

To avoid making mistakes, Gujarad handed over decision-making to Rurajapani.