Returning to the General Staff, the first thing Xiang Linghui did was not to contact Pei Chengyi's service office to prepare the plane. 【】

On the way to the command of the Navy. Xiang Linghui sent a message to Pei Chengyi, telling the front-line commander-in-chief that Yuan had approved the adjustment of the war plan on the Eastern Front: "Nepal and Bangladesh will declare war on India after the arrival of the poor army and the hasty army, and the front-line command must redeploy the combat missions of various units before then."

Before receiving a call from Xiang Linghui, Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao were discussing this matter.

Knowing that Nepal and Bangladesh were about to enter the war, Yuan Chenhao once again admired Pei Chengyi. You must know that when Xiang Linghui asked the front-line command for a detailed battle report, Pei Chengyi asserted that Nepal and Bangladesh were about to enter the war. Let Yuan Chenhao collect the information of various units and make preparations for adjusting the operational deployment.

Although both agreed that the deployment should be adjusted immediately. But on the question of how to adjust the deployment. But there are quite a few differences.

Pei Chengyi meant that according to the backup plan formulated earlier, that is, to deploy combat troops in response to the Indian army's sudden invasion of Nepal and Bangladesh, let the Nu army go to Nepal, the Concave army to Bangladesh, and the sword army and the army to stick to Kyschengenja, and use the three airborne armies to carry out a large-depth strategic assault to capture the rear military strongholds and communication arteries of the Indian army's army group group. Finally, all forces were concentrated to annihilate the Indian Eastern Army. Conquer the western parts of West Bengal, Bihar and Lirkhand and march into the Gangetic Plain.

This set of operational tactics has been deduced many times, and it can be said that it is nine out of ten.

What is more troublesome is that the entire campaign is based on a strong logistical supply capability. Not only do they need to secure a large port that can accommodate 10,000-ton ships before the start of the campaign, but they also need to use the Strategic Reaction Force and the Airborne Force to control the lines of communication and obtain enough air bases and airfields. In this way, the investment of troops will be very impressive. According to the deduction results. In addition to concentrating all the forces on the Eastern Front, it was necessary to bring back the Airborne Fighter Spoke Brigade and after the start of the campaign. Logistics support units have been put into operation one after another. Even according to the most conservative estimates, the total number of troops participating in the war will eventually exceed 10,000, that is, all ground forces will have to participate in combat operations on the Eastern Front, except for the three armies on the Western Front.

With such a huge investment of troops, the duration of the campaign is not an old day, nor a thug month, but a good day.

In Pei Chengyi's view, it is very normal to win the war on the Eastern Front with Qiaotian. Although India will complete the first two rounds of war mobilization and increase nearly 10,000 ground troops within this day, the Indian army's new combat units are of low quality and poor equipment. There is a serious lack of capital to confront the main forces of the Army of the Republic. If the foundation for sweeping the Ganges Plain can be laid with the heavens, the harvest will be enough to make up for the losses. In other words, after completing this round of campaign operations, Pei Chengyi can confidently and boldly send most of the combat forces to the Western Front, and even most of the support forces, including the fleet, can be sent to the Western Front. It is only necessary to maintain a heavy armored army and 2 or 3 strategic reaction armies on the Eastern Front. For the subsequent attack on New Delhi, the largest number of troops were concentrated in the fastest degree. will play a vital role.

Probably because the age gap is too big, what is taken for granted in Pei Chengyi's eyes is a problem in Yuan Chenhao's eyes.

There are only three reasons why Pei Chengyi adhered to the original battle plan, one is to fight with a large corps, the second is to seek stability in a hurry, and the third is to plan for the long term.

In order to overturn Pei Chengyi's view, Yuan Chenhao conducted a comprehensive analysis of these three elements.

The so-called large-scale army operation is to use Nepal and Bangladesh to open the country to the republican ** team. Ask for the opportunity to secure the security of the country, so that the Umno army can cross the border to fight against the Cave army, so as to put in 3 heavily armored armies in the eastern battlefield. In fact, the Nu Army and the Au Army did not have the opportunity to participate in combat operations on the Eastern Front. According to Wang Yuanqing's promise, the main task of the conscription army and the concave army is to protect the central area of Nepal and Bangladesh, and only after the Mi army and the concave army are deployed, Nepal and Bangladesh will declare war on India. If Pei Chengyi sent Zhang Jun and the Jiao Army to fight in India, instead of leaving the army and the Concave Army in the territory of the two countries, it would be tantamount to Wang Yuanqing breaking his promise. In this way, Nepal and Bangladesh will not only not declare war on India, but will also prohibit the republican ** team from crossing the border.

In fact, the Nu Army and the Concave Army not only could not participate in the war on the Eastern Front, but even played no role.

The center of Nepal is between Kathmandu and Hadaoda, the region is adjacent to the northwest of Bihar in India and the east of Uttar Pradesh, and is as small as a kilometer away from the battlefield on the eastern front. Even if the Witch Army still had its remaining forces, it would not be able to participate in tactical operations on the Eastern Front with a distance of more than a kilometer from the battlefield. If the scope of the battlefield on the Eastern Front is expanded, and the Witch Army reluctantly participates in the war, it will undoubtedly outweigh the losses.

The central area of Bangladesh is the Brahmaputra estuary, a triangular area of Dhaka, Rajshahi and Khulna. The region is not only home to Bangladesh's irrigated population, but it is also the most important production and industrial region in Bangladesh. Although the size of the Recess Army was much larger than that of the Summoning Army, its defensive range was also much larger than that of the Shao Army. According to Yuan Chenhao's estimate, there are many military points that the concave army needs to hold. In addition, the defense line is too long, and in order to ensure that the Concave Army blocks the Indian army from Bangladesh, it has to be supplemented with an aviation brigade.

It can be seen from this that the defense tasks of the Nu army and the concave army are very tight.

Since it was impossible to use two heavy armored armies to fight a large corps battle, under the condition of the campaign objective, the campaign time would be extended, and it would not be possible to annihilate the Indian Army's Eastern Army Group within the estimated Feng Tian. If we take into account the Northeast Army Group entrenched in eastern India, the combat forces that can be put into operation will be reduced by two corps, and it is even more impossible to fight a large-scale battle of unprecedented scale according to Pei Chengyi's vision.

If you can't get up quickly, stabilizing the battle situation will become a suspense.

According to accurate information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, India's first two phases of war mobilization will be completed by the end of the month, with the first phase of war mobilization being completed by the end of August. If the campaign time passes Mu Tian, the Indian army will have enough capacity to invest more combat troops.

In the event that it is impossible to win the war on the Eastern Front. The Indian army will definitely create problems for the opponent in other directions. According to Yuan Chenhao's judgment, the first thing the Indian army should do is to go out to Nepal, deter neighboring countries including Pakistan by striking at Nepal, and at the same time force the Republic to increase troops to Nepal, so as to gain time for the mobilization of the third phase of the war, and also to seize the opportunity to expand the scope of the war and use India's strategic depth to drag down the Republic Army.

It can be seen from this that in the case of blindly seeking speed, it is impossible to stabilize the battle situation at all.

If the battle situation cannot be stabilized, Pei Chengyi's campaign deployment will lose its meaning. Because all combat units are invested in the early stage, when there is trouble in other directions, there will be an embarrassing situation where there are no troops available.

In the long run, if the situation on the Eastern Front cannot be stabilized, combat operations on the Western Front will also be affected.

In other words, when the battle on the Eastern Front was too long, in addition to increasing the war attrition, it would also make the Allies doubt the Republic's ability to fight the war. If nothing else, if Pakistan believes that it will be difficult for the republic to defeat India in the short term. If the war drags on, it will have a devastating impact on Pakistan's national economy, that is, if it wins the war and loses the economy, Pakistan is likely to end its military operations early, or stop large-scale military operations. As long as one of the allies turns on the issue of war. Other allies will follow suit. The resulting impact is by no means something that Pei Chengyi's ability can solve. The overall war plan was affected, and no one could take responsibility.

Of course, pointing out a problem is not the same as solving it.

After refuting Pei Chengyi's views, Yuan Chenhao put forward his battle idea.

The campaign plan still needs to be comprehensively adjusted, and the core idea remains unchanged, and every effort is made to complete the campaign within the circumstances.

In the case that the Mi army and the concave army could not participate in the war, the solution proposed by Yuan Chenhao was to decompose the large corps operation into multiple small-scale annihilation battles. Ensuring the concentration of superior forces on local battlefields will speed up the course of the campaign.

In terms of specific application: 3 airborne corps are responsible for campaign cutting and encirclement operations. Provide comprehensive fire support for the Airborne Army, and cut the Indian Army's Eastern Army Group into 3 corps at the beginning of the campaign; The Knife Army was still stationed in Gissengenje, and the strategic reaction force with the lead army as the leader took on the task of dividing the campaign, and after the Airborne Force seized the strategic points, it interspersed and divided the Indian army as the main force of the campaign. Undertake the main battles; The top of the sword army, stationed in Siliguri, and contained the Northeast Army Group of the Indian Army; Provide at least one aviation brigade for the Hurried Army, expand the defensive range of the Pickup Army, and prevent the Indian Army's Army Group Right and North from entering Bangladesh by means of mobile defense and firepower.

It can be said that the tactical point of the entire battle plan is to annihilate the enemy in motion and avoid positional warfare.

Because Yuan Chenhao did not have enough time to formulate a detailed campaign plan, "there was no specific tactical arrangement when he put forward the campaign plan."

Of course, Yuan Chenhao's battle plan is not without problems.

Pei Chengyi only raised one question, that is, how to control combat casualties?

In the case of a reduction in troops, the duration of the war remains the same. This means that the tasks of the participating units will be heavier, the combat intensity will increase, and casualties will inevitably increase.

War casualties have always been Yuan's primary concern.

Yuan Chenhao did not give any explanation for this question. Nor did any workable solution be proposed.

Obviously, Yuan Chenhao has no solution.

Of course, Yuan Chenhao's battle plan has its feasibility.

Although the discussion between the two was not told to others, according to Pei Chengyi's recollection, it was this discussion. It has established Yuan Chenhao's position in the republican ** team.

In the end, Pei Chengyi adopted Yuan Chenhao's suggestion. Let Yuan Chenhao start to formulate a detailed battle

Scrape.

Pei Chengyi has not forgotten the most important issue. That is, try to control casualties as much as possible.

At this time, Pei Chengyi's role in preparing hundreds of staff officers for the front-line command became apparent.

Although before the outbreak of the war, Pei Chengyi asked the staff officers to formulate various tactical plans for various situations that might arise. If you encounter an unexpected situation, you need to adjust the campaign plan. These tactical plans come into play. However, it is difficult for the General Staff to come up with a set of campaign plans covering 40,000 troops within an hour, let alone the front-line command headquarters.

And that's not all.

When Pei Chengyi asked Yuan Chenhao to go to the Humble Ding Battle Plan, Xiang Linghui went to the Navy Headquarters. I met Lin Xiaolei.

Xiang Linghui went to the Navy Headquarters in his busy schedule for only one purpose: to let Lin Xiaolei adjust the Navy's independent combat calculations.

Because the navy has a high degree of independence, when formulating the war plan, Lin Xiaolei also came up with his own plan.

In addition to sending the fleet to the Indian Ocean and undertaking maritime missions, Lin Xiaolei's biggest idea was to dispatch the Marine Corps without using the resources of the army and navy to ensure that the fleet completed the combat tasks arranged by the front-line headquarters. Capture of Andamani," Khan Daobu or? islands, the throat that controls the Indian Ocean and the Balance Ocean, call the Indian Ocean ready.

To this end, Lin Xiaolei personally participated in the formulation of the battle plan.

According to the combat plan submitted by Lin Xiaolei, without using the main fleet, the Marine Corps, with the support of the amphibious fleet, will first capture a large area. And there are not many Indian troops to defend Great Nicobar Island, and then depending on the situation, the main thing is whether to provide combat materials for the Marine Corps and the amphibious fleet in time, and the losses of the Marine Corps in the combat operation to attack Great Nicobar Island, decide whether to immediately attack Little Andaman Island or North Andaman Island. Although Lin Xiaolei did not decide to capture the second island immediately after the capture of Great Nicobar Island. However, Lin Xiaolei clearly mentioned in his combat plan that in order to ensure the ability of the Republic Navy to operate in the Indian Ocean, it will especially have the ability to enter and exit the Indian Ocean. Not only to occupy the second island before the end of the war, but also to establish large naval and aviation bases on both islands. Turning Gran Nicobar Island into the Ryukyu Island in the Indian Ocean for the Navy of the Republic. to equip it with a military deterrent capability equal to that of the U.S.-controlled island of Gorgarcia.

I have to admit that as a naval general, Lin Xiaolei has an amazing long-term vision.

The key question is: Attack on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is necessary to disperse the military power of the republic. In the stage of taking a ground war as a dwelling, the result of dispersing forces is to increase the difficulty of a ground war.

Besides, Xiang Linghui also knows that Bangladesh's problem is more serious.

While Bangladesh promised to open Chittagong to the republic. and provide domestic transportation facilities for the republican ** team, but in Xiang Linghui's view. Instead of leaving the Bangladesh ** team responsible for the logistics of the Republican ** team, it is better to deploy more military forces in Bangladesh.

In the absence of more military forces from the Army, the Army pinned its hopes on the Marine Corps.

In addition to anything else, Bangladesh, which wants to strengthen the Chittagong naval base, leased Chittagong to the Republic in the name of peaceful use, but when it comes to war operations, it must obtain the authorization of the Bangladesh government, and the Republic has to send an additional number of engineering troops if it can use the throughput capacity of the Chittagong naval base.

Xiang Linghui's purpose for finding Lin Xiaolei. It is to ask Lin Xiaolei to send the marines in his hands to Bangladesh.

It's just that Lin Xiaolei has always been a guy who doesn't eat oil and salt.

Although he did not refuse to come to the chief of the general staff in person, when he was bargaining with Xiang Linghui. Still, he expressed concern about the delay in the assault on Greater Nicobar Island.

Xiang Linghui is not stupid. Lin Xiaolei's complaints were mostly to get more benefits.

According to Lin Xiaolei, if the attack on Great Nicobau is delayed, the Indian army will strengthen the island's defenses, leading to greater trouble in the subsequent battles. This is clearly a lie. India has lost its naval dominance in the Indian Ocean, not to mention large warships. Even small ships are not much left. In the absence of access to the sea and the absence of industrial infrastructure on the island of Greater Nicobar. What did the red-mouthed Indian army stationed on Great Nicobar Island do to strengthen its defenses? From another point of view, after the continuous blockade, the Indian army's defense capability will be greatly reduced when supplies cannot be guaranteed, and there are many advantages to delaying the offensive time.

Because according to the military system of the republic, during the war, the Marine Corps was commanded by the navy, so Xiang Linghui did not make it too difficult for Lin Xiaolei. After Lin Xiaolei made it clear that he would not let go until he got the benefits, Xiang Linghui made a promise on the spot that as long as the marines arrived in Chittagong in time. Participation in logistical support operations will approve the assault on Gran Nicobar Island after combat operations on the Eastern Front, and after the capture of New Delhi, the assault on the second island. In order to make Lin Xiaolei tempted. Xiang Linghui even hinted that if conditions permitted. Arrange for at least one fleet to participate in the combat operations against the Andaman and Nicobar groups and, if necessary, arrange for the landing of marines on the Indian Peninsula to speed up the course of the war.

Obviously, what Lin Xiaolei was waiting for was Xiang Linghui's promise.

According to the guarantee made by Lin Xiaolei. The first convoy will arrive at Chittagong at night. And the amphibious flotilla carrying the first Marine Corps arrived in Chittagong by the night of the thugs at the latest.

Because Xiang Linghui was not a naval general, he did not doubt Lin Xiaolei's guarantee.

You know, when Lin Xiaolei made a guarantee. The amphibious fleet of the republic is still hovering in the South China Sea. More importantly, the main forces of the Marine Corps are not in the direction of the South China Sea, but on the Zhoushan Islands and Ryukyu Islands.

Anyway. Lin Xiaolei is a person who does what he says and will never write empty checks.

In the middle of the night, Xiang Linghui left the Navy Headquarters and returned to the General Staff. Thousands of miles away. The officers and men of the Umno Army and the Woo Army left the camp according to the deployment of the front-line headquarters.

Dispatched together with the He Army and the Cave Army. There are also 2 catties of the army and the mouth army. Air assault brigade.

At 3o o'clock in the early morning of the 8th, the air assault brigades of the old army and the mouth army took the lead in entering eastern India from the Shannan area.

In a hurry, the vanguard of the Witch Army and the Correction Army entered the eastern part of India. Embarked on a journey to Nepal and Bangladesh.

The two heavily armored armies must tell each other that it is by no means an easy task to travel a kilometer.

It's just that for the officers and men of the Umno army and the concave soldiers who are eager to participate in the war, marching is not a problem, the problem is. You can't participate in battles after the march is over!