On the night of August, officers and men of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Treacher, who had been stationed in Siliguri for three days. 【】

Because of the suddenness of the action, Li Dongshi only brought 6 combat battalions and 2 engineering battalions.

What puzzled Li Dongshi was the simple runway where the first thug Rao tactical transport plane took off and landed.

Before dawn, a large transport plane of bamboo handpaper airdropped large engineering equipment to the 3 Brigade of the Airborne Occupation.

Unlike the army commander, as a brigade commander, Li Dongshi thinks not about why to complete the task, but how to complete it.

Although the officers and men of the brigade were a little dissatisfied, in Siliguri, the airborne thug brigade was no longer the most elite airborne unit of the republic, but the most competent engineering unit.

No matter what, Li Dongshi didn't let his officers and soldiers scold his mother.

Because there was no equipment for the construction of field airfields. Moreover, it was only required for tactical transport planes to take off and land, so all the officers and men of the brigade participated in the construction of the runway, except for the combat units that remained in the defensive positions.

There are no secrets about the move to airborne the old 3 brigade. U.S. reconnaissance satellites soon revealed an anomaly in the Bernnihal Pass.

It is certainly not normal for combat units not to participate in the war and are busy repairing runways.

Not to mention Stark and the Indian generals, even Dugway, who was far away in Washington, believed that the purpose of the squadron's construction of the improvised runway at the Bernihar Pass was to massively increase troops on the Western Front.

This judgment itself is not wrong, because the main problem that restricts the squadron's operations on the Western Front is infrastructure.

The Pakistani Army Field Airfield in Srinagar can only be used by tactical transport aircraft and vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft. It is obviously unrealistic to increase road capacity during the war, and the only way for the squadron to turn the tide on the battlefield on the Western Front is to build more field airfields and take advantage of strong military airlift capabilities.

Based on this situation, both the United States and India concluded that the squadron was adjusting its troop deployment.

In the early morning of the 6th, the judgment of the US and Indian troops was confirmed.

With the arrival of heavy engineering equipment at the Berneahal Pass, the airborne thugs accelerated the construction. More importantly, the old army, the Kou army, the leading army, the flying army, and the knife army, which were originally deployed in the Shannan area, have all left the front-line offensive positions and headed for the nearest airfield and air base.

In other words, the main Chinese army on the Eastern Front was about to rush to the Western Front.

At the beginning, Dudgway also warned Stark to beware of the squadron's strategy of "attacking the east from the west" and not to ignore the abnormal situation on the battlefield on the Eastern Front. With the Chinese Air Force's strategic airlift force dropping war supplies to the Bernihar Pass and Srinagar on the morning of the 6th, Duchway dispelled this doubt.

With the air transport capacity of the squadron, the average hour can transport the thugs to a kilometer away from the call.

In other words, the squadron's ability to transfer strategically is quite amazing.

If Pei Chengyi first dispatches the Metallurgical Army and the Kou Army, as in the case of Siliguri, to capture a large air base or a large civilian airport in northwest India, he can transport combat forces by air, rather than by airdrop, and can use more strategic transport aircraft. In this way, not only can all the personnel and combat equipment of the individual army be airlifted within an hour, but also tens of thousands of tons of combat materials can be transported.

With such a powerful airlift capability, Pei Chengyi has the capital to launch a strategic offensive on the battlefield on the Western Front.

After judging the intentions of the squadron. Dudgway had Stark warn the Indian military.

It was also at this time that Pei Chengyi was busy doing something that seemed inconsequential: war games.

There seems to be a complete grasp of strategic deception operations. Pei Chengyi did not pay attention to the movement of the Indian army at all, and early in the morning of the 6th, he asked Yuan Chenhao to organize several staff officers to use the central computer of the front-line command headquarters to conduct a comprehensive deduction of the upcoming war on the Eastern Front.

By this time, the Indian troops assembled in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal had already arrived!

According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, the Indian Army's Eastern Army Group was divided into slashing armies, namely the First Army headquartered in Batra, the Second Army headquartered in Pokaro Steel City, and the Third Army headquartered in Calcutta. In the J-O Group Army: the 4 armored divisions under the jurisdiction of the First Group Army are the 1st Introduction, the 1st Trade, the 1st Concave and the 1st Falling Armored Division, the 1st Infantry Division, the 1st Wang, the 1st Feng and the 1st Infantry Division, and the 7 Infantry Divisions are the 1st Introduction, the 3rd Introduction, the 3rd Old, the 3rd Introduction, the 7th Introduction, and the 3rd Infantry Division, with a total strength of 10,000 strong; The 2nd Group Army has 2 armored divisions under its jurisdiction of the 1st Alliance and the 1st Wu Armored Division, 2 mechanized infantry divisions are the 1st Ma and 1st Northern Infantry Divisions, 4 infantry divisions are the 2nd, 6th, and 1st Qiang and 1st Infantry Divisions, with a total strength of 10,000, and the 3 armored divisions under the jurisdiction of the Third Group Army are the 1st Split, 1st Piercing and 1st Concave Armored Division, and 4 Mechanized Infantry Divisions are the 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st and 1st Infantry Divisions. The total strength is Biwan. In addition, the Indian army in Siliguri seems to be organized into the Northeast Army Group, headquartered in Imphal, with three armored divisions under its jurisdiction: Qifanyin, Tinai and Dao Panzer Divisions, one mechanized infantry division is the No. Mortar, No. Calcium, No. Show, and No. 1 infantry division, and four mountain infantry divisions are the No. 1, No. Milk, No. Li, and No. 1 Young Infantry Division, and one infantry division is the No. 1, No. 1, No. 1, No. 1, No. 1 Strong, No. 1 Strong, and No. 1 Infantry Division, with a total strength of Wu Wan. In these troops. The armored division, the mechanized infantry division, and the mountain infantry division are the main forces of the Indian army on the first line, while the infantry divisions starting with 3 are all second-line troops or reserves. From this, it can be roughly concluded that in the total number of Indian troops, the main force is less than 10,000.

In Pei Chengyi's view, what matters is not the strength of the Indian army, but the deployment of the Indian army.

Anyone who knows a little about military affairs can see the Indian army's campaign intentions from the deployment of the Indian army on the battlefield on the Eastern Front.

Entrenched in Bihar and facing Gischengenje, Army 1 concentrated a main division with the most powerful armoured forces in Army Group East. From this, it can be concluded that the Indian army will storm Gissengenj after the start of the campaign, taking advantage of the relatively flat geographical environment in the area, and fighting an armored battle with the rebels' knife army in Gischengenja, striving to annihilate the sword army. Open access to the eastern region of India.

The Second Army was in the right rear of the First Army. There were only 4 main divisions, the smallest of the three army groups. From this it can be concluded that the Second Army was the strategic reserve of Army Group East. The main task was to accompany the First Army to Gischengenje, to control the gap between the Diren Army and the Third Army, to defend the flanks of the First and Third Armies, and to participate in front-line combat operations if necessary.

In the third episode, the re-army is deployed in a vast area from English Bazar to Kolkata. If it is just for defense, there are obviously too many troops out of 10,000. From this, it can be concluded that the main task of the Third Army, which concentrated seven main divisions, was to enter Bangladesh eastward and open a ground passage to the eastern region after the First Army had successfully pinned down the main forces of the Republic Army.

In order to achieve the goal of containing the opponent, the Indian army increased the territory of the army in the eastern region, formed the Northeast Army Group, and concentrated the two main divisions of the thugs in the region. After the start of the campaign, the main task of Army Group Northeast was to create problems for the Republican ** team, which had entered the eastern part of India, when the First Army attacked Gissengenja. Besiege Siliguri and then assist Army Group 1 in attacking Siliguri.

It's a huge, comprehensive campaign deployment, but it's not without loopholes.

When conducting the war game deduction, Pei Chengyi first calculated the possibility of the sword army holding Ji Zhuogenjie.

According to the combat performance of the Sword Army during the Peninsular War, the final result of the deduction was. The chances of the sword army holding Gischengenje are no more than gills.

This result did not surprise Pei Chengyi. You must know that the Sword Army is facing a group army!

The sword army with less than 30,000 troops faced the Indian First Army, which had a total strength of more than 10,000 and could be supported by the old 10,000 army, which was indeed a bit difficult. Not to mention that Ling Yunxiao is brave and good at fighting, even if he has three heads and six arms, and the officers and soldiers of the sword army are all heavenly soldiers and generals, he can't defeat so many enemies. In terms of equipment data, the number of main battle tanks of the Knife Army and the Indian First Army is superior to that of the beaters, and none of them have an advantage.

If you can't hold on to Gischengenje, don't fight the battle later.

In response to this situation, Pei Chengyi asked the Hong Army remaining in Siliguri to send the 1st Correction and 1st Wrinkle Armored Brigade and the 4th Artillery Brigade to Gischengenja under the direct command of Ling Yunxiao. The No. 1 Artillery Brigade of the Mi Army, the No. Congee Artillery Brigade of the Gang Army, and the No. 1 Fighter Brigade of the Kou Army were ready to go to Gissengenje. After being strengthened, the combat brigade of the Knife Army increased to 1, the artillery brigade to 4, and the aviation brigade to 2, doubling the total strength and doubling the firepower. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, when arranging air support, Pei Chengyi asked Yuan Chenhao to focus on taking care of Ji Shengenjie and meeting all the requirements of the sword army.

In Pei Chengyi's words, if Ling Yunxiao can't hold Ji Shengenjie, he will give up the position of the first general of the republic.

Holding Gischengenj is only the beginning, because the deployment of the Indian army has been adjusted, so Pei Chengyi also has to adjust the combat plan.

According to the results of the war games, the Indian Army's Third Army will encircle Gischengenje in the First Army, successfully contain the main army of the Republic and then march into Bangladesh, and then India's Northeast Army Group will launch a counteroffensive in the eastern region, focusing on Siliguri, forcing the Republican ** team that entered the theater to hold Siliguri and unable to move south to block the Indian Third Army. In this case. Pei Chengyi not only had to encircle and annihilate the Indian Army's Third Army, but also had to give priority to the Indian Army's First Army. Because of the support of the Indian Second Army, it was very difficult to encircle and annihilate the First Army.

When revising the battle plan, Yuan Chenhao proposed to give priority to the Second Army.

It seems that this is very risky; In fact, Yuan Chenhao grasped the key point.

In the deployment of the Indian army, the individual position of the Second Army was very crucial, not only as the campaign reserve of the First Army, but also to fill the gap between the First Army and the Third Army. What's more, the Second Army, following the First Army towards Gischenenje, was able to block the armoured forces of the Republic Army from attacking southward. Secured the Third Army's retreat to India.

It is certainly unrealistic to eat the eastern army group of India in one tone.

With the strength in Pei Chengyi's hands, even if all the combat units are invested, it will be difficult to annihilate the three group armies at the same time.

Unable to annihilate at the same time, Pa Beater Seven can adopt the tactics of encircling one and fighting one. To this end, it was necessary to cut off the connection between the Indian First Army and the Third Army from the very beginning, and the Second Army had to be dealt with first.

After killing the Second Army, on the question of who to fight first, Mu Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao appeared.

According to Pei Chengyi's idea, the First Army should be fought first, the siege of Ji Shengenjie's sword army should be relieved, the main force stationed in Ji Shengenjie should be liberated, and then the Third Army should be annihilated. The advantage of such a fight is very obvious, that is, combat operations can be completed with a minimum number of troops. Moreover, it can reduce casualties and shorten the campaign time.

Yuan Chenhao's opinion was completely opposite, believing that the Third Army should be annihilated first, and then the First Army should be encircled and annihilated. According to his analysis, after the sword army has been comprehensively strengthened, as long as Ling Yunxiao has a little brain, don't take the officers and soldiers seriously, there will be no big problem in holding Jishengenjie. Using Gissengenje to contain the First Army, as long as the Indian army thinks there is hope of taking Kischengenje, it will not give up the offensive. The Third Army would not have retreated in advance, thus creating an opportunity for the annihilation of the Third Army. While making a proposal, Yuan Chenhao also put forward a very important point, that is, if the First Army is destroyed first, it is very likely that the Third Army will be forced to withdraw from Bangladesh, and even the Third Army will abandon its operation into Bangladesh and lose the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Third Army.

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

After using the computer to conduct a war game deduction, it not only verified Yuan Chenhao's judgment, but also proved another situation, that is, after the start of the battle, if the Indian army quickly increased its troops to Gischengenja, so that the Indian army thought that it was impossible to capture Jishengenja, the Third Army was very likely to go north and participate in the siege of Gishengenja.

Although the deduction is not an actual battle, it is basically consistent with Pei Chengyi's judgment.

It can be said that the attack on Gissengenj will be the first turning point in this campaign, or a prerequisite for the Indian army's advance into Bangladesh. Although it is very likely that the Third Army will enter Bangladesh before the First Army occupies Kischengenja, it will not risk expanding the war as long as the Indian army is unable to capture Kischengenj now. The reason is simple: if you can't defeat Kischengenja, you won't be able to contain the main forces of the republic, and you won't be able to ensure the smooth arrival of the Third Army in the east. As a result, the Third Army's actions through Bangladesh not only did not have a positive effect, but brought a third enemy country to India. From both a political and military point of view, in the event of a setback in the First Army's attack on Gischenenje, the Third Army would turn north to support the First Army.

In fact, the deployment of the Indian army illustrates this problem exactly.

If the main task of the Third Army was to move to the east through Bangladesh, it should concentrate its forces north of Calcutta, rather than by setting up a long serpentine formation, and spread the Hongwan army on a front that stretched for many kilometers. The main purpose of deploying troops further north was to reinforce the First Army and, if necessary, to participate in the offensive against Gissengenje.

Seeing this clearly, the rest of the matter will be much easier.

Although Pei Chengyi has ordered the combat troops to assemble at the airport and air base, whether to send these troops to the battlefield on the Western Front depends on Pei Chengyi's decision.

In fact, it was not only the old army, the mouth army, the leading army, the 24th army, and the 27th army that were mobilized.

At that time, several other armies deployed on the Eastern Front, namely the Medicine Army, the Gang Army, the Wu Army, and the Cave Army, all received combat orders. It's just that the Witch Army and the Cave Army are heavily armored armies, and the pressure on airlift is very great. Therefore, Pei Chengyi has no intention of using these two ace armies for the time being.

During the war games, Pei Chengyi rearranged the combat missions of each unit.

The tasks of the occupation army, the smelting army, and the mouth army remain unchanged. It was still to cut off the retreat route of the Indian Third Army. After the start of the campaign, they landed and landed in the western part of West Bengal to seize key points of communication and military fortifications. The main task of the Mi Army and the Gangster Army was to assist the 77th Army in defending Gischengenj and acting as a battle reserve for the Sword Army. The main task of the Knife Army was to go to Siliguri after the start of the campaign, and to advance eastward in place of the Hong Army, and capture the ground access of the Indian Third Army from Bangladesh into eastern India. Lead the army to fight with the sword army. It is responsible for cutting the major defense areas of the Northeast Army Group of India and preventing the Northeast Army Group of India from blocking the Knife Army. The fallen army is the general reserve of the campaign. Finally, he went to the battlefield to assist the Wo army in defending Siliguri.

Except for the Wu Army and the Cave Army, Pei Chengyi invested in all combat units.

The biggest problem is not the strength of troops, but the ability to deliver.

According to Yuan Chenhao's calculations, it is necessary to concentrate on the use of tactical airlift forces to support the air force and the army aviation. to have enough ability to complete the task of force projection.

Without Yuan Chenhao's calculations, Pei Chengyi knew that the delivery problem was very serious.

In the afternoon of the same day, Pei Chengyi contacted Air Force Commander Zhang Zhongxian and asked for the right to transfer the Air Force to support the airlift of the Air Force. Because Xiang Linghui had already given Zhang Zhongxian a preventive shot, and Pei Chengyi's front-line commander was determined by Yuan, Zhang Zhongxian did not cause trouble for Pei Chengyi, and agreed to Pei Chengyi's request very readily, and said that he could provide all assistance at the request of the front-line command.

After getting the Air Force, Pei Chengyi went to find trouble with the Army Airlines.

Unlike the Air Force, the main forces of the Army Aviation are distributed among the various armies, and the Army Aviation Command has only administrative jurisdiction and no power to mobilize troops.

After greeting the Army Aviation Command. Pei Chengyi held a commander-level online video conference.

No matter how good the commanders of the various armies are, they have to give Pei Chengyi face.