Chapter 161: Look at it from a different angle

The tortoiseshell fire is back. Although Rurajapani guessed right. But he is also happy with the little six

The squadron attacked in two directions at the same time, and both were large-scale attacks. On the morning of 7 July, after receiving the news of the loss of Indore, Rurajapani accelerated the relocation of the capital, and the first batch of personnel from the transfer department left New Delhi for Surat in the afternoon of the same day. Because India has lost air supremacy and domestic flights have been completely paralyzed, it is necessary to complete the relocation of the capital before the squadron cuts off the passage to the south. Rurajapani did not leave New Delhi, and as prime minister, he had a reason to stay and hold out until the last moment.

The relocation of the capital was accompanied by the deployment of new Delhi's defenses.

Although the three field armies on the Western Front have already entered combat mode, and there is enough evidence to prove that the three field armies will soon attack New Delhi, Rurajapani is not worried about the defense in the north, and in his opinion, the sword army that has been entrenched in the west is New Delhi's nightmare.

Like Rurajapani, Indian Army Chief of Staff Gujarad has been keeping an eye on the Knife Army.

What kind of troops are the Knife Army, perhaps Rurajapani and Gujarad have the most right to speak. A few days ago, when the assault force, which posed a serious threat to New Delhi, suddenly turned south and returned to the western part of the country, the US adviser sent a very reliable piece of information, the main force of the assault force was the first armored assault brigade of the Knife Army, and there were also some troops of the armored assault brigade, and the commander of the assault force was Major General Ling Yunxiao, the commander of the Knife Army. In order to illustrate the problem, the American adviser also sent Ling Yunxiao's personal file by the way. It's a bit redundant on the edge. Because the performance of the sword army on the Indian battlefield is enough to attract the attention of India's high-level, the Indian intelligence agency has long obtained Ling Yunxiao's personal file. Although there are some adjectives that are not so good, such as unruly, uninhabited, arrogant, complacent, etc., but being able to stand out in the star-studded army of the Republic is enough to prove Ling Yunxiao's ability.

Besides, the bloody sect is just around the corner, and if you have the courage to lead the assault troops that can't be concave to kill a few back and forth in the million-strong army, you have the courage to lead the thugs. The army attacked New Delhi.

Will the Knife Army go north to attack New Delhi?

According to the situation on the 7th of the month, Pei Chengyi still focused on the south. According to Gujarat's judgment, Pei Chengyi is likely to let the army tear apart the Indian army's defense line in the two river basins first, and then let the sword army surprise Surat, striving to take Surat in one fell swoop. It has to be said that Gujarad's judgment was very accurate. Of course, this is not a big deal, Pei Chengyi's deployment has no opportunistic elements, it depends on strength, and anyone can judge Pei Chengyi's campaign intentions from the march of the army and the sword army.

It is also completely understandable that the squadron focused on the south and had the first purpose of capturing Surat.

The key question is, how much force will Pei Chengyi use to attack New Delhi?

The answer to this question was short.

Soon after nightfall, the front line returned to report that the three field armies on the Western Front were attacking at the same time.

When he received the news, Rurajapani was startled, but Gujarad was very puzzled.

What frightened Rurajapani was that Pei Chengyi threw in 3 field armies at once!

Although it has been confirmed by intelligence that the assault force that posed a threat to New Delhi before was not a feint attack force, its main task was to contain the Indian army north of the western part of the country, hold the rear defense line of the Witch army with the least number of troops, and ensure that the Zhang army could successfully take Bhopal, and the three field armies on the western front battlefield entered a combat state, which was also to contain the main force of the Indian army, so that the Indian army could not divide its troops to the south to rescue Bhopal, but at this time Rurajapani had to consider from the opposite direction, That is, the three field armies that launched the offensive on the Western Front were the main forces attacking New Delhi. It is still a feint force that plays a leading role, and if it is the latter, the sword army entrenched in Chhanxi is the main force to attack New Delhi.

The reason that made Gujarad puzzled was the same, Pei Chengyi actually invested in 3 field armies at one time.

Anyone with a little military common sense knows that in order to ensure the continuity of combat operations, a reserve force should be left behind, and the size of the reserve force should be determined by the ultimate goal of the campaign. The farther the offensive distance, the longer the duration, the greater the defensive intensity, and the more difficult the logistical supply, the larger the size of the reserve force. Among the field armies, the closest to New Delhi is also hundreds of kilometers, and the duration of the offensive will not be less than the old days, the defensive positions of the Indian army on the battlefield on the western front are strong enough, and the logistics support line is thousands of kilometers long Counting from Karachi, Pei Chengyi has no reason not to prepare a strong enough reserve force to let the three field armies attack at the same time.

Could it be that Pei Chengyi has other troops in his hands?

Gujarad immediately dispelled this idea, because the squadrons participating in the battle were either resting or carrying out combat missions, and Pei Chengyi still had several air assault brigades of up to 3 airborne corps in his hands. It was obviously not enough to use a few brigades as reserves, and it was too late to send other field armies from within China to participate in the war.

Without a reserve team, what does Poison Chengyi want to do?

According to this line of thought, Gujarad came to the same conclusion as Rurajapani, that is, the three field armies on the Western Front were only feint troops, and the real main force was the sword army of Zhanxi.

Of course, Gujarad's point of view is much more objective than that of Rurajapani, after all, he is a military man.

With the strength of New Delhi's defense, "the strength of an individual army will definitely not be able to defeat New Delhi." Follow Gujara

Old. Judgment. Pei Chengyi is likely to be based on the situation of the battle. Adjust Fengzhi at any time, that is to say, first the three field armies on the Western Front will attract the attention of the Indian army, create assault conditions for the knife army, and wait until the sword army has contained the main force of the Indian army, and then let the field army on the western front fight the main attack. As long as it is well managed, offensive operations in both directions will be enough to drag down the New Delhi defense forces, and then it will be not the thugs army that will attack New Delhi, but four armies. With the strength of four armies, it will definitely be able to take New Delhi, and it will be able to take New Delhi in a few days.

If that happens, New Delhi will fall within a month of thugs.

Immediately after making this judgment, Gujarad gave the order to the defending forces of the Western Front to hold on.

The surest way to deal with unpredictable attacks is to respond to changes with the same. As long as the three field armies on the Western Front can be held back, no matter what tricks Pei Chengyi plays, it is impossible for the sword army to break through the defense line south of New Delhi like last time, let alone lead the nose of several tens of thousands of Indian troops. In other words, as long as the Indian army sticks to the defensive position, even if it cannot stop the advance of the squadron, it can effectively delay the offensive of the squadron. The longer it drags on, the more tired the attacking troops will be, the more difficult the logistical support will be, and the weaker the offensive force of the squadron will be. As soon as a tipping point was reached, the attacking forces had to stop and abandon the idea of attacking New Delhi.

This deployment of Gujarad is supported by Rurajapani as it is exactly what he wants.

As a politician, Rurajapani has long decided that the defense of New Delhi is not about the result, but about the process. Whether or not to defend New Delhi is not the key, but how to defend New Delhi. If you can keep the squadron out of the gate of New Delhi, it is naturally a good thing, even if you can't stop the squadron, it is not necessarily a bad thing.

Of course, any politician has to think about reality.

For Rurajapani, the reality is that moving the capital will take more time. The relocation of the capital is not as simple as a sentence, nor is it as simple as the prime minister taking a few people to accompany the capital, but the relocation of the capital involves tens of thousands of employees of several departments of the central government, as well as the millions of family members of these employees. In addition to personnel, there are also a lot of materials and equipment that need to be relocated. Among other things, the central government archives alone are crammed with several wagons. Because the time is too tight, there is no way to distinguish all the files in detail, and there is no way to determine which files need to be taken away and which files can be destroyed on the spot, so all the files can only be taken away, and they must not be left to the squadron.

According to the most optimistic estimates, the relocation of the capital will take days.

In other words, it can only be done at the earliest on the day and night of the Kouyuekou.

In order to ensure the smooth completion of the relocation of the capital, it was necessary to keep the squadron out of New Delhi during this period.

Only by holding on to every defensive position can we buy so much time.

With a lot of hitters coming up, Rurajapani and Gujarad seem to see hope.

The three field armies attacking from the Western Front failed to break through the Indian army's outer defensive line quickly. Progress has been much slower than Gujarad had expected. The 77th Army, stationed in Chamsi, also showed no signs of coming out and did not seem to be in a hurry to take part in the assault on New Delhi.

On the morning of the month, a piece of information provided by a US adviser made Gujarad even more confused.

The only troops stationed in Chahansi were the First Knife Fighters and the First Armored Assault Brigade of the Knife Army, and the First Gong Armored Assault Brigade, which had suffered heavy losses in the "Battle of the Junction", was still training new recruits in Manigpur. In other words, not only will the Sword Army not attack New Delhi, but it will not even be ready for battle and will not have the ability to attack.

What kind of fame is Pei Chengyi doing?

It is not Pei Chengyi's command characteristic to let the three field armies do the concubines on the battlefield on the Western Front.

You must know that at this time of the war, Pei Chengyi has not made a mistake, let alone made such a low-level mistake.

If Pei Chengyi didn't make a mistake, it can only show that he has a more important purpose.

Without waiting for Jangalard to figure it out, the American ** adviser sent another piece of information.

The A Assault Brigade stationed in Manigpur had already left its garrison on the morning of Kouyuekou and was expected to go to Chhansi to join the main force.

That is, the Sword Army is preparing for battle.

Although according to the information provided by the US affairs adviser, the 7th Armored Assault Brigade has been replenished with many new recruits, and the training work is far from complete, and it does not have complete combat effectiveness, but the first and first armored assault brigades have not many new recruits, and basically maintain complete combat effectiveness. With the strength of the Knife Army, even with only 2 combat brigades, it can pose a huge threat to the Indian army south of New Delhi. You must know that just a few days ago, the Knife Army only used the strength of one and a half brigades of thugs to make hundreds of thousands of Indian troops jump, and also found an opportunity to kill 2 armored divisions.

Now, Gujarad was no longer confused.

Pei Chengyi must have thought that the three field armies on the Western Front had diverted the attention of the Indian army, and were ready to let the sword army surprise and take New Delhi in one fell swoop.

In response to this, Gujarad immediately ordered the defenders to the south to be reinforced, and placed several of the main armoured divisions that acted as mobile reserves to the south. According to his idea, as long as the sword army goes north and starts a surprise like the top one, he will throw himself into reserve and fight a beautiful battle of annihilation south of New Delhi. If the sword army can be annihilated in one fell swoop, even if Pei Chengyi immediately invests in other field armies, the three field armies in the north will slow down their progress. If Pei Chengyi can't get the second field army, the squadron's attack on New Delhi will be declared a failure.

The more he thought about it, the more excited Gujarad became.

In his opinion, it is not just New Delhi that is defending, but the final victory!

Compared to Gujaram, Pei Chengyi is much calmer. When Seishu Kawa commanded the center. The staff officer sent the 7th Armored Assault Brigade to "quote the news." Pei Chengyi didn't say anything, and after asking the staff officer to send the news directly to the office, he called Yuan Chenhao and left the tactical command center without disturbing the busy staff officers.

"The training of the 1st Gong Armored Assault Brigade is over?"

"Nope. It's still very early, it's practiced in Manigpur, and it's practiced when it comes to Jhansi. Pei Chengyi sat down, took out a cigarette, threw a root to Yuan Chenhao, who was sitting on the sand opposite, and said. I thought about it for several days, but at first I didn't think of a good solution, until early this morning, I realized that the Indian army's defensive deployment was very problematic, and thus thought of a problem that we had neglected before. ”

"What's the problem?"

"How we fight, it depends on how the Indian army guards the thugs, right?"

Yuan Chenhao frowned slightly and lit a cigarette.

"Looking at it from another angle, the Indian army must be guessing about our offensive tactics. The battle lasted for more than 30 hours, and the Indian troops on the battlefield on the Western Front did not make a big move, and all of them put on a stubborn posture, while the mobile reserves prepared by the Indian army remained near New Delhi and had no intention of going north at all. Pei Chengsang lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and said, "What does this phenomenon mean?" There is no doubt that the Indian army thinks that we will attack New Delhi from two directions. Looking at our deployment again, the sword army remaining in Zhanxi has inadvertently helped a lot. ”

"You mean, the Indian army is worried about the sword army going north?"

"It doesn't seem impossible, but don't forget the assault a few days ago, the performance of the sword army was enough to make the Indian army fearful. If I were the commander-in-chief of the Indian army, I would also keep an eye on this army with unparalleled assault capabilities. In other words, the defenses of New Delhi are still very empty and far from being in place, otherwise the Indian army would not be afraid of a force of less than 30,000 troops, but would have put aside three forces with a much larger force. Of course, this is also related to the strategic defense deployment of the Indian army. For decades, New Delhi has threatened from the west and from the north, and no single force can threaten New Delhi from the east or south, so New Delhi's defenses are all aimed at the north and west. Ling Yunxiao was able to use the strength of one brigade against several tens of thousands of Indian troops, and even found an opportunity to kill two Indian armored divisions, which is enough to prove that the defenses south and east of New Delhi are very empty. Although the Indian army is already strengthening its defensive positions to the east and south of New Delhi, as a strategic defensive area, the defensive line cannot be built overnight, and conservatively estimated, it will take at least a few months. Because the defensive position was strong enough, the Indian army did not take the three field armies on the Western Front into account, believing that it had enough ability to block the three field armies. Focusing on the sword army is the last resort of the Indian army. If there was another choice, the Indian army would definitely be willing to annihilate the sword army. ”

"Is this possible?"

Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "From our standpoint, there is obviously no such possibility. If you stand in the position of the commander of the Indian army, do you think this is possible? That is, if the judgment of the Indian commander is correct, the sword army will attack New Delhi from Occupy West. Then it is not the Indian infantry on a few lines of defense that needs to be faced, but also the few armored divisions that have remained near New Delhi. As long as the Indian army learns from the experience of the last defensive operation, it can fight a beautiful battle of annihilation south of New Delhi and take out the sword army. ”

Yuan Chenhao nodded slightly, indicating that he understood what Pei Chengyi meant.

"Continuing to look at it from the eyes of the Indian commander, if the Sword Army can be annihilated in one fell swoop, even if the other three field armies are still marching towards New Delhi, there will be no big problem in holding New Delhi."

"In other words, we have to make the most of this mistaken thinking of the Indian commanders."

Pei Chengyi nodded and said, "So I asked the 1st Armored Assault Brigade to go to Zhanxi and put on a posture of sending a sword army to attack New Delhi." If nothing else, within a few hours, the mobile reserve stationed in New Delhi will move south. As long as the Indian army keeps an eye on the sword army, we can do something to the north. ”

"What are you doing?" Yuan Chenhao asked directly.

"I have given the order to the stomach to be distorted, and this evening the army will leave Potinda, turn south, and bypass the Indian line of defense from the great desert of India in the manner of a new army in the field. If all goes well, the army will reach Rajgarh at dawn tomorrow. ”

Yuan Chenhao was stunned for a moment and said: "If you really want to defeat Rajgerh, you will only be one step away from New Delhi." ”

Pei Chengyi nodded, indicating that this was exactly what he meant.

But Yuan Chenhao hesitated a little and said, "If you fight like this, the army's logistics support line will be completely broken, and the army can only be provided with combat materials by airdrop." ”

"That's what you're going to arrange."

Yuan Chenhao nodded and said, "I immediately adjusted the airlift arrangements and fully supported the Jiujun." ”

"Don't go all out, just make sure the army has a foothold in Rajgarh, there are other uses for airlift forces."

"You are..."

"Even if Rajgarh is defeated, the army will not be able to reach New Delhi, after all, the army is only a strategic reaction force, and there are still several lines of defense on the way from Rajaegar to New Delhi." Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "The task of the army is to scare and scare the Indian army, so that the Indian army has to shift the focus.

Whether New Delhi can be defeated depends on whether it can achieve a frontal breakthrough, that is, the performance of the army and the army. ”

Yuan Chenhao immediately understood.

There is no doubt that the army is only tasked with a feint.