Valve enzyme leg over the hardest first death. When the sun rises again, the external situation of the Indian army will improve.

In the northwest direction of the battlefield, the troops who arrived at Dalpenga did not stop advancing, and after resting for 4 hours, the Cong army divided its troops into three routes: the first mechanized infantry brigade advanced to Sidamoli in the northwest, completing the strategic detour between the northwestern part of Har State and the northeastern region of Uttar Pradesh, although the department only had three combat battalions, but after receiving the artillery support of the Mi army deployed in Nepal, the attack was extremely smooth; The rest of the mechanized infantry brigade of the 1st Milk turned around and attacked Mertubani in the north and Cyancharpur and Nirmali in the east, sweeping away the remnants of the Indian army entrenched between Darjanga and Jogburni, and opening a second railway line of communication to Nepal; The main forces of the army, namely the No. Concave Thug Armored Assault Brigade and the No. 1 Camel Mechanized Infantry Brigade, turned southeast and attacked Muzaffarpur with all their might, in preparation for the advance to Patna and the advance to Varanasi. Because the final destination of Dalpenga and the three-way attacking forces was less than a kilometer, the troops left the 1st Artillery Brigade and the 1st Logistics Brigade in Dalpenga.

Although the reputation of the fallen army is far inferior to that of the sword army of the strategic reaction army, and even inferior to the sword army of the southern fierce battle, on the first day of the battle, the assault action of the fallen army not only proved its own strength, but also proved the ability of the strategic response army to rush quickly. If the same task had been carried out by the Heavy Panzer Corps, it would certainly not have been possible to reach Dalpenga during the night and be on the road again after a four-hour rest. Not to mention, during tactical assault missions, every time the heavy armored corps stopped, it took eight hours to resupply the logistics alone.

The rapid assault of the troops in the northwestern direction played a great deterrent role.

No matter what the Indian army thinks of this little-known army, when the army broke through the four lines of defense of the Indian army in the old hours, forced the Luo River, and rushed to Darjanga in one go. The ground forces of the Indian army, which was besieging Dalpenga in a vain attempt to annihilate the old and old Kongtu troops, immediately collapsed on all fronts, and those who fled quickly withdrew to Muzaffarpur, and those who moved slowly became prisoners of war. Only one battle. When the army fell, more than four Indian officers and soldiers were captured.

Although the Indian army soon arrived at Dalpenga, it was a strategic response army much smaller than the knife army, and the main army had two mechanized infantry brigades, and it did not carry much combat materials, and the quick assault could only carry a base number of ammunition and materials to meet the living needs of all officers and soldiers for three days, but the Indian army had no intention of counterattacking and sending out the army, because after the army arrived at Dalpenga, it first had to open up the railway line to Nepal. As long as the war materials hoarded in Nepal are transported to Irjanga, the supply problem will be solved, and even if all the Indian troops in the surrounding area are concentrated, they will not be able to take Darpenga.

More importantly, the action of sending troops made Pei Chengyi's campaign deployment completely clear.

The dispatch of airborne troops, including air assault units, to lay a few nails on the periphery of the battlefield on the Eastern Front was only the first step in encircling Army Group Eastern of the Indian Army. Because the airborne troops have poor tactical mobility capabilities and limited troops, it is necessary to open ground passages as soon as possible in order to encircle the Indian Army's Eastern Army Group. The encirclement operation was completed with the support of the strategic points captured by the airborne forces and the defensive line built by the ground forces as a barrier. With the departure from Dalpenga, it was soon possible to capture Muzaffarpur, then move south to attack Patna, advance west to support the airborne thugs trapped in Varanasi, and block the Indian army's retreat route to the west.

As soon as the troops reached Varanasi, the Indian army had to adjust the direction of retreat.

Is there a way to stop the army from going to Varanasi?

Don't say that Gujarad doesn't have any hope, even Gu Ran doesn't have any hope.

The army was not sent out of the airborne forces, but armored assault forces. With the opening of the railway line from Janakpur in Nepal to Darpenga, the logistics brigades left behind were able to provide sufficient combat supplies to the front-line troops, while the second-line troops and reserve units deployed near Patna were severely lacking in armor and demoralized. Although the Indian army can adopt attack tactics, that is, sneak attack on the logistics support line of the army, to achieve the purpose of delaying the advance of the army, Pei Chengyi can also use the air assault brigade deployed in Dalpenga to deal with the Indian army's attack and harassment troops, protect the logistics support line of the ugly army, and support the army's march to Varanasi. While air assault brigades are not as capable of ground assault as armoured assault units, they are best suited to deal with small groups of assault forces.

If the army cannot be stopped, the Indian army will not be able to advance westward.

As a result, even if the Third Army successfully reached Ranchi and annihilated the airborne thug brigade entrenched in Ranchi, Gujarad would have to find another way out for the Biwanyin officers and soldiers.

It was at this time that Stark reminded Gujarade.

If, according to Gujarad's idea, unable to break through to the west, the Third Army would have reached Jamshedpur and turned southward to establish a defensive line in the northern part of Brineswar in the southwestern part of West Bengal in Orissa to prevent the squadron from moving south to capture the coastal area of the Bay of Bengal.

Gujarad's adjustment seems reasonable, but in fact there is a big problem.

First, will the Third Army be able to move south? Jamshedpur was less than a kilometer from the coastline, and the Third Army's march route was all along the coast, that is, within the range of the Chinese fleet's artillery fire. If the Third Army turns south at Jamshedpur, Pei Chengyi will definitely plan the battle and concentrate the strike force. Let the Second Army have no six feet in the marching paint

Secondly, does it make sense to build a defensive line in the northern region of Odisha? Although Odisha became an important strategic defensive barrier to protect southern India after the fall of West Bengal and Jharkhand, the squadron had already captured Ranchi and ground forces could bypass Odisha and move south from Chhattisgarh in the west. Even if marching from the interior would have made logistical support more difficult, the impact of logistical support was not significant after India's railway lines of communication were obtained. From another point of view, even if the squadron did not intend to march from the interior, it would be able to easily defeat all the Indian troops on the route, including the Third Army, which had retreated to Orissa, by choosing the relatively easy coastal area to march south, with the support of the fleet. Whatever happens, the Third Army's retreat to Orissa is of little significance.

In response to the existing problems, Stark suggested that the onslaught on Ranchi continue.

Although at this time, it seems that the significance of attacking Ranchi is no longer obvious, because Ranchi is the necessary place for the Third Army to retreat westward, and since the Third Army is no longer retreating to the west, there is no need to attack Ranchi, but from the perspective of the entire campaign, Ranchi is still a battleground.

In Stark's words, only by holding back the main combat forces of the squadron in Ranchi could enough time be bought for the establishment of a new strategic line of defense.

To illustrate the point, Stark came up with enough evidence.

It is Pei Chengyi who still has enough reserves in his hands, including the airborne fighter Shao Brigade who has not yet appeared on the battlefield, and he is not afraid of death, but has other arrangements. That is to say, Pei Chengyi had a hunch that the Third Army would turn south in Jamshedpur before leaving enough reserves. As long as the battle situation changes, Pei Chengyi can quickly make adjustments and block the Third Army moving south.

Second, there is a big gap between the Airborne Brigade and the Airborne Fighter Brigade, and the entire defense line is not tight. Pei Chengyi's failure to use reserves to fill the holes in the defensive line was not only related to the lack of troops, but also to his entire campaign purpose. It was a very risky decision to let the airborne Shao Brigade attack Ranchi, and Pei Chengyi was willing to take the risk, indicating that the purpose of his campaign was to annihilate the entire Eastern Army Group. And not just to achieve victory in the war on the Eastern Front. In this way, the Third Army is the key target, and Pei Chengyi will never let the Third Army escape.

The third is Pei Chengyi's entire war plan, or the position of the Eastern Front War in the whole war. After assing the posture of annihilating Army Group East, Pei Chengyi will definitely adjust his focus after the battle, and then concentrate his forces to attack New Delhi. In this way, Pei Chengyi will definitely have to draw troops from the battlefield on the Eastern Front, and he will draw the main force. In order to ensure that the fruits of victory in the war on the Eastern Front were not compromised, he would definitely stabilize the situation on the Eastern Front before the end of the Eastern Front campaign. The most effective way to do this is to expand the occupation and establish a buffer zone.

After analyzing the intentions of the opponent, it is necessary to figure out the purpose of the Indian army.

No matter how it fights, the main purpose of the Indian army is to hold New Delhi, and only when New Delhi cannot hold on should the focus be shifted to the southern region. The key condition for holding New Delhi is to complete the war mobilization as soon as possible, form more troops, and defeat the squadron on the Western Front.

In other words, the main task of Army Group Eastern was to buy time for war mobilization.

In order to achieve this goal, it was necessary to storm Ranchi, forcing Pei Chengyi to continuously send additional combat forces to Ranchi, depleting the reserves in his hands, making it impossible for him to expand the scope of occupation in the later stages of the campaign, and he had to leave a few main forces after the large-scale combat operations of the Eastern Front War to prevent the Ear Army from counterattacking, thereby weakening his investment on the Western Front battlefield and making it impossible for him to concentrate the main force to attack New Delhi.

According to Stark, as long as the goal can be achieved, even the sacrifice of the Third Army is worth it.

Do you want to sacrifice the Third Army for the whole war?

Not to mention that Gujarad couldn't make up his mind, even Rurajapani hesitated.

Although the Third Army was not the last main force of the Indian army, it was the only main force that could be counted on in the entire eastern theater. Even if the Third Army can complete the first phase of strategic mobilization in Liri, add a number of reserve divisions for thugs, and leave more than half of the reserve divisions on the eastern front, it will be difficult for the Indian army to establish a new strategic defense line in the area south of West Bengal. At that time, even if Pei Chengyi sends the main force to the western front, as long as he leaves two armies on the eastern front, he can advance south along the coastline and sweep the entire coastal area of the Bay of Bengal.

It has to be said that Gujarad and Rurajapani's concerns are not unreasonable.

Losing the coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal is equivalent to losing half of India. In the long run, as long as the coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal fall, the broad side of the southern part of the Indian peninsula will be exposed to the squadron. At that time, let alone the transfer of industry to the south, it will be a problem for the Indian government to gain a foothold in the south.

In response to this problem, Stark also proposed a solution.

It was obviously unrealistic to establish a strategic defensive line in the forward area of West Bengal, and even if the Third Army withdrew from the battlefield unharmed, it would not be able to gain a foothold close to the squadron. The best way is to continue to shrink the defensive line, distance itself from the squadron, establish a strategic defensive line on the Narmada River and the Mohannadi River, and assemble heavy troops in the Lilu area of the two rivers, that is, in the southeast of the Jiaojingbul Plateau and in the Chetisgarh State, to prevent the squadron from breaking through from the junction of the two defensive lines, and then deploy defensive positions along the two rivers that flow into the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal and the largest in central India, relying on the natural barrier formed by the rivers to block the squadron.

Stark did not forget to explain the importance of storming Ranchi.

Because Ranchi is less than a kilometer away from Ganha National Park, as long as the squadron gains a foothold in Ranchi, it will advance southward and establish a bridgehead on the south bank of the Mehanaqian River to lay the foundation for the next march south. In this way, it is necessary to drag the squadron in Ranchi, at least so that the squadron cannot use Ranchi as a forward base for the time being. The only way to achieve this goal is to storm Ranchi so that the squadron has no respite.

After Stark came up with a solution that worked, Rurajapani took the advice of his adviser on American affairs.

In fact, it wasn't Stark who made the suggestion, but Düdgway, who was on the other side of the world.

As Pei Chengyi's old rival, Du Qiwei knew the Chinese Army's young Zhuang general too well. In the Peninsula War, Pei Chengyi demonstrated his first-class large-depth offensive capability in front of Du Qiwei, especially in the eastern battlefield, after the Chinese Army wiped out the US Marine Corps, it advanced the battle line to the south several hundred kilometers in one go, and when the US troops took a breath, the Chinese Army had already crossed the 38th parallel, so that the US troops lost the opportunity to turn over.

Based on Du Qiwei's understanding of Pei Chengyi, the war on the Eastern Front would not be aimed at annihilating Army Group Eastern as the ultimate goal.

As long as conditions permit, Pei Chengyi will definitely expand the results in the later stage of the campaign, lay the foundation for the next stage of the offensive, and at the same time lay the foundation for winning the entire war.

There is only one way to defeat Pei Chengyi, and that is to restrain his strengths and let him not get a chance to wield.

As long as Pei Chengyi is allowed to fight smoothly, even if Du Qiwei is replaced to command this war, there will be no second result.

The way to prevent Pei Chengyi from being easy is to fight against Pei Chengyi's intentions. Pei Chengyi desperately wants to take Ranchi, so he has to desperately hold Ranchi.

Even if there is no reason, if you do not let your opponent succeed, you have to destroy your opponent's campaign attempt at all costs.

It was precisely because of this that the Indian Third Army did not change its marching route.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield really did not have much to be happy about for the Indian army.

In addition to sending troops to sweep the Indian army on the north bank of the Ganges, the Hongjun army has stopped offensive operations in the northeast of Burnia and is preparing for the next battle of annihilation. Except for the Armored Assault Brigade that reached the English Bazar, the main forces of the Knife Army were all assembled in Bulnia, ready to cooperate with the falling army to annihilate the Indian First Army. If it weren't for the support forces, especially the logistical support forces that provided war materials, which mainly cooperated with the Concave Army and the 77th Army, I am afraid that the leading army would have already invaded Getihar and opened the curtain of the battle to annihilate the Second Army. The air assault units kneeling in Baharampur and Padbara have gained a firm foothold and have also received war supplies from the logistics support units of the Consolidated Army, and as soon as the fighting in the north is over, the three air assault brigades will take the lead in marching towards Calcutta and starting the combat operation of encircling and annihilating the Third Army.

The republican ** team rushed to the front line, and several countries that took advantage of the fire to loot were not idle.

On the morning of the day, the Pakistani army launched an offensive in three directions on the western front, and the Lahore Front, composed of the 7th Armored Division and another ace armored unit of the Pakistani Army of the 1st Armored Division, had already reached the outskirts of Amritsar. Affected by this, the Indian army had to keep the old main infantry division that was originally sent to the Eastern Front by the Ji Ge thugs.

Under the influence of the Republican Army, Nepal and Bangladesh accelerated the build-up of troops.

Although the armies of Nepal and Bangladesh do not have much combat effectiveness, and are not even as good as India's second-line troops, according to the intelligence obtained by the United States, the armies of Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, and Sri Lanka do not undertake front-line combat missions, and their main tasks are to assist the squadron in combat, maintain order in the occupied areas, and provide logistical support for the squadron.

As the squadron gradually takes control of the eastern part of India, Nepalese and Bangladeshi troops will soon enter India.

Another army with great hopes, the Northeast Army Group, which was blocked east of Siliguri, was unable to counterattack as expected under the threat of the Sword Army, and even had to retreat on all fronts. Although the Knife Army is only a strategic reaction army, as the second-ranked strategic reaction force of the Republic Army, its combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the Knife Army. If the Indian Army Group Northeast rashly counterattacked, it was very likely that it would be defeated before Army Group East.

It can be said that in the entire eastern theater, the Indian army has no advantages to speak of.

Even in the Ranchi direction, the Indian offensive still seemed to be overwhelmed.

Before dawn, the Indian army's armored troops of the first Hong thug trade brigade from Hezari Bagh suddenly counterattacked, and before the Indian officers and soldiers of Wangkouming could react, the division headquarters was annihilated by the armored troops, and the Indian army collapsed on all fronts.

This is just the beginning, and the ** counterattack of the airborne thugs has not yet arrived.