Occupy the official war to India! Later, the first thing Pei Chengyi did was not to attack the two sixths, but to ask Dongfang Wen to go to Islamabad to meet with the diplomatic attaché who had withdrawn from New Delhi. Although Pei Chengyi was able to grasp the movement of the Indian troops in a timely and accurate manner by using advanced reconnaissance methods, no matter how advanced the reconnaissance methods were, they could not find out the will of the Indian people, and those diplomats stationed in India knew the situation in India best.

After sending Dongfang Wen away, Pei Chengyi contacted the chief of the general staff of the Pakistani army.

For according to the secret agreement signed between the Republic and Pakistan, after one side declared war on India, the other side had to declare war on India within the time of the settlement. So what Pei Chengyi wants is not the answer to when Pakistan will declare war on India. It is the answer to when the Pakistani army will attack the overall situation.

Although the Pakistani army crossed the Kashmir ceasefire line in the early hours of the day, surrounded Srinagar, and advanced southward. However, the offensive of the Pakistani army was very slow, and the number of troops invested was not large. There was no large-scale offensive in the way Pei Chengyi expected.

What the Pakistani army can become, Pei Chengyi does not have much hope.

Now the question is. If the Pakistani army does not launch a major offensive in the direction of Kashmir. It will inevitably have an impact on combat operations on the eastern battlefield. Hitter's Day. Several satellite reconnaissance reports provided by the Military Intelligence Agency prove that the Indian army is adjusting its erroneous military deployment and transferring a large number of main combat units to the battlefield on the line. If the Pakistani army still advances south unhurriedly, Pei Chengyi will have to consider letting the Tendon army enter the battle in advance.

Regardless, the Pakistani army must make a difference on the battlefield in Kashmir.

If Pakistan was still worried about the attitude of the republic, believing that the republic would not engage in all-out war, then after Wang Yuanqing officially expressed the declaration of war, Pakistan's concerns were completely dispelled. Whether Pakistan is willing to assist the republic in defeating India. In the case that the Republic can defeat India alone, Barkistan has no choice but to launch a large-scale attack as soon as possible.

The telephone talks were very successful, and the chief of the general staff of the Pakistani army promised to expand the scale of the offensive within an hour, that is, in the early morning of the 2nd.

Pei Chengyi still does not have too high expectations for the Pakistani army. After talking to the chief of the general staff of the Pakistani army, he immediately contacted the commander of the wounded army, Major General Sai Zhibiao, and asked the army to arrive in Srinagar on the night of the 2nd. Considering the actual situation, that is, it is impossible for the Tendon Army to participate in the battle immediately after arriving in Srinagar, and there is still a lot of combat preparation work that has not yet arrived, Pei Chengyi did not put too much pressure on Seshanbiao. According to Pei Chengyi's judgment, the arrival of the army in Srinagar can provide impetus for the Pakistani army that has stopped and allow the Pakistani army to speed up its offensive.

After completing this round of deployment, Pei Chengyi turned his energy to the Eastern Front.

With the airborne occupation army and the fast anti-sword army, Siliguri and Gissengenj were captured. And it gained a firm foothold in both places, consolidating the outer line of defense. The Eastern Front was a foregone conclusion.

Pei Chengyi has not let the other 2 airborne troops play so far, mainly for two reasons. First, it is very likely that India will bypass Gischengenja and "pass" Bangladesh along the railway line of Najpur Illang Bul sister Chibihar along Raiganj. sending the main forces into the eastern theater; Although Pei Chengyi dreamed that the Indian army would take this reinforcement route, because it would give the republic more reasons for war, and also allow Bangladesh to join the war and provide more support for the republic. But Pei Chengyi could not be left unprepared, and in addition to leaving behind the airborne force with the strongest strategic mobility capability, he also asked the air force to intensify patrols in the direction of Bangladesh to prevent India from sending troops to attack Dhaka. The second is that there is no direct ground line of communication on the Eastern Front to the front line, before the fleet enters the Bay of Bengal and the ground forces move south from Gissengenj to seize a certain port. The logistical support of the front-line combat units is entirely undertaken by the support aviation units, and all airlift forces, including the 10,000 troops of the Army Airlines, are serving the front-line combat units and cannot support large-scale airborne operations.

After getting the airlift data counted by the staff officers, Pei Chengyi was faced with two choices.

It is to use the existing air transport force. support ground forces to win the war on the Eastern Front; The second is to concentrate forces on sending troops to Jischengenje. Let the ground forces led by the Sword Army move south as soon as possible, capture Canning Harbor, and open up a supply channel by sea.

Obviously, both options are difficult.

The biggest problem with the former is that the air force of the Republic Air Force and the Army Air Force can fight with one army at most, and transport the latter two armies. That is, the Sword Army and the Scale Army will take about a week of fighting. Although the strength of the 4 armies is not small. According to Pei Chengyi's calculations, as long as the Hong army can reach the battlefield, it can capture the eastern part of India within the old days, and if the sword army is replaced by a certain airborne army, it can also increase the degree of attack; But Pei Chengyi had to consider another issue. That is, the Indian army launched a counterattack towards Jishenenje, which will disperse the airlift forces. Slow down the offensive on the Eastern Front.

The biggest problem with the latter is that the fighting on the Eastern Front will inevitably drag on for more time. It is simply impossible to complete the battle within the predetermined deadlines, and it is even possible to drag it out for several months. If the port of Canning in Kolkata can be successfully captured, which is the outer port of Calcutta, it will not be a big problem to complete the offensive operation on the Eastern Front a little later. The problem is that after the offensive slows down, the Indian army on the eastern front will inevitably strengthen the defensive line, and the future offensive will be more difficult to fight. What's more troublesome is that this requires a comprehensive adjustment of the battle plan, and Pei Chengyi does not have this power.

During dinner, Pei Chengyi called Yuan Chenhao over.

"If it were up to me, I would definitely choose Baja Kolkata South." Yuan Chenhao smiled bitterly and said, "The question now is whether the General Staff will allow us to adjust the battle plan. ”

Pei Chengyi smiled, useless, "B......

The problem is not in the General Staff, but in the Yuan Mansion. Although Wang Yuanqing never interfered in front-line combat operations, he never allowed front-line commanders to command battles at will. More importantly, the combat operation in Baja Kolkata South was not easy. The distance from Gischengenj to Kolkata is less than a kilometre, but the distance is a kilometre, with the Ganges and its lower tributaries traversing. It's very difficult to enter. Compared to the difficulty of marching, the troop requirements to guard the lines of communication are more cumbersome. Although the sword army can be allowed to fight the main attack, it must provide 2 or 3 army reserves. In the case that the logistics cannot keep up and not too many combat troops can be committed, such as ensuring the ground communication line from Kolkata to Gissengenja. That's the most important thing. And the most important question.

"Let's not talk about the General Staff. Looking at the difficulty of attacking Kolkata, Pei Chengyi lit a cigarette. said, "It is certainly unrealistic to attack from the ground, and we can only support four catties at most." Army combat. The occupation forces had to remain in Siliguri, which meant that only three corps could be committed to Gischenenje. Although going south is not a big problem, there are too many important strongholds to capture along the way. The offense is definitely not fast. According to the most optimistic estimates, it would be very good for the sword army to reach Kolkata within half a month. It is not possible to attack from the ground, only from other directions. The Marines don't have to think about it for the time being. The Marine Corps will not go into battle until the fleet enters the Bay of Bengal. Even if mobilized immediately, the Marines would be able to fight only after 15 August, or even in early September. Get rid of the Marines. There are only airborne troops. Attacking Port Canning with Airborne Forces is not a problem, but attacking Calcutta with Airborne Forces is. If Kolkata cannot be taken, even if the port of Canning is taken, the airborne troops will be encircled, and then there will be another trouble

Yuan Chenhao nodded and lit a cigarette.

Pei Chengyi sighed. said: "It seems that we can only change catties and look at the problem from an angle." ”

"General Pei, what do you mean".

"What is the purpose of our south of Calcutta?" Pei Chengyi tapped on the map spread out on the dining table. Although electronic maps have largely replaced paper maps, they can still come in handy when necessary. The main purpose of the campaign on the Eastern Front was to annihilate the Indian army in the eastern region. Lay the foundation for the entry of our army into the Gangetic plain. After the capture of Gissengenj by the Knife Army, we achieved our final goal ahead of schedule, and all that remained was to annihilate the Indian army in the east. In a situation where the Indian army will not surrender on its own initiative, the biggest problem of our army is that logistics cannot be fully guaranteed. In other words, the main purpose of the southward attack on Calcutta was to solve the logistical problems. Instead of occupying the province of West Bengal. ”

The thugs know what to do only when they have a clear purpose.

Pei Chengyi nodded and said: "There is only one way to solve the logistics support, that is, to open up the sea route as soon as possible." Acquire a port in the Bay of Bengal. Apparently. This can be a port in India or a port in another country. ”

Yuan Chenhao frowned slightly, and said, "You are, right" Chittagong, Bangladesh is a good choice. It's just that Bangladesh has not yet entered the war. ”

"In other words, we have to bring Bangladesh into the war

Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "It is not difficult to get Bangladesh into the war, or to allow us to use Chittagong and its domestic railway lines to transport troops and war materials to eastern India

Yuan Chenhao also laughed and said, "It seems that we have to put some pressure on the Indian army on the Eastern Front." ”

"It is also necessary to let the sword army hold Gissengenja, and let India give up the idea of reinforcing the eastern region from Gischengenja

Do the thugs want to report our thoughts to the General Staff? ”

"What do you say? Pei Chengyi glanced at Yuan Chenhao and said, "We can't control what the Indian army wants to do and what it wants to do."

What we can manage is to defeat the Indian army with the fastest action after the Indian army expands the scale of the war. If we report to the General Staff at this time, wouldn't there be no three hundred taels of silver here? ”

Yuan Chenhao was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Pei Chengyi meant.

"The degree of transportation added allows the sword army to stay behind for the time being. If Ling Yunxiao can't keep Ji Shengenjie, let Zhu Yurong replace him

Yuan Chenhao nodded, indicating that he knew what to do.

Zhu Yurong is the major general of the Sword Army. The "reputation" in the army has to compete with Ling Yunxiao. After the Knife Army was reorganized into a strategic response force, Zhu Yurong shouted to Ling Yunxiao, declaring that the Knife Army would surpass the Sword Army in the next war and become the number one strategic response force of the Republic. In terms of temper, Zhu Yurong is very similar to Ling Yunxiao. Otherwise, he would not have let Xiang Linghui personally do ideological work for him. When arranging combat operations. Pei Chengyi put the sword army in front. Putting the sword army behind, it is precisely in the hope of "unequal treatment." "Arouse Zhu Yurong's fighting spirit. Allow the Sword Army to wield the necessary effects when necessary.

In the evening of the same day, new combat orders were issued to all combat units.

Although most of the main battle equipment can be airlifted by tactical transport planes, the logistical support equipment used to maintain the combat capability of the troops, such as large power supply equipment, must be airlifted by strategic transport aircraft such as the old ones. The scale of the additional establishment is very large. The number of takeoffs and landings by air by tactical transport aircraft is more than four times that by air by strategic transport aircraft. Since the front-line field airfield is limited to the province of Tunbigui, it is necessary to control the number of aircraft that are allowed to land and land, and it is necessary to increase the number of planes that can be used to increase the number of planes by two or two.

Throughout the night, hundreds of Sizhan and Ganjiu series transport planes arrived at the field airfield in Siliguri.

In order not to affect the combat operations of the old airborne army, the engineering corps opened a special supply area north of Siliguri. The field fighters at the take-off and landing site are transported by the Army Airlines' vertical take-off and landing tactical transport aircraft to the front-line combat units. An airdrop site has also been opened in the newly occupied city of Siliguri. Let the Air Force's tactical transport planes provide the necessary combat materials for the airborne occupation forces by airdrop.

It can be said that this night's airlift operation reflected the appearance of the future army in the most intuitive way.

While the Army remains the most important ground combat force. But driven by technology, the Army is becoming less and less dependent on the ground. With the increase in airlift power. The Army has become a tiger with wings. The Republic, the United States and other powerful countries have spared no effort to promote the "lightening" of the army. "Strengthening the military's tactical and strategic airlift capabilities is precisely to fundamentally change the army's slow response. The ills of slow advancing. Build lightning-fast ground combat units. It is this that now when measuring the combat capability of the armies of the countries of the world. It is not the armored forces that are put in place, but the airlift forces, especially the general-purpose airlift capabilities that can adapt to various combat environments.

In just one night, the support aviation and army aviation of the Republic Air Force delivered all the combat equipment of the two combat brigades of the Hongjun Army to the Siliguri area, "more than four combat personnel, and more than a ton of combat materials." On the way back, he also transported away more than one of the wounded and more than one prisoner of war in Yintian.

Zhuo in terms of transportation volume. The air freight that night was equivalent to the train of Wangniu Hanging Field Festival!

There were no secrets to the large-scale airlift, that night. The United States warned India. The Republic is massively increasing its forces on the Eastern Front, and will launch a new offensive within the hour of Bipu.

After daybreak, the United States received more accurate reconnaissance intelligence.

Because the scale of the fallen army is too large. So the airlift did not end after dawn, and many combat units that arrived at the front did not even have time to leave the field airfield. Under such circumstances, US reconnaissance satellites can easily identify the models of various types of main battle equipment, and even the numbers on tanks and armored combat vehicles, so as to determine their specific combat units.

Hereunto. There is no secret to the Hongjun army fighting in India.

This is probably the worst news for the Indian army.

On the morning of the 2nd, the Indian army received a total of major news: first, the Hong Army appeared on the battlefield on the Eastern Front and was assembling in the Siliguri area; Second, the station army has entered the Kashmir region. Advancing towards Srinagar. Although the reputation of the wounded army is not loud, it is the same as the blue army. The Drill Army is also a heavily armored army that is good at tactical offenses. The republic sent heavy armored units in two directions at the same time, and the Indian army had a hard time.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the offensive of the Indian army in Kashmir is still not violent.

Just as Pei Chengyi feared, the Pakistani army did not regard the southward movement as the main task, but regarded the attack on Srinagar as the number one task. Although militarily speaking, the Pakistani army's decision was not wrong, because Srinagar is not only the province of Kashmir, which is of great political significance, but also the transportation hub of Kashmir, and the army must first capture Srinagar if it wants to attack the southern part of Kashmir. It then advanced south along the road line, gradually sweeping the Indian strongholds along the way. However, from the perspective of the overall battlefield, the Pakistani army's weak performance in Srinagar has helped the Indian army to some extent. Of course, this cannot be blamed on the Pakistani army. After the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, India became aware of the importance of Srinagar and turned half of the city under its control into a veritable military fortress. Although the Pakistani army has the advantage in attack, it is reasonable that the Pakistani army's offensive will be frustrated in the face of the Indian army's position composed of reinforced concrete and countless underground defense facilities.

That morning, there was another big event in India.

After authorization by the President. The Indian National Assembly passed the War Act by an absolute majority. Prime Minister Rurajapani was officially given the power of the war.

At the old point of New Delhi time, Rurajapani made a televised speech declaring war on the republic and Pakistan.

About a minute later, the President of Pakistan declared war on India in Islamabad.

Like the republic, Pakistan, after the declaration of war, carried out only local war mobilization. There was no nationwide mobilization for war. India, on the other hand, did the first thing Rurajapani did after the declaration of war was to sign a full-scale war mobilization order.

Although Rurajapani explicitly mentions it in the declaration of war. India will mobilize all its forces to defeat the aggressor. But there is little hope that India will win the war. There is no air supremacy, no sea supremacy. When the combat effectiveness of the ground combat forces is far inferior to that of the opponent, the chances of victory of the Indian army are not great.

After the official declaration of war, Rurajapani went to a strategic command center on the outskirts of New Delhi.

For the prime minister, who is trying to save India, the most important thing now is to identify strategic priorities. Instead of being beaten passively in both directions.

Although Rurajapani is not a military man. He also doesn't have much military talent, but with his political talents, it should be very clear who India's main enemy is and where the main battlefield is!