“…… 10,356 people, I will always remember this number, this is the total number of lives lost by Army Group Himalayas on the day of July 10, 1935! In just one day, 10,356 revolutionary fighters from India and Indochina were laid to rest on the snowy plateau. The high-quality update is that they are the most lovely people, who left their hometowns, their parents, their lovers and children for the cause of human liberation, they responded to the call of the party and the international community to join the Red Army, and overcame all kinds of unimaginable difficulties to the plateau battlefield at an altitude of 5 or 6,000 meters. The air here is so thin that ordinary people can't breathe at all, and the temperature here at night can be as low as below freezing, while our soldiers have only thin summer clothes...... Every day, every day, thousands of Red Army soldiers fell ill, but no one asked for treatment, perhaps wanting to leave the battlefield and go home! They all gritted their teeth and persevered, gritting their teeth in battle, braving the enemy's powerful artillery fire, machine gun fire, and bombs dropped by planes to fight to the death against the Chinese invading army armed to the teeth! For the liberation of mankind, for the strength of India, do not hesitate to sacrifice a qiē! Such a comrade should be respected and remembered by all, and every Indian and every laborer should not forget these loveliest Indian GC fighters, because forgetting them is tantamount to betrayal! - The above is an excerpt from Comrade Carya's memoir "Written Before the Second World Revolution" (aka "The Beginning of the Failed World Revolution").

"I don't want casualty figures, and I don't want to know how many people are sick, I just want camphor wood!" It was Comrade Chalia who spoke. In the early morning of July 11, 1935, Comrade Chalya, the report that recorded the deaths of 10,356 of the loveliest people in India and Indochina was crumpled up and thrown into the wastebasket. Although he and Lu Yi repeatedly called these Indian and Indochinese revolutionary fighters the loveliest people for many years after the defeat of the world revolution. At the time, though. But their father and son did nothing to save the lives of these loveliest people.

For example, an early truce with the Great Chinese Federation, such as abandoning this Himalayan campaign that will cost more than 10,000 of the loveliest lives every day. In fact, they had this opportunity, according to the later declassified archives of the Great Chinese Federal Government, Mao Zd, then president of the Federation and chairman of the Chinese government, had more than once proposed peace construction to the Indian side through the Chinese ambassador to Tokyo, Zhang Wtian, who was also a GCD national, and the conditions were quite favorable! Unfortunately, in the eyes of Lu Yi and Charia at that time, these favorable conditions of peace could only show one thing -- Chinese imperialism was at the end of its rope!

"Comrades! We are difficult, and our casualties are not small. But how much better can the enemy be? Comrade Lu Yi has just sent me a telegram that Chinese President Mao ZD has once again sent a letter asking for peace to our embassy in Tokyo! They expressed their willingness to coexist peacefully with us, and were ready to resolve the issue of border demarcation on the basis of consultations on an equal footing! What does this mean? This shows that the situation of Chinese imperialism is already precarious. Their policy of interfering in the Indian revolution had long since collapsed, they had suffered heavy losses in the Middle East, and their attack on the great Soviet Union had been bogged down, and they were now caught between the Soviet Union and India. High-quality updates are in the hurry to make peace with us. Good to get out of the way against the great Soviet Union! Tell me, comrades, can we give them this opportunity? Although they certainly could not defeat the Soviet Union, Chinese imperialism could survive for a while and continue to oppress the Chinese people in dire straits. Comrades, can you bear to see the Chinese working people continue to live in the hell of imperialism? ”

The thin air inside the Indian Army's forward headquarters, housed in an abandoned temple, fell silent. Now sitting here are all Indian officers in the Indian Red Army, most of whom are division commanders and regimental commanders of the 34th and 35th armies. The troops under their command all suffered heavy losses during this time. In addition, a large number of sick people have appeared, mainly those who are not adapted to the thin air and cold climate of the plateau. In some units, one-third of the people have a fever, but only cadres can be treated, and ordinary soldiers can only persist in fighting while sick, but the plateau operation consumes a lot of the body of officers and soldiers, and these illnesses cannot be borne at all, and many people even die suddenly on the way to attack!

In addition, the logistical supply of the troops has also begun to be insufficient, and the Indian army and the Indochina Liberation Army troops gathered on the front line of Zhangmu have three group armies (corps), 15 divisions, and more than 200,000 people. In addition, there are more than 200,000 ex-migrant workers recruited from Nepal, and the daily consumption is astronomical! Moreover, before the war, the command of the Indian Northeast Front underestimated the difficulties of the operation in the Himalayas and the resistance of the Chinese army, and did not think that the Chinese army of just one division could hold back 200,000 Indian troops for so much time. So the amount of logistical supplies hoarded in Kathmandu is insufficient, and now it is almost consumed. The materials urgently mobilized from the Indian hinterland were not so quickly transported, and in fact India's domestic industrial and agricultural production has declined sharply because of the large number of laborers participating in the Red Army and the bombing by the Chinese. The General Logistics Department of the Indian Red Army did not have much stock in its hands, and it was not even able to raise cotton clothes for the 600,000-strong army.

"Comrade Political Commissar, the troops, the troops are too difficult, and the comrades are fighting while enduring hunger and cold! Moreover, many comrades were sick, very sick, and they continued to fight without medicine, and as a result, many fell on the way to the offensive! It's so miserable......"

Finally, a commander of a division of the Indian Red Army in his thirties opened his mouth to complain, and an Indian Red Army officer who had become a division commander at such an age must have been a veteran comrade who had participated in the revolutionary war for more than ten years. Although I have long looked down on life and death, and I am used to hundreds of casualties among my subordinates, it is the first time I have seen so many people die in vain because of hunger and cold and lack of medicine, so I can't help but shed a few tears, it seems that my heart is still not strong!

"Shekal. Comrade Suman! Chalya's voice was like iron, and his face was gloomy. I repeat, I don't need to listen to these words, I want a guarantee that you will seize the camphor wood! Now our army of hundreds of thousands is blocked in front of several mountain passes in the Himalayas. The number of enemies is only a tenth of ours, and there are not many artillery, not a single tank, not even a single plane here in Zhangmu!

And they're breathing the same air. High-quality updates to fight in the same cold environment! Since the enemy can endure the harsh natural conditions of the Himalayas and persist in fighting, why can't our GCIST fighters? Are they inferior to the reactionary army of Chinese imperialism? ”

Shekhar. Su Man lowered his head in shame and didn't dare to speak anymore. Yes, the enemy can persist in fighting, and as a GC warrior made of special materials, is there any difficulty that cannot be overcome? Are they not as good as lackeys of imperialism? Besides, the GC fighters of special materials have it. As much as you shoot in front, you can replenish as much as you can in the back, and even if you take human lives, you can consume the enemy!

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Peng Dhuai stood in front of a huge map of the eastern section of the Sino-Indian border with his hands behind his back. He was silent for a long time and did not speak. All around him were the ringing of telephones, the sound of orders or inquiries. But this general Peng seems to be not disturbed at all. Just quietly thinking about something. Once again, his previous deployment seems to have failed, and Blyukhel deserves to be the most outstanding military strategist of his time. It was clear at a glance that the decisive battle in the Imphal area was extremely unfavorable for the Indian Red Army. Therefore, the focus of the attack of the Indian Red Army was always in the Himalayas. Even if tens of thousands of people die of war and disease every day, there is no wavering. Although the cost of this war of attrition at the cost of human lives is high, the effect is still somewhat.

From the beginning of July to the present, the Himalayan campaign has been fought for more than half a month, and although the 3rd Mountain Army has inflicted great casualties on its opponents with its favorable terrain, its own losses and consumption have also increased! While the Chinese National Defense Forces also have sufficient troops, they have very limited reservists who are accustomed to fighting at high altitudes such as the Himalayas. After all, the population of Tibet Province is less than 1 million, and Qinghai Province is slightly larger. There are only more than two million. It is already difficult to support the 3rd Mountain Army and the 36th Mountain Army, and it is not realistic to have the Qinghai-Tibet provinces continue to provide reserves. And recruits from the plains. If it is not sent to the battlefield after a long period of training and environmental adaptation training, I am afraid that there will be a large number of non-combat attrition...... Of course, non-combat attrition is not a matter for a commander in chief of an army like Peng Dhuai, who is accustomed to seeing brutal war scenes. However, the telegram of the Ministry of Defense in Nanking asking the Burmese front to launch an attack on India could not be ignored by General Peng. He knew that Chang Ruiqing rarely directly interfered with the front-line command, and now he sent a telegram urging the Burmese Front Army to advance for some special reason, and Peng Dhuai, as the commander of the Front Army, now had to change the original battle plan and start the prelude to the invasion of India in advance.

However, this war of aggression is obviously very difficult to fight!

On the map, the latest deployment of the Indian Red Army has been marked in detail, which is the result of reconnaissance by the air force and intelligence services, and it is not very correct. The fifteen armies of the Indian Northeast Front and the eight armies of the Indian Himalayan Army Group (including an Indochinese Army) are densely populated in the Naga region, East Bengal, and the southern foothills of the Himalayas in northeastern India. In the Nagar area were units of India's Northeast Front, all on the defensive, on several key roads from Imphal to Dhaka and Kolkata. The situation west of Calcutta is unknown, but Pendhuai does not believe that Blyukhel did not have a heavy presence there. In his opinion, although the Indian army's offensive on the front line of the Himalayas was fierce, the troops invested were not elite. To put it mildly, it is the cannon fodder troops, so the attack of the Indian Himalayan Army Group should be a feint! And the troops on the road from Imphal to Dhaka and Kolkata should not be elite. Using cannon fodder troops to consume the opponent's forces and putting the elite to the end for counterattacks is the essence of large-depth defensive operations. Isn't that how Blyukhel plays in the Middle East?

It is estimated that the real elite troops should be placed west of the Hooghly River, and they must all be tried and tested Indian GC fighters, so I wonder if there are Soviet armored forces? The Soviet armored forces in the Second Middle East Battle shone in the Battle of Hurais! I wonder if it will be brought to India by Blyukhel?

In the case that the enemy situation has not yet been fully understood, Peng Dhuai did not dare to casually make up his mind to attack with his army. Although the General Staff ordered the adoption of landing operations behind enemy lines, it was aimed at annihilating the main forces of the Indian Red Army in a large-scale battle with the cooperation of land, sea and air in the plains of the west coast of India. But didn't the United States and Britain fight a large-scale land, sea and air cooperation operation in the Persian Gulf? The result was not that the Indian and Soviet air forces fought in disgrace. Two American aircraft carriers are still being overhauled in Yangon Harbor! Now it is still necessary to be cautious, dealing with a big military strategist like Blyucher, and preferring to fight steadily and steadily "to harden the village and fight a dumb battle". Don't think about anything to win. However, this stupid battle is really not so easy to fight, and it may not be difficult to defeat the more than one million Indian Red Army in Bengal. But what about after the fight? China's goal is not to occupy India, let alone make India part of the Great Chinese Federation, and then lead the Indian people to achieve common prosperity!

China's strategic goal is to force India to sue for peace, while also splitting northwestern India from the Indian map and creating one or two pro-Chinese MSLing states. But how could the Indian GCD accept such a war outcome? If they don't hesitate to fight, how will China end? It's easy to start a war. But it's not easy to end a war! In particular, the opponent of this war is still GCD......

Behind him came the loud voice of Lieutenant General Pan Wenzhao, chief of staff of the front army, and General Peng was awakened from his thoughts. turned his head to look at Chang Ruiqing's brother-in-law. After graduating from the first phase of the Central Military Academy, China's first-generation armored commander is now a middle-aged general in his thirties. If he hadn't been delayed in India for two years, but served in the Central Asian and Siberian theaters, he would have probably been hung up to the rank of general a long time ago, right? Bai Chongxi's chief of staff, Liu Mingzhao, was already a general, and he also served as the commander-in-chief of the southern front of the Central Asian Front. The invasion of the northwestern part of India (Afghanistan) was commanded by him on the front. It is estimated that after a few more victories, he should be promoted to general, and it is probably a matter of time before he becomes a marshal. There is also that Lin Zuoda, who is only a member of the sixth phase of the Central Military Academy, and was promoted to general not long ago, and while serving as the chief of the general staff of the Arab Imperial Army, he also served as the commander of the Chinese Middle East Army, and it was only a matter of time before he became a general and marshal. Compared with them, Pan Wenzhao, who has a deep background and is not bad in qualifications, is indeed unlucky. However, General Peng felt that after the tempering of "adversity" in the past two years, Pan Wenzhao now has some calm general bearing. In the future, he may be entrusted with an important task by Chang Ruiqing.

Pan Wenzhao's brows were also tightly locked like Peng Dhuai. He whispered to Peng Dhuai: "Commander-in-chief, the British have just announced that they will retreat from Bombay. The British Viceroyalty of India was also abolished at the same time, and it seems that the British had completely abandoned India. India's GCD Chairman Rui delivered a speech at the Republic Palace Square in Delhi, India, this morning, saying that the island of Ceylon and Imphal must be liberated. He handed Peng Dhuai a summary of the intelligence transferred from the General Staff, and said in a low voice: "The intelligence summary of the General Staff, you can take a look at it first." According to reliable information received by the National Intelligence Service from the Germans, the Indian Red Army has sent at least 4 million troops to the Middle East theater in the past few months, and has also sent 600,000 recruits to the Soviet Union every month, and these Indian recruits have been used by the Soviets as cannon fodder in the front line to fight the Germans fiercely, and the losses are very heavy...... The General Staff estimates that the Indians have already lost more than 600,000 in the Middle East and the Soviet-German battlefield every month, and if the big war in the Middle East battlefield starts again, this number is likely to exceed 1 million!

In addition, their losses in the two battlefields of northwestern India and the Himalayas were also very large, of which in the Himalayas, the losses of the Indian army could reach 8,000 to 10,000 people per day!

In addition, the interrogation of Indian officers and soldiers captured on various battlefields can also confirm that there are already difficulties in the supply of food in India, because there are too many conscriptions, there is already a shortage of labor in rural India, a large amount of land has been abandoned, the area sown to winter wheat in 1934 has decreased by at least 20% compared with 1933, and this year's spring sowing has also suffered severe effects.

Therefore, the General Staff believes that if the flames of war can be burned to the Punjab region, the breadbasket of India, before the autumn harvest this year, India will surely suffer a great famine in 1936, so that we can defeat India at the lowest cost......"

"The Great Famine? Does Zhao Fatzi want to starve all Indians to death? Peng Dhuai glanced at Pan Wenzhao in surprise, took the intelligence summary of the General Staff, hurriedly glanced at it and said coldly: "What a Zhao Youlin, where is the intelligence summary here, he is obviously to give me and Bai Jiansheng a move, and also give us back the most damaging trick in the world...... If we follow his wishes, we should now attack the Naga region and East Beng, and at the same time launch a landing operation on the west coast of India, assuming a posture of encircling and destroying the Blyukhers cluster. On the other hand, the Central Asian Front is secretly massing heavy troops, maintaining calm on the surface, and waiting until we and Blyukhel are fighting inextricably in northeastern India before they suddenly attack the Punjab, as long as they enter before the Punjab autumn harvest, and then burn all the grain in the field with a fire, and everything will be fine! India's GCD will be ruined! ”

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