Age of Rebirth

The plan of Lieutenant General Chelsea, the commander of the British Army's Eastward Regiment stationed in India, is feasible according to the routine. However, he only found the independent division approaching the east of Imphal. The seven brigades of the Independent Division and the three brigades of the Independent Division in the Ruhadin area northwest of Imphal were not aware of it.

On the night of May [-]th, in Imphal, at the headquarters of the Eastward Army, Lieutenant General Chelsea, who had just inspected the defense line, was busy writing without taking a break. He was writing for Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chief of Staff Brandes The admiral sent an urgent telegram, and the development of the battle situation has exceeded his expectations. Tang Qiuli's troops approached the city, catching him by surprise.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister and Chief of Staff General Brandes, today, the situation in East India has changed suddenly. Tang Qiuli's troops have approached the Naga Hills around Imphal, and our eastward army has assembled in Imphal According to the reconnaissance intelligence, the independent division troops that invaded East India this time consisted of eight brigades with a strength of more than [-] troops."

"When the Imphal line of defense was not yet equipped to resist the Chinese attack, its fragility can be imagined. If Imphal falls, the East India region, and the area that can block the Chinese footsteps, will continue to gather troops Among them, however, it will take quite a long time to reach the Imphal defense line, and it is impossible to prevent the tragedy from happening only by relying on the existing troops and equipment."

"Therefore, I sincerely suggest that, in the name of the British Empire, request the American troops in the South Pacific region to send air force to participate in the East India War. The Eastward Army has sufficient preparation time, this is the only feasible way. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee whether the Chinese can stop the pace of attacking the East India.”[

"In addition, there is an unfortunate news to report. Tang Qiuli's troops are free to go out of the Hukang River Valley, which means that Alexander's troops in Xiduo have been completely wiped out. The strange thing is that I didn't Received any farewell telegrams from them. Exact circumstances unknown."

Chelsea is in a panic. That damned old bastard Alexander has wiped out all the assets of the Indian Army. Take the Air Force as an example, there are less than [-] aircraft left, and some of them cannot participate in air combat. Seven reconnaissance planes.What can you use to fight the Chinese?

Eight brigades with 10,000+ Chinese soldiers swarmed into East India, just thinking about it makes Lieutenant General Chelsea's scalp tingle.Only by pulling the Americans in can we avoid complete defeat. As long as we can catch our breath, we can hold back the Chinese. In all fairness, Chelsea’s idea is absolutely crazy enough.

Before finishing the telegram, the military staff officer came in and reported, "Your Excellency, Commander, I have received reports from Simpson, Saudia, Tinsukia, Ramgarh, Dhaka, Khulna, Pokaro, Saifpur, Zhenhati and other places. According to the report of the commander of the assembled troops, only a small number of troops can reach Imphal on time due to the shortage of transport vehicles. The rest of the troops still need to walk. The arrival time is forced to be delayed. You approve!"

Chelsea suddenly became furious, and shouted: "Tell those idiots, if their troops don't arrive at Imphal on time, so as to affect the progress of the battle, they will wait to go to the military court and order the troops, it doesn't work What method, you must arrive at Imphal on time, even if you are climbing, you must arrive on time!"

Under Chelsea's strict order, the British and Indian troops at various assembly points could not wait for the troops to continue to gather together the existing soldiers, hurriedly changed their equipment, searched for all available vehicles, and then drove out one after another At the assembly point, they rushed to Imphal like crazy.

Even so, most of the soldiers had to rely on two feet to walk to Imphal. Because of an order from Chelsea, the assembled British and Indian troops left the towns. The eyes of the detachment, all kinds of intelligence, flew like a snowflake to Luhardin, the East India Campaign Command of the Independent Division.

After Tang Qiuli read the information, he looked up to the sky and laughed. An absolutely advantageous fighter finally appeared. The purpose of seizing East India was to obtain a complete area that had not been damaged by war, and it was full of ruins and rubble. However, the post-war reconstruction work can drag down most of the energy, not counting the staggering costs.

Now, the British and Indian troops have left the towns that they can rely on to hold on, creating a good opportunity for the troops to wipe out the enemy in the wild, and reducing the damage to the city to a minimum. Of course Tang Qiuli is very excited, because this will be his own territory from now on Hey, he was beaten badly, and the unlucky one was his own pocket.

Tang Qiuli said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, the best time to wipe out the enemy in the field has come. Record the following orders. Harding, attacking Simpson, Saudia, and Dinsugia respectively, cut off the passage for the British and Indian troops in Imphal, Ramgarh, and retreat to the Indian interior."

"[-]. The troops of the [-]st to [-]th Brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps, after they attack the target and leave the current assembly area, look for opportunities to annihilate them in the field. The process of formulating and implementing the campaign plan must be strict and cautious, so as not to make them return to the original place. The staging area relies on the topographical conditions of the city, and the tenacity of the battle, the suddenness of the start of the battle is particularly important, and an ambush can be adopted. In addition, some troops should be separated to capture the above-mentioned towns."

"[-]. The brigades of the brigades directly under the front line at the eastern foot of the Naga Hills mainly exert pressure on the British and Indian troops in Imphal and Ramga, and attract the attention of the British and Indian troops in the two places to the front line of Imphal In order to make it impossible to rescue the enemies in Simpson, Saudia, Dingsugia and other places, the specific battle deployment, with the first, second, third, and fourth brigades, slowly advance to the front line of the Naga Hills, causing a frontal attack situation."

"The fifth and sixth brigades target the Anglo-Indian troops in Ramja, and the seventh and eighth brigades target the British and Indian troops in Imphal. According to the tactics, surround the two areas of the appeal, temporarily refrain from attacking, and wait for orders."

"Fourth, the Le Yiqin Department of the Southern Aviation Group of the Air Force, the original combat mission has been changed as follows. Cooperate with the seven brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps that penetrated into the interior of India to wipe out the enemy in the field and provide air fire support. All participating troops, Looking for an opportunity to wipe out the enemy, you can determine the time to start the battle yourself, and just report the battle plan to the division headquarters."

After recording the order, Zhao Yuhe reminded: "Master, I have different opinions on what you said at the end of the order. This time, we mobilized troops from [-] brigades, except those from Imphal and Ramgarh. Apart from the relative concentration, the rest of the troops are fighting alone, and the distances between the battlefields are not the same. If there is no time for a unified attack, will the battlefield be chaotic? As for the effect of the battle?"

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said, "Yuhe, you only think about one thing. The upcoming battle is distributed all over East India, and even goes deep into the interior of India. The British and Indian troops in the assembly areas, Because the distance from Imphal is far or near, and the time of departure is different, and the unified campaign launch time stipulated by our division headquarters will inevitably cause some troops to lose the best opportunity to wipe out the enemy."

"Moreover, in such a vast combat area, each battlefield is in a relatively independent state. The British and Indian troops have different strengths and different combat effectiveness. How can we conduct a unified command? Chaos on the battlefield is not terrible. As long as the troops attack It’s enough to have a clear goal, what we want is chaos, the enemy is in chaos but we are not, so take advantage of the chaos.”

"It looks chaotic, but in fact the target of the attack is clear, which is the characteristic of the East India campaign. It does not interfere with the specific command of the brigade commanders, as long as the result is enough, Yuhe, just watch. After the battle is launched, the time for the end of the battle is guaranteed. First and last, these few days, we have been very busy!"

At around 21 o'clock in the morning on May [-], the first battle of the East India Campaign started more than [-] kilometers southeast of Saifpur. It was the second brigade of Liao Zhenbang of the Sulu Mobile Corps that was responsible for attacking the British and Indian troops there. , and Chu Tian, ​​the head of the special warfare detachment, led a direct subordinate unit that happened to be operating in this area. [

In the early morning of May in East India, although the sun had not yet risen, the weather was already showing a tendency to be sultry. On a thick tree trunk, Liao Zhenbang stomped the wet board under his feet vigorously, and said to Chu Tian beside him: "Chu Tian Detachment Captain, are your soldiers very creative? You have come up with a way to build a command post on a tree, so that you can see the entire battlefield, and you can mobilize troops at any time, not bad, very good!"

Chu Tian smiled lightly. Being good at using the terrain is the most basic common sense for the soldiers of the special warfare detachment. Here, it is a few kilometers away from the battlefield, and the location is hidden. Many tall trees can be used, and there is no need to worry about accidents. Keep abreast of the battlefield situation at any time.

After only a few days of entering the interior of India, Chutian has become a little dark and thin. There are more than a dozen units of the special warfare detachment scattered over tens of thousands of square kilometers of land. They must be collected by him, and after he selects and summarizes them, he will report them to his teacher. The workload is huge. It is conceivable that Chutian sleeps for less than four hours a day.

In addition, it is necessary to avoid the large group of British and Indian troops assembled in Saifpur, capture prisoners to obtain information, and eliminate scattered British and Indian soldiers.

Chu Tian was whispering something to the radio operator when Liao Zhenbang suddenly poked him and said excitedly: "Captain Chu, look quickly, the British and Indian soldiers are coming!"

(to be continued) (to be continued...)