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Chapter 719 The Power of the Dragon
At this time, Jiang Baili, the commander-in-chief of the Indian army, is becoming more and more comfortable in grasping the battle situation. He knows very well that if he wants to launch a direct attack on Mumbai, obtaining the outer barrier of Mumbai, Anandapur, will be the top priority. The [-] coalition soldiers and [-] Indian mercenaries have obviously put on a fight to the death.After careful consideration, Jiang Baili finally decided to hand over the heavy task of conquering Anandapur to Chen Changjie, the commander of the independent brigade under Tang Shengzhi's command.

After discussing with his staff, Chen Changjie decided to wipe out the enemies in the east of the city with the Third Front Guard Regiment, and then attack the city according to the unified signal of the headquarters, attacking the east gate with the main force, attacking the north gate with one part, and quickly advancing through the north of the city with the second regiment. To the west of the city, use a force to control the enemy's army, prevent the enemy's reinforcements and escape, and cooperate with the main force to attack the city for three days.He also ordered a regiment to be a reserve team, ready to attack and attack enemy reinforcements.

Timing is everything on the battlefield. Chen Changjie ordered the independent brigade to move quickly with the support of 8 tanks, first encircle the city, and then attack the city to wipe out the enemy. After receiving the order, each regiment ran forward at the fastest speed. When there were five miles, the avant-garde regiment deployed in two routes, ready to annihilate the enemy.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, under the cover of the dark night, 8 tanks began to bombard the enemy's outer positions in the east of the city, starting the battle to clear the outer areas, and opened the prelude to the attack on Anandapur.

The three regiments quickly captured Rainugon, Vijiva and Dinube, moved forward to occupy Gedege, attacked the coalition forces in depth, and then occupied Jalabur, and then the three regiments began to attack the strategic points of the coalition forces outside the city. The church and Wani Mountain fought fiercely with the coalition forces defending there.When the third regiment attacked the Gospel Church and Wani Mountain, the second regiment used the night as a cover to cleverly implement interspersed roundabouts. They inserted from the right side of the third regiment into the north and the open area of ​​Anandapur, crossed the small river northeast of the city, and passed through the north of the city. , quickly occupied the west and south of the city.

At this time, the staff officer reported to Chen Changjie that the command post of the Second Regiment had been set up in the west of the city. Chen Changjie looked at his watch and saw that it was not yet five o'clock, so he nodded slightly: "The encirclement seems to be completed."

Under the powerful mechanized transportation capabilities of the Dragon Army, they traveled more than 150 miles in a day and night, and the second regiment traveled nearly [-] miles. They quickly surrounded Anandapur in such a fast and fast manner. The fierceness, completely out of the enemy's expectation, put Anandapur's coalition forces in an embattled situation.Colonel Hom, the commander of the British army in Anandapur, felt that the situation was not good when he heard the fierce gunshots and artillery sounds in the east of the city. He was completely frightened by the Chinese. He fled through the west gate, but what he never dreamed of was that he had already become a shackle, and his escape route had already been cut off by the dragon army.After a burst of gunshots, several guards fell to the ground, and Home was out of his wits, so he had to run back with his head in his arms.

Lieutenant General Bart, the British supreme commander in India, decided to fight to the end in the face of the attacking army of the Chinese army. This British baron hoped to fulfill his loyalty to the king with his own life and the lives of his subordinates. Considering the strong city wall and the well-planned defense line he thought, he strictly ordered Colonel Home to stand up, hoping for a miracle to happen, and issued an order to Home that anyone who retreated half a step would be punished by military discipline before the war and be shot to death.Taking photos of Lieutenant General Bart's death order, Hom could only resist stubbornly. However, all this is just a dying struggle in front of the invincible dragon army, and all stubborn resistance is doomed to be in vain.

Entering the independent brigade headquarters in Lainugong, ordered the third regiment to quickly capture the Gospel Church and Wani Mountain while it was still dark.The three regiments received the order.Once again, with the cooperation of tanks, a fierce offensive was launched.The coalition forces have also used intensive firepower to block the advance path of the three regiments, and dug ditches on the road to block the advance of the tanks. The Gospel Church and Wani Mountain were repeatedly contested by the two sides, and the stalemate brought the battle to a fever pitch. status.In order to distract the enemy's attention, the three regiments divided a battalion and launched a battle to attack the nearby Davin's position.However, because it was not yet dawn and the terrain was unclear, which was not conducive to the actions of the third regiment, the battle still did not make much progress.At this time, Chen Changjie came to the front line. He thought that the third regiment was very tired after marching all day and night, and then cleared several outer positions of the enemy. The task of the regiment, the third regiment was transferred to the reserve team.

It was noon.After one group went up, they used the terrain to attack near the Gospel Church and Wani Mountain, and surrounded the coalition forces on three sides.The coalition forces of the Gospel Church relied on solid buildings, favorable terrain, and used the walls as shelters to hold on desperately, making the last frantic resistance.

In the afternoon, a regiment organized a commando to approach the enemy from all directions along the chosen route.They quickly approached the wall of the Gospel Church and threw cluster grenades into the courtyard, instantly throwing the enemy's command system into chaos.Soldiers of the Dragon Army detoured along the courtyard wall, broke in from the back door, and some climbed over the human wall, blowing up several main firepower points of the enemy army, and cleaning up the hiding enemy soldiers house by house.After an hour of fierce fighting, the Gospel Church and Wani Mountain were successively occupied by the dragon army.So far, the battle to clear the periphery of Anandapur ended with a complete victory for the dragon army.

The outer positions of Anandapur were completely destroyed, which made the battle of Anandapur much easier.Chen Changjie decided to use the first regiment as the main attack, the second regiment as an assist, and the third regiment as the reserve team to launch the general attack before evening.Due to the complex terrain of Anandapur, the effectiveness of tanks has been limited.

After receiving the order, the regiments quickly took action, and made full preparations for the organization and implementation of the siege, the deployment of troops, the preparation of firepower, the selection of breakthrough points, the mutual cooperation and coordinated operations of the street fighting after the siege into the city, and determined to unite. Solve the problem of the fortified battle of Anandapur.The Gospel Church and Wani Hill occupied by a regiment are as high as the eastern city wall, which is very advantageous for the siege.The regiment decided to concentrate its main force to attack the east gate, and use part of its forces to attack the north gate to disperse the enemy's forces.The terrain in the west and south of the city where the second regiment is located is lower than the city wall. After the regiment headquarters organized officers at all levels to investigate, they decided to block the road with the third battalion to block the enemy's reinforcements, attack the city with the main force, use the west gate as a breakthrough, and the first battalion as the first echelon , The second battalion is the second echelon, and at the same time, a part of the first battalion is assigned to hide in the south of the city to prevent the enemy from breaking out to the south.

When the dragon army was just getting ready, Colonel Hom woke up from the misfortune that his outer positions were completely destroyed. Knowing that he was facing a catastrophe, he hurriedly ordered the Indian soldiers to continue to stand firm, and rallied the soldiers of the coalition forces to break through to the north and south in an attempt to preserve the situation. Take your own life.A part of the First Battalion of the Second Regiment was hiding in the south of the city. As soon as the enemy broke out of the city to the south, they immediately fired with intensive firepower. into the city.The fate of the enemy soldiers who escaped from the north gate was not much better, and they also fled back to the city with heavy casualties.

Chen Changjie, the commander of the independent brigade, saw that the enemy troops in the city were in disarray after being hit hard, the morale of the army was shaken, and the command system collapsed, so he decisively issued a general offensive signal in advance.At about four o'clock, dozens of heavy machine guns erected by the main attacking force outside the East Gate opened fire at the same time on the Gospel Church and Wani Mountain, violently suppressing the firepower of the East Gate and the Indian mercenaries sweeping across the city wall.At the same time, dozens of cannons lined up on Wani Mountain also roared, and shells exploded on the wall of the East Gate and nearby. The coalition soldiers and Indian soldiers at the East Gate were terrified and completely lost their combat effectiveness.

At the same time, the ninth company of the commando of the second battalion of the first regiment quickly passed through the open field of more than 100 meters, arrived at the city wall on the right side of the east gate, quickly carried out the attack, and climbed the city wall.In order to win the battle of Anandapur, the second platoon and the sixth squad took the lead in climbing the city wall under the hail of bullets, eliminated the nearby enemies, consolidated the breakthrough, and covered the whole company to quickly climb the city wall.The Ninth Company, which climbed up the city wall, was condescending, using fierce firepower to suppress the enemy in the city, and threw cluster grenades at the enemy's firepower point in front of the east gate, covering the forward movement of combat engineers, and using the city wall to move to the right and left Developed, consolidated and expanded the breach.Cooperating with the combat engineers of the commando, under the cover of the firepower of the Ninth Company, they successfully crossed the enemy's fire blockade, piled [-] kilograms of explosives under the east gate, and quickly ignited the fuse. The fire mass was wrapped in bricks and earth, and rose into the sky layer by layer. The east gate was successfully blasted, and a group of main force poured into the city like a torrent, and quickly filled the streets and alleys with overwhelming momentum.

After a regiment assaulted the city gate, it immediately dispatched a commando to attack the headquarters of the coalition forces.All of a sudden, there was a loud sound of gunfire and killing, and the enemy army was in a panic. After a short and fierce battle, the commando occupied the commanding heights in the city and destroyed the enemy's headquarters.

At the same time, the Second Regiment of the assisting force also entered the city from the west gate, charged violently, and did not give the enemy any respite, and cooperated with the first regiment to fight, forming a situation of flanking attacks from east and west.Under the rapid attack of the East and West troops of the Independent Brigade, the enemy was routed, and the remnants of the enemy were compressed in a small position in the southwest corner of the city.Now that the battle has progressed, the Dragon Army's victory in Anandapur has been irreversible. Under the powerful pincer attack of the first and second regiments, the last remnant enemy in the southwest corner was finally forced to lay down their weapons.

Towards dusk, the fortified battle of Anandapur ended, and the main force of the coalition forces deployed in Anandapur was wiped out. However, the British commander Colonel Home took advantage of the chaos and fled. This became a little regret in the victory.The fall of Anandapur left a big gap in Mumbai's frontal defense line, and the Dragon Army could give it a fatal blow anytime, anywhere.At this time, Lieutenant General Bart was in a very depressed mood. The terrible Chinese, the terrible Chinese army, and Anandapur, who he had placed high hopes on, did not even stick to it for a day.Now that the whole of India is almost lost, how much time can a small Mumbai withstand?

(End of this chapter)