1novels #403 - Not only did the enemy refuse to surrender, they even had the audacity to fight back against
#403 - Not only did the enemy refuse to surrender, they even had the audacity to fight back against
A month later, after a series of negotiations and warnings, the higher-ups completed all the necessary preparations.
The front-line commander, Li Yunlong, also completed the deployment of the 16th Army on both the eastern and western fronts.
"Dabiao, this time your mission is very important," Li Yunlong said to the deputy commander, Zhang Dabiao, who was preparing to set off. "This time, we not only have to defeat the enemy, but more importantly, we must persevere under their noses for a long time."
"There, we may not have any front or rear. Everything may depend on ourselves, and then we start from scratch."
Before coming here, Li Yunlong had of course communicated with Ren Zhong and was well aware of the causes and consequences of this mission and the situation he would face in the future.
"Old Chief, Dabiao understands." Zhang Dabiao nodded. He was no longer the battalion commander he used to be. After years of combat and military academy training, Zhang Dabiao had completed the transformation from a guerrilla force to a modern regular army. The experimental synthetic brigade was first realized in Zhang Dabiao's hands and shone brightly in the last battle of the peninsula.
Zhang Dabiao was further promoted to become the deputy commander of the 16th Army. However, if the 16th Army were not the most loyal experimental unit in the entire army, Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao, these generals with outstanding military achievements, would have been promoted to higher positions long ago.
There was no other way. Every time there was something new, Ren Zhong trusted Li Yunlong. Anyway, Li Yunlong didn't care much about promotion. Now, his position as army commander doesn't prevent him from attending military conferences at the level of major military regions.
Just like in this important battle, the higher-ups also appointed Li Yunlong to command.
The ace 16th Army was pulled to the plateau.
"Fighting is only our first step. The more important thing next is to complete the construction task. Dabiao, what we did in the Taihang Mountains, this time we have to do it again south of the Roof of the World." Li Yunlong didn't have much to worry about in terms of fighting. He didn't believe that the Indian across the border could be tougher than the rogue Eagle.
Unlike others who thought highly of the Indian, Li Yunlong knew clearly from Ren Zhong what the so-called elite of the Indian army in World War II was all about.
What was complicated was how to break the situation in the local area.
"Old Chief, don't worry, Mr. Ren has already explained it to me. The first group of people following our team are a group of lamas who sincerely care for the people. They have long been concerned about the loss of this sacred land. They heard that we are going to recover it, and they are all very enthusiastic and insist on returning there with us as soon as possible." Zhang Dabiao said confidently.
In that place, talking about doctrines might not be useful, but the presence of the lamas will definitely be very effective.
"Since you are all prepared, that's good. My main task in the west is to conduct a punitive surgical operation, the main purpose of which is not only to drive the Indian back to where they shouldn't be, but the greatest effect is to attract their main force and divert them away to facilitate your actions here."
"However, we shouldn't imagine the ending to be too good. If our actions here don't achieve the expected goals, you will have to launch an action on your side as well. As your situation opens up, a construction engineering corps of ten thousand people will be airlifted there from the country after you rush to repair the simple combat readiness airport."
This time, the main force of the 16th Army was divided into two, launching counterattacks from the eastern and western fronts.
Cooperating with their operations, not only were there 2 air force divisions of P51D Mustang fighters and 1 air force division of J-5A fighters as aerial cover, gaining air superiority, but also nearly a hundred C-47 and C-54 transport planes to cooperate with logistics supply and personnel transportation.
In places unseen by Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao, factory equipment and production lines for building local infrastructure had already been transported to Chuncheng, this transit point, and professional worker teams had also gathered and begun to stand by.
Three days later, the battle began.
On the western front, Li Yunlong's attack was like a thunderbolt, unstoppable all the way, recovering lost territory in just a few days. Even though heavy weapons like tanks could not be brought to the plateau, the 16th Army was an uncompromisingly strong army, fighting according to whatever conditions they had, and not forgetting how to fight just because they lacked heavy weapons like tanks and armored vehicles.
Moreover, the weapons they now had were no less than those of the Indian. Mortars, rocket launchers, and mountain guns airlifted to the Roof of the World Plateau were all complete.
With these artillery resources, coupled with the help of the counter-artillery radar system, the fierce firepower of the Indian was quickly knocked out. After losing artillery support, relying on Enfield rifles and machine guns, the so-called elite of the Indian army in World War II was as vulnerable as paper under the mortar bombardment, and was quickly wiped out on the plateau.
Li Yunlong marched into the plateau in a big way, rushing towards the Indian capital, causing panic among the Indian high-level officials, and internal planning to relocate the capital had already begun. Troops were dispatched from all directions to plug the leak!
The elite troops originally prepared to be dispatched to the eastern front had to withdraw two divisions to support the capital.
At the same time, the connected Pakistani side finally saw the opportunity and took the opportunity to dispatch elite troops to attack their lost territory, making it even more difficult for the Indian side to take care of both ends.
The majority of the country's forces began to move towards the northwest direction.
Aerial reconnaissance and telecommunications decryption intelligence confirmed the Indian troop movements. Three days after their main force moved.
Eastern Front.
Zhang Dabiao began to act.
After a series of forward reconnaissance and aerial reconnaissance.
The main purpose of the first battle of the 343rd Regiment was to confirm the attack and occupation of the Indian army's highlands in Xishankou.
Judging from the reconnaissance intelligence, the Indian army has built a solid military fortress defense system on the highlands. In the absence of tanks and armored vehicles to provide cover, these fortresses are very defensive when facing pure infantry operations.
The angles chosen for these fortresses built on the mountain are also very tricky, making it inconvenient to attack with rocket launchers and bazookas.
It looks like a tough nut to crack.
At the same time, on the highlands, there are also two particularly important heavy artillery positions for howitzer shells. If the gunners on this position launch an artillery attack, it can just cover the attacking hillside, which will be a fatal blow to the attacking vanguard. The people who built this defensive position for the Indian side are not stupid either, and they have built this place into a commanding height that combines offense and defense.
In terms of hardware, this is already a stronghold that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the people guarding the stronghold are also a tough nut to crack.
These are the first and second battalions of the Sikh Fourth Infantry Division of the Indian elite, which have always been known for their ferocity and good fighting skills. Therefore, the operation to recapture the Xishankou area this time seems to be extremely dangerous.
At dawn, Zhang Dabiao, as the commander of the eastern front, came directly to the front of the 343rd Regiment headquarters.
"Are the air assault teams ready?" Zhang Dabiao asked Yu Zhongwu, the commander of the 343rd Regiment beside him.
"Report to the chief, everything is ready. Two air tricycle assault teams will raid the Indian howitzer positions. After taking the howitzer positions, they will shell the Indian defensive positions to cover our main forces' attack!"
Because the special air tricycle assault team was hidden in the peninsula, almost no one knows that our army has such a heavenly soldier that can descend from the sky.
“Proceed according to the plan!” Zhang Dabiao nodded, carefully observing another mountain peak seven or eight hundred meters away through his binoculars. Due to the darkness and the absence of starlight tonight, nothing could be seen on the opposite position. Of course, the enemy couldn't see the Ninth Company warriors, the vanguard of our forces. Under the cover of darkness, they advanced along the winding mountain path, using the low-lying gullies as cover, approaching within 400 meters of the front-line position, and then lay prone, awaiting orders in front of the enemy's position.
Allowing the air assault team to smoothly enter the airspace above the two howitzer positions. When the aerial trikes approached about ten meters from the howitzer positions, facing the increasingly loud noise, the Indian artillerymen looked up at the sky with confusion, as if they saw something flying towards their heads, but before they could react, they were met with close-range fire from Type 56 submachine guns by the assault队员 who rappelled down from the sky!
The dozens of Indian artillerymen in the 4 75mm howitzer positions only had Enfield rifles for self-defense. Faced with such a sudden attack, they didn't even have time to load their rifles before they were wiped out by the assault team!
Hearing the gunfire, a wave of panic immediately erupted on the Indian position.
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Major Singh, the Indian battalion commander defending the position, was even more panicked!
In his opinion, the dense gunfire coming from the howitzer positions was impossible. The enemy couldn't have silently bypassed his position and killed their way to the rear!
Therefore, at the first moment he heard the gunfire, Major Singh sent two signalmen to inquire about the situation in the rear.
Meanwhile, the assault队员 who had captured the Indian howitzers were adjusting the firing range of these cannons.
According to the relative positions of the enemy's defensive positions and artillery positions, which had been mapped out by reconnaissance, the firing data had been calculated before the assault. At this moment, the assault队员 took out sheets of firing data parameters and began to nervously adjust the new firing data for these howitzers.
Soon, the first shells from both howitzer positions flew towards the Indian position.
At this time, the artillery observer lurking in the front-line position carefully observed the impact points of the first two shells through infrared binoculars, and immediately relayed the information to the assault team via the walkie-talkie in his hand.
Immediately afterward, the second and third shells rang out one after another, the shells whistling as they fell on the enemy's position.
As the artillery observer guided the continuous revision of the firing data, even the worst-performing shells were now landing on the Indian position with a close approximation.
The Indian soldiers guarding the position were dumbfounded! How could this be happening? It was agreed that the howitzers would assist in shelling the attacking enemy, but now the shells were directly hitting the top of the mountain, blasting their own people into chaos!
Just as the enemy was still in a panic, taking advantage of the surprise attack and capturing the enemy's howitzer positions, they fired the first shot of the war using the captured howitzers.
At this moment, 8 cannons were continuously firing shells at the Indian position, blasting the so-called elite Indians on the position into a wailing mess!
And at this moment, they didn't even know where the enemy was.
While shelling the enemy, Pang Xingguo, the deputy squad leader of the Fourth Squad of the Ninth Company, along with Wang Jun and Ran Fulin of the Sixth Squad, jumped up and charged towards the small hill. At this moment, after completing a round of shelling, the special assault team stopped firing and waited for instructions.
Pang Xingguo's team charged up the high ground with alternating cover!
The remaining Indian soldiers began to react and put up a desperate resistance. At this time, Wang Yuanxing, the deputy company commander leading the spearhead platoon, directed the soldiers to follow and kill!
Machine guns, rocket launchers, and other heavy firepower took turns, quickly breaking the stalemate of the battle. The originally continuous Indian machine guns were knocked out one after another by rocket launchers. After these heavy firepower were taken out, relying on the old-fashioned Enfield rifles, the Indian Sikh elites also collapsed, and they began to flee desperately towards the rear!
Wang Yuanxing directed the spearhead platoon to clear the enemy's position. In order to pursue the first batch of fleeing Indian troops, Pang Xingguo's team chased after them fiercely and lost contact with the main force behind.
However, the three were not afraid. Faced with the fleeing Indian troops, the three took out the spirit of newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers and went deep into the enemy camp!
The three provided alternating cover, constantly突击 while twisting and turning, occasionally firing to kill the fleeing Indian soldiers!
The three used submachine guns to fire in alternation, attracting the enemy's firepower. During the fierce exchange of fire, relying on the illumination of the slight flashes of fire, Pang Xingguo happened to see an enemy officer directing the battle. Seeing this person holding a pistol and fighting back, he guessed that the other party might be the officer of the position.
Now, Pang Xingguo, who was known as a "sharpshooter" in the army, was greatly encouraged.
He lay prone on the ground, raised his gun, looked at the occasional muzzle flashes of the other party, aimed at the officer holding the pistol and fighting back, and after calmly firing, he shot and killed the officer in one fell swoop!
The remaining enemy troops, who had been organizing the Indian counterattack, immediately lost their morale, and one by one they began to flee in panic. Pang Xingguo took this opportunity to sweep the backs of the fleeing enemy troops, and more than a dozen Indian soldiers convulsed and fell to their deaths!
In this way, the three used their geographical advantages to hide in the dark and constantly launched a pursuit battle against the fleeing enemy troops. When they encountered isolated Indian troops, the three would directly shoot them. If a small force attacked, the three would hide in the jungle and use guerrilla warfare to annihilate them!
All the way to the pursuit, finally under the suppressive force of the subsequent main force, a fatal blow was formed against the two Indian battalions defending troops, and the entire line began to collapse!
There was no way, not to mention the capture of the artillery position, now the 3 main companies of the 343rd Regiment also rushed up. The geographical advantage originally occupied by the Indians had completely disappeared after the aerial突击队 captured the howitzer position.
Therefore, under the strong breakthrough of the main vanguard force of the 343rd Regiment, the entire position collapsed.
Pang Xingguo and the three of them rushed the fastest. During the pursuit, they discovered a force of about 200 people. Pang Xingguo relied on the other party's counterattack weapons, and shot and killed the enemy officers holding pistols one after another, and soon shot and killed all the officers in the enemy army!
The frequent death of these commanders completely frustrated the fighting spirit of the remaining Indian soldiers, suppressed these soldiers in a small valley, and cooperated with the arrival of the main force to capture all the remaining Indian troops!
It was because of this miraculous battle process that when reviewing this battle, Pang Xingguo wrote the shocking saying "The enemy not only did not surrender, but dared to fight back!"
Zhang Dabiao commanded the first battle of the eastern front, a complete victory over 2 Indian battalions and 2 artillery companies! (End of this chapter)