Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

This is the first time that China has deployed so many troops since the Korean War.

The Chairman thought for a moment and said, "Where is Comrade Wang Qiuyun now?"

"Comrade Wang Qiuyun brought several leaders from the Second Artillery Corps to inspect the base."

Deng Guo replied.

"I think Comrade Wang Qiuyun and Comrade Xu Liqing should first hand over the work of the Second Artillery Corps to others, and the two of them should go directly to the front line to form the command center for this Sino-Indian War. What do you think?" The Chairman's choice of Wang Qiuyun was not a blind choice.

One is that some of the current PLA marshals and generals have retired, some have left their posts to recuperate, and others have their own jobs. Only Wang Qiuyun can go to the front line to lead troops to fight.

Although Wang Qiuyun was appointed commander of the Second Artillery Corps, it was still in its early stages and didn't have much to do. Wang Qiuyun could have easily withdrawn from the specific affairs of the Second Artillery Corps and gone to fight first.

Another reason is of course that Wang Qiuyun was a famous general in the People's Liberation Army during the Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation War. The Sino-Indian War was very important to China.

Of course, a general must be sent to command.

The other is Yao Zhe, the current commander of the Xinjiang Military Region in Xinjiang, Zheng Weishan, the commander of the Tibet Military Region in Tibet, Lian Han, the commander of the newly formed 124th Army, and the 46th Army in Yunnan. They all have close historical ties with Wang Qiuyun, and many of them are Wang Qiuyun's old subordinates, so there is no problem with command.

Although the 16th Army, as well as the Guizhou Provincial Military District and the Yunnan Provincial Military District troops are the Second Field Army troops, Wang Qiuyun has the rank of general, which makes it easier for him to command the troops than sending other generals.

Besides, if we want to quickly transfer troops from outside to Yunnan, we can either transfer troops from the Wuhan Military Region or from Guangxi.

Whether the troops were drawn from the Wuhan Military Region or from Guangxi, they all had a connection with Wang Qiuyun.

The Wuhan Military Region is not to be mentioned. The troops of the Guangxi Military Region are the troops of the 13th Corps led by Yang Dezhi and Su Zhenhua. Except for a part of the troops of the former Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, most of the troops in the 13th Corps are from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the th Column.

This would be a huge advantage in commanding operations, especially for a command center established in an emergency, which wouldn't require a long period of adjustment.

Of course, another reason is that the Ten Major National Congresses are approaching, which is also a good thing for Wei Hongjun to take over smoothly.

The Chairman proposed that Wang Qiuyun go on the expedition, and no one objected.

After all, the scale of the Sino-Indian war was getting bigger and bigger, and no central leadership dared to make any rash moves on this issue.

Wang Qiuyun is young and a general with a brilliant historical record. He doesn't have much to do at the moment.

Wei Hongjun didn't expect this either.

Originally, Wei Hongjun had intended for Zheng Weishan to go to Tibet and take overall charge of the Sino-Indian War. But who could have imagined Nehru had gone completely mad? Xinjiang and Tibet were no longer enough to satisfy his ambitions, and he was actually extending his influence into the Kachin Special Region. As the war escalated, the central government clearly felt the need for a higher-ranking general.

"Chairman, I think we should have a clearer operational objective. In other words, what is the purpose of this battle?"

"Ah."

The Chairman asked directly: "Comrade Wei Hongjun, what do you think our goal is in this battle?"

"There's a saying in the Records of the Grand Historian: 'When Qin lost its power, the whole world chased it.' Because Qin Shi Huang had just unified the country, the nation didn't yet have a complete concept of a unified world, and local powerful factions were temporarily dormant. So, it wasn't long before the descendants of the original six kingdoms organized their forces to resist."

Wei Hongjun first talked about the Records of the Grand Historian, and then continued:

"I've been researching India's history recently and have discovered that the situation within the country is incredibly complex. India has numerous ethnic groups, religious factions, and local forces. Rather than calling it a unified country, it's better to describe it as a geographical entity forcibly glued together by the British."

"It is precisely because India is not a centralized country that ethnic and religious conflicts arise within India.

The contradictions between the central and local governments are extremely serious. India has been able to maintain its current stability, partly by suppressing extreme nationalism and extreme religious ideologies, maintaining a delicate balance, and partly by relying on Nehru's personal prestige.

"As India has developed to this point, the superficial contradictions seem to have been resolved. But resolving the deeper contradictions is very difficult, as this requires the Indian central government to promote further reforms."

"But this requires Nehru to maintain his prestige and India must continue to win in order to maintain central power."

"India is a big country with a national defense force of over 120 million. If they continue to confront us in the border area for years due to border disputes, it will be a huge burden for our country. We will have to invest a lot of money, which will affect the health of our finances."

"So the purpose of our war this time is to inflict a huge defeat on India, a defeat that India cannot accept. Completely destroy the halo of Nehru and completely destroy the Indian central government's control over the local areas."

"If India fails on the battlefield, the central government's strength will be greatly reduced and it will no longer be able to control the Indian region.

Currently, there are many local independence forces in India, and they are very powerful. Previously, the Indian central government was strong enough to suppress these forces.

"But as long as India's central control weakens, many parts of India will choose independence. In this way, we can completely eliminate the danger India poses to our country in the southwest."

1116 Briefing

"Lao Wang, did you receive an order on the way here?"

"Yeah, I'm so thirsty."

After Wang Qiuyun entered Wei Hongjun's office, she gulped down a glass of water. Wiping her mouth, she said, "I heard the general situation on the plane. But this battle is not going to be easy."

Wang Qiuyun briefly heard about the current situation on the way.

Wang Qiuyun wasn't afraid of fighting. But a quick look revealed that there were a significant number of Indian troops along the Sino-Indian border. Furthermore, our army didn't have a significant geographical or logistical advantage.

More importantly, Wang Qiuyun was completely clueless about the Indian military's situation. She had never learned anything about it before.

"Look at this. This is Zheng Weishan's report to the central government on the Indian army's situation."

Wang Qiuyun took it and took a look at it, then suddenly her eyes widened.

He couldn't help but take a closer look and asked in disbelief, "Old Wei, are you sure this is the Indian army's deployment in Xinjiang and Tibet?"

"Ah."

"That's not right. There are so many problems with the Indian Army's deployment. It's like children playing house. This shouldn't be the case."

Wang Qiuyun looked at the report, completely baffled. Was this really the Indian army's situation? So after a moment, he said, "This deployment of the Indian army..." Wang Qiuyun was a military cadre who had grown up on the battlefield. From the Red Army period and the guerrilla warfare of the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, to the mobile warfare of the latter stages of the war, to the large-scale operations in the Northeast.

Because they had experienced more than 20 years of battlefield experience, they immediately discovered the problems of the Indian army.

"There are indeed problems with the deployment of Indian troops."

"This isn't just a matter of problems; it's a major military error. Just looking at this report, the Indian army made four major mistakes."

"The first is to divide the troops. Although the Indian army is large in number, it cannot be divided like this. They establish a stronghold every time they occupy a hill. Look at these densely packed strongholds. They have established

More than 140 strongholds. That means more than half of India's frontline troops are stationed in these strongholds. This not only weakens their own mobility but also exposes their weaknesses."

Wang Qiuyun couldn't understand why India had established so many strongholds. They established strongholds on important hilltops to occupy the high ground, but what was the purpose of establishing strongholds on hilltops that had no military value at all?

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese set up strongholds in order to split the Eighth Route Army's base and slowly trap the Eighth Route Army to death.

However, the Indian army is currently in the offensive phase and needs to maintain its mobile forces. Setting up so many strongholds is of no use at all.

There is no apparent connection between the various strongholds. Even if you form a pincer attack with several strongholds,

Even Wang Qiuyun wouldn't be so surprised.

Wang Qiuyun couldn't figure out why. "You're thinking about this from a military perspective, but the Indian army is thinking about it from a political perspective. They occupy a hilltop, establish a stronghold, and then they can brag in the newspapers about their capture. This kind of political propaganda is exactly what they want."

Wei Hongjun explained with a smile.

Did Nehru really want to fight a big war with China?

of course not.

What Nehru wanted was to put military pressure on China and make it make concessions. What Nehru wanted more was political prestige, not a real fight with China.

Nehru judged that the Chinese army was in Xinjiang.

There were not many troops in Tibet and Yunnan. Of course, this was Nehru's own blind judgment.

Historically, Nehru judged that China’s military strength was insufficient, and as long as India put pressure on China, China would eventually compromise.

Therefore, the generals sent to the front by Nehru were not only concerned about fighting, but also about how to carry out propaganda and cooperate with Nehru.

Wang Qiuyun curled her lips and said, "When fighting a war, you have to consider how to win. You have to look east and west. This is not the attitude to fight a war. This kind of troop division is a taboo in military strategy. The Indian army has already given up the initiative on the battlefield by this arrangement alone."

"Look at their vanguard, they have already left their base camp and penetrated deep into our hinterland.

Isn't this just greed for merit and reckless advance? Zheng Weishan did a good job of luring the enemy deep into their territory."

Wang Qiuyun pointed to the vanguard of the Indian army.

This was truly ignorant and fearless. How could one fight so recklessly, without considering coordination with allies or the enemy's situation, and marching so brazenly deep into enemy territory? This was courting death.

"Also, look at the overall deployment of the Indian army. It's a typical long snake formation. Our troops only need to break through a point, or find a small path to bypass them, and we can directly cut off their retreat."

Wang Qiuyun hadn't seen this kind of long snake formation with no thickness for a long time.

It's just that Chang Kaizhong Group likes to play the long snake formation.

But in the end, they also realized that a long snake formation required sufficient troops and depth. It was impossible for such a small number of troops to form a long snake formation on a mountain that was dozens of kilometers long.

India's forces were initially dispersed, then the vanguard advanced head-on, and the overall deployment was a long, straight line. Wang Qiuyun simply couldn't understand what kind of idiot could lead an army to deploy troops in such a manner.

"There's also the issue of Indian military logistics. I don't know India's logistical capabilities, but they're advancing so far and their troops are so dispersed, how are they going to manage their logistics?"

"Do they have the logistical support capabilities of the US military? That would allow them to deploy their troops this way. I saw on the map that the Indian army only has one logistics route. Can that one route meet the needs of the frontline troops?"

"Or the Indian army is only concerned with advancing forward,

Don't you consider at all the logistical resources that will be needed after a war breaks out?"

As he spoke, Wang Qiuyun couldn't help but say, "If this were a military officer under my command, I would definitely have him demobilized."

In fact, Wang Qiuyun really talked about the thoughts of the Indian army.

Despite their radicalism, they hadn't really considered the logistical support issues after the war broke out. Because they really didn't think about fighting, they just wanted to occupy more territory.

"How do you feel now?"

Wang Qiuyun put down the report in his hand and said, "The Indian generals along the Tibet and Xinjiang front are absolutely incompetent and have no battlefield experience. Otherwise, they wouldn't make so many mistakes. Our troops are best at fighting this kind of enemy. We can penetrate, attack the flanks, cut off the enemy's retreat, and finally annihilate the enemy."

Wang Qiuyun no longer worried about the battles in Xinjiang and Tibet. The Indian army had sent such incompetent generals, so they were sure to win no matter what.

"you're right."

Wei Hongjun said solemnly: "The Central Committee is very worried about the Sino-Indian war because India is a big country.

But I have a different perspective.”

"People are worried about the Indian army's combat effectiveness, mainly because of its battles against Nazi Germany and Japan during World War II. They think the Indian army's combat effectiveness is not too weak, and it has a large number of troops, so they are worried that there will be some accidents in this war. Or that this war may lead to a long-term confrontation between China and India."

"But everyone overlooks one point. That is, the Indian army in World War II was led by the British. Military command, technical arms, logistical support, and important positions in the army were all handled by the British. So the Indian army in World War II was actually the British Indian Army, and it is not exactly the same as the current Indian army."

"I've been reading Indian intelligence lately. After India's independence, native Indian officers rejected those who fought under the British, believing them to be unreliable. So, over the past decade or so since India's independence, the Indian army has been replacing officers who previously served under the British with native officers."

"But the problem is, although those officers who served with the British had many problems, at least they actually fought in World War II. However, many of the local officers who replaced them after India's independence had never fought in a war, and many were even civilians who were converted to officers."

"Just look at the Indian army's deployment in Tibet and Xinjiang. They made so many military errors, but they didn't recognize them at all. They just blindly pursued 'conquering cities and territories.' The biggest problem lies with Indian Prime Minister Nehru, but it's also related to the fact that frontline commanders simply don't understand how to fight."

"So I am actually quite optimistic about this war. I believe the current Indian army's combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of World War II."

"Old Wang, what do you think? Do you trust my judgment?"

Wang Qiuyun looked solemn.