Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

After all, it was only economic aid and technical support. But the effect was immediate. Khrushchev was able to persuade China to cease fire in just one day of his visit.

This tells the world how much status and influence the Soviet Union has in China.

There are so many countries in the world, who has this ability?

Make China stop.

"Comrade Khrushchev, don't worry. We will soon declare a ceasefire and withdraw our troops in a short time."

However, Khrushchev also had some complaints. So, after returning to his residence, he said, "China has achieved a lot. Not only has it easily taught India a lesson, but the Lao People's Army and the Burmese People's Army are also performing very well, winning victory after victory on the battlefield. But Vietnam is not doing well."

"Comrade Khrushchev, the Vietnamese People's Army is facing the main force of the US military."

Brezhnev explained.

But Khrushchev was still dissatisfied. He said, "Even if it's the main force of the US military, so what? The Vietnamese People's Army has better weapons and equipment and more men, so they should have better results. The Vietnamese People's Army should organize a large-scale military operation to severely strike a blow against the arrogance of the Americans."

China, this little brother, has done so many great things quietly.

It makes the United States uneasy.

As the big brother, should the Soviet Union do worse than China?

Khrushchev hoped that the Vietnamese People's Army would organize more troops, launch a large-scale battle, and severely strike the US military.

"As for China, the number of air defense forces they have sent into Vietnam is still insufficient. We need to negotiate with China and ask them to send more air defense forces into Vietnam. Only then can the anti-aircraft artillery units of the Vietnam People's Army be able to participate in frontline combat."

"it is good."

Khrushchev was only trying to solve the Indian problem.

So after getting China's promise, he returned to Moscow.

As a result, I heard the statement from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs the next day.

This made Khrushchev very satisfied. The Chinese comrades are still good comrades.

"Something happened." However, a few hours after the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the statement,

Mikoyan rushed in.

"What's wrong?"

"News from Bhopal, India: Nehru is dying."

"What do you mean it's no longer possible?"

"Perhaps he suffered too much in the past few days and his body couldn't bear it. From the intelligence we have received, Nehru is probably dead. However, the Congress Party has sealed off the hospital, so no definite news has been released."

Khrushchev touched his bald head.

This is a big deal.

Nehru is a symbol of India's independence revolution.

Nehru has always been India's anchor. With Nehru, all forces in India were able to behave themselves. Even after this crushing defeat, many domestic forces were still wary of Nehru because he was very resourceful.

But now Nehru is very likely to be dead. This is definitely a double blow to India, especially to the ruling Indian Congress Party.

Big changes are coming to India.

Khrushchev thought for a while and said, "Let our people contact the PKI and listen carefully to the PKI Central Committee's current thinking. If the PKI Central Committee wants to engage in armed struggle, there is no need to stop it."

In the past, the Soviet Union did not allow the Indian Communist Party to engage in armed struggle because it supported Nehru.

But now that Nehru is dead, who knows what India will be like in the future.

At the time, Khrushchev did not consider supporting the CPI immediately because the Congress Party was very powerful in India, and Khrushchev had to wait and see how the Congress Party would respond.

If the Congress Party produces another political strongman like Nehru, no one would dare to say that the Congress Party has lost.

"it is good."

1124 Post-War Issues

Nehru's death was a sudden and unexpected event for the Congress Party. Although Nehru followed Gandhi's revolution in his early years, it was Nehru who actually led the Congress Party to achieve India's independence.

Therefore, Nehru's prestige in the Congress Party was based on his leadership of the Congress Party to achieve India's independence and his ability to stabilize the complex India and prevent it from falling apart.

Although India suffered a crushing defeat in the war and Nehru was humiliated, in the eyes of many in the Congress Party, Nehru remained its leader. He had simply lost his former authority. But no one had expected Nehru to actually die. After all, Nehru was 72 years old. He had endured so many setbacks in recent days, unable to sleep for days and nights, and his health had long since collapsed. The Chinese Foreign Ministry's statement was just the final straw that broke Nehru's back.

Nehru suffered a cardiac arrest in anger and was dead when he was taken to the hospital.

When the news of Nehru's death reached the ears of important leaders of the Congress Party, they immediately went to Bhopal. They really couldn't believe that Nehru was dead like this.

Soon, powerful leaders within the Indian National Congress gathered together and began to discuss who would lead the Congress and India in the post-Nehru era.

Many of the Congress Party's veterans, those who participated in the independence movement with Gandhi and Nehru, are still alive. Many are also local commissioners or ministers, representing powerful local factions within the Congress Party.

These people are not only powerful and influential within the Congress Party, but also have strong support from powerful factions. Now that the Congress Party is facing serious turmoil, they need someone to stand up and stabilize the party.

At present, the persons who are more suitable to be the head of the Congress Party are Finance Minister Morarji Desai and Home Minister Shastri.

But both of them had their problems. Desai, with his seniority and position, had been Nehru's greatest opponent during his lifetime. He was a daily critic of Nehru's planned economy and a representative of the right wing of the Congress Party. Nehru disliked him greatly, but due to his seniority and influence, he had no choice but to appoint him as Finance Minister.

However, Desai's temper and arbitrary nature have created a bad relationship with many party elders. Consequently, many Congress elders and left-wing forces dislike him. Under normal circumstances, they would have strongly opposed Desai's appointment. However, now that the Congress Party is in such a critical situation, many elders hope that a veteran like Desai can take over to stabilize public sentiment.

Desai played dead and refused to respond, completely different from his usual frantic behavior.

Desai is not a fool; on the contrary, he is a veteran in the political arena. Otherwise, given Nehru's status in India and the Congress Party, Desai, the biggest opposition figure, would not be able to remain so active.

Desai is well aware of the current situation in India and the Congress Party, and he also understands that now is not a good opportunity for him to rise to power.

The United States and the Soviet Union have informed the Congress Party that the Soviet Union has persuaded China to cease fire and that the Chinese army will not continue to attack.

But this is subject to a prerequisite. That is, the Congress Party must sign a border treaty on behalf of India and China, recognizing that the "McMahon Line" is illegal and that the sovereignty of those disputed areas between China and India belongs to China.

If India does not sign this border treaty, then the United States and the Soviet Union will give up their support for India and also give up their constraints on China. In fact, the United States and the Soviet Union are forcing India and the Congress Party to sign the "Sino-Indian Border Treaty."

Without the support and intervention of the United States and the Soviet Union, India would not be able to withstand China's military attack.

And even if China does not continue to attack India, as long as the Chinese army is still in India, India’s civil unrest will never end.

The Congress Party must now withdraw the Chinese troops as soon as possible and then concentrate on resolving the domestic chaos.

Therefore, this treaty must be signed. However, with domestic public opinion so unfavorable to the Congress Party, who would dare to sign it? Whoever signed it would be condemned by public opinion as a traitor. With their reputation tarnished, how could they conduct political activities in the future?

That's why Desai doesn't stand out at all. Desai's base is the right wing of the Congress Party, not the Congress veterans and the left. So Desai isn't afraid of offending them.

Although the Congress Party elders were very angry about Desai's attitude of staying out of the matter, they could not force him because of his long experience and high status.

So they turned to Shastri.

Shastri was originally a good candidate, but the Ministry of Home Affairs under Shastri's leadership arrested people indiscriminately, resulting in the current chaos in the country.

It has even led to armed conflicts in many states. Now no one knows when this chaotic situation will be resolved.

If the Congress chooses Shastri, the relationship between the Congress and the opposition will be difficult to repair in a short period of time.

So the Congress elders began looking for others, but everyone was avoiding them. Some wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and take a risk, but they lacked the strength and were looked down upon by the Congress elders. Several meetings went on, but there was no clear outcome.

However, the Congress Party has been unable to elect someone to clean up the mess, and as a result, unrest has intensified across India. Without the suppression of the National Defense Force, the Congress Party is unable to suppress the local independence forces in many places. Because these local forces also have weapons in their hands.

Problems are emerging not only in northeastern and northwestern India, but also in southern India. Southern India rejects the Hindi language and Hinduism, and demands that India be a federal state. Each state should have its own independent judicial, tax, and military and police systems, and should become an autonomous state.

India was already in turmoil, and the Congress Party knew it couldn't continue to wrangle like this. So many Congress veterans began campaigning to persuade Shastri to temporarily replace Nehru and lead the Congress Party and India.

They also assured Shastri that no matter how unfavorable the public opinion would be after Shastri signed the border treaty,

None of these Congress Party veterans will abandon him, and the Congress Party will firmly support him.

In this way, Shastri was framed by the Congress Party elders and chosen by the Congress Party as its representative to serve as the acting Prime Minister of India.

While the Indian National Congress is in turmoil, China is also considering follow-up issues.

"What do you think of the reports by Comrade Yao Zhe and Comrade Chen Xianrui?"

The ceasefire is not the end, it is just the beginning.

What needs to be dealt with after the ceasefire is more important. War is a continuation of politics, and any war that fails to achieve its political goals is a failure.

Therefore, only after the ceasefire and the political goals are achieved can the war be said to be officially over.

Therefore, the current stage has the most things to deal with. Wei Hongjun asked each department to hold a meeting to come up with a plan for many problems, and then convened an expanded meeting of the Secretariat.

This was a truly enlarged meeting. Starting with the Politburo members, alternate Politburo members, secretaries and alternate secretaries of the Secretariat, the main leaders of the Military Commission, and cadres of various working committees involved in post-war issues. The reason for holding an urgent enlarged meeting of the Secretariat was that

It’s just to confirm a lot of things on the spot.

Normally, each department would discuss the proposal and submit a report. The Central Working Committee, the State Council, the Secretariat, and the Politburo would convene to finalize the proposal. The proposal would then require signatures from various leaders before being returned to the respective departments. This process could take several days. For some complex proposals, this entire process could take several months.

But what we have to deal with now are post-war issues. If we follow the normal procedures, it will take an unknown amount of time, and the front line simply can't wait.

There wasn't much time to waste now. So Wei Hongjun simply called an enlarged meeting. Any opinions were expressed at the meeting, and then a vote was taken. The decision was then made and implemented.

"I think that's acceptable." After the United States announced the suspension of its weapons and ammunition support to Pakistan, Pakistani troops immediately stopped moving south.

Because Pakistan does not have its own defense industry,

The weapons and ammunition were all American. Their own ammunition reserves were very limited and they could not afford to fight a large-scale battle.

This was the case during the Second Indo-Pakistani War. After the United States cut off its support for Pakistan, Pakistan immediately ran out of ammunition to continue the war. Pakistan's ammunition reserves wouldn't have allowed a battle involving tens of thousands of soldiers to last more than a month.

So Pakistan looked around and found China. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. China and Pakistan don't have much friendship, but they have a common enemy, India.

So Pakistan approached the Chinese military, hoping they would transfer captured weapons and ammunition to the Pakistani army. Pakistan also quietly asked if China could sell some arms to Pakistan. Pakistan couldn't stand the US strangulation.

Pakistan is willing to exchange some handicrafts, especially the most famous cashmere blankets and scarves in Kashmir.

"The weapons and ammunition we seized from the Indian army are of no use to our country. Even if we bring them back, it will just be some useless garbage. Since Pakistan wants them, we can give them to them."

India's weapons and ammunition are all junk.

The People's Liberation Army looks down on it.

The others agreed. Trading these useless items for cashmere blankets and scarves was a perfectly good idea. Cashmere blankets and scarves from Kashmir were valuable and expensive. Previously, only the wealthy and powerful could afford them. After exchanging them with Pakistan, China couldn't use them itself, so exporting them would earn China foreign exchange. Whether in Europe or the Soviet Union, there was no shortage of markets for these cashmere blankets and scarves.

"What about Northeast India?"

"all the same."

It was Wang Qiuyun's side that actually seized a large amount of weapons, ammunition and logistical supplies.

The PLA annihilated 130,000 troops and their logistical supplies, which the PLA disdained.

Of course, just because the PLA doesn’t look down on it doesn’t mean that others don’t look down on it. Some powerful groups in Northeast India, some members of the Communist Party of India in West Bengal, as well as Nepal and Bhutan,