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"Order to Major General Mittal, the armored forces have rushed to the front line of Brulia, and counterattack at any time!"

"Order the air force to attack at dawn, dispatch all the bombers, and blow up the artillery positions of the communist army for me!"

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Xiang Ying, Peng Dehuai, and Liu Bocheng were in an advance observation post of the 3rd Army of the South Asian Army of the Communist International. All three of them came close to observe this massive artillery preparation for the CCP.The huge whistling explosion shook everything in the bunker trembling in the distance.The thick gunpowder smoke was blown over by the scorching westerly wind, making it hard for people to open their eyes.The three leaders of the Communist Party of China each held a high-powered telescope and stared at everything in front of them.Xiang Ying's face was glowing red with excitement, and he was clamoring to give credit to the artillery while watching.Peng Dehuai's swarthy face was still stern, with thick eyebrows slightly furrowed. I don't know if he was dissatisfied with the artillery's performance, or worried about the battle situation?There was a faint smile on Liu Bocheng's face. This assault plan was carefully formulated by him after summarizing the experience and lessons of the Soviet Army in the Anti-Fascist War. It will definitely be able to break through the defense of the Indian Army!

In the use of artillery, the South Asian Army of the Communist International has now completely inherited the artillery doctrine of the Soviet Red Army. The artillery preparation time is as long as 120 minutes!First there is a 30-minute power shot followed by a 10-minute pause.After waiting for the shelling smoke to clear, observe the shooting effect.Then there was another 30 minutes of effective shooting, and finally a 10-minute frontal fire attack.Then, 380 large-caliber heavy guns were used to shoot slowly into the barrage to cover the advance of three assault infantry groups, and to carry out the first wave of impact on the Indian defensive positions in front of Brulia.At the same time, various ministries of the South Asian Army of the Comintern on the front line of Jamshedpur-Danbad will launch diversionary attacks.Try to use the infantry to achieve a breakthrough on the same day, and then put the armored troops into the breakthrough, cut deep into the Indian army's defense, and use the powerful impact of the armored troops to completely disrupt the rear assembly area of ​​​​the Indian army!

More than 700 artillery pieces and 120 minutes of repeated bombardment were boundless hellish torment for the Indian army on the front of Luria!Most of the Indian infantry, whose will to fight was not very good, had a mental breakdown.The fighting spirit that was inspired to save Mahatma Gandhi was long ago lost by the bombardment of the South Asian Army of the Communist International.Many people jumped out of the position and ran to the rear, but they were either smashed to pieces by shells, or shot to death by machine guns from the rear supervisory team!

Just when these Indian troops thought that such shelling would continue until the end of the world, rows of colorful signal flares rose one after another on the positions of the Communist International Army.The artillery fire of the Communist International Army immediately concentrated, forming a barrage in front of the Indian army's position.Then several red flares rose into the sky. On the position of the South Asian Army of the Comintern, three regiment-level assault clusters were temporarily formed, the "Soviet" regiment, the "Revolutionary" regiment, and the "Third International" regiment. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers suddenly jumped out of their offensive starting position.Hundreds of young officers of the Communist Party of India stood at the front of the line, shouting loudly in Hindi: "Bayonet! Assault! To liberate the proletariat of all India, go!"

"Long live the Communist Party! For the sake of the proletariat, go!" The majestic slogan in Hindi resounded throughout the battlefield. Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Indian Communist Army raised bayonet-mounted rifles, carried explosives and grenades, and fought desperately toward the Front Assault!Behind them are dozens of machine guns, as well as the political cadres who command these machine guns... These three infantry assault groups are all composed of Indian indigenous soldiers, and any officer and soldier who dares to retreat will be shot by these machine guns. Shoot mercilessly!

Looking through the binoculars of Xiang Ying, Peng Dehuai, and Liu Bocheng, under the smoke of gunfire covering the sky and the sun, you can vaguely see patches of Comintern soldiers rushing forward without hesitation. unstoppable!

Xiang Ying put down the binoculars, nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered loudly: "We must occupy the first-line positions of the Indian army before 12 o'clock this morning, and then invest in armored forces for assault! In order to achieve the predetermined goal of shaking their entire defense line. Before August 8th , we must defeat all the Indian troops on the front line of Jamshedpur-Danbad!"

On the opposite side of the battlefield, Major General Rao, the commander of the Seventh Army of the Indian Army, is also reporting the military situation to Lieutenant General Slim: "The communist infantry launched an attack! The number exceeds 1! Using barrage as a cover, they have already broken into our army's frontline positions." Now we are fighting fiercely with our front-line defenders. Our army has suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of enemy artillery, and now we urgently need reinforcements. I'm sure this is the key point for the enemy's breakthrough! We need reinforcements!"

"Have you found the armored units of the Communist Army?" Lieutenant General Slim asked on the other end of the phone, still maintaining his composure.

"I didn't find it, but sir, the communists' shelling was fierce, and the infantry was also charging fiercely! They must break through from me!" Major General Rao's forehead was already covered with beads of sweat. Although the opponent's tank was not found, but However, he believed [-]% that the focus of the Communist Party's breakthrough was the area he was defending.

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone, as if Lieutenant General Slim couldn't make up his mind for a moment.He doesn't have many reserves in his hands now, especially the key armored units are running out. If he presses in the wrong direction, the South Asian Army of the Comintern may use the armored units as a sharp knife to pierce the Indian army's defense line and kill them. The assembly area is turned upside down!

"Major General Rao, I order your 7th Army to hold on. If there is no trace of the enemy's armored troops by 8:[-] am, I will send the reserve team to you." After speaking, Slim snapped Hang up the phone with a bang.

Major General Rao smiled wryly into the earpiece of the phone, and murmured, "At 8 am, if the 7th Army is still there at that time, then the Communist bandits must be breaking through somewhere else..."

Chapter 0906 anti-encirclement and long march (21) seeds of hatred

Tens of thousands of Indian proletarian fighters, under the cover of artillery fire, imprinted the enemy's machine gun fire, and moved forward along the road opened by the artillery.The minefields carefully laid out by the Indian puppet army have been swept away by artillery fire.The Indian soldiers who were dazed by the powerful artillery fire did not have the guts to rush out to lay mines, but under the supervision of the officers, they used machine guns and rifles to shoot at the infantry of the Comintern South Asian Army who were swarming forward in the smoke.The firing sounds of the Bren light machine gun and the Vickers water-cooled machine gun rang out across the entire front.

The bullets whizzed past the charging infantry, and from time to time officers and soldiers were shot and fell to the ground. The screams began to rang out one after another, and some officers shouted loudly in Hindi: "Go forward! All go forward! Don't stop! !” These Indian native officers and soldiers have not been trained for a long time, and they have not mastered all kinds of exquisite infantry penetration, assault and infantry coordination tactics, and they will only charge with their heads covered!Uh, of course, the machine guns in the back are pressing, so you can't rush forward!Only by moving forward can there be a glimmer of life!

However, the firepower of the Indian infantry on the opposite side is not too intensive. After all, they stayed under the fierce shelling for a full 120 minutes!It has already suffered heavy losses.Moreover, the remaining machine guns did not fire for a long time, and the mortar group deployed on the starting position of the Communist Army began to suppress it.Fires and smoke continued to rise in front of the Indian army's position, and the flying shrapnel beat some Indian army officers and soldiers who leaned out of the trench to shoot into blood gourds. The surviving Indian army retreated one after another. The firepower on the trenches and the Indian army's positions suddenly thinned out.Then, the officers and soldiers of the Comintern South Asian Army of the brigade rushed into the trench holding their bayonet-mounted rifles, and the tragic hand-to-hand combat began again!

"Okay! Go up, and the first wave of charge broke through. These Indian proletarians are really good!" Xiang Ying, who was watching the battle from the rear, couldn't help shouting loudly when he saw this scene.The other people in the forward observation post also had excited expressions on their faces. The combat effectiveness shown by these Indian native soldiers has indeed exceeded expectations.This also means that future battles can rely more on these Indian assams instead of sacrificing the lives of precious Chinese internationalist fighters!

"Order the armored group to prepare to follow up!" Peng Dehuai put down the binoculars, and a rare smile appeared on his always serious black face.He looked back at Liu Bocheng and said, "Tell Comrade Xu Guangda that the Indian proletariat has opened the way to victory for us with their lives! Next, it's up to the comrades in the Armored Division."

此刻，在距离共产国际南亚军出击阵地仅五公里的一片平原上，共产国际装甲师所有能开动的坦克、突击火炮和装甲车已经组成了一个进攻的楔形阵。11辆二号坦克、19辆28年型装甲车和18辆75mm装甲突击炮摆在前面；12辆一号坦克、6辆维克斯轻型坦克和97辆轮式装甲车则被部署在两翼和后方。坦克、装甲车阵形的后面还跟着200多辆卡车，车上满满当当都是手持着轻机枪和冲锋枪、步枪的精锐步兵（全都是中国国际主义战士）。

Xu Guangda is sitting on a command vehicle modified from a light armored vehicle (the original 28-year-old vehicle was destroyed in the battle a few days ago), proudly looking at the elite armored vehicles under his command!Although there are only 66 operational tanks, assault guns, and heavy armored vehicles left in this armored division, it has a fierce and murderous aura that has been experienced on the battlefield, as well as a desire to defeat all powerful enemies that was not there before the war. Confidence!Even if the opponent is one of the eight armored divisions of the Chinese National Defense Forces, Xu Guangda believes that his soldiers must have the confidence to destroy them!You must dare to launch an assault on the mighty No. [-] heavy tank!

A communications staff officer on horseback galloped up to Xu Guangda's command vehicle and shouted at him: "Commander, command from the headquarters: Armored soldiers! Assault, rush in through the passage opened by the infantry, and crush the enemy!"

Xu Guangda and Zeng Kelin, the chief of staff beside him, looked at each other, and said in a deep voice, "Okay! It's our turn at last! Kelin, give the order, our armored soldiers are about to unsheath their sharp swords again!"

Zeng Kelin nodded heavily, turned on the car radio, took a deep breath, and shouted the secret signal for the attack into the microphone: "Armored soldiers, fight! Fight!"

The roar of the motor immediately covered all the surrounding sounds, and more than 100 armored vehicles began to roar and spit out white smoke, and then rolled forward.

News of the dispatch of the armored troops of the South Asian Army of the Comintern quickly spread to Slim's former enemy headquarters, and the lieutenant general, who had finally determined the direction of the opponent's main attack, no longer hesitated, and immediately issued an order to the Indian First Armored Army to attack.At this time, the First and Second Armored Divisions of the Indian First Armored Army had also suffered heavy losses in the early battles!Although a batch of spare tanks was urgently added from New Delhi, some tanks under repair were repaired and returned to the front line.However, on August 8, the two armored divisions commanded by Major General Mittal still had only 17 tanks that could be activated, of which the No. 116 tank had 65 and the No. 51 tank had 6. As for the [-]-ton Vickers There is no light tank.

After receiving the order, Mittal also immediately ordered the troops to dispatch. 116 tanks, 123 armored vehicles, and more than 1 motorized infantry accompanied by the attack quickly rushed to the Indian defense line in Brulia, which was broken by the communist army.

At around 8:17 noon on August 12, the Indian Armored Forces and the Comintern Armored Division set up a battlefield on the plain between Brulia and Cherida.The communist army first used a powerful artillery group to cover and shoot the advancing Indian armored group. More than 300 large-caliber artillery poured thousands of high-explosive shells on the Indian armored force. Eleven tanks and 22 armored vehicles were hit and destroyed!The Indian army responded with air strikes. Nearly 70 A-2 light dive bombers and 65 escorted F-3 fighter jets dropped more than 100 heavy bombs, destroying six trucks full of soldiers and five A light armored vehicle, more than 100 officers and soldiers were killed on the spot.However, the tanks and heavy armored vehicles of the Armored Division of the Comintern were fortunately spared.

The armored clusters of both sides quickly approached each other despite shelling and air strikes, and quickly narrowed the distance to 500 to 600 meters, and then began to shoot at each other!At this time, the Indian Armored Group still had 62 No. 11 tanks, while the Comintern Armored Division had only 19 No. 28 and 75 50-year-old armored vehicles equipped with [-]mm and [-]mm cannons that could threaten the opponent. Quantity advantage!

"Order light tanks and light armored vehicles to charge! The infantry is ready to charge...the armored assault guns bombard the Indian infantry!" Xu Guangda yelled into the intercom, and dozens of four-wheeled light armored vehicles with little armor and firepower suddenly accelerated towards the Indian army. Dash!

This is the latest tactic summed up by the Armored Division of the Communist International. When the firepower and quantity are not as good as the opponent, they can only use these light armored vehicles to launch a desperate charge to attract the opponent's firepower!

However, the Indian army, which has suffered twice, has learned to behave well now. They did not waste their firepower on this "completely harmless" armored vehicle, but concentrated the firepower of 62 No. 11 tanks on the Comintern Armored Division. The 19 No. 28 and 60 Min 50 armored vehicles were bombarded, and the tanks and armored vehicles of the Communist Army were set on fire one after another!However, the No. [-] tanks of the Indian army are not much better. The armor of this tank is also too thin, and it cannot withstand the bombardment of [-]mm anti-tank guns with [-] times the caliber. Although tanks (heavy armored vehicles) have powerful firepower, their defense capabilities are not very good.Under the powerful anti-tank firepower of the opponent, there are things like steel coffins.

The tanks (heavy armored vehicles) of the two sides fought fiercely for about half an hour. The battlefield was full of smoky wreckage, explosion fragments were scattered all around, and there were charred bodies of tank crew members... Comintern armor All 30 Panzer II tanks and Type 28 armored vehicles of the division were destroyed! Only 18 of the 75 6mm armored assault guns remained, and 12 No. 6 tanks and [-] Vickers light tanks were all destroyed in the battle!

The Indian army also lost more than half of its 62 No. 29 tanks, leaving only 51 still able to operate. In addition, more than half of its 21 No. [-] tanks were also lost, leaving only [-] still able to fight.

However, the Comintern Armored Division, which was defeated in the tank battle, did not leave the tank wreckage and fled in a hurry. Instead, together with the 1st Division of the Comintern South Asian Army, the follow-up force that had just arrived, they used infantry to attack the Indian tanks. A wave of violent impact.In less than five hours of fierce fighting, the communist infantry launched five regimental charges under the cover of their powerful artillery.Destroyed the remaining 5 Indian No. 29 tanks and 21 No. 1 tanks with anti-tank grenades, explosives and even Molotov cocktails!Of course, they also paid heavy losses for this. According to post-war statistics, the Comintern Armored Division and the 8st Division of the Comintern South Asian Army sacrificed 17 people in the fierce battle on August 5443, seriously injured 2059 people, and lost 412 people. cost!More than half of them are valuable Chinese internationalist fighters...

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General! A division-level infantry group of the Communist Army has attacked near Chedali! Your Excellency, please transfer the headquarters immediately."

Lieutenant General Slim, Chief of Staff of the Indian Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Central Route Army, sat in his command post slumpedly, looking at Chief of Staff Carter who informed him of the latest battle situation in a daze.He couldn't believe that he still had eyes and ears. How could an armored group with more than 100 tanks and 66 officers and soldiers be defeated by the Communist Party's 1 tanks (heavy armored vehicles) and more than [-] infantry? !

"How is the preparation for the Northern Route Army's attack? When will it start?" Slim asked in a murmur.

"The vanguard of the Northern Route Army has entered Calcutta, and it will take at least two days to complete the preparations to forcibly cross the Hooghly River." Chief of Staff Carter seemed to have lost confidence, and he said to Slim, "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, save the Mahatma." Gandhi's combat goal has been achieved, and we have severely damaged the Communist army. Their casualties are estimated to exceed [-]! As the backbone of the Chinese Communist Party, at least [-] officers and soldiers have lost... Without a few months of rest, they cannot recover. And Our ability to recover is definitely better than that of the Communist Party, and we just take advantage of this period to intensify the training of the army and hoard military resources, and the next battle will definitely be a complete victory! Completely wipe out communism in South Asia!"

Slim was taken aback when he heard the words, but after thinking about it, he felt that Carter's words made some sense.At least in terms of resilience, the authorities in New Delhi, India are far stronger than the Communist Party.After all, there are as many ordinary Indian soldiers as there are, and the factories in New Delhi and Mumbai can produce most of the weapons and ammunition. Those that cannot be produced can also be purchased from foreign countries. Right now, the New Delhi authorities still have enough gold and foreign exchange reserves.It is not so easy for the Communist Party to regain its strength!Because their backbone is those revolutions from China, but there are as many as they want, otherwise they would not use it in India...

Thinking of this, Slim stood up abruptly from his chair, walked to the front of the map and stared at it for a while, and then gave an order to the staff: "The battle cannot be over now, because we have to further consume the resources of those Chinese communists." Life! Order the 1st Division and 3rd Division who are the reserve team to rely on Chedali City to launch defenses, and must persist for more than three days! Call the Northern Route Army and order them to complete the preparations for forcibly crossing the Hooghly River within two days, and The local troops from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are looking for an opportunity to cross the river in the upper reaches of the Hooghly River, threatening the enemy's flanks. Then they will generate electricity for the South Route Army and ask them to launch a fierce offensive against the Communist Army in Odisha at all costs!"

Slim's order turned into radio waves that shuttled through the air, pushing the most tragic battle in the Indian Revolutionary War to a climax!

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1939, April 8.

The fighting has intensified across the entire northeastern part of India.On the Jamshedpur-Danbad line in the middle road, the 4 armies, 1 division and 1 artillery group of the South Asian Army of the Comintern launched a fierce attack with all their strength, and more than 700 cannons and mortars continued day and night Roaring, groups of shells landed on the Indian army's position.Thousands of Indian revolutionary fighters and Chinese internationalist fighters raised their bayonet-mounted rifles, shouting the slogan "Long Live the Communist Party" and launched wave after wave of charges!The Armored Division of the Comintern has become an infantry division, and the South Asian Army has no assault force that can be finalized. Although most of the final victory belongs to them, such a victory must be accumulated with countless lives and ammunition.

As for the Indian army, although it was shaken across the board because of the disastrous defeat of the 1st Armored Army, it was still reluctant to finally collapse, and still gritted its teeth and persisted in the artillery fire.The focus of the contention between the two sides is the small town of Chedali located behind the Indian defense line of Shedpur-Danbad. This inconspicuous small town has become a key point that cannot be missed because it is right in the center of the Indian defense line. .Lieutenant General Slim gritted his teeth and filled in one infantry division after another drawn from other parts of the defense line, slowly turning it into ashes under the overwhelming artillery fire of the South Asian Army of the Communist International...

At the same time, on both sides of the Hooghly River, near Calcutta, a still more tragic crossing operation was going on.The fierce battle started at 8 o'clock in the evening on August 19. Due to the personal supervision of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian army on the front line seemed to be completely crazy.Their infantry braved the half-dense machine rifle fire on the other side like raindrops, and kept using small boats to cross. The whole river was full of khaki floating corpses of Indian soldiers, and the river was also stained light red by blood.The heavy casualties seem to have been completely ignored by the Indian commander!They just keep driving their own soldiers into this "slaughterhouse".

Of course, near Calcutta, the advantage of artillery firepower lies with the Indian army. Their three and a half armies have a total of 60 artillery companies and 248 17-pound or 25-pound cannons.The shells poured down on the communist army on the opposite bank as if they didn’t need money. Under the flash of the artillery fire, the communist fighters suffered heavy casualties, and their corpses piled up like a mountain. The water near the west bank of the Hooghly River gradually turned bright red!

Just one day and one night of hard fighting, and only preliminary statistics, the casualties of the 5th and 7th Armies of the South Asian Army of the Comintern who stood firm on the west bank of the Hooghly River reached as many as 6200!Among them, Chinese internationalist fighters suffered more than 2000 casualties.As for the casualties of the Indian army, according to the figures released by the Indian Army Department after the war, they exceeded the 20000 mark!

In Odisha, which is far away from the main battlefield, there was no clear front by August 8, because the main defense line of the South Asian Army of the Communist International was unexpectedly broken by the surging Indian army!Only the vicinity of Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa, is still under the firm control of the main force of the Comintern South Asian Army, which has shrunk in time.However, the local troops of the South Asian Army of the Comintern did not withdraw from various places in Orissa, but launched a bloody melee with the Indian army in various places in Orissa!

Compared with the battles on the middle and north roads, although the battle in Odisha on the south road was obviously less in terms of firepower and the number of regular troops, the cruelty was far beyond imagination!Because the land and caste revolution in Odisha was not complete before, a large number of princes and Brahmin landlords slipped through the net and fled to the side of the reactionary Indian government. Many of them also joined the local troops of the Indian army. Also followed to kill back!In addition, many "Shudra rich peasants and upper-middle peasants" who acted as indicators of Brahmins and Kshatriyas also revealed their ferocious nature, and became the most vicious accomplices of those princes and Brahmins who came back from the counterattack. Massacre the poor and lower middle peasants of Odisha!At the same time it sowed the seeds of hatred between different classes in India...

Chapter 0907 anti-encirclement and long march (22) Chiang Kai-shek is coming!

"Call the General Front Committee. My heroic 1st Army of the Comintern South Asian Army has captured Chedali City. I am now on the ruins of the former Indian Army Headquarters in Chedali City! The Indian Army has moved westward Retreating, our army is stepping up the pursuit. It seems that the victory in the Jamshedpur-Danbad battle belongs to our Communist International South Asian Army!"

In the early morning of August 1939, 8, filled with gunpowder smoke, Xiang Ying, political commissar of the South Asian Army of the Communist International, finally came to this small town that was almost razed to the ground by artillery fire.Standing on a pile of rubble, looking up at the surrounding battlefield, in addition to the ruins covered by artillery fire, there are layers of corpses, including the khaki Indian puppet army and the Communist International South Asian Army wearing blue-gray military uniforms. There are also many light-skinned internationalist fighters... The casualty report of the preliminary statistics has been sent to Comrade Xiang Ying. The 23st Army of the South Asian Army of the Communist International and the Armored Division of the Communist International, who were only the main attackers, fought bloody battles for six days and nights. More than 1 people were lost in the war!Among them, the Chinese accounted for as much as 3000%!If you count the losses of the 40nd and 2rd armies, which served as diversionary offensive missions, and the losses of the 3th army, which was previously broken through by the Indian armored forces, in just six days, at least 4 communist fighters were buried in the This piece of ancient Indian land is here!In addition, nearly 58000 people were seriously injured or missing.Among them, the revolutionaries from China lost more than 13000 people!

After suffering such heavy casualties, if it were replaced by the army of any capitalist country in the world, most of them would have lost their combat capabilities, but this revolutionary army directly led by the Eastern Bureau of the Communist International still has high morale!The sound of artillery was still rumbling in the distance, and several planes marked with red stars were circling in the sky.The officers and soldiers of the Comintern South Asian Army of the brigade, holding the red flag, passed around Xiangying, preparing to go to the battlefield west of the Hooghly River.

At the same time as the decisive battle between Jamshedpur-Danbad, the offensive and defensive battle on the Hooghly River line has also been decided.However, it was the Indian army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers and firepower, who won. More than 30 Indian troops, under the personal supervision of Gandhi and under the random command of two half-baked army commanders, recklessly stormed for nearly four days. After paying more than 5 casualties, they finally broke through. More than 7 officers and soldiers of the South Asian Army of the Communist International defended the line of defense, but the Indian reactionary army that had just broken through did not even have time to celebrate, and got the bad news of the failure of the Jamshedpur-Danbad battle!

"President. A telegram from General Slim." Gandhi, who was still supervising the battle in Calcutta, took the telegram from Singer with a blue face.He glanced at it, his face became more gloomy, and then he suddenly tore the telegram in his hand into pieces, and said angrily, "This Slim is such an idiot! Is an idiot! How could I have appointed this English idiot in the first place?" To be the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army!"