The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1045 Street fighting?
Gurnar.

Frontline Command.

Menon was holding a military meeting to deploy the next defense line and troop deployment.

Menon was the commander of the Indian Army's reorganized division stationed in Karnar. He served as a brigade commander 13 years ago and was appointed commander of the reorganized division five years ago. He is also a battle-hardened general.

As the Northwest Front Command sent armored divisions and newly formed divisions to support Karnar, a front-line command was set up to unify the command of the front-line operations. Menon, who was most familiar with the area around Karnar, was naturally appointed as the commander of the front-line command.

Also attending the meeting were the Armored Division Commander 'Kumar' and the New Division Commander 'Harinder'!
In addition, there are brigade commanders of each brigade.

The atmosphere in the command center seemed depressing. Their retreat had been cut off and their positions outside the city had been lost. They had suffered heavy losses in the fighting over the past few days.

The armored division lost more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles, more than people were killed, more than were injured, and more than one-third of the casualties.

The newly formed division suffered over a thousand killed and over three thousand wounded, nearly half of its soldiers were killed or wounded.

The reorganized division has suffered 1.5 deaths and more than injuries since the start of the war. Although it has received reinforcements and recruited soldiers in Gernnar, and currently maintains a strength of , it is an indisputable fact that its combat effectiveness has declined.

In Karnal alone, more than 6,000 people were killed and more than 13,000 were injured. The hospital was already overcrowded.

No one knew how many wounded soldiers would survive.

During war, the recovery rate and survival rate of wounded soldiers can drop significantly compared to normal times.

Moreover, the power supply system in Gurnar was blown up and the communication base station was destroyed. There was no way to repair it in a short time, so diesel engines had to be used to generate electricity temporarily.

Now that the retreat route has been cut off, it means that supplies, medicines, fuel, etc. here in Gernal can no longer be supplied by the outside world.

Although the Indian army has turned Karnar into a military fortress and even built a large number of underground fortifications and stored a large amount of supplies and weapons and ammunition, it can only meet one year's needs.

If it lasts more than a year, you will starve to death.

Moreover, high-intensity combat consumes a lot of weapons and ammunition. It is already amazing to be able to persist for three to five months.

Medicines will be exhausted in a short time.

The situation is extremely critical. Apart from air support, they currently have no other support and are fighting alone.

It is impossible to say there is no pressure.

Menon pointed to the map of Karnar. It was an important military town with very complete fortifications, not only ground fortifications but also underground fortifications.

This is a solid fortress!
Menon was going to fight street battles with the Karnak and Nepali armies in Karnar.

Street fighting is also generally referred to as "urban warfare" because it is a battle fought from street to street and house to house, usually in cities or large villages.

The salient features of street fighting are: first, the enemy and our side engage in close combat and hand-to-hand combat, which is extremely cruel; second, the enemy and our side are mixed together and are in a state of intertwined conflict, which is extremely dangerous.

Urban street fighting is a style that has gradually formed with the development of cities and the expansion of war. Narrow streets, complex environments, invisible enemies, and invisible gunfire make street fighting in the modern context full of strange and unpredictable complex factors.

The battles were fought hand to hand, with fierce competition for strong buildings, main streets, and commanding heights. The army's movements were restricted, and many local independent battles were often formed.

Street fighting is also regarded as the most brutal war in modern warfare, causing headaches for military theorists and military commanders from all over the world.

The most effective street fighting is considered to be direct bombing of cities like the US military does, without distinguishing between military and civilian facilities, military personnel and ordinary civilians.

But with the development of media in modern times, people also have some rules for war, such as limiting war to military facilities and soldiers, keeping war away from civilians, and not bombing schools and hospitals.

Whoever does this will often be unpopular and criticized.

However, during the Gulf War, the US military launched indiscriminate bombings on Iraq, destroying all Iraqi schools, hospitals, nursing homes, welfare homes, etc., and in 1999, NATO launched an air strike code-named "Allied Forces" against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, destroying all schools, hospitals, nursing homes, welfare homes, shopping malls and other civilian facilities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The indiscriminate bombings lasted for several months, causing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to suffer huge losses. These are all brutal violations of the norms of modern international relations. Many previous international norms have been trampled on and no longer exist.

No one can say whether the Kazakh and Nepalese armies will launch indiscriminate bombing on Karnal.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the Indian army has not lost air superiority, and the air forces of both sides are still fighting for air superiority, otherwise the situation in Karnar would be even worse.

But no matter what, the Indian army must defend Karnar.

As long as Karnar has not been captured, the Karnar and Nepali armies here will not be able to attack other places. If they want to besiege Karnar, the Nepali and Karnar armies must at least maintain at least 50,000 elite troops here, or even 100,000 troops, otherwise they will have to worry about whether the Indian army in Karnar will launch an attack.

After all, Karnar is an important military town with a very important geographical location. It is directly stuck in a key position. It is unacceptable for both the Karnar army and the Nepalese army if Karnar is not taken down.

At this time, Menon was deploying their respective defense lines.

As for the armored division that retreated into the city of Karnar, its tanks and infantry fighting vehicles served as mobile forces, ready to support or raid the Kazakh and Nepalese armies at any time.

The radar is turned on, and once an enemy air raid is detected, the air defense alarm will be sounded. The entire Gurnar has a complete air-raid shelter.

Karnar was preparing for street fighting. The Kabul and Nepali armies outside the city had already joined forces. Both sides were clearing the Indian army positions outside and collecting supplies at the same time.

The bridges along the river were blown up. Although a temporary steel bridge has been built, its transportation capacity is limited and it is impossible to get a steady supply of supplies from the rear. The temporary steel bridge can only be used to transport weapons and ammunition, and other supplies have to be collected from here to reduce logistical pressure.

Food, water, etc. all need to be collected.

Although Gurnar is a military stronghold, it is also mainly agricultural, so it is relatively easy to collect food.

Naturally, some wealthy families also suffered at this time, and all the valuables in their homes were lost.

This is war!
When war breaks out, civilians will also suffer.

Whether rich or ordinary people, they will suffer huge losses in the war. Unless the rich can escape in time, even flee abroad, the losses will certainly not be small.

Even if the war stops, there will be a lot of things happening here in the next ten years. For example, there will be landmines, and people will be killed or injured if they step on them. Or there will be bombs that did not explode, but suddenly exploded.
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