Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 675
Jiang Baili continued: "In addition, India's armament and logistics management is very backward. In the past, it often purchased ammunition and weapon parts in the international arms market before the war started. Local military operations. The Lower Kargil conflict is an example. In such a small-scale border conflict, India’s opponent was armed with the Japanese, and almost used up the large-caliber artillery shells in its inventory. After the war, it made surprise purchases in the international market. From this Looking at this situation, although the Indian army has relatively advanced equipment, its logistics and management are very backward. I won’t say much about the specific time limit for China’s armament, but it will never happen that we have to buy bullets before the war.”

He finally concluded: "India's GDP is only one-thirtieth of the empire's, but its military expenditure has always wanted to be equal to that of the empire. It spends a huge amount of military expenditure every year to purchase a large amount of military equipment, and the super warships purchased with huge sums of money need Huge maintenance costs, and a lot of effort to catch up with China's military status, etc. But the domestic infrastructure is very weak, the people live in poverty, and the investment in industry and agriculture is not as strong as the military. India Dozens of religions have dozens of religious beliefs. It may be difficult to unify the ideas and thoughts among religions. This is doomed to India as a country with a relatively complicated society. In contrast, although there are some empires such as India has the same problem, but the proportion of military expenditure is not as blind as India, and the people's livelihood issues, infrastructure issues and investment are far greater than India. China has 56 ethnic groups, but since Emperor Kangxi, regardless of race, the world is one family After the policy, until now the ethnic groups have reached the realm of living in harmony with each other. Therefore, we don’t have to worry about accidents in this war. I think we should take this opportunity to turn India and even South Asia into the sphere of influence of the empire .”

Jiang Baili's in-depth and detailed analysis made most of the people present look at this young officer with admiration and clicked their tongues in admiration. Many people also cast envious glances at Xu Shichang. As everyone knows, the Ministry of the Army has the "Five Tiger Generals" of the younger generation of the empire. These five people are Feng Yuxiang, Jiang Baili, Cai E, and Zhang Xiaozhun. Let these big officials be dumbfounded.

Guan Xuqing nodded and said: "Baili's words are very good. He is very thorough and quotes extensively. He is indeed the principal of the Imperial Continental University and an expert in imperial military theory. Hehe." At this point, he suddenly suppressed his smile and said in a deep voice: " This event is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A while ago, Tang Shaoyi was arguing that the Ministry of Finance could not provide so much money. This time, we will take the money from India for three reasons. First, as we all know, India is located in South Asia. , is adjacent to Pakistan, China, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh, is on the verge of the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, and guards the mouth of the Far East and Central Asia. The importance of geographical location can be imagined. Once India is controlled , we will gain another outlet to the world. The Indian Ocean and the Strait of Malacca will become the two sharp knives of the empire, piercing the heart of the world.

Second, India is very rich in resources. According to the data released by India and ours, India’s bauxite reserves and coal production rank fifth in the world, with more than 460 billion tons of coal and nearly 1 million tons of iron ore. billion tons, more than 10 million tons of iron ore, nearly 1000 tons of gold, and nearly 100 billion tons of oil. In addition, there are rich mineral deposits such as mica, gypsum, diamonds, titanium, jade, and uranium.However, India's resource utilization rate is very low, and its development and utilization are not high.So there are still a lot of resources in the ground waiting for us to mine.Third, the plains of India account for more than two-fifths of the total area, the mountains only one-fourth, and the plateaus one-third, but most of these mountains and plateaus do not exceed [-] meters above sea level.The low and gentle terrain has an absolute advantage in the whole country. Not only is the transportation convenient, but also with the tropical monsoon climate and the fertile soil conditions such as alluvial soil and tropical black soil suitable for agricultural production, most of the land can be used for agriculture. It can grow and has unique natural conditions.Therefore, as long as India is controlled, it will bring inexhaustible wealth to the empire. Shaochuan, what is the [-] billion?Finally, India has always regarded China as its biggest imaginary enemy since its founding, and is always looking for opportunities to bring down the empire. There is no mercy for such a sinister and cunning country. The incident expands infinitely, even to the point of launching an all-out war! "

After the court meeting, Guan Xuqing specially left Feng Xianghua, Xu Shichang, and Jiang Baili behind, and gave secret instructions to the three of them to go back.

The imperial court began to build the South Tibet Railway in this area the year before last. The total length of the line is 153 kilometers, of which the total length of bridges and tunnels is 85 kilometers, accounting for 18.00% of the total length of the line. The 13-station Tibet-South Railway is a major project of the empire. It is estimated that it will take at least five years to complete the entire line. On the open land of the Kejielang River Valley in Cuona County, Shannan Region, the railway for this distance has just been completed. Many The large machinery has not had time to be transported away.In normal times, this place is inaccessible, and you would never have thought that the fuse of the Sino-Indian war would be lit from here.

Stationed in this area is the 56th Division under the Southwest Military Region. The division commander Sun Liren and the chief of staff Wei Lihuang are both outstanding students who graduated from the Imperial Continent, and they are also the rising stars of the Imperial Army.As soon as it got dark that day, the communications soldier came to Sun Liren's office and handed over a telegram from the Ministry of the Army, with three seals on it, and the word "Top Secret" written in bright red under the big seal of the Ministry of the Army.

Sun Liren immediately raised his attention when he saw this top-secret telegram. He didn't dare to open this top-secret telegram easily, so he called the Chief of Staff Wei Lihuang. Wei Lihuang was also surprised when he saw it. Where the eggs are laid, will there be any major military operations?
The two opened the telegram carefully, and after reading the content, they all took a breath.The two did not dare to delay, and immediately rushed to the two confidant brigade commanders of the division headquarters to convey the order of action face to face, and asked everyone to keep the secret, prepare separately, and never leak it.

At noon the next day, a mysterious green military vehicle arrived at the division headquarters of the 56th Division through multiple checkpoints. A young man under the age of 30 stepped out of the vehicle, dressed in plain clothes and carrying a brown briefcase. Combing shiny parted hair, shaking hands with Sun Liren and Wei Lihuang with a smile on his face, he came to the teacher's office, and three additional guard posts were sent at the door.

"Dare to ask, are you Mr. Dai, the special commissioner sent by the Ministry of the Army?" Sun Liren asked while pouring tea for him.

The man smiled slightly and said, "I didn't wear a hat before, and I served in the Department of Intelligence and Operations of the Ministry of Army."

Sun Liren and Wei Lihuang stood in awe, and solemnly gave a military salute to Dai Li.Dai Li waved his hands to get on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and breathed out a white mist, and then solemnly said: "This operation is no small matter. One is to do a good job of keeping secrets, the other is to find good candidates, and the third is to ensure the action There can be no mistakes in the process, this is what Mr. Xu personally requested."

Sun Liren and Wei Lihuang stood at attention and said, "I promise to live up to Mr. Xu's entrustment."

Next, the three of them had a secret discussion on the action plan in this office, and finally agreed: the action site was chosen to be in the lower reaches of Kejielang River Valley in Cuona County. To retreat, the action time is set on March 3. At that time, a large area of ​​highland barley has been cut down, and the ground is exposed, which is convenient for action.

In order to implement this plan, they carefully searched for candidates.Dai Li pointed out: "If irrelevant people are involved, it is very likely that the secret will be leaked, so it took a lot of painstaking effort to select the candidates. If this operation is entrusted to ordinary non-military personnel, it will be easy anyway. , so only the use of soldiers is the best policy."

After some serious deliberation, Sun Liren finally handed over the task to Xin Baoshan, the commander of the blasting company, and Li Youren, the commander of the reconnaissance company, and asked them to form a secret operation team.Xin Baoshan transferred two team members who were engineers and were familiar with blasting technology from the independent garrison to the detachment, and issued secret orders to them in person.

On March 3, Xin Baoshan held an emergency meeting in an extraordinary period, and conducted research on the time point and specific plan of the action.When night fell, after completing all preparations for the plan, another inspection was carried out. At this time, the blasting team had prepared 11 yellow square explosive packs.The four of them immediately checked their equipment, got ready for a fully armed drill, and walked to the lower valley of Kejielang in Cuona County.

It was night, the sky was full of stars, and the climate in southern Tibet in March was still extremely cold. The large areas of highland barley had almost been harvested.

The newly built railway line leads to an infinitely extended staircase, stretching straight into the dark depths.There are some scattered residents nearby. Xin Baoshan and others have come to check them in advance. At most, there are more than [-] households with a hundred people.

The four of them walked forward cautiously on the high and low terrain, trying not to make a sound. They were going to perform a special mission and they must not be discovered by anyone!

Along the ups and downs of the ravine, the four of them successfully reached the side of the railway. According to the previous division of labor, Li Youren, the commander of the reconnaissance company, was in charge of guarding the periphery, while Xin Baoshan and two combatants lay down beside the railway sleeper. The prepared explosives were fixed on the sleepers.The dose of explosives had been carefully calculated long ago, and as a top student at the Hunan Armed Forces Academy, these were still difficult for him.After everything was ready, Xin Baoshan took the phone from the team member and connected to the division commander's office.

(End of this chapter)