Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Wang Qiuyun is no longer a young man in his twenties, but a senior military officer who has commanded hundreds of thousands of troops.

Wang Qiuyun knew that the judgment of the opponent's combat effectiveness would directly determine how to formulate the subsequent strategies and tactics of the Sino-Indian War.

If the enemy's combat power is strong, there is a strong way to fight. If the enemy's combat power is weak, there is a weak way to fight.

China and India have never fought a war, so everyone's estimates of the Indian army's combat effectiveness are just estimates. Wei Hongjun is the first to underestimate the Indian army's combat effectiveness.

Wang Qiuyun looked at Wei Hongjun and said after a while:

"You're giving me a hard time. But we've been partners for so many years, and your judgment has always been correct. Tell me, what do you mean?"

Wei Hongjun stood up, walked to the front of the map and said:

"Look, there is a border between our country and India.

2000 kilometers. India is a large country with a population of million. If this war creates enmity between us, there will be constant unrest between our two countries in the future.”

"The United States is very powerful and very rich. As long as they want, they can always support India in confronting us. This is very disadvantageous to our country because we need to confront a big country with a population of 400 million all year round."

"So I need a war to completely break India's backbone, completely shatter the authority of the Indian central government, and allow local forces in India to rise rapidly. Those who should be independent will be independent, and those who should have local power will become local princes who do not obey the central government's orders. Only in this way can India not become our long-term opponent."

Wang Qiuyun looked at the map and said, "You want to break India's backbone and disrupt India's central authority. How far do you need me to go?"

"First, we must fight a large-scale annihilation war. If we only destroy one or two enemy brigades, although it is a victory, it will have little impact on the overall situation, and you don't need to go out specifically. I need you to annihilate the Indian army in an organized manner at least

20 brigades, and if we can destroy 30 brigades that would be the best."

"The Indian National Defense Force is said to have 120 million troops, but I don't believe it. India can't have so many troops. The Indian centrally controlled National Defense Force field force can have or troops, which is already the limit of India's finances. The remaining troops,

This should include some of the chaotic local armed forces. So if we can fully annihilate 70,000 to 80,000, or even 100,000 people in this battle, the Indian National Defense Force will be severely damaged and lose its deterrent effect on the local forces.

India's brigade-level units are not the same as China's brigade-level units.

In most cases, an Indian brigade consists of three battalions, each battalion has four companies, and each company has three platoons.

也就是3-4-3的编制。所以旅级单位的人数人在2000人到5000人都有，没有一个固定数量。5000人的旅级单位，都是印军王牌部队。

Even the US and Soviet intelligence agencies are not very clear about how many troops India has, because the Indian army's troop organization is chaotic and too exaggerated.

But Wei Hongjun judged that the size of India's field army was only about 500,000 to 600,000 people.

Because India's current economic size is predicted to be over US$300 billion, but its fiscal revenue is less than US$10 billion.

The reason for this judgment is that India needs to raise US$20 billion to carry out its third five-year plan. In other words, the investment scale of India's third five-year plan is about US$20 billion.

However, Nehru adjusted the plan several times but failed to raise $20 billion. Therefore, he could only reduce the investment scale of the Third Five-Year Plan.

This is a five-year investment plan, that is, the amount of funds raised in five years.

If they couldn’t even do it with $20 billion, you can imagine the annual fiscal revenue of the Nehru government.

Therefore, many people in the Indian government openly asked Nehru to increase taxes on large landowners, large enterprises, princely states, and Kshatriya families, because a large amount of India's wealth is concentrated in them.

But Nehru was no fool. These people were powerful local figures in India. It was impossible to impose taxes just because you wanted to.

India's fiscal revenue is so small, and it has to carry out a five-year plan, so its annual military expenditure is very small.

With this little financial revenue, Wei Hongjun didn't believe that India could support 120 million troops.

Of course, India does have so many troops. But many of them are not centrally controlled national defense forces. Half of them are similar to the local security groups during the Republic of China period. Their combat effectiveness is very weak, and their weapons and equipment are also poor.

But they are local forces in the hands of local powerful groups, not the national defense forces controlled by the central government.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun’s goal is to annihilate the defense forces controlled by the Indian central government.

"20 brigades, 30 brigades."

Wang Qiuyun looked at the map and nodded. "Zheng Weishan's report says there are 13 Indian brigades in Xinjiang and Tibet. The Kachin Special Region has five vanguard brigades. Including the follow-up troops, there should be more than 5 brigades, or even more."

Wang Qiuyun carefully analyzed the information and nodded slowly, "Okay."

Wei Hongjun continued, "The first step is to launch a war of annihilation. This will undoubtedly cause chaos in the Indian army. Then the troops will pursue and sever the Siliguri Corridor. This will geographically isolate India from the Northeast. Several states in northeastern India were not originally Indian territory, but were later glued together by the British. The independence forces here have always been in conflict with the Indian central government. As long as we sever the Siliguri Corridor, these states will naturally choose to secede from India."

As long as enough Indian government defense forces are destroyed, India will have no time to take care of the northeastern region in a short period of time.

The independence forces in the northeast region have always been strong and have been resisting Indian rule.

"This corridor should be easy to control."

Wang Qiuyun nodded.

Wang Qiuyun could roughly tell from the map that the Siliguri Corridor was only a few dozen kilometers wide. "Third, we won't capture the Indian capital, but we will intimidate the Indian central government. If possible, we must create the illusion of a large-scale attack on New Delhi, even sending elite troops directly into the city. We need to shock the entire city, scare its officials, wealthy individuals, and citizens into fleeing. It would be best if we could force the Indian central government to flee."

China is not a colonial empire like early Britain and France, nor is it an imperialist country like Tsarist Russia that arbitrarily annexed territories.

In other words, if China goes to war with India, it is impossible for China to colonize India like Britain and France did in the early days, nor will it occupy Indian territory like Tsarist Russia did.

In the end, they will have to withdraw and will not make any territorial claims other than their own land.

But before leaving, Wei Hongjun still wanted to deal a heavy blow to the Indian government and Nehru. "Force Nehru to evacuate New Delhi?"

"Yes. Once a central government leaves the national capital, it will inevitably lose its accumulated reputation and be despised by the people of the country. This includes Nehru and the Indian central government. India is not just the Congress Party.

There are many other parties. If Nehru loses face and prestige, the Indian central government will be in turmoil, and various parties will chase central power. Once the chaos ends and the Indian central government stabilizes, who knows how chaotic the local governments will be.

Wang Qiuyun took a deep breath.

Because he already understood what Wei Hongjun wanted.

After a while, Wang Qiuyun said, "I understand what you mean."

"Old Wang, I believe the Indian Army's combat effectiveness has declined significantly. Their combat capability is probably only at the level of Chiang Kai-shek's second-rate troops. But as the saying goes, strategically despise the enemy, tactically take him seriously. You can deploy annihilation tactics, but you can't let our combat troops truly underestimate them. Even a lion will use all its might to slay a rabbit. We must fight this war with the same attitude we would treat Chiang Kai-shek's ace troops."

"I see."

Wang Qiuyun became very serious because Wei Hongjun's expectations were too high.

"Old Wei, I've remembered everything you said. I'm going to the front line soon, and I want to personally understand the situation there."

"Ah."

We must fight a major war of annihilation.

In history, Zhang Guohua wanted to wipe out an entire brigade of the Indian Army.

After the battle plan was submitted to the Central Military Commission, it was rejected by the General Staff Headquarters because the General Staff Headquarters believed that the plan to completely wipe out an entire Indian brigade was too risky.

In the end, it was the Chairman who made the final decision and agreed to Zhang Guohua's plan. Otherwise, there would not have been such a thrilling battle in history.

The first counterattack was too easy, and the Central Committee realized that the Indian army was just so-so. So in the second counterattack, the Military Commission required the annihilation of two or three Indian brigades.

The situation is actually the same now. The reason why Wei Hongjun specifically spoke with Wang Qiuyun was to tell her that she could be more bold in formulating battle plans.

If we were to worry too much and just wipe out a few brigades in the first battle, it would be a waste of the PLA's combat effectiveness. The first time, when the Indian army was unprepared, we directly wiped out more than a dozen Indian brigades and completely established victory in one battle.

After Wang Qiuyun finished his conversation with Wei Hongjun, he immediately reported to the Military Commission that he needed to establish a headquarters and political department. Time was tight, so there was no time to reorganize the headquarters and political department. The Military Commission instructed Wang Qiuyun to directly select the staff team he was most familiar with to form the headquarters. Wang Qiuyun was most familiar with the Wuhan Military Region, so he directly brought an entire team from the Wuhan Military Region to form the headquarters. The Kunming Military Region Political Department then became the frontline political department.

Zhong Yun, former chief of staff of the Wuhan Military Region, was appointed as chief of staff of the headquarters. Hu Ronggui, former director of the political department of the Kunming Military Region, was appointed as director of the political department.

After the Military Commission approved it, Wang Qiuyun asked Zhong Yun to take the Wuhan Military Region staff team directly to the front line to set up a headquarters. Wang Qiuyun and Xu Liqing flew to the front line.

1117 Counterattack Operation

"Not yet."

After Wang Qiuyun arrived in Yunnan, he immediately began to compile intelligence from all sides. Because he had little time left, he needed to understand the current situation on the front line as soon as possible.

Although Wei Hongjun explained to Wang Qiuyun that the Indian army's combat effectiveness was average, Wang Qiuyun still did not dare to be careless.

Because this is a battle between countries, if it is not fought well, it will directly affect the subsequent relationship between China and India.

Fortunately, the headquarters Wang Qiuyun had established was brought over directly from the Wuhan Military Region, so there was no need for any adjustment and they quickly got into working order.

After several days of gathering intelligence, Wang Qiuyun and Xu Liqing convened a military meeting attended mainly by cadres from the Tibet Military Region and troops from Yunnan.

The commander of the Tibet Military Region is Zheng Weishan, the political commissar is Du Ping, the deputy commander of the Tibet Military Region is Wu Zhong, the commander of the newly established 124th Army is Lian Han, and the political commissar is Gao Dexi.

In Yunnan, the meeting was attended by Cai Debao, Commander of the 46th Army, and Wang Zekun, Political Commissar; Xu Qixiao, Commander of the 16th Army, and Zhang Lixiong, Political Commissar; Liang Zhongyu, Commander of the 17th Army, and Wang Yanquan, Political Commissar; Cheng Shaofu, Commander of the 17th Army, and Xu Daobing, Political Commissar, transferred from Guangxi; Fan Chaoli, Commander of the Kachin Production Corps, a reorganization of the 40th Army, and Chen Heqiao, Political Commissar; and Li Yong, Deputy Commander of the Artillery. Wang Qiuyun was familiar with some of these officers, while others required a fresh understanding. Cai Debao, for example, came from the Third Red Army, followed the Sixth Red Army on the Long March, and was incorporated into the 17th Division during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He later rose to prominence in eastern Hebei, flourished in the Eighth Column, and ultimately became a senior general in Northeast China.

Wang Zekun was a cadre who came from the Jidong Uprising. He performed well in the 34th Regiment of the Eighth Column and became a qualified political cadre of the Eighth Route Army. When Cai Debao came to the Eighth Column to develop in Pingxi, Wang Zekun was transferred there as deputy political commissar. Gradually, the two began to partner and later became

The military and political leadership of the 46th Army.

The commander of the 40th Army, Cheng Shaofu, was a member of the Red 25th Army. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Third Division. During the Liberation War, he followed Huang Yong to the Northeast and became the brigade commander of the Fifth Column of the Northeast Field Army, the predecessor of the 40th Army. Xu Daobing, a cadre who had worked with Xiahou Wen to establish the Chadong Base Area, later served as the political commissar of the 13th Column's Second Special Brigade. The Second Special Brigade was later incorporated into Yang Dezhi's First Column, and Xu Daobing became a cadre of the 40th Corps. After liberation, he was transferred to the th Army as its political commissar.

Deputy Commander of the Artillery Li Yong was previously the Commander of the Artillery of the Wuhan Military Region. He was one of the first cadres to follow Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun into Sheng County.

The 16th Army, the newly established 17th Army, and the Kachin Production Corps were all formerly part of Chen Geng's Corps.

“The Indian army must be allowed to move forward.”

"If the Indian army continues to advance, it will not only be the disputed area, but their vanguard troops will enter our actually controlled area."

Xu Liqing was also very cautious when he returned to the battlefield this time.

Wang Qiuyun nodded and said, "That's what I mean.

I want them to march straight into our controlled territory. The further they get into our territory, the easier this battle will be."

Although Xu Liqing was a political cadre, he also knew how to lure the enemy deep into our territory.

Besides, Xu Liqing knew that although he was the political commissar, Wang Qiuyun was a general after all and a famous commander of our army, so it was not easy for him to interfere too much in the battle command.

"Comrades, I want to let in the Indian army,

Let's fight a big annihilation war. Everyone, please share your thoughts."

"I think so."

Although they are all commanders of the same army, there are differences between them.

For example, Cai Debao has extensive experience and a high rank. Although he is an army commander, his rank is deputy corps level and his rank is lieutenant general. Meanwhile, Liang Zhongyu, commander of the 17th Army, is ranked as a full division level, but is only a major general. Furthermore, the 46th Army is a direct descendant of the 15th Corps led by Wang Qiuyun and is well-respected in the Wuhan Military Region. The 15th Army of the 44th Corps went to Korea and remained in the Northeast. After returning from the bandit suppression campaign in Guangxi, the 45th Army was stationed in Wuhan, and the 46th Army was stationed in Changsha.

"On the outskirts of the Kachin Special Region, the Indian Army's vanguard consists of five brigades, less than 20,000 troops. Looking at their current marching route, they don't appear to be here to fight. Their marching deployment looks more like a tourist expedition. This force is completely unprepared for war. It's entirely possible to lure the enemy deep into our territory and annihilate all five brigades at once."

Cai Debao and his men are also generals who have experienced many battles.

The Indian army's march was full of loopholes.

Cai Debao believed that the army, which consisted of less than 20,000 people, could be completely annihilated.

"Five brigades? Not enough." Wang Qiuyun shook his head.

Wang Qiuyun's interruption stunned Cai Debao. Cai Debao thought he was being very bold by putting five Indian brigades into his pocket. After all, no one could be sure of the Indian army's combat effectiveness.