Chapter 110 The defeat is decided

In fact, when the Third Land Force attacked Mumbai on April 23, there was no suspense in this war.

As the saying goes, defeat is like a mountain of defeat.

After the fall of New Delhi, the morale of the Indian army plummeted. Even if the equipment gap was not considered, the Indian army officers and soldiers were not confident of defeating the Chinese army.

At that time, the biggest problem faced by the Indian army was not how to fight, but how to stabilize the morale of the army.

According to an investigation report released by the Chinese Ministry of Defense after the war, before April 20, more than 150,000 Indian officers and soldiers surrendered to the Chinese army without fighting, most of them were deserters, and most of them came from northwest India.

In fact, the situation in the Indian army is much more serious than this.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the Indian army sent the military police to various battalion-level troops at the end of March, authorizing the military police to kill deserters without trial. Although there are no accurate statistics, according to statistics from some scholars, India executed at least thousands of deserters during the war.

The problem is, it's useless to do so.

High-pressure measures can prevent some soldiers from escaping, but they cannot improve morale. More importantly, the military police cannot follow the soldiers at any time.

In the front line areas, more than half of the officers and soldiers of some troops even became deserters.

Only a few surrendered directly to the Chinese army, most of the deserters were hidden among the people, and some even tried every means to return to their hometowns in the occupied areas.

By late April, the Indian army had to implement more severe military laws to rectify military discipline.

At that time, the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army clearly required the military police to be optimistic about grassroots officers and adopt a system of corporate seizures, that is, officers at all levels must be responsible for the lower-level troops. To put it bluntly, if the squad leader becomes a deserter, the platoon leader will be responsible, and if the platoon leader escapes, the company commander will be responsible.

Such severe measures have indeed achieved immediate results.

By late April, the number of Indian deserters had greatly decreased.

The problem that this causes is that morale is even more sluggish.

For example, in the battle in Mumbai, many Indian troops did not fight at all, and some soldiers even hid in trenches and fortifications and refused to go out.

If you fight to this point, it is strange that India is unbeaten.

Based on the situation at that time, if Mu Haoyang insisted on his own opinion, that is, the offensive strategy with the Western Front as the main and the Eastern Front as the supplement, the war would end in mid-May. You should know that when the Indian army collectively lost its will to resist, the two Marine Divisions and the Thirteenth Army could fight to Bengaluru within ten days. If they could seize ports such as Kochi, Kalikat and other ports to solve the logistics support problem, even if the Indian ace troops guarding Bengaluru were the army and the Marines could capture Bengaluru within one week and end large-scale ground wars.

Unfortunately, Mu Haoyang did not stick to his own opinions.

The main reason is that Mu Haoyang is not an army general, and he has long promised Qi Kaiwei that he will not interfere in the army's combat operations.

The result was that on April 30, the Fourth Land Warrior Division and the Fourteenth Land Warrior Division landed near Balasol.

At this time, the vanguard troops of the 42nd Army had arrived near Kolkata and dispatched assault clusters to surround the Indian army. In the direction of Ranchi, the assault cluster of the 42nd Army had advanced more than 300 kilometers and was about to reach outside Ranchi City.

With the strong support of the Army, the Marine Corps' landing operation went very smoothly.

In addition to encountering resistance during the beach grabbing stage, after the main Marines came ashore, the Indian army voluntarily gave up the beachhead position.

On that day, the Marines consolidated the beachhead position.

On the morning of May 1, the Marines invaded Balasol, controlled the fishing port, and let the first batch of transport ships unload combat supplies and main combat equipment.

After the fall of Balasol, the Indian army in Kolkata had lost hope of breaking through.

On May 3, the defenders of Kolkata surrendered to the 42nd Army and kept the port intact without large-scale destruction.

Of course, this is also the condition for the 42nd Army to accept the surrender of the Indian army.

According to the requirements of the 42nd Army, as long as the Indian army preserves the port infrastructure, the best treatment will be given to the Indian army's surrendered officers and soldiers, and some Indian army officers and soldiers will be allowed to be incorporated into local security forces, and most of the positions of senior Indian army officers will be retained.

To put it more directly, it is to reorganize the defenders in Kolkata into a public security police force.

Of course, the Indian army had to hand over all heavy equipment, only retain light weapons such as guns, and obey the command of the occupying army.

In fact, this also became one of the main means to later place surrendered Indian soldiers.

Before the end of the large-scale ground war, the Chinese Army incorporated nearly 700,000 Indian troops, of which more than 400,000 became temporary security police. It was not until the end of the war that the Chinese army reorganized the security police force and eliminated some of the less obedient and troublemakers. Later, after the Indian national election, the security police force was completely disbanded and banned by the Indian National Defense Force and the Military Police Force.

With the fall of Kolkata, the Indian authorities also lost the will to fight.

On May 4, on the International Youth Day, the Indian Prime Minister formally submitted a request for a ceasefire to China through France, hoping to temporarily stop military operations.

However, China's answer was very straightforward: unless the Indian government dissolved immediately, the war would not stop.

Obviously, the Indian Prime Minister cannot accept such a request and cannot miss the opportunity to cease the war.

On May 5, the Indian Prime Minister once again proposed that he would resign as prime minister as long as China promised to hold a national election in India and was supervised by the international community throughout the process.

Unfortunately, the Chinese government still has not made concessions.

The reason is very simple. The election mentioned by the Indian Prime Minister is based on the original political foundation, that is, the elected government will directly replace the original government, and what China wants is a brand new India that has nothing to do with the past, so the election can only be carried out according to China's arrangements.

Of course, by this time, the Chinese authorities have to consider holding a comprehensive election in India.

On May 6, Huang Hanlin clearly mentioned at a press conference that within one month after the end of the war, a general election will be held in India and the administrative jurisdiction will be transferred to the Indian democratically elected government. In addition to retaining some troops in India in accordance with the agreement reached with the Indian democratically elected government, China will withdraw all its troops within six months after the end of the war to restore normal order in India.

This statement was immediately welcomed and supported by the EU.

Of course, the key is when the war will end.

On May 7, the French President suggested in response to a reporter's question that since China has promised not to engage in permanent military occupation of India, it should consider ending the war as soon as possible, alleviating the impact of Indian civilians, and restoring India's normal order as soon as possible.

To put it bluntly, France supports China to speed up its offensive speed.

Politically, this also means that France will recognize India's democratically elected government.

Obviously, not all countries have the same position as France.

After the French president made his statement, the US Secretary of State mentioned at a press conference that China's dispatch of troops to overthrow a country's legal regime has violated international law. The United States has only recognized India's legal regime in the past and present, so in the future it will only recognize India's legal regime, and will not recognize the new regime elected by China, and call on the international community to jointly oppose and boycott China's military operations in India.

The problem is that the opposition from the United States is useless at all.

To put it in the words of some Western news media, the United States did not provide military support to India at a critical moment. Now it has missed the opportunity. Even if the United States directly sends troops to fight, it is impossible to reverse the situation. Moreover, China's Indian policy will definitely exclude the United States in its entirety.

To put it simply, the United States cannot have an impact on India after the war.

In fact, in the eyes of many people, China's policies in India are actually retaliating against the United States.

You should know that in 2011, when the United States planned to overthrow the Libyan regime, China's direct investment in Libya reached more than 100 billion US dollars, and after the end of the Libyan civil war, all of these investments were ruined. This time, the United States' direct investment in India reached more than 1 trillion US dollars. If China insists on excluding the United States, then all the U.S. investment in India will be vain.

Of course, this statement is a bit too much.

In any case, the Chinese government cannot bet on the future of the country in order to avenge the revenge more than 30 years ago. More importantly, revenge on the United States at this time will not be of much benefit to China. It can only be said that China’s policy in India is to attack the United States.

The United States' position is not to return to India, but to extend the war.

The longer the war is delayed, the greater the loss of India's war, so India will be more insignificant after the war, and its impact on the strategic balance between China and the United States will be greatly reduced. If the Indian authorities admit defeat too early and surrender to China voluntarily, India will inevitably change the strategic balance between China and the United States.

You should know that a fairly intact India is definitely a strategic factor that cannot be underestimated.

This is also reflected in the combat operations of the Chinese army.

After the ground war broke out, the Chinese Air Force no longer focused on bombing India's industrial facilities, especially industrial facilities related to national infrastructure, nor did it focus on bombing India's infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, ports, etc. Instead, it focused on battlefield support and concentrated its efforts to attack the Indian Army, reduce the burden on the Chinese Army and speed up the offensive speed.

Although tactically speaking, this is to cooperate with the army's operations and should also be fought like this, strategically, this is the basis for preserving India's post-war recovery, reducing the pressure on post-war reconstruction, and allowing India to recover as soon as possible after the war is over.

Obviously, for China, a relatively intact India has irreplaceable strategic value.

In fact, when it reaches this point, the focus is no longer whether India will be defeated, but when and how India will be defeated.

Military speaking, what the Chinese army needs to do is to speed up the offensive and force the Indian authorities to admit defeat as soon as possible.

Chapter 110 The defeat is decided
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