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    The 71st Regiment of the Chinese Army successfully occupied the first line of defense of the British and Indian troops, and the second line of defense was two kilometers away.  During this process, they did not encounter any resistance. There was not a single British and Indian officer alive on the position.  To be precise, when the 71st Regiment of the Chinese Army occupied the defense line of the British and Indian troops, there were some injured Indian Asans on the defense line. Their companions abandoned them and fled for their lives alone.  But later, among the results reported by the 71st Regiment, there was no such thing as prisoners at all.  As for the whereabouts of these Indian Asans who were injured in the bombing, it has become a mystery.

    In fact, India¡¯s population of nearly 300 million is originally a very big trouble for China.  When the Chinese Army General Staff formulated the battle plan, it asked all ministries to eliminate Indian Asans as much as possible. All Indian Asans who dared to resist would be eliminated.  This is very beneficial for Chinese generals to occupy India, or to occupy the most fertile land on the Indian peninsula.  Otherwise, India's Asan, which has half the population of China, will be a big trouble if it goes tit-for-tat with China everywhere.  Wang Yuze does not want China to suffer suicidal attacks from time to time in the future.  Therefore, only the dead Indian Asan is the best Indian Asan

    It is precisely because of this guiding ideology that the Chinese army went on a killing spree on the Indian battlefield, especially the mercenaries, who were even more unscrupulous.  India paid a heavy price in this war.  Although China did not announce how many Indians it killed in the war until the end of the war, according to speculations from third countries, India lost at least 100 million people in this war, and most of them were Hindus.  !

    The Chinese Army effortlessly captured the first line of defense of the British and Indian Army.  The 266th Army of the 26th Group Army of the British-Indian Army, which guarded the first line of defense, paid a heavy price for this. There were more than 50,000 people in the army, and nearly 20,000 people died in this horrific bombardment.  The British and Indian troops were unprepared when they were bombarded, and the defense lines they built were basically shoddy construction, so they suffered heavy losses.  However, even if the British and Indian troops carefully built fortifications, they probably would not be able to withstand the terrifying shots from the battleship's main guns.  The remaining British and Indian soldiers also ran away in a mess. They did not dare to continue fighting the Chinese army.  This allowed the 71st Regiment of the Chinese Army to capture the British-Indian position with only one charge.  And this is just the beginning!

    At 8:40 a.m., the Chinese army began to advance and launched an attack on the second line of defense of the British and Indian troops.  The Chinese Army's 10th Group Army concentrated 500 heavy artillery pieces and began to attack the British and Indian army's defense lines.  Subsequently, the Chinese naval fire support ship squadron anchored in the Bay of Bengal also began to launch fierce shelling on the British and Indian defense lines.  Everything started to happen again, and the British and Indian troops suffered heavy losses under the fierce shelling.  When the 266th Army was violently bombarded by Chinese artillery, the 267th Army of the British and Indian Army guarding the second line of defense did not feel it intuitively.  Even though the soldiers of the retreating 266th Army described to them that the Chinese attack was like sending them into hell, they did not believe it.  And at this moment, when those artillery shells weighing hundreds of kilograms fell on their position, blasting huge craters and taking away lives one after another.  These Indian Asans also panicked. They abandoned their position, turned around and ran away, regardless of the British officers' obstruction. Even the supervising team could not stop them.  At this time, escaping is the most important thing, and Indian asans wish they could have more legs.

    After half an hour of shelling, the Chinese army launched another attack.  This time, the British and Indian troops still did not organize any powerful counterattack.  The fierce bombardment by the Chinese army's artillery and the navy's support fireship squadron completely destroyed their fighting spirit.  In the eyes of those Indian Asans, the Chinese were too terrifying. They were not like what those British officers had advertised to them. They were tied with pig tails and were as timid as mice. Instead, they could easily kill them.  Like a devil.

    On October 27 alone, the three lines of defense deployed by the 26th Group Army of the British and Indian Army were broken through by the Chinese army.  Especially at the third line of defense, the Chinese army had not yet started to attack. When the artillery shells just landed on their position, the British and Indian soldiers ran away.  The miserable appearance of the first two lines of defense made those Indian Asans very frightened.  Therefore, in order to avoid suffering heavy losses like their compatriots on the two front lines of defense, they retreated voluntarily.  Although the British officers punched and kicked them, and even organized a supervising team to stop them, it was of no use in front of the Indian Asan who was seeking survival.

    Lieutenant General David, commander of the 26th Group Army of the British and Indian Army, also had to accept this reality. The defense line he painstakingly built collapsed in one day. Three lines of defense on the front, with a total of 250,000 troops deployed from 5 armies.  , the real losses were less than 50,000, but the morale of most of the remaining troops was low, and many Indian Asans even lost their weapons in the process of escaping.??With empty hands.  The weapons and equipment of the British and Indian troops are not enough to begin with. Without these weapons, the Indian Asan has completely lost its combat effectiveness.

    In addition to deploying three lines of defense on the narrow coastal plain, Lieutenant General David also deployed a line of defense on the Madamuho River.  Here, the troops of four armies of the 26th Group Army of the British and Indian Army were assembled.  Moreover, the defense line here is also longer, extending for thirty kilometers from the mouth of the Madamuho River to the Arakan Mountains.  Lieutenant General David originally believed that it was enough to defend a thirty-kilometer defense line with four corps.  But now it seems that this line of defense also has very big loopholes.  At least that section of the coast, he had no confidence that he could hold it now.  Once the Chinese Navy warships fire, the Indian natives will definitely run away.

    Lieutenant General David notified the 25th Army of the situation encountered by the 26th Army, and also reported to the Anglo-Indian Army Headquarters in Delhi.  The commander of the British and Indian forces, General Kitchener, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Deverell, were also somewhat unprepared for this issue.  The Chinese army would launch an attack on the eastern defense line of the British and Indian troops today, which was not unexpected at all.  However, the collapse of the 26th Group Army of the British and Indian Army was so fast, which greatly exceeded their expectations.  Originally, they thought that with four army groups deployed in the eastern region, with a total of two million troops, they would have to persist for several months no matter what.  But now the Chinese army has broken through the defense line in just one day. Only God knows how long the remaining troops can hold out.

    "General, what should we do now? The Chinese have used their navy to attack our coastal positions, and we simply cannot resist it. The Royal Navy of the British Empire is blocked in the Atlantic Ocean and cannot go to the Indian Ocean through the Mediterranean Sea to support us. Besides, China  After the navy won the naval battle in Sicily, the navy guys no longer have the courage to fight the Chinese navy." Lieutenant General Deverell, chief of staff of the British and Indian forces, said.

    ¡°Now the entire Indian Ocean has almost become the inland sea of ??the Chinese, and we have nothing to do about it.¡± Admiral Kitchener also lamented.  The British Empire is no longer the world hegemon it was before, and the vast ocean is no longer ruled by Britain.  Among the four major oceans in the world, except for the Arctic Ocean, which is not suitable for navigation, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean have been controlled by the Chinese Navy, and the Chinese Navy is still actively penetrating into the Atlantic Ocean. If the Chinese cannot be contained, sooner or later they will become a new nation.  The maritime hegemon is the world hegemon.

    "General, how should we solve our dilemma in Bangladesh?" Lieutenant General Deverell asked.

    General Kitchener looked at the map of Bangladesh and said nothing for a long time.  The Bengal plain is one of the three most important grain-producing areas in India. The dense rivers give this plain good irrigation conditions.  But now, these rivers have become an important loophole for the British and Indian troops.  The large and small warships of the Chinese Navy can run rampant in these rivers and throw cannonballs at the heads of the British and Indian troops. It is absolutely impossible for the timid Indian natives to fight against the fierce Chinese artillery fire.  By then, those Indian natives will definitely escape faster than rabbits.

    After a long time, General Kitchener made his final decision, and he ordered Lieutenant General Deverell.

    "Send a telegram to the 25th Army and the 26th Army, asking them to abandon Chittagong and Dhaka, retreat to northern Bangladesh, to the area south of the Karo Kain Jaintia Hills, and fight a battle with the Chinese!  If the 27th Group Army and the 28th Group Army are unfavorable in the war, they can retreat to this area and join the battle. We have assembled two million troops or even more, while the Chinese only have a few hundred thousand.  Many of them are mercenaries, and I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s still unclear who will win in the end!¡± Admiral Kitchener said.  Now, the only thing he can rely on is probably the numerical advantage!  North Bangladesh, Karo.  Caine.  The area south of the Jaintia Hills is vast and has the worse terrain in the northern part of the Bengal Plain.

    The British-Indian army, which is entirely pure infantry, will not be affected, but the Chinese army, which is relatively dependent on transportation conditions, will definitely be greatly affected.  In addition, it is far away from those wide rivers, and it is almost impossible for the Chinese army to rely on the power of the navy.  Therefore, fighting a decisive battle with the Chinese army in this area is not a guaranteed loss for the British and Indian troops!
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