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    The battle in Calcutta lasted from November 27 to the evening of the 28th. All hundreds of thousands of troops of the Second Army of the British and Indian Army were wiped out during the battle. A very small number of people were lucky enough to escape with their lives. Most of them  people died in this war.  All senior generals, including Lieutenant General Adrian, commander of the 2nd Army of the British and Indian Army, and Major General Cecil, chief of staff, were all killed or committed suicide, and no one survived.  The main force of the British and Indian troops in eastern India was almost completely annihilated in this battle!

    In addition to the Chinese Army's 11th Group Army and twenty divisions of Japanese mercenaries annihilating the British and Indian Army's 2nd Army in Balakpur, the British and Indian Army's 18th Group Army also suffered heavy losses while rushing to Balakpur.  Ten divisions including the 221st Infantry Division of the Chinese Army and ten Japanese mercenary divisions blocked the attack.  Although the 18th Army of the British and Indian Army has 500,000 people, these troops, all composed of Indian Asan, cannot be compared with the 2nd Army of the British and Indian Army in terms of combat power.  The two sides fought fiercely 20 kilometers west of Balakpur. The attack of the 18th Group Army of the British and Indian Army was frustrated and had to switch to defense.  After learning that the 2nd Army of the British and Indian Army had been annihilated, the 18th Army of the British and Indian Army immediately fled westward and broke away from the battle!  After this battle, all the plains near Calcutta fell under the control of the Chinese Army.

    When the news that the 2nd Army of the British and Indian Army had been completely wiped out and hundreds of thousands of British troops reached General Kitchener, the commander of the British and Indian Army, it was like a bolt from the blue and he couldn't believe it.  .  He has great confidence in the 2nd Army.  It is believed that even if the Chinese Communist Army invested hundreds of thousands of elite troops in Calcutta.  But there is the 2nd Army.  If we cooperate with the other 18th Group Army and the 24th Group Army, even if we cannot defeat the Chinese *** Team, we will still have no problem resisting the Chinese *** Team's attack!

    "General, what should we do now? After the Chinese capture Calcutta, hundreds of thousands of Chinese will be able to attack northward, and our war situation in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges will be completely ruined!" Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Deverell looked ugly.  said.  In order to block the hundreds of thousands of people in the Chinese Army's Second Group, the British and Indian troops had to mobilize at least two to three million people.  Now in the battle of Calcutta, even the 2nd Army of the British and Indian Army was wiped out.  It would be impossible for the British and Indian troops to withstand the Chinese Army's huge force of more than 1.2 million without mobilizing several million troops.  Moreover, it now seems that even if the British and Indian troops have tens of millions of troops, they are completely insufficient due to successive losses.

    "The Punjab War is coming, and we don't have enough troops to invest in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges!" General Kitchener said with some embarrassment.  Previously, their plan was to use the Second Army as the core and mobilize about three million troops in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges to resist the attack of the Chinese Army's Second Group.  Worry now.  The 2nd Army has been destroyed, and the 24th Army has also been wiped out.  A huge loophole has appeared in the defense of the British and Indian troops in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges. The more than two million troops deployed in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges can no longer stop the Chinese army's attack!

    Lieutenant General Deverell was silent for a while. The Punjab War was a major battle planned by the British and Indian troops. For this reason, they did not hesitate to persuade the Governor of India, Baron Harding, to transfer the 1st Group Army of the British and Indian troops stationed in Delhi to the Punjab plain.  The purpose is to completely defeat the Chinese troops attacking from northwest India in this battle and relieve the crisis in Delhi.  After solving the enemies in the northwest, we will have a decisive battle with the Chinese team in the east!

    "Let's ensure victory in the Punjab War first! Wait until the Punjab War is over, and then deal with the enemies in the east! Order several armies in the east to shrink their defense lines and prepare to deal with the Chinese attack! Wait until the Punjab War determines the winner!" Kitchin  Admiral Na thought for a moment and then said.

    Lieutenant General Deverell nodded, he knew that this was the best way!  If the British and Indian troops can defeat the Chinese army on the Punjab Plains, then India will still have a chance to win!  If the Punjab War fails, then the defeat on the Indian battlefield will be inevitable!

    "Commander, Chief of Staff! The Governor is here!" At this moment, a low-level officer came in and reported!

    General Kitchener quickly got up from behind the desk, and Lieutenant General Deverell also stood up from the sofa.  Both of them looked a bit unhappy. Baron Harding had arrived now. It was obvious that he already knew the result of the Battle of Calcutta!

    "Hello, Your Majesty the Governor!" General Kitchener and Lieutenant General Deverell both said hello to Baron Harding!

    "I'm very bad! General Kitchener, tell me, what is going on now? Why did we suffer another disastrous defeat in Calcutta, losing millions of troops, including the most elite 2nd Army!"  Baron Harding said angrily.  Although the size of the British-Indian army expanded toTens of millions of people were killed, but the main force was still the First Army and the Second Army composed of the British. This was also the foundation of British rule in India.  But now, the 2nd Army was wiped out in just two days. How could he not be angry?

    "Your Majesty the Governor, we did not expect that the Second Army would lose so quickly!" General Kitchener said.

    "General Kitchener, how can we resist the Chinese attack now? The Chinese who landed from Calcutta, plus the Chinese who attacked from Bengal, number at least 12 to 30 million people! We still have enough  Do you have enough troops to resist their attack?" Baron Harding stared at General Kitchener and asked.  If the British and Indian troops cannot withstand the Chinese attack, then British rule in India will be ended, and he will become the last Governor-General of India and Vice-King of India in British history!  Baron Harding will never allow this to happen to him!

    "Your Majesty the Governor, we plan to fight the Punjab Battle first! If we can defeat the Chinese in the Punjab Battle, then we still have a chance to defend India! If we fail in the Punjab Battle, then we should probably make preparations early.  Got it!" Admiral Kitchener said!

    "In other words, the Punjab War was a decisive battle related to our destiny in India?" Baron Harding asked.

    "Yes, Your Majesty the Governor!" General Kitchener nodded. It can be said that the British and Indian troops have decided to put all their efforts in the Punjab region and put all their hopes on this battle!  If it fails, then the British and Indian troops will lose completely!

    "So, General Kitchener, are we sure we can win this battle?" Baron Harding had some hope in his eyes.

    "Your Majesty the Governor, in the Battle of Punjab, we will concentrate the 1st Army, 3rd Army, 4th Army, 7th Army, 8th Army, 10th Army, 11th Army and 12th Army, a total of four million troops.  The Chinese only have about 800,000 troops, including 400,000 Japanese mercenaries! Therefore, we still have a good chance of winning this battle!" said General Kitchener.  This is already the largest force he can mobilize!  The remaining forces are needed to defend the Chinese in the east and to defend other strategic locations in India.

    "Where is the defense of Delhi?" asked Baron Harding.

    "The defense of Delhi will be taken over by the 5th Army!" said Baron Deverell.  Originally the task of defending Delhi was given to the 1st Army, but in order to ensure victory in the Punjab Battle, General Kitchener decided to dispatch the 1st Army to the Punjab region as the main force in this battle!

    "Move the 5th Army to the front line! Just leave the defense of Delhi to the police! If the Punjab Campaign fails, it will be useless even if the 5th Army is left behind!" Baron Harding said.

    "Yes, Your Majesty the Governor!" General Kitchener said happily.  With one more group army, the troops in his hands will be more abundant, so why not do it?

    "Also, is there anything else you need my help with? Now, we must unite and defeat the Chinese first!" Baron Harding said.  In order to defeat the Chinese, he also plans to do his best!

    "Your Excellency, the Governor, we need more troops. If you can negotiate with the leaders of the Congress Party and the Muslim League and let them mobilize more Indians to join the army, it will be very beneficial to us!  "Lieutenant General Deverell said.  Although the combat power of India's Asan is weak, if the number of troops is large enough, quantitative changes can still lead to qualitative changes.  India has a large population. Although 13 million Indian Asans have been mobilized to join the army before, with India's population base, it is completely feasible to mobilize several million people to join the army!

    "Well, I will discuss it with Tilak, Gandhi and Ali Jinnah!" Baron Harding said.  However, he also knew that it was probably impossible for those Indians to willingly die.  The British and Indian troops suffered successive defeats, and a large number of Indian Asan and civilians died in this war. This has made Tilak, Gandhi, Ali Jinnah and others have some doubts about victory!

    For the British and Indian troops, the only thing they can rely on now is their superiority in military strength!  Especially in the Battle of Punjab, the troops they assembled were already five to six times that of the First Group of the Chinese Army!  It also included an army group composed entirely of British troops.  If the British and Indian troops cannot win this battle, then they may never have a chance to win again, and there will be no way to save India!  The most dazzling diamond in the British crown will fall into the hands of the Chinese!  (To be continued)
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