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    "General, your Excellency the Governor called and asked if we can withstand the Chinese attack? If we cannot win, he hopes to move the Governor's Palace to the south!" said Lieutenant General Deverell, Chief of Staff of the British and Indian Army.  Baron Harding, the Governor-General of India, also had his own channels. He already knew the situation faced by the British and Indian troops in the Battle of Punjab.  Originally, he thought he had a high chance of winning.  But he lost millions of troops at the beginning, which made Baron Harding less and less optimistic about the British and Indian troops!

    "Tell the Governor that we will try our best to win. Now we still have 3.5 million troops and the strength to fight the Chinese! Of course, if he feels that Delhi is unsafe, he can choose to go to southern India.  !" Admiral Kitchener said.  In fact, he himself didn't have much confidence in winning this battle.  However, he was still very dissatisfied with the greed for life and fear of death by the Governor of India, Baron Harding.  In any case, Baron Harding, as the Governor-General of India, the Vice-King of India, and the de facto ruler of India, now wants to escape when he encounters trouble. This will undoubtedly have a great impact on the morale of the British-Indian army.  What's more, the Chinese navy has now blocked the waters near the Indian Peninsula. Even if Baron Harding wants to escape back to the UK, it is impossible!  As long as the Punjab War ends in the defeat of the British and Indian troops, no matter where Baron Harding escapes, he will only end up being captured or even killed by the Chinese!

    "Yes, General! The Chinese have entered Gujranwala. They may launch an attack at any time! What should we do now?" Lieutenant General Devrel asked.  Although they had gathered so many troops near Gujranwala.  But he didn't feel safe at all!

    "This war is inevitable. We must win this war as much as possible! As soldiers of the British Empire, it is our duty to defend the interests of the British Empire!" Admiral Kitchener said firmly  .

    At two o'clock in the afternoon on December 4, the Chinese Army launched an attack on Gujranwala. The First Group of the Chinese Army assembled thousands of large-caliber heavy artillery and launched a fierce shelling on the British and Indian defense lines.  The 1st British-Indian Army and several other armies also assembled hundreds of heavy artillery to fight back.  The artillery battle between the two sides was very fierce, but.  The British and Indian artillery had to stop the bombardment less than ten minutes after they opened fire.  The Chinese Air Force dispatched hundreds of fighter planes to strafe and bomb the artillery positions of the British and Indian troops. The heavy artillery units of the British and Indian troops suffered heavy losses and had to stop the bombardment and begin to move their positions.  If the shelling continues, I'm afraid their artillery will be completely lost!

    For this decisive battle, the firepower of the Chinese Army's First Group was very well prepared. The heavy artillery troops bombarded the British and Indian Army's defense line for an hour. The defense line of the British and Indian Army's 4th Group Army became the focus of the Chinese Army's attack.  place.  Within an hour, the Chinese Army's heavy artillery unit fired at least 50,000 rounds of large-caliber artillery shells in intensive shelling.  The position of the 4th Army of the British and Indian Army was completely destroyed.  The British and Indian troops in the position suffered heavy losses.  Finally, the Chinese Army's heavy artillery fire began to extend towards Gujranwala.  The 1st Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army, the 3rd Infantry Division, the 13th Infantry Division of the 1st Group Army, and three divisions of Japanese mercenaries launched an attack on the British and Indian positions!

    "Boom!" The motor sounds of nearly two hundred tanks and armored vehicles converged together, just like thunder.  Behind the armored troops were two infantry divisions of the Chinese Army and three divisions of the Japanese mercenaries.

    At this time, the position of the 4th Group Army of the British and Indian Army was already in a mess. The civil structure fortifications they built were simply vulnerable to the heavy artillery troops of the Chinese Army. After the shelling, they had long been destroyed.  That's almost it!

    The armored units of the Chinese Army invaded the positions of the 4th Group Army of the British and Indian Army without encountering almost any resistance.  However, what surprised the Chinese Army was that even at this time, the British and Indian 4th Group Army did not start a counterattack.  By the time the tanks and armored vehicles of the Chinese Army rushed to the British and Indian Army's positions, a large number of Indian Asans had already thrown away their weapons and raised their hands to surrender to the Chinese Army!  This situation caught the Chinese Army by surprise, but it also saved the Chinese Army a lot of effort!

    By evening, the First Group of the Chinese Army had captured the position of the 4th Group Army of the British and Indian Army. More than half of the troops of the 4th Group Army of the British and Indian Army surrendered to the Chinese Army. Only a small number of troops fled back.  Not many British and Indian soldiers were shot dead during the battle. Except for those unlucky ones who died in the shelling at the beginning, less than 10,000 Indian Asan died under the guns of the Chinese Army!

    Breakthrough of the British and Indian ArmyAfter the position of the 4th Army, there is Gujranwala behind!  However, it was already night, and General Yang Guoxing, commander of the First Group of the Chinese Army, ordered the entire army to switch to defense.  Now has reached the critical moment of the decisive battle, and there is no room for any negligence.  After all, the British and Indian troops still have more than three million troops, and any negligence may lead to a reversal of the war situation!

    Under the order of General Yang Guoxing, various infantry divisions and Japanese mercenary divisions strengthened night defenses to prevent the British and Indian troops from launching a surprise attack at night.  In fact, just as the government General Yang Guoxing expected, the British-Indian Army Commander General Kitchener has not given up yet and is still making the final struggle!  That night, the British and Indian troops launched a massive night attack.  General Kitchener, commander of the British and Indian forces, concentrated the forces of at least two armies to attack the positions of the Chinese Army's First Group.

    Fortunately, the First Group of the Chinese Army was well prepared. As soon as the attack by the British and Indian troops began, the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Army had already entered the position and were ready!  One after another, illumination bombs were launched into the sky, illuminating the figures of the British and Indian troops.  Afterwards, light and heavy machine guns, mortars and infantry artillery opened fire one after another. The intensive firepower frustrated the British and Indian army's attack.  Even though the British and Indian troops launched successive attacks, the Chinese Army's position remained rock solid.  In order to prevent attacks by the British and Indian troops, the Chinese Army deliberately deployed a large number of light and heavy machine guns on front-line positions.  The dense bullets formed a fire net, and any British and Indian soldiers who broke into it would only die!

    The corpses of Indian Asans piled up in a thick layer in front of the Chinese Army's position. The blood flowing from these corpses soaked the originally fertile soil into reddish brown.  It can be expected that the vegetation on this land will definitely be more lush in the coming year!

    Those British officers seemed not to care about the huge casualties at all. They drove the Indian Assans to the battlefield like livestock, using their bodies to resist the bullets and artillery shells of the Chinese Army!  In order to force those Indian Asans to participate in the attack, the British and Indian troops even organized a special supervisory team. Any British and Indian troops who dared to retreat without authorization would be shot by the machine guns of the supervisory team.  Under such circumstances, those Indian Asans had no choice but to attack forward desperately!

    However, even so, the attack of the British and Indian troops was in vain.  The Chinese Army's position was impregnable, and Japanese mercenaries organized counterattacks several times.  When the Japanese mercenary soldiers carrying rifles with bayonets jumped out of the trenches and rushed towards the British and Indian soldiers with bandy legs, the frightened British and Indian soldiers turned around and ran away!  The Indian Asans have long seen the bayonet fighting skills of those Asian dwarfs, and they simply do not dare to fight with these Japanese mercenary soldiers.  Through the bright light of the flares, we can see that there are often groups of Japanese mercenary soldiers chasing away the Indian Asans like ducks!

    The night attack by the British and Indian troops lasted until five o'clock in the morning before it had to end!  At this time, they are still unable to break through the position of the Chinese Army's First Group, which means that their attack has failed!  After dawn, Chinese Air Force fighter planes will arrive to assist in the battle. By then, the British and Indian troops will have no chance of victory!

    The failure of this night attack also made General Kitchener completely give up. It was completely impossible to defeat the Chinese Army's First Group!  At the same time, the disastrous defeat of the British and Indian troops also made the morale of the British and Indian troops even lower!  Not to mention the Indian Asan, even many British officers began to desert.  They all believed that since they knew they could not win, they might as well surrender!

    On December 5, the Chinese Army began its attack on Gujranwala.  The troops of the 1st Group Army of the British-Indian Army had never appeared in previous battles. General Kitchener left this troops in the urban area of ??Gujranwala.  Want to defeat the Chinese Army in street fighting.  After all, the British-Indian First Army is equipped with dozens of anti-tank guns. These anti-tank guns can threaten the armored forces of the Chinese Army.

    Before the Chinese Army attacked Gujranwala, the heavy artillery force once again violently bombarded Gujranwala, and the Air Force also bombed Gujranwala continuously, blowing up almost the entire city.  A ruin.  The 1st Group Army of the British and Indian Army defending the city also suffered heavy losses, and many of the fortifications they built were also blown up.

    In order to reduce the losses of the squadron, Japanese mercenaries were the first batch of troops to attack Gujranwala.  A large number of Japanese mercenaries, supported by Chinese Army artillery and Air Force fighter planes, invaded the city of Gujranwala and competed with the British and Indian troops for control of the city.  The British members of the 1st Group Army of the British-Indian Army also fought very tenaciously, but at this time, their defeat was inevitable!  (To be continued)
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