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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 1490 Encirclement, the last stronghold!

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    For Lieutenant General Chelsea, the commander of the British Army's Eastward March in India, this chaos was just the beginning of the disaster. He could only watch helplessly as one key point after another was captured by the troops of the Japanese Army.  He was helpless, and he couldn't save that one. Being able to save Imphal was already a special gift from God!

    Lieutenant General Chelsea, who was like an ant on a hot pot, dug out some clues from the smoke of war, and finally judged Tang Qiuli's campaign intention. Alexander was surrounded in Xiduo in the Hukang Valley, which was nothing more than a bait.  The remaining troops stationed in India came to the rescue to achieve the goal of completely wiping out the British Empire's military power in the South Asian subcontinent.

    Then, he surrounded Alexander's troops without attacking them. He sent a large number of troops to secretly enter the East India region. He first cut off the retreat of the eastward advancing army that had gathered on the Imphal line, and then divided, surrounded and finally annihilated them. After clarifying this idea, Hu  Everything that happened in the Cam Valley and even in the East India War was obvious, but everyone from Prime Minister Churchill to the General Staff to himself was fooled.

    However, Lieutenant General Chelsea did not even have time to regret. He relied on Imphal's more than 50,000 troops to fight against Tang Qiuli's nearly 200,000 troops. He had no chance of winning at all. The only thing he could do was to beg.  The Americans sent planes to participate in the war, and the second-line army could open a retreat for themselves into the interior of the Indian continent.

    Chelsea shuddered at Tang Qiuli's military tactics. This Chinese was too terrifying. Hundreds of thousands of troops entered the East India region for several days, but she didn't notice it at all.  otherwise.  He would not foolishly order all the troops to assemble in Imphal and take the initiative to get into Tang Qiuli's trap.

    On the afternoon of May 21, the situation on the battlefield in East India changed again. This change was no less than a disaster for Chelsea.

    Chelsea received emergency telegrams from Simpson, Saudi Arabia, and Dinsukia. The contents of the telegrams were almost the same, "Your Excellency, Commander. At about three o'clock this afternoon, we were on the way to Imphal to assemble.  The ambush of the ** Division troops and the artillery fire of the ** Division troops were extremely fierce, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. They are no longer able to resist the attack of the ** Division. I implore you, Commander, to send troops to rescue immediately! Otherwise, our troops will be in danger!"

    The Chelsea lieutenant general almost jumped up, what?  Dhaka, Khulna, Bokaro, Saifpur, and Jinhati have just been lost, and the battlefield has been moved to Simpson, Saudia, and Dinsukia. This is where the ** divisions came from.  Troops, strength at three assembly points.  Chelsea also understood that they were all organized at the division level. Even if not all the troops were in place, there would be at least nearly 10,000 troops in each location.

    Dare to ambush and defeat his own troops, and they were in danger again and again. The troops Tang Qiuli used were at least 20,000 at each location. My God, in order to deal with him, Tang Qiuli actually used nearly twenty soldiers of the Third Division.  A strength of about 100,000.  Lieutenant General Chelsea was still confused by such simple arithmetic. More than 300,000 Chinese soldiers could swamp the troops in his hands!

    Thanks to Tang Qiuli for thinking highly of himself.  What Chelsea felt was not honor, but a deep sense of powerlessness.  He ordered the troops confronting the Army Division in the Naga Hills to immediately withdraw to Imphal and rely on Imphal's terrain conditions to hold on.

    In the Battle of East India, this was the only correct and timely order issued by Lieutenant General Chelsea. At that time, the 7th and 8th Brigades of the Directly Affiliated Corps were outflanking Imphal at full speed. Once the outflank was completed,  , the tens of thousands of British and Indian troops on the front line of the Naga Hills could not even think of withdrawing to Imphal, and could only end up being surrounded and annihilated in the wild.

    This is indeed the case. The more than 50,000 troops of the four divisions of the Eastward Army, which were hastily withdrawn from the Naga Hills line, entered Imphal less than three hours ago. The intersecting troops of the 7th and 8th brigades directly under the corps have already moved from  Imphal was surrounded from both north and south directions.

    Lieutenant General Chelsea repeatedly contacted the troops in the direction of Simpson, Saudi Arabia, and Dinsugiya to inquire about the battle situation. However, all the telegrams sent out were like silence and no news, listening to the operator's "tick tock, tick tock" solidification.  The monotonous sound of the telegraph keys made Chelsea sigh and his face turned ashen. He knew what this meant.

    The troops have lost contact, and the only answer is that the whole army has been annihilated, and no one is left dead. Then, Simpson, Shadiya, and Dinsujia have been lost. There are empty cities. Tang Qiuli's troops cannot  It can be easily captured with little effort.

    Back in the office, Lieutenant General Chelsea locked himself in the room, trying hard to find a way out of the situation in front of him. War was everywhere in East India. Tang Qiuli was in more than ten places, one day after another.  Launching an attack was something he never expected, and on every battlefield, he could form a local advantage in strength and firepower.

    This Chinese way of using military force is so weird.? And it is extremely dangerous, the attacks are fierce and ruthless, and the rhythm of the battlefield is interlocking. If it were not for the current strength and quality of the soldiers, or the well-equipped troops, would it be possible to win this war?  , tied with Tang Qiuli, the answer made Chelsea very frustrated, it also didn't work.

    Tang Qiuli divided the siege and defeated them one by one. He had completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield and divided his more than 100,000 troops into pieces. They were passively beaten everywhere. Now, only Impal and Lan were left.  There was no fighting between Muga and Muga. Was it Tang Qiuli's intention not to attack, or had he reached the limit of the use of his troops?

    No matter what the situation was, Lieutenant General Chelsea did not feel at all relaxed. All strategic points in East India were basically lost. Imphal and Ramgarh were left alone. They were also two dead places and could not hold on for a while longer.  That's all, as long as Tang Qiuli is willing, he can attack with his army at any time.

    ¡°Bang, bang, bang!¡± There was a heavy knock on the office door. Chelsea frowned impatiently and shouted, ¡°Come in!¡±

    A British colonel hurried in with a telegram. Looking at Chelsea's gray face, he swallowed and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I received a telegram from the commander of the Lambgar garrison.  On the way to gather in Pal, we were ambushed and surrounded by the superior force of the ** Division of the Chinese ** Corps. The battle was extremely fierce. Our troops tried to break through the encirclement in the direction of Imphal and Ramgarh many times without success. "

    "At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, after more than two hours of fierce fighting, our unit suffered heavy casualties and more than half of the troops were lost. Now they are compressed and surrounded by the ** Division troops in a small area of ??less than 20 kilometers in radius. I sincerely request your Excellency, Commander, to  Send reinforcements immediately, otherwise, the entire army will be wiped out!"

    Chelsea leaned back heavily, and finally came. Ramgarh's defenders were also violently attacked. In other words, all the troop gathering places in the East India region, except Imphal, were without exception.  It was the attack target of Tang Qiuli's troops. It was over, and Imphal became a truly isolated city.

    However, the troops in the direction of Ramgarh had to go to rescue. It was the fastest assembled and best-equipped division with more than 13,000 troops. It and Imphal were at the horns of each other. If the entire army  If it is destroyed, what can you do to defend Imphal?

    Chelsea cheered up and began to arrange a plan to rescue the troops in the direction of Lambga. He had four divisions with more than 50,000 troops in his hands. He must not send them all out, so he would send out two divisions with more than 20,000 troops.  With the strength of the troops, Ramga could not go back, so he could only open the road back to Imphal. While Tang Qiuli's troops were still in other places, attacking the city and seizing territory, it would be considered a good idea to bring this troops into Imphal.  Fortunately among misfortunes 1

    At this moment, a major officer broke in with a panicked face, "Your Excellency, Commander, we have received reports from the troops at the front of Imphal. A large number of ** division troops were found approaching Imphal. We  Surrounded!"

    With a "pop", Lieutenant General Chelsea broke the pencil in his hand, threw it on the combat map, and slumped down on the chair, his face was ashen, he closed his eyes tightly and said nothing.

    The colonel officer asked cautiously: "Your Excellency, Commander, are we still going to Imphal to rescue Ramgarh's troops as planned?"

    Chelsea suddenly jumped up and roared at the top of his lungs: "Idiot! We have been surrounded by the Chinese. We are asking for help. How to save us? Before we get out of Imphal, we will fall into the siege of the Japanese troops. Add to Lamb's  The troops call back and either resist to the end and all die, or surrender to the Chinese in order to save the lives of the soldiers, it is up to the commander of the unit to decide, and the legion headquarters will not interfere! "

    After saying that, Chelsea sat back on the chair slumped like a frustrated ball, and said to himself: "Imphal is the only one left, the last survivor. What the future fate will be, it is up to God!"

    By the evening of May 21, as the sound of guns and artillery on the Ramgarh battlefield subsided, the 5th and 6th brigades of the Directly Affiliated Corps completely annihilated the British and Indian troops at the cost of less than 2,000 casualties.  The first division had more than 13,000 men, of which more than 5,000 were killed on the spot and more than 7,000 were captured.

    To be fair, the troops of the Second Division of the Eastward March Army, which is dominated by Indian soldiers, are quite powerful in combat and resist the most fiercely. The fifth and sixth brigades were able to capture so many prisoners thanks to the Chelsea Center.  Following the general's order, the British division commander wisely chose to surrender when he was desperate.

    Otherwise, under the overwhelming artillery fire of two brigades and four heavy artillery regiments, plus the artillery battalions of each regiment, the rocket launcher battalion of the brigade, hundreds of artillery pieces, and dozens of "Thunder" rocket launchers, the British and Indian troops of the Second Division  Soldiers will never survive more than a few hundred people.

    At this point, in the East India region, except for Imphal, which is under siege, all the troops of the British and Indian troops marching eastward are gathered here, as well as variousAll strategic points fell into the hands of the ** Division troops, and the first phase of the East India Campaign came to a successful conclusion.

    (To be continued) (To be continued Piaotian) This work is recommended by registered literature members
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