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    While the 3rd and 4th companies of the 1st Airborne Division of our army were fighting bloody battles with the Indian army on the Saktiga Bridge, the 5th and 6th companies were also tenaciously blocking the Indian army's crazy attacks at both ends of the Shirkar Highway Bridge.  .  After occupying Siliguri County, Deputy Division Commander Geng Zhi and Liu Feng, Deputy Commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Airborne Division exchanged information and then visited the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Companies.  Then he returned to the Shilkar Highway Bridge from Siliguri County. He saw that the 5th and 6th companies had eliminated a reinforced platoon of the Indian army guarding the bridge and occupied the highway bridge.  The 5th and 6th companies are working hard to build fortifications at both ends of the bridge.  ¡¾¡¿ Geng Zhi is really not complimentary to India's war capabilities. For such an important strategic location as Siliguri, the Indian army only set up a local armed militia and some armed police to defend it. After it was lost, the Indian army responded  It's also really too slow and inefficient.  The attack on the Shirkar Highway Bridge did not begin until 2o morning.  This gave the 5th and 6th companies enough time to carry out battlefield construction, so that the 6th company established a deep defensive position in Durga Village on the east bank of the bridge, and the 5th company calmly established a stable bridgehead on the west bank overnight.  There are carefully arranged machine gun, 4o rocket launcher, 1o7mm rocket launcher and Red Arrow 54 anti-tank missile positions at the 5th and 6th companies at both ends of the Shirkar Highway Bridge.  The 5th Company also established a solid bridgehead position 15o meters to the west of the bridge, burned the woods in front of the position, and completed the clearing of obstacles within 15o meters in front of the position.  Anti-tank mines were also laid on roads and relatively flat areas.  ""The 9th Division began a full-line offensive.  In order to recapture the two major bridges, the road and the railway, over the Teesta River, we must remove the nail in India's throat that is the Chinese airborne troops.  Under the cover of tanks and artillery, the trapped Indian army launched a fierce attack on our positions.  After 30 minutes of artillery preparation, more than 500 officers and soldiers of the 8th Battalion launched a frantic attack on the bridgehead position at the western end of the Shirkar Highway Bridge guarded by the 5th Company of the 1st Airborne Division.  On a hill in Durga Village, Geng Zhi personally controlled the Red Arrow 54 anti-tank missile on a paratrooper infantry fighting vehicle. He locked the Centurion tank at the front 1500 meters away through the sight.  During the tracking process of the target, the missile launch rail on the roof moved synchronously with the sight, so that the launch direction and the aiming direction were always consistent. After he pressed the launch button, he carefully observed the flying missile body.  With the red light emitted from the upper tracer tube, his right hand was ready to adjust the direction of the missile movement. Thirteen seconds later, the single-cone warhead of the Red Arrow 54 anti-tank missile accurately hit the front left side of the Indian Army's Centurion tank.  On the front deck of the storage compartment, the Red Arrow 54 anti-tank missile warhead broke through the armor and produced a violent explosion inside the tank. At the same time, it detonated more than 60 83mm artillery shells carried in the storage compartment.  The conical cast turret of the Centurion main battle tank was raised more than two meters high. More than 60 83mm shells carried by the tank flew in all directions, causing secondary damage to the infantry attack group following behind.  An Indian Army Centurion tank hidden in the woods suddenly took off its camouflage and rushed out of the woods with a huge roar, followed by an Indian infantry attack group.  Zhao Dekui, a rocket launcher in the 1st Platoon of the 5th Company, put down the automatic rifle in his hand and quickly picked up the 4o rocket launcher beside him. He stared at the tanks that were constantly charging towards his position, and pulled out an anti-personnel rifle from his back with an expressionless face.  The armor bomb was loaded into the rocket launcher, and then he put down the bracket in front of the rocket launcher calmly, with a frightening murderous look on his face.  He aimed at the cockpit on the right side of the Indian tank through an infrared sight and pulled the trigger.  There was a loud "boom" sound, and the rocket hit the tank. Under the impact of the collision of the rocket body with the tank, a high potential difference was generated at both ends of the ceramic piezoelectric crystal. This potential difference was connected through the wire and the electric detonator of the tail fuse.  , like an electronic lighter, burst out an electric spark to detonate the electric detonator, causing the highly explosive gun installed in the warhead to explode. The explosion wave pushed the cover body to form a metal jet, penetrated the steel armor, and sprayed onto this unfortunate person.  On the chest of the Indian tank driver, the hot metal jet instantly steamed the driver's chest. The huge high temperature and high pressure generated by the explosion threw the double hatch cover that opened to the left and right in the cockpit high into the air.  In just 10 minutes, under the attack of various anti-tank weapons of our army, the western end of the Shirkar Highway Bridge turned into a cemetery of Indian tanks in front of the position of the 5th Company of the 1st Airborne Division.  Of the 36 Centurion tanks dispatched by the Indian army, only 4 tanks following behind saw the fate of their accomplices and turned around and ran away, which was lucky enough to avoid being killed.  The Indian infantry group following the tank lost the cover of the tank and was unable to move forward in the face of the powerful firepower of our airborne troops. The Indian soldiers suffered huge casualties.  The situation is embarrassing, unable to advance or retreat, and the situation is desperate.  Heroes always appear in times of crisis, and Lieutenant Colonel Cornell, commander of the 8th Battalion of the Indian Army's Madras Wing, acted as the hero this time.     hero!  What is a hero?  A hero is someone who does something he knows he can't do.  Lieutenant Colonel Cornell, commander of the 8th Battalion, resolutely ordered the Indian soldiers to fix their bayonets and prepare to rush into our position.??I started hand-to-hand combat.  Completely ignoring our military firepower and his own safety, he was the first to rush forward and led his men to charge while waving his pistol.  After picking up the Lee Enfield rifle of an Indian soldier who fell beside him, he led the remaining members of his army into the 15o-meter open space in front of our position where bullets were flying.  His heroic feat greatly boosted the morale of Indian soldiers.  They howled in unison and rushed towards the 5th company's position.  But in the hearts of brave people, there is no way to compete with bullets and cannonballs.  Lieutenant Colonel Cornell's unparalleled courage was ended by the deputy commander of the 1st Airborne Division.  Geng Zhi saw this scene through the telescope, and he immediately used the 14.5mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun on the infantry fighting vehicle to kill the Indian lieutenant colonel who dared to act stupid and act like a stunned hero in front of the Chinese airborne troops.  The holster was inserted into the scope, and just when Major Cornell stopped to prepare to shoot, Gengzhi pulled the trigger.  After a 14.5 mm bullet flew 1200 meters in the air, it ruthlessly penetrated into the head of the Indian hero and immediately smashed his head to pieces.  It is said that the Madras United has a martial tradition, showing tenacity and indomitable spirit in battle, and even committing suicide.  The Chinese 1st Airborne Division greatly satisfied the strong desire of all the soldiers of the 8th Battalion of the Madras Wing, known as the "Red" and "Salt" Wing, to commit suicide collectively.  Steel ball anti-personnel bombs fired from 4o rocket launchers exploded among the soldiers of this regiment, which has a long history in the Indian army and is composed of many Indian ethnic groups; in the rain of bullets from the Type 51 automatic rifle, these brave and dedicated soldiers were brave.  Indian army elites fell in droves.  The Madras United was founded in 1746. In 1746, the British colonialists began to recruit Madras people as soldiers, who were called "indigenous soldiers" by the British at that time.  Because in the early days of its formation, the soldiers of the regiment wore red clothes and trousers with blue trim, they quickly became famous as the "Red Coats".  Because of their dedication, they were deeply appreciated by the British colonialists, and their troops were quickly expanded.  During World War II, the Madras United fought in Burma, Italy, and North Africa.  The Madras Regiment is composed of soldiers of all ethnic groups in India. Whether they are Hindus, Christians or Muslims, they all pray in the same prayer hall of the Regiment.  There is basic harmony among the various sects, with few outstanding conflicts.  No matter what sect they belong to, they all gather in a large dining hall to eat and eat the same food.  And because of the unique tradition that the recruits who joined the Madras United had to take a bite of salt from the silver plate after the oath-taking ceremony at the end of the training, this unit was also called the "Salt" unit.  ??Whether it is called the "Red Coat" Alliance or the "Salt Bar" Alliance.  After passing more than 500 Indian officers and soldiers of the 8th Battalion, except for a hundred and eighty people who fled back to the woods, they were all thrown into this open area.  This added a lot of color to Ah San's heroic team.  After this attack failed miserably, the Indian army concentrated its artillery fire on our army's bridgehead fortifications. Our army's 1o7 single-barrel rocket launcher also used steel ball anti-personnel bombs to suppress the Indian army's artillery positions. Soon the Indian army's artillery fire  It dropped sparsely.  The tank regiment of the 3rd Heavy Armored Division of the Indian Army hastily launched several assaults on the position of the 5th Company of our 1st Airborne Division without adequate artillery preparations.  Except for dozens more tanks, hundreds of corpses and nearly a thousand wounded, nothing was found.  The gates to the two approaches to northeastern India are always firmly in the hands of the 1st Airborne Division.  After repeated failures, the 3rd Tank Regiment of the Indian Army cursed the commander of the Indian 4th Division, Major General Prashad, for not being a thing.  It was clearly agreed to advance from east to west and attack China's few airborne troops from both sides, but there was still no movement from the 4th Division to the east.  Lieutenant General Umrao Singh, commander of the Indian 4th Division, Major General Prashad, acting commander of the 33rd Army of the Eastern Military Region, asked his 4th Division to attack the Siliguri area and the 3rd Tank Regiment of the Southern Military Region.  , to open up the Siliguri Corridor from the north to the south. Ten people will not obey this order, but a hundred people will not be angry.  After returning to Tezpur of the Fourth Army, he originally wanted to send a telegram to the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Sixth Army to complain about the reasons why he could not accept the order of Lieutenant General Umrao Singh, acting commander of the Eastern Military Region.  At the tactical headquarters of the 4th Army in Tezpur, he saw that everyone in the entire headquarters was panicked and the headquarters was in chaos.  Everyone is preparing to escape, but no one knows where to run.  Panic spread rapidly among the Indian army like a plague, and Major General Prashad's psychology was also put to a great test.  He kept comforting himself that maybe the situation was not as bad as the legend said.  Major General Prashad was sitting in the temporary headquarters of the 4th Division in Tezpur, wrapped tightly in his long-collar coat, anxiously waiting for his only two remaining brigades - the 4th Artillery Brigade and the 5th Artillery Brigade.  He spent the night in extreme panic.  In this cold night, he was constantly awakened by nightmares.  On the morning of the 21st, Major General Prashad finally waited for the 4th Artillery Brigade, which had withdrawn in embarrassment from the Bangshan Pass and Tawang areas.  Brigadier General Rajkuvasinghe, commander of the 4th Brigade, took the black tea with milk handed over by the Lieutenant General's orderly with his trembling hands.After taking a few sips, he still said with some lingering fear: "As soon as we left Tawang, the Chinese caught up with us. They were chasing us closely. Our rearguard troops continued to fight against the Chinese pursuit.  There is a firefight between the troops. It is estimated that the Chinese ** team will arrive here at the latest tonight." "Are the troops suffering heavy losses?" Prashad asked with concern.  Brigadier General Rajkuvasinghe, commander of the 4th Artillery Brigade, tilted his head and poured the last bit of tea into his mouth and said: "The 3rd Battalion, which serves as the rearguard, will definitely not be able to come back. Almost all the heavy equipment was abandoned on the road."  "Why not destroy it!  You are siding with the enemy." Prashad angrily interrupted Brigadier General Raikwar Singh and asked, "Are we going to let the Chinese use our equipment to attack us?  "Ha, ha," Brigadier General Raikuva Singh, commander of the Fourth Artillery Brigade, replied with a wry smile: "Major General Prashad, you think the Chinese will want our rags. I saw with my own eyes that they captured us."  The weapons were piled together and blown up with guns.  General Prashad, don't you really know that their 122mm rocket launcher can be carried on one person's shoulders?  Their weapons are so advanced that we can't even imagine." "Report," a staff officer came in and reported loudly: "The 5th Battalion of the 5th Brigade and the 5th Battalion of the Assam Infantry Regiment have withdrawn from the Luoyu and Xiachayu areas.  The commander of the fifth brigade, Pudya, is outside." Major General Prashad waved his hand and said, "Let him in." Then he said to Brigadier General Rajkuvasinghe in a very depressed mood. "It looks like we really have to go.  " After listening to the brief report of his two brigade commanders, Major General Prashad said: "Okay, you go back to organize the troops immediately. We decided to set off immediately and march towards Siliguri.  " At this time, he was very lucky that Lieutenant General Umrao Singh had given the "job" of opening up the Siliguri Corridor to his 4th Division, otherwise he would have been left here. Although his 7th Brigade was hit*  The 7th Brigade was completely wiped out, but he still believed that the problem was that India took China too lightly. The 7th Brigade was completely wiped out by the Chinese ** Team and it was an accident. He always believed that the Chinese were also wiped out.  Even if they are capable of fighting, how can an airborne force of more than 1,000 people fight for several days without heavy equipment and withstand attacks from two fronts by two east and west divisions and a heavy armored tank regiment?  He is confident enough to open up the Siliguri Corridor.
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