Chapter 242 Preparations of Both Parties
It was the morning of the third day after the Assam incident.
A reorganized Indian army finally slowly arrived near the western entrance of the Siliguri Corridor.
Thanks to Lucia for providing some satellite images, plus Tianzhu’s own satellites and the reconnaissance of scouts.
After the reorganized 36th Field Division and the 21st Garrison Division sent away some of their wounded, the two divisions gathered together and immediately approached to about 62 kilometers south of Siliguri City.
However, they did not act rashly, but built defensive positions on the spot.
The commander of the 36th Field Division, Vir Walmart, the commander of the 21st Garrison Division, Singh Thakar and others were holding a meeting in a hidden temporary underground bunker.
Singh Thakkar was a white-skinned man with a big beard. He looked at the scout's report with a sullen look on his face. "Damn it! These traitors! They actually set up a large minefield here."
Looking at the topographic map on the sand table, Will Walmart's face also looked unhappy.
The location of the Siliguri Corridor is really too bad.
Especially the western pass that the two of them are facing. The northwest side of the pass is close to Nepal, and the southwest is intersecting with the East Pakistan border.
Just last night.
Dongba, Nepal and Hongsavadi have issued international declarations to uphold neutrality and have won praise from America and a major country in the East.
This directly blocked the possibility of India passing through.
In addition, West Pakistan was ready to make a move on the western border, which made India dare not provoke other neighbors easily. They now only wanted to quickly quell the rebellion in the seven states of Assam and then recuperate for a while.
Will Walmart made up his mind: "We can use rocket launchers to blast a passage."
"But we are short of ammunition. A large part of it was blown up before, and now we only have three basic rockets left," the adjutant reminded.
Singh Thakar was also a little scared. After all, the only two frontline airports on their side were temporarily converted from civil airports.
The fighter jets were also a hodgepodge of 23 aircraft transferred from the Naval Aviation Force, including Mirage fighters, MiG-29s, Su-30s and the like, which were basically the limit of the Indian Air Force at that time.
And according to Tianzhu's own intelligence.
Due to the "rebellion" of the entire Shillong Air Force, Assam now has 150 fighter jets, suppressing India in terms of numbers.
As for Lucia's planes, even if the Russians pulled their active planes over, they would definitely have to remove some sensitive and confidential equipment, which would take at least a month.
This is obviously not enough to quench one's immediate thirst.
Now the two remnant divisions, running low on ammunition, could only watch helplessly as Assam, across the street, continued to build various fortifications and transfer population in the Siliguri Corridor.
Will Walmart turned around and asked, "When will the supplies and support arrive?"
"The first batch of ammunition will arrive in five days, and the support troops... may take at least 13 days." The adjutant replied helplessly.
"Vir, let's wait for reinforcements!" Singh Takkar, who was afraid of death, didn't want to die, because he was a noble Kshatriya.
Seeing the dejected expressions of his colleagues, Will Walmart sighed secretly. How could they fight with such a morale? He waved his hand:
"Postpone it! But the defensive position must be well prepared to avoid a surprise attack by the rebels."
After hearing what Will Walmart said, the officers finally felt relieved.
In the current situation, if we continue to attack forcefully, we will most likely collapse first.
These officers are all from high-caste families. They have powerful families and beautiful wives, but they have no intention of fighting to the death. It is better to let the Dalits do the fighting!
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And near the city of Siliguri.
Inside the Siliguri underground base, Mu Liusha, who was responsible for the management of 22 bases in the Siliguri Corridor area, quickly received the content of the conversation from the opposite command.
"Do you want to carry out a decapitation operation?" asked Guli, the commander of the Sirigurit Combat Division.
Mu Liusha shook his head: "We will deal with them after their ammunition supplies arrive. Now we have to hurry and relocate the population."
Zamba, the head of the Internal Affairs Department, said with a smile: "Don't worry, with the help of railways and roads, we have already relocated one-tenth of the local population to the rear. In addition, some of the population in Darjeeling, Zhemung State, and Zhuyu State can also be relocated."
In fact, this time the flash flood plan not only captured the seven states of Assam, but also the Siliguri Corridor and Darjeeling region in West , as well as the state of Bengal to the north of the Darjeeling region.
At the same time, since Tianzhu has an overseas air force base located within the territory of Zhu, the Zhu territory itself has also been under the long-term control of Tianzhu.
The Field Affairs Department has also infiltrated Zhuyu very deeply. Since they want to take over the Assam region, Zhuyu must not be let go.
Therefore, in this flash flood plan, Zhuyu was also taken advantage of by the Zhiren Company.
Assam, Siliguri, Darjeeling, Zhemung and Dhruva regions were all merged together and included in the jurisdiction of the Assam division.
The total area of these regions is approximately 320,000 square kilometers, and the total population is approximately 55 million.
One of the areas that needs to transfer population is the Siliguri Corridor, which has a population of about 8 million.
Obviously, the comprehensive militarization of the Siliguri Corridor makes it impossible for the 22 underground bases here to be used as population transfer areas.
Based on the current size of the 22 underground bases in the Siliguri region, the maximum population limit is 320,000.
The vast majority of this upper limit of 320,000 people must be soldiers and military and industrial support personnel.
Mu Liusha flipped through the documents and asked: "How many troops has your Defense Department organized so far?"
Gu Li replied: "Six reorganized divisions, nine special operations regiments, and three aviation regiments, totaling about 100,000 people."
"Then how many troops are deployed in the Siliguri area?" Murusa asked.
"Two reorganized divisions, five special operations regiments, and one aviation regiment, totaling about 41,000 people."
Mu Liusha looked at the data of the 22 bases currently under his jurisdiction. The population of the bases here has reached 230,000, and all of them are semi-militia.
With 41,000 regular troops and intelligence advantages, he did not think he would be unable to defend the Siliguri Corridor.
Mu Liusha continued, "We need to strengthen our air defense. Even if we are not afraid of bombing, we cannot indulge Ah San."
Gu Li nodded and said, "The Air Force is already preparing for this. The magnetic field radar we have deployed in the Darjeeling area can basically lock onto most targets due to the high terrain."
"I am very confident about the radar, but the question is how to intercept it? For example, a large-scale saturation attack by rocket artillery?" Mu Liusha asked seriously.
Gu Li touched his chin and said, "There is no good means of interception to deal with saturation attacks. Even the great powers find it difficult to defend. The only thing we can do is to use intelligence and take preemptive measures in time."
Hearing this answer, Muliusha felt helpless. No wonder the headquarters asked the Assam branch to adopt a fully underground mode. It seemed that it was difficult to cope with the saturation attack.
However, Sapiens is not a pushover.
Among all the regions in Assam, the only area that does not need to be completely underground is the special area of Zhuyu. After all, it is not part of India, at least not in name.
Therefore, even if Tianzhu wanted to bomb, it could not bomb the Indian region.
In this way, the Homo Sapiens Company can use Zhuyu as a special logistics base.
