Chapter 255: Making Dumplings and Delaying Tactics
Bande, the commander of the 30th Division of the Indian Army, put down the encrypted radio instructions in his hand, and an uncertain expression appeared on his face.
Divisional staff officer Bill Howell also saw the dangerous situation on his side and said: "Division Commander, we must reunite with the 26th Division as soon as possible and then return to Siliguri together."
"Tell the people below to prepare for tomorrow's attack."
"What?"
Band narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't tell the people below about the logistics base and the Burnia Airport. Otherwise, we will be in chaos even without the rebels taking action."
Bill Hall nodded after realizing what was happening: "I understand."
Both of them knew the characteristics of the Indian army very well. Those soldiers were good at fighting when the wind was favorable, but once they encountered an unfavorable situation, they would definitely not obey.
Now Band’s strategy is very simple, which is to move to Siliguri city in the name of attack.
The next day, early in the morning.
Before daybreak, the 30th Division set off quickly and returned along the same route as its previous attack.
Of course, the soldiers at the lower levels only knew that it was another unit “pursuing” the rebels.
However, the 30th Division encountered big trouble just after walking 3 kilometers.
The three armored vehicles in the vanguard were blown up into thick smoke.
Bender's face changed when he heard the news: "Didn't we clear the mines before? Why are there still so many mines?"
"It might have been laid by the enemy's guerrilla squad. I'll have the engineering battalion go and clear the mines right away ." Bill Hall also had a grim expression on his face.
Just to the south, about 14 kilometers away from them, is the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra River. The river here is very wide, with an average width of about 5.7 to 14 kilometers.
Two large Thunder Dragon ground effect vessels hidden under the river suddenly surfaced and deployed 16-tube 240mm rocket launchers.
In an instant, 32 rockets flew into the air.
After launching the rocket, the Thunder Dragon ground effect ship quickly dived and then sailed away.
In the radar armored vehicle of the 30th Division, as soon as the radar soldiers saw the dense signals, they immediately pressed the air defense alarm and launched intercepting missiles.
However, for a rocket traveling at twice the speed of sound, 14 kilometers only takes about twenty seconds.
The interceptor missiles only successfully intercepted three rockets, and the remaining 29 rockets directly hit the convoy of the 30th Division.
The violent explosion left behind huge craters and debris.
Bender, who was desperately protected by the guards, managed to escape the disaster, but when he looked at the devastated convoy, his face was filled with an expression of wanting to cry but unable to do so.
So miserable!
However, before he could recover, a large number of drones appeared in the sky again.
Boom boom boom…
The air defense battalion has tried its best, but facing thousands of small drones, they still feel desperate and powerless.
Under the repeated ravages of the Assam branch, the four field divisions of the Indian Army could not hold out for even an hour and surrendered one after another.
The news of the four field divisions surrendering to the Assam rebels was soon posted online.
Suddenly, India and the whole world were in an uproar.
Although the great powers had discovered Assam’s “inland submarine” through satellite monitoring, the performance of the Indian army still made everyone extremely disappointed.
Vichy, who was at the command center in Burnia City, was now pale and sat quietly in front of the sand table.
He lost!
Tianzhu lost!
The consequence of losing these four field divisions is that the Gangetic Plain in India will be seriously threatened by the Assam rebels.
Now their only way to turn defeat into victory is to use nuclear bombs.
But Vichy knew very well that nuclear bombs had little deterrent effect on the Assam rebels, as they had built a large number of underground facilities, which were very hidden.
Once nuclear bombs are used, it means there is no possibility of easing tensions between the two sides.
The tacit understanding among the Assam rebels not to attack ordinary people would also be broken in an instant.
Vichy sighed, and then ordered Shah Abad: "Let the front-line troops evacuate the western defense line and return to the previous defense line. Now we can only defend."
Shah Abad nodded dejectedly: "I'll have someone build a defense line right away."
The situation they are facing now is the switch of offense and defense.
At the same time.
Inside the underground nuclear bunker in Delhi.
Old man Damo listened to his subordinates' reports, his body trembling slightly, and he roared in a low voice:
"Is this the army of Great India? You bunch of scum... Is all you can do to mess with Billy? I'm so pissed!"
Bang! Damo angrily smashed the pen in his hand onto the map, his body filled with rage:
"Huhu... Where do you spend the tens of billions of dollars every year? If you can't even defeat a rebel army, what's the point of having you?"
Everyone's faces turned red with frustration, but no one dared to refute.
This disastrous defeat was a severe blow to India.
After roaring for more than ten minutes, Damo was finally exhausted and mentally exhausted. He sat down and looked at everyone present:
"Tell me what you think! How should we deal with it next?"
Everyone looked at each other for a few minutes.
A senior official in charge of the economy said: "If we continue to maintain this level of spending, our finances can only support us for four months. In addition, there are signs of large-scale exodus from the people in several states close to the Siliguri Corridor."
This guy spoke very cleverly, without offering any opinions at all, he just stated the facts to everyone and let Dharma and the other hawks handle it.
The hook-nosed old man in charge of military affairs had a gloomy look on his face. He really wanted to fight to the death, but facing the problem of impending financial exhaustion , he seemed helpless.
In recent days, Dharma has sought loans from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, Europe and the United States, but the answers it received were all ambiguous excuses.
Obviously, the separation of Assam and India is something that many forces would welcome.
Whether it is a certain Eastern power or America, they all hope to weaken India and naturally will not lend money to India to tide over the difficulties.
As for Tianzhu's good friend Lucia, the little money Lucia earned from selling resources and arms can't even feed herself, so where would she get the money to lend to Tianzhu?
Bodhidharma was caught in a dilemma.
If we cease fire now, the consequence would be that we might not be able to get Assam back in the future, which is absolutely unacceptable to Dharma.
But if the war does not stop and continues, then there is a high possibility that Xiba will turn the fake war into reality.
By then it will not just be a matter of Assam, but even the Kashgar region in the northwest may be lost.
After the topic was opened, the senior officials of Tianzhu present also began to debate.
But overall, the majority of people want a ceasefire.
Seeing this, Bodhidharma finally made a decision in his heart: "We can stop the war or negotiate, but we will never allow the negotiations to succeed."
After hearing what Bodhidharma said, everyone immediately understood.
It was obvious that Bodhidharma wanted to delay time, allowing India to recover first, and then find a way to deal with the Assam rebels.
No one had any objection to this, after all, they didn't want to lose Assam.
Soon after India strengthened its defenses, it began to spread the word that it wanted to hold ceasefire negotiations.
The whole world was a little surprised at Tianzhu's surrender.
But only the Zhiren Company knew everything about this matter clearly. After all, with the help of the omnipresent Xiaoqiang, the content of the conversation between Damo and others appeared in Chen Jianxiong's hands without missing a word.
Since Tianzhu wants to play a delaying tactic, the Zhiren Company is happy to cooperate.
After all, as time goes by, the strength of Zhiren Company will advance by leaps and bounds, but it will be difficult for Tianzhu to make a leap forward.
Time is on the side of Sapiens.
