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"All Il-28 crews have flown at least once, four or five times more."
"In the self-defense counterattack against India, the burden is actually on your shoulders. If the Air Force cannot provide effective support to the Western Front, I will hold you accountable at the Ministry of Defense of the Air Force General Staff."
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Southern Tibet.Bundila.
Dawang-Derangzong-Bandila, the line poked in is closer to the border of Bhutan. The Chinese side says it is the China-Brazzaville border line, and the Indian side says it is the India-Bhutan border line.
Bundila, in 1962 in the self-defense counterattack against India, our army actually recovered here. On November 1962, 11, Bundila was recovered, and on November 19, it continued to hit Chaku. The Indian army collapsed, and then our army stopped advancing on November 11 and withdrew one by one.
现在，154团1营在邦迪拉、2、3营在德让宗、155团在达旺。对印自卫反击战东线的前敌指挥是张国华，在错那县指挥东线四个方向的地面用兵。
On December 12, Bundila's 15st Battalion noticed unusual movements by the 1th Division of the Indian Army on the opposite side.
In the past few months, the Indian army frequently went to Bundila to provoke our army's control area and fired at our army's positions several times.Our army has built trenches and fortifications. The Indian army's firing of guns will not cause casualties to our army, but our army must also fight back. Usually, it uses machine guns to shoot long bursts of machine guns from left to right when the Indian army comes to make trouble.
Now the officers and soldiers of the Indian army did not come up to provoke. The officers and soldiers of the Indian army who appeared in the field of view of the 1st Battalion acted in a regular manner. Dozens of them found cover, and then two or three of them looked at our army's position with binoculars.
The 1st Battalion dispatched two squads with communication equipment to carry out small-scale reconnaissance, and soon reported important information:
About 10 kilometers in front of our army's position, the Indian army is building a howitzer position!
About one battalion of British-made 88mm howitzers and one battalion of American-made 105mm howitzers. Next to the guns were bouncing and busy Indian soldiers. Some commanded trucks to tow guns, some urged soldiers to dig holes, and some moved from trucks ammunition, and some set up tents to establish artillery command posts.
At 15:4 pm on the 88th, the reconnaissance team reported another piece of information: Another Indian artillery battalion drove over from the road and built a launch position in front of Bundila.This time it is neither the 105 gun nor the 155 gun, but the American [-]mm howitzer!
The situation was quickly reported to Cuona County, Zhang Guohua frowned and thought.
More than 50 howitzers were going to bomb the position of the 1st Battalion.
In the original combat plan, Bundila could be given up, Derang Zong carried out positional warfare to kill a large number of Indian troops, and Dawang Town had to be defended in the worst case-Bandila could be thrown away, Derang Zong can be lost, but Xishankou cannot be lost-Xishankou is the gateway to Tawang, so Tawang must be kept.
"Report this information to Chengdu immediately." Zhang Guohua said.
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On the morning of July 12.
Indian Fourth Army headquarters in Tezpur, Assam.
Commander Kaul is the forward commander of this battle against China.
The 4th Division under the 4th Army is used in the direction of Bandila; the 2nd Division is used in the direction of Pasika.In addition to these two divisions, the 5th Army also has a number of Assam troops and even more bizarre Indian local troops under the 6.7th Army, with a total strength of [-].
The 4th Division is the main force of the 4th Army. During World War II, this division fought in the Middle East, North Africa, Italy and Greece for 6 years-under the command of the British, of course.After India's independence, the 4th Division was regarded as the "standard division" of the Indian Army. Before receiving US aid, the 26th Division had an M4 "Pershing" heavy tank battalion; after receiving US aid, the 47th Division had more An M[-] "Patton" battalion.
"I declare, 'Operation Expulsion', begin!" Kaul ordered loudly with the microphone of the walkie-talkie.
Puffs of gunpowder smoke rose from the artillery position of the Indian Army in front of Bundila. Howitzers of three calibers fired one after another. The position of the 1st Battalion kept dropping shells at a frequency of 2 rounds per second. One kilometer outside the town of Dila, such intensive shelling did not cause any damage to the houses of Bundila.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the shelling began, and the 4 howitzers of the 4th Artillery Brigade of the 51th Division of the Indian Army played the leading role.
At 10 o'clock, the shelling continued.
At 11:[-], shelling continued.
At 11:30, the shelling finally ended.
The 4th Brigade of the 7th Division of the Indian Army dispatched a Rajaput infantry battalion to carefully attack the 1st Battalion's position built on the hillside next to Bundila. At 11:45, when the Rajput Battalion approached a few hundred meters away from the 1st Battalion's position in Bandila, hundreds of 108mm rockets flew from behind the mountain, and the Rajput Battalion fell to the ground at once.
12时，炮兵第4旅恢复炮击。下午2时，拉加普特步兵营继续往前拱。2时40分，拉加普特步兵营的600多名士兵站在了1营的阵地上。
The 1st Battalion withdrew last night, this is an empty position.
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In the direction of Pasika, the 2nd Division of the Indian Army also launched an attack on the mountain in the northwest of Pasika, which is said to be occupied by our army, after artillery preparations.The battle lasted for 3 hours, and the 2nd Division occupied the hill, announcing that the 10 kilometers around Pasika had been cleared of Chinese troops.
But the 2nd Division also had casualties. After climbing to the top of the mountain, the 2nd Division of the Indian Army was covered by 108 rockets, and the coverage was very accurate. Within half a minute, 171 were injured and 60 were killed. The death toll was higher than that of the 4th Division. The Putt Infantry Battalion had nine more men.
In New Delhi, the send-off crowd still gathered outside the airport terminal, and Eisenhower waved to the crowd.For more than four days, the Americans used gold dollars to bend India's attitude. Eisenhower and Nehru also exchanged views on many major international issues. The visit was very effective.
Eisenhower was waiting for the plane to pick up the gangway. At the last minute, the military attache from the US embassy in India appeared at the airport.After he got off the car, he showed his ID card and ran 1 meters all the way to Eisenhower's side.
"The Indian army launched a full-scale attack on the Chinese army in the south of the Himalayas this morning, using a large number of artillery and tanks." The military attache told Eisenhower in a low voice.
Eisenhower frowned.
"Whether the Indian Air Force participated in the battle is not clear, but it seems that all the 6 Indian ground troops deployed in the eastern region participated in the attack." The military attache added.
"Is there a more detailed written report?" Eisenhower asked.
The military attache handed Eisenhower the folder in his hand.The file folder is thin, but considering it was intelligence work done by the US embassy in India within 3 hours, it is already remarkable.
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"Give me a map of India."
After the passenger plane took off and entered a smooth flight, Eisenhower said to the secretary.
The secretary found a map and handed it to Eisenhower, and added: "Now the Pentagon should have received information about the war between China and India. Nathan Twining will definitely call a meeting of the chiefs of staff of the military services to discuss it."
Eisenhower studied the information provided by the US embassy in India for a while, spread out the map, took out a magnifying glass to carefully look at the situation in Assam and southern Tibet, put away the magnifying glass again, and looked at the entire eastern part of India, Myanmar, Yunnan, and Sichuan. These are the hump route areas that he had carefully studied more than ten years ago.
"India chose to go to war at this time, probably because it wanted to create the effect of 'the United States fully supports India's military operations against China'." The secretary said his point of view.
Eisenhower: "It's shrewd diplomacy. Probably over-shrewd. … Let's hope the Indians don't plan to use their air force in war."
"Will this escalate the war?"
"Escalate, then India will pay the price and may even lose the war."
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"On December 12, the Indian army dispatched tanks and artillery to aggressively attack our border guards in the eastern section, causing casualties to our border guard officers and soldiers. All these, with irrefutable facts, exposed the Indian government's failure to The desire to negotiate a peaceful solution to the border issue."
"We demand that the Indian side immediately stop its offensive, immediately withdraw Indian troops from Pasika, Bundila and other places, and reserve the right to demand an apology and compensation from the Indian government."
"If the Indian government does not immediately accept the Chinese government's request, the Chinese troops will resolutely defend themselves, and any Indian casualties under China's self-defense firepower must be fully borne by the Indian side itself."
"The situation is dangerous, and the consequences are serious. We must sue the Indian authorities, not to say that we did not predict it!"
Chapter 244, Nuclear Bomb Train
"Don't say it's unpredictable" was published in the People's Daily on January 1, and the newspaper on the 18th has not reported the Sino-Indian conflict.
因为印度从16号早上打到17号下午，印军第4师第7旅才有大批部队越过邦迪拉，沿着盘山公路向德让宗推进了大约10公里（直线距离6公里），这时候的东线局面看起来才有点儿像印度“撕毁联合公报大规模进攻”的模样。
The reason why people can see India's large-scale attack at a glance is to let the public opinion of all countries see clearly-well, Western countries don't care, mainly the Soviet Union and the socialist camp can see clearly.
It was not easy for Khrushchev to admit that he had "missed his eyes" and admitted that India was not a potential stock that was expected to become a strong ally of the Soviet Union, but an elf who liked to go back and forth between the United States and the Soviet Union.