Volume 10, Fight for Hegemony Volume 86: The Indian General Who Has Nowhere to Serve the Country 7
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Yes. A wrong action was born. This action was until a lot of controversy. In his memoir, Lieutenant General Er explained that he decided to send troops to cross the Kjelang River, "Anyway, this action was an integral part of Dalvi's "plan" on September 28; sent a battalion of troops to the Tagra Ridge, and he simply approved a pre-planned action."
This statement caused Major General Feschel to fight back, which also made a counterattack in his memoir.
"Lieutenant General Kaul's statement is unfair! Lieutenant General Kaul actually knew and told him very clearly and repeatedly that in my mind, I never really thought of such an action; I also explained that the so-called "plan" was actually just a false fabrication under the forced force of General Sen. I also clearly pointed out that when sending troops to cross the Kjelang River at that time, eight out of ten would lead to a great disaster."
The mystery of history was left to history to solve, and on that cold morning in 1917, Lieutenant General Kaul made the final decision. Lieutenant General Kaul felt that he had to brag and thus live up to the trust of the Minister of Defense. Major General Feisher's idea was to make a symbolic attack on the Tagra ridge and then escape.
On October 8, after a hurry to have breakfast, Lieutenant General Kaul held a discussion meeting with the officers and the low-level commanders familiar with the terrain. He relied on Captain Mohabier Prashad, an officer of the First Sikh United. He had originally established an outpost with a platoon of Assam's Rifle. Lieutenant General Kaul finally decided that Major Choudhury of the Ninth Punjab United led 50 people across the Kjelang River. He carried out a powerful "pavement" and established a temporary position in Kjehong.
However, after Major Choudhury, who was in a difficult face, reluctantly accepted the task. An unexpected situation occurred. No one of the soldiers of the First Sikh United was willing to risk crossing the river. Different from their superiors, they knew the power of the Chinese on the other side. Those officers might fight for various reasons, and the government paid ordinary soldiers not enough to risk their lives to fight.
"Sorry, sir, but I still have to say that I won't go to that ghost place. The Chinese will beat me to death without hesitation and hang it on the mountain. They are so powerful that I'm afraid!"
"Sir, we only got a little bit of stuff in the hinterland, and rifles that failed from time to time. The Chinese people on the opposite side had guns and cannons. If they were shot, we would die. In fact, the Chinese were already kind enough. They did not take advantage of others' danger. I believe that as long as we no longer angered him, we will still be safe."
Major Choudhury had no right to resolve such complaints. So he had to report this to the Major General at risk of offending the Major General (which is much smaller than the danger of offending the Chinese).
"Well, then okay, each person has 10 gold coins of Elizabeth II, and they will be sued at the same time. If you don't go, what awaits them is the small kitchen of the gendarmerie. It is very safe and everything is covered, which is very suitable for these shameful cowards." The major general gritted his teeth and said these words, but the depression in his heart became increasingly greater. How to fight this battle? Before the war started, people's hearts dispersed to this extent, and the team was difficult to lead. However, all the decisions were made by the lieutenant general, and Major General Feschel didn't want to say anything more.
After the mercy and power, Major Choudhury led his troops to set out quickly. Major General Feschel watched him cross the river and began to go up the mountain. After 3 hours, these talents disappeared into Major General Feschel's eyes. By the afternoon, Major General Feschel received his report that he had been placed in Monk Chong without being hit.
Lieutenant General Kaul immediately planned to send a telegram to the military region and the army headquarters to inform them of the action, and sent another correspondent to bring the message to the No. 1 Bridge Radio (from there to Jimmy Tang and the military headquarters in Teespur). The adventure was successful, and in Lieutenant General Kaul's head, he would automatically remove all the unknown words that were temporarily waiting for, so as not to disturb his excited head.
Major General Feschel was afraid that Lieutenant General Kaul was too excited about his military "success", so he pulled him to the side again, trying to dissuade him and change his decision to continue to stay in the Kjelang Valley.
"Lt. General Kaul, I would like to ask you to approve the withdrawal of the 7th Brigade to the Hadong Mountain Pass, where we can occupy more tactical strongholds. And a position like this is enough to leave a little symbolic force. Only in this way can we gain dual benefits, occupy the position, and effectively defend against the attacks of the Chinese."
"Major General Feschel, your opinion is undoubtedly a wise position occupied by the 7th Brigade below the valley. It is not in line with tactical requirements and is dangerous." Lieutenant General Caul agreed with Major General Feschel, but Major General Feschel was not very optimistic. He has gradually understood the lieutenant general. Lieutenant General Caul's attitude is hidden in a series of but afterwards. Sure enough, the words later verified the major general's guess.
“However, I think in this case, the only option is to push forward to the Tagra ridge rather than retreat. Only in this way can we get enough time to complete
Fortifications of the ground.”
"Lieutenant General, what consequences will you lead to if you do this? The Chinese will attack, and then we will accept the massacre on positions that we cannot defend, and will eventually be defeated thousands of miles. Those positions that could have been good as good defensive will be abandoned in vain because no one is in charge. Then the defense line will be opened and the enemy's iron hooves will step onto the rich Ganges plain."
"Ah! You're right, Well, let's just do it, consider the retreat first." Lieutenant General Kaul seemed to be punched by someone, and suddenly woke up. Finally, he made a relatively correct decision to transfer the 7th Brigade back to Hadong Mountain Pass and Zhang Duo. Major General Feshal happily passed the news to Dalvi.
However, after a while, Lieutenant General Kaul took back his decision and reiterated his decision to stay on the river bank, and within a day or two, he sent a battalion to occupy the Tagra ridge. Feschel's heart sinks to the ground again, and he knows the reason why Lieutenant General Kaul is repeated. The pressure in Delhi is like a huge devil, killing those upright soldiers, and then leaving behind those puppets who do things according to Delhi's will. Under this pressure, Lieutenant General Kaul fights against the conscience that has emerged from time to time, whether to tell the truth, accept the sanctions of the government, or to cater to the government, and become a sinner of the nation, these two ideas are constantly fighting. Now it seems that the little conscience is gone, becoming a broken eggshell, Lieutenant General Kaul abandons his conscience and breaks out.
For the rest of October 8, Lieutenant General Kaul and Dalve walked around the outpost; in the process, he strongly criticized Dalve for not choosing such exposed positions as fortifications. Dalve defended:
"Dear Lieutenant General, I did not choose these positions, and I am even asking to withdraw to the higher hillsides in the south and establish better positions. These orders were issued by you in person."
As a result, this accusation caused serious consequences. The two argued that they had become a circular argument. Both sides seemed to have given up their objective and calm estimates and began to extend the attack to each other's family. This ridiculous quarrel ended with the persuasion of the Chinese position opposite, and the two generals who lost their adults had to return to the position.
When Dalvey told Major General Fasher about Lieutenant General Caul's criticism of him, Major General Fasher tried his best to persuade Lieutenant General Caul. Surprisingly, Lieutenant General Caul agreed with Major General Fasher's view that choosing a place that does not meet the tactical requirements can be said to be not a person's fault, and the better position is located in the south.
But again, it was annoying that no matter how disapproving the line of occupation that was exposed, he would not take the decision to retreat. Major General Fessal conveyed the general thought of his conversation with Lieutenant General Caul to Dalvey, and Major General Fessal tried his best to reassure him to increase his confidence. Lieutenant General Caul would finally agree to transfer the 7th Brigade back to Hadong Pass and Chando Highlands - however, eventually Major General Fessal failed to make Lieutenant General Caul do so.
At this time, the "circus troupe" of the Fourth Army began to come in scattered places - Brigadier General Kakasingh, Brigadier General Lagarward, No. 2 staff officer and others. These people are far inferior to their boss, Lieutenant General Kaor, which took them three days |
9. A "success" and proud - the Chinese have not responded to his Monk Chong's actions; and he was eager to send a battalion of the Ragapchi United to Monk Chong the next day. Major General Feshal went to visit Commander Colonel Li Ke and his soldiers, all of whom camped under Major General Feshal along the river bank.
Li Ke did not have much experience in combat, but he seemed to be confident and decisive. Such an officer actually had no effect. He was full of confidence before the war and would panic after the war. An officer who had been through a long battle should fully consider difficulties before the war and be calm after the war.
However, even such a young man had considerable doubts about whether an attack on Tagra is desirable. His first battalion had a force of only 400, about half a battalion, and what was even more worrying was that his soldiers, like the post of the Ninth Punjab United in Monkong, carried only a bag of bullets and no reserve for ammunition. They had no medium-sized machine guns, only a small number of three-inch mortar ammunition, and by tomorrow they would have only two days of rations.
Of course, Major General Feschel has arranged to put more supplementary supplies on the back of the porter, send them to the monk Chong, and cross the wooden bridge to his future camp, but the porter is an unreliable factor. In short, the supply line depends on the situation and weather in the airdrop area. Therefore, a series of problems in the entire logistics are questionable.
Chapter completed!