Volume 10, Fight for Hegemony Volume 87: The Indian General Who Has Nowhere to Serve the Country 8
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The success of the adventure the day before. Lieutenant General Kaul made a very happy decision. The second team crossed the river the next morning (1010, the government proposed "scheduled date"), and established a position on the ridge of u Grah. This was the "stance" used by Lieutenant General Kaul to please the Ministry of Defense. What consequences will the behavior in Zhejiang Central have caused? He has no choice but to worry about it.
Major General Fessal met with the grassroots commanders at the Tiaodong Post. Although Major General Fessal has been suffering from painful worries about the general lack of preparation, the calm and confident attitude of the grassroots commanders to carry out their missions gave Major General Fessal the deepest impression.
Misla of the Punjab United was a first-class leader and set a good example for all personnel. On the 7th, he led Major General Fessal from the First Bridge to Khatun, and then Misla walked back to his post. Since then, he went to Major General Fessal's headquarters every day and returned to his battalion at night. In addition, Misla's army's morale was good, which was mainly attributed to him.
Another commander was Aruwaria of the Ninth Gurkha United, who was tall and thin, and looked like a determined tin-supported officer. From the time he arrived, he spared no effort to settle his troops. The troops were also wearing summer clothes, so Aruwaria chose to build a hidden concave fortifications several hundred yards south of Major General Feshal, so they could all go down and enter the position.
Many of Aruwaria's troops were infected with pulmonary edema and pneumonia and had to evacuate to Munpo. Some died on the road (the only way to evacuate seriously ill places was to follow the path, half-backed and half-supported, or use stretchers made of branches to transport them to the steep slopes and send them to the Hadong Pass). However, he was not disturbed by these unfortunate accidents, nor did he greatly affect the morale of the troops.
Of course, the troops did not have any tools to dig trenches. Therefore, it was impossible to dig the rocky ground. The positions established by the troops were border-like enclosures - to build low walls from the valley. Major General Feschel went around several camps. No matter what stupid things the senior command did or how dangerous the situation was put in, these battalions had performed their best responsibilities, and the credit should be attributed to these commanders and subordinate officers.
Even in the many meetings and informal discussions held by Sadong, these commanders never "complainted" about the shortage of supply. They listened and expressed firm opinions, no matter how many difficulties they were. Always prepared to do their best in absolute adversity, Major General Feschel held the highest respect for them all.
These soldiers gave Major General Fessal the greatest comfort. However, after seeing the officers that often appear on Chinese positions, Fessal once again realized painfully that the grassroots officers of the Chinese did better than India in this regard. Major General Fessal even believed that no matter how good they did, at most they would only narrow the gap with the Chinese. This perception tortures the Major General at all times and made him despair about the end of the war.
In the afternoon, Major General Fessal took time to take a bath. The rest of the troops, like soldiers usually do, went to the river to take a shower and rinse it with the cold water in the river. Major General Fessal should not endure so much. The kitchen of the Assam United burned a bucket of hot water for Major General Fessal, and Major General Fessal thoroughly washed a sponge bath. Major General Fessal has been sleeping in leather boots and clothes, without bringing any changes of clothes. Even in such a cold day, it is a good thing to be able to scrub it once in a hurry. Major General Fessal lowered his head and did not want to see the Chinese bathroom opposite. These luxury guys actually built a solar bathroom on the mountain. It was really hateful.
After eating a lunch of canned potatoes and big cakes (the food for the officers and soldiers three meals a day is the same) and drinking hot tea, Lieutenant General Caul and Major General Fasher retreated to the small shelter and lay down to sleep. Each person had only two blankets, one was covered with one cover, and then covered with Major General Fasher's warm military uniforms, which was not comfortable. Major General Fasher remembered that when Lieutenant General Caul continued his monologue, Major General Fasher kept napping, and occasionally his question suddenly woke Major General Fasher up.
Just as Major General Feschel fell asleep, a terrible and desperate voice woke him up. This sound only appeared at the funeral. It was a lament that abandoned all hope and directly shocked the Major General's heart. Major General Feschel put on his clothes and walked out of the bunker. He noticed that Lieutenant General Caul had already come out and stared at the opposite side.
Major General Fischer turned his head and finally saw the source of all this terror. On the opposite side of Tagra, you can clearly see a series of torch teams, all the flames moving down the mountain. The number of these torches is enough to cover up the stars in the sky. These fire dragons are unswerving. As the mountains wind, the major general can fully imagine what kind of terrible iron army is under the torches. Before seeing this army, Fischer was able to convince himself that India still had a victory.
, but now Feshal knows that his army will be defeated, a mysterious battlefield of control.
This Chinese army crossed the ridge from Major General Fessal to the left - that is, the general direction was toward Monkle, rolling forward as if boundless. This was a terrible and strange scene. Major General Fessal didn't know how Qiao Sheli and his troops felt at Monk Chong, but this scene put Major General Fessal very much pressure on Major General Fessal.
Not long after, Major General Feshal had no doubts: news from Dalvey said that Choudhury had reported that about a battalion of enemies were gathering in the dark, and the enemy would launch an attack by dawn. Choudhury was determined to defend here, but at the same time, he asked Dalvey to be ready to take over his troops at any time.
While thinking about the terrible prospects of tomorrow, Major General Feschel turned and entered the hole: Now Major General Feschel finally woke up completely and could no longer fall asleep. Lieutenant General Caul was also in a depressed contemplation, because the scene of the torch team had dispelled all his "satisfaction".
The next morning Major General Feschel got up - October 10 - climbed out of the institute to see if there was any movement. It was a biting morning. The higher slopes of the Tagra ridge were illuminated by scattered sunlight; but Major General Feschel was at a low place, of course, it was still very dark; only at noon, there was sunshine in the large area of Major General Feschel's valley. Major General Feschel could not see any movements in the Chinese whistle opposite. It seemed that they all went down the mountain that morning, which was an ominous sign.
Major General Feschel made a large cup of tea for himself in the kitchen. After drinking it, he returned to his "bunker" to wash. Biji had already gotten up and was shaving in front of a small mirror mounted on the azalea bush.
At about 6 o'clock, Major General Fessar saw several troops from the Second Lagarupz United, marched up the south bank of the Kjelang River and walked towards the Third Bridge. They were on their way to the "wooden bridge", which was their crossing point. Major General Fessar said to Biji: "I dare to bet you that once they start crossing the river, they will be shot immediately." This only increased Lieutenant General Caul's depression, so Major General Fessar stopped talking. Major General Fessar was not kidding: this time the danger emerged from the heart.
Major General Fessal was hesitating to take a shower. At this time, at about 9 o'clock in the morning, he heard the dense gunshots across the river valley. Major General Fessal ran up the steep slope and stood on the commanding heights; but no action was found on the opposite hillside. The gunshots continued to sound, including automatic rifles, rifles, and sometimes mortars fired. Then, at a higher place in the Chinese position below the skyline, Major General Fessal saw Chinese field guns and was pulling outside from the hidden place they were disguised. Still could not see any movement on the lower hillside near the open space of Monk Chong. Major General Fessal argued that in order to see more clearly, whether to climb to a higher place. However, after climbing a few hillsides, he gave up the plan: the forest was too dense and could not be seen.
The Chinese did not fire, but Major General Feschel clearly saw the endless stream of Chinese troops moving down the outline of the sky top. From such a distance, they seemed like rows of ants climbing down the ant mound. Major General Feschel saw them appearing in different places, with at least two or three people, and when they reached the edge of the woods, they were invisible.
Darvey issued a "stay" order. Major General Feschel saw Major General Feschel's troops squatting in the "wall" and hiding behind their weapons. They used weapons as concealment, and they could not see them from the lower hillside opposite the valley. Here, Major General Feschel still could not see any action, but the Chinese troops must have stood on the position before dawn.
Major General Feschel expected China to cross the river and attack at any time, but they never did. After about half an hour, the gunshots began to disappear in shame; then there was a complete silence. This was unexpected: In that fierce battle, Seng Chong's troops ran out of ammunition within 2 or 20 minutes - the 4th Division's combat potential was so.
At the same time, Darvi received a telegram from Monk Chong through the command post of the Ninth Punjab United. The preliminary radio report said it had been severely hit by about 600 people. Major General Feshar learned that the first impact was repelled, causing the enemy to suffer "significant casualties"; but the subsequent attacks came from different directions and were covered by mortars and heavy machine guns. Then, Choudhury sent a call for the telephone, demanding support from Major General Feshar's main position to provide machine guns and mortars.
That is to say, Choudhury failed. No matter how many enemies he killed, the final outcome was the same. India failed and China won. Perhaps this was the final outcome.
Chapter completed!