For Singh, the only thing that is thankful is that these losses are still within a bearable range compared to the huge force he commanded.

And as long as you guard the Bernhard Pass and wait until your two armored brigades pass through the damn mountain path, you will still have enough ability to encircle Leh in the Pakistan-controlled area and attack the frontal attack.

At that time, when the troops were at the city and building a solid defense line, they could completely differently worry about the uninterrupted harassing attacks of the Pakistani army. Singh always believed that only one head-on battle could kill these hateful fly swatters.

In a telegram sent to the headquarters, Singh mentioned that the Western Route Army has broken through the first line of defense of the Pakistani army and has been making very smooth progress.

Although there were sporadic losses, they were still advancing towards Leh, controlled by Pakistan, strictly following the original action plan. They even mentioned that they "defeated" several face-to-face defense forces of the Pakistani army, and the enemy did not dare to stop the Indian army's troops.

Judging from the telegram, Singh did not lie at all, and all the losses suffered by the troops were reported truthfully.

However, Singer also seems to be a master of literature and art. He uses artistic techniques to process and modify the battle process, fully reflecting his literary level and language attainments during his study in the military academy.

It seems that he is more suitable to be a novelist than a general.

The Indian General Staff believed Singh's remarks without any doubt, because the information obtained from the Eastern Route Army mentioned that the advancement of the front seemed to be quite unsuccessful.

The Indian Eastern Route Army attacking Siba was stubbornly blocked by the enemy in the east. It is obvious that the Pakistani army basically put their main combat forces into this defensive front.

Therefore, it is understandable that the Western Route Army did not suffer much obstacles. Even the Indian Army's General Command was still raising a glass to celebrate the bravery of the Western Route Army, as if the fruits of victory had been swallowed half of them.

The commander-in-chief of India's Kashmir War, General Sam Manekshaw, the chief of the Indian Army's General Staff, although he was not as stupid as others, he still believed that the Pakistani army had a tactical loophole. This gave this opportunity to give the Western Route Army a straight forward.

If everything goes well, it will be a natural thing to occupy the upper Indus River plains, and it will also be able to surround the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir district from behind. This is a pretty good opportunity.

Compared to this, Sam is more worried about whether the United States can put pressure on China diplomatically so that the other side cannot directly interfere in the war. Although Pakistan is a subsidiary member of the Chinese Federation, India is not without diplomatic excuses.

Now it is a reason to support the democratic rights and interests of the Dongba people. It is reasonable in theory, but no matter what, Sam is still a little afraid of the powerful Chinese Federation.

He is a brave and fearless warrior, but he is not a brainless arrogant man. He is brave and brave. Sam Markneshaw is one of the few people in the top Indians who can maintain rationality and has a clear understanding of India's national strength.

He never thought that India is now qualified to compete with the Chinese Federation for hegemony in Asia, and India is not even qualified to become a rival to China.

Needless to say, we will talk about weapons and equipment lightly. India is the world's largest weapon purchaser, while China is the world's largest arms exporter. Just looking at this data, you can tell how big the gap between the two is. Sam even hopes that the Indian Congress can reverse the political trend and actively move closer to China.

But unfortunately, both Gandhi and Madame Gandhi now excluded their neighbors and became friends with mainstream Western powers.

Sam also understands the diplomatic principle of "family and close attacks", but it also depends on the target. For the majestic Chinese Federation, it is probably China who really needs the expansionist strategy of "family and close attacks".

If the Chinese hadn’t focused their expansion on North Africa and Australia, it would be unknown whether South Asia and India could have a good life.

It’s a pity that these political choices are not the turn of Sam, the chief of staff, to make the decision. What he needs to care about now is the military progress of the Indian army and the preparation for war at any time.

Because the battle form has undergone unpredictable changes, it is natural that the original combat plan has to be adjusted appropriately.

According to the changes in the battle situation, the Western Route Army's mission was changed to attack Leh, rather than being only used as a flank force to attack Leh as originally. Since the Pakistani army has arranged heavy troops to guard the Dongdong Valley, it means that Leh's defense power may have become very weak.

The military force is fixed. Sam has been paying attention to the situation in the Himalayas. After the war started, he did not see any Chinese troops entering Kashmir.

It seems that the Chinese Federation is indeed busy with things in the Middle East and North Africa and is unable to take into account South Asia.

Therefore, Sam was also very relieved to let the Western Route Army implement the plan to capture Leh, because in his opinion, if he simply faced the Pakistani army, he would be sure to win.

Once the Western Route Army captured Lecheng, it could quickly rush towards the Eastern Route Army through the highway and attack the Pakistani army defense forces guarding the east from behind. In this way, the results of the battle may be better than originally expected.

Even Sam treats the Pakistani's surrender of Berniehal as a fool, and just handing over an important defensive portal to others, it seems that the outcome of the Kashmir War will be decided.

Although Sam was still a little worried, he still decided to fight to the death and achieve his original strategic goal before the Chinese could react.

As long as the Western Route Army can successfully occupy Leh, the overall situation has been decided for the Indian army's Western Front Battle.

"Haha, this old boy Singh is really lucky. If this plan is successful, then he will be the one who will dominate the unparalleled achievements of occupying all Kashmir."

Thinking of this, even Sam, the chief of staff of the Army, was a little jealous of Singer's luck.

Of course he could not have imagined that Singer had not even broken through the first line of defense of the enemy, but was just consuming the vitality of the troops while moving forward.

The number of soldiers and lost weapons increased every day, but the results were very few. This situation has made the troops frightened because they were afraid of the enemy's irregular sneak attacks, so many people could not rest well.

The highly tense mental state lasted for two days, which brought a sluggish mood to the entire army. All Indian soldiers were infected by a general pessimism and their enthusiasm for combat decreased greatly.

In the continuous battle with the Pakistani army's mobile defense line, Singh had lost a large number of soldiers and armored vehicles, and his army was weakened.

And Singh didn't know that in front of the Western Route Army, there was another insurmountable steel defense line. On the wide and flat land, various infantry trenches and anti-tank trenches would become the nightmare of the Indian Western Route Army.

As the commander of the Western Route Army, Singh was not as happy as Chief of Staff Sam Markneshaw. The most common thing he did every day was cursing the Pakistani army.

Because of being attacked one after another, Singer didn't even sleep well, not to mention the night time. His eye sockets were deep, his beard was curled randomly, and his eyes were covered with dark red bloodshot, and he looked very haggard.

This noble officer from the higher caste is not as elegant as before, and he is more like a gambler who is so angry that he loses his eyes.

After nearly 5 days of pursuit, Singh and his Western Route Army finally successfully arrived less than 30 kilometers away from Leh, where there is an outer defensive position established by Pakistan.

It is a fixed defense area with trenches and machine guns, bunkers and artillery, right on a staggered hill. In this arduous pursuit, the originally orderly unit of the Western Route Army was disrupted.

The formation of armored troops and infantry advancing together could not be maintained. Now it has become armored troops moving forward more and more, while infantry troops are pulled behind. The distance between them has begun to gradually expand.

According to the military combat plan formulated by Sam, the Indian military invested a total of 5 infantry divisions on the Siba front. Two of them were mechanized infantry divisions, and the other three were motorized infantry divisions.

During the century of operations, the mechanized infantry division was mainly equipped with armored infantry fighting vehicles. When the attack formation was maintained, the advance speed of the motorized infantry division was difficult to catch up with the mechanized infantry division.

Singer, who was tortured to the point of being a little dazed, had not received sufficient information for a long time and had a dizzy head, which made his mind fall into an inertial thinking mode.

Singer is now constantly hiding in the horns. In his opinion, since the Ba army is constantly retreating, the Western Army he led should continue to advance until he catches up with these hateful bastards and teach them a lesson.

But I didn't know that Singer didn't even know that the formation of his troops was too scattered.

Due to the different propulsion speed, the distance between the three divisions of the Western Route Army has been increasing, and in this way, it is most likely to become lonely if you leave the large group of troops.

Once you lose the cover of friendly forces, in this vast Pakistan-controlled area, it is equivalent to being surrounded by the enemy. The result is unknown.

On July 2, on the 35-kilometer-long attack front of the West Route Army, the formation that was originally advancing in unconsciously became a state of dispersing three routes.

Located in the middle road, the most prominent troops are the 5th and 8th Armored Brigades of the Western Route Army. The mechanized armored troops of these two have been holding back their anger after they escaped from the mountain road and are now approaching Pakistan's second line of defense.

This time, the enemy's position was right in front of me, and it was one that could not run. The Indian soldiers felt that they could fight well and didn't have to be as cowardly as they have been in the past few days.

To the east of the two armored brigades of the Indian Army, a unit about 35 kilometers behind retreating is the 37th and 26th Infantry Divisions serving as the flanks of the Western Route Army. Both infantry divisions are equipped with a large number of mechanized units, so the speed of travel is not slow and can follow the armored brigade in front of them.

On the west side of the large army are the motorized infantry divisions of the three Indian troops, the 15th, 17th and 49th. Compared with the armored brigade in the front, they are 110 kilometers behind and drag the entire team down.

Singh is now so full of revenge on the Pakistani army that he has ignored the troops located on the west flank, which are too far away from the other two units and are too close to the border of the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir region located on the west.

In such a place, once attacked by the enemy, the consequences will be unimaginable.

To the east of the Siba Front, Dengdong, like Bernighal, is also used as a gateway. They are both corners of the protruding mountain range in the western Himalayas. The protrusions and extensions of the earth's veins form a mountain pass and become a gateway to a natural defensive fortress.

These two places are important linkage channels between Indian-controlled Kashmir and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. From a strategic perspective, the strategic value of Dengdong can be said to be even better than that of Bernhar.

Behind Nibehar there are only rugged and difficult mountain roads, while Dingdong has the only highway for large-scale troops to march directly into the plain valley located in the upper reaches of the Indus River.

The terrain is flat and has sufficient river water for irrigation. In addition, the land is fertile, and it is one of the most densely populated and agricultural economic regions in Kashmir. Its political and economic value is almost comparable to that of the Kashmir Valley in the Indian-controlled area.

Therefore, the Pakistani army could allow the Nibhar garrison to use the method of actively retreating to lure the enemy into the depths, because there were mountain roads there, and there was no important economic zone behind it.

However, Dengdong could only defend himself strictly. If he did not give up his inch of land, once the Indian army broke through here, it would be a disastrous consequence for the Islamic city behind him.

This flat valley located in the upper reaches of the Indus River is cut from the middle by a mountain range and divided into two main parts. These two places suitable for human habitation are in Pakistan-controlled areas.

The defensive position established by the entire Pakistani army in Dengdong is only 100 kilometers away from the Indian-Pakistan ceasefire line. For mechanized armored forces, this is only two hours away.

The arrival of the eastward army is of great significance to the Pakistani army. Once you pass this valley entrance, you can drive straight into the valley above the Indus River.

The terrain is open and it is a ranch where the armored troops can roam.

The horse is flat and there is no natural danger to rely on, and it is less than 200 kilometers away from Leh. If the Indian army's mechanized armored troops advance quickly regardless of everything, they can even reach the city within four and a half hours. If that is the case, the situation in Leh will be really worrying.

It is for this reason that the plan to lure the enemy into depth by the Chinese affairs consultant for the Pakistani army was completely unworkable here in Dengdong.

Due to the different overall strategic situation, compared with Bernhard, Dendong is a position that the Pakistani army must not abandon. Before the decisive battle with the Western Route Army, it cannot be abandoned here. India's Eastern Route Army must be blocked outside the valley entrance.

Therefore, it is helpless to fight a real war of attrition with the Indian army here. Wars cannot be achieved by strategy alone. At critical moments and key locations, you must also dare to compete for strength.

But since we want to fight a war of attrition, we must make full use of defense and terrain. In this war of attrition, our own consumption must be far lower than that of the Indian army. It depends on the defense method and method.

The military adviser from China is now the commander of the Pakistani army's western battlefield, but in fact, every step taken on the western battlefield must take into account the effectiveness of the blocking war in the Dengdong Defense Zone.

Therefore, the Chinese military adviser naturally needed to inquire about the combat situation in the Dengdong area. After making this suggestion to Lieutenant General Amidi, the eastern commander of the Kashmir Ba Army, Lieutenant General Ahmed, the other party felt it was reasonable and he followed the advice of the Chinese affairs adviser.

In the end, even the defense tasks in the eastern region were handed over to the military advisers sent by China, and all the generals of the Pakistani army became subordinates who followed the task arrangements.

From the overall perspective of Dengdong's defense, the choice is nothing more than depth and tunnel.

The so-called deep defense is mainly an assault against mechanized armored forces. Since World War II, both the Chinese Federal Army and the Nazi German Army have adopted tactics such as "blitz war", making large-scale armored group charges a tactic that makes people feel scared.

Faced with such a steel torrent, once the defense line is broken through, the armored troops can quickly divide and surround the enemy, and then defeat them one by one. The tactics are simple and effective, and they are basically unable to resist.

In such a situation, the horizontal defense surface that lacks depth, which is carried out in World War I, with fortresses and bunkers as the core, and layers of trenches and barbed wire as the surface, will become useless after being assaulted by the armored group.

A little breaking surface, the fixed position becomes the target of wanton attack by the armored troops, and it cannot stop the enemy's troops from rushing forward like a tide.

Since tanks became the overlord of land warfare, the armies of various countries have continuously developed various targeted weapons and tactics to effectively deal with such brainless assaults by mechanized armored forces.

The use of a defense model that expands the depth area has gradually been recognized by the military and has become a common infantry against tank tactic.

To the east of the east is a wide and flat land, which is definitely the first choice for armored forces assaults. To deal with the mechanized armored forces of the Indian army here, it is necessary to expand the depth of the Pakistani army's defense to the entire valley and the large rear.

Only a deep defense area that is long enough and wide enough can effectively offset the frontal impact capability of the tank, and then use the flexible maneuverability of the infantry in a local range and the complex tactical execution ability to attack the flanks of the enemy's armored forces, severely damaging the Indian army.

The tunnel is the most critical part of this defensive combat plan, especially the Pakistani army needs to face the Indian army that has its firepower advantage and air superiority.

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