Chapter 963 Engineers

The battle at Mohe Bridge was very tragic, and Ranchi sent his personal army to attack.

More than 15,000 people flanked and raided, and after paying more than 2,000 casualties, the regiment of the Chinese army was finally forced back.

The Chinese army, which was attacked from the front and rear, lost its geographical advantage, and there were too many areas to defend, and the strength of a single regiment was far from enough.

Therefore, they had to retreat, or they would be wiped out.

It was not wrong to retreat, it was wrong that they failed to regain the bridgehead before they left, and failed to blow up the bridge.

In the Chinese army, not all officers are excellent commanders.

The head of this regiment's eyesight was a little bit worse, and he didn't realize the importance of this bridge.

If it were an excellent commander, the moment the Indian army launched a sneak attack, the bridge would be blown up immediately.

Just blowing up the bridge can completely destroy the Indian army's intentions.

After the retreat of the Chinese regiment, the Indian army's large troops, including the luggage, crossed the Mo River smoothly.

When they crossed the Mo River, the main force of the Chinese army also rushed to the east bank of the Mo River.

"Finally completed a combat goal."

Ranchi sighed, this is really not easy.

In the previous few battles, they did not achieve the desired results. But this time, they finally crossed the river before the Chinese army and blew up the bridge.

The bridge closest to here is also one hundred and fifty miles away.

If the armored division of the Chinese army wants to detour, it will take nearly an extra day.

At that time, they had already entered the mountains, and returned to Delhi by detour from the mountains.

"At any rate, it can be regarded as throwing the enemy away."

Although the combat objective was accomplished, there was not much joy on the faces of the crowd.

After all, this was just letting their hundreds of thousands of troops break out of the encirclement, not winning the battle.

The Indian army started to set off, while the Chinese army was preparing to build a bridge on the east bank.

Not long after, a special force arrived.

They are engineers from Dahua, formerly a logistics force, and now they are more specialized.

These engineering soldiers have undergone various skill trainings, and now they belong to the technical arms, and are treated better than ordinary infantry.

Their role is to open roads, build bridges, open ferries, clear mines...

Although they generally don't directly participate in battles, they can always be seen on the battlefield and are very active.

Immediately after the arrival of the sappers, the laying of the bridge began.

There are specialties in the art industry, and the seemingly complicated bridging work is as simple as eating and drinking in their hands.

On the other side of the river, two Indian scouts who stayed to observe the movement of the Chinese army saw this scene and sat down on the ground.

They estimated the speed at which the Chinese army could build the bridge, and it would only take two hours.

For two hours, their large troops were still unable to enter the mountains, and the armored divisions of the Chinese Army were still able to catch up.

At that time, what awaits them will be a catastrophe.

"Can the kind of bridge they build pass armored vehicles?"

One of the scouts asked a companion.

If the armored vehicles of the Chinese army can't pass, then everything is fine.

Just compared to the running speed of the legs, the Indian army doesn't have to worry too much about not being able to run away, and the worst is to throw away the luggage.

However, once the armored vehicles of the Chinese army cross the river, there is no salvation. It is impossible for their legs to run over a car.

"How do I know, you stay here and stare, and I'll report the situation."

said another soldier.

Afterwards, the two acted separately.

"What, the Hua army is building a bridge, and the speed is very fast? How fast?"

Ranchi's large army hadn't gone far, and when he heard the news, he also had a headache.

"It looks like it can be completed in about an hour."

said the scout.

"You are lying, how is this possible. The previous Mohe bridge took three months to complete. But now you say that the enemy can complete a bridge in an hour."

A senior officer did not believe this inference because it was so unreasonable.

However, Ranchi didn't dare to be careless.

According to his personal experience, Huajun often encounters unexpected situations.

Other troops couldn't build a bridge with a span of more than ten meters in a short period of time, but for the Chinese army, all this seemed to make sense.

"Chatur, go and see for yourself. Esso, take your people and set up a defense line in this area. Be sure to stop the enemy and keep the enemy at a distance of one hundred miles from us...... "

Ranchi began to make various arrangements, just in case.

However, he also knew that this kind of arrangement was actually just doing one's best and obeying the destiny.

If the armored division of the Chinese army can really pass quickly, then all his arrangements are just clouds.

If Esso could really stop the Chinese army, they wouldn't need to retreat.

By the time Chatur returned to the Mo River, the bridge was actually almost complete.

The Chinese army has lined up and is passing through in order.

Looking at all this, Chatur could only keep praying in his heart, praying that the pontoon bridge would not be able to pass the armored vehicles.

From a distance, the pontoon bridge seems to be floating with the waves, and it's normal that it can't bear that kind of bulky armored vehicle.

There was nothing he could do but pray.

Chatur's prayer didn't seem to have any effect. A transport vehicle of the Chinese Army took the lead on the pontoon bridge, and then moved forward slowly.

"Hurry up, no problem."

The battalion commander of the engineer battalion shouted a little dissatisfied, the other party drove so slowly, obviously they didn't believe their technology.

Eyes can sometimes deceive oneself. The pontoon bridge that looks like it will fall apart at any time is actually very reliable.

"Hurry up, time is running out."

A senior officer of the Chinese Army also issued a similar order. He simply considered it from the perspective of completing the task. If he wanted to reach the West Bank at the current speed, he didn't know how long it would take.

Subsequently, the vehicles of the Huajun began to accelerate forward.

Although the pontoon bridge looked like it was going to fall apart at any moment, the car was not affected when it went up.

At the same time, some infantrymen also began to cross the river with various river crossing tools such as boats, bamboo rafts, and rafts collected.

The pontoon bridge is specially used for cars, and ordinary soldiers still have to think on their own and support themselves.

When the first car passed the pontoon bridge and reached the west bank of the Mo River, Chatur's binoculars fell to the ground.

It was over, he knew it was over.

In the original encirclement, at least they still had a lot of fortifications, enough to build layers of defense lines, and be able to block the Chinese army.

But now, once the Chinese army catches up with them, the two sides will have a big battle in the wild.

In the field, how could they be the opponents of the Chinese army.

At that time, it will definitely be another defeat.