Chapter 1418 The Fall of Dhaka

At this point, everyone understands that the countdown to the war in East Pakistan has begun, and the term East Pakistan is about to become history.

The entire Dhaka has been besieged. The Pakistani garrison in this capital of East Pakistan is in unprecedented chaos. News that the Indian army is going to put all the soldiers who have suppressed the Bengalis in the past year on trial spread like wildfire. Although this This news has not been confirmed, but it has already had an impact among the defenders.

Alan Wilson released a piece of fake news thousands of miles away, which resulted in such a result. Naturally, he did not expect it. He did not release the fake news in the hope that it would be effective. The fundamental reason was that Pakistan had nothing to do with him. So why? What if you don’t do it?

How many people die in Pakistan and India has nothing to do with the UK. The extra deaths are to reduce the burden on Mother Earth. On a macro level, they are also doing this for the sake of environmental protection.

"If Dhaka resists to the end, it is too early to say that the war is over." The Ministry of Defense, Marshal Charles, the British Chief of Defense Staff, talked to Alan Wilson, who was a guest, about his own understanding of this war. .

Dhaka is the capital of East Pakistan and also the largest city. Once it holds on to the end, it will be difficult for India to capture it.

Alan Wilson nodded, but did not agree with this argument, and said, "Marshal, from November 21st to now, a month has passed in the blink of an eye. In fact, judging from the trend, the Indian army The offensive is getting smoother and smoother. The border operations did not go smoothly at first, especially the main attack direction on the western front. But as time goes by, the Indian army captures the cities defended by the defenders faster and faster. Half of the In recent months, according to the war reports released by India, almost every announcement is accompanied by the change of hands of a city."

Perhaps at the beginning, the Pakistani defenders on the defensive side learned the news from a major country that India was going to launch a full-line offensive because of the meeting ceremony of the first ambassador to China, and were not caught off guard by the sudden attack by the Indian army. At this stage The Indian army's combat results were insignificant and even boring.

However, after successive breakthroughs on the northern and eastern fronts, and as the Pakistani defense line on the western front was torn open, the Indian army's offensive suddenly became much smoother. As more and more cities were occupied, India suddenly Having found the feeling of being the third in the world, they attacked like mercury pouring down the ground and captured the towns around Dhaka like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

"Perhaps the Pakistani army has reached a critical point, and the possibility of fighting to the end certainly exists, but it is more likely that it is on the verge of collapse. This kind of thing has not never happened on land. On the Soviet-German battlefield, the Soviet Red Army entered a After 1944, the offensive force has surpassed the German army. Not only will they win a battle, but they will also suffer less losses than the defending German army. Even if the German army defends a city very well, it often cannot hold out for a few days."

Marshal Charles nodded and said, "Yes,

This is indeed the case. By 1944, the German army suddenly could not defeat the Soviets. "

"Germany's elite soldiers have suffered all casualties, and the newly recruited soldiers are no match for the Soviets. They are as powerless as a drowning wildebeest facing a crocodile. Although the war never stops for a moment, in theory, the new recruits can fight in the war Get exercise."

Alan Wilson shrugged and said, "So obviously the war has been going on, and the German command structure is also there, but the German army suddenly is no match for the Soviet Red Army."

The German army is already a rare strong force in the world, and it still cannot avoid this. The German army also has local support, unlike the Pakistani army which has offended the Bangladeshis.

As for why Germany did not carry out general mobilization and was late in transitioning to a wartime system, these are all excuses.

In fact, the reason why countries carried out general mobilization in the First World War was not to fight, but to demonstrate to their opponents through general mobilization. As a result, mutual mobilization triggered a chain reaction. You mobilized and I mobilized, and war started.

World War I was a war for which all countries were unprepared, but World War II was not. Long before the outbreak of World War II, the European countries involved had already realized that the war was approaching. Poland, with a population of less than 30 million, had already There are millions of troops preparing for war.

Even before the war began, all countries had already prepared for a world war, and there was no need for general mobilization.

All countries participating in the war knew their own strength, but they did not understand the strength of their opponents. It was a war fought openly.

As for Pakistan now, if the Dhaka garrison is still fearful of surrendering due to the false news released by Alan Wilson, that's okay.

I am afraid that with East Pakistan almost alone, the morale of the Dhaka defenders has collapsed, and it will be difficult to save them. The Azov Battalion once said that it would resist to the end.

It can only be said that there are two possibilities. From the British perspective, the materials have been prepared since the Bangladeshis fought for independence.

It can be said that the UK's preparation time is no later than India's. As long as it issues an order to the Far East Joint Operations Command, it can rush to the battlefield without any preparation.

What will happen? Although Alan Wilson is thousands of miles away, isn't his great son watching in Sikkim? Thinking of this, Alan Wilson feels a lot more relaxed.

Jamalpur is one of the gateways to Dhaka, and it is now the only place still under the control of the Pakistani garrison. Earlier, the Indian army had been unable to capture the Kamalpur-Jemalpur axis after a bitter battle. The Kamalpur post on the mountain was defended only by a company of the Balchi Road Battalion, but it repelled the Indian attack several times the size of a reinforced brigade in consecutive days. It won the respect of the enemy and forced the Indian army to besiege it. .

After plowing the ground with heavy artillery, the Indian Army captured Kamalpur, and the 95th Indian Army Brigade divided into three groups to encircle Jamalpur. The Indian army launched an attack the next day. They first conducted a tentative attack with two battalions.

After artillery preparations by the air force and artillery, a large-scale attack began. At the same time, the Indian army transferred another brigade for reinforcements, occupying an overwhelming advantage in strength.

The defenders held the Jamalpur Fortress for two days and two nights with an absolutely inferior force. The Pakistani army command believed that the strategic goal had been achieved and ordered the defenders to retreat. The remaining troops secretly moved towards Dhaka under the cover of night. But at this time, Jamalpur was completely surrounded by the Indian army, and it was difficult to withdraw from the encirclement without being discovered.

Sure enough, the 1st Light Infantry Battalion of the Indian Army discovered the retreating Pakistani army and blocked the way. The Pakistani army took advantage of the fact that the main force of the Indian army had not yet arrived, concentrated its firepower and fought its way through three lines of defense of the Indian army. After a fierce battle, it finally broke out of the encirclement.

At this point, the last gateway to Dhaka has been captured, and the entire Dhaka is under heavy siege. Soon the objective and neutral British reporter informed London of the incident. Later, David from Sikkim also confirmed the news. Informing Whitehall is a validation of Dhaka's situation.

After surrounding Dhaka, the Indian side began to send people to persuade the Dhaka defenders to surrender. The facts have become very obvious. Can a lonely city still make a comeback?

In the western battlefield of the India-Pakistan war, Pakistan's containment operations also failed. India not only successfully defended Pakistan's attacks on the western front, but also occupied Pakistani land.

"Christmas is December 24th." Alan Wilson stared at the calendar and suddenly remembered a famous saying of the Five-Star Emperor. It seems that this time the war will be difficult to sustain until 1972. What a pity.

On this day, the Pakistani garrison in Dhaka purged the prisoners held in Dhaka with the sole purpose of erasing the traces of their existence, because if these people are released from prison, they may be accused of crimes in the process of suppressing Bangladesh. , the purpose of this operation is to settle everything once and for all.

National Liberation Army, Bengal Rifles, Bangladesh Liberation Force, Rashtriya Janata Dal and other paramilitary organizations and militias.

Students, workers, farmers, nationalists, left-wingers, radicals, rebel soldiers and police who were members of the resistance movement, as well as intellectuals including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers, writers, etc., were all included in the scope of execution.

After receiving the order, Pakistani soldiers drove tanks and heavy weapons and advanced into Dhaka University. Teachers and students woke up from their sleep, and gunshots and cries rang out in the campus. In order to control the campus as soon as possible, the military directly entered the dormitories and began to massacre "indiscriminately" to silence the students forever.

The number one target of this purge is intellectuals. In the narrow sense, it means the opponents of West Pakistan, and in the broad sense, it means all the intellectuals and elites of the Bengali people.

Dhaka University, a university established during the British period, is also famous all over the world. It and Kolkata were once the core areas of British rule before the First World War, but this day was tortured by blood and fire.

After everything was done, the East Pakistan garrison commander Niyaki sent people out of the city to negotiate with India's latest 95th Brigade Commander. The two sides negotiated, agreed to a ceasefire, and accepted India's demand for unconditional surrender. Representatives of the two armies signed the surrender letter, and Niaqi then ordered the Pakistani army in East Pakistan to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Indian army.

The news that all of East Pakistan had been captured spread like a storm throughout India. Radio, newspapers, and even word of mouth were full of praise for Indira Gandhi.

The Indian Awami League, the predecessor of Modi's political party, also published the leader's public speech, recognizing Indira Gandhi as India's Ganges goddess and having unshakable absolute authority over the entire India, and the Indian Awami League firmly supports All the decisions of Indira Gandhi.

At the same time, there was deathly silence across Pakistan, and newspapers published large black-framed headlines: East Pakistan, I cry for you.

In the name of reporting on the heroic deeds of the Indian army, I, the British journalist, proudly held up my chest and followed the Indian army into Dhaka, the capital of East Pakistan. Maybe it won't be long before its prefix will become the capital of Bangladesh.