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Nehru: "What can these two divisions do in Bongaigaon?"

Menon: "Prevent the Chinese army from attacking westward after invading the Great Plains and occupying the Siliguri Corridor."

Nehru: ...

"Menon," Nehru uttered the question he had been unable to figure out these days, "what will happen if we mobilize 15 to 20 troops to fight in the east?"

"Who advised you?"

Nehru: "American."

Menon closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then opened them again: "This is a trap."

"Americans want to see us fail?"

"The Americans want us to fight China well into the 21st century."

Menon said, "Mr. Prime Minister, we still have the possibility of peace talks with China, but if 15 soldiers disappear in eastern India, and every state, every city, and even every town has family members of soldiers who died in war, this kind of The possibility does not exist. The Americans want a pair of feuding countries in Asia, just like France and Germany after 1871."

Chapter 253, If you want to continue fighting, you have to increase taxes

Indian Defense Minister Krishna Menon has no military experience, but he started out as a lawyer and has worked in the workplace and political circles for decades. He is familiar with the ways of doing things in the British and American political and legal circles, so he came to this judgment.

Menon's words awakened Nehru, and he has been pondering what the Americans' proposal means these days.Is it because the Americans feel that China's military input is limited, and the victory can be won by swooping with a crowd of people?Or as long as India makes this gesture, the United States will intervene in the Sino-Indian war?

Menon's answer to Nehru split the night sky like a bolt of lightning: America wanted the war between China and India to last forever.

"Krishna, why did you advocate launching an attack on China a month ago?" Nehru couldn't help complaining.At the beginning, he also hoped to talk to China, but in the past six months, his will has been gradually distorted by the people around him—senior congressmen, government ministers, defense ministers, and chief of staff.

Menon: "Sorry, my fault. Before this, I didn't know enough about the real combat effectiveness of our country's armed forces."

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If India and China fight to the end, they will consume a large number of troops, weapons and equipment, ammunition, and pensions for casualties, which will add huge financial pressure to India.Even if the United States claims to provide assistance later, it may not save much money, but it will gradually make India lose its independent diplomacy.

Moreover, anyone can understand the current battle situation. Even if the logistics of China's ground troops are greatly restricted, and they can only dispatch infantry, and the number is not very large, but in the mountainous areas of southern Tibet, India's motorized troops and armored troops cannot send them. Useful.

There is also the most troublesome thing in fighting in eastern India: air supremacy.

The commander of the Second Division was shot dead by Chinese planes on December 12.The acting division commander lasted for four days, and died on December 23 along with 12 staff officers of the headquarters.The acting division commander or the third division commander was a clever man, who ate and lived with the soldiers and moved the division headquarters to Tespur, so he has been alive.

Make a peace to end the war?Then the Nehru government will face a crisis.

Since Gandhi, the concept of nationalism that has gradually emerged in India was at its peak in the late 50s. Indians (of course, Indians above the middle class who are literate in a narrow sense) are very patriotic and feel that India should be a country with the old European Emerging countries where great powers are on an equal footing are "the bearing of the Eurasian world island" (as written in Nehru's own book).

Now if the government says that we were beaten up by China and we have to negotiate a truce with China, guess what these Indians will think.

Nehru considered for several minutes and concluded that if the fight continues, the government will definitely collapse.If there is a dialogue and truce with China, the government has an 80% chance of collapse.

No matter which way you go, it's bad luck.But if you choose the latter option, at least there is still a glimmer of hope to stay on stage.

When Nehru became the prime minister, he didn't actually want to win by force, he wanted to win by culture... Wrong, his goal in power was the nation-building of India.

India's second five-year plan was helped by the Soviet Union. Although Soviet experts complained that India's industrial construction was not well implemented, India's development has indeed accelerated in recent years.

Nehru also understood very well that the development of India in the past 10 years was due to him and his government exhausting various means and fighting against Indian lords, serf owners, religious aristocrats, and various feudal forces to carry out the policy.If he is kicked out of office, India's industrial plan will most likely be ruined.

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"Negotiating with China, it's just that we are determined, that's not enough." Nehru said.

"China is also willing to negotiate, and they have issued a statement for the second time that the ultimate goal is a peaceful settlement."

Nehru: "No, I mean, there will be many people in the country who are opposed to peace talks with China, but it is not enough if we both agree."

"China says they won't cross what they consider to be the border," Menon said. "If that's the case, they will stop attacking very quickly because the Chinese army is already approaching the line in both directions. If China and India All cessation of hostilities, and the fanaticism in the country will slowly subside."

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Zhongnanhai.

"It's just a border dispute, and the two sides can sit down and talk. We negotiated with him in good faith. Didn't he think about Nehru insisting on coming to fight, and what happened now? He should have thought about the consequences. "

The chairman shook his head, "I really don't understand Nehru's way of thinking. Well, how many times have you met Nehru? Does this person like to play tricks?"

The Prime Minister also shook his head and expressed his incomprehension: "Perhaps under the interference of certain external conditions, his judgment and thinking ability have gone a little bit off."

"The Indian ambassador to China came to us a few times in December, and he didn't say a word after New Year's Day. This is not good." The chairman said, "Since he is embarrassed to come to us, let's invite him to come out and talk. Talk about China A truce with India."

Mr. Peng: "It is now January 1th. Most of our troops on the front line have advanced to the limit, and we can stop the offensive."

"Boss Peng, you said earlier that many Indian troops fought World War II, and now they are equipped with British and American weapons, and their combat effectiveness is at least no worse than that of the main force of the Kuomintang army. But..."

"It was true that they were overestimated before." Mr. Peng returned to the Prime Minister.

Chairman: "You also discuss matters between China and India. Is it possible to return to a peaceful state? If we propose to sit down and talk, will the Indians agree?"

The chief accountant said it was difficult to say.Boss Zhu doesn't think so.

"This may require us to make some gestures," Lin Sanhu said, "to express our hope for peace. In addition to stopping the offensive, we can also release the prisoners, and even return some of the weapons that were captured to them."

Su Yu: "In the direction of Pasika-Dadong, our logistics supply is very tight, and now the captives have become a burden. There are more than 1000 more mouths to eat, and there is no road for evacuation, even if they are sent back to Medog or Milin. , the traffic in those two places is also poor, and it is difficult to support the captives. These more than 1000 people can give them a favor."

Mr. Peng: "Your general staff also has a branch plan, which is to fight eastward from Bandila to recover Beimen and Jiluo. More than 700 people in India have been buried, so let’s talk about a ceasefire after this battle.”

Su Yu nodded: "It is estimated that tomorrow, the afternoon of January 1, the battle will be over. There will probably be thousands of prisoners in the direction of Walong. We don't want these people either, let's send them back."

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Xi'an.

Nuclear material production plants are located near Dabaotou, and the nuclear bomb assembly plant is in Xi'an.

The "Fufeng Third Machinery Factory" in Fufeng County has already produced two nuclear bombs: "Qiongqi" and "Hundun", both of which have now been shipped to Lop Nur.The third "梼杌" is being assembled in the workshop, and the fourth nuclear bomb is still in a semi-finished state. Since it has not yet been decided to use the fourth nuclear bomb for nuclear testing, this nuclear bomb has no nickname.

"The first test atomic bomb, the second test puff pastry nuclear bomb, and the third test radiation implosion hydrogen bomb, with continuous test explosions at intervals of 9 to 10 days. If all three nuclear bombs are successfully tested, the whole world may have to Go crazy." In the corner of the workshop, Tang Hua said to Deng Jiaxian.

In front of their eyes, the inner core of "梼杌" has been fully assembled, just waiting to be put on the outer shell.

...The processed uranium-235 is not very radioactive, and workers wearing protective clothing can directly pick up uranium blocks with pliers in their hands.Tang Hua is now more than 20 meters away and a protective door with glass windows to watch the nuclear bomb, and there is no problem.

Wu Wu left the casing unassembled, waiting for the first nuclear bomb to explode.

Yu Min and Deng Jiaxian are not sure whether Qiongqi’s explosion yield is accurate. The explosion yield determines how much energy and how dense the X-ray and neutron flow can be provided by the nuclear trigger inside the 梼杌. If the yield is obviously less than the theoretical calculation at the time of design, Then Wuwu needs to readjust the internal structure.

Of course, if Qiongqi's complete and 100% test explosion is successful, then Wuwu will put the shell on and pull it to Lop Nur.

Deng Jiaxian: "It depends on whether Yu Min's design is completely in line with the results of theoretical calculations."

"If the theoretical calculation is correct, the fission equivalent, fusion equivalent plus deep fission caused by neutrons, the equivalent of Wuwu should be 100 to 110 million tons of TNT. But if the theory is flawed, the equivalent will not be so high, as low as six 70 tons is also possible." Yu Min said the current situation very rigorously.