If it weren't for these battlefield photos, how many netizens would regard fighting back against India as a "play"?

? Talking from the Indian tanks captured by the PLA

I heard a joke about a movie made in Bollywood, India the other day. The protagonist looks ferocious, guns can't kill him, and there can be a lyric dance of caravan on the battlefield. At that time, I couldn't help feeling that this "anti-Japanese drama" began to be exported. It seems that its great contribution will be mentioned in the history of world film and television art in the future.

The fact is, ...

1962 After the Sino-Indian border self-defense counterattack started, it is said that the fighting capacity of the Indian army once surprised Minister Wang Shangrong of the General Staff. Punjab United, Gurkha United and Rajput United, which were put on the front line by the Indian army, were all forces that fought fiercely in World War II, and their fierce names were widely known. Therefore, before the war, our army calculated its combat effectiveness according to the same formula as the elite troops of the Kuomintang army.

Unexpectedly, the result of the battle was devastating. A soldier who took part in the war commented on their battle like this: The Indian soldiers we met were very strange. They not only refused to surrender, but even dared to resist! ("The enemy not only refused to surrender, but also dared to strike back at me!") ) )

Anyway, it seems that the Indian films mentioned above can't be seen by veterans of the self-defense counterattack on the Sino-Indian border, otherwise it will be boring for an old man to laugh with gallstones.

"How dare you resist ..." This wonderful evaluation is not exaggerated by our army, but is evidenced by real pictures.

Note that there are subtle differences between the two chariots in painting and self-defense weapons, and the position of the radio antenna in the first photo is also different.

On the front line of the war against India, Lan took many classic photos, some of which took decades before people realized their value. For example, the following photo is the famous "Tawang Sand Table" in the history of war, which is often mentioned by western military schools.

? 1October 26th, 1962, 10, our army captured Tawang and prepared to continue the assault in the direction of the former derenzong. At this time, our army can no longer rely on the initial surprise attack effect. It is expected that the Indian army will be closely guarded ahead and the operation may face great sacrifices.

However, according to the memory of Yin Fatang's political commissar, our army captured Banggang * * * (the former Indian army command post), five kilometers north of Tawang, and found that the Indian army left a sound sand table, which clearly marked the positions of the various ministries of the Indian army. It was soon discovered that a valley leading to the West Mountain Pass was completely unguarded by the Indian army.

At that time, the inspector couldn't believe his good luck at all, and once thought it was a trick of the Indian army. However, the comprehensive prisoner's confession proves that all the signs above are true! So commander Zhang Guohua, who was in command of the battle, held a meeting of cadres at or above the regimental level, pointed to this sand table to make a battle plan, ordered the ministries to implement circuitous, interspersed and divided tasks, crossed the unguarded valley of the Indian army in lightning speed, and went around to the rear of the main force of the Indian army, cutting off the road between De Jean Zong and Band-Aid, and blocking the enemy's southward escape route.

The Indian army ... never imagined that our army had made such a pocket with a depth of 150 kilometers from north to south, saving the effort to escape. Except for a few commanders who fled by helicopter, most of them were captured in cold and hunger.

This also gives our army the confidence to hand over more than 3,000 Indian prisoners of war to them at once when it is returned for the first time.

Of course, military academies all over the world mentioned this "Tawang Sand Table" for only one purpose-to remind students that even if they lost the battle, they should not leave such an important thing intact to their opponents.

Not every helicopter can take an officer away. It seems that this Soviet-made Mi -4 helicopter was captured because of the complicated terrain, so I can't take off without moving. On the nearby slope, you can see the triangular white sign of Indian air contact.

Did the Indian army forget the performance limit of the helicopter in a hurry, and even set up a sign on the steep slope to let the plane land, resulting in the pit of friendly troops?

According to Major General Niranjan Prashad, commander of the Fourth Division of the Indian Army, this plane was sent to the front line to carry out reconnaissance mission in the direction of Torong and Lombok, looking for the missing Brigadier General Darvi, numbered BZ-590. The personnel of the 390th Regiment of the People's Liberation Army recalled that the plane flew near Gia and was injured by me, and was later captured on the east side of this vault.

If this is accurate, the white triangle sign may have been hung up to ask for rescue after the Indian helicopter was injured and forced to land, but there was no second plane coming at that time, otherwise it might have been trapped here-after China's army ambushed a Bell helicopter that was shot down, it caught a second one, and even the pilot was captured.

In the battle, our army captured several Indian planes, including Mi -4 helicopter, Bell helicopter and "Double Otter" aircraft. Most of them were captured because of the improper use of the plane by the Indian army, either shot down by our light weapons or had an accident during the take-off and landing. ...

However, it is somewhat surprising that Indian tanks can get into trouble in mountain operations that are not suitable for armored vehicles. This is because the Indian army did not invest in the local armored forces, and our army did not see the record of destroying Indian tanks. The photos prove that such a thing did happen on the battlefield of self-defense counterattack against India.

So, how did these tanks fall into the hands of China? Looking for clues, after the war, China decided to return most of the Indian captured equipment and all its personnel from a political point of view, expressing our sincerity for peace. In the list of equipment returned to the Indian army, there are indeed two M3A4 tanks, but there is no mention of how to capture them, which only shows that both tanks have parts damaged.

Considering that the Indian army did not dispatch armored troops on a large scale, considering its operational characteristics, these tanks should be allocated to the front-line command department of the Indian army. Indian army records show that there are a small number of tanks on the east and west lines to cooperate with the operation.

Although our army carries simple anti-tank weapons, such as 57 mm recoilless guns, it is mainly used for bunkering, and there is no record of fighting with enemy tanks, indicating that enemy tanks may not have time to put into first-line operations at all. But the damage of its parts, like some other trophies we have won, is usually the result of the active destruction of the Indian army.

The fighting area between the two sides is the southern slope of the Himalayas, where either the terrain is steep or the valleys are vertical and horizontal, which is not a good battlefield for using tanks (unless it is too second, who will use tanks here? ), it is likely that the Indian tanks barely entered the battlefield, but either they lost fuel supply because the back road was cut off, or they broke down for road reasons and had to be destroyed and abandoned, which turned out to be the spoils of our army.

Of course, if friends who are familiar with the history of that war can find our army fighting Indian tanks, it will supplement this history more effectively.

According to foreign reports, all the Indian tanks captured by our army in this war were not returned, but a souvenir was left. This is the car with the number 60 19 kept in China Tank Museum. Their models are all American M3A4 Stuart light tanks.

? This type of tank was also used by the Chinese Expeditionary Force in China and Myanmar during World War II. Although it is not as strong as the M4 Sherman medium tank equipped at the same time, it has a higher chassis, good maneuverability and is suitable for complex terrain, which is stronger than all Japanese first-line chariots.

Considering that this tank was an old-fashioned vehicle in active service in World War II, it was quickly abandoned after the war. India can still deploy it in the Himalayas at 1962. This maintenance skill is also remarkable.

But it's a little ironic to think about it-in that war, China was able to catch his opponent's tanks without dispatching armored forces, but he was able to catch his opponent's planes without dispatching aviation. Later generations will think that we are writing a play again.

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