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| Indo-Chinese War of 2022 - 2024 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Republic of India | People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi President Ram Nath Kovind General Manoj Naravane Air Marshal Rajnath Singh Admiral Hari Kumar | Premier Xi Jin Ping Commissar Liu Zhenli General Qing Shutong Admiral Yuan Huahzi Air Marshal Chang Dinqui General Li Yuchao |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 1,200,550 soldiers 3,000 tanks 2,000 planes 8,000 AMVs 3,000 artillery | 2,185,000 soldiers 5,000 tanks 3,000 planes 10,000 AMVs 4,000 artillery |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 453,876 dead 398,767 wounded 40 aircraft shot down 758 tanks disabled 2,678 AMVs destroyed 789 artillery destroyed | 800,000 dead 459,000 wounded 238 aircraft shot down 1,543 tanks disabled 4,098 AMVs destroyed 1,800 artillery destroyed |
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The Indo-Chinese War of 2022 - 2024 was a military conflict between the Republic of India and the the People's Republic of China. It was preceded by a Chinese invasion of Burma/Myanmar and Bangladesh. The casus belli for invading India was to annex the areas of Ladakh and West Bengal, and put a Communist puppet government in power.
The invasion began in an offensive in West Bengal to draw Indian forces from Ladakh. In the Battle of Kolkata the Chinese faced initial success and dealt a morale blow to the Indians. The success was short-lived however. The Chinese faced significant resistance from a substantially smaller force near Ranchi during the Battle of Ranchi
Meanwhile a Chinese force of 200,000 threw themselves at Ladakh and failed to capture some key areas at first. They however did manage to capture Ladakh in the end. It was swiftly recaptured by the Indian Army 9 days later.
The Chinese decided to capture Srinagar to help them launch another more successful offensive into Ladakh. This led to the fated March to Srinagar where 18,000 soldiers died. This led to a huge morale loss in the PLA.
Meanwhile the Indians forced the Chinese to retreat to Kolkata in the Battle of Ranchi. After getting reinforcements from Western Command, the Indians launched a counter-offensive to recapture Kolkata. The Second Battle of Kolkata resulted in the Chinese being pushed back to Khulna, albeit at heavy casualties for the Indians. The PLA Rocket force launched multiple rockets to cover their retreat and this killed approximately 5,000 Indians. It did however also cause hundreds of Chinese friendly losses too.
Meanwhile a task force of the Indian Navy moved to the Southern Indian Ocean to cut off Chinese trade. Chinese ships were sent to deal with the Indian task force. In the Battle of the Laccadive Sea, the Indians decisively beat the Chinese and sunk 4 Chinese destroyers and heavily damaged a Chinese aircraft carrier. Chinese naval superiority was neutralised.
Meanwhile a force of 500,000 Chinese set off from Yangon and landed at Puri on May 21st. They however faced heavy resistance inland from the Indian Army and various militia groups. On June 5th the Indian Navy that was supposed to be defeated in the Laccadive Sea arrived and began to shell the Chinese force. Trapped between certain death inland and the sea, 400,000 Chinese soldiers died.
Finally 100,000 Chinese soldiers surrendered. It was the biggest surrender since WW2 and so many were captured that India started to build POW camps for the storage of so many prisoners. These prisoners would set to work rebuilding Puri from the bombardment.
The People's Liberation Army was losing badly. Already people at home in China called for an end to the war. The humanitarian cost from strategic bombing campaigns on Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi numbered in the 1000s. The US was on the brink of getting involved. Xi Jinping knew he had to secure a major victory or the war was lost.
Hence Operation Zhū Shāshǒu was launched. A multi-pronged assault into India from Sikkim and Bangladesh. It was the PLA's largest ever operation. It involved 1,400,000 troops. It started by an intense two-day bombardment by the PLA Rocket Force. Many Indian vehicles and tanks were destroyed. Tens of thousands of Indian soldiers died. Yet they held strong.
On June 27th the offensive began. A rousing speech from Narendra Modi caused the Indians to hold against the tidal wave of Chinese troops. For 3 weeks battle raged.
Finally 300,000 Indians broke through near Khulna and took Dhaka. The Chinese line collapsed and the remaining troops surrendered and died in small-scale skirmishing. At this point the US declared war on China. After a week of tense nuclear standoff, a disheartened Xi ordered a retreat from Bangladesh and Burma. The PLA limped back to the Chinese border as the Indians celebrated and rejoiced.
Treaty of Chengdu
The Chinese agreed to give India back all occupied territories and pay war reparations. Tibet soon seceded from the Chinese fold and became it's own country again. China did nothing to retake it. Economic sanctions imposed on China for war with India were not lifted however. China went into a state of decline. Anhui declared independence and Manchuria soon after. Xi committed suicide on the 2nd March 2025.