The 1962 self-defense counterattack against India was called the "war of knives cutting butter" by the West, and our army quickly crushed the enemy army with the momentum of destruction and decay. During this period, there was the miracle of Pang Guoxing's three-man combat group crushing an enemy artillery battalion, and there was also the bold remark that "the enemy not only did not surrender, but also dared to attack me.", so the Chinese people very much despised the combat effectiveness of the Indian army. However, just ten months before this war, the Indian army defeated the old power Portugal in one fell swoop and recovered the Goa region that had been colonized for more than 400 years, which shows that this combat effectiveness is not strong, and the score is compared with whom.
In 1510, after the Portuguese colonists discovered India, the commander of the fleet, Krk, immediately sent troops to defeat the Punjabi king and occupy the islands of Goa, Dammamtieu (collectively known as Goa) on the west coast of India. In the time that followed, Portuguese colonial powers penetrated deep into the interior of India, and Guo Ho was always regarded as the capital of Portuguese India. Portugal preached here and encouraged its own people to emigrate, which shows the importance they attach to the land of India.
However, Portugal's national strength declined rapidly, and in less than a hundred years, it was occupied by Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries, and even the colonies were not preserved. Portuguese India was constantly encroached upon by the above three countries, and finally britain, seeing that everyone was a colonizer, reserved the last decency for portugal, allowing them to keep Goa, and the rest, Britain all in its pockets.
After World War II, the world set off a climax of the colonial independence movement, and India also broke away from British colonial rule, but Portugal resolutely refused to withdraw from Goa, because Portugal had just joined NATO, and now under the rule of the iron-fisted figure Salazar, they looked down on India. Nehru sent several notes, all of which Salazar ignored.
In 1951, Portugal signed the Treaty of Mutual Assistance and Mutual Defense between the United States and the United States, and Salazar declared that this treaty was also applicable in The Goa region, and if India wanted to use force, it would be retaliated against by NATO. Nehru had no choice but to send more than 5,000 men to attack Goa in the name of volunteers, but was killed by the Portuguese army and killed hundreds of people.
India sent volunteers to attack Goa, killing hundreds of people
Portugal's actions have caused an uproar internationally, with many countries condemning their atrocities and actively supporting India's just act of recovering its own territory, including our country. On August 15, 1955, people from all walks of life in Beijing held a rally in solidarity with the Indian people to recover Goa, and sent a telegram to Nehru, saying that "just action will surely be victorious." ”
In the following years, while organizing guerrilla warfare by the people of Goa through military means, India constantly attacked the Portuguese army in Goa, and at the same time sought to solve the problem through diplomatic channels, but the effect was not ideal. It was not until 1961, when the Soviet Union openly declared its support for India, that Nehru finally made up his mind to resolve the Goa problem by force.
Indian Sikh soldiers
Nehru has been preparing for this day for 10 years, while India has prepared for this day for 451 years. On December 18, 1961, India gathered 30,000 troops and, with the support of the Air Force, launched a fierce attack on the Portuguese Army in Goa. The Portuguese troops stationed in Goa were only 6,000 men, and they were far away from home, and when they saw that India was playing really, they rushed to the United States for help.
Unexpectedly, the United States replied that the mutual defense was only effective if the Portuguese mainland was attacked, excluding such colonies, Salazar, you are still rat tail juice! Without support, the Portuguese army held out for less than 48 hours before surrendering, and India regained its embrace after losing Goa for 451 years.
The Portuguese surrendered to the Indians
The whole country of India was boiling, extremely inflated from top to bottom, after all, the great powers that had once ridden on their heads had been defeated. Nehru even declared that "this is the first time that Asians have recovered territory from Europeans", and I think he must have not read Chinese history and did not know the heroic deeds of Zheng Chenggong. He even forgot about the solidarity that China gave him in the process of recovering Goa, and directly started the idea of China.
In 1962 PLA captured Indian officers
Before the Battle of Goa, the Indian army thought it could defeat three Pakistani or Chinese soldiers with one soldier, and after that, that number rose to ten. But the reality is to punch in the face, and when it came to seeing zhenzhang, I found that one of my battalions was actually chased and beaten by three Chinese soldiers. Be human, or be a little self-aware!