The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) lost not four, but 42 soldiers during the Galwan Valley skirmishes with Indian troops in eastern Ladakh on 15 June 2020. Australian newspaper The Klaxon claimed this in its report on Thursday. However, there has been no official response from China or Indian defense officials on the claims of the Australian newspaper’s report.
The report, filed by editor Anthony Klan, makes such claims, citing a report by a group of social media researchers. The paper said evidence provided by a group of social media users, independently created by The Klaxon, appears to support the claim that China’s casualties far outnumber the 4th troops designated by Beijing. Is.
The report, citing researchers, said the deadly clash broke out on a makeshift bridge on June 15. The report said Indian and Chinese military officials had agreed on a buffer zone along the border in an effort to defuse the crisis amid rising tensions. It said that despite the creation of the buffer zone, China was building illegal infrastructure inside the zone, including setting up tents and building dugouts and moving heavy machinery into the area.
The newspaper said that according to a Weibo user alias Nam Qiang, who claims to have served in the area, the PLA was building infrastructure in this buffer zone, in violation of mutual agreement and since April 2020. Was trying to expand his patrol range inside. The report said that on June 6, 80 PLA soldiers came to break the bridge and about 100 soldiers came to defend it.
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The paper, citing reports, said that during the June 6 standoff, officials from both sides agreed to withdraw all personnel crossing the buffer zone line and destroy all facilities crossing the line. However, the report said that China failed to abide by the agreement. According to the newspaper, the PLA did not follow through on its promise and instead of destroying its own infrastructure as agreed, it secretly demolished the bridge across the river built by the Indian Army.
Three days later, on 15 June, Colonel Santosh and his soldiers returned. The Chinese army was led by Colonel Qi Fabao. The report said that on 15 June 2020, Colonel Santosh Babu along with his troops went to the disputed area in Galwan Valley at night in an attempt to clear Chinese encroachment, where Colonel Qi Fabao was present with around 150 soldiers. It states that Fabao, instead of discussing the issue on the lines of mutual consent at the June 6 meeting, ordered his troops to form a battlefield.
The report states that the moment Colonel Fabao attacked, he was immediately surrounded by soldiers of the Indian Army. To save him, PLA battalion commander Chen Hongjun and soldier Chen Xiangrong entered the Indian Army encirclement and accompanied Indian soldiers using steel pipes, sticks and stones to provide cover for (their) commander’s corporal. started scuffle.
Colonel Santosh Babu of India was martyred in the battle. Citing several Weibo users, the newspaper says that at least 42 PLA soldiers were killed along with Wang, with only Wang being declared among the four officially dead. India had officially announced that 20 of its soldiers were killed in the Galwan skirmish. This was the biggest loss to the Indian Army after the 1962 skirmish between India and China.
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