Lol! No, you did a surprise attack, with overwhelming numbers. That was your great strategy, Indian army was outnumbered and was concentrated at the western side. In short, Nehru never expected China to attack.
Now this strategy will not work.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1984/CJB.htm
CALVIN, James Barnard, Lieutenant Commander, U. S. Navy
"By 1961, India had acquired aircraft, helicopters, engi-
neering and other military equipment from the United States
and Russia.
Thus equipped, the Indian army invaded Portugese
Goa in December, 1961. Goa was rapidly constitutionally in-
corporated into the Indian republic. Although no real pro-
tests or opposition occurred as a result of this action, the
annexation of Goa reinforced China's view of India as being
expansionistic.
This foreign military support also encouraged India to
pursue her forward policy in Aksai Chin. In 1961, India had
purchased eight Antov transports--complete with 40 Soviet
pilots, navigators and mechanics--for use in Aksai Chin.
Russian also supplied India with 24 Ilyushin-14 transports and
Mil'-4 helicopters, capable of lifting men and supplies to
altitudes of 17,000 feet. By mid-1962, India had also agreed
to buy two squadrons of Soviet MIG jet fighters. Thus forti-
fied, India pursued a more aggressive foreign policy against
China.
By the end of 1961, Nehru had sent enough Indian Army
troops into Aksai Chin to establish about 43 posts on the
Ladakh frontier claimed by China. Many of the Indian outposts
were parallel to, but about 100 miles from, the first Chinese
military road. However, three of the outposts were near Konga
Pass, in the vicinity of the second Chinese highway.
In August, 1961, China began sending a series of angry
protests to India. China had one basic arguement: that Indan
troops had intruded into Chinese territory. Nehru's response
to Chou's complaints was that his (Nehru's) purpose was to
"vacate the aggression (by the Chinese) by whatever means are
feasible to us. . . . I do not see any kind of peace in the
frontier so long as all recognised aggression is not vacated."
Are you being ignorant, plain lying through your teeth or being brainwashed?
All that preparation for war and STRONK after military victory in Goa and you dare say India was taken by surprise.
India is
surprised because India thought that with the support of Russia and USA, and China in the throes of famine will DEFINITELY not dare to respond to India's aggression.
India is
surprised because India thought fighting the Chinese is like fighting the Portuguese.
India is
surprised because how dare the Chinese oppose India, the leader of the non-aligned.
We will have to wait and see what the Chinese will do.
They waited 6 months and tried all means to settle with India peacefully in 1962.
The Indians mistook that as China's weakness and a fear of war with India.
The Chinese are again patiently waiting for the Indians to come to their senses and resolve this issue peacefully.
I am afraid given the war mongering and hegemonic mindset of the Indians, China would have to wait in vain.
The Chinese showed the Indians mercy and magnanimity in 1962 and this is the response they get from the ungrateful Indians.
Hope I don't have to wait too long before China will hit the Indians hard and show no mercy this time round.
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