A sensational report on the 2020 Galwan Valley escalation has come up from an unbiased Australian portal -The Klaxon. According to the report, no less than 38 Chinese troopers drowned within the Galwan river between June 15 to 16 whereas trying to cross the river at midnight.
On June 15, 2020, a conflict between Indian and Chinese troops at Galwan Valley in Ladakh had erupted towards freezing sub-zero temperatures within the evening which escalated border tensions between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbouring nations. While the Indian authorities acknowledged the casualties suffered and honoured its troopers, China has been hiding its casualties within the conflict for the reason that very starting.
In February 2021, China conferred posthumous awards upon 4 PLA troops thus formally recognising the casualties from the Galwan conflict for the primary time. Earlier, a picture of a tombstone of a deceased PLA soldier offered the primary proof of Chinese casualty within the clashes.
However, in line with the latest report by The Klaxon, ”no less than 38 PLA troops have been washed away and drowned” on the evening of June 15 when the conflict occurred on the Galwan River. According to the report, proof has additionally emerged that strongly suggests The Chinese facet have deliberately conflated information and imagery of two separate however comparable clashes that occurred simply over per week aside in Galwan.
Chinese media had reported nothing in regards to the clashes and the Chinese casualties within the days after the occasions.
Pictures of supposed two clashes that occurred respectively on June 06 and June 15, 2020 in Galwan. Source: analysis report
While the Indian facet formally confirmed 20 of its troopers have been martyred within the incident, China has been repeatedly refused to reveal its complete casualties. The new proof backed by unbiased journalists and researchers states that the variety of official casualties on the Chinese facet extenders properly past 4 – who have been formally recognised by giving medals. “Beijing has gone to extreme lengths in order to silence discussion about the battle – in particular, discussion about the true number of Chinese casualties.” the report states.
‘They kept slipping away and drowning’
As claimed by the report, From April 2020 The Chinese forces began ramping up non permanent infrastructure within the Galwan valley together with tents, dugouts and equipment. Since May that 12 months, skirmishes resulted out of clashes between Indian and Chinese troops at varied factors alongside the China-India border together with one on the Pangong Lake in Ladakh.
A report ready by social media researchers titled ‘Galwan Decoded’ explicitly states, “What was told by (China) to the world were mostly fabricated stories”. Following a year-long investigation involving discussions with mainland Chinese bloggers, info obtained from Chinese residents and media studies which have since been deleted by Chinese authorities, the researchers who’ve printed the report have nevertheless declined to be named on safety grounds.
“Many blogs and pages have been culled by (Chinese authorities) but digital archives of mainland China reveal a different story,” the report says. The report claims that many Chinese troopers have been killed whereas trying to cross within the fast-flowing Galwan River. As of at present, China has claimed that solely Junior Sergeant Wang Zhuoran – is reported as having drowned within the river, whereas the opposite three – PLA Battalion Commander Major Chen Hongjun, Private Chen Xiangrong and Junior Sergeant Xiao Siyuan, have been killed by Indian forces.
The analysis report additionally features a doc that has been deleted from the web which explicitly states that Wang Zhuorang’s firm was ordered to ‘perform a support mission’ in June 2020. It additional mentions, ”comrades in arms stored slipping and being rushed downstream. Wang Zhuran (Zhuoran) pushed 4 comrades ashore one after one other however his legs grew to become caught by stones on the backside of the river. The doc additionally reportedly admits, “His physical strength was too weak and he drowned”.
Clipping from ‘The Klaxon’ report stating the deleted copy of the Chinese report
The Klaxon additionally claims to have obtained actual footage of the battle launched by Chinese media in August final 12 months, which seems to strongly assist the above claims.
Clash began over a brief Bridge
The Klaxon report says, the roots of the Galwan conflict date again to twenty second May 2020 when Indian troopers tried to assemble a brief bridge over the Galwan river. According to the report, On May 22, Indian troops led by Colonel Santosh, Commander of the sixteenth Regiment of Bihar, “created a temporary walk-over bridge” over a stream of the Galwan River to permit troops to watch Chinese actions. While the PLA was setting up its personal infrastructure within the buffer zone, the development of a brief bridge by Indian troops sparked a powerful response from the Chinese. On June 6, 80 PLA troopers got here to dismantle the bridge and practically 100 troops got here to defend it from the Indian facet. After the June 6 standoff, each side agreed to withdraw all personnel who crossed the buffer zone and mutually determined to dismantle all of the amenities that crossed the road.
However, not adhering to the promise, The Chinese facet as a substitute of eradicating infrastructure constructed by them, began dismantling the bridge constructed by the Indian military. In retaliation, “On fifteenth June 2020, Col. Santosh Babu alongside along with his troops went to the disputed space within the Galwan Valley at evening in an try to take away the Chinese encroachment the place Col. Qi Fabao heading the Chinese facet was current together with practically 150 troopers.
‘Chinese retreat after Indian attack’
Instead of transferring ahead with dialogue, Fabao “ordered his troops to form a battle formation, instead of discussing the issue on the lines of mutual consent made on June 6, 2021”. The second Col. Fabao attacked he was instantly besieged by the Indian military troops. For his rescue, got here PLA battalion commander Chen Hongjun and soldier Chen Xiangrong whereas beginning “a physical scuffle with Indian troops using steel pipes, sticks and stones to provide cover for (their) commander to escape.”
Interestingly, it’s revealed that Colonel Qi Fabao was “hit in the head by an Indian army soldier and rushed back with serious injuries”. Moreover, “China’s Hongjun and Xiangrong were immediately silenced by the Indian army”, in line with the report. Another Chinese soldier, Xiao Siyuan who was recording the occasion was attacked and severely wounded by an Indian soldier and later succumbed to his accidents. Reportedly, after Col. Fabao left the world and when the PLA troopers watched the lifeless our bodies of main army commanders, they panicked into retreat.
Wang Zhuoran, whose firm was ordered to assist the mission “came forward along with his companion Ma Ming to help his scattered retreating comrades out of danger by guiding (their) way to retreat back.” It is reported that The PLA troopers didn’t even have time to put on water pants and hurriedly determined to cross the icy waters of Galwan within the evening to assault additional. The report means that at this juncture, “The river rose suddenly and injured comrades kept slipping and (being) washed downstream”. Information gathered from the individuals who attended Wang’s funeral reveals that Junior Sergeant Wang Zhuorang pushed 4 of his comrades throughout the river efficiently however his legs grew to become caught by stones on the backside of the river.”
Based on assets by a number of Weibo customers, “At least 38 PLA troops along with Wang were washed away and drowned that night, of which only Wang was declared among the four officially dead soldiers” After the incident, the our bodies of the troopers have been first taken to the Shiquanhe Martyr Cemetery and have been later handed on the native cities of the killed troopers. Reportedly, the Chinese facet reportedly used deadly weapons together with iron rods, batons wrapped in barbed wire and golf equipment embedded with nails breaking the protocol of bilateral settlement between the nations signed in 1996.
With the brand new report exposing the claims of the Chinese having a minimal casualty in Galwan, Chinese propaganda on the loss of life of its troopers falls fully flat. While now an unofficial depend of no less than 38 PLA troopers being lifeless in Galwan, the estimate by Former Indian Army Chief and Cabinet Minister General VK Singh of Chinese casualties being double than that on the Indian facet (20) holds true as of now.