Over the weekend, Indian Twitter found amusement in the not-so-amusing.

After China TV reported that Chinese troops would take only 48 hours to reach New Delhi in case of a war, Indians got chatty — and catty — about it.

It all began when The International Spectator picked up the news.

CHINA: State TV says it would take country's motorised troops 48 hours and its paratroops 10 hours to reach India's capital if war broke out — The Int'l Spectator (@spectatorindex) January 14, 2017

And Indians spoke of the roadblocks, literally, en route to Delhi.

Crucially, depends on fog situation in Delhi https://t.co/XB0Ds3WzFT — Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) January 15, 2017

Rao Tula Ram Flyover dekha hai? Aur Outer Ring Road? Hahaha. 48 hours, in your dreams. https://t.co/AZVqA5AXEK — Raheel Khursheed (@Raheelk) January 15, 2017

@spectatorindex China is 2 confident f Indian road conditions,china wld hv 2 mk roads on its own 2 reach Delhi by which time it wld b 2 late — Sudeep Kapoor (@KapoorSudeep) January 15, 2017

It would take 48 hours for China to enter India and another 48 hours to enter Delhi. https://t.co/1UQM5xydP7 — KJ (@karan__jain) January 15, 2017

*China attempts to do it in 48 hours and fails.*



*Builds a ton of flyovers and express ways on the way back.* https://t.co/bpBbAo4MmC — Lord Morningwood (@dangertoon) January 15, 2017

@timesnow With all that smog, how can chinese troops see their way & reach Delhi in 10 hours ? :-) . — Typhoid Mary (@73rdraisin) January 16, 2017

I think the motorised troops must be coming mounted on their hypersonic Wu-14. Good joke to start a Sunday! Ni hao! https://t.co/SQHAAVQtNp — Manmohan Bahadur (@BahadurManmohan) January 15, 2017

Some were funny anyway.

Dear China, Delhi is well protected by Somnath Bharti's dogs, Kejriwal's tweets and Ashutosh's English. Think twice before taking any step. — Arnab Ray (@greatbong) January 15, 2017

Think I got the 48h Chinese threat.

Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express takes ~42h.

Adding 6h from CPM Kerala HQ that makes 48h to Delhi.🤣 — I.N.A. 99th Brigade (@INA99thBrigade) January 15, 2017

CHINA: motorised troops 48 hours, its paratroops 10 hours to reach Delhi if war broke out.

Modi- Ok then ! bye ! pic.twitter.com/V1s3ho0wZl — कडी निंदा Anugrah (@BreakiNews) January 15, 2017

Don't forget @narendramodi can see Chinese troops on google maps since the days he was CM 😂 #DufferModi https://t.co/xpTPSgtIw9 — Suryanarayan Ganesh (@gsurya) January 15, 2017

And the rest were concerned. Rightly so.

If Chinese Army says it can reach Delhi within 48 hours @adgpi needs to track planning/route(Himachal/Uttrakhand) @PMOIndia @manoharparrikar — swami prasad atwal (@swatwal75) January 16, 2017

Chinese are so inefficient? Indian troops can reach Beijing in under 6 hrs. Problem in both cases is what happens to them once they reach https://t.co/PxkrUnZCsa — sushant sareen (@sushantsareen) January 15, 2017

Any Army crazy enough to cross himalayas will be a crazy army, Impossible to re-supply 100% of soldiers will be massacrd @spectatorindex — V a r ā h M i h i r (@MynameisGaurav) January 15, 2017

It's being realistic.China may be strong militarily but it can't drop into Delhi.I don't out of "patriotism" say we will land in Beijing https://t.co/b0AakxEdTV — Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 (@YusufDFI) January 15, 2017

And "realistic" we have to be. No one wants a war right?