Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 124 Tornado

Taking advantage of the night, the "Snow Wolf" team put aside their worries and boldly walked through the forest quickly.Before midnight, we finally crossed a few kilometers of impenetrable forests and arrived at the Gala Pass.This is a "key area" that both Lin Huaisheng and Wang Tiechuan want to see.

Two years ago, satellites spotted a low-grade dirt road that sprang into the canyon from the far rear in the area, ending in a forest.Only a few months after the appearance of this dirt road, it was washed away by flash floods during the rainy season; but after the rainy season, the road quickly recovered.In the second year, it was the same situation. India's border road construction organization showed abnormal efficiency. It always rushed to this dirt road that had never been used by vehicles for emergency repairs as soon as it was washed away. For a long time, No aerial reconnaissance has found anything at the end of this mysterious road, but there must be some rationality hidden behind the Indians' tenacious protection of this road, which is beyond doubt.

Lin Huaisheng is proficient in the interpretation of satellite photos, and has been studying the various nodes of the Indian Army at the forefront. As he knows, Admiral Pasad’s idea of ​​​​confronting China is always a war of attrition. This is the inevitable result of choosing passive defense.Admirals seldom set up complete security roads for towing artillery positions, because the geological structure in this area is very fragile, coupled with the violent rainy season, it can turn the road builders' long-term hard work into futility at any time overnight (similar situations also Appeared in the only MT county in China without road access).Vertical replenishment with massive helicopter squadrons has been a new approach he's pursuing.In other words, at the end of this road there should be some heavy equipment that cannot be transported by helicopters, maybe missiles or radars, maybe it is a more valuable target, and the road is left so that these equipment can be maneuvered at any time.

As a scout, Lin Huaisheng is always full of ambition, hoping to find big fish.If you sneak into the enemy's rear and find only a few mortars or perfunctory machine gun positions, the most disappointing will definitely not be the superiors, but the scouts.

Lin Huaisheng once chose to carefully analyze the photos taken by satellites from different angles over the Indian Ocean. Due to the problem of satellite resolution, it was still impossible to find the traces left by the wheels. left behind by vehicles.From this, he guessed that it might be an anti-aircraft missile unit passing by here at a certain period.

Soon Qianwei sent a message that they had arrived on the hillside opposite the canyon. They observed with a thermal imager and could see figures walking in the jungle. From a distance, they could also distinguish an obvious mound of soil, which might be part of a trench.When Wang Tiechuan and Lin Huaisheng rushed to the front, it was raining heavily, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of the thermal imaging system.

"Too bad, we are still one step too late." Wang Tiechuan shook his head and said.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing. I've been worried about the footprints we left behind. Maybe the heavy rain can erase those footprints."

"However, the straight-line distance is 600 meters, so we have to send someone over there to take a look." Wang Tiechuan wanted to send avant-garde scouts to venture through a lowland swamp and look into the canyon.

"It's better for me to go there. I have experience in reconnaissance in heavy rain." Lin Huaisheng said.He reckoned that in the near future there would be mountain torrents in this area of ​​the valley, and people who didn't know the depth might encounter accidents if they took the wrong route, so he took the initiative to ask for a fight.

"Well, it's better for me to go with you." Wang Tiechuan said, he also wanted to see if this veteran was really good at something, or was he just bragging.

When the two were ready, they braved the heavy rain and got into the bushes taller than a person. The bushes in this area were dense and tall, just hiding a person.The two quickly reached the bottom of the canyon, and the bushes gradually turned into a tall wormwood field, and the soil on the ground became sticky.Lin Huaisheng knew that this meant that this place was actually a river bed, but this year there should not be enough water to form a river.He looked up at the sky, it was pitch black, the mountain wind howled in his ears, and the torrential rain did not seem to decrease at all. Perhaps the rain tonight could cause the upstream flood to enter the tributary of the canyon.

From the thermal imager, Lin Huaisheng could see Wang Tiechuan's blurred figure crouching down, groping forward with one foot deep and the other shallow. He hurried up. The thermal imager is not very reliable in rainy days, and it is easy to lose track if it is far away. .

The two stepped out of the slippery river bed and were about to enter the suspicious col forest area.Wang Tiechuan squatted down and looked around carefully. He didn't see the warning sign of the minefield, and there was no barbed wire fence in front of the trench.

"Follow me, we are slowly approaching."

Wang Tiechuan moved the silencer submachine gun on his back to the front, checked the safety, but did not open it.He didn't think it was necessary. If it was really necessary to use self-defense weapons to kill a few guards, then this reconnaissance would almost fail.

The two crawled forward secretly towards the Indian army above. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and finally they were almost crawling in the rapids. They could only move a few meters per minute, and more and more mud was wrapped around their bodies.

In the open space in the distance, a little red fire light gradually brightened, and then began to go out again.There seemed to be a guy smoking there.Lin Huaisheng saw from the individual night vision device that a guy wearing this raincoat was sitting on a mound and smoking a cigarette. He didn't doze off most of the time like the previous Indian sentinels. This is indeed a rainy day reconnaissance One trouble, no sentinel will fall asleep in the rain.

Wang Tiechuan stood up slightly and moved a few steps to one side. He stepped on a few wormwood plants and made a rustling sound, but it was completely covered by the sound of the huge rain.Lin Huaisheng saw Wang's intentions, and he wanted to quickly move to the opponent's side under the cover of heavy rain.

"Hey, did you hear anything? I think there is a voice in front." A person with a distinct Tripura accent said in Bengali, and two Chinese scouts immediately lay down.If it weren't for such a dangerous moment, Lin Huai should be proud because he can understand this uncommon language, and he can guarantee that neither Wang Tiechuan nor his elite team can understand it.

"Come on, it's the sound of rain, don't make a fuss."

"Maybe the mountain torrents will come down today. It was this time last year. We should ask our superiors to move the sentry to a higher place." In the darkness, an invisible person said.It now sounds like there were at least three people here, one standing smoking a cigarette and the other two behind cover.

"Could it be a leopard? During the rainy season they always migrate up the mountains with their cubs and kill anyone who gets in their way."

"Shhh, don't speak too loudly, I'm listening to Dr. Rani talk about the development of the war situation, and he said that the Chinese will invade further, and they will help Pakistan. Maybe it's here."

"Barney, don't listen to that old jerk, he's just letting people die heroically, and all nine of his kids are in foreign countries. Damn upper-caste right-wingers. When's this bad weather going to get better?"

Suddenly, the valley began to shake, and a loud boom came from the western side of the Himalayan foothills.

"Run, the torrent is coming."

An Indian soldier screamed and jumped out of the bunker. He turned on his flashlight and ran up the slope. The flashlight squad was swaying in the night sky, which showed his panic.Immediately afterwards, the other two climbed out of the bunker and awning, and chased after them.

Seeing that the three Indian soldiers had disappeared, Lin Huaisheng and Wang Tiechuan stood up and quickly ran into the bunker.Looking back, accompanied by a huge roar, a turbid stream in the night vision device was tumbling under their feet, and in a blink of an eye it had already occupied the river bed they had climbed just now.They are not afraid that flash floods will threaten them. Judging from the surrounding vegetation, the highest flash floods in previous years would not reach here.But now the grim situation is that they are separated from the brigade.

"What to do, veteran?"

"What else can I do? Continue to investigate, isn't the communication good? It's just across a river."

"But it ruined the plan."

"Don't worry too much about the plan. Our previous reconnaissance didn't have any plans. Let me tell you an experience. In reconnaissance, accidents are not always a bad thing. It depends on how you use them. Look, aren't we entering the bunker now? .”

A huge turbid current roared past behind him, and Lin Huaisheng was not in a hurry at all. Although the team is scattered now, in his opinion, the scope of reconnaissance is larger. Of course, for Wang Tiechuan, the advantages in technology or organization have disappeared. .For Lin Huaisheng, this kind of sudden incident has been encountered more than once before, and even once, a bear that appeared unexpectedly broke the ambush of the special forces on the India-Tibet border, allowing him to escape by chance, so he is very concerned about these sudden incidents Incidents don't matter.In fact, he is not surprised that there are various sudden landslides or river diversions in this area every day.

"Staff Lin and I are trapped in the south. Now change the established plan. You continue to act according to the original plan and rush to Bangla tomorrow night. We may meet there. If there is no emergency, don't use modern internal communication. Don't go to the valley easily. Here, the mountain torrents are active recently, you have to be careful everywhere." Wang Tiechuan began to contact the "Snow Wolf" team on the other side, and he estimated that tomorrow he should be able to find a tributary with a small flow to swim across. Unlike Lin Huaisheng, he used to follow certain calculations. Targeted action, losing the brigade to act blindly made him feel bad.

"Look, they left behind the soldier's ID card, the radio ... and shoes. It can be seen that the discipline of this army is very average." Lin Huaisheng squatted down, wrapped a piece of ID card into the raincoat, and shone it with a small flashlight stand up.

"Hmm... 33th Regiment of the 227rd Army? Private First Class Baniligabad"

"Regiment 227, is it a tornado rocket launcher?"

Wang Tiechuan was taken aback, not because he didn't find the expected Sam 6, but because he didn't expect Pasadeh to be so bold as to hide a tornado launching position less than 25 kilometers away from the border.This long-range weapon can be completely unaware of farther-reaching areas.

"Their former army chief of staff was very careful, and I knew that his combat readiness road had a purpose. Hehe, we have to go deep into the position to take a look. I guess they are arranged here, just to use the trumpet shape of the canyon facing northwest Open your mouth and aim at the direction north of Tawang. That has always been the direction they are most worried about."

(End of this chapter)