Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 146 Evacuation
Jaafar barely made it back to Jodhpur airport, almost out of fuel when he landed.He was very concerned about Bani's fate, because the area where Bani was shot down was very close to the front line, about 20 kilometers behind the front line, and he didn't find that Pakistan had deployed heavy troops in this area along the way, so Jafar hoped that the army would send A commando rescued the pilot, but his request was quickly overruled.The Army is too busy advancing to spare manpower for this.

He walked out of the underground command in disappointment, and the huge roar of the plane interrupted his melancholy.It turned out that the Mirage 2000 of the Tiger Squadron was landing.

Obviously, the Indian Air Force's No. [-] Squadron's base in Madhya Pradesh has been difficult to support, because the front is getting farther and farther due to the rapid advance. These proud fighter-bombers will come here and will follow the plan of the Air Force Staff to cooperate with other squadrons Form a temporary wing of attack aircraft to support infantry operations.

Jaafar didn't like Tiger Squadron.Many years ago, when he left the training unit with good grades, he had a good chance to join this squadron to fly a Mirage 2000 fighter jet. Among all the Indian Air Force units, this squadron's designation ranked first. The air force is the most, as early as the late period of the Pacific War, driving Spitfire fighter jets shot down many old Zero Fighter A6M5 fighter jets driven by rookies, and its status in the Indian Air Force is quite respected.But Captain Jaafar's dream didn't come true, supposedly because of some nepotism, and a new guy took his place in the 30st Squadron.And he could only go to Bareilly to report as a weapon operator in the back seat of a Su-8 fighter jet. Although he got along well with Lieutenant Goya during the days in the 8th Squadron, it was always difficult to fly a plane alone. It was a dream that lingered in his heart, which was a direct reason why he later left the 45th Squadron and switched to the nascent [-]th Squadron to fly the "Glorious" fighter jets.

The thought of joining forces with the No. 2000 Squadron made Jaafar more motivated. He knew that the "Glorious" fighter was designed with full reference to some characteristics of the Mirage 2000's appearance, so it could be superior in some aspects of maneuverability. However, it has a great advantage in launching beyond-the-horizon weapons.Jaafar still remembers the first time he met with the chief designer of the "Glorious" fighter jet. When no one was around, the chief engineer said a word quickly, which Jaafar still remembers so far.He said that although no one would believe it, Tejas was far better than Mirage [-] in general, and only war could test all of this.Jaafar told the chief at the time that he firmly believed in it, no matter what anyone said.

Now Jaafar hopes that the newly formed No. 45 Squadron can compete with the old No. 2000 Squadron under his leadership.Obviously, the air in the future must be air combat beyond visual range. The limited beyond visual range combat capability of the Mirage [-] will inevitably make it not suitable for this new air combat style, and it will be reduced to a simple bomber.

"Just wait and see." He stared at a plane painted with a tiger head and muttered, walking towards the runway.

Not far away, Captain Pandit was squatting next to his MiG-27, instructing the ground crew to repair it. When he returned, the rudder response was not very sensitive. Obviously, there was some problem with the hydraulic equipment.The first squadron stationed in Jodhpur has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't want to get involved in the competition between the squadrons, because his plane has no capital to participate in the competition. He just hopes that he can share the worries of the squadron leader and prevent the squadron from losing any more planes.

"Captain, we have tried our best, but the resonance phenomenon of the hydraulic pipeline at a certain speed is difficult to eradicate. The tolerances of these parts imported from Ukraine are too large. I even doubt that they were removed from some old aircraft."

"It's too bad, relying on such logistics, we actually seized the air supremacy." The captain shook his head and said.

"I heard they counterattacked today. 45 Squadron lost an aircraft? Is that so?"

"It's a military secret, but it shouldn't be hard to find out if you've counted the sorties when they took off in the morning."

"What if China gets involved in the war?" asked the ground crew under the wing.

"You mean fighting on two fronts? Just relying on this messed-up security system, I can't see enough." The captain stood up as he spoke, and watched a vigorous mustache jump off the Phantom 2000 in the distance, with a look of disbelief. I look like.

At noon in southern Tibet, we arrived three hours earlier than the fierce battle on the western front. The weather here is still peaceful and peaceful, like a paradise that has nothing to do with the world, at least on the surface.

Lin Huaisheng had already made a call with the headquarters via satellite. As expected, Major General Xu Jingzhe took up precious call time and criticized his unorganized and undisciplined independent reconnaissance behavior.Then the major general asked him to quickly cross the control line and return to Medog. He did not explain the reason, but it was obviously related to the situation on the western front. Lin Huaisheng knew that the reason for him to go back was probably to attend a very high-level strategy seminar. He didn't dare to think about it.Under the teacher's repeated questioning, Lin Huaisheng said that the enemy is heavily fortified in the north and it is difficult to pass through directly. He needs to continue to observe, but he promised to give a definite evacuation method in the next call.He suggested that the Air Force be prepared to seize the air supremacy in this area and suppress the enemy's ground firepower.The major general did not give a clear guarantee, and Lin Huaisheng did not know the actual situation that the radar station on the snow mountain was being repaired.In the end, Lin Huaisheng reported the deployment of the newly discovered enemy in the Bischom River and Madong River Triangle to his superiors, and the contact was over.

After the call ended, Lin Huaisheng carefully analyzed the current situation, and optimistically estimated that since his predictions last month had been fulfilled one by one, the higher-ups felt that they must listen to their own judgment before major actions, even if they stopped and waited for a day. Yes, it gave him a flattered feeling.But crossing the control line and going back became a difficult problem. He looked at the Kanggedo Mountain in front of him, and was in a daze silently. It was the direction he originally planned to get rid of the enemy, but if this plan was implemented, it would obviously take several days. , unable to meet the requirements of superiors in time.

Wang Tiechuan chewed a biscuit and walked up: "All the observation posts did not find any traces of the enemy. The whole morning was quiet and scary, and no helicopters were deployed to the west."

"Actually, that's what I'm worried about. If the old men of the national army continue to chatter in the woods, it means that the enemy has not yet become vigilant, and the current situation is hard to say."

"Maybe we can use the last resort?" Wang Tiechuan said tentatively.The last method he refers to is a forced cross-border evacuation plan agreed with the headquarters once it is exposed. According to the plan, the army aviation will forcefully cross the control line with the support of the air force to pick up all the people.But now Snow Wolf is 15 kilometers south of the line of control. This distance may be nothing for the US army, but for the Chinese army with weak technology, it is necessary to pass through the enemy's air defense firepower network and pick up 3000 people in a mountainous area of ​​40 meters. It is indeed a little far away, and it is already quite difficult for the Chinese Army Aviation Corps just to cross the Duoxiongla Pass and enter Medog.

"This plan can be temporarily designated as a backup plan, but I don't think it is too safe. Once the plane blows up the control line, it will be messed up, and it will inevitably alarm the entire Indian Army on the Eastern Front, which will destroy the current situation. And this time The task of cross-border tracking will fall short." Lin Huaisheng said that the situation he mentioned was actually his judgment on the situation in his stomach, which was related to India's deployment in the entire South Asian subcontinent. In his view, he was at a delicate time. Excessive actions may lead to new variables.

"Then what do you think? The higher-ups are anxious to ask you to go back to discuss the big plan." Wang Tiechuan said.

"Let me think about it again. Anyway, your people are all masters, so you won't let them in for the time being."

"At least for now, 'Sparrow' and 'Owl' haven't noticed any movement from the enemy."

"Maybe it's not that they haven't moved, they're just waiting for an opportunity," Lin Huaisheng looked up at the sun, which was currently hanging on the top of the east mountain. "They will definitely make a big move in the afternoon. Lobsang Gyatso's men will avenge their enemies."

At the same time that Lin Huaisheng was thinking about the evacuation plan, several figures who approached secretly were squatting on the ground in the area far from the firefight last night, checking the messy footprints and traces left by the battle on the ground.It can be seen that the person who left these footprints and bloodstains was a team of the Indian-Tibetan special forces that lost contact more than 10 hours ago. All signs indicate that they have been here before, but suddenly disappeared.

"It's really strange that no one is alive, no dead body is seen." A soldier buried his head in search of clues said, from the nearby broken branches and bullet marks on the tree, he could tell that there was a not too intense gun battle here, but Last night, he didn't hear any gunshots just a kilometer away.

"Boss, found some shell casings." Another soldier squatting on the ground said.After waiting for a while, a colorful shadow ten meters away suddenly came to life. This shadow walked over with a sniper rifle that was also carefully camouflaged, and reached out to take the bullet casings handed over by his subordinates.

"Boss, this is a 9mm shell. Recently, they have been using some non-standard ammunition to confuse our sight and treat us like three-year-old children."

"That's not sure, man. Maybe a Russian-made long-range silencer. That's what they use to keep themselves from being exposed."

"I also found 2 clear footprints, very deep, maybe left by the weight bearers, the footprints are not very coherent and seem to point to the south."

"We have followed them for 2 days and suffered a lot. Let me tell you, they will never leave a clear footprint. If there is, it will definitely lead us in the wrong direction." Speaking, The leader went to the footprints and looked at them. On the surface, the footprints were deep, as if a person with a heavy load walked through a patch of mud, but the feet looked uneven, and it seemed that the front sank deeper.He raised his head slowly, like a bush looking upward. "Their ambush post was always on the tree, and they were shooting on the tree. These two footprints were left by one of them when they jumped off. It should have been last night, so they couldn't go back to the place to dispose of the footprints. "

"Search within a radius of 200 meters to see if we can find any new clues."

(End of this chapter)