Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 213 New Mission No. 411

The Zamha has no extra air curtain bombs to launch, which makes it much slower than an underwater target dragged by a surface ship.A second torpedo exploded aft of it, flooding the flimsy hull immediately, causing the closed-cycle steam turbines to stall.The emergency surfacing action did not improve, and within a few minutes, the small submarine sank to the flat seabed less than 50 meters deep west of Kempard Bay.Can no longer float.

The Galashiwa amphibious dock transport ship in the distance also did not escape bad luck. After it was hit by the third missile, it still insisted on driving for an hour, and finally ran aground 10 nautical miles outside the destination port.Together with her, there are 2 air cushion transport ships and 9 ordinary landing craft configured on the ship.As an amphibious transport ship, she finally failed to sink on the enemy's coast, but sank outside her own port. This does have some irony, but for the entire battle situation, the sinking of this battleship will not affect the situation. To too much effect, Pakistan is still on the verge of subjugation.

The new bad news quickly reached the New Delhi Ministry of Defense.The actions of the Pakistani navy and air force on this day turned the western coast of India upside down. This made many Indian people who thought that Pakistan would surrender within a week suddenly wake up, and doubts began to emerge in the lower house of the People's House and the Internet.

"Why are they still fighting back?", "Why do they have new weapons?" Questions like these are overwhelming, and all the spearheads are pointed at the Ministry of National Defense. The public began to question the fact that the Ministry of Defense has been concealing the truth.

Singh can turn a deaf ear to these voices of the people. He was appointed by the Prime Minister and does not need to make concessions to these entangled people.But the prime minister himself appears to be more concerned than the general public.All afternoon, he had been putting pressure on Singh, hoping that the army would give priority to neutralizing the enemy threat in the direction of Karachi and rescuing the besieged troops.Prime Minister Kahan has a longer-term political perspective. He knows that if foreign news agencies once again report negative news about the sinking of the main warship or the huge casualties in the ground battle, it is inevitable that some left-wing parties will start to reconsider the necessity of war. The situation that has been painstakingly managed for months may face collapse.

In the end, Singer couldn't bear the pressure, and he temporarily decided to fly to the front line on a special plane of the Special Service Squadron.He had to tell his most trusted general that now was not the time to simply consider military action. Since the victory was decided, why not stop the offensive first according to the Prime Minister's will, temporarily disperse the troops, and solve the few problems that the Prime Minister grieved.The only consequence of this, he judged, would be to delay the course of the war for a few weeks.

On the small island of Almara on the western coast of Pakistan, the Indian army's revenge is unfolding.At nightfall, the first batch of MiG-29 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force broke through the air defense network of the base from the sea, but these planes did not go straight to the submarine base on the island, but flew across the entire island to the west coast of the island. A suspected Chinese nuclear submarine is no longer there.The MiGs then turned around and dropped dozens of 500-kilogram bombs indiscriminately at the submarine base in the northeast of the island. Most of the bombs missed their targets, and only one port tugboat was hit.In the early hours of the second Tainan, several "BrahMos" cruise missiles of the Indian Army launched an attack. These missiles were launched from the Katianwa Peninsula and flew to the target along the coastal mountains with terrain matching guidance. Their targets were pure Some, just a submarine base in the northeast of the island.However, these blindly launched cruise missiles had limited damage to port facilities, and several piers in the port were not seriously damaged.Until the morning, the Indian Navy's MiG fighter jets appeared in the sky again, and an Agesta B-shaped submarine that was loading torpedoes was blown into two pieces and sunk.In less than 20 hours, Pakistan's submarine force suffered another heavy blow.

When Almara Island was being bombed repeatedly, the No. 411 nuclear submarine had been swimming on the seabed near the island. Not long ago, this nuclear submarine had just completed a hasty supply and received a new mission: return.However, the new mission is not simple. The mission allows the 411 boat to launch a counterattack when it encounters an attack by the Indian Navy.

This was completely beyond Captain Marin's expectations. He has been going deep into the water, not knowing what kind of situation the war has reached?So I don't know why the country has made such a big determination?But the mission was true, and an officer personally sent it to the submarine. The Pakistani naval personnel who were in charge of the secret reception only thought that the only remaining mission for the mysterious Chinese submarine visiting from afar was to return.

Marin knows that the navy's orders always strive for accuracy and clear responsibilities. Such a simple statement should include all ships of the entire Indian Navy, whether it is a coastal frigate or an aircraft carrier, as long as they actively attack No. 411 , No. 411 can make an appropriate counterattack.That's how he understood it, but when choosing the return route, he still tried to avoid the coast of India as much as possible and chose to detour along the coast of Oman.

The aircraft carrier Virant, which had just escaped from the port of Cochin for 24 hours, was sailing due west, surrounded by several destroyers.In the command cabin of this giant ship, the captain, Admiral Zaara, stood overlooking a Sea Harrier fighter jet on the deck and made final preparations for takeoff. Not able to take off.These planes are almost as old as this aircraft carrier, and it is really a bit reluctant to rely on them to carry out the plan just issued by the Navy Command to attack the Almara submarine base.

The colonel picked up the intercom and asked the takeoff command team on the flight deck.A sergeant said: It was temporarily discovered that there were some abnormalities in the auxiliary fuel tank of the aircraft.Unlike on land, this is quite a troublesome problem on a ship. It cannot be solved by just changing the auxiliary fuel tank on the deck. If fuel is poured on the deck, it will probably take more time to clean it up.

"Hurry up and move this plane below the deck for maintenance, and let another plane on duty take off." The colonel ordered.

In its heyday, this aircraft carrier could perform nearly a hundred take-offs and landings within 24 hours, but today is not as good as in the past. The aircraft carrier did not complete a single take-off and landing throughout the morning.

The colonel picked up his teacup and watched the other plane being towed to the take-off point, dawdly preparing for the ski jump to take off.

"Now we are the most visible target in the Arabian Sea," said the colonel.

"After the Galaxiwa was finished, it looked like this," said the first officer on the side. "If they find us, they'll sink us with ten times as many troops as they did to sink the Galahiva."

"Yes, if the Americans hadn't tipped off the news yesterday morning, we might have been hit, and we are lying on the slipway for overhaul."

The colonel looked down and saw on the monitor that the destroyer USS Mumbai, 2 nautical miles ahead, was sending a message. The ship had not found any enemy submarines yet.

"The Ministry of Defense must have gone crazy and let us attack so close to the enemy's coast. They didn't carefully calculate the risks involved."

"I think it may be that there are some in Parliament who think that the navy is not contributing enough to the war effort," replied the mate.

"Not enough contribution? They have already lost an amphibious transport ship and a nuclear submarine, and they still want us to take risks." Colonel Zayala said dissatisfiedly. He had some irrelevant answers. Loss and contribution are not the same thing.If only in terms of contribution, the Navy's performance in this war is indeed lackluster.

At this time, a huge Sea King really upgraded slowly took off from the bridge. It flew to the north to perform routine anti-submarine exercises, while the Sea Harrier at the take-off point was still busy preparing to take off.

"Captain, we are the only ones who can attack their submarine bases by surprise. Aircraft flying from the coast are easily spotted by their radars, and we can attack from any direction. And I think the biggest threat we face, It must be the Chinese Flying Leopard bombers at the Shamsi base, where they deploy about half a squadron. Threatening the vast sea from the Gulf of Oman to Mumbai."

"I'm not very worried about these bombers. The Chinese should not attack us blatantly in front of the whole world, but they will do some under-the-table actions. It's like the unexplained disappearance of the Annihilator."

"You mean the nuclear submarine?"

"Yes, she stayed near Almara yesterday, and she must not have gone far by now."

The Bombay at the front of the fleet continued to call to ask if it would change its course and turn north as originally planned.Following this course, they would sail to the enemy's coast and attack.

Zaara thought for a moment, then ordered the fleet to turn north, and at the same time he issued a strict radio silence order to avoid premature detection.However, he also knows that even if the enemy's navy is huddled in the port and dare not dispatch, their patrol planes and submarines can still serve as eyes and ears, and as long as the bombs fall on the enemy's base, the concealment measures will fail. As long as the enemy is not too stupid , should be able to immediately determine the approximate location of the aircraft carrier they want to get rid of.According to his prediction, the enemy will attack within a few hours after being attacked.

Former enemy headquarters in Khairpur, Pakistan.Defense Minister Singh came uninvited and suddenly appeared at the door. This was the first time he had set foot on enemy territory since the war began, and in fact it was the first time he had come to Pakistan in his life.

"The battle is busy, so I can only send my deputy to the airport to meet you." Lieutenant General Spanga, who was wearing shorts and sweaty, walked to the door from the inside, and he didn't even take a few more steps from the door to meet the minister.

"I hope I didn't disturb your command, but there are some troubles in the country, so I have to come." Singer said straight to the point.

The headquarters is located in the basement of the municipal building in Khalpur. The ventilation equipment has just been repaired, but there is no air conditioning, and the temperature on the thermometer is 40 degrees Celsius.

"Mr. Minister, this is a desert, so it's very hot."

"That's right, it's as hot as New Delhi. I'm sorry for the bad news. There must be some changes in our attack plan." Singh walked straight to the map, and he saw several staff officers modifying the existing map. The dense red marks show that the enemy is retreating to the mountains, and Spanga's 21st Army is pursuing it quickly.

"I don't quite understand what you mean, Mr. Minister."

"It's such a general, your tanks must stop, we must first solve the threat in the south."

(End of this chapter)