Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 229 Blue Army Commander
Lin Huaisheng knew that letting a lieutenant-colonel-level officer like himself play the role of commander of the front army was really flattering him; but since his superiors dared to trust him, he had to do his best to resist desperately.Of course, he has also thought about it. The headquarters let someone who knows the overall plan serve as the commander of the blue army, which almost completely gave up the huge advantage brought by the suddenness of the battle. The advantages in this area will eventually achieve the purpose of honing the entire Yarlung Zangbo River surprise attack plan.

He walked to the door of the deduction command room and saw Xu Jingzhe was already there.Today the old man will watch the whole deduction in the director's room.In similar military chess deduction, the winning rate determined by the computer is only one factor, and there may be some artificial effects to influence the process during the period. He should be here to do this.However, Lin Huaisheng was not worried that Xu Jingzhe would fight against him today. After all, the point of the exercise was to test the attackers, that is, his opponents.

"Your staff is already waiting for you," said the old man.

"Don't worry, I will give the Red Army enough problems."

"I'm very pleased that you can understand the intention of the superior, but... your plan has been repeatedly studied several times above, as far as I know, there are three times of overturning and restarting, so don't be too complacent. Today you meet Your opponent is likely to be your future comrade-in-arms." Xu Jingzhe sneered.

"That's what makes it interesting. By the way, teacher, is there any new news over there?"

"It's all bad news." Xu Jingzhe shook his head. "The collapse of the Second Army has become a foregone conclusion. I'm afraid the entire central region will be lost. It seems that the entire White Tiger Division in India is not in vain, or... the Pakistani Army is too strong." ...As of this morning, most of the front-line troops have lost their command and are in disintegration. The most optimistic estimate is that the well-organized First Armored Division can escape the encirclement." The old man continued shaking his head.

"Yeah, a complete mess."

"Hehe, this is not the worst news." The old man said with a wry smile.

"Why, can there be something worse?" Lin Huaisheng was puzzled, he couldn't imagine anything worse than the 10 army being surrounded.

"Last night, a general in Pakistan's ISI launched a coup attempt to launch nuclear weapons against India, but the plot has been quelled. Missiles were also neutralized by Indian tank forces."

"Indian Tank Corps?"

"The general only got the one set of codes from the Chief of Staff of the Army, so he asked the missile launch vehicle to stop and wait for the rest of the codes and further instructions, and was later intercepted and destroyed by an Indian tank force that broke into the rear, India The tanks may have been reckless, the missiles they knocked out became 'dirty bombs', creating a moderately plutonium-contaminated area in a valley 80 km south of Multan, fortunately all the news media in the world so far Don't know about it yet."

"This is too..." Lin Huaisheng shook his head, "It's amazing. However, if I were that Indian tanker, I think I would do the same."

"Now, the higher authorities are still assessing the possible consequences, but it is an indisputable fact that the Pakistani government is in great chaos and is about to collapse. Further international isolation of the Pakistani government is predictable."

"My guess is that the West will be more inclined towards India because only India's victory can solve the instability and nuclear proliferation problems in this region."

Lin Huaisheng said.

"It's about the same. The time in Pakistan can only be calculated in days. Time is not good for us." The old man took off his hat and said a frustrated word.Then he stroked his gray hair. "At this moment, it should be dawn in their place. I don't know if there will be any bad news today."

The Almara base in southern Pakistan has just had its first Asahi in August.A submarine that went out to sea to search for enemy ships was returning, and the sailors crowded onto the sail cover to wave to the broken port.The fact that nothing was found in the sortie did not make the boys feel depressed. On the contrary, they were lucky that they did not encounter any enemy warships during the 3-day sortie.

Even in the submarine that is closed like a tin can, rumors that the war is about to end are hard to eliminate. Rumors say that the government is secretly discussing surrender with the Indians. More and more people have lost the will to fight. Smart move.Obviously, Pakistan's national strength really cannot compete with the huge India.

There was a humming sound in the sky, which was somewhat disappointing. The roar of these engines was like the kind of movement heard during the innocuous attack launched by Indian cruise missiles a few days ago. The sailors were vigilant. He turned his head around, but he didn't find any flying objects between the blue sea and the long sky.No one cast their eyes on the dazzling sunrise at the first time, they would rather believe that this is another attack by the infallible BrahMos cruise missile.

Four Indian Navy Sea Harriers lined up and were attacking the Almara base from the east. This timing was chosen for the air strike, firstly because it could take advantage of the rising sun, and secondly because the Indian Navy had obtained According to news, Pakistan's conventional submarines always return to the base in the early morning for resupply. This is probably because the Pakistanis believe that Indian aircraft carriers do not have the ability to take off and land at night. Of course, things are not as simple as they thought.

The 40th Squadron of the Indian Navy just took off from the INS Virant 300 minutes ago. This is a force that is rarely noticed by the world. This unit has never had actual combat experience.However, the vertical take-off and landing capabilities of this old-fashioned Sea Harrier allow them to take off before dawn. The premise of this combat mode is that the aircraft carrier must take the risk of traveling closer to the shore and wait there until dawn for the aircraft to return.

The squadron leader, Captain Gurt, saw a thin white line on the sea from a long distance away. He knew it was a small warship with a low bridge. Judging from where it appeared, it was probably a submarine preparing to enter the port. .He controlled the altitude and approached slowly, and finally confirmed that it was a Pakistani conventional submarine at a distance of 4 nautical miles.The personnel on the submarine were all crowded on the deck and bridge, and they were not prepared for an emergency dive at all.What the captain had to do now was not much different from what he had done in World War II—to pounce on it before it dived, and blow it in two.

"Boys, lower the altitude and prepare for a low-altitude attack."

After he finished speaking, he began to check the status of the weapon. His plane carried a 250kg bomb with a time-delayed fuze, which could conduct an unguided horizontal bombing. In addition to lowering the altitude, the goal still depends on a little luck, but considering that there are 4 aircraft in the formation, there is still a great chance.

"Captain, they seem to be going to dive," said the wingman.

One nautical mile away, the legal-made Agesta 90B submarine began to tilt forward, and the personnel on the surface of the boat ran to the nearest access hatch. Obviously, they finally found the sea harrier, but it seemed that it was too late.

"Try to aim for the bridge."

The captain aimed the bomb aiming sight at the huge submarine bridge, and saw that the front of the submarine was mostly submerged in the water, but the bridge was already erected high above the sea.The front sight began to move down slowly with the target, and the HUD was beating with double-digit height numbers, but he still had to look down at the weapon control panel to operate the safety release and delay settings of the bombs on each pylon .He saw that the aircraft attitude instrument showed that his aircraft was in some dangerous bank.He raised his head immediately, the height dropped by 20 meters, and he adjusted his posture slightly to keep it level.The target gradually slid down out of sight, and he pulled the trigger, waiting for the bomb to drop on its own.

Two 2kg bombs fell into the water near the submarine and exploded.When the captain looked back, he saw that the submarine was almost overturned by the huge waves.The bomb dropped by the second plane that followed was slightly out of the way.But that submarine obviously couldn't take it anymore. It had been complicated by 250 degrees, and it still couldn't turn over.

"Baihu 3, don't waste bombs attacking this submarine. You follow the plan and drop the bombs on the radar and port facilities."

"clear."

The captain made a big circle by himself, wanting to turn back and shoot again, but the submarine sank too fast, and when he arrived, he was completely buried in the sea, leaving only a large white foam on the sea surface.

The remaining two planes flew over the base of Almara, which had no air defense capabilities, and searched for the mobile radar station as planned, but they did not find the radar station, so they dropped the bomb on the road next to the port. It was carried out in the order of priority set by the target, Almara is a peninsula, and the transportation of the base is all carried out by this road.

"Okay, let's head back as planned."

"I didn't even meet their fighter jets. Our squadron's record still can't be broken." A pilot complained.

"Don't be silly, go to 090." Captain Gould said.There is not much fuel left in the plane now, but he has to make a large circle to the east according to the plan made by Colonel Zayala to confuse the enemy's sight. If their attack planes or submarines pounce eastward, they will obviously pounce one null.

The four Sea Harriers flew eastward for a while against the glare of the sun, then turned south and flew towards the predetermined location.The Pakistani navy and air force have lost their offshore search capabilities, and they can only rely on radars erected on the coastal mountains to see not too far away.Now the Virat is stopping at a place 4 nautical miles away from the coast. Since the aircraft carrier left Cochin, the Pakistani military has never figured out her location. The airports from Karachi to Almara China's patrol planes once tried to find clues on the sea, and now most of these low-speed planes have been shot down or unable to take off.But Zayala also has one aspect that he is worried about, that is the Chinese Flying Leopards stationed in Shamsi, so he dare not let go to take off more fighter jets, he must keep one hand.

Surrounding the aging carrier are four newer destroyers, plus two frigates.Judging from the size of the fleet alone, it is already quite impressive, but none of these ships have regional air defense capabilities.Pakistan's Raiden fighter jets or China's Flying Leopard bombers are likely to break through the air defense circle formed by these ships.However, these days, China has not dispatched Flying Leopard fighter jets.Pakistan did not dispatch fighter jets because it could not figure out the location of the aircraft carrier.

(End of this chapter)