Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 237 Virtual War
Lin Huaisheng sat in his command center. For ten hours, he had been patiently coping with sporadic attacks from the red side from three directions. He wanted a target, but he didn't fight out the most powerful mobile troops in his hand. Instead, he took advantage of this time to slowly shrink the line of defense and at the same time gather the troops in the rear (mainly in the direction of Imphal).He also awaits assistance from "other military regions".

For these years, Lin Huaisheng has been studying Admiral Pasad's tactics against China, and he is confident that he has a deep understanding of the secrets.To put it simply, Pasade adopts a step-by-step strategy in defense. In peacetime, it will take advantage of the short transportation line to slowly drive north into the wedge and build a large number of permanent and semi-permanent fortifications.But the general himself is not prepared to rely on these front-line fortifications for long-term resistance. The significance of these fortifications is to delay the attacker's time.

Pasad once said at a military officer meeting: "The Chinese soldiers think about how to eliminate the living forces. This can be seen from every war they have experienced. Considering the terrain at the eastern foot of the Himalayas, it is difficult to establish a complete I am inclined to concentrate forces on the south banks of some important rivers at the beginning of a major war. To prevent a repeat of 1962."

Due to his outstanding espionage work, Lin Huaisheng knew very well that the core of Pasade's strategy was to protect the vital forces of the army. If his forces were able to retreat to the complete second line, he could rely on a shorter logistical supply line. A long war of attrition.

Now Lin Huaisheng withdrew his fist, waiting for the red side's main attack direction to be revealed.The main forces in his hands are the 5th Mountain Division, the 17th Mountain Division that is steadily retreating, and a shelf division (57th Mountain Infantry Division) that is still gathering in the rear. Finally, two helicopter squadrons can be used for rapid deployment Yes, the most elite India-Tibet border special forces.He gradually evacuated the Air Force aircraft from the front-line airport exposed to the firepower of the red team, and gathered them to the rear airport where the red team's 400mm rockets were difficult to cover.

"The Red Air Force used long-range attack weapons to attack our airport and bridges near the control line. The losses are still being counted." Lao Ding said with a newly printed piece of paper in his hand.

"These superficial losses are not important. We just need to focus on those airports that they didn't attack." Lin Huaisheng said while sitting beside the sand table, propping his head on his hands.

"Every airport has been attacked, but Jabwa is less attacked."

"What weapon was used?"

"Long-range rockets and anti-radiation missiles attacked the barracks and air defense positions around the airport. The current loss is a radar of SA11B."

"Oh?" Lin Huaisheng seemed interested.The Jabwa airport was actually the linchpin of the plan he envisioned.He immediately took over the loss statistics from Lao Ding.

It can be seen from the losses of all the airports attacked that Tespur was hit the hardest, and the tower and artillery shells were hit by precision-guided weapons. Obviously, the red side judged that the command center of the Indian Air Force is here.The destruction of the runway was quite methodical, and no cruise missiles were used regardless of the cost to attack, but only a few sections were attacked in a superficial manner; Lin Huaisheng could judge that the purpose was to temporarily prevent the C17 from taking off and landing.It can be seen that the red side is afraid of the armored forces. Fortunately, the director department has not yet judged that his airport cannot take off and land C17.According to the current speed, he expects to assemble a battalion of T90 tanks before the end of today.

"The destination is Jabuwa Airport?" Lao Ding asked.Unlike Lin Huaisheng, he rarely expressed his judgment.

"It's possible, but the red side also restrained its attack on Bagdogra Airport," Lin Huaisheng shook his head again, as if to veto his previous judgment. "Maybe their attack is just trying to trick us into mobilizing our mobile forces." He still can't judge the intention of the red side.Keeping the Bagdogra Airport may just cause diplomatic troubles for the air force to pass through Bhutan's airspace, but it has to be guarded against.

"Helicopter squadrons 110 and 115 are on standby at any time, as is Lobsang Tashi's mobile unit and the anti-tank missile battalion directly under the 3rd Army, but it is impossible for us to go back and forth across the entire area," Lao Ding added.

"I know that," Lin Huaisheng scratched his head. Dispersing his forces is his big taboo. It's hard to judge whether the red side is real or not, and the range of the Mi-17 helicopter is limited. .

"New situation, 15 minutes ago, the red armored troops crossed the border." A staff officer shouted.Apparently the border he was referring to was in the direction of Sikkim.

"Dispatch the 125th Attack Helicopter Squadron and stand by at the Hasimara Airport. Be sure to stop them."

This equipped Mi 35 squadron is the main force of his anti-tank.Of course, more importantly, he confidently saw the direction of the enemy's attack. Obviously, the target was not Jabuwa, but the Sigurd Corridor.

"Also, get the engineers on Plan B quickly."

The so-called Plan B is the code name of the plan planned by Lin Huaisheng and his staff before the exercise started. Its main content is to blow up all the roads extending from Sikkim to Darjeeling. These roads are of poor construction quality and can be easily destroyed. Thus leaving no opportunity for enemy tanks to break through quickly.Of course, he actually has a plan A, which is to blow up the roads around the Jabwa airport, but it doesn't seem to be necessary now.Lin Huaisheng has always believed that there must be odd and positive points in the attack, just like punching, it is impossible to punch two fists at the same time. He has already predicted that the focus of the red team's attack will be to attack from Sikkim and cut off the Sigurd Corridor.This is obviously a risky move, because the Sigurd Corridor is so deadly that no one will let down their vigilance in this area.

"The artillery regiment of the 56th Infantry Division will all go to Fort Glenn to strengthen the defense of the Darjeeling Line. The 5th Mountain Division will stop retreating and turn to defense on the spot." He made another decision.He used most of the regular troops in his hands to strengthen the defensive area in this area. The entire eastern theater was tied to this deadly corridor less than 20 kilometers wide. How could he allow the opponent to easily take advantage of it?

The red air force began to launch a deep strike.Lin Huaisheng only had 2 squadrons of Su-30MKI fighters, which were not as many as his opponents; however, he took advantage of the proximity of the airport and the long time in the air to start a desperate deal with the enemy air force.Watching the huge exchange of war deplete both squadrons.

"What's next for them?" Lao Ding asked.

"At the critical moment, it's time to play that trump card." Lin Huaisheng said confidently.

"Process tactical missile?"

"The red side has hidden at least 200 pieces under our eyelids." After Lin Huaisheng finished speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled strangely.Everyone in the headquarters knows the deployment of these missiles, but because they are playing the blue army now, they are not marked on the map on purpose.But when it comes to wartime, the number of 200 pieces is still conservative
Sure enough, as he expected, the red team's tactical missiles arrived as scheduled; the red team seemed to lack confidence in its dominant tactical air force, and did not dare to let the air force fly directly over important targets to drop bombs.

As soon as the play started, all the tactical missiles in the hands of the blue team had already been fired. Due to the loss of altitude and accuracy, there were basically no results.Now that the offense and defense are out of position, it is the turn of the red team's Dongfeng 11 missile to drop from the sky.The targets of the first wave were the airports of Al-Hadir and Al-Hashmara. Dongfeng’s 15-and-a-half-ton penetrating warhead caused irreparable permanent damage to the concrete fortifications and the airport runway.

The second wave of destruction was the Gadfly surface-to-air missile position in Jalpaiguri. Two undefensible tactical ballistic missiles landed precisely in the center of the position, destroying the surrounding command vehicles and radar vehicles. Such a situation can only be judged as a loss of combat effectiveness.Soon, someone pulled out a small flag on the sand table from its original place.

Then the underground oil depot near Tespur was hit by the penetrating warhead carried by Dongfeng 15, and the oil depot was judged to withdraw.Thanks to many years of excellent intelligence work, the Red Party has accurately grasped the precise drawings of this underground oil depot that cannot be detected by satellites.

Lin Huaisheng is indifferent to these losses. These missiles cannot be defended and can only be allowed to run rampant, but the number is limited after all.The problem he poses to the red team is not in comparing losses, but that all the roads that can pass through the mechanized troops have been destroyed by him, and he can now be serious on the second line.

In the director's office, Xu Jingzhe has been waiting for information on the real battlefield.Compared with the frightening real information on the front line in Pakistan, the exercise of the Chief Command in front of him was not exciting at all, and he only occasionally raised his head to take a look.It can be seen that Lin Huaisheng's calm mobilization of his ground troops and mobile air defense forces to strengthen the defense of Sigurd seems to focus on anti-airborne.

"He was still fooled." The old man sneered.

"Obviously I still don't have confidence in my plan. But then again, who would have thought that the entire XZ was a feint attack, and the real attack was launched from Yunnan?" said the commander and chief director at the side.Lin Huaisheng's plan provided excellent inspiration to his superiors, but now the plan has been changed beyond recognition, even he himself can't understand it.

In this round of comprehensive strikes, only very little firepower fell on the distant Jabwa Air Force Base. These innocuous strikes have accumulated some results. The Trisul missile position outside the airport was attacked by long-range rockets and destroyed. Sentenced out.This is a nail that must be pulled out before airborne.

At the same time, in the depths of the remote Arabian Sea, a huge shadow quietly slipped across the continental shelf and headed east.This is an attack nuclear submarine with the string number 411. Her broadside sub-array sonar is repeatedly measuring the unknown fleet on the distant sea, trying to measure the distance and other details.

It was a large fleet. As Marin expected or expected, this fleet appeared on his electronic chart nearby, but Marin knew that he could not be hasty, because in this area, there was no India is not alone in having such a large fleet.

"Ship No. 2 is still driving at high speed. Judging from the characteristics of the combustion engine, it is a general-purpose LM2500." In the command cabin, a non-commissioned officer said that this kind of specious conclusion is obviously not what the captain wants to hear.

"If only they slowed down." Marin sighed.He knows very well that if this fleet slows down, it can be judged from the characteristics of pure diesel engines whether it is an Indian fleet.Although everyone here knows that the fleet passing at high speed 50 nautical miles away should be the Indian fleet, but who dares to guarantee it?

"Basically, it can be determined that the No. 1 ship is the aircraft carrier Villant,"

"Do you dare to rule out other possibilities?" Marin asked forcefully.

"No, there is a very small possibility that it is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, but... this possibility is very small."

Due to the power and reduction gear assembly made by General Motors that the Indian Navy has been accustomed to using for several years, this has caused certain difficulties for underwater identification.Although due to technical limitations, even if Indian warships use the same power as the United States, careful technical officers can still hear the obvious difference, but Marin knows that he can't make any mistakes; Small, triggering a confrontation between China and the United States is terrible; but letting the Villant go like this is not what he wants.

"Ship No. 3, bearing 335, 350 outside the chain," the sergeant reported.Apparently yet another new warship has appeared.

"How?" Marin asked anxiously.

"Wait a minute," Military shook his hand, signaling for silence.On the monitor in front of him, the waterfall-like sound wave pattern began to change slowly.Marin stood behind him, staring at the changes in the graphics.His face gradually relaxed, because he had already seen the name. Obviously, the escort warship wandering beside the core warship slowed down briefly, maybe it was retracting and releasing a helicopter.

"It's diesel powered, Garden Ridge diesel. That's right, a Derry-class destroyer."

(End of this chapter)