Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 24 Dangerous situation
Twelve hours after the bombing of Lahore.Sitting in a room at the base, Lin Huaisheng watched the news on TV. Like everyone else in the world, he was astonished that in this day and age, India would use such ostentatious methods to escalate the conflict. Not only did it form an emergency cabinet, but it immediately voted The bomb, and it was almost an official declaration of war.Of course, on the other hand, Lin Huaisheng was also a little surprised. His teacher, Major General Xu Jingzhe, really predicted that the war would expand within a few days. Lin Huaisheng thought that the intelligence system must have played a role.

The main content of the news focused on Lahore, a border city in the south. Under the strong request of the Pakistani government, the United Nations personnel postponed their trip to the Kashmir conflict area. Hell.It can be seen from the screen that the plane painted with the blue mark of the United Nations is landing at the airport, which shows that the runway of the airport is still functional, but the navigation facilities have been destroyed.

The urgent news on TV is still repeating the news of the past few hours, and occasionally there will be some newer content.Lin Huaisheng consulted the information and found that the only target worth attacking in this city was the airport, where several C130Js from a transport aircraft wing in Pakistan were stationed here, but from the news footage taken by the helicopter, most of the explosion points deviated from the runway by about one hour. The most striking thing is that a collapsed mosque has become rubble. Lin Huaisheng saw a clearly visible big hole on a high wall that still stands. It should be some kind of rocket-assisted mosque. The bomb was pushed out, and when the TV screen turned, it could be seen that a large area of ​​residential buildings next to the mosque had also been razed to the ground.

A local man was speaking to a CNN reporter in English. He was awakened by the sound of explosions in his dream, and then heard several explosions in succession. He firmly believed that India used inhumane cluster bombs to cause such a large area of ​​destruction. .The camera lens moved in the direction of the local man's finger, and the ground was indeed full of deep pits. A wrecked vehicle rolled over in one of the pits, almost without the top.Lin Huaisheng shook his head. This was not caused by ordinary cluster bombs. He guessed that it might be caused by some kind of anti-runway bomb that destroyed the concrete runway. It might be a Russian-made BETAB-500 bomb, but he did not see any parachutes at the scene. Traces, he dared not judge randomly.

It is Lin Huaisheng's habit not to make judgments easily, because Major General Xu Jingzhe is moody. Sometimes he will give high praise to his subordinates' unfounded guesses, and sometimes he will get a scolding in return. Lin Huaisheng believes that he lacks the sense of observation Ability, so generally do not talk about immature views.

He is now thinking that the target of the calibration should be the runway. It may be that the Indian pilots lack the technical means of precise strikes at night, so they deviate so much from the target.

"Last night, all of a sudden there was a power outage, and then I heard a plane, and we thought it was a plane landing at first, because you know the airport in Lahore sometimes has planes landing late at night, but then the bomb dropped. Come down, thank God, my family and I are fine." Abdul Saif, a local resident whose house wall was blown up, was introducing yesterday's situation to foreign reporters.

"Is there a military base nearby?" the AFP reporter asked in broken Sindhi (English subtitles below).

"No, I swear to God, there's only one police station in town."

The news screen switched to the factual comments section in the studio of a foreign TV station. A scholar who claimed to be proficient in strategic relations in South Asia sat in front of the huge freeze-frame screen and began to talk. Big characters on the screen read: Is a nuclear war in South Asia imminent?
"The whole world is asking why? Why did the Indian government suddenly lose patience and break through the rules of engagement she defined? This is almost exactly the same as what I asserted two weeks ago..." A scholar began to say excitedly His foresight.

Lin Huaisheng turned the volume down to zero. He has no time to listen to this nonsense. Now he needs to think about his own problems. The war between India and Pakistan has escalated. So what does this have to do with Plan 4157 B?Now it seems that the preset premise is getting out one by one: the exchange of fire between India and Pakistan, the escalation of the war, and the escalation of the ground war will appear soon. Obviously, India will definitely transfer several main divisions from the southeast to the west to join the ground attack.However, there is one last question left: How long can Pakistan last? If it can last until October... Lin Huaisheng shook his head. The last question raised a difficult question. He believes that Pakistan will choose a conditional truce in July or even June, perhaps losing some territory, and even hand over the ISI officers to India for trial as requested by India. In short, they cannot persist Too long; and India's will is definitely just a quick win.In any case, this ancient plan will be a topic of tomorrow's meeting, so the preparations cannot be sloppy. Lin Huaisheng is well aware of India's deployment in southern Tibet and the deep Assam region, but he has not been to southern Tibet for a long time. Therefore, it is inevitable that there are some new situations that have not been updated. If the explanation is wrong, it will be troublesome.

There was a knock on the door, and Lin Huaisheng opened the door wearing slippers. As expected, it was Major General Xu Jingzhe standing outside neatly. He always appeared on time when his subordinates were under the greatest pressure, to add new pressure.

"Teacher, you are here."

Xu Jingzhe poked his head in and took a look, and saw a TV broadcasting news in foreign languages.

"Very good, I didn't sleep late and miss such important factual news."

"Where do you dare to sleep late? I know the situation is going to change these days, so... Teacher, please sit down."

"How do you know the situation is about to change? Tell me." The major general walked in and made his way to a table.

"Teacher, I'll pour tea first."

"No need." Xu Jingzhe said, when he said 'no need', he was definitely not being polite.So Lin Huaisheng turned around and sat next to the teacher.

"Isn't that what you said? India is holding back to start a war, so I dare not guess."

"You haven't guessed the direction of the situation yourself?"

"I just think that India will not act hastily... Now that an emergency cabinet has been established, the degree of political mobilization has exceeded the state of previous India-Pakistan wars, which is beyond my expectations."

"Oh? You seem to be very close to the general opinion of the experts of the Academy of Social Sciences? I just talked to Researcher Gao on the phone, and he said he couldn't believe such a thing would happen." The major general said with a smile, temporarily unable to hear Is it praise or derogation.

"Teacher, why are you so confident that war will inevitably break out?"

"It's simple, intelligence."

"Intelligence?" Lin Huaisheng's tone seemed unconvincing, because the general staff's intelligence collection capabilities were mostly concentrated in the fields of foreign military deployment, designation, and weapon types.More in-depth, such as the decision-making information on India's major policies, even if the country has it, it is not accessible to the level of Major General Xu Jingzhe.After all, looking at satellite photos to identify missile positions is a completely different field from peeking at the private speeches of heads of state.

"Don't stare at me. After all these years, you are still at the level of a scout, thinking that lying on the ground and counting other people's firepower is considered intelligence." Lin Huaisheng knew that now was not the time to defend.

"We have an information exchange mechanism with Pakistan, and there are some sources in India's military region-level intelligence units, and even the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Intelligence Bureau."

"Oh, this is it?"

"Well, a month ago, we learned that terrorists would attack a Yanhai city in India by infiltrating fishing boats."

"A month ago? Didn't the Chinese government notify India?" Lin Huaisheng asked.
"That's not necessary, because the source of the news is the Ministry of Internal Affairs of India."

"It means that the Indian intelligence authorities knew about the terrorist attack in advance and did not warn the Indian government?" Lin Huaisheng was taken aback.

"You are the most stupid of all my students." Major General Xu shook his head and said, this is already his most polite way of expressing his disappointment.

(End of this chapter)