Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 250 Chief of Staff

"Hehe, I understand your concern; but, who can confirm that our submarines attacked their ships?" Kahan asked back.Chandra froze and couldn't answer. He found that Kahan was a genius of rhetoric, and he always showed his indiscretion and short-sightedness in such an aggressive way.

Even Singh and Charman on the one side have noticed that the Prime Minister is acting out of passion, which may lead the country to a dangerous stage, but they know that it is safer to choose silence at this moment. Maybe the Prime Minister got something from Charmain's insider There is not necessarily enough intelligence to support his revenge.

"They have a regiment of planes right in western Pakistan that will also seriously threaten our air routes."

"You want to say Shamsi? For months, you have been reminding me that their bombers are also threatening our oil import routes from Iran. In fact, I should have discovered that the Chinese are so clever. They They thought that with just a dozen bombers, they could establish an equal threat with us in the Indian Ocean."

Singh immediately nodded in agreement, following the prime minister was his only political correctness.

"Hehe, I'm not surprised that they have such an idea. They only have a fraction of our troops on the border, but they can scare the upper echelons of our army." Kahan responded with a smile, as if there was something in his words.

"Mr. Defense Minister, how far is General Spanga's tank?"

"The straight-line distance is 180 kilometers."

"Spanga's tank army should be turned around and this base should be dealt with quickly."

"Street fighting in Karachi is still fierce, and our heroic army is very tired now..." Singer glanced at the Prime Minister, and found that his face gradually turned ugly, "But I think this is a wise decision, and I will report to the Army The staff submitted this suggestion, and when necessary, use the White Tiger Division and elite airborne troops to solve this problem."

"Well, you don't have to worry about legal matters. I believe that the Wartime Ministerial Council will give me greater decision-making power and tell the generals that this is the only most important task right now. If General Spanga is unwilling to take over, then Let the other generals do it."

Kahan paused for a while, and there was no sound below. His cold eyes fell on Chandra, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"I need the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give China a clear warning immediately. Their arrogant actions have really angered our country this time. They had better be prepared for all the consequences arising from it."

"China will not admit it. In fact, we have no evidence." Chandra replied frankly. He did not dare to look directly at the Prime Minister, but could only look at Nehru's photo on the wall.

"I don't need them to admit it, you just want you to tell China clearly that they are about to pay the price." Kahan said contemptuously.

"Do you really want to send out submarines to attack their oil transportation lines? I advise you to think carefully about this matter." Chandra began to seek approval from the rest of the audience, but there was no response. In his opinion, this was just superficial. Why is there no one on my side?

"Mr. Minister of Defense, how many days will it take for the Army to capture a base 180 kilometers away?" The Prime Minister asked himself, obviously not caring about the position of the Foreign Minister.

"It will take three to five days...or longer." Singer replied hesitantly.

"Go and send a telegram to General Spanga to change his plans and send troops to take that place."

"……Understood."

"No, three to five days, no, it's still too slow," the Prime Minister began to shake his head again, and a bunch of people around looked at each other, wondering what the Prime Minister was going to do again.

"Are our newer planes deployed to the North?"

"One part is on the Western Front and the other part is in West Bengal." Singh responded cautiously.

"Should take them out, bang on their old air force, and let them know how good we are."

"However, our heavy troops are still on the western front. If there is an exchange of fire on the border at this time..." Singer asked puzzled. He knew that after destroying the Chinese snow mountain radar, the Prime Minister always thought it was a big advantage. , so tend to make a certain gesture of patience at the border.

"Hehe, although I don't understand military affairs, I am well versed in politics; if the opponent's provocations are not counterattacked, they will repeat their old tricks. You don't have to remind me of the potential military risks. I can fully feel that BJ has been Acting step by step according to their plot, they have never seriously thought about how powerful our country is, now is the time for them to wake up."

The Prime Minister's words made Singer feel very confused. The Prime Minister's words seemed to point to something. Perhaps Charmain reported some new situation to the Prime Minister behind his back, which made him more confident.But Singer is also very clear that the recent period is precisely the most difficult time for the Indian military force. All the mobile forces have been invested in the western front and cannot move. The prime minister is extremely confident in intelligence.

"I still feel that responding so quickly is contrary to the international practice of handling disputes, and I cannot accept it." Chandra said, taking the topic.

"If you are still worried about the CCP's reaction, you might as well listen to Mr. Charmain's latest intelligence."

Singer finally called on Charmain himself.This confirmed Singh's conjecture that Charmain had reported to the Prime Minister before the meeting, and it must be information beneficial to India.

"Yes Prime Minister," the director stood up respectfully, looking confident. "According to the latest information I have from intelligence officers, the decision-making departments of the Chinese military have reached a consensus. The conventional army's reliance on logistical supply lines is doomed to have limited combat value in the eastern foothills of the Himalayas. They have essentially given up. 1962 operational model."

Singer waited with bated breath for what to say. This was the first time he had heard of such a thing.He knew that Charmain had a reliable insider line recently, and he could get important information; in fact, he also sent someone to secretly check the details, and only knew that this information line was very secret, and it seemed to be through a person named "Mr. P". The middleman passed on the news. As for the identity of "Mr. P" and the way of passing the information, Charmain handled everything seamlessly, and he couldn't intervene for the time being.

"Their new strategy is to form a brigade-level air assault force dedicated to dealing with plateau operations, but this work cannot be completed this year."

"Why?" Singer asked.

"Because of our order in April, Russia is forced to postpone the order of Chinese helicopters until next year, which makes their idea of ​​forming an air assault force a castle in the air. Of course, due to the nature of Russian dishonesty, I suggest that our country continue to add large orders to strengthen this advantage."

"Is your news reliable? I mean the part of the Chinese army's combat thinking that gave up the ground attack." Singer asked, of course he knew about the part of Russia's production capacity, but he was just surprised that Charmain could conclude that China would not The conclusion of the offense.

"Of course, my source of information is very reliable. The Chinese provocation and retreat on the border last time have confirmed that the intelligence is accurate, and the purpose of that attack was essentially to test the idea of ​​​​the new air assault operation. And In fact, even if they establish such a force, it will be difficult to launch an attack at the altitude of the Arunachal area. The only helicopters in the world that can truly adapt to high-altitude operations are Sikorsky products or the Polaris produced by our country. "

Charmain was very thoughtful, so he deliberately mentioned the HAL Polaris helicopter. He knew that was the part that the Prime Minister liked to hear.As expected, Prime Minister Kahan smiled appreciatively.If the Prime Minister is re-elected, Charmain can clearly look forward to being a serious candidate for the next Home Office minister.

"It seems that the intelligence bureau is more efficient than the military's intelligence agency." Singh expressed his appreciation insincerely.

"Thanks for the compliment."

Around the same time, the secret game held in western China finally ended with the red team winning the Sigurd Corridor. The exercise time was much longer than originally expected, which shows that the blue team's resistance was quite successful.

When Lin Huaisheng walked out of his "headquarters", he was in a happy mood. First, he could finally return to reality. Second, he inflicted great damage on the red team during the exercise; A series of hesitant mistakes made Lin Huaisheng maintain the integrity of the troop system. Until the end of the exercise, his five divisions still maintained a certain command and combat capability.

During the exercise, the technical equipment and combat units of the two sides also competed one by one.For the red side, the biggest problem is undoubtedly facing an opponent who knows the basics, and cannot control the advantages brought about by the suddenness of the war.Lin Huaisheng boldly gave up many areas to prevent the red team from interspersing and destroying their own effective forces; at the same time, they repeatedly competed in key areas to consume the time and combat power of the red team. The group was divided and surrounded, and this isolated city was precisely left by Lin Huaisheng to contain the attacker on purpose.In the end, with 2 times the strength and 2.5 times the advantages of technical equipment, the red team drove the Assam defense blue army to the north of Bangladesh, but failed to completely eradicate it.A few hours ago, after a "bloody battle", an armored unit of the red team finally cut off the Sigurd Corridor and completed the purpose of the campaign. Therefore, the director of the exercise hastily judged that the blue team had failed.For Lin Huaisheng, this result is acceptable. After all, in the exercise, the blue side is doomed to fail.The only thing he felt was unfair was that the director's department calculated the combat power of the Indian-Tibet special forces as troops at the reinforced regiment level, which made this force prematurely exhausted in the battle for important places.Lin Huaisheng knew that in future battles, Luosang Zhaxi would not be as easy to deal with as deduction on paper, and he hoped that the headquarters could fully realize this.

"There are still problems with the red team's tactics, and I always feel that it needs to be revised," Lin Huaisheng said to Lao Ding.

"Is the direction of attack fluctuating, or is it gradually investing in reserve forces?"

"I still have to think about it, I always feel..."

"Chief of Staff Lin." A non-commissioned officer came over.When the two looked up, they were Xu Jingzhe's confidential staff. "Major General Xu asked you to go."

"Okay, let's go right away."

Lao Ding on the side was surprised to find that Lin Huaisheng's title had changed. Apparently during the period of deduction, his superiors had officially promoted him from a combat staff officer to a "chief of staff".There have always been rumors that he will take up an important position at the head level in the newly formed army aviation unit, but he did not expect it to become a reality so soon.Judging from Lin Huaisheng's calm attitude towards the two, he should have known about the new appointment a long time ago, but he didn't say anything about it.During the exercise, the red team relied on this shadow force, which is still being formed, to complete the occupation of Jabuwa Airport. Perhaps in the near future, Lin Huaisheng will stand on that airport in person.

"'Chief of Staff', tsk tsk, it sounds like this battle is inevitable?" Lao Ding sighed, and it is undeniable that he felt a little disappointed in his heart, after all, he used to be a colleague who touched his feet.

"Yeah, finally gave me an officer leading the army." Lin Huaisheng only looked a little proud at this moment.There has always been a saying in the ranks: "If a staff officer does not have a leader, XX will not make a sound", but now he, the staff officer, finally has a leader.

"The military rank will be promoted soon, right?" Lao Ding continued to say enviously, he knew that the army was not small, and it was formed by the merger of two army aviation regiments.Then Lin Huaisheng's military rank should be promoted to colonel accordingly.

"Okay, I'll take a step first, the old man must have something new to say." Lin Huaisheng didn't answer Lao Ding's complaints, and went straight to Xu Jingzhe's office.

(End of this chapter)