Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 255 Betrayal
Lang Muya saw the entire process of the sinking of the ship from the periscope. This was the first time he fired in his 30-year naval career. He refrained from pressing the linked shutter to take pictures because his superiors prohibited them from taking pictures.This attack was a secret act. Although everyone could see it clearly, no evidence could be left behind.

"Sol, watch for me for a while," Lumya raised his hand to call for the deputy captain, "Dive down to 300 feet, let's evacuate. It's really smelly here."

"Captain, what's going to happen next?" The deputy captain asked a little excitedly.He seemed to be looking forward to the war.

"Maybe the next step will be to attack their oil tankers, and then their fleet off the coast of Africa. In short, the war on land is coming to an end, but it may have just begun at sea." The captain said in a low mood.He knew that if the higher-ups planned not to send surface ships, but continued to use submarines to attack China's expeditionary fleet, it would not be very optimistic for the old S46.

"Then we have to fight." Sol immediately put his head on the periscope, and took a quick look at the spectacular scene before he dived.

There were no casualties on the crew of Beilun 17, and the evacuation of a total of 25 crew members was orderly, and soon someone used the maritime phone they carried to get in touch with the country.About a day later, the entire crew was rescued by a patrol boat of the Omani Navy.

Before the Chinese government made any response to this matter, the Indian government issued a statement in advance, claiming that in view of the fighter jets driven by Chinese pilots and a submarine that may be controlled by the Chinese participated in the attack on the Indian aircraft carrier, India It will no longer be obliged to guarantee the safety of passage of Chinese ships in the Indian Ocean.A few hours later, the two countries closed the consulates general in Guangzhou and Mumbai almost simultaneously.The situation in this area suddenly became complicated and confusing.

At the United Nations emergency meeting that night, Russia, as the rotating presidency, condemned the incident anonymously.The ambassador claimed that it is completely unacceptable to fire on civilian ships in international waters.Relevant countries should immediately stop such acts of grossly exaggerating the conflict.

Lin Huaisheng received the news two hours after the cargo ship was attacked. At that time, he was making a summary report on the previous exercise. Summary is more important.After completing this report, he will participate in the formulation of the entire real combat plan, and then enter the core leadership of the main offensive force as the chief of staff; the chief of staff is a role of leading troops, which is his dream position.The head of this yet-to-be-established unit is said to be number two of the Red Army Command during the exercise, and his identity is still a mystery.

Lin Huaisheng was not overly nervous about the Indian fire incident like Lao Ding. He had predicted such a situation a few months ago, because the Indian authorities always believed that the air route in India's backyard was the last one in their hands. Great ace.Moreover, neither Kahan nor Singh are good at controlling emotions. It is very difficult not to play this card.In fact, it is not the first time that India attacked Chinese civilian ships during the war.During the air raid on the coast of Pakistan, India deliberately attacked several Chinese cargo ships under the pretext of accidental injury. Earlier, the destroyer Mumbai also shot Chinese cargo ships with its 100mm main gun.

"This is troublesome, will they continue to attack the route?"

"Maybe it's just to test the wind and see the reaction of the international community, but most of the international reaction will be beyond their expectations, and the United States will not watch India mess around here."

"But Researcher Gao's prediction has come true, you see." Lao Ding hastily stuffed the second page of the report into Lin Huaisheng's hands.

Lin Huaisheng glanced at it hastily, and found that the second finding of the report was indeed a lengthy analysis by the research institute surnamed Gao. He was able to produce a lengthy article complaining about the country within two hours of the attack. The decision-making mistake was really beyond Lin Huaisheng's expectations.

"He must have been prepared, otherwise how could he move so fast?" Lin Huaisheng said with a sneer.

"Never mind why he is ready again, are you ready?"

"I said, Lao Ding, why are you in such a hurry?"

"How can I not be in a hurry? Oil transportation is the lifeline of the country." Lao Ding said in surprise, he didn't know why Lin Huaisheng could still pretend to be calm.

"Do you know what happened to the sinking of the Villant?" Lin Huaisheng suddenly asked a vague question.

"It should...it should have been sunk by a missile."

"Do you really think that two missile warheads weighing less than 2 kilograms can sink a 200-ton warship?"

"You mean..."

"I mean, the top can see farther than you and I," Lin Huaisheng said, pointing his finger up, and Lao Ding nodded blankly, but he still didn't think clearly.

"So, the current situation must be under the overall consideration of the above. Do you understand what I mean?"

"However, India may start attacking ships on the route one after another."

"I expect international intervention to force them to stop soon, and there are several constraints that they have to take into account."

"Oh, let's hear it."

"One is the attitude of the oil countries in the Middle East. India is also an oil importer. It is impossible not to consider these factors, so she only chooses ordinary cargo ships now. The second is our air force in western Pakistan. This is the part that makes them afraid , I guess the higher-ups will soon confirm our intelligence capabilities. Thirdly, our country’s status in the United Nations will play a decisive role. So, they have left room for their diplomatic statements?”

“How come you see?”

"Look here, 'A fighter jet flown by a Chinese pilot and a submarine possibly operated by a Chinese. Participated in the attack on an Indian carrier' There is no nuclear submarine here." This shows that at least the people who drafted this statement wanted to leave room."

"I'm not as optimistic as you are."

"Then we'll see."

At the same time, the Indian freighter Manipur flying the Panamanian flag over the Arabian Sea was heading for the destination port of Calcutta.It is about 900 nautical miles away from the coast of the war, which is completely within the safety line drawn by the Indian government.The actual combat radius of most of Pakistan's fighter jets can hardly reach half of this distance.Moreover, the Indian intelligence department referred to the characteristics of China's JH-7 dispatches and determined that China has no surveillance capabilities in this area, so it does not pose a real threat.

The captain saw a gray bomber swooping down from the sky toward the cargo ship. The plane dropped a fuel tank at an altitude of 500 meters and landed precisely on the channel in front of it; Zhou, turned around and flew north.The captain was a little surprised, he knew it was a Chinese bomber, and its actions seemed to be exactly the same as the warning two months ago.But this ship has flown the Panamanian flag and is hiding so far away, why is the Chinese plane still eyeing itself?
He quickly notified the shipowner by telephone.The owner of the ship is Biswadish, the president of the West Bengal Business Federation and a long-term self-help tycoon of the BJP.Half an hour later, Swadish called directly to the prime minister's office, asking the Navy to immediately send warships to protect his property.The prime minister's secretary did not dare to neglect, rushed to the meeting room immediately, and conveyed the information to the prime minister himself who was discussing how to deal with the UN statement.

Kahan was taken aback when he heard that, he didn't expect the Chinese to act so fast, and within half a day, the counterattack had already arrived.And he still remembers that Singh assured him that as long as he stayed away from the coast of Pakistan, he would be safe, because China's intelligence gathering capabilities in the Indian Ocean are very weak, and it is impossible to find ships in the vast ocean. , waited on the flight path for nearly 46 hours, and Chinese aircraft obviously would not have such an opportunity.

"Their plane found our ship. What's going on my friend?" Kahan asked Singh, turning his head.

"Maybe they have an inside line in Dammam and got the schedule." Singer said with a shrug.He knew that this explanation was not good, and the Prime Minister was not so easy to fool, but he couldn't think of the reason for a while.

"But you assured me they have no such intelligence capability in the Arabian Sea."

The foreign minister on one side nodded solemnly, and he also expected Singer to give an answer: how to clean up this mess.

"Perhaps, there is a problem with the communication of these ships. The sailors sometimes reveal the location on the phone. Or...their fleet in the Gulf of Aden quietly followed behind."

The Prime Minister nodded speciously. He knew that the Chinese must have some means of intelligence gathering.Maybe a satellite, maybe a fleet off the coast of Africa.Regardless, they once again showed strength and restraint.

"How is Spanga's offensive preparations going? We must get rid of the Shamsi base immediately. That's the way to go once and for all."

"The general is unwilling to immediately mobilize troops to attack there. He said that the battle line is already very long, and we can no longer invest troops in new directions that have no military significance."

"Damn, he knows what politics is," Kahan yelled. "Find me another general, and we must get rid of this curse immediately."

Singh was a little dazed. Spanga was recommended by him to the prime minister. Now that he is in the way of the prime minister, the prime minister is likely to blame himself.But on the other hand, he felt that Spanga's judgment was correct. The strength of the southern front was indeed exhausted, and it was indeed very dangerous to use troops in a new direction. The prime minister only knew how to judge whether the attack was feasible based on the straight-line distance on the map. , but in fact there is still a huge mountain range.

"It's better to let the Air Force solve it."

"Air Force?" The Prime Minister was a little puzzled. Not long ago, Singh told him that dozens of Chinese fighter jets there were watching from the sidelines and did not find them participating in the battle to surround Karachi. It is better to use the army's pressing method to make them retreat, instead of actively provoking them under the unfavorable situation (too far from the front-line airport in India).

"The Shark Squadron has just dealt a heavy blow to the Chinese on the Eastern Front. Colonel Dabrini believes that the Rafale fighter jets have unparalleled range and radar superiority when facing all the existing Chinese fighter jets."

"Well, I just said that the French are more reliable than the Russians. Well, I agree to let the Air Force do it." The Prime Minister nodded, "Okay, Mr. Foreign Minister, let's talk about the Russians betraying us at the United Nations. Kahan finally changed the subject, and Singh breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly passing the test again.

(End of this chapter)