Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 294 The Bold Plan

The major general was taken aback and stood there for a long time.He has always had a prejudice against Lin Huai's survival, thinking that Lin Huai is just an intelligence/staff officer who lacks courage and independent thinking. This type of person is similar, with a meticulous mind but easy to overestimate the enemy's combat effectiveness.However, the suggestion Lin Huaisheng just made showed considerable courage. Who could think of such an ambitious plan just half an hour after the previous battle ended?
"Chief of Staff, do you think it is feasible?"

"of course."

"So sure?"

"I have been studying the thoughts in Spanga's mind. He believes that the major military victories come from his most daring ideas. As for the question of whether tanks can penetrate these mountains, the enemy has already given us an answer. , why don't we use the same way to treat the person?"

"How about fuel and ammo, I mean those T90s?"

"The captured ammunition can make up a base. There is no problem with the fuel. We can find fuel supply points along the way, as long as we bring a few Pakistani liaison officers with us." Lin Huaisheng replied confidently.The major general discovered that Lin Huaisheng not only conceived the whole plan, but also counted the ammunition.

"There is another problem. If armored troops are brought in from China, they don't know the battlefield here. Who should lead this force?"

"Old Ding has worked in the Armored Regiment and can serve as the commander of the tank unit, while I can serve as the commander-in-chief of assault missions."

"You still plan to take the infantry company?"

"Tanks can't do without infantry. As far as the White Tiger Division's attack is concerned, the only mistake is that they didn't bring infantry with them." Lin Huaisheng replied confidently. on, but also good at learning from the mistakes of the enemy.

Zhou Yaohua stopped and pondered for a while, but this small command post did not stop to wait for him. A dozen people had already started packing up their things and preparing to move. All the terminals and communication equipment could be maneuvered by relying on a few jeeps, and often maneuvered It can prevent the enemy from measuring to the centralized radio station position.

"There is a police station in Quetta, with a solid basement, which is suitable as a headquarters, but it will have to wait until the fighting is over."

Lin Huaisheng glanced at his watch and said.

His words didn't interrupt Zhou Yaohua's train of thought, the major general still stood there without saying a word.He is still carefully calculating the feasibility of Lin Huaisheng's bold plan.Obviously, the positive side at present is that the enemy's assault column is blocked by Wang Zhenbei in the mountains, and it is difficult to deploy. That is to say, Wang Zhenbei can still resist it in a short period of time. Among all the plans he conceived before getting off the plane, support Wang Zhenbei North comes first.He had envisioned how to distribute the landing troops and the ammunition and supplies that were stacked beside the runway.But now Lin Huaisheng's plan wants to disperse part of the troops and supplies, but as an officer who has always advocated the priority of offense over defense, he firmly believes that Lin Huaisheng's plan is better than all his own plans.

"I think it's feasible, don't delay, report to the country immediately, ask for approval, and tell the higher-ups, all responsibilities will be paid by me." The major general said.

"Yes." Lin Huaisheng and Lao Ding stood at attention together.

It was already bright on the west side of the Suleiman Mountains.Sitting in the command vehicle, Wang Zhenbei checked the aerial reconnaissance videos in all directions one by one. Most of the area was under the 24-hour strict control of Chinese drones, and the Indian armored assault was no longer sudden at all.Judging from the number of enemies counted, the striker who attacked Ahmedwar was at least the size of a brigade.Fortunately, he had already deployed troops at the mountain pass at night, blocking the enemy's vanguard troops in the mountain, so that the enemy could not deploy to give full play to the superiority of troops and firepower.But as daylight dawned, so did his tank's advantage in night vision equipment.And a steady stream of Indian infantry began to seize the commanding heights, trying to push Wangzhenbei out of the mountains bit by bit.Once the enemy breaks out of the mountain pass, the situation will inevitably be reversed, and it is still possible for them to reoccupy the airfield they have just recaptured within a few hours.

But for Wang Zhenbei, there are new opportunities at dawn.Now he could call in an air strike to bomb the enemy's several troop routes in the mountains.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the war room of the Shamsi base was crowded with people, and all formations were preparing to take off to attack the enemy targets advancing in the mountains.However, the focus of the first batch of attacks was not on tanks. At the intelligence preparation meeting, the main mention was the mobile low-altitude defense system operating with the Indian armored forces.

Spanga deployed a large number of Tunguska M1 air defense systems on the commanding heights on both sides of the marching column. In addition, the Indian infantry carried a large number of individual air defense missiles. For fighter jets that must find/attack targets at low altitudes, these response speeds Extremely fast anti-aircraft weapons are undoubtedly the biggest threat.

In addition, the Indian army has deployed the S300 missile system in the eastern part of the Gilgit Mountains at night. This may be a response to the shooting down of electronic warfare aircraft outside the region. Undoubtedly, these missiles have played a role in the large-scale maneuvering of the coalition forces in the air. It has a great diversion effect. When the air force can only approach the enemy at the junction of the Gilgit Mountains and the Suleiman Mountains from a few relatively fixed routes, a shrewd opponent can predict the direction and approximate height of the attack. In general It is said that for the defender, it occupies a considerable advantage.

Most of the strikes against anti-aircraft firepower are made up of double-tap formations, most of which are thunderbolts piloted by Pakistani pilots and J-10B fighter jets piloted by Chinese pilots. There is no good way to attack these hidden targets with light aircraft, usually a fighter jet Pass quickly from an altitude of 2500 meters to find the enemy's radar that is turned on, or directly attract the enemy to fire, and then the second fighter jet will use laser-guided bombs or ordinary aerial bombs to strike these firepower points.For pilots, the most dangerous weapons are those that use electro-optical targeting or infrared guidance.

Colonel Sammy's fighter jet was parked alone on the runway. He had no wingman to cooperate with him, and he did not carry a laser-guided bomb. Using such weapons was too slow for him.He knew that most low-altitude defense weapons would take no more than 10 seconds from radar scanning to firing. It would be too risky to use passive precision-guided weapons, so he chose bombs and rockets as attack weapons.The surest way to carry out such a mission is to strike from a distance with satellite bombs or television-guided weapons launched from two-seater aircraft, but the times are tight and there is no room for choice.He heard the order to allow takeoff from the radio, and immediately pushed the throttle, followed by the two Thunderbolts in front to take off.

The colonel was in no hurry to attack the targets already marked on the map, which were still left for others to strike. What he wanted to find were the mobile defense systems that were still hidden.He made a slight detour from the south against the Indian S300 envelope because he hated flying east in the morning.

It can be heard from the radio that some attacking troops are returning, some have succeeded, some have not. The Chinese Air Force has not completely seized the air and electromagnetic control in this area. Both sides have deployed their own air defense systems in the mountainous areas, almost The criss-cross situation, generally speaking, due to India's ground superiority, their air defense fire nets are expanding with ground forces, while China's mobile defensive positions are slowly withdrawing from the mountains.

The colonel's route was deflected to the north, spanning a large area from the Mokran Mountains to the Gilget Mountains to the Suleiman Mountains, looking for those tricky positions that were secretly deployed in the mountains. At the same time, he also carried 4 air-to-air missiles, Ready to fight in the air at any time.

The radar warning equipment is flashing every moment, whether it is near or far, whether it is enemy or friend, most of them are X-band search radars of both sides. Those radars are the core of ground and air defense, of course, most of the time they are not considered.He swaggered past the mountain, waiting for those sneaky tracking radars to turn on. If it was a system like Sam 6 or Akash, he could easily avoid using the mountain. Be careful, that's usually a sign that flak guns are tracking.However, what worries him the most is the Sam 7 missile. The two-aircraft formation can remind each other if there is such a missile trailing behind, and he can only be more careful.

Nudel is 17 km up the hill.A pair of gun barrels protruded from the woods. This is a carefully camouflaged Laura self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. It has been waiting here for 4 hours.At the foot of the mountain, the Indian tank column was slowly advancing. The commander of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun knew that the enemy would definitely fly from the roughly southwest direction.He kept his muzzle pointed at the 10 o'clock pass, waiting for the enemy to hit him.There are already 3 white shooting down marks on the body of this self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, one of which is the Thunder fighter that was shot down during the border battle, and the other 2 are drones.

As a veteran, he did not stop the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun at the highest point of the gentle slope, nor did he turn on the search radar.This will undoubtedly lose the range of shooting and observation, but he is very clear that the real opportunity lies in knowing where the enemy will appear from, as long as he aims there.

7:20.The roar of jet fighters sounded in the valley. They were brushing towards the mountain ridge, and the number and location could not be seen for the time being, but the commander knew that they were already very close.He got out of the hatch and raised the binoculars to look around. The roaring sound was coming and going. The enemy obviously saw the tank and was struggling to find an attack route.Under the hillside, a pair of T72 tanks had stopped, looking around for a hiding place.

"Turn on the photoelectric aiming." He patted the hatch on the shooter's head hard.

"clear."

The shooter is staring at the TV tracking system in front of him. If the enemy plane slows down and appears from the mountain pass as the commander expected, he can easily catch the enemy with the photoelectric targeting system, and the whole process is silent.

A thunderbolt roared overhead, at a high altitude and at an extremely fast speed.The captain immediately restrained the driver's urge to flee.He visually estimated that the plane was above 3000 meters, and it was very reluctant to attack rashly.

"Don't worry, they're still testing. There's one more."

The infantry on the ground couldn't hold back, and fired several Sam 7 missiles in a row.These missiles drew a few simple arcs, flew towards the clouds and then fell into the distance.

"Fool, pointless shooting."

The captain said contemptuously.He guessed the purpose of the plane was to attract attention, and it pretty much did.That plane is still staying at high altitude, maybe still reconnaissance.

"It's so muddy, there must be another one. Hold on."

In a blink of an eye, the second Raiden appeared from the mountain pass.It quickly leveled off from the turning attitude, and the pilot dived to find the T72 on the ground while avoiding the glare of the sun.

"Aim." The commander shouted excitedly.

The shooter held the joystick tightly and tracked the aircraft steadily on the display, and the entire turret began to rotate.Now the enemy is facing the sun and can't detect the danger. Of course he will pay attention to the radar siren, but it doesn't help.

After steady tracking for a while, the fire control solution calculated the shooting elements.The shooter stepped on the shooting pedal, and the two 35mm Oerlikon guns on the turret began to fire violently. A long string of running bombs followed closely behind the fighter plane, and a huge stream of smoke was shot on the opposite mountain. The target was about to fly from the front. Pass.

The Thunderbolt tried to pull up, but was finally swept by the fire net, and crashed headfirst into the mountain. The violent explosion lasted for a few seconds. The commander guessed that the plane must be carrying a large number of bombs.It almost flattened the entire mountain opposite.

(End of this chapter)