Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 304 Reconnaissance Confrontation
In the cold rain, Wang Tiechuan lay down in a patch of grass. The mosquitoes in southern Tibet became dull this month, but the leeches were still as powerful as ever.For scouts, such hardships are inevitable.Next to Wang Tiechuan is the roaring Yarlung Zangbo River, and 400 meters ahead is a stronghold built by the Indian army on a height of 3700 meters.When the sun was about to set, it was a good time for the squad to use the artillery mirror to survey and map the opposite target. This approaching reconnaissance was an important supplementary part of the satellite reconnaissance, which was to find out the enemy's deployment along the river.He knows very well that the war in southern Tibet will definitely start, and the first phase of the battle must be to pull out the various strongholds along the Yarlung Zangbo River, or at least destroy their communication equipment; Send messages back to Tespur that will likely allow their command to determine the intent of the main attack.

Over the past few months, Wang Tiechuan and his men have infiltrated into the south side of the actual line of control three times. Each infiltration is easier, because the Indian troops on the line of control have been continuously reduced, and many observation posts have been withdrawn. , not only because of the war on the Western Front that took away a lot of troops, but also because of the poor logistics that were destroyed by the rainy season, making frontier supply extremely difficult.Tespur would rather reduce the forward troops than build roads for a reason. They must guard against the condescending attack of the Chinese army, and the damaged roads are undoubtedly more unfavorable to the attackers.Of course, technological changes have made it possible for the new generation of infantry to reach where they want to go without having to cross mountains and ridges. This is the core part of Lin Huaisheng's plan.This plan is not perfect, and any combat plan is taboo for the enemy to find out the context in advance.

The mountain in front of me is a big trouble. It lies at the turning point of the Yarlung Zangbo River. The Indian army has built a group of bunkers on the top of the mountain and on the hillside, which can control the bottom from a high position and have a good range of fire in the direction of the river. The structure is unknown, but visual inspection can see that there are power generation equipment on the top of the mountain and various antennas, and there is an apron on the south slope.Within ten days, several drones investigating the cloudy weather of the river have been shot down by the Indian army's 12.7mm machine gun on the top of the mountain.It can be seen that it is a roadblock blocking the only way.

The intelligence department of the military region has never known the reaction time of these strongholds after being attacked. For example, how quickly can the enemy sound the alarm?And where is the weakness of communication.So I want to take advantage of the night to reconnaissance.The inside line placed in Tespur sent a message. In a few hours, the Northeast Military Region of India will conduct a combat exercise. Part of the exercise is to issue an order to check the line to dozens of strongholds in the east. This is to find a communication line buried deep in the ground. excellent opportunity.

Wang Tiechuan is still unclear about Lin Huaisheng's overall plan. His Snow Wolf troops have been divided into many groups, and they are conducting reconnaissance and evaluation of every stronghold along the river. According to Lin's request, these strongholds are divided into several categories. The first category It can be eliminated by powered paratroopers, and the second type must be destroyed in advance by using latent troops.The third category can only use precision-guided weapons.Of course, there are still various ways to solve it. For example, the mountain in front of us is deep behind the control line. It is definitely not a shallow, near and deep target that can be solved by paramotor troops. The surface position is very complete. There is also a helicopter landing field on the south slope. ; When doing exercises, a team of 70 people can be drawn from the mountains.Judging from the military uniforms, the border intelligence collection force belonging to the internal affairs force may have a listening station inside, and the tight defense cannot be shaken by any small force.If Chief of Staff Lin wants to mobilize a large army to the hinterland of southern Tibet under its nose, it is obviously impossible.

There was a very light roar in the sky. Wang Tiechuan identified for a while that it was not a drone flying from the north, but a few Indian Polaris helicopters flying from the west.He knew that the Indian Internal Affairs Forces seldom mobilized such multi-purpose helicopters, but they preferred to use this small aircraft during small-scale mobilizations of the Indian-Tibetan special forces and inspections of important officials from Tispur.

Two Polaris slowly emerged from the afterglow of the setting sun, and flew to the back of the mountain one after the other. He observed the logo of the Special Service Squadron on the first plane, and guessed that a high-ranking officer should have come to inspect it. exercise.He picked up his long-lens camera and waited for the big fish to appear.

Twenty minutes later, a group of soldiers in camouflage uniforms appeared on the top of the mountain, surrounded by an officer.Wang couldn't see the officer's rank clearly for the time being, but judging from the attitude of everyone's hearts holding the moon, it was no small matter.This man visited a machine gun emplacement on the hilltop, and a soldier handed him a piece of green debris, possibly the wreckage of a drone that had been shot down by the emplacement.The Indian officer looked down for a while, and all the other people around him also gathered to watch.Wang Tiechuan noticed that there was only one person on the top of the mountain who did not surround him.This man was wearing a short-sleeved camouflage uniform and a binoculars around his neck. He was obviously an officer too; Fat in the bunker looked around with his hands behind his back.This person clearly has a Chinese face. When his gaze collided with Wang Tiechuan's, he seemed to pause for a moment. Wang Tiechuan's heart skipped a beat. He knew that he couldn't see his disguise even 20 meters away, let alone 20 meters distance.This distorted old face is still fresh in Wang Tiechuan's memory. Lin Huaisheng left a lot of information when he left, and Wang Tiechuan still remembers the appearance of Luosang Gyatso.He reached out and touched an automatic rifle with a silencer on one side. This gun has a 400x scope. It should be possible to use a few bursts to kill several high-value targets at high places, but in the end he held back. This is just a reconnaissance mission, the important thing is to bring the information back, not to hunt down the enemy's leader on his own initiative.

Lobsang Gyatso stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the Yarlung Zangbo River. The water mist aroused by the roaring river filled the top of the mountain, causing a lot of humidity.He felt that it was a waste of time to accompany Major General Dabur to inspect the frontier, because this place was not a frontier at all.However, the unmanned reconnaissance planes of the Chinese army have been wandering around this area recently, which indeed aroused his suspicion.Lobsang Gyatso has been in touch with the intelligence agencies of India and the United States. Director Chaman is very worried about what tricks the Chinese army will play in southern Tibet. He hopes he can find clues, but Lobsang Gyatso cannot draw any conclusions yet.He just used the influence of Dharamsala to set up an eyeliner in the Medog area, but the number of Chinese troops did not increase. Several attacks on the Line of Control in June and July have also subsided. It seems that the exchange of fire at that time was only to contain India's ground attack on Pakistan.

Full of doubts, he stood on the top of the mountain and took a few deep breaths. What the river brought was the smell of the soil of his hometown, a long-lost smell.He suddenly had a feeling of being watched. This feeling unique to a sniper is not always effective. Many experiences have proved that it is just a kind of nervousness, but it is his nature to be suspicious, so he still squeezed back as much as possible. Squeeze and hide behind the others.

The major general is still working on the composite material, occasionally asking the soldier who shot him down questions about the speed and altitude of the plane and the direction it was coming from.The soldier was a little flattered, and even said and gestured to show how fast and high the plane was flying, and how difficult it was to shoot it down.Major General Dab nodded solemnly from time to time, and the rest of the lieutenants beside him also nodded. He came here not only to encourage the soldiers, but also to study countermeasures.

A soldier ran to Lobsang Gyatso and whispered in his ear: "The American machine on the helicopter is responding, and there is an abnormal radio signal nearby."

"How close?"

"Maybe, the power is very small, the ka band, it's like a kind of...satellite communication."

"you sure?"

"It's hard to say. It disappeared suddenly. Maybe it was because of the rain, they increased the power to compensate for the signal attenuation, and it was captured by the instrument, so the distance is not far away, it should be within a few kilometers,"

"God, are they really everywhere?"

"Do you want to... mobilize people to search the mountain?"

"No, I'm very interested to see, what are they planning in this area?"

Lobsang Gyatso suddenly felt that this was a good opportunity to find out the enemy's intentions, and it would be very useful if he could catch someone alive.If necessary, he would not hesitate to sacrifice Major General Dabur, but on second thought, if Major General made any mistake, he might not be able to afford it.He quietly walked to the side of the pretending major general, and whispered to the major general that he had to leave the top of the mountain, because there might be a small group of enemies on the nearby mountain, it was better to walk slowly so as not to alarm the enemy.The major general was stunned for a few seconds, and his face became paler and paler.

Wang Tiechuan saw a sudden big movement in the inspection team, the officer leading the way, and ran back up the mountain in a panic.After waiting for a while, a helicopter rumbled into the sky and flew away in the direction it came from. He remembered that there were two helicopters flying together. What happened there?I have no way of knowing for a while, only to touch it at night to spy.

Thousands of kilometers away, on the dirt road in the Gilgit mountains, an Indian mechanized unit is advancing rapidly. Their route is from west to east, opposite to all Indian troops.All 10 T90S tanks walked in front, with several BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles mixed in during the period, and Lin Huaisheng's infantry fighting vehicle column followed far behind.

Ten kilometers to the west of this force, fierce fighting was in progress, and a improvised Pakistani force was resisting the charge of Indian tanks.The clear and messy track marks on the ground indicate that a regiment of the 10rd Indian Armored Division has just passed by here. Aerial reconnaissance shows that there is a 33-kilometer-long gap between the Indian tanks and the mechanized infantry. This gap is not big enough for Lin Huaisheng. It can be interspersed, he has already encountered an Indian air defense force on the road, which did not arouse too much suspicion.Soon, the Pakistani lieutenant who was in charge of monitoring Indian communications heard someone asking the division headquarters on the radio. He heard an armored troop passing 5 meters in front of the position, and there was no response to the identification password issued by the flashlight.Immediately, someone from the division headquarters replied that the friends and neighbors were planning an outflank, which may be the transfer of troops under the 200th regiment, and they may not know the latest response password.

(End of this chapter)