Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 351 Unstoppable
At noon, there were bursts of smoke in the valley, and it was obvious that the refueling operation had begun.However, the Indians deployed the missiles to the foot of the mountain on the north side, in the blind spot of Zhao Changbin's field of vision. He could not see the progress for the time being, so he could only report the situation to the headquarters immediately. The security is tight, and his position is not conducive to indicating the target or evaluating the results of the battle.

A drone quickly flew over the valley, but the bottom was smoky, and neither optical nor infrared equipment could capture the details of the launch site.

Reports of unfavorable reconnaissance were delivered one after another. Xu Jingzhe guessed that Zhao Changbin should be in the outer security circle and could not occupy the commanding heights, so he would be restrained; but now it is too late to think about these things, and immediately dispatching the air force to launch an attack is the first priority .Theoretically, as long as the bomb is thrown near the position at the bottom of the valley, as long as a fragment hits the ammunition or strong oxidizer, the entire valley will instantly turn into a sea of ​​flames.

At an airport in Yunnan, two Su-30MKK fighter jets moved from the hangar to the runway.According to the mission preparation, the ground crew quickly hung laser-guided weapons under the wings; at this time, the four pilots were still studying the mission in the briefing room.The task seems unbelievably simple, but everyone knows that this is just an illusion due to insufficient intelligence.For the time being, only the part of the route drawn on the map and the rectangular area marked in the enlarged satellite photo-yes, this is the area where the target is located, about a small area of ​​4X1.2 kilometers , without ground laser pointers.The staff believes that the targets may be arranged in a row with an interval of tens to hundreds of meters, and there may be auxiliary facilities and fueling facilities nearby. In addition, there may be small-caliber anti-aircraft weapons near the launch position.However, all of this is based on the guesswork of the staff department. In front of the pilot, there is no photo of the target or clear coordinate information.Judging from the satellite pictures, the terrain around this flat bottom is very dangerous, and any idea of ​​using radar to find the target is impractical.There is no difficulty in the navigation part. This fighter-bomber unit already has several mature routes to enter and exit the so-called "Rohit Border Area". When the enemy's ground radar sees these two Su-0.5s, they should have already passed through We have reached the Zayu River. Considering that the target is closer to our side than Tezpur, the enemy should have no time to react.The covering force for the mission was 30 J-4 fighter jets that took off from the XZ forward airfield.They will go deep into the hinterland of Assam 10 minutes earlier than the Su-30 formation and approach Tespur. This may not completely confuse the ground command system, but it can distract them to some extent.At the same time, these aircraft are also ready to deal with Mirage 15 fighter jets that take off from the airport in India and cross the airspace of Bangladesh.After the Indian government broke its face and forcibly invaded the airspace of its eastern neighbors, although it deepened its crisis diplomatically, it also completely broke the isolation and helplessness of the Assam region. The military significance cannot be underestimated.

After the pilots finished their preparations, they nervously climbed into the fighter plane and stood by. This mission was indeed a test for them. The enemy chose such a launch position, no doubt to create problems for the Chinese Air Force.It is conceivable that the plane flies over this open space surrounded by mountains on three sides, and it is difficult to see anything through the monitor, let alone launch lasers and drop bombs; the initial idea is to increase observation and time only by diving, and then choose whether to launch Lasers and bombs, of course, everything is just a hypothesis, and judgments can only be made after arriving at the scene.

Zhao Changbin received a new order from the headquarters.The headquarters requested that within one hour, he must enter a position where he could effectively observe the attack effect, use satellite communication equipment to send back the enemy's image data to the headquarters, and wait for the air force's fighter jets to launch an attack in concealment.He can fully understand the urgency of the headquarters, but the task itself is extremely unrealistic.Under normal circumstances, this type of approaching and reconnaissance mission is only carried out at night, not during the day. Since the enemy arrived here 24 hours in advance, they will definitely set up guard posts everywhere now, and there may be secret posts to approach blindly. Very unwise.

However, he did not intend to emphasize objective factors to his superiors, so he decided to take the risk of moving along the ridge. He guessed that in those dangerous places where the enemy security forces might give up because of the steepness, he might be able to find opportunities. According to his observation, many Indian troops None of his initiatives are very strong; only the much-hyped Indian-Tibetan Special Forces might be a tough one, but he hasn't encountered one yet.

The pilot with an injured foot insisted on following the scouts. He expected that this air strike mission would inevitably fall to his unit, and he seemed quite looking forward to it.This puts Zhao Changbin in a dilemma. It's not appropriate to keep him where he is and hide. It's safer to follow him. In the end, he can only put on a camouflage net originally used for camouflage equipment and follow suit.

A group of people stepped on the rotting branches and leaves a foot deep, and started to move on the steep slope on the north side.It is close to the top of the mountain, covered with climbing pine, fir and other coniferous forests. Compared with the wall-like impenetrable rhododendron bushes on the sunny slope, these tall but sparse subtropical forests are not suitable for the scouting troops to sneak in. The tall and straight trees are not in harmony with the jungle camouflage of this army.Fortunately, Zhao Changbin did not find any traces of Indians in the woods. He thought that maybe the steep slope of 2 degrees scared them off.The terrain here really greatly restricted the movement. It took the troops 500 hours to move about [-] meters, far exceeding the time stipulated by the headquarters, but they still hadn't reached the commanding heights.

The roar of the engine suddenly sounded in the sky, and the limping pilot immediately judged that these were the planes of his regiment, two of which were approaching from the clouds.At this time, Zhao Changbin's team still hadn't had time to move to a more ideal position, but he didn't care anymore, even if they arrived later, it wouldn't hinder the assessment of the battlefield.

The scouts below could tell from the sound of the plane cutting through the airflow that they didn't drop bombs when they flew by for the first time, and they were probably frightened by the weird terrain here.Then, the roar came from far to near again, much louder than before, obviously the plane was flying lower.The ear-piercing air defense sirens sounded in the valley, and Zhao Changbin was still trapped 20 meters below the ridge, unable to find a way to climb over, so he could only worry.

The Su-30MKK formation flew over the valley for the third time, but still did not drop bombs.The pilot who accompanied the scouts had a premonition of the seriousness of the problem, and apparently his previous guess had roughly come true. The terrain here must be unfavorable for the aircraft to aim and drop bombs.The aircraft passed over the target too quickly for the targeting pod to observe it for too short a time.In fact, he himself has carried out many missions in this mountainous area, and he has long felt the lack of training for bombing in mountainous areas. Unless the target is on the top of the mountain, it is difficult to have a comfortable shooting angle.

The scouts dragged the lightly wounded pilot and finally climbed the west ridge.At this moment, the Su-30MKK fighter jets were still circling non-stop, trying to find an attack angle.The two anti-aircraft artillery artillery deployed by the Indians on the outer commanding heights suddenly opened fire, drawing the attention of the fighter jets.These anti-aircraft guns have been hidden so well that Zhao Changbin didn't find them either.One of the Su-30s immediately turned to the 23mm anti-aircraft gun position and destroyed it with only one bomb.Strangely, the other artillery also misfired at the same time. It may be that the soldiers had seen the precision guidance, abandoned the artillery and fled. Sure enough, the fighter plane turned around and dropped bombs again, destroying the second artillery. However, the two aircraft There is always no way to deal with the land missile force at the bottom of the valley.

"Looks like there's trouble in the attack?" Zhao Changbin turned his face and asked the pilot who was following him.

"Horizontal bombing is a little bit reluctant. If you want me to say, I can only try dive bombing. I hope these guys can do it."

As soon as he finished speaking, a fighter plane suddenly swooped down from a high altitude, and then dropped several bombs.

"It's too early to throw it." The pilot said, slapping his thigh.

A few bombs fell down the mountain from before the eyes of the scouts, and the ground trembled with a loud noise in an instant. Before the huge flames burst into the sky, several scouts standing on the ridge were knocked to the ground. Obviously, the bombs Instead of falling to the bottom of the valley, it hit the mountain; as the pilot said, the bomb was too late to keep up with the laser irradiation, and the plane was forced to pull up because it was too low, which made the laser-guided bomb lose its guidance.

Zhao Changbin nodded angrily at the pilot, as a way of approving his professional and accurate judgment.

Then a second plane swooped down almost from the same angle.Obviously this is the only chance they found after many trials. This narrow valley is only a little bit farther from north to south, and they can only enter from south to north to drop bombs.

"It's too early to drop the bomb," the pilot said.

"Can you stop saying such unlucky words?"

As soon as Zhao Changbin finished speaking, the plane above his head had already dropped several bombs; the pilot saw the plane rushing straight down, and even recognized the comrades above.

Seeing that it was about to hit the edge of the mountain, the Su-30MKK was forced to pull up at the last moment, and there were several loud explosions below the valley again, and the location of the explosion was deeper than the one just now.Zhao Changbin couldn't see the extent of the damage for the time being, but the Indian air defense sirens were still screaming piercingly, which seemed to confirm the pilot's prediction.

"I have to see how the situation is going." Zhao Changbin struggled to crawl forward.

"Don't worry about it, it definitely didn't blow up. Those liquid fuels will blow up when they touch it. It must be far away." The pilot said.

Zhao Changbin ignored him, and tried his best to stick his head out of the mountain by grabbing the rock. The smoke below was so thick that he couldn't see anything clearly.He could only feel the ground trembling violently, and the whole valley seemed to come alive.

A mass of red light roared into the air from the smoke.The huge and stout single-stage rocket rumbled into the sky before his eyes, and when a gust of scorching wind hit his face, he could even see the letters on it clearly.

"Damn! They launched!"

The scout stared straight at the blinding light, watching helplessly as it rose into the air and turned to the east.

Standing in the command post, Xu Jingzhe received urgent information from the Su-30 in the air and scouts on the ground at the same time that the enemy launched a missile.Immediately, the ground radar station also noticed this fast-moving target, and it was entering the final attitude adjustment state.Xu Jingzhe knows that the anti-missile system in this direction has not been activated, that is to say, this missile cannot be intercepted, and within 20 seconds, this missile will hit the target.He has always been worried that the enemy will use this short-range missile to launch a nuclear bomb at LS. Now, judging from the direction, he wants to detect the launch, and it is probably a transportation line or an area they think is important.From a rational analysis, this cannot be a nuclear bomb, but everything will be known only after it hits the ground.

"What should we do?" A nervous staff officer asked the major general blankly.

"What's so scary about a one-ton warhead? I guess it can't hit any target."

This hastily launched ground missile did not live up to Tispur's expectations. It only had an inertial guidance system, which was only capable of destroying large targets similar to towns. For roads, its accuracy was obviously insufficient, even if it The warhead weighs a ton.

The missile rushed towards an uninhabited hill at a frightening speed. There was a broken house of a mountain ranger on the hill, but there was no one there.There is still a full 300 meters away from that road, and there is a mountain ridge in the middle.Huge warheads leveled the hills, and some boulders did fall on the Sichuan-Tibet line, but the damage was nothing more than that.

(End of this chapter)