Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 367 Waiting for the Tide
Lin Huaisheng stood on the top of the hill and watched the shallow track left by the submarine finally disappear.Obviously, what the Indians are worried about is not the issue of resistance. Their squadrons are moving freely on the shore, and they should be looking for a few landing sites that can be suitable for landing ships or general-purpose landing craft.Such reconnaissance activities must not be carried out in just one place here, otherwise it would be impossible to run into them so easily.However, Lin Huaisheng has a good understanding of the hydrological data and the slope of the beach in this area. He knows that the three remaining 5600-ton Magal-class large landing ships of the Indian Navy are too deep in draft, and it is difficult to find a place on this coast to directly Grab the beach; the only way is to use a general-purpose landing craft with a shallow draft to load vehicles and personnel in the distance, and then go to the beach.This process will affect the suddenness of the attack, and the scheduling is difficult. For Shamsi's air force, it will be an excellent opportunity.

As for where the enemy will choose to land, it is impossible for Lin Huaisheng to know, but he can estimate that the attack will come at dawn tomorrow, with the tide, and the route after landing must be to outflank Gwadar Port, which means there are still 8 No matter what, he had to find Yu Zhendong in advance and tell him some of his thoughts.He felt that it was better to come early than by coincidence, like a savior who appeared in time, and he would definitely be able to catch up with this battle and show his hand again.He knew that Yu Zhendong only had a shelf below the headquarters, and he didn't have many ground troops; after all, the first batch of Indian troops who landed obviously didn't have any heavy equipment, and his own troops were the only heavily equipped troops in the area. , you can seize the opportunity and hit it hard.

There was a roar in the air, and a jet flew from west to east. A guard pulled Lin Huaisheng to dodge, but he broke away. He raised his head and looked towards the far west—that is, the direction of Iran.It can be seen that there are two twin-engined fighter jets flying close to the coastline. Judging from the flames ejected from the rear of the plane, it does not look like the J-2 fighter jets flying from Shamsi, nor is it any kind of twin-engined fighter jets of the Indians. Send a fighter.The plane circled above their heads and flew into the depths of the Arabian Sea.Lin Huaisheng's heart tightened: Isn't this the fucking Super Hornet?Within a few seconds, all kinds of questions in his mind were overturned and settled, and some clues came to him.He knows that the Americans have pretended to be neutral in this war, and it is not once or twice that they secretly pull sideways. Maybe they want to help India?

"There is no doubt that Baluchistan is the gateway to the Gulf of Oman and a close neighbor of Iran. This separatist rebellion will inevitably make the United States score points in the geopolitical structure, and it is very possible for them to make a move." He thought to himself, but This matter has to wait for the contact to be restored before we can figure it out.

Although Lin's command vehicle can partially receive the information transmitted by Quetta's high-power radio through the directional antenna, due to the terrain and the transfer of troops, it has been impossible to complete the communication. If a communication relay plane flies nearby, VHF contact can be made, but it has not been able to do so.

"Yu Zhendong, where have you been hiding? Come out to me quickly." He couldn't help cursing.

When Lin Huaisheng was still training troops on the Nujiang River, Yu Zhendong had already participated in the battle and became the Chinese liaison officer in the Makran coast theater. Established a communication network and intelligence support, and later also exercised the command authority of a part of the artillery and coastal defense missile forces to deter India's possible landing at Gwadar Port.The coastal defense work was going on in an orderly manner, but the Pakistani military misjudged the situation and believed that a reserve force could be assembled in the south of Baluchistan to counterattack Karachi; so they opened the arsenal and distributed the A large number of weapons eventually led to the rapid growth of separatist forces and launched a rebellion.Now the Americans seem to have got a foot in. How to deal with it, Lin Huaisheng lacks complete information, so he can't pay attention for a while.

Not long after the two US-made naval planes disappeared, there was another buzzing sound in the sky. It sounded that the power was far less powerful than the fighter planes just now.

"Chief of Staff, it seems to be our drone."

"Well, I sound like that too."

A correspondent with a radio on his back ran up to the high ground panting:

"Chief of Staff, communication is restored."

Obviously, Lin Huaisheng's judgment just now was correct. This is a drone with communication relay capabilities.

Lin Huaisheng took the communicator and made a brief contact with a Chinese military officer at the headquarters.The other party told him that the beach area fell within the warning circle of the US aircraft carrier, and it would be difficult for the drone to provide uninterrupted reconnaissance and communication support for his troops.But they always knew Lin Huaisheng's location.Lin Huaisheng waited impatiently for the other party to finish speaking, and then told him that the enemy was conducting rampant reconnaissance activities on the coast, and the Indian fleet was gathering in the open sea, and might launch a landing offensive at any time. The officer told him lightly: everything is under control, Don't worry.

"There's not even a single machine gun on the coast, so how can everything be under control?"

Lin Huaisheng hurried back to the army warehouse at the foot of the mountain.The refueling of the convoy is almost complete.Sammy was squatting under the headlights of the tank and bragging to Yahini. When Lin Huaisheng approached, the two had already become a little non-speculative and did not buy each other.He walked over and interrupted their conversation. He remembered that he had something to ask the old pilot carefully. He was still in the sky at noon, and he might be able to see some of the situation on the sea.

"Colonel, can you see the Indian fleet when you are in the sky?"

"Of course I can't see it, but I can feel the long-range warning radar of the Indian destroyer at any time, about 150 kilometers away. The US Navy's early warning aircraft is farther away."

"Can you determine their distance?" Lin Huaisheng couldn't believe it, because the radar alarm is just a passive device, and it doesn't seem to have the ability to measure distance.

"Of course." The colonel leaned against Yahini's tank with his arms folded proudly, "I can judge from the data rate of the radar scan. At close range, they will use a higher-speed search radar. At least 45 scans, 150 kilometers away, the low-speed warning radar rotates 6 to 8 times per minute, and the situation of the early warning aircraft is of course not difficult to judge. Your army rarely needs to deal with the threat of a three-dimensional battlefield, and it is not easy to understand these." The colonel said. Then, he glanced proudly at Sergeant Yahini.

"I just saw two American carrier-based aircraft by the sea." Lin Huaisheng continued to ask.

"It's no surprise, this morning, the US Navy planes started to test the Iranian air defense system, they took off from the Gulf of Oman, penetrated Iran, then crossed our airspace, and then returned to the aircraft carrier. In fact, they must also test our air force , but the superiors think that this kind of provocation should be ignored, after all, they also expel Indian planes that are close to the security circle. By the way, I forgot to tell you, I also shot down an F16 of the American "Viper" squadron, just in the border area of ​​​​Afghanistan .” Sammy changed the topic while talking.

"Why didn't you tell me about this?" Lin Huaisheng said dissatisfied.

"You didn't ask me?" Sammy asked back.

Lin Huaisheng can guess that there is a certain tacit understanding between the United States and India in the whole matter. The Indian fleet lacks air defense capabilities. Now they are backed by the US aircraft carrier formation, so they have the confidence to gather in the offshore.He doesn't believe that the United States will directly intervene, but they are too close to restrain the hands and feet of the Shamsi Air Force. Obviously, this is why the superiors gave up using Shamsi's air force to attack the Indian fleet that is getting closer. reason.In addition, the JH-7 units deployed at the Shamsi base are an important weight for peer-to-peer deterrence. It is obviously not good news for US aircraft to pretend to be neutral and frequent frequent visits.

In Turbold, 40 kilometers away, Artillery Colonel Yu Zhendong has just moved from a field command vehicle to a solid underground headquarters. He is now in full control of the entire front through a communication vehicle.

The sound of guns and shells around the city never stopped. From the sound of explosions, Yu Zhendong could hear that the enemy used medium-caliber mortars and hit them inaccurately, as if they were just a group of stragglers trying to rush into the city to rob.

Yu Zhendong had already mobilized a battalion from Pakistan to the outskirts of the city to wipe out the rebels by contacting the military officers, but he didn't hear the enemy troops go away after fighting for a long time.He knew that the enemy was about to launch a landing. Because of the lack of vehicles, the offensive would not be too strong, but the nearby rebels might suddenly appear to cooperate.The main forces in his hands are coastal defense missile units and artillery units, which are not suitable for counterattacks against guerrillas.Only drones are constantly flying along the coastline for reconnaissance. They have detected dense radio signals on the sea surface and a large number of sneaky radio stations on the coast. All signs indicate that a landing battle with internal and external cooperation is imminent.The sudden intervention of the U.S. Navy has exacerbated the complexity of the situation, but he judges that the actual threat is not great. Shamsi’s air force is courteous to the U.S. military. Apart from political considerations, the greater purpose is to show the enemy’s weakness. Let the Indian fleet at sea gather in one direction.For the large number of new and inexperienced Pakistani pilots, the target of the cluster is easier to find.

However, even if the air force does not work, Yu Zhendong has already prepared another counterattack plan.A month ago, he had already taken over several mobile shore-to-ship missile launch systems and many C802 missiles scattered around Gwadar when the Pakistani navy personnel fled. He had the foresight to maintain the missiles.Judging from the clumsy and blind actions of enemy special forces, they seem to be unaware of the existence of these weapons.At present, these missiles are in a state of complete silence, only waiting for the enemy fleet to approach before launching an attack.Since nightfall, his electronic reconnaissance unit has been able to measure that the enemy fleet is approaching due south of Gwadar Port, and it is not difficult to determine the target's position even without radar.

(End of this chapter)