Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 368

As for how to use Lin Huaisheng's mechanized army that came from afar, Yu Zhendong has not yet figured it out, nor does he think it will have any magical effect.He knew in his heart that once the enemy landed successfully, the defeat would almost be settled, and domestic demands on him were not high. The first was to find Lin Huaisheng and send them to Quetta; West's air force was able to withdraw to Peshawar in its entirety, that's all.

As Lin Huaisheng expected, the Indian navy in the distance was slowly approaching and waiting for the tide at dawn.However, what Lin Huaisheng did not expect was that after several days of careful reconnaissance and measurement, the reconnaissance force of the Indian Marine Corps had discovered several areas where the water depth could meet the conditions for large landing ships to grab the beach, and there was no defense at all.Of course, these shallower beaches cannot be approached with a full load for the 5600-ton Malga-class tank landing ship, and some sacrifices must be made.At the moment, the latest of the three landing ships, Elavat, is in the open sea, quietly carrying out unloading operations. It is preparing to deploy redundant personnel and equipment to other ships, while the general-purpose landing ship remains at sea.At dawn, the landing ship will carry out a beach grab at the landing site 5 kilometers east of Gwadar.The scale of the landing is an armored battle group, consisting of 4 tanks, and about 400 marines and military engineers. These soldiers will cooperate with 2000 local armed personnel and the special forces of the legendary Captain Chalabi. Flank attack on Gwadar Port, capturing key port facilities.And the brigade that arrived later could use this port to unload continuously.It is expected that as long as they stand firm, it will be difficult for the Chinese and Pakistani troops to come back.

As the most important work in the preparation stage of the battle, the reconnaissance and sabotage teams dispatched by the Intelligence Bureau and the Army Special Forces have already mixed into Gwadar Port along with the refugees. The Indian military now knows very well that there are no regular troops near Gwadar Port. The morale of the branch is low, and there are less than 800 army troops and fewer engineers; of course, the existence of engineers is obviously for the purpose of destroying port facilities, which makes the Indian military a little afraid.In order to prevent the Pakistani army from blowing up the port prematurely, the Indian Intelligence Agency and the CIA joined forces to incite local militias to stage several "uprisings" under the slogan of defending their homeland; although these local militias were still fighting against Chinese forces not long ago Attacking the port construction through terrorist methods, now they have changed their tricks, and they suddenly stand in the ranks of defending the port.

As far as the Ministry of Defense hastily formulated the landing plan according to Singh's will, although there are some intelligence advantages, there is actually no chance of winning. The main problem is still that the Indian Navy and Air Force are unable to seize the air supremacy in the border area of ​​​​Iran; but Singh dared to launch The confidence of this landing battle is that the United States has privately promised to provide India with a series of assistance for the landing. Attacking Iran, after painful consideration, Prime Minister Kahan agreed to this request, which is why the George Washington aircraft carrier and the Carl Vinson appeared in the Arabian Sea. The aviation strength of these two aircraft carriers is almost the same as that of Shamsi China 4 times that of the air force, occupying an absolute advantage, enough to achieve the purpose of deterrence.

At this moment, the CVN-73 and CVN-70 aircraft carrier battle groups, in the name of monitoring Iran's nuclear program, have reached the east of the coast of Oman, and their warning circle has extended to the interior of Pakistan, easily re-enacting the rules of engagement.The U.S. Navy fighter planes continued to harass the Iranian coast, deliberately went deep into the interior of Pakistan during the return flight, and reconnaissance the deployment in the deep area north of Gwadar Port.Even though the United States did not formally notify any party through diplomatic channels, the air forces of all parties involved in the war unanimously chose to stay away from the 500 nautical mile warning circle designated by the US aircraft carrier.This allowed the Indian Navy, which has weak air defense capabilities, to rely on the United States to assemble a fleet of nearly [-] large and small ships on the sea, including a large number of ordinary ro-ro ships loaded with vehicles— In Singh's view, Gwadar's deep-water port is within reach.

Yu Zhendong was isolated in the southwest corner, and there was no spare equipment in the country to deploy to him, and even Shamsi's air support was cut off (of course, the Indian Air Force did not bother him).He is a shrewd man, and he has foreseen the possible war, so a month ago, he began to collect the incomplete equipment left by the Pakistani army when they fled, and asked the country for some personnel and spare parts support to take over and repair some weapons .

Twelve hours ago, the U.S. Navy’s electronic warfare aircraft began to implement soft kills, which basically paralyzed the frontier radio communication and search radar stations. Fortunately, the C12 missile does not completely rely on long-range search radar. In fact, this missile can also be controlled by the commander. Judging the approaching time of the enemy offshore fleet, when it approaches, conduct a blind fan attack.The Indian fleet is quite large, stretching for dozens of nautical miles, and there will always be a few ships that fall into the search range of the missile guidance radar; if it is considered that most of the enemy fleet's assembly area will be within 802 nautical miles south of Gwadar, this way more feasible.To this end, Yu Zhendong also specially formulated several countermeasures. One is to use reconnaissance drones to carry out radio sideways at high altitudes to track the Indian fleet in the offshore to determine its approximate assembly point.The second is the repaired mobile missile launch vehicle and radar vehicle, which can track the enemy fleet and prevent the reconnaissance of US satellites.Finally, if all the reconnaissance methods fail, at the time and place where the enemy initiates the landing (just south of Gwadar Port), use the intensive launch method to launch all the missiles in a fan shape at one time. If they can hit, It will definitely leave a strange story in the history of war.

In the middle of the night, a convoy of coastal defense missiles was driving on the rugged coastal road.Under the full moon, the convoy slowly moved forward in the dark, and the commander Qiu Rongcheng had already issued strict control over the convoy's lighting.However, he also knew that such measures were not sufficient. The American planes that often flew overhead were not the only threat, and the local talents who tipped off the news were a bigger hidden danger.He has been here for almost a month, and he has seen a lot of weapons and equipment and launch positions destroyed by the locals, and he knows that there must be opponent intelligence personnel behind him.When he received the damaged equipment, he found that many inspection ports under the radar truss were demolished, and the feeder system between the transmitter and the antenna was completely destroyed. This kind of sophisticated destruction can be completed with only a screwdriver, unlike It was the behavior of a group of grassroots bandits who just wanted to dismantle a few precious metal parts and use them to buy money.This kind of damage is insignificant on the surface, but its damage is no less than tearing down the position to pieces.Everything damaged by the enemy is the most important part.To restore its function, it will take a lot of man-hours, which is almost what Qiu Rongcheng did. He took a few people and kept finding a useful assembly from another piece of equipment that was more damaged to replace it with a salvageable one. On the equipment; after a month, they slowly accumulated some counterattack power.Today is the time for the real counterattack. He knows that the task is arduous, and there are only one or two chances to launch. The time for the radar to be turned on may only be a few minutes, and the chance of finding the target is probably zero.

This huge convoy consists of 8 launch vehicles, 2 radar-guided vehicles, and several power supply vehicles and command vehicles. From the perspective of composition, it is far larger than the general battalion-level launch unit. It can be regarded as a strengthened force. The main equipment is all After Qiu Rongcheng came here from China, he went through untold hardships to collect and piece together from discarded coastal defense positions. Since the self-inspection process was seriously omitted, he didn't know if they could all be typed out. Some delicate damage is invisible to the naked eye.Behind the missile convoy is a Pakistani army of several hundred people, ready to deal with possible rebel guerrillas.

Judging from the summary of intelligence collected from various aspects, the enemy's landing will be at dawn. If the tide factor brought about by today's full moon is taken into account, this is almost an inevitable time for the Indians to choose.And the dispatch of the US Navy's Growler jammers has also become much more frequent, which has tripled compared to yesterday, which seems to reflect the imminent situation from the side.Qiu Rongcheng's communicator did not need any additional equipment to know that the growler was nearby. In the past two hours, all communication between the convoy and the headquarters has been completely blocked.This kind of full-band interference cannot be carried out outside the defense zone, and must be near the coast.

Communication interruption is expected, and Qiu Rongcheng is most worried about these; what he is most worried about is that the role of radar at the last moment will be minimized by these growlers. These radars are ordinary foreign trade products in the 90s. He is well aware of the anti-interference performance.Now that the convoy is only an hour's drive away from the preset position, his heart is also in a state of agitation. He is extremely disgusted with Yu Zhendong's fan salvo plan, which is not at all something that a person who strives for perfection should say.Maybe the form of war in their artillery minds is the probability of damage, not absolute accuracy; in any case, this is not the attitude that the missile force should have. The missile force never thinks that a blindly large blow is also a "strike."However, Qiu Rongcheng has to admit that among what Yu Zhendong said to him, at least one sentence is correct: if the enemy captures the port and implements a build-up of troops, and all these coastal defense missiles have not been launched, then they are scrap iron pile.

The communicator in the command vehicle has been trying to catch a little signal amidst the noisy background noise. The enemy fleet should be very close. The drone should have taken off desperately to conduct reconnaissance; but if the communication is not smooth, even if the sea target is found, everything will be in vain.

"Any news?" He couldn't help asking.

"Contact has not been restored after nightfall." The correspondent said, "It would be terrible if the Indians hid in this interference zone and carried out a sneak attack. Should we use radar to search the sea first, so that we know what we know?"

"No. Once it is turned on, it will inevitably cause interference immediately, or even a hard blow. The time to start it is very precious, and it may only have a few cycles, so it must be left until the end. The tide has not started yet, so wait."

"What if they've launched a landing now? Direct attack on the port with light ships?"

"Calm down. Yu Zhendong judged that it was at dawn, and I think it's about the same. You see," he pointed through the window of the command vehicle, "the side of Gwadar Port is still very quiet. I expect the spies there to attack before attacking." Make a fuss."

The convoy slowly drove into the preset position. According to the predetermined plan, 8 missile vehicles were arranged in a fan shape with an interval of 20°. One radar vehicle drove to the rear of the fan-shaped position, and the other drove to a nearby commanding height.There are actually no permanent fortifications here, just a flat mountainous area next to the coastal road. Fortunately, this place is condescending, and the wide field of vision is a bit cheaper for radar searches.

Qiu Rongcheng got off the command vehicle and walked slowly to the edge of the cliff in the autumn wind. Many bonfires had already been lit on the beach stretching tens of kilometers below. Like a translucent corridor.Obviously, this is the navigation mark made by the traitors in this area for the Indian Navy.

"It seems that they will launch a tentative landing of small groups of troops all over the coast soon. I am afraid that the Pakistani troops following us will collapse without a fight." A deputy sighed.

"You should also see the good side. This shows that the indiscriminate interference of the US military also works on them." Qiu Rongcheng was actually interested in finding some advantages brought about by interference.

"Are you doing pre-launch preparations and leveling the radar car?"

"Don't be in a hurry, we'll talk about it later."

Qiu Rongcheng knew very well that premature pre-launch preparations would cause the radar vehicle at the core of the position to lose its emergency maneuverability. In case of a situation, it might not be able to run. Although he has 2 radar vehicles, he still has to wait.

(End of this chapter)