Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 383 Resilience
Seeing the bombs flying over their heads silently, the Indian soldiers crawled out of their hiding places and looked south. Bundila at the end of the road immediately sounded the air defense alarm. The position began to attack.

This anti-aircraft battery is equipped with old 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns. When firing salvos at low-altitude and low-speed targets, the effectiveness is not bad. Especially these days, even the Indian soldiers on the construction site by the river can understand that the Chinese The bombs dropped seldom changed course over the distance over the Tawang River.

Seeing that some of the bombs gliding in the sky were damaged by shrapnel, others were hit by the wings of the bombs, lost control, and fell into the virgin forest below, but some of the bombs still flew to the south and then scattered.How far can they fly without power, and what target will they hit in the end?Nobody cares.

The Indian soldiers who built the fortifications watched the interception battle with their necks up as if they were staying out of it.Whenever a gliding bomb was hit in the air and exploded or fell, some people clapped vigorously; at least taking advantage of such a firepower show, they could hone their skills.These bombs are likely to be directed at the railway behind the Ganugang Pass, which leads to the Imphal area. Now it has been bombed to pieces and directly inspired the rebels in Imphal.The original station of the 56th Infantry Division was in that remote area close to Burma, and it seemed that they could not go back for the time being; however, the soldiers of these miscellaneous divisions felt that it was good to be stationed here, at least they would not have to face vicious guerrillas. You can also escape to neighboring Bhutan, which has been followed in the past, and the Chinese have nothing to do.

The soldiers on the construction site threw away their shovels one after another, talking excitedly about the rapid growth of the anti-aircraft artillery force these days.A few days ago, they saw that none of the bombs flying on the same route were shot down, but today about half were shot down.It seems that although the enemy has some new gadgets, the world-famous adaptability of the Indians is not covered.

Things suddenly began to change again. The roar of the plane sounded from the north of Tawang again, and it didn't seem to go back?Everyone was puzzled when they saw several huge bombs screaming and flying overhead, heading towards the West Mountain Pass.The bomb flew very low this time, and it was hundreds of times more realistic than the high-altitude one I saw just now; it seems that the Chinese are also practicing it, and have figured out some new tricks?For the time being, no one realized that this time the bomb was aimed at the antiaircraft artillery position in the forest, and this attack was a series of targeted launches after studying this air defense force, from firing to transferring.It wasn't until the explosions sounded one after another and the forest ignited a fire that no one realized that the Chinese are not static, and they seem to have the ability to adapt to war.Then several trucks emitting black smoke escaped from the forest, and none of the towed anti-aircraft guns were spared.

Such an embarrassing scene inevitably made people discouraged, and the pessimistic mood in the army began to prevail again, and even rumors began to spread that the reason why the Chinese did not bomb the fortifications on the south side of the Tawang River was to wait until they were [-] to [-] percent complete. His plans were more precise than those of Tespur's scum.

Lin Huaisheng was standing on a high ground at the front of Cuona, watching five fighter jets, in two batches, launched an attack on the deep and shallow targets south of the Dawang River.A few months ago, most pilots in the Air Force had difficulty performing such complex coordination, but now they seem to be familiar with it.

He thought that it was almost time to attack Xikamen's key target.There is a well-concealed tornado position north of the Dongma River, just under the nose of the Chinese army. After he scouted this army with Wang Tiechuan's army in June, it has not moved from place to place. It seems that Chaguye is quite calm.The reason why it is not moved is that the launch position is composed of solid cave bunkers and surface positions.The situation inside the cave is unknown, and the outside is a granite structure, so it is difficult to use a relatively single weapon to solve all of them at once. Now that the air force is strong, it is almost time to pull out this nail.After he arrived in southern Pakistan, he put this matter aside for the time being. He originally planned to use TV-guided bombs to cooperate with the army's cruise missiles to attack at the same time. The worst plan was to blow up the cave entrance. The Air Force will do just fine.

Lin Huaisheng walked down the high ground and went to the small headquarters on the north side of the mountain. He asked the deputy company commander here about the morale and number of the Indians on the opposite side.He has guided that in recent months, India's frontier outposts have been withdrawn and merged, some strongholds that have been occupied for decades have also been abandoned, and patrols on mountain passes and valley bottoms have also been reduced a lot.Lin Huaisheng pulled over the map and pointed to several places.An accompanying deputy company commander marked the commanding heights that the enemy had abandoned one by one.He pondered for a long time, and found that although the enemy showed weakness, the rules were still in order; for decades, India has adopted a policy of encroachment, which has created a crisscross pattern on the control line. Some strongholds go deep into the north and are too isolated. The location was withdrawn, but it was not a disorderly retreat. In fact, the defense system became more orderly.

"The situation here is similar to the situation near Warong. It is not the actions of individual commanders, but Chaguye's overall strategy. It is the same idea as he retreated the main force to the south of Tawang. Hehe, a coward who does not leak. "

Lin Huaisheng joked that he knew that Chaguye had his own cunning, but he was a soldier of the old era after all, and he had no concept of his own ambitions, or the assault capabilities of the new army. This can be seen from his recent overhaul of the airport. One spot.

"Did they lay mines on the main road below the snow line?" Lin asked and then asked the deputy company commander on the opposite side.

"We didn't find it. We are condescending, and their every move is under observation. Moreover, the geological changes in this area are frequent and there are many mudslides. They should not dare."

"Don't take it lightly, they can't do anything in a hurry."

"Yes."

"Who is the commander on the opposite high ground? How is the firepower configuration?"

"Lieutenant Lindroni, I met him last year at the outpost of the Bhutanese border guards. He has an understaffed company of the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment, and my company is on several high grounds. , the main firepower is mortars and recoilless guns. On the flanks, that is, the front of the 3rd Company, there are two platoons of the Korton Army, and behind it is a battalion of the 56th Infantry Division, which is responsible for the defense of Nyamu Jiangqu Dawang. The morale is not good, and recently there are often deserters running to Bhutan. In addition, no artillery was found north of the Tawang River."

"So the surname is also Lin?" Lin Huaisheng was very surprised. "You still need to find out the enemy's deployment more accurately. It would be better to find the artillery. If you find it, report it in time and let the air force solve it."

He dropped the map and went outside the command room. He could see that the stream formed by the snow on the mountain was still gurgling, but it was obviously weaker than that in the rainy season.

"Chief of Staff, urgent telegram." Someone came over and handed Lin a piece of paper.

He held it in his hand and looked at it. Xu Jingzhe told him that the electronic reconnaissance force had discovered a large number of suspicious radio stations in the frontier counties, and some of them had been lurking for a long time, and they had become active recently.Xu Jingzhe also told him that due to the short time for the enemy agents to send reports, it is impossible to accurately measure the position, but only the general direction. It is obviously not a coincidence that many enemy radio stations have appeared in the area south of Linzhi.

"It's not rude to come and go," Lin thought, "Lobsang Gyatso wants to sneak in, so why not just show him enough."

As Lin Huaisheng expected, Lobsang Gyatso was sitting in the temporary command post at the front of Lower Subansiri, repeatedly checking the photos taken by his subordinates after they went deep into Nyingchi.He felt that he had to pass the first hurdle here, deciding whether to bring some obviously misleading information to the Army Group Headquarters in Tespur.

The first photo was taken across a river, from about [-] kilometers away, to a helicopter take-off and landing site under the snow-capped mountains.There is a large-scale phased array radar antenna that has just arrived next to the site. It seems that the replacement of the radar antenna has not been completed until now. It is reasonable to transport such a large object up the mountain, and it will take a lot of time to debug it several times. less time.But Lausanne is suspicious by nature, thinking that things should not be like this, and the efficiency of the Chinese is not so low?

The second piece of information was about the mobilization of the CCP army at the frontier of Warong. His agents stayed in a temple on the top of the mountain for half a month, carefully recording the supplies transported from the twisted kilometers down the mountain to the frontline troops, recording military vehicles and The number of mules, judging from the estimated amount of supplies, does not seem to be the main direction of attack.

Tawang seems to be the worst place, air strikes are carried out every day, and the Chinese army has also deployed large-caliber rockets at the front, which seems to be a bit contrary to common sense, unless they aim at the target very far south, such as directly hitting the headquarters of Tespur , if so, the lieutenant general will be scared to death.Lausanne did not dare to take it lightly. He found that the photo itself did not show any flaws, and it was not a common inflatable model. It is better for the lieutenant general to make up his mind on this matter.

These areas can be seen more or less prepared by the Chinese army, only Milin and Medog are relatively quiet, since a Chinese armed helicopter was shot down on the east bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River, he doubts what the Chinese have behind the snow-capped mountains Conspiracy, but has not been able to find direct evidence that can convince the superiors.Chaguye only has old experience in his mind, and he does not believe that anyone will take action in this area, because it is unrealistic to have a large area of ​​no man's land there, even if the Chinese army invested in Medog and Milin more than 50 years ago There are not many troops, and the breakthrough is not deep. Its main attack direction is the Xikamen area where Tawang is located.

A subordinate wearing a camouflage uniform opened the curtain of the tent and walked into the temporary headquarters. He reported to Lausanne that Tispur had approved sending a reconnaissance helicopter to the Sion area for fire reconnaissance.This time the reconnaissance Lausanne insisted on asking Lieutenant General Chaguye to see what was hidden behind the ridge in this area, but to test the enemy's ability to respond. He was convinced that there must be some kind of conspiracy hidden in the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River Otherwise, why do the enemy's reconnaissance troops always appear in this area?He had decided to venture into the area himself to conduct a tit-for-tat reconnaissance.

At noon, two LCH-type light reconnaissance helicopters flew close to the control line along the steep mountains; He was transferred to Assam by his superiors, and was dispatched by Tezpur.

The pilot knew that a reconnaissance plane of the same model encountered several armed helicopters in this area not long ago, and was shot down by an opponent with superior firepower; therefore, the essence of this reconnaissance is probably not as simple as attacking the enemy's stronghold, but very The last thing they want to do is lose the possibility of testing the enemy's fire response.

(End of this chapter)