Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 413 Long-term strategy
Ten minutes after the Indian Air Force was dispatched, the commander had been standing in front of the map, frowning, waiting for the final result.He didn't turn around until the news that the radar was safe and sound came from the front, and he shook hands with the people behind him one by one. He looked relieved, as if the war had been won.

"Comrade Commander, the MiG-29 fleet that attacked Jabwa has also turned back. Obviously their round of offensive is not isolated, but now they are all blocked by us." Someone reported a new message.

"Comrades," the commander said, looking around at everyone sitting, "practice has proved that our defense is effective. We smashed their counterattack, and the enemy really never came back."

Xu Jingzhe noticed silently that the commander had always been uncertain, and he was still very worried that the enemy's low-altitude penetration would work.After he finished speaking, someone below took the lead in applauding. Although it was not enthusiastic, the tension all night was relieved a little.The heavy part of the enemy's first round of counterattack seems to be over.

"Next, they are bound to launch a large-scale counterattack with ground forces, and must strengthen air surveillance. When necessary, we need to demonstrate our long-range firepower."

Everyone below knows what the so-called long-range firepower refers to.The Chinese Army has a huge advantage in rocket launcher range and accuracy, which has never been fully demonstrated, mainly because such shooting cannot be carried out at night when the forward observation is poor.But the situation during the day is very different. Obviously, the commander also hopes to show this terrifying firepower to replace part of the air force's strike capability.

"What if the enemy can't hide?" asked an officer below.

"Not coming out? You are in Chaguye's position, can you sit in Tespur and remain indifferent?"

It was not the commander who answered this question, but another officer. Obviously, in his opinion, under the current situation, even if Tespur’s enemies knew it was a trick, they had to take out their armored troops to fight, otherwise they would be killed. There is no chance.

"It is still necessary to fully consider all possibilities. If the enemy does not come out, we will stop in silence, let Chief of Staff Lin stand firm there, occupy the second airport, and at the same time expand the control area to 1000 square kilometers; now the initiative In me, we can lead the enemy by the nose as much as possible."

The commander said that he considered the possibility of Chaguye being a shrinking turtle, but this situation is obviously not a bad thing.Lin Huaisheng drove into the enemy's rear like a huge wedge, thus bringing huge initiative in all strategic directions.Even the enemy as far away as Aksai Chin had to mobilize to adapt to such a passive situation.But the real fun is yet to come.

Xu Jingzhe ignored their argument, he just looked up at the huge electronic map.There are several huge red circles on the map, covering parts of Assam and Nagaland. Unlike those units that keep moving on the map, these red lines never move, but overlook the entire plain from a high position .He knew that this was the coverage area of ​​the rocket artillery. These positions had not fired at distant targets, and they had been silently waiting for the opportunity.

"If Chaguye comes out, he will suffer a lot." He thought to himself.He has already mastered some enemy mobilization information through listening to the radio station. The newly arrived 4th Armored Brigade and several infantry regiments have assembled around the road and are only waiting for orders from their superiors.

around the same time.

There was silence in the underground meeting room of the Prime Minister's Office in New Delhi. The Indian war cabinet and some senior officials were waiting for the final result of the front attack.The enemy's sudden attack exceeded everyone's expectations, including that of Intelligence Director Charmain.The counterattack is imperative. This time the attack plan was formulated very hastily, but it cost a lot of money. A total of 6 elite squadrons of the navy and air force were mobilized to carry out a complicated feint attack to confuse the enemy's judgment on the main attack direction. In the end, the most elite squadrons from India The commander of the air force personally launched a fatal blow, obviously it shouldn't be nothing.

Prime Minister Kahan sat with his head tilted, looking exhausted.He had remained in this dejected posture since he was woken up a second time last night.He hated the Chinese for attacking the south bank of the Bratmaputra River directly, not in any disputed area, at the most glorious moment in his life. What a serious matter. ?Moreover, the Ministry of National Defense has never made any plans for such an attack, and there is no ready-made response plan at all.

He has been thinking about a question repeatedly in his mind: Is this just a retaliation action after he cut off China's transportation line in the Indian Ocean, or is it a long-planned invasion plan?Sitting next to the prime minister is his nuclear policy adviser, Dr. Harby.The doctor has always shown himself as the most hard-line far-right wing, and has long advocated the revision of India's "no pre-emptive strike" nuclear policy; but on the issue of whether to use nuclear weapons to attack the enemy who invaded Jabwa Airport, Dr. Harbi obviously flinched. At the meeting, he urged the Prime Minister not to think about it, because it would be an act of suicide in politics.

A solemn military officer walked into the empty conference room: "Prime Minister, our attack failed. Colonel Dabrini...he did not come back."

"what?"

Kahan sat on the spot as if frozen, his face was pale, only his lips trembled slightly.Singh, who was sitting on one side, immediately flirted with the medical crew behind him, and two people came over to check the prime minister's heart rate.

Colonel Dabrini has been on TV and received a medal in Parliament, so Kahan also knows this legend. For several months, the Tiger Shark Squadron has been fighting from east to west. As the first unit equipped with Rafale fighter jets in India It was eye-catching, but this time it was obviously a failure. The Chinese quietly made a tight defense deployment in that area. Any short-term counterattack plan, even with the most advanced equipment, would not be successful.

"What about the rest of the attack fleet?" Singer asked.

"Navy MiG 29s have turned around and there are no losses. The 222 Squadron that launched the attack earlier lost 2 MiG 27s, and the 6 Rafales of the Tiger Shark Squadron... none of them came back; in addition, in the direction of Pakistan in the morning, the enemy launched an attack. In a surprise attack, a Mirage fighter from No. 1 Squadron, which was patrolling the Suleiman Mountains, went missing."

"In other words, we have lost 9 fighter jets this morning."

"Uh...Actually, an hour ago, near the Seattle Glacier, an EH114 helicopter from Squadron 101 crashed into the mountain..."

There was a long silence in the audience, obviously this was a morning with a lot of losses.

"Did Colonel Dabrini skydive?"

"It is believed that Colonel Dabrini has crashed and died. It was confirmed by another fighter plane in the assault formation. The Rafale also lost contact within the next minute."

As if endorsing a letter, the officer counted the losses of the whole morning like housekeeping.Singer's heart was bleeding.In order to accumulate these belongings for the Air Force, India spent decades and spent countless hard currency, and the loss of pilots is even more immeasurable, and Dabrini's military rank is second only to the 16th Division of the Army on the ground against Pakistan. On the second day after the start of the war, a major general and division commander was killed.The 16th Infantry Division lost around 5000 men, and the Tiger Shark Squadron almost existed in name only.

Foreign Minister Chandra turned his head and glanced at the prime minister's doctor, saw him nodding, and then spoke:
"Prime Minister, it seems that our offensive has suffered a setback. I think we can stop the extremely blind counterattack in the east first. Maybe the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can first figure out the real purpose of the Chinese in launching this sneak attack?"

"The real purpose" Kahan looked at Chandra in astonishment, "The real purpose is to destroy India!"

"Any diplomatic probing is now meaningless. We must make further counterattacks, and let the ground forces completely smash the enemy's plot while they are still in a stable foothold."

"Yes Prime Minister, act now."

9:29 AM ET.No one has told Lin Huaisheng of the thrilling battle that took place in the north. He only knows that the MiG-[-] fleet that attacked the airport never entered the attack range, and finally fled in desperation.At this time his transportation has reached its peak, a large number of troops and equipment have arrived, and now he has a batch of armored vehicles and field air defense systems, as well as some newly arrived engineering equipment, so that he can shoot a company to continue complaining He Fan of He built a pontoon bridge that could pass tanks.

He Fan has always hoped to cross the river and do a reconnaissance in the direction of Dibrugel. Although the drone has reconnaissance many times, it is confirmed that there are no decent troops there. The army aviation unit can carry out a simple vertical occupation, but He Fan Fan took a fancy to a section of highway there, which was high in the east and low in the west, and thought it was an excellent location for defending T90, and it was also very suitable as a starting point for attacking to the west.

Contrary to He Fan's wishes, the headquarters instructed Lin Huaisheng to focus on consolidating the surrounding defenses, and at the same time occupy Sudin Yaji, the largest town in the east, and fully accept the railway station in the town. This railway can enter the Indian railway network, and has great strategic value. Big.

An army aviation unit had made a vertical landing directly outside the town without encountering resistance.Different from the situation at night, the local residents stood quietly on both sides of the gate to watch the Chinese troops enter the city on foot.The intelligence personnel in the city sent back a message that the National Army headquarters and the police station in the city had already been emptied, and there seemed to be nothing left.Another spy has entered the railway station on the north side of the small town, and was surprised to find that the two trains parked in the maintenance workshop are intact, although the railway has already been cut off by the air force; however, this narrow-gauge railway and the train still have long-term value.

Xue Xiaoyan's troops slowly entered the city in a loose column.A large number of local residents stood not far away and observed this strange army calmly. They seemed neither friendly nor hated. Judging from their appearance, these people did not look very much like South Asians, but more like East Asians.A few barefoot children still ran behind the army, but they were quickly called back by the adults.

"All units cheer up and be careful that there are enemies in the crowd."

Xue Xiaoyan reminded through the radio that without the cover of the night, he felt like he was caught in a sea of ​​foreign people, and he didn't know what to do if someone hid in the crowd and shot at him. Open fire on civilians.All wore heavy body armor and dusty goggles over their helmets.

They must turn back and forth from time to time to observe the indifferent crowd around them, but the guns cannot be aimed at them.Throughout the night, Xue Xiaoyan's company had covered a distance of 30 kilometers and occupied two towns, half of which was by helicopter, while the other half was entirely on two legs.Worst of all, there was no cover from armored vehicles at all.

A helicopter roared overhead, seemingly doing reconnaissance.

"Fox, this is the wolf's lair. I found an enemy light armored convoy approaching from the east road. The number is unknown. It quickly occupied the commanding heights in the east and prepared to intercept it."

"Wolf Den, we don't carry anti-tank weapons."

"Your department only needs to conduct precise reconnaissance, and leave the rest to us."

"Wolf Den" said confidently.

Xue Xiaoyan squatted halfway, spread the map on his knees, and then drew two circles in the designated area, and handed it to the signal soldier on one side, asking him to find other troops.He knew that the air force had weak air supremacy in this area, but the front of the Wolf's Cave was expanding too fast, and there were contacts on all sides, so it was likely that they would lose sight of the other.His troops only have 90mm rocket launchers and laser pointers, and they can only go up for the time being.

"Each platoon changed its original target, and the new instruction area was assembled."

The drone photographed a convoy of armored vehicles and trucks approaching from east to west in India. The headquarters judged that it was probably part of the 57th Division marching from Imphal to Tespur. This motley division was in disarray. The progress was slow, but it brought a lot of unexpected troubles to Lin Huaisheng, who planned carefully. Especially these sparse small convoys were scattered everywhere, which posed great difficulties for aerial reconnaissance and identification.

(End of this chapter)