Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 417
The landing field chosen by the Indian-Tibetan special forces is surrounded by mountains.The high mountains in the northeast completely blocked the possibility of launching long-range fire from the north, and it was difficult for Air Force fighters to track slow helicopters with radar in such mountainous areas.Throughout the day, special forces on the India-Tibet border have been frequently mobilized to this area. Although these troops belong to the same organizational system, they are scattered throughout the line of control all year round and have never been concentrated in one area.Today, the entire Indian-occupied area north of the Maputra River has been exposed to the sight of the Chinese Air Force, but no bombs have been dropped here. This is the last chance for Lausanne to concentrate its forces. He does not want these scattered troops Being regarded as a scapegoat by Indian commanders everywhere, they simply gathered them in their own hands and made preparations for the last fight.Tispur was in a state of desperation and had no time to worry about it, so he completely acquiesced in Lausanne's overreach of authority to mobilize the helicopter squadron.

After several teams of Snow Wolf withdrew from the banks of the Yarlung Zangbo River, they got a new mission to search the headquarters of the India-Tibet border forces. Difficult to penetrate into its control area.And the drones in the air can't detect the area where the radio signals are relatively concentrated, so as to grasp the approximate location of the enemy's headquarters. It seems that the enemy is hiding in a fortress that has been operating for a long time and has wired communication means.

The peripheral surveillance team could only keep a close eye on the Mi-171 helicopters coming and going in and out of this area, watching them fly towards the empty valley in the distance, and occasionally some helicopters flew out of the valley. Working so frightened and busy, he couldn't find where the head of this dancing poisonous snake was hiding?To cut off the snake's head is naturally out of the question.

Xu Jingzhe was at the headquarters, always paying attention to the situation around Yingqiong.Lieutenant General Chaguye's sluggish chain of command seemed to have lost control of the force, and Lausanne seemed to have plans of his own.Xu Jingzhe knew that out of distrust of the Indian-Tibetan special forces, the Indians had been dismantling and distributing the troops to various Indian troops. Although Lausanne was apparently the commander-in-chief, he had never fully mastered the troops.

Judging from the reconnaissance results, the idea of ​​simply using the air force to annihilate this stubborn enemy is already unrealistic, and the air force does not agree to blindly drop ammunition in such a large area.However, the headquarters believes that at least the thousands of people in Lausanne cannot be easily left there, and cutting off their air retreat is obviously the best way.Judging from the information sent back by Snow Wolf via satellite, the flight route of No. 51 Squadron into the valley is basically fixed, obviously there are some navigational factors in it.

"Losangja is wrong to come and go to freedom right under our noses. How could this happen?"

"It is very difficult for our fighter planes to search for such targets in the air, and the enemy obviously took advantage of the loophole."

"We need to make trouble for them and let Snow Wolf do it." Xu Jingzhe said.

"However, the Hongying missile carried by Snow Wolf does not have night vision capabilities. Today is the late moon, and the visibility below the ridge is already very low." The staff officer reminded.

"Don't worry about these, the enemy is afraid of hitting the mountain, and they will definitely increase their altitude at night."

Wang Tiechuan has been observing the enemy's actions in the twilight. If the enemy wants to continue to transport at night, they will inevitably drop a few planes, but they have no intention of stopping, and they seem a little impatient.He has just received a new mission from the headquarters, the mission to guide the Air Force to strike is cancelled, and the new mission is to block the enemy's air transportation line.The enemy helicopters were flying low, which did give his manportable anti-air weapons a good chance.And these helicopters always have flashing anti-collision lights at night, which is a wish for shooters ambushing in the mountains.

"Captain, two more planes are coming. They are still following the exact same route."

"Do you still remember how this old bastard Luosang Jiacuo boasted?" Wang Tiechuan asked suddenly.

"Can not remember?"

"He claims to be the king of mountain guerrilla warfare. Hehe, dare to be king in front of me without looking in the mirror first. Send a message to the first group and immediately launch the missile."

He knew very well that the radio contact in this area would be monitored by the enemy, but now he just wanted to give the enemy a sense of oppression. He had fought against Lausanne several times, and knew that only in this way would the opponent make mistakes in their busy schedule.

One kilometer away, a scout carrying a portable missile took a few steps to the open ground outside the pine forest, lifted the cover of the missile, and then made preparations for launch. The two enemy planes were still advancing slowly, for fear of hitting the mountain.Compared with the usually fleeting launch timing of air-to-air shooting, today's time window is unusually loose.

While the seeker head is cooling, the shooter points the sight at the flashing light. Although the outline of the target cannot be seen clearly, the seeker head should be able to find the heat source.A few seconds later, a continuous audio cue appeared that the missile had spotted the target, perhaps catching the engine's heat source.

Judging from the louder and louder helicopter rotor sounds, it should be very close. Although it is invisible to the naked eye, it is almost in a "blind shooting" state, and it seems that there is no need for ranging.

A flame flew forward rapidly.The personnel of both the enemy and us on the surrounding commanding heights should have seen the flames from the missiles. The shooter immediately discarded the launch tube and moved the position to prevent the enemy snipers from coming to the door.Then, an explosion rang through the valley, and a fireball fell from the sky, apparently hitting it.

The second Indian helicopter, reacting quite quickly, pulled up with full force and turned off the flashing external lights.A sniper team fired a few shots at it with an anti-material weapon, but it missed. The helicopter turned and fled, the sound of the rotor becoming quieter, and it seemed to run away.

"King of Guerrilla Warfare, I have cut off your retreat, now let's see what tricks you can play."

Wang Tiechuan thought to himself, he knew that his team had the upper hand at night, and the enemy would be able to detect it as soon as they moved out.

"Report to the headquarters. Our department has cut off the enemy's air transportation line and is closely monitoring its movements."

Under the same crescent moon, Lin Huaisheng's headquarters also ushered in the first night after entering the enemy's hinterland.Throughout the day, his actions were far more methodical than Tespur's, but they were not perfect. Chaguye always chose not to shrink back, which gave him a headache, maybe because of timidity, maybe because of strategy, in short, he did not Dance to Lin's script.

In Lin Huaisheng's vision, the enemy should frantically call back the northern troops to make amends after the fall of Jabuwa.But that didn't happen, and it seemed that Assam's half was going to be given to him.

"Hey, they will definitely come out. I don't believe that Chaguye is so calm, he will definitely take action."

"The headquarters received inside information from New Delhi that Chaguye may have been dismissed, and India will use a mid-term general from the Northern Military Region to replace him."

"It's best not to believe such rumors." Lin Huaisheng shook his head. He didn't believe that the Indian high-level officials would make such a childish mistake. Even though Chaguye is a complete mediocrity, it is obviously a mistake to parachute a general from another military region now. Even more ridiculous things.

"Old Ding, I'm still worried about the enemy's tricks, remember those fake Sam 6 positions?"

"If there is a drone that can fly over Tespur, we can figure out their tricks." Lao Ding continued, obviously referring to the 4th Armored Brigade that is still parked in Tespur. This army should not be idle at such a critical moment.It is a pity that it is not possible to determine from satellite photos whether the tanks left there are real or not.According to the record of previous fights, the enemy should have a mysterious army with high camouflage skills, so it has to be guarded against.

"Have you noticed any radio anomalies around us?"

"It hasn't been discovered yet. If the enemy moves, there will inevitably be a large number of supply troops accompanying them. It is impossible to have no loopholes. Unless the size of the troops is small, then there is nothing to worry about."

"Well, what you said makes sense. Maybe Chaguye just wants to be a shrinking turtle..."

Before Lin Huaisheng finished speaking, the air defense alarm outside the headquarters was loudly raised. Obviously, the newly arrived air defense system had discovered some threats. According to the plan, Lin Huaisheng and Lao Ding quickly ran out of the command post, preparing to avoid the attack. 200 meters away, on a crawler chassis, a huge turret carrying 8 missiles was rotating back and forth, and the radar antenna above it was also rapidly rotating.

"It's the earth again?" The chief of staff thought for a while.

At the same time, two missiles were thrown vertically into the air from the launch tower, then ignited and turned, roaring and flying horizontally.Lin Huaisheng simply stopped running, watching the tail flame of the missile collide with something on the dark horizon after a zigzag turn, turning into a flash of light.Immediately afterwards, the second missile hit the target again.

"This time it's their cruise missiles."

Obviously, after the poor performance of the ground missile, India began to use the Brahmos missile to launch an offensive again. However, Lin Huaisheng now has a complete field air defense system, and the defense mix at medium and short distances is also improving day by day.

The huge launcher of the Hongqi 17 system with a tracked chassis is still rotating, and it is clear that the threat has not been lifted.

50 kilometers away, the Su-30MKI fighter jets of the Indian Air Force Triple Sonic Squadron are approaching at low altitude. These planes have carried out active electronic interference on the offensive route of the Brahmos missiles in an attempt to cover the Jabwa air defense system this time. But the defense system withstood the test.

The rest of the missiles were not launched as the enemy fighters turned and fled.

"Their strikes are becoming more and more diverse, and they will not be safe tonight. Why didn't our mid-range defense system respond?" Lin Huaisheng asked, looking a little angry. He almost guessed that the enemy's missiles might be staring at him. Those who come from the drafty temporary command post, if they get caught, it will be terrible.

"The medium-range missile system is undergoing regular position transfers according to your requirements, so...the search radar missed this batch of targets. Who would have thought of such a coincidence?"

"What did the Air Force do? There was no advance warning."

The chief of staff looked up and saw in the sky, a shining meteor fell far away in the far south area. About 10 seconds later, the sound of explosion came. It was obviously another land missile with no aim.This whole day, India launched about 20 ground missiles in an attempt to destroy the Jabwa airport. Facts have proved that the effect is very unsatisfactory. Only 2 hit the runway, and the other hit the old tower. Do not rely on this tower.Lin Huaisheng even sent out some of the engineers on duty at the airport to build a bridge over the river, making preparations for the active attack on Tespur.

"Based on this, their inventory will be exhausted tomorrow." Lin Huaisheng said proudly.The enemy's missile launch vehicles have to evade air strikes throughout Assam, and may only launch a hasty attack from a temporary position with inaccurate geodesy. In addition, the navigation technology of the missile itself is backward, and almost only 10/1 of the missiles hit the target , much lower than Lin expected.

"If Chaguye doesn't come, then I just have to go to Tespur myself and drag him out of the basement."

"Chief of Staff, if only things were that simple."

(End of this chapter)