Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 50 Kasur

Lin Huaisheng stayed at the base directly to study the new situation. During this period of time, his teacher has not appeared, so now he doesn't know what the result of the disorderly meeting that was a mystery two days ago.In fact, he has been playing drums in his heart, whether India will use ground troops on a large scale, and whether India will replace the chief of staff of the army. Although he is very sure, there are always many variables in the world. He is now Some regretted that they had spoken too much. .

New intelligence was sent in one by one, all about the mobilization of Indian ground forces.This is not surprising. Every time there is a conflict between India and Pakistan, the armies of both sides will have a large number of mobilizations, but it does not mean that they will actually go into combat.According to the information from the electronic interception in the Karakoram Mountains, the Indian Army's radio concealment is not bad. Although the railway lines and roads have been crowded with military vehicles and tanks, any tourist with a camera can easily Photographs were taken that could identify unit numbers by two, but no large-scale radio calls were ever detected.Behind these sneaky actions, most of them will have big actions.

"A few more troops have been transferred near the border, and they may gather near Halwara. It may also be further north." A staff officer said while lying on the table while looking at the photos taken by the satellite.

"Oh?" Lin Huaisheng walked over with great interest.He was not familiar with this staff officer, but he knew his surname was Ding.

"Look, houses collapsed wherever they went, and the convoy was hundreds of kilometers long. The road construction since the founding of the People's Republic of China is really bad. There are no roads with more than 4 lanes. It is not easy to mobilize troops. You see, here There are several pontoon bridges, but there was no pontoon bridge on the Yamuna River at noon yesterday. This is the first time I have seen these crawler-type bridging equipment, and they may be Russian products."

"What is the number of this unit?"

"The news on the Internet is the 31st Army. Indian netizens posted a lot of mobile phone photos, many of which were insulting posts, because under the wartime system, the army occupied railways and roads indiscriminately, making them unable to travel."

"Internet? Is it reliable?"

"It has been confirmed with our satellite photos. All the T90 tanks are being loaded at the Nagamandi Railway Station. From the photos on the Internet, there is a clear white tiger head logo on the tank. It must be the 21st Army. The 31st Armored Division under its jurisdiction."

"Do you have anything more specific here?"

"The advance troops of the 31st Division established a command post north of Halwara. It may be assembled here, or it may be deliberately seen. A new Sam 6 missile position was found near the command post."

"Why didn't they gather in the south? There are mountainous areas in the north, which seems to be not conducive to tank operations." Lin Huaisheng asked. He found that all the people he met recently believed that the war would happen in the north step by step.

"Historically, India-Pakistan ground operations have never been conducted south of this area. There was another small-scale infiltration operation yesterday, which happened to be also north of Halwara."

"Yesterday?" Apparently no one had told Lin Huaisheng this information yet.

"Yesterday morning, an infiltrated armed force composed of religious extremists destroyed the PSM7 search radar base 33 kilometers west of Chandigarh. This morning they brought in a mobile-deployed legal system TRS2215 to ensure air defense in this area." Ding said the staff officer.

"Hehe, you really believe that religious extremists will be interested in warning radar." Lin Huaisheng said with a smile. In his view, this was obviously a military operation, but he was surprised by India's defensive capabilities. It's too careless to be so close. .

"Don't ask me about the Pakistani intelligence agency. The water is too deep, and no one can say for sure."

"How's the fighting between the air forces of the two sides in the past two days?"

"Pakistan only suffered a little loss, lost about 6 to 7 fighter jets, and 2 airports were completely destroyed, but next week, most of their front-line airports will be difficult to keep."

"Are you so sure?"

"Currently, India invests three times as many aircraft as Pakistan, and next week it will be four times. In addition to mobilizing several flying wings in the east, they are likely to invest in new equipment, such as electronic jammers outside the defense zone or Phalcon early warning system. Or, tactical ballistic missiles."

"If this is the case, it will be very troublesome." Lin Huaisheng muttered, and he couldn't help thinking of the Pakistani air force colonel who only met once.

"I listened to your lecture the day before yesterday. Frankly speaking, if India takes a big fight regardless of the international situation, it is impossible for Pakistan to persist until September or October, and even July."

"Don't be too absolute. The battle that really determines the outcome cannot be in the air, it must be on the ground."

"If Pakistan loses air supremacy, there will be no suspense in the outcome of the ground battle. India has a large number of Russian air-to-surface weapons in its arsenal."

"Well, but so far, they don't have many records of using precision-guided weapons." Lin Huaisheng said hesitantly.

"It will definitely be used in large quantities. It is impossible for them to let these weapons pile up in the warehouse and become moldy."

Captain Pandit sat in the last row in the war room of Joule Butt's No. 29 (Scorpion) Squadron. In fact, he was the only one in the whole war room.It took a long time for the enemy's report, and no one informed the captain to attend the meeting, but he couldn't help but want to have an interview with the squadron leader.Although no one has asked about the bombing of the mosque in the past few days, he has not been given any new tasks.He felt that there was something wrong with the way the squadron leader looked at him these days, full of resentment, and he knew that he must have caused trouble for the country.The Great Mosque in Kasur is hundreds of years old, so things must have gotten really serious.He also felt that there was some grievance. The outdated MiG 27 on board carried out a night air strike that required the support of advanced navigation technology.

Squadron leader Markunda came in.I saw the captain who was sitting stupidly, and the captain seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Squadron leader, I have a question I must ask." The captain decided to be straightforward.

"Do you have any questions?" The squadron leader shook his head and said.

"Will I retire early?" Pandit decided to ask.

"Don't be silly young man. If you are still thinking about this, I can tell you that yesterday their 2 F16s bombed civilian targets in our country and killed 75 civilians. During the day, it was completely intentional. crimes. Well, this is war."

"war?"

"The new mission has arrived. Our squadron will change to operate during the day and continue to bomb the airport, roads, bridges, railways, and other facilities near Kasur. The victor will not be judged, Cheer up."

"But... I still disgraced the country."

"National disgrace? No no, what you did is not wronging the country. I just want to tell you or other pilots one thing, don't get shot down near Kasur. There are religious schools all over the place, what you did The good thing has completely angered those people. Now every Indian pilot should pray that he will not fall into the hands of these people." The squadron leader said blankly.

"I see, Captain."

"Bring a pistol before you take off. Whatever you do, don't get caught alive."

(End of this chapter)