Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 579 Sheepdog

For Lin Huaisheng, who is always ready for air strikes, not having an Indian plane flying over his head also brings a subtle feeling. Apart from rejoicing, he is also a little dissatisfied, because the opponent does not seem to take him seriously at all. The secrecy work seems a bit redundant.Xu Jingzhe told him that not only the air force, but also the enemy's ground troops have not been mobilized much. The chaos of crossing the river may have the effect of confusing the enemy's judgment more than other deception methods.

After a day of sorting out, the work of crossing the river gradually began to become orderly. When night fell again, Lin Huaisheng's headquarters was also caught in the gap between the two regiments and crossed the river.

At this moment, Yahini's troops had penetrated 15 kilometers alone, and he encountered the first Indian reconnaissance force equipped with wheeled chariots after nightfall.The encounter ended quickly under the one-sided strength comparison. Yahini knew the main points of his duties well, and after confirming that no enemy had been captured, he captured several Indian prisoners from the burning ruins.

The Indian captives confiscated too much flesh and blood, so they fully confessed Ren's reconnaissance.Their superior, the staff of the 9th Infantry Division, had been trying to figure out a few things since noon.

The first is the scale of the Pakistan Army's attack, and the second is the purpose of the attack.These two requirements are nothing out of the ordinary and are something any Army staff would want to figure out.Then there are two more points, which are to judge whether the Pakistani army’s attack may threaten the railway from Gujarand to Fort Kamakura, and whether the Chinese army is involved in this attack.

This information was quickly collected in Lin Huaisheng's hands.From this, he can infer that the enemy has basically not figured out the depth of the situation.The anticipation of his offensive was insufficient.At this moment, his tank group has been deployed, and the opponent thinks it is nothing to worry about, judging it as a secondary offensive aimed at weakening the flank of the fort.The previous poor performance of the Pakistani army has reinforced the stubborn view of Indian commanders that they do not think that the Pakistani army has other imaginations beyond retaking the capital.

The above information prompted him to make some adjustments to his original plan. He did not limit Yahini's speed, but continued to let him rush to attract the attention of the enemy.He judged that the enemy's first reaction in the chaos was to concentrate their forces and besiege Yahini, which was what he wanted.He had the rest of his troops follow close behind, with Wang Zhenbei's troops hiding within and restricting Chinese radio communications.

He believed that the enemy interpreted the threat level of this campaign by detecting the presence of the Chinese army, not the size of the tank group. Obviously they believed that the offensive was completely led by the Pakistani side.He was determined to use Yahini's sharp knife to charge forward, and his only goal was to cut off the railway line that the enemy was most worried about.He believes that this action can fully mobilize the enemy's concentration, which will help Wang Zhenbei solve the problem once and for all.

As long as the enemy troops along the railway line gather Qi Ali, he can use Wang Zhenbei's backhand punch to defeat these second-line motorized troops.The main smooth task of the other two Pakistani troops is still crossing the river and deploying. Head-to-head battles are not suitable for them. If the Indian army fails, these troops can be put in pursuit. Downwind battles can quickly make the troops grow.

The Linde command recovered from the panic of the enemy's air strikes on the first day. In just 24 hours, a large number of fighter planes moved to Pakistan. The number was large enough to invest in the battle to seize air supremacy, and there was no suspense in winning .

The superiors have been suppressing the air force's premature entry into Pakistan to prevent the enemy from alerting in advance, and now it seems that worrying is unnecessary.No one in the Indian military has carefully considered the possibility of a breakthrough in the Punjab region.Perhaps Aksai Chin is too close to New Delhi, and it is really difficult for the upper echelons of India to shift their attention from the north to other directions.

The Ministry of National Defense in New Delhi and various military regions received reports of invasions on various lines at the same time, and satellite photos provided by Western countries can confirm that there are signs of large-scale enemy movements in Sikkim, Aksai Chin, and the west bank of the Chenab River.Especially on the west bank of the Chenab River, the most troops were found, so many that they were blocked on the opposite bank and could not cross the river.

The MiG-25 of the Indian Air Force also took blurred photos of the bridgehead on the east bank at 1 meters in the air. Some tanks can be counted in the photos.There is evidence that Pakistani armored units flicked south to the area and swarmed across the river.As a response to the emergency situation, the chiefs of the military regions and the Ministry of National Defense conducted a special video conference. The main issue of the meeting was of course the enemy's attack and how to deal with it.

Meneyam was the first to speak at the meeting. He did not talk about the previous misjudgment that there was no war in Punjab. Instead, he calmly made two assurances to New Delhi. First, he has enough strength in Kashmir for defense. The enemy's offensive Nothing to worry about.

Second, the Pakistani army just took advantage of the Chinese army's offensive in Leh and launched a sneak attack in Punjab. Although tens of thousands of people may be mobilized, the purpose of the campaign is to cut off the railway leading to the Fort. The enemy's goal It will succeed for a short time, but he can mobilize enough troops within a few days to launch a counterattack at the moment when the enemy's offensive is about to end, and restore the front to the situation in November in one fell swoop.

According to his experience in fighting in Fortress, the depth of an enemy tank attack in a mountainous area is only 25 kilometers, and the depth of an assault on a plain is no more than 60 kilometers.Beyond this distance, their tanks would be out of touch with infantry and other attached firepower and would be unable to fight.

Defense Minister Singh is worried that the attack may involve Chinese troops, because satellites have photographed Chinese tanks being mobilized, and the estimated number may exceed 100.Meneyam then explained that these may be Type 96 tanks assembled in Pakistan to strengthen several armored divisions. Its appearance does not mean that the Chinese army will use troops here, because Wa Nuan has no reason .He believes that it is purely normal for Pakistan to invest its main force in this area, because tanks are useless in the northern mountainous areas, so go here and try your luck to see if you can get some benefits in the chaos; With the strategy of exchanging space for time, the enemy's offensive can be disrupted within a few days.

Meneam did have the intention to hide his misjudgment at the war meeting, but his unquestionable eloquence reassured Singer for the time being.Spanga did not attend this meeting for some reason, so no one took him down.Although the meeting was shrouded in a chilling atmosphere of being attacked from three sides, General Meneam's response to the situation still left the participants with an absolutely reliable image. .

Chinese satellites photographed the enemy's accelerated deployment before nightfall.Photos showed a train surreptitiously unloading tanks on a nondescript railway spur north of Lahore.

The unloading operation took a lot of time and was not completed before dark.The photos taken when the second satellite passed over the sky showed that the tank that was originally covered with a tarpaulin showed its true face, and it was judged to be a Korean K1 tank. There is also a column of oil tankers on the branch line. Obviously, the enemy has the intention to quickly put this unit into actual combat.

Xu Jingzhe told Lin Huaisheng the bad news. The previous information that the entire Lahore area may not have main battle tanks has been declared outdated. The enemy may have suddenly changed the destination during transportation and decided to unload the tanks ahead of schedule.Regardless of their intentions, in short, they now have a little capital to fight.In addition, according to other intelligence sources, this regiment-level unit with an unknown number was originally equipped with T55s. After they were replaced with tanks in the northwest of New Delhi, they received relatively complete training, and their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.

Lin Huaisheng estimated the distance on the map. If the enemy travels along the railway starry night, they may encounter Yahini's troops as early as tomorrow morning.

Yahini's tank battalion is not capable of confronting a regiment-level force, and his independent tank force currently consists of three companies.The first company he was in consisted of 3 Type 12 tanks, the second company was equipped with 99 T2s, and the third company was equipped with 11 Type 84 tanks (less than 3 platoon).On the whole, his troops look like a hodgepodge of mess, and such an organization will inevitably make inter-vehicle communication and logistical support very difficult. This is just a special response in a special period when equipment is scarce, and what Yahini will face The enemy, if oddly loaded, would have about 9 tanks, three times as many as his.

Because of the missed timing, the train on the branch line had already turned around and returned to New Delhi when the satellite passed there again.The air force's planned nighttime out-of-area attack was then called off.Lin Huaisheng reminded Yahini to slow down his advance speed appropriately, and once he encountered this enemy, he didn't have to fight hard.

At dawn, Yahini's tank battalion had broken through to 10 kilometers northwest of Gujranwala. This is a railway transit city leading to Fort Fort and Chamo, and its location is very important.After receiving Lin's advice, he did not slow down his advance, but instead increased his speed.

As a node of the entire intelligence distribution system, Yahini's Type 99 tank can obtain a large amount of real-time battle intelligence.Recently, he has been studying new technologies and tactics in the rear. He thinks he has a lot of experience and has completed the sublimation from mechanization to informatization.He knew that the common weakness of both the enemy and us was the lack of materials, and the drone detected the railway ahead, and there were still a large number of enemy locomotives running. If these trains could be stopped, it would obviously be able to play a role in ebb and flow.He didn't pay attention to the possible K1 tanks at all. First, he didn't think that with the efficiency of the Indian army, he could quickly rush to the vicinity of Gujranwala. Second, he felt that the K1 was much weaker than the T90S. There is no need to pay attention to it at all.

32 tanks galloped across the boundless desert, leaving the follow-up troops far behind.They did not rush directly to Gujranwala, which was heavily defended, but went straight to the north, cutting off the enemy's railway in the wilderness.Along the way, the Tank Battalion only encountered some Indian infantrymen in trucks. In order not to waste time, the Pioneer Tank Battalion did not chase and kill these enemy troops, but just drove all the way east.

The whistle of a diesel locomotive was heard in the distance, and Yahini got out of the turret to observe with his 20x telescope.I saw a train galloping on the unobstructed horizon, all dragged behind the front of the train were oil tanks, it seems that the Indians burned their buttocks and didn't know it, and they were still using this Pakistani railway to serve the Communist Party. The defenders of the fort delivered supplies.

He ordered a tank on the left to shoot at the front of the vehicle, and he continued to guard the frontal 180° area.He expected the tanker truck to explode later, and if there were any enemy troops near Gujranwala, they would be easily attracted by the smoke, which was what he wanted.

The task given to him by his superiors is to grab the enemy's attention as much as possible and attract them to his surroundings.Behind him there is a Chinese tank force consisting of 200 tanks. The Chinese commander hopes that the enemy can concentrate so that he can start.The Chinese have a peculiar opinion that if the enemy spreads out along the railroads, it will take more resources and time to clear them out, so it's better to find a way to draw them all together and settle it once and for all.It took Yahini some time to sort out the internal logic. The Chinese almost counted the local Indian troops as free-range sheep, and he was probably the role of a shepherd dog.

The tank next to it indicates that it has completed aiming and is ready to shoot.Yahini then gave the order to allow the shooting.At this time, the 1st company was deployed in a straight line, parallel to the railway 3 kilometers away, and 3 kilometers away from the 1.5rd company behind.His 2nd company served as a security mission 5 kilometers to the south.He is used to keeping the 96rd company equipped with Type 3 with him, because the data link and encrypted communication are fully compatible, and it is very easy to use.The T2 of the 84nd company can only communicate with the command vehicle without encryption, so it cannot perform more complex tactical coordination.

After the sound of the cannon, the shell flew towards the distant target. It was not difficult to hit such a uniformly moving target, but it was a bit far away.Yahini foresaw that future battles in this vast area should be at relatively long distances.

I don't know how many seconds later, all the commanders who climbed out of the car didn't see where the shells hit. They only saw the locomotive in front suddenly braked and turned sideways. Arched, like a snake twisted suddenly.The leaking fuel quickly formed a white cloud of smoke, and then the flames ignited, and a huge fireball rushed into the sky.The captain of the car standing outside all grinned, such a spectacular sight is rare.

Yahini stood on the turret and waited for a while before the sound of explosions arrived.He glanced at his watch triumphantly, this is a memorable moment, from which he will burn the fire of fear all the way to the native land of the Indians.

"01. There are new discoveries here in the south. You'd better look in the direction of Husab. I see tank turrets behind the roadbed, and they are heading towards you."

This is a communication from the commander of the 2nd company, who has been monitoring the flank.

"You stay where you are and continue to monitor the movements of Gujranwala."

"clear."

(End of this chapter)