Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 587 Quick Response
The lieutenant general pretended to be calm and walked in front of the huge map, followed by a group of people, none of whom dared to speak, and the chilling atmosphere lasted for several minutes.

"Approximately how far has the enemy's vanguard advanced?" the lieutenant general asked in a hoarse voice.

"I haven't got the information yet. They dispatched a large number of jammers to suppress radar and ground communications. We...but their artillery has been hitting 34 kilometers east of Gujranwala, which is certain."

"You said, does this situation show the seriousness of the problem?"

No one knew what the commander was thinking at the moment, so no one wanted to take the risk of answering this question.

"Gentlemen, if this is not a diversionary attack, but a campaign operation, then we have several huge gaps between Lahore and Sialkot, which are as large as 50 to 70 kilometers .It is possible for the enemy to break through into our borders."

The atmosphere in the headquarters suddenly became noisy, and everyone was whispering.

"Commander, our second-line defensive forces are still near Amritsar, and they have no field combat capabilities. Division Commander Haraya is simply dereliction of duty. His division is the last usable mobile force in this area." The famous teacher said.

"That's right. In the last fort battle, his marching speed was also the slowest among all the troops, which completely destroyed the command's plan to wipe out the enemy."

"Yes, if it wasn't for his mistakes last time, the enemy's 1st Armored Division would have been wiped out long ago, there would be no problem today..."

"Let's not say a few words!" Meneyam slapped the table, interrupting everyone's outrageous accusations against Haraya, whose life and death were unknown.

"Until now, do you really think that what is attacking is the 1st Armored Division of Pakistan?" The lieutenant general turned around with his hands behind his back, and scanned everyone with stern eyes, "We fought against the 1st Armored Division, they fought It's never been like this."

"Is there still Pakistan's 6th Armored Division?" There were still people who didn't know the situation.

"No. It's not a mob, gentlemen, judging by the firepower."

The lieutenant general was really a little angry. Although he instilled the idea that the Chinese army would not appear on the western front, but at this moment, he really didn't want to hear the blind analysis of the generals.

"So it's the Chinese Army?"

"There are Chinese troops there. I'm pretty sure. It's not about whether there are, but how many." The lieutenant general said bitterly, "Spanga's conjecture is obviously right, although his original intention is probably just to intentionally fight with me. Difficult to pass, but his alarmism is about to come true."

"The Chinese put an army here? General, if there is one, it won't be very large."

"Yes, it is impossible to have a group army. Their transportation capacity cannot smuggle a few divisions over, but they may have a compromise. Attack us with an elite force, and at the same time follow 10,000+ Pakistani troops."

"In this case, what should we do?" The crowd became chaotic again.

"10,000+ *** troops entered our country? This is unimaginable."

"The most urgent task is to use the troops from Lahore to go north, and the main force of our army in Jammu to go south to pinch the enemy, seal the gap, and cut off its supply line..."

"The commander is wise, as long as the two armies get through, they should be able to annihilate the invading enemy in one fell swoop."

"No, if the enemy comes prepared, such a force is not enough." Meneam resolutely said, "Get me to the Ministry of Defense... No, directly to the 21st Army Command, I want to talk to Spanga... "

In Meneam's command, few people mentioned Spanga's 21st Army. Although the lower staff officers of the two units still maintained the necessary communication with each other, the upper officer groups had some Considerable historical estrangement, each regarded as potential enemies.For a long time, the main dispute in the Indian Army has always been the issue of whether the main resources are inclined to the armored clusters in the south or the mountain troops in the north.

In the previous cold start plan of Chief of Staff Pasad, it was stipulated that the Indian army must have the ability to face two battles at the same time and win them.The battlefields of the two battles, respectively in the west and north, refer to China and Pakistan.This guiding document avoids internal conflicts. Judging from the text alone, both the mountain divisions in the north and the armored divisions in the west can get enough funds to meet the challenges. In fact, the generals of both sides feel that they have suffered a disadvantage. .

After Pasad took over as Chief of Staff of the Army, he put forward the concept of the Mountain Strike Force, and the situation began to turn in a favorable direction to the north; but after the hawkish Defense Minister Singh came to power, because of his hidden concept of aggression against Pakistan , the situation turned around again.The consequences of Singh's pouring resources into the tank group are very obvious. In the Battle of Assam, several mountain divisions participating in the battle were understaffed and insufficiently equipped.

"General, do you really want to contact that person? He is a shallow guy, and he will definitely humiliate you with the meanest language."

"Now is not the time to discuss personal grievances. I need his armored division to block the enemy head-on. I believe he doesn't care about his tongue."

"He won't manage your money."

"When necessary, we can only ask Admiral Pasade to coordinate the situation."

Panipat, northwest of New Delhi, is the assembly area of ​​the main force of the 4th Armored Division.

Throughout the day, Commander Pascianita accompanied his superior, Lieutenant General Spanga, to train the field of view troops. Before nightfall, there were two projects to be carried out, including live ammunition shooting of Challenger tanks and inspection of the reconnaissance battalion troops.

In the middle of the challenger tank's live ammunition fire, the bad news came suddenly, which of course spoiled the two's interest in continuing to review the division's troops.Surrounded by a large group of people, when Spanga returned to the command post, someone ran out to report: Jammu's emergency call was made here, and it seemed that Lieutenant General Meneam was on the other end of the line.

"This old bastard, still has the face to ask me to rescue him?" Spanga almost rushed into the headquarters and grabbed the phone.

The rest of the command staff stood knowingly some distance away, waiting for Spanga to yell over the phone line with a thunderous rant.It took the commander five minutes to find all the vicious words he could find that could be used to sarcasm the other party.His officers knew that such resentment did not happen in a day or two, and it had been hidden in his heart long before the outbreak of the war.Of course, the commander's combat level is one of the best in the Indian Army, but his self-cultivation is not very good.

Spanga hung up the phone and gradually calmed down.

"Okay, I've made a deal with that fool, we'll save him."

"Sir..."

"This is not the time to be impulsive. The survival of India is at stake." Spanga presciently stopped his subordinates from admonishing him.

"But Commander, what I want to say is that we are the last barrier to defend New Delhi. If Meneyam makes another big mistake in Kashmir and the Chinese army comes from the north, New Delhi will be empty? It's so close to New Delhi many."

"Well, of course I know."

The lieutenant general lowered his head and said, as if he hadn't figured out how to answer this question.

"Could it be that the communist army in the north is bluffing? Their main force is coming from the west?"

"Of course not." Spanga smiled wryly, "Neither direction is a feint."

Everyone couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Their plan to dismember India is far more prepared than our defense plan, which of course is based on their national strength. Their industrial scale, their steel production. And India has nothing to match except the size of its population."

"So they will attack New Delhi from the west and the north?"

"I'm afraid it's not just that. The Chinese military thinking emphasizes the elimination of vital forces. I just suddenly thought of a possibility. Perhaps in their strategic purpose, eating the 45 people in Meneam is a higher priority than capturing New Delhi." One item. So we must put aside our differences and save that fool."

"How to save?" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and the 21st Army only had more than 10 people.

"There is only one time difference, and we will do our best to defeat the enemy in the west first. After all, the enemy will not advance too fast in the mountains. You are all armored commanders, and you should know that once their tank troops leak from Punjab Come in, how fast it will be."

Spanga walked up to Pacianita, the commander of the 4th Armored Division, and put his hand on his shoulder: "I will supplement you with the 6th Armored Brigade and the Independent 41st Artillery Regiment. Don't wait, the vanguard He and engineering troops were dispatched at night to build a bridge over the Langqin Zangbo River. Wait for the enemy's next move and my instructions."

"However, supplies..."

"Leave it to me. Your heavy armor is the strongest iron fist, but it moves slowly and requires advance preparation. Listen, I ask, bring out the spirit of surprise attack on Karachi. Hehe, our enemies think we will Like other Indian troops, it takes 2 days to stop in place to make judgments, then spend 2 days to make preparations, and finally spend another week to act, no! It's our 21st Army's turn, it's time to give them a little surprise .”

"Yes!"

The teacher straightened his chest.

"Remember, the enemy's coming is very fierce, but their sharpness should not last long. The Pakistani troops following must be the big ones. They will come up. Although they have not obtained information on their numbers, no matter which one they are , were once defeated by us.”

"Do you want to keep the enemy away from the country?"

"Brother, don't be pedantic. That line has no military value. You must use your expertise to judge, understand?"

"Understood. Let their tanks hit our iron walls."

"Okay, I will fly back to New Delhi, and the rest of the troops will come soon."

After the sky was completely dark, Song Ning flew a fighter plane to make a tentative attack on the Indian border. His formation was all hung with bombs, but he did not have a specific tactical mission, because the enemy army below was collapsing, and the ground troops even ran to the enemy. Up front, no attack was requested.

Now he had to test the remaining dispatch capabilities of the enemy air force.The newly arrived Type 500 early warning aircraft complemented Pakistan's losses and allowed the continuous combat duty to be restored, which could better monitor the frontal Indian troops. Of course, this kind of monitoring is all-round and must be monitored in the direction of Afghanistan at the same time.

NATO troops have recently taken actions in the rear, constantly crossing the traditional border between the two countries, and they are also testing the bottom line of the Chinese Air Force.

Song Ning completed the first patrol, and the Su-30 of the Lion Squadron took off a few planes, but they stayed far away and did not dare to fight.He turned back, followed the directions to find the refueling plane over Sargodha, and conducted a refueling.Then he flew in the direction of Jammu again to see if the Trident Squadron over there dared to dispatch today.

On the vertical monitor, he can see the air situation around him, and now it has become overwhelmingly dominated by the Chinese Air Force, and there are not even Pakistan Air Force fighter planes appearing.The Pakistani Air Force has made good use of the underground oil depot and saved a large amount of fuel, which makes the sudden transition of the Chinese Air Force easier. At present, Song Ning feels that the Chinese Air Force in Pakistan alone can cooperate with India and NATO at the same time. The Afghan Air Force went to war, and the winning rate was not small.

"Lionheart formation, this is the fortress. The drone found large equipment in the Sialkot area, and it was unable to attack. It may be the Caesar artillery system. It needs to be verified."

"Understood. You continue to stare at the enemy's air force." Song Ning said, even if he was in the fighter plane, he could command the AWACS unless Sammy was on it.

"Understood. There will be transfers."

Song Ning immediately led two J-2Bs to fly to the designated target.The J-10C formation that took off from Peshawar will take their place in 10 minutes. The cruise time of those planes is very long, which is very suitable for competing with the opposing Indian radar troops. As long as the fighter planes are in the air, the ground radar stations must be activated. Twelve points of mental response.However, today there is no task of breaking through the enemy's air defense network and eliminating radars. We only use electronic warfare aircraft for suppression and reconnaissance. Maybe a large-scale hard-kill operation will be launched in one or two days.

Srinagar seems to have a relatively new Aster air defense system, but the terrain in the north is also more complicated. For experienced pilots, there are more terrains that can be used in an emergency.

Song Ning ordered his wingman to defend against the air in a higher airspace, and he used radar to conduct a ground moving target search on the ground, and soon he found the suspected target in the designated area, where a convoy was advancing along the road, Obviously not a truck pulling a gun.

The radar search for moving targets on the ground can filter out stationary objects, but it is still unable to distinguish the nature of the target.He needs to get closer and use optical equipment to confirm.If valuable, he can attack with laser-guided bombs.He had never seen Caesar's cannon from the air.But he doubted that it was not the kind of thing that needed to be solved first. That kind of artillery should appear in deeper areas, and the recognition ability of smaller drones at night would always be compromised.

"Captain Lionheart, I suggest that you first fly over the target to detect nearby anti-aircraft weapons. When you return, use the ground scanning method to search for key areas." The early warning aircraft reminded to check the surrounding area of ​​the target in a safe way.

"I will be careful."

Song Ning replied, but he did not plan to follow the suggestion and fly around the target once or twice more. The ground scanning mode is different from the moving target search mode. It can provide high-resolution terrain and object images, plus signal gain. There is a chance He found those strange outlines, such as lurking anti-aircraft missiles, but Song Ning's experience convinced him that he didn't need to go through so much trouble. If there were Indian anti-aircraft weapons below, radar warning equipment was far more reliable than terrain scanning, and they could still be found.

Using his scout pod, he quickly spotted a silently moving vehicle on the ground that didn't look like a truck gun.He adjusted the magnification and found that the size was very large, like an oil tanker.

(End of this chapter)