Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 594 Huge range advantage

Lin Huaisheng stood up and hesitated for a while.The photos taken by the J-10 fighter jet are not very sufficient, but judging from the number of engineering vehicles, this is a sizable force.He already knew the general situation of the enemy.Indian forces have never practiced large-scale spoofing on the ground, so here is no exception, and it can now be confirmed that the unit designations leaked over the radios are all real.Judging from the deciphered enemy messages, there is at least one brigade headquarters and several regiment headquarters there.The destination of these troops is the starting position near Lahore.

"It seems that there is an engineering army, look at the bulldozers on those trailers." Lin Huaisheng said.

"Mr. Lin. The enemy obviously intends to open a passage to the north in the area east of Lahore. There used to be a ready-made road there. After the war broke out, it was blocked by the vehicles of the Pakistani army and civilians. If it is opened, they can directly Chen Bing and our army head south."

"The concentration of equipment and personnel is very good. Tell the long-range rocket artillery unit to move the original shooting area along the road in India. Advance 1500 meters eastward, and try not to damage the Lahore Castle."

"clear."

"At the same time, several north-south roads also need to be covered. The enemy's motorized marching column cannot be separated from these roads, and the headquarters and air defense positions will not be too far away from the road. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood, we will try to make the impact point close to the road. However, the target is 220 kilometers away from the launch position, and errors are inevitable. Only repeated attacks can guarantee the effect."

"If you are sure to fight, don't begrudge the ammunition."

Lin already had a solid idea in his heart. The enemy came along the road, and the formation was very dense, so there was no need for too much reconnaissance, and he could fight in any way.

"Are you sure you want to fire now?"

"hold on."

Satellite photos show that there are some civilian settlements along the road, some almost right next to the road.This is the part he is afraid of, but how easy is it to find an ideal battlefield without civilians in India with a large population?You must know that it is not easy for the enemy to cobble together such a mob, and it is even more difficult to wait for such an opportunity. Once this army enters the city of Lahore, no matter whether it is deployed scattered or concentrated, the rocket launcher will lose the opportunity.He could not have reduced the 2000-year-old Lahore, known as Pakistan's "Garden City," to rubble.However, the enemy has such a dense marching formation, and even the tanks are still on the trailers. Obviously, they have not fully considered the "strategic weapons" in the hands of the Chinese army. How should we choose such an opportunity?

In addition, Lim must also consider the consequences of indecision once the enemy has assembled near Lahore and then attacked north.At the same time, there is another attack from Jammu to the south, so he must always worry that a certain Pakistani force on the flank may not be able to resist.

If such a scenario appears, not only will the entire offensive fail, but Wang Zhenbei's retreat will also be cut off.Now it seems that the enemy did not see this situation clearly. They are planning to open the way, and that is what they intend to do. Therefore, the opportunity to strike first cannot be missed. Only by fully weakening the enemy on the south wing, the enemy's pincer attack will be eliminated. half.

The two bombs dropped by Sami exploded on both sides of the armor S1, with a distance of no more than 20 meters.After the blast wave abandoned the heavy 8-wheel truck, it fell heavily, and the surrounding military vehicles were blown to pieces.

At this time, Sami had already leveled off and continued to fly east.He has no intention of continuing to search for some sky missiles. He knows that he has overfulfilled the task, and he has to leave now. Enemy air defense systems are scanning him in all directions.The reaction time of Armor S1 or Doyle system is very short. If he keeps a certain course and flies for more than 10 seconds, he may be shot down.

He continued to fly very low, taking advantage of the nearby rolling hills, and maneuvering multilaterally to overwhelm enemy fire control radars.The enemy did not deploy the armor system at a higher position. This is a serious mistake. Maybe it is because they are still in a marching formation. Maybe this wheeled vehicle cannot drive to the hills. Sammy provides the void that can be exploited.

The height of the small hills near here is not more than 60 meters, but there are many mountains. Sami just flies close to the hills, avoiding various threats, and scaring some enemies around.During this period he saw more enemy equipment.He kept calling the command plane, hoping that the enemy situation he saw would attract attention, but his low-altitude flight destroyed the VHF communication, and he was temporarily unable to contact anyone.

The Indian 19th Infantry Brigade and the independent 133rd Motorized Regiment from the south are converging here. Their destinations are the same, and they are all assembly areas east of Lahore.Due to coordination problems, two units from different headquarters, also relying on roads, competed for roads.The roads in India are far narrower than those in Pakistan, and a force must give up to solve the problem.

Meneam demanded that daytime road use be handed over to his troops, and Spanga believed that his motorized troops were far more effective than Meneam's troops and should rush to the front line first.The two sides stuck in the road to call each other's superiors and waited for the result. These redundant communications would be detected by the Chinese electronic reconnaissance force.Xu Jingzhe's deciphering work soon came to fruition. The intelligence confirmed that the enemy had one brigade headquarters and four regiment headquarters, which were concentrated within a narrow area of ​​4 square kilometers.

The Indian Army's estimation of China's long-range strike force is based on the 300-kilometer range of the 100mm-caliber A100 rocket launcher. They have experienced this weapon many times during the war in southern Pakistan.In the battle of Assam, they also experienced rockets with larger caliber and longer range, but no one thought that rockets with a presumed caliber of more than 400mm could be deployed to Pakistan by airlift. In fact, a few days ago , and no one expected that the Chinese army might launch an attack in Punjab.

Taking full advantage of Pakistan's industrial capabilities, the Chinese military began assembling these weapons at Husab months in advance and stockpiled ammunition in large quantities.In the process of not showing mountains and leaking water, Lin Huaisheng's expeditionary force has a so-called "strategic weapon" with a range far exceeding 300 kilometers, and its combat effectiveness and cost are far superior to India's short-range tactical missiles.However, the data of the staff departments of Indian troops has not been updated in time.

In the new combat principles of the expeditionary force, using the range beyond the enemy at any time to clear obstacles for the advancing troops is the top priority at the campaign level. It is impossible for ground troops to rely on air support all the time, and many times, The Air Force also needs long-range firepower to clear air defense positions for them.The huge range advantage enables long-range rocket launchers to perform many tactical tasks.

On the launch site 220 kilometers away from the target, the cold wind blows through the withered yellow grass, 2 reinforced battalions (companies) with 24 rocket launchers lined up, and the huge guided launcher has been tilted up.Behind them are the ready command vehicles and ammunition delivery vehicles. Unlike other artillery units, they do not need to change positions in time after firing. They can be reloaded calmly. Although this process is very long, their range advantage is enough Block all counterattack intentions of all enemies on paper.

Lin Huaisheng's troop establishment is always larger than ordinary troops. On the one hand, it is to make the enemy's intelligence units unclear about the actual situation. On the other hand, it is also convenient for his headquarters to use these direct firepower more intensively. Conduct devastating campaigns.

After the order was issued, it was too late for the troops to reload with more targeted ammunition. The first round of attacks by these rocket launchers will be a mixture of anti-personnel bombs carrying preset fragments, cloud bombs, and small unmanned vehicles that can conduct reconnaissance on the battlefield. This configuration obviously focuses on hitting soft targets. After Sami broke through, it was discovered that the enemy also had tanks.

The second round of shooting will all use anti-armor anti-personnel submunitions.The purpose is to repeatedly kill light and heavy armored targets and engineering vehicles on the road, and then completely paralyze the entire road.The enemy tried to open a road on Wangzhenbei's flank to launch a sneak attack.This provided Lin Huaisheng with a new idea. Of course, what he wanted to do must be the opposite. He wanted to destroy the roads tested in India.

The directional guide rail is still slowly adjusting the angle according to the instructions of the command vehicle. There have been some changes in the weather observation data ahead. The wind direction in Punjab in winter is uncertain, which is indeed a trouble.The command vehicle must minimize the error caused by the crosswind, which means that dilapidated villages near the road will not be destroyed due to measurement errors.Of course, Lin was also mentally prepared. Such a large-scale attack would inevitably cause civilian casualties. If he could not face up to this reality, cross-border operations would be impossible.This is fought regionally, unlike the sparsely populated Assam region.

All the launch vehicles began to spew pale flames at the same time, and with a terrible scream, the huge rockets penetrated the clouds and flew towards the target, row after row.

Sammy was using a lift to avoid the fire nets flying in front of him. There were too many radars monitoring this airspace. He couldn't find a chance to run back, and accidentally got into the firing range of the enemy's 23mm anti-aircraft gun.He dodged the shots at the highest point with a series of rolls, easily out of the range of the anti-aircraft guns, and the new radar warning sounded again.

The Indian troops below are definitely not simple. The scale of the field air defense is about the division level. He cannot avoid the anti-aircraft guns by simply pulling up. Exposure to the fire control radar of those Armor S1 is a suicide attempt, not to mention the nearby And the sky missile system.

He turned his head around, looking for a new threat.I was surprised to see piles of enemies on the road, and suddenly fell into a sea of ​​flames. Immediately, the radar warning in my ear disappeared.

"What kind of magical weapon is this?" He simply flew upside down at a height of only 300 meters, so as to observe the threats around him and the first round of long-range strikes.

He knew where the current fronts of the two sides were maintained, and it made sense for the enemies below to be so careless, because there seemed to be no weapons that could cover them, so they just deployed a tight air defense network.However, the Chinese army always has some weapons hidden in its hands that make Indians regret launching wars.

Intensive and frightening explosions stretched along the road, swallowing the immobile dragon.After the explosion, the obvious ring-shaped airflow overturned all the nearby vehicles with a destructive momentum, and the personnel were thrown away by the air waves, just like torn clothes.

The plane continued to drop in altitude and he was forced to level the plane.The radar warning equipment became surprisingly quiet, and the main threat seemed to be destroyed by this round of blows.He turned stealthily and continued to circle, with some fuel left, to see what would happen next.

Lin Huaisheng no longer needs Sami's reconnaissance equipment to send back information. In fact, Sami's changeable flight path, maneuvering on the vertical plane from time to time, is very unsuitable for reconnaissance.But now, Lin Huaisheng has a new drone that is launched by a rocket launcher and flies to the theater at 5 times the speed of sound. Of course, breaking through the enemy's air defense is not a problem.

These unpowered drones began to hover over the heads of the unlucky enemies, collecting useful videos as much as possible, and correcting the ballistics for the second round of shooting. At the same time, they can also observe the size and losses of the entire enemy army. After exhaustion, these drones can also act as a bomb and crash into the ground.

Due to the limitations of shooting equipment and communication capabilities, the video is not very coherent and clear, but for Lin Huaisheng, who was a staff officer, it is enough.He could see the whole road burning, the defenseless Tata personnel carriers, the huge tyrannical tractors, the towed artillery, the tanks on their trailers, all burning.The fuel flowing all over the place from the tanker turned the surroundings into hell.It seemed necessary to extend the attack area further to the east.

After waiting for a while, the second round of attacks started.You can see heavy construction vehicles tumbling on the side of the road, and a square trailer of unknown origin lying across the road, which looks a lot like a military headquarters.

Due to the resolution, he couldn't see the situation of the infantry, but thinking about it, it was difficult for those who fell in this area to end well.As the plane turned, he saw a burning village nearby.

"Tell the troops that the third round of shooting is cancelled."

"Is there no need for repeated attacks, Mr. Lin?"

"It's unnecessary. The enemy's route has been cut off. The enemy in Lahore is in danger."

Lin Huaisheng knew that from today onwards, Meneam would have to revise his combat principles, and their defense distance against the Chinese army's firepower coverage might need to be doubled.Of course, if they do, it's still not enough.If his long-range rockets stop on the border, they can hit the outskirts of New Delhi.

The basement of the Prime Minister's Palace in New Delhi.Kahan was wearing pajamas and was sitting listlessly on the edge of the bed. He had an injection in his hand, and behind him stood a doctor with an expression on his face, recording something from time to time.

Next to him, an army lieutenant colonel was reading a report.

"The Air Force will carry out a new strengthening integration, cancel the number of those squadrons that have no combat effectiveness, and try to concentrate the elite troops, so that we can concentrate air power more effectively on the new front... and as the voyage into the battlefield Shortening will also make our air power more effective."

Singh, who was sitting by the side, noticed that the prime minister's hands were shaking slightly, but the doctor was indifferent, obviously the problem was not serious.

(End of this chapter)