Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 604

Under the Chandigarh Airport, the command headquarters, which is 15 meters deep, is a product of the era of Paisad's ruling army. It represents the conservatism, retreat and reliability of that era.After Pakistan tested nuclear weapons, the Army Staff at that time began to build a large number of such facilities in deep areas. Most of the facilities have not yet been completed today, but they are ready for use.According to battlefield statistics, China has only used some large bombs over 1 ton to those bunkers that were not dug deep enough. They have not used more professional ground-penetrating ammunition.But the U.S. intelligence unit still judges that there are some such weapons that have been installed on Dongfeng missiles and may be dropped at any time, but whatever, where else can they hide?
The generals of the 4th Division who had withdrawn from Amritser gathered here, waiting for instructions on the next move.Most of them still have lingering fears about the enemy's long-range bombardment, and they have been talking about how the enemy's rockets will disrupt the progress of the war. According to the public data released by the Chinese in front of the station, these rockets can be fired directly from the border. to the very west of New Delhi.Others were discussing the sudden retreat order, thinking that this order was very inappropriate. The troops marched to the border in a hurry. They were going to fight hard, but they were forced to retreat after not fighting much, which was very bad for morale.Of course, the order came from Spanga, the supreme commander of the 31st Army, himself, which is indeed a bit surprising.

A solemn and pessimistic mood has always enveloped the low and depressed headquarters.This atmosphere was not broken until the officer on duty at the door shouted to stand at attention.

Everyone pinched out their cigarette butts, tightened their mouths, and stood still.After a while, Lieutenant General Spanga, who was the commander of the southern cluster and also served as the commander-in-chief of the 31st Army, appeared in front of everyone wearing a camouflage uniform.He looked much older than he had been a few months ago. Obviously, after occupying half of the territory of the country, he was suddenly in charge of the defense of New Delhi. The change of roles was indeed quite tortured.

Spanga walked up to Pacianita, the commander of the 4th Armored Division, stared at him sternly, and patted him on the shoulder.

"You have suffered. This retreat was too hasty and caused some losses. I am responsible for this; I didn't expect the enemy to break through so quickly. Of course, I didn't expect the old man Meneam to exceed the agreed time. Abandon the flank positions 2 hours in advance, exposing our army to the enemy."

"Commander, I have betrayed your trust, why don't you remove me?"

Pacianita shed tears and seemed very guilty.

"It's not your fault, brother, it's not your fault... Well, let's talk about the next battle. This is an extraordinary period, and the enemy will move quickly and tear our defenses apart."

The commander walked up to the map, and his composure infected most of the people here. These officers knew that although Spanga would make mistakes, he always had a way.

"Yeah, the enemy broke through the border easily, how should we fight next?" One officer said, obviously they had been thinking about these things.

"Do you know why I gave the order to retreat?" Spanga asked the question with his back turned to everyone.Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. This is not the time to guess wildly. Depending on the situation, the commander will have an answer himself.

"I have carefully studied the enemy's air strikes on the Northern Cluster for some time, and those cruise missile attacks on Uttar Pradesh across the mountains, and finally discovered some of their intentions." Seeing that no one spoke, he continued, "The enemy attacks all worthwhile targets, but they don't attack transportation infrastructure. Yes, they don't attack our country's bloated, inefficient road system, and overworked rail network. You need to answer my question, why Our messy transportation lines are always under the watchful eyes of the enemy, but we can keep operating? And our communication facilities, command organs, even though they are hidden deep underground, are constantly being attacked."

"Could it be that they need our roads?" Pacianita replied, which seemed to be the only reasonable answer.

"Yes, I think it's their plan. The thing they are really afraid of is our bad roads. It may sound ridiculous. The enemy is not worried about our tanks and planes, not Western aid, but almost Over the past ten years, bureaucracy at all levels in our country, and all kinds of malfeasance and crimes have created the most chaotic and hopeless road system in the world. I think most of you have done scouting trips to Sindh, Pakistan The Pakistani road has been built all the way to the border, which is twice as wide as ours and much better. This is an advantage that we can drive straight in when we attack."

"That's right." Everyone nodded. When they attacked, they did take advantage of the enemy's road network in the southern part of Banan. The progress in the northern part was slower, partly because the flood destroyed the original road system.

"So, we should limit the introduction of the enemy into northern India, disperse their forces, extend their supply lines, and trap them in the quagmire. Of course, for political reasons, we cannot tolerate the enemy getting too close to New Delhi; and here," he stomped He stomped his feet, "Chandigarh, it's a good choice, the best road in India, it's gone here."

"However, if we retreat too deep, the retreat of tens of 10 people in the Northern Group will be cut off."

"Although there are many people in the northern military region, they are not doing enough. Letting them stay on the mountain can restrain the enemy's actions to the greatest extent."

"However, the Prime Minister cannot tolerate the invasion of the army of the Communist Party..."

"It will definitely cause a certain degree of damage, but it will also accelerate the enemy's political defeat. I have a piece of news. You may already know that the dispatch rate of our air force is not as good as before, but this does not wait for the enemy's air force to run rampant in the blue sky."

"Could it be that the air forces of Western countries are coming to help us?"

"This involves high-level secrets. I can only say that we will wait and see. Of course, no matter what, we still need to persist for a while." The lieutenant general seemed to have something to say, he knew that his generals could understand mean.

In the town of Narowal on the northern border of India and Pakistan, the rolling traffic is moving towards the east at the moment, and the Pakistani soldiers on the truck all have serious expressions and seem a little nervous.In the mountainous area not far to the north, the sound of shell explosions was heard continuously, which reminded the young soldiers that the enemy was not far away.

This is the border node leading to the Indian side of the Kashmir Railway, and now it is also the breakthrough of several infantry divisions in Pakistan (not the only breakthrough). The Chinese army broke through the border from a more northerly area 24 hours ago, and then the Indian army here He also abandoned his defense and fled southward; this allowed the Pakistani army to enter enemy territory without firing a single shot.

Many of these troops have experienced the fiasco and retreat of the Fortress, and they still have lingering fears about the rumbling Indian artillery. However, since they were able to cross the border, some people still rushed to the inexplicable excitement. The turning point of the war, in the After a long and painful failure, a miracle appeared.The topic of discussion among the soldiers was no longer whether Peshawar could be held, but New Delhi. Such a change came so quickly that it was indeed unbelievable.Due to the need for secrecy in the battle, most soldiers did not know until a few days ago that what they were going to do was a big counterattack.They got off the train from Shehupur and headed east all the way. Along the way, they saw a lot of equipment abandoned by the Indian army. Although they had not fought a war, their confidence gradually improved. There are rumors that the generals sent by China are Indians. Nemesis, the Indian Army is doomed.

A large number of 1D tanks belonging to the 59st Armored Division separated from the trucks of the Infantry Division here and moved slowly along the rugged mountain road above the road. A series of strongholds, in order to completely tear the connection between the two major enemy groups, the North and the South.The tank troops have different goals. They must go north from here, threaten the enemy of Sialkot from the flank, and restrain Meneam's determination and strength to counterattack in the rear to the greatest extent (Sialkot is in Pakistan).

Lin Huaisheng is well versed in the way of using troops. In his plan, now is not the time to deal with the hundreds of thousands of enemies in Jammu, or to recover Fort Fort. He wants to lead the enemy by the nose, not the other way around. It is to beware of Kashmir's enemies rushing down from the mountain and opening up the communication line. In the end, they should be trapped on the mountain to death.

Although the strength of the Indian army still has an advantage, even from the map, the enemy can still use the two-sided attack method to cut off the back route of the Chinese and Pakistani expeditionary forces behind the Chinese and Pakistani troops, but above the heads of these Pakistani infantry is a Chinese The wider and wider corridors opened up by the Pakistani air force allow the air force to keep an eye on the enemy's every move, which is the basis for this rather risky ground attack.

Another part of Lin Huaisheng's confidence lies in the fact that currently in the far-reaching areas of Pakistan, there are more than 100 million Pakistani troops armed with Chinese weapons.After the battle broke out and no sneaky transports were needed, a new, tougher airlift plan was implemented.A large amount of Chinese equipment is arriving. Chinese tanks alone are being delivered at a rate of 280 per week, which is far faster than the speed of Western aid to India. Although most of them are older models, the war has indeed come to an end. stage of consumption.

The road system in Pakistan and the outstanding performance of the Chinese and Pakistani engineering troops have enabled a large number of weapons to reach the battlefield earlier than the Western weapons piled up in Mumbai Port.

Since the operation started, Song Ning hardly slept much. He boarded a newly arrived Air Police 2000 command plane early in the morning. The reason why he changed this early warning plane was mainly because the air force stationed in Pakistan faced new threats. And the machine has just updated the software.

On the surface, the top priority of the Air Force now is to use air supremacy to search for and strike at the enemy's various firepower, the most important of which are of course the AS90 artillery and the Tornado rocket launcher.But 2 days ago, he received new domestic instructions. In view of some changes in the international situation, he must always be on guard against new enemy situations from Afghanistan and southern Pakistan.This made him have to redistribute his forces and increase the number of fighters on duty on the ground.

The intelligence analysis of the General Staff believes that the new president of the United States may take a risky approach to intervene in this war based on geopolitical considerations. It may collapse directly after one or two major military defeats in the next one or two.However, the analysis further clarifies that the Republican president has just come to power and his foundation is not stable. It is obviously a big taboo to use troops at this moment. Therefore, he may use the strategy of aiding India to keep it alive to wait and see the changes.In addition, the Western allies of the United States seem to have different strategic considerations. They seem to be more willing to let China fall into the quagmire of the war against India, rather than themselves.

A new high-level secret consultation is currently being conducted at the NATO headquarters in Belgium. This meeting may affect the future policy direction of the group.At present, based on the fact that this war was provoked by India, it is still difficult for the West to integrate various voices in the country. Most European countries must consider the feelings of domestic political groups. In the eyes of the Communist Party, if the West It makes no sense to do nothing when India invaded Pakistan, and to do the exact opposite now.

After the early warning aircraft took off, Song Ning received an urgent instruction from the Air Force: Based on the intelligence of all parties, the current new enemy situation is very likely to appear, and the air superiority fighters will be allocated in the direction of greater threat. If the air force dares to provoke, it should resolutely counterattack, but it is not appropriate to cause casualties to the opponent.

Regarding how to implement the contradictory words of "resolute counterattack" and "it is not appropriate to cause casualties to the other party", Song Ning really has a plan.He already knew that the Americans had a bluffing side. In fact, in this war, their fighter planes were not shot down before, and these shot downs all came from Major General Sami.

Sami doesn't seem to think much about politics. He acted on his instincts and shot down American fighter planes many times. What's amazing is that the United States didn't actually have an attack afterwards, so he secretly endured it.From this incident, Song Ning almost saw the essence of the United States, they were more political than the lunatic Sammy.Of course, as a Pakistani, Sami had irrefutable legitimacy for shooting down a US plane that violated its airspace.

From the perspective of the specific enemy situation, the U.S. Air Force stationed in Afghanistan is not strong enough and does not have advanced fighters.It can be inferred that the actions they may take include using the watchtower early warning aircraft launched in Afghanistan to cooperate with naval fighter planes at sea, or combat aircraft launched from naval and air bases in Amman and Bahrain.

Judging from the recent actions of the United States to mobilize the KC10 tanker from this map to Oman, the possibility of dispatching the air force is increasing.Therefore, we must be prepared for "perfect". He has 12 Su-35 fighters in his hand, and an old lunatic who dares to mess around. The "safety" approach.

Through many domestic simulations, it is not difficult to draw the following conclusions. The threats to China are the Raptor, F35C and F15SE (the US government negotiated with the Israeli government and intercepted some of the country's orders), while F22 did not appear in this region. , can be ruled out for the time being.

(End of this chapter)