Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 66

On the second day after Captain Saheli returned to Halwara, he was dismissed by his superiors on the grounds that his command was improper. He became the ultimate scapegoat for this failure. Since then, the 2st Lion Squadron has been vacant as the deputy squadron leader. .On the same day, the angry Minister of Defense Singh personally flew to the headquarters of the Southwest Military Region and complained about the recruitment of Admiral Biafrata. , although he regards the Chief of Staff of the Air Force as his confidant, he is very incomprehensible to the setbacks he suffered in this in-depth pursuit plan. So far, the two in-depth enemy operations have failed, and three Mirage 31 and Four Su-2MKIs, especially this time, dispatched so many tactical aircraft to cover each other, including a new type of electronic jammer outside the theater.Unexpectedly, the ending turned out to be like this.

By the time Biafrata returned to Zaipur Airport from Halwara on a liaison plane, Singh had been waiting in the underground wartime headquarters at a depth of 7 meters.The admiral knocked on the door, entered the office, and found the Minister of Defense staring blankly at the unpainted concrete wall.He suddenly discovered that Singer seemed to like staying in the basement, maybe he especially liked the suffocating feeling in the air-raid shelter.

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I had a sad morning yesterday." Singer said after recovering.

"It's the same for me, it's really hard to accept that the Lions will suffer such a big loss."

"The 31st Squadron is still a secondary matter. Even the encouragement received by the enemy is negligible. I am only worried about the confidence of our people. You know, the war is still long, and confidence is so important. We must inspire the people with new victories."

"Minister, maybe we can hide this matter. The People's House has just passed the Wartime News Control Law. As long as the Prime Minister instructs, no one will know about it."

"Hiding it? You think Latif is a fool? No, he's very shrewd."

Singer took out a newspaper from the drawer and threw it on the table.Biafrata went over and picked it up.It is an English-language newspaper in Singapore, and the date is today.On the front page of the newspaper was a photo of eight Indian pilots huddled together, several of whom appeared to be badly injured.In the photo next to it, there are some plane wreckage, and the wreckage is full of happy local farmers. Judging from the logo on the wing, it is undoubtedly the Su-8MKI of the Lion Squadron
"They are violating international law. This is abusing prisoners of war."

"International law? Yes, it's all about international law. Your pilots confessed that they participated in the bombing of the upper Jhelum dam. I really think...the greatest achievement of this operation...is the eight of them It’s a miracle that many of them survived.”

"Yes, the reputation of Lions Squadron is discredited. But we still have time to mend it."

"Your Excellency, Admiral, your air force is still too small. That's why they still have so many airports in the deep area where fighter jets can take off. They must think of something."

"With all due respect, our intelligence department still has big problems. This week, it is really a mystery how many weapons Latif of Kahri got from China." In Bifrata's words, how much more There are less excuses.

"Well, the navy has completely blocked Karachi's access to the sea, so their only source of weapons is China."

"But these Chinese weapons are very effective. The intelligence analysts of the Air Force confirmed that they used at least 2 kinds of Chinese weapons this time, a ground air defense system with a range slightly lower than the S300, and the other, those swarms , cheap Raiden fighter jets. Next month, several other Pakistani squadrons will start to equip Raiden fighter jets. It is completely impossible to rely on their domestic production. I know that China has postponed the export contract to Africa, and they have all these aircraft Hand it over to Bafang."

"These planes are insignificant by themselves, if there is no other support. Yesterday Charman told me that at least thousands of Chinese engineers and technicians have entered Pakistan and are helping them restore the air defense positions west of Fort ***, and at the same time build new radars, Communication facilities. What the Lion Squadron encountered should be the newly arrived anti-aircraft weapons, and it is said that there are 5 brigades."

"This...why not earlier..."

"Don't be too surprised. Charman's news is always late. I didn't come to Zaipur this time just for the air force. You'd better be prepared. The bombing of the dam cannot be interrupted and must be repeated."

"Repeatedly?" The chief of staff was surprised. He knew that if Pakistan was allowed to touch the pattern of attacks, each attack would cause great losses.

"A few more times will suffice. Here are the photos of the dam taken by our reconnaissance satellite this morning," Singer said, moving over several huge photos across the table.The admiral took off his presbyopic glasses and put them in his coat pocket, looked carefully, and then shook his head. From the photos, dozens of explosion spots were scattered scattered on the front of the dam, but nothing special seemed to be seen. .

"This is a photo of Israel's synthetic aperture radar, taken on a 77-degree inclination orbit, and of course it is a three-dimensional terrain picture of the same area." Singer handed over another photo.

"I don't quite understand."

"Simply put, the bottom of the dam is collapsing, which means the bombing is working, a few bombs hit the bottom of it, it's a heavy structure that's dying, just oh let's do it again."

"Really want to continue the bombing?"

"Yes, continue the bombing, otherwise the loss of the Lion Squadron will be in vain." Singer said.

"But your Excellency, Pakistan has done what it takes to lower the water level, and I don't believe that destroying the dam can paralyze their army's operations across the basin."

"I don't need a torrential flood. I know that I need the [-]th Army west of Gujranwala to be trapped. In fact, this is the real purpose of my visit this time. I have to meet the future chief of staff of the army. "

"However, their deployment has been completed, and the 16nd Armored Brigade has also been deployed to Fort ***. Today, our reconnaissance plane also discovered that the [-]th Infantry Division of Khairpur is also approaching Lahore. It will be there, that is to say, the Fort-Lahore defense line has been completed."

"Hehe, my old friend, it looks like you haven't gotten started with army strategy. In fact, I just want them to mobilize their main forces to the north. The more the better." Singer smiled mysteriously.

"That's why you called a meeting of the generals of the army?"

(End of this chapter)