Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 771
The operation went smoothly. Out of professional ethics, Mulit must meticulously save the officer in front of him, even though he doesn't like the Self-Defense Forces.Of course, establishing a good relationship with the Self-Defense Forces would not do him any harm in gathering intelligence.

About 3 hours later, the suturing operation finally came to an end.He reminded the self-defense army doctor who was helping to suture other minor wounds that the blood plasma was not enough, and it was best to get another bag.

Before going out, the military doctor asked him to get another lamp, but the lighting here was still not bright enough.When he went upstairs just now, he saw the chaos in this building, and knew that the second thing would definitely not be easy to get, so it would keep him away long enough.After the military doctor left, he deliberately knocked the enamel plate containing the surgical instruments beside him to the ground, so the nurse bent down to pick up those scalpels and hemostats, and Dr. Mullit asked her to go next door to disinfect them, maybe they were still needed.

As soon as the nurse went out, his chance finally came. Out of his understanding of his head nurse, he knew that her movements were surprisingly slow, and these tasks could last at least 5 minutes.

The doctor quickly unfolded the map, and it turned out to be a blood-stained military map. He glanced at it, and it was roughly the defense map of the southern area of ​​New Delhi. Beyond the surface deployment, there were even parts of underground defense facilities.If the people of the Self-Defense Forces are allowed to come and go in these underground passages, then the war will inevitably turn into a bitter battle repeatedly fought among the ruins, and New Delhi may be smashed into ruins; breaking the city into a piece of scorched earth may be the ultimate goal of the Self-Defense Forces defeating the strong with the weak Attempts, but Mulit will never allow it.

He spread the map on the ground, but the light was not ideal. Looking around, all the cold light sources were concentrated on the officer who was shot, so he spread the map on the unconscious captain's stomach, and then took out his pen.

This pen does not have a display, but Shangxianjian taught him how to use it.

This kind of small camera uses automatic focus, and can shoot from half a meter away, an area as large as a general newspaper folded in half.He roughly grasped the distance, quickly pressed the shutter, took a few pictures from left to right, then quickly put away the pen, folded the map a few times and threw it back to its original place.Everything was perfect, but his heart was pounding, he felt that he really had the talent to do this.

After a while, the two people who were dismissed came back one after another, and they continued to complete the operation.The captain's pulse and blood pressure began to recover. Obviously, the internal bleeding was under control, and his life was saved.

A grateful senior general of the Self-Defense Forces sent the doctor to the gate, and then told the doctor that they had made up their minds to deal with the enemy and survive with New Delhi.There is absolutely no timetable for the New Delhi defensive battle, even if the city is buried with it.When he was emotional, the officer couldn't help but shed tears. He said that if he was shot unfortunately, he hoped that Dr. Mullit would come to save his life.

The doctor felt that it was time to push forward and make some demands. He suddenly said that his special pass in the theater signed by the Ministry of Defense suddenly became invalid in the morning, and he might not be able to act quickly in the urban area if necessary.The officer told him that the Minister of Defense had defected last night and that the Prime Minister had abolished all administrative functions of the Ministry of Defense.

From today onwards, all paramilitary units are directly under the two groups below the war cabinet, and the garrison command is in charge of the urban area, so the new capital pass must be issued by the garrison command, but he can help obtain a new pass, the officer said. , although General Muyar belongs to the army, he has the most trust in the Self-Defense Forces and will never delay the request of the Self-Defense Forces, so he estimated that it will be completed in the afternoon and sent to the hospital.

The information in Mulit's hands must be sent out as soon as possible, and he is indeed anxiously waiting for the pass.

Fifty kilometers east of New Delhi, in the war-ravaged medium-sized city of Hapur, Amir is urging his exhausted troops to conduct a real combat exercise in an urban environment.He didn't care that there were still many civilians in the city who hadn't evacuated in time, and he even allowed live ammunition to fire on designated buildings during his drill.

Amir forced his team to train because of anxiety in his heart.Leopard II has an automatic weapon station, and has a slight advantage in functional urban warfare. How to strengthen the digital advantage in tank warfare is the focus of his attention.He was too eager to prove himself in the next act.

A few hours ago, Amir took a closer look at Yahini for the first time in the headquarters. That wretched guy who was half a head shorter than himself didn't even look at him. Thinking of this, he didn't fight where to come.

Today's main training subjects revolve around the confrontation of tanks at the squad level. In urban warfare, tanks with information advantages can of course communicate with each other, but they still need to be adjusted.He asked Khaled and the Type 3 tanks of the 96rd Battalion still under his command to play Indian tanks and fight with his main Leopard II.

These Leopard II tanks are equipped with Rheinmetall's Mosquito and EMT's Aladdin UAVs. Of course, the tanks of the imaginary enemy cannot receive the information support of UAVs.

Battalion Commander Rajani of the 3rd Battalion reluctantly accompanied Amir. Next to Amir was a young officer who spoke Arabic and had a mustache. He was said to be another younger brother of Prince Fahd. He had just returned from Sankh Graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Stuttgart.

After several hours of group drills, Leopard II, with the support of drones and inter-vehicle networks, scored a brilliant 20-0 victory.Based on the video of the gunner watching and aiming, it can be found that the Leopard II can occupy the dominant position every time and fire first.Amir, who was still uncertain just now, was suddenly elated, and began to get a little carried away.

"Major Rajani, what do you think of the power of the Type 96 tank? I found that it started very slowly in the rubble, slightly worse than Khaled?"

Amir asked politely about the officer who was about to leave him for a rival.He asked the 3rd Battalion to participate in the exercise, mainly because he felt that the 96 and the T72 were somewhat similar, both of which were low-end tanks. In addition, he had some small calculations. He asked for priority distribution of gasoline for the purpose of the exercise, so Yahini would not get it. Enough fuel for the drill.

"Sir, the motivation is indeed not strong enough, but I think the main problem is that we haven't received the intelligence support from the drone. This kind of confrontation is very unfair." Rajani replied expressionlessly. The troops had eaten nothing, which really made him lose face , but in the exercise, it is indeed cheating to join the drone for only one side.

"Are there any martyrs who used drones on Yahini's side?" Amir asked cautiously.

"I haven't heard of it, sir. At least the division headquarters has not assigned drones to any battalion-sized troops. The only drone unit in our division is in the artillery unit. But thanks to you, we now have a second drone unit." Human-machine force."

"Integrating the digital system into actual combat is indeed a complicated matter. With the education background of Battalion Commander Yahini, I am afraid that he is also powerless. I heard that he worked in the kitchen before?"

As he spoke, Amir smiled knowingly at the young man in neat uniform beside him, and the other party smiled back.Rajani had no answer to such frivolous questions.

"Commander of the 3rd Battalion, you just came back from the division headquarters, do you know what Yahini is doing right now?"

"It is said that the whole battalion is resting."

"Is it because we didn't get fuel from the division headquarters?"

"No, he ordered the troops to rest for 3 to 4 days."

"It seems that he didn't prepare for the tough battle of New Delhi at all? Urban warfare is the most serious test for a tank commander. A slight deviation will lead to huge losses. Many battle histories have shown this. One point, I think he must not have studied the compilation of armored warfare history, so he dared to relax so much."

"Yahini has never lacked flexibility." Rajani pushes Amir back without being soft or hard.

"Has the exaggerated record he reported to the division headquarters verified? Didn't he just report it to the army headquarters according to the figures he said later?"

"The division headquarters needs the number of wiped out enemies that can boost morale. Besides, the staff does not have anyone idle to check these situations. Maybe there will be further verification in a month's time."

"It's too cheap for that kid. A truly honest officer will never lie about the results of the battle."

While speaking, the battle between the rubble ahead was decided again. A Khaled tank was defeated again. The Leopard II detoured behind it and pointed the barrel at it.

"Sir, I want to stop the exercise. Our battalion's weapons are severely worn out. Currently, only 17 tanks are still intact. Half of the engines are due for overhaul and need to be refurbished in the repair shop. It is not suitable to continue the high-intensity exercise."

Amir has a general idea. Now is the time to let the broken 3rd Battalion go. He believes that once the Battle of New Delhi starts, Yahini should have less than 50 tanks, and he has 2 tanks. The overstaffed battalion may also get a batch of PZH2000 artillery allocated from the Qatar Army; but the batch of Chinese-made PLZ45 self-propelled artillery provided by Saudi Arabia may belong to Yahini, after all, this villain has a backer in the division.Now the division headquarters intends to let the companies compete with each other, so the allocation of equipment will not be too biased.

"If you want to compete with me, this guy doesn't look at himself." He said in his heart.

Inside New Delhi.

Yelinsky is presiding over an impromptu meeting at Tuklagabad Castle in the southeast of the main city. All the officers under him are sparsely present. The theme of the meeting is of course how to break out of the siege.

Agra has organized two campaign-level reconnaissances since the morning, and discovered the junction of the two Chinese armies encircling New Delhi, right in front of the castle.The defense here is obviously the weakest in the entire encirclement, and it is the closest to Agra, and it is easy to get air support. This is probably the reason why Indian officials fled from this direction by plane.

After a few days of fighting, Yelinsky had great trust in Yamura's troops. These Japanese are his most trustworthy troops. There is no example of giving up a combat post under pressure, and the technology is also remarkable. So he is looking forward to Yamura's comments on the breakout plan.

"Everyone, the situation is getting more and more serious. Chief Frings judges that the enemy will launch an attack in 10 days, and before the attack, there will be several local offensives, resulting in a favorable situation for dividing the city defense. And we must be their first stage. The main target. We no longer need to stay here to lose in vain, we must find a route to break through."

The officers below are discussing a lot, Frith's judgment is obviously correct, as for continuing to fight, it is meaningless, everyone can reach a consensus, they are here to make money, it is not worth their lives, and once the current regime in India falls , The promised bonus may be in vain. India's overseas assets have bottomed out, and it has recently begun to issue IOUs to governments of various countries. Any sensible person should see signs that the building is about to collapse, and quickly get out and leave.

"We must act immediately, while we still have tanks and the enemy is not ready," said Lieutenant Colonel Barker, "from the junction of these two enemy forces, which is a ready-made breakthrough, and is the closest to Agra. , so that General Frings can meet us. If possible, I suggest that the operation be launched within 12 hours."

"No, I don't agree with a hasty breakout."

Yamura spoke in broken English.

"I think breaking out from here is dangerous and could cause our troops ... to be injured."

Some of his English words are not expressive, but anyone can feel his meaning, it is not alarmist.

"Tell me what you think, Colonel Yamura." Yelinsky, tilting his head so as to use his remaining hearing ear, was eager to hear Yamura's opinion.

As a first-class Lu Zuo, Yamura's military rank is actually higher than that of everyone sitting here, and he is one of the few active soldiers disguised as retired officers, but in this peculiarly structured army, military rank does not represent command authority.

"I want to remind everyone that the strategy of the East is not as simple as it seems on the surface. I think you must have read Sun Tzu's Art of War?"

"Yes, I read and studied it when I was in business school. It is an ancient strategy, but I don't think it can guide modern warfare." Lieutenant Colonel Buck said with a shrug.

"Besiege the city without death, or besiege three and lose one, this is a strategy that the Chinese came up with thousands of years ago."

"However, breaking out from this direction does have various advantages, such as the air cover problem mentioned just now."

"If we can see from the map that this passage is the most suitable, there is no reason why the enemy can't see it. Why did they give up this passage? They haven't strengthened the defense of this area in the past 20 hours. Isn't it worthy of vigilance? ?”

The venue fell into temporary chaos, and everyone began to whisper. What Yamura said was indeed reasonable, but Buck's suggestion was simple and straightforward, and it was worth considering.

"Everyone is quiet, who has any new ideas?" Yelinsky hurriedly became quiet. Now is not the time for private discussions, he hopes to quickly formulate a plan of action.

"I think Colonel Yamura's opinion is also reasonable, but we are still blind to break out from other directions based on this," Buck said.

"Well, keep talking."

"Currently, combat reconnaissance using drones cannot go deep into the enemy's rear, so our perception of the entire battlefield has declined compared to the previous period. If we can obtain in-depth zone intelligence, it will help us to target Make a plan for the next step."

"I also know this, but the enemy has invested in a new type of long-range radar, which greatly improves the warning time. There are stealth fighters and Su-35 in the sky at any time; the deployment position of the S400 has also been greatly moved to the south. The second set of S2 with a longer range , may have been deployed to a place 400 kilometers north of New Delhi, which will inevitably compress the range of activities of our high-altitude drones to the limit, and the passing time of satellites is fully grasped by the opponent. Even if they are not interfered, what they see is true. False and mixed." An officer in charge of the enemy said, what he said was indeed close to the truth.

"Maybe... there is another way," Yelinsky hesitated, "I can ask my superiors...to try a new method to penetrate the enemy's air defense network."

"Send out the raptors? No, no, no, the raptors are no longer safe, and their long-range radar may..." Buck said.

"I'm not referring to stealth aircraft, but strategic reconnaissance aircraft."

"A hypersonic reconnaissance plane?"

(End of this chapter)