Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 791 Using the Prime Minister as Bait

"Deputy Commander, I still need time to make these novices proficient. It will take at least an afternoon for them to master the basic formation and communication essentials for long-distance raids behind the enemy. Of course, this will consume more fuel." Yahini said Of course, he knew that a few hours of training would not help, but he just wanted to stay until the night. No matter what actions he took, the night was not good for the Indian army.

"How many tanks have you repaired in total?" The deputy division commander anxiously asked him what he was concerned about.

"31 vehicles."

"That means you already have 80... no, 81 tanks?"

"85 to be exact, counting Rajani's battalion; also we restored the VT4 lost in the last battle, which was mine, not counted. I found quite a few from old battlegrounds Common parts."

Yahini said calmly, but Younis laughed out his snot bubbles all at once.

"Nice job, I'll go get fuel, but hurry up anyway than I have to. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, for you and me alike."

"I don't think it's a good time, our division is too prominent at the moment."

"Isn't it good to stand out? The striker can already see the India Gate."

"I always feel that it will not be so easy. The enemy sent those young soldiers to Amir's eyes, perhaps on purpose, in order to make us think they are finished." Yahini said.

"But they're doomed. They don't even have artillery support these days."

"Well, I agree to attack," Yahini was forced to compromise, "but we must wait at least until night, so that both offense and defense are in our favor."

"At night, it's hard for you newbies to adapt to night operations, right? You're not giving them a problem, and there is also the problem of identifying friend or foe at night."

"I have also weighed these. During the day, the enemy's anti-tank missile attack range will increase by six or seven times. As for the identification of friend and foe, it is indeed troublesome. I hope to obtain intelligence from the flanking friendly forces before attacking. I will try to let novices enter the battlefield for the first time. When it’s time, take part in some simple tasks.”

"Is there an attack route?."

"Not yet, I need to go to the front line to study the terrain and see where it is easy to break through."

"Be careful. Today is different from the past. The closer to the enemy's core area, the greater the density of enemy troops, and it is very difficult to intersperse. It is also difficult for you to use the old method to pretend to be an enemy tank and sneak through the junction, because the front has not been observed. Enemy tanks appear. Their infantry are not easy to fool."

Younis has almost seen through Yahini's mind. Younis has been studying the tactics of his subordinates recently, and the questions he can ask seem to be very practical.

After the deputy division commander left, Yahini began to plan a solution. Satellites sent by the division headquarters and photos taken by drone reconnaissance were piled up on the table. It can be seen that the enemy's defense is indeed very tight, and there are a large number of soldiers and soldiers every day. The weapons are replenished, and the areas occupied by Amir during the day will be partially restored by the infiltrated enemies at night.The connection between different enemy forces is also closer than before. Small infiltrations are often beaten back at night, and there is no gap. He thinks it is best to go and see it. The condescending perspective of the aerial platform is intuitive, but it is easy. Be deceived.

When he and several officers drove to the front, the guns were still rumbling ahead. Amir's troops were launching an attack under the command of a foreign officer. When Amir withdrew, he asked to continue to maintain pressure, but the attack would not last too long. Soon, after the sun sets, the large-scale fighting between the two sides will stop.

The jeep of Yahini and his party was stopped by the convoy from the front line on the side of the road, and they could only wait quietly.I saw a huge Leopard II tank that was destroyed being dragged off the battlefield by a "Buffalo" armored recovery vehicle with the same chassis.

The left side of the tank was pierced, which was obviously caused by missile jets. Judging from the opening of the four doors, the personnel must have withdrawn. If it was an armor-piercing projectile or a top-attack ammunition, it would not be so easy for the personnel to survive.

A few Weasel infantry fighting vehicles were then dragged off the battlefield. Amir stood on the seat so that he could clearly see the sides and upper part of the infantry fighting vehicles.The first tank was hit by at least 6 or 7 RPG rounds, and all the hatches were blown off. It seems that the jet detonated the internal ammunition.He noticed that there were several horror holes above, which meant that the chariot was hit by condescending firepower, which inevitably made him gasp. The urban area full of houses is indeed like a huge trap for tanks and armored vehicles. The enemy Possibly hiding around corners and firing at tanks with poor vision.

He took several of his company commanders, left the jeep, and walked to the front on foot.I saw that most of the soldiers who filled in had high morale, while many of the people who were withdrawn were downcast, and many of them were injured.Priority trucks were loaded with dead bodies.

"Rahman, your VT4 tank is the most suitable for urban warfare in our brigade, and its night vision ability is also good. I am going to let you take the lead in the assault."

"Don't worry, Brigadier, leave it to me." The 3rd company commander seemed to be a veteran. Even though his company had been destroyed by half, he recovered miraculously. He was anxious to show off.

"I think the enemy is getting used to Amir's style of play more and more," Yahini held up the binoculars and looked forward, and he could see that on the battlefield after the bombardment, there were people walking in the trenches in a leisurely manner. "It's time to change the tempo so they can't get used to it."

"Are you sure you want to intersperse?"

"It's hard to say, Indians are not stupid, they will also learn through war, but their reaction is not fast, which is related to their rigid military tradition, so when they employ a more rigid idiot like Amir, they will gradually adapt. "

"In the past few days, Amir has advanced 4 kilometers and wiped out about 1000 enemy troops."

"If I'm not mistaken, the enemy gave it to him on purpose. As long as he continues to ignore the flanks and attack alone, within a day or two, the enemy's hidden mobile troops will suddenly attack from both flanks and eat at least one battalion of him. "

"The Indians still have such power?" Rahman was puzzled. He thought maybe Yahini had the latest information from the division?But if that's the case, why did the division let Amir continue to attack.

"The division is more optimistic. This is just my personal judgment. I just noticed the front-line report sent back by Amir's staff. These days, neither enemy artillery nor tanks were observed, and the main blocking force has 1000% of them are minors, which seems very abnormal, isn't it? The Indians are far from being so poor. Their area is getting smaller and smaller, and now it is less than [-] square kilometers. It should be easier to mobilize troops from different fronts That's right."

"Brigade Commander, it really makes sense." Rahman sighed exaggeratedly, deliberately appearing to be enlightened.

"Especially in this direction, it is very close to the Prime Minister's Office. Why would they put the old, weak and disabled soldiers here alone?"

"That must be the enemy's conspiracy, so how do we fight?"

"We hope to wait for their mobile forces to attack first. We attack from the periphery of their pincer offensive, eat part of it, and then rush into the position from the direction of their retreat."

"Wouldn't that allow Amir's troops to continue taking risks at the front?"

"Well, you finally got the hang of it, and no one is allowed to disclose my plan to the division headquarters." Yahini said.

In the mountainous area 120 kilometers away to the south, the coalition forces with nowhere to go were forced to leave the mountainous area and accept their surrender.

Their seriously wounded soldiers had been transported to Jaipur through the blockade line arranged by the Red Cross 12 hours ago, and now it was the turn of these defeated soldiers to surrender to the Chinese army.

He Fan procrastinated for a whole day, waiting for the domestic film crew and reporters from various countries to arrive. Now that everything was finally arranged, he folded his hands and walked back and forth in the classroom on the first floor of a rural middle school, waiting for his opponent to sign.

His superiors asked him to disclose some information in front of reporters to stabilize Pakistan's confidence. For this reason, some journalists from friendly countries were arranged to come. If journalists from Western countries forgot to ask questions about Pakistan's territorial integrity, they would ask questions.

In the distance, Hummers with white flags came galloping. These vehicles were intercepted one kilometer away, and then guided by two Chinese jeeps, they slowed down and passed through the formation formed by infantry fighting vehicles and tanks.

Yelinsky sat in the third car. What awaited him was a humiliating signing ceremony. Fortunately, it didn't take long.

He has just learned that Agra has been controlled by Indian guerrillas.Frings, currently based in Jaipur, is in charge of the evacuation of the entire army, an intervention that ended in total failure.

The tanks lined up on both sides made him suddenly recall the scene when the president came to the training camp to see him off before he set off.At that time, Frings also placed heavy weapons on both sides of the road outside the training camp to welcome the president.

He remembered that the president stood in front of the huge venue and delivered a speech to the thousands of coalition soldiers who attended. It was a very successful speech, which almost raised the morale of the coalition forces to the top.

At that time, the president said contemptuously that to stop the military operations of the Chinese army in India, the United States does not need to take action in person. It only needs some brave Americans to go there, and the situation can be reversed.

The crux of the failure of the Indian army, he said, was that they were frightened by a less powerful enemy and behaved like a herd of sheep; so they needed a small herd of lions to lead them, not too many, just a few The lion is enough to expose the essence of the enemy's strong outside.He was convinced that a sheep led by a few lions would defeat a pack of wolves.Perhaps at that time, it will be the time when the U.S. military will officially end. The battlefield will not be limited to India, which is chosen by the enemy, and the rules of war will also be redefined by the United States.That will be a great moment for the United States to lead the entire Western world and comprehensively change the political structure of East Asia and the world. The staunch enemy of the free world will be wiped out once and for all.

The president paused for a long time, then changed his tone and said that everyone gathered here at this moment will be remembered in the annals of history as the forerunners of this historic action.

The president's speech did not mention the high remuneration guaranteed and paid by the Indian treasury and overseas assets, which invisibly endowed this intervention with justice beyond money, and also enhanced the sense of honor and honor of all those involved in the operation. sense of mission.

For a while, the audience was full of enthusiasm, wishing to fly to India immediately and let it go. Yelinsky remembered that James Wu beside him was even more excited and burst into tears. He thanked God for giving him such an opportunity.

And Frings and most of the officers are also full of confidence in this intervention operation, partly because they have studied Spanga's operations in the area north of New Delhi, which can be called a near failure.They feel that as long as there are some truly professional soldiers with a little guidance, they can stop the offensive of the Chinese and Pakistani troops, and then it will take a few months to patiently wait for the growth of the new Indian Army, and the situation will change. The situation is not what they imagined.European countries did not actively participate in this operation as the president predicted; and the Indian army has been emboldened at this time, and military power has fallen into the hands of the timid Pasad, who opposes all professionalism of the coalition forces. It is suggested that the coalition forces, as a fire brigade, will often be thrown into the place where the Indian army is retreating in times of crisis to save the precarious front.Another nuisance is India's recalcitrant prime minister, who resists any plans to abandon New Delhi.In the end, political compromise led to military passivity. The ruthless fact is that the lion could not lead the sheep at all, but succumbed to Mianyang's strategy and was exhausted.Strategic failure was doomed from that moment on.

Now these memories have become floating clouds, and the sense of mission no longer exists. Even if it is money, it may lose more than half of it because of the collapse of the Indian government.Now they are in the hands of the Chinese, and if all goes well, they will be released within a few months, depending, of course, on the president's willingness to compromise on the autonomy of a remote province in Pakistan.

Yelinsky got out of the car, and under the watchful eyes of countless cameras outside the cordon, walked quickly into the venue.Since this army had no specific nationality, it was an added humiliation that a white flag was planted on one side of the table, but he couldn't help it, and quickly walked over and sat down.Sitting opposite was a school-level officer, obviously an opponent he had never met.

It took He Fan a while to read a statement, and then the simultaneous interpreter reminded the representatives of the coalition forces to sign.Yelinsky, who was slightly deaf, stood up after being reminded by his companion, and then signed a 6-page document.

After he finished signing, he quickly left the venue. About 12000 coalition soldiers will completely lay down their weapons within the next 2 hours and walk into the prisoner-of-war camp. The International Red Cross will supervise every link.

At this moment, journalists outside the cordon were brought closer to the venue, and they were allowed to ask some questions within 10 minutes.

A reporter mentioned China's issue of the timetable for the war.

He Fan said that the Chinese military has no timetable, and if there are new opponents who are willing to participate, they can stay with them forever.

There were also questions about whether the Chinese army would further occupy Jaipur and other Indian cities further south.He Fan said that it depends on the intention of the superior, and from a military point of view, there is no difficulty.

Finally, an Iranian reporter asked a question about the problems in Balochistan and other coastal areas. He Fan said that his troops are ready to airlift Quetta at any time, and it may be resolved within two or three weeks. question.As for Karachi, which is still under Indian control, Hefan said that Mendy's Indian interim government has already drawn up a plan to withdraw troops from there, and it can only be implemented after the current Indian government falls.

Night finally fell on New Delhi again, and the exchange of fire between the two sides gradually stopped. During this day's battle, the Indian Army lost a number of positions and a batch of heavy weapons.Pasade in the headquarters closed his eyes, as if he was asleep, waiting for the staff officer to finish reading the lengthy loss report.He didn't want to give in easily, and was planning a counterattack. This counterattack would use the Prime Minister as a bait to lure the enemy's lone army into the face, and then wipe it out. Of course, there is no need to inform Kahan himself.Whether the Prime Minister lives or dies doesn't matter to him at all, but Kahan still has great tactical value in attracting the attention and hatred of the enemy and must be exploited.

(End of this chapter)