Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 793 Cross the line of fire
The Field Marshal looked at his watch. It was now 45:[-]. If operations were to be launched, it was almost time to mobilize troops.In order to prevent the enemy's ubiquitous reconnaissance, he deliberately did not notify the Garrison Command, nor did he deploy in advance, but today's New Delhi city defense has been compressed to the limit, with the help of several main roads in the city, quickly mobilized from one direction to another Troops are not difficult.

But he stood in front of the map and looked at it again and again, and felt that it would be more beneficial to make the enemy more prominent. This time, he must not make mistakes, and he must not be too impatient.He simply sat down and continued to wait.Charmain had been sitting in the corner without saying a word. Seeing that most of the officers had left to prepare for the battle, he stood up and walked over.

"Marshal, it's time for the Viper's operation to start, right? The current time is just right, if it's later... I'm sure no one will monitor the radio conversation."

"Well, let's leave it to you. It must be emphasized that we are not praying for a truce, but to avoid high costs for both parties. What we are asking for is reciprocal negotiations." Pasade said.

"Reciprocal negotiation, how easy is it?"

"It's a bit difficult. I will use a victory to make them more sober."

In a single cell on the bottom floor of the headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Ghiyam got up early in the morning, accompanied by two Indian military officers, and sat in front of a radio station on standby. Steps to call your superiors.

The lieutenant colonel waited for this day for almost 20 days. He estimated that the Indians must have suffered a few more defeats and finally got the hang of it.He is lying on the iron gate these days, and he can hear the guards talking about some topics in Awadi when they change shifts, such as the reduction of rations, and the fact that the Chinese have so many bombs that they start attacking the cooking units. These guards probably think that the people inside Prisoners could not understand these unpopular Hindi dialects, and it happened that Ghiyam could understand them.Once he reckoned his time to be effective was near.

"The viper calls the eagle, the viper calls the eagle...the next call will be at 1400, the next call will be at 1400..."

Because he was worried that the communications of the command headquarters would be intercepted by Kahan or the Americans, Pasad had never really abandoned the Viper and his radio station, and made his request, but up to now, no one has been able to threaten him from behind. Mann even suggested that he lure the stumbling block of Muyar to the headquarters, take control, and then take over his army. Of course, after weighing it up, the Field Marshal decided not to do that.

He chose this moment because he was sure that he could win a battle next time, and he could show his strength after taking the initiative to show weakness such as peace talks, so as to save his face.This is the part that Charmain finds difficult to understand, which concerns the dignity of soldiers.

Ghiam was asked to report directly to his superiors about his situation, set an appointment for the next call, and then wait for an answer.

Pasade and Charmain had drawn up a statement calling for a truce and negotiations, which was now on Ghiam's desk.Judging from the text of this statement, the statement is neither humble nor overbearing, and the conditions set out are still quite tough, such as immediately stopping the siege of New Delhi.

For Pasad, the biggest problem is that this telegram will be received by the joint intelligence agencies of China and Pakistan at the same time. If it can bypass Pakistan, it will be more in line with his wishes. He and many Indian soldiers Similarly, it has always refused to admit that it was defeated by Pakistan.

At 1:45 p.m., the China-Pakistan joint intelligence department suddenly received news from the long-lost insider code-named Viper. Viper used a special encrypted radio station made in China. As the intelligence showed, he was indeed in the enemy's presence. In his hand, it seemed that the opponent couldn't help but use this card.

Xu Jingzhe knew that Pasade had released the poisonous snake for the first time, and was about to start peace talks. He immediately communicated with his superiors, and then decided to use the No. 2 plan to deal with it.

Plan No. 2 requires the shortest possible time to clarify the intention of the call, but it must be indifferent, trying to imply that the other party has missed the best time to seek peace. some.

After some probing, China and Pakistan asked for peace talks, but after accepting Tianjiao, they stopped responding.It seems that interpreting these conditions requires high-level research, and it is impossible to reply immediately, but the casual performance of the opponents shows that they do not have much expectation and patience for peace talks.

Charmain should have been the calmest person here, but the defeats in the past few days, coupled with the escape of the coalition forces, made him fall into unprecedented irritability.He returned to the command room anxiously and expressed his concerns to the marshal.

“I sent them a statement asking for a truce and then negotiations, but there was no reply. Maybe asking them to pull out of New Delhi made it difficult for them to accept? The Chinese have installed a regime in Mendi, and it is not in their interest to reject the peace talks interests, maybe the Pakistanis are getting in the way?"

"As far as I expected, things that cannot be obtained on the battlefield are also difficult to obtain on the negotiating table." Pasade sneered, "They are too confident now."

"What are you going to do?"

A staff officer stood in front of the map and began to update the enemy's position on the map. He found a small flag representing the enemy to a place 8.5 kilometers away from the Prime Minister's Office.

Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim is on the high ground of the battlefield, overlooking the Noida industrial area. This is the last gateway to New Delhi. Once he breaks through, he will be like an urban area.In one morning, he lost 40 tanks of various types. Although most of them were only minor problems such as damage to the action part, the operation could be resumed with a little repair, but the troops he could use had reached the limit.He picked up the communicator and began to make the final agitation to the tank force he had brought, mainly composed of foreign personnel.

"Warriors, we have been going west, towards the direction of Mecca. God will see our charge against the infidels. It is destined that we will be invincible. Don't spare your life, any martyr who died in the battle against the infidels , will be blessed by God.”

He thought for a while and continued: "The first company to enter the city of New Delhi will each get a Porsche car. This is my personal reward. Whoever catches Kahan will get 1000 million euros."

Ibrahim is not so good at motivating with words, but he also knows that using money and religious beliefs to encourage is the only way.Facts also confirmed his view, he heard the cheers of commandos ahead.

Putting down the communicator, the lieutenant colonel resolutely jumped on a Leopard II tank. He will launch the final attack on the target today, and try to continue advancing 1 km before sunset to reach the edge of the dry Jumuna River. The dividing line of the city is also the dividing line between the enemy's inner and outer city defenses.Tomorrow morning, he will be supplemented by about 30 reconditioned tanks, and more artillery support, which is bound to break through into the city.In this way, he can prove his ability to lead the army in front of his half-brother who is 40 years older.

As many as 10 Xiaolong fighters roared back and forth in the air, and the Pakistani Air Force used the battle damage and black spider squadrons that could be invested to support his troops. After the enemy's air defense force declined, the Pakistani Air Force began to act recklessly. Good, but somewhat intimidating to the enemy.

20 tanks began to charge forward, followed by a battalion of infantry fighting vehicles. Most of the infantry were sitting outside the vehicle body.In the past few days of combat, they have not been counterattacked by Indian artillery, which makes the infantry accustomed to being in the car, but it is easier to avoid anti-tank missiles or rocket launchers.

Teenager Harish, wearing an adult military uniform with sleeves longer than his hands, was crawling across the front lines, and today he had a new mission and a radio, just in time for Prince Ibrahim's charge.

The sound of intensive guns sounded, and he was suddenly exposed in front of the group of assault tanks.From time to time, when enemy tanks passed by nearby, he fell down and took cover, or pretended to be a dead body.

After the first wave of enemies passed, he changed his route and quickly ran towards the middle of the Noida industrial area. The mortar shells fell not far from time to time, and these were fired from the Indian positions.

He quickly climbed to the edge of the crumbling wall of the industrial area, surrounded by bomb craters, and the gutters were full of corpses and weapon parts of Indian soldiers, which were caused by a precise rocket shot in the morning.At that time, the Pakistani planes circled at low altitude on purpose to drive away the Indian soldiers, but they did not open fire. The inexperienced recruits thought that the drainage ditch beside the factory area was a good hiding place, but the cats swarmed here, and the two planes opened fire. The crowd covered.

An infantry fighting vehicle full of soldiers creaked out of the vehicle, and Harish quickly rolled to the side of the crater and played dead.When Pakistani soldiers saw the dead bodies of Indian soldiers on the side of the road, they would occasionally come and shoot a few shots, so he must not move.

Seeing that the crisis was over, there was a sound of rumbling diesel engines behind the factory workshop in front, and the huge Panasonic company signboard on the factory building fell down and fell right in front of him.He knew it was a bad omen.

Sure enough, a tank broke through the wall and arrived in front of it in a blink of an eye.Harish clung to the dirt, resisting the urge to run, knowing that running now would kill him.

Seeing this behemoth getting closer, the whole ground trembled.He watched the infantry fighting vehicle on one side gradually go away, and with a sharp roll, he hid close to the track of the tank, but he heard the crackling sound of the tank rolling over the corpse.The enemy infantry did not get out of the car, forming a skirmish line, otherwise he would undoubtedly die.

Relying on his shortness and agility, he quickly found the drain and ran all the way to the chimney of the power plant in the industrial area.Then use the ladder on the inside of the chimney to start climbing.

This chimney is currently the tallest building in the industrial area. It has escaped all the shelling from both sides, and seems to be completely out of the chaos of the war.

The task assigned to him by Lieutenant Rajeev was to indicate the target for artillery fire. Although he could not understand the map and did not move the coordinates, the lieutenant felt that only he could cross the front line and complete such a task.

Private First Class Harish overlooked the battered battlefield from a 20-story chimney.Today, the mansions of the rich are no different from the slums.Enemy tanks are running amok on this land, and all the houses have become their obstacles. The enemy tanks are willing to bend the barrel and push down all the houses along the way. , for them, bypassing the house is easy to run over the landmine.

He raised the binoculars and looked behind the enemy, and found that all the scenery became smaller. He was stunned for a while before realizing that he was holding it upside down.So he turned around and continued to look eastward.

He saw groups of trucks pulling artillery and driving towards the flat land behind the industrial area. He waited silently for the convoy to stop. The trucks lined up, and the soldiers shouted and jumped down to quickly unload the artillery.

He spread the map out, trying to recall the way the lieutenant had taught him to point out targets.He found the chimney marked with a red circle on the map, which represented himself, and then looked eastward to find the approximate location of the enemy's position outside the industrial area.He held his finger where the enemy was, and tried to find the combination of letters and numbers that represented that location.For an illiterate, this is more challenging than destroying tanks.

The artillery unit of the 122st Armored Division originally did not want to take the risk of deploying to such a close area. The 122mm towed artillery is only a small role on the battlefield, and it should not be too ostentatious. However, Commander Ibrahim asked the artillery to be as close to the battlefield as possible Extending the attack on targets in the urban area, after considering the basic fact that the Indian artillery has not appeared for a long time, the superior ordered these [-] howitzers with a limited range to follow the tank group and came here.

Pasade's 155mm grenade can be fired here without leaving the range of anti-aircraft fire, but the dense buildings in the urban area prevent the artillery radar from functioning, so he needs a brave observer.

The Pakistani artillery has completed its position deployment, established a communication command post, and began to wait for instructions from the front. Usually this time is safe because they have not yet fired a single shot.

Suddenly there was a shrill whistling sound in the sky, and everyone immediately realized that the Indian artillery had been revived, but it was unreasonable for the shelling to come so quickly, and it was impossible for them to find themselves so quickly.

Harish hid behind a gap in the top of the chimney and watched the dense shells fall on the enemy position a kilometer away. Some shells whizzed past his ears, so close that they almost hit the chimney.

The ammunition on the position was detonated in an instant, and artillery parts and personnel's stumps and arms were flying in the air.

"Lieutenant, tell them to go a little further to the right, about one street away. Yes, one street, I don't know how many meters."

Harish continued to direct the artillery.Watching the artillery fire gradually shifting, the group of trucks assembled nearby was reimbursed.

"Killed, about 10 plus 10 plus 4 cannons were killed."

His concept of numbers up to 10 can only be expressed in this way.

A J-10 fighter jet flew down from the clouds.Sami immediately discovered that his own artillery position was being attacked, and the attack was extremely strange. He did not observe that this position fired a single shot, which was very wrong.He quickly flew around the position at low altitude, and soon saw the chimney standing abruptly in the middle of the ruins. When he turned around the chimney, there seemed to be a person looking at him. When he turned to the west, he deliberately pulled it up, and sure enough The man's binoculars followed, forming a reflection in the sunlight, which was seen by the old man.

"The idiots of the army actually keep such a commanding height of disaster. Whoever still has ammunition, kill me that chimney."

"Squadron leader, I'm coming."

A Thunderbolt came down from a high altitude and flew awkwardly towards the chimney. He fired all the rockets. The depression angle was not enough, and none of them hit the target. The rocket flew very far and almost hit the army tank in the west. His plane almost hit the chimney.

Sammy had already made a big circle, slowed down and flew towards the chimney. He had no rockets or bombs, so he could only try with the cannon.He suddenly realized that this was a new challenge. He had never shot a chimney before, and it seemed more interesting than shooting a lifeboat on the sea.

(End of this chapter)