Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 119 Infiltration

In the early morning of the next day, inside the Prime Minister's Office in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Kahan and Singh are anxiously awaiting news from the front lines, while all Indian departments are operating.The intelligence agencies are always keeping an eye on China's movements.All of this information is collated and finally returned to the Prime Minister's Office.Now the Prime Minister has to worry about two directions. Except for the full-scale offensive on the northern border, the rest is the East Kamen and the Kulun Kumei junction area (the above area is named after India’s two administrative areas south of the McMahon Line in Natso County, China. planning area, approximately equivalent to a township in China). After 2:9, there was no new news. The last information he knew was that the Chinese army chose a prominent hill on the jagged line of actual control to launch an attack. Other nearby observation posts could only see the light of fire and hear the sound of firefighting. , but the exact circumstances cannot be determined.

"Why hasn't there been any news from Charman?" Kahan asked Singh anxiously.

"I don't know. The quick reaction force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't reach that area at night. It's hilly and our helicopters can't fly at night. They may have another round of attacks. I have ordered all the troops on the line of control. On high alert."

"We should have other strongholds nearby, right? Can we counterattack immediately?"

"Yes, but you have to wait until dawn before you can take action. I have studied the tactics of the Chinese army. They are good at ambush and support troops." Singer said, in fact, he is well aware that the strength of the border troops is weak, and the few divisions deployed in the rear are currently already in use. He was transferred to Kashmir by himself, so the "counterattack" proposed by the Prime Minister is unrealistic. .

"You and Charmain assured me that they would not attack this month. But they did it anyway." Sitting behind the desk, the Prime Minister said with his head on one hand, with a somewhat complaining tone.A few days ago, Kahan wanted to take the initiative to find trouble in this area and provoke him, but now it seems that the other party has made the first move.

"Yes, I promised, and I'm not backing away. I think this is a trial attack by them for political purposes, obviously on a small scale. They also specifically selected an observation post in a prominent position. I think tomorrow they will will go back."

"What if they don't return?"

"I don't think it's suitable for us to fight back in that area for the time being. The focus now is on the western front."

As soon as Singh finished speaking, the Prime Minister's secretary knocked on the door and came in, telling him that Chief Chamain was coming.The Prime Minister waved Charmain in.

Charmain hurried up to the office, his notebook in hand.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have an urgent matter to report to you." Charmain said, and Singh immediately nodded in agreement.

"China's attack was premeditated. Their drone reconnaissance in this area has been going on for two weeks. The information I have shows that their purpose is not military occupation, but political. It is to contain Our military operations in the direction of Pakistan."

"It's delusional. They thought we'd stop attacking?" Singer was suddenly agitated, a little exasperated, as if someone was trying to win all the money on the table with a coin.

"Wait a minute, are you saying China is just trying to contain us politically?" the Prime Minister ignored Singh and continued to ask his intelligence chief.

"Yes, my sources are accurate. People who have access to the core of their decision-making."

"Tell me about your source?" the Prime Minister asked.

"Uh... technically, it's some sort of inter-intelligence collaboration; actually, we've been in touch with Taiwan's intelligence, and they warned us last week that China might be in Arunachal Pradesh. The timing of choosing a prominent area along the long line of control is when the war situation in Pakistan is out of control. This is the news revealed from the highest-level meeting of the Chinese government.”

"Why didn't you report such an important matter to me." The Prime Minister became a little displeased.

"Because you were in the United States at the time, and my information had already been sent to the Office of the Secretary of Defense in written form." Charmain immediately pushed it cleanly.

The Prime Minister immediately turned to look at Singer, waiting for him to explain that this was the case. He did not intend to blame Singer, because he roughly guessed that Singer was deliberately suppressing this inadequacy in order to prevent himself from meddling his transfer of the army from the east. exact information.

"I just think that such ambiguous information cannot be called valuable intelligence if it cannot accurately indicate the location and time. You know that intelligence personnel often fabricate facts through guesswork, and the intelligence bureau sends them every day. Dozens of such things are often contradictory information... It is impossible for us to spend a lot of troops to strengthen every stronghold for such information. If we do that, it will be no different from Pasade's style. ” Singer tried his best to defend himself, and said a long paragraph.

"Wait a minute?" the Prime Minister interrupted Singer's sophistry suddenly.

"You mentioned a large number of troops, and I suddenly had an idea," he frowned, thinking at his desk.The other two people in the office were momentarily at a loss.

"I want to ask you a question first, will General Spanga launch a small-scale attack in the south to divert Pakistan from mobilizing troops to go north?"

"Of course not. We have to give the Pakistani army staff the illusion that we will attack in the north. How can we do the opposite? In fact, I have always reminded the air force that air strikes in those areas must be very restrained. This is obvious common sense in the military."

"That's right, if the Chinese really want to launch an attack in this area in a few months, why would they carry out a small-scale attack with little military significance in advance? Is this reasonable?" The Prime Minister's words made Singh suddenly After getting a clue, he felt that Prime Minister Kahan was indeed worthy of admiration. Although he didn't know how to fight, he was born with a certain ability to penetrate the fog and see the core essence of things.

"So, you think it's just a political diversion?"

"I don't know, it's just my feeling for a moment. The Chinese like to attack suddenly. Before the attack in 62, their army always pretended to be restrained. We now know that it was all false, but this tactic was at the time. , or kept it from Prime Minister Nehru."

"With all due respect, if you lead the army to fight, you will definitely be a talented commander. I think this wise judgment is absolutely wise." Singer affirmed the Prime Minister's judgment on the situation before Charmain.

"I think your judgment is indeed as the minister said, very... wise." Charmain immediately stated.

"Well, but we still can't be too careless and immediately mobilize the paramilitary forces throughout Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Actually, I am more worried about the separatist guerrillas there. It cannot be ruled out that they are colluding with foreign forces possibility."

"I see. I will mobilize all the reserves. I also have 5500 troops on the India-Tibet border special forces. It is an elite force that can be used to strengthen the defense near the line of control. I think apart from drones, they We may also send a small group of infiltration forces to the rear to spy on our troops, so we must take precautions," Singer assured.

"Very good. The two of you must work closely together so that things in the east cannot further deteriorate and affect the overall situation. Now is a rare opportunity in India's 100-year history to solve the problem once and for all. This time window will not be too long, so we There can be no mistakes."

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Lin Huaisheng was at the forefront of the whole team, leading the whole team through the primeval forest.The terrain in this area has not changed much compared to a few years ago, but some landslides on the southern slope of the snow-capped mountain have caused the virgin forest to be incoherent. The strip sneaks past.Before noon, Indian helicopters continued to fly towards the place where the firefight was held last night.Some are Cheetah helicopters, and some are Mi-17s. They seem to be transporting troops, but Lin Huaisheng has been paying attention to the movement in the north, and he has not heard the sound of guns. It can be seen that the Indian army is still in a state of confusion. They are probably waiting. Order, which shows that India's decision-making group has not yet reached a consensus.

"Look, the road to the east leads all the way to Derangzong. It hasn't changed from a few years ago." Lin Huaisheng squatted on the edge of the forest and pointed.

"50 years ago, our army attacked along this road?"

"This is roughly the case, but at present, India's troops deployed around this road are not a brigade, but a division."

"You mean the 5th Mountain Division of the Indian Army?"

"That's right. The unit Pasade relies on the most is also a division directly facing us."

"However, in the morning, we only saw helicopters, and no military vehicles were mobilized on the highway. Isn't that strange?" said Wang Tiechuan, who followed closely behind.

"Not surprisingly, the main force of this division has recently shrunk to both sides of the Danhili River to take over the defense in depth of other divisions of the 4th Army, so there is not enough troops to support the stronghold in front. It is basically the same as in 62, with a line length Snake formation to secure the headquarters of the 4th Army at Tespur."

"This is bound to bring convenience to our army's penetration."

"Hehe, this is the inevitable consequence of insufficient troops, and it is also one of the purposes of our trip. You know that satellites can be deceived, and scouts' eyes are difficult to deceive, right?"

"of course."

"However, the current war is different from the past. The Indians have fully considered the previous lessons. In the 1962 war, they were unresponsive like a frozen snake. Now their army aviation base is in Tespur. This morning I counted, at least one squadron of Mi-17 helicopters was dispatched to and from the control line and the rear, and the efficiency is amazing.”

"Well, we can rely on the topography here to break through as far as possible in depth."

Wang Tiechuan said.This mission did not presuppose too many goals, because after India implemented the immigration policy, the no-man's land where scouts can freely enter and exit has been greatly reduced. Choose the reconnaissance area by yourself, let Lin Huaisheng and Wang Tiechuan decide the method, and then wait for the approval of the superior through satellite communication.

(End of this chapter)