Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 123 Tiger Shark Attack
Before night fell, the "Snow Wolf" team decided not to wait any longer. They hurriedly headed across the valley to Krutang. This slightly rash decision was made by Wang Tiechuan, because since the team discovered two hidden places After seeing the artillery group, he believed more and more that it was not because of his good luck that he found these positions easily, but because the density of the enemy's artillery group in this area was very high.He also specifically sought Lin Huaisheng's opinion on this idea.Lin believes that this judgment is justified. India's former army chief of staff, Pasad, was clumsy in offense, but he was a delicate person in defense and was very good at managing details.Therefore, starting from Sujula Pass, Tukala Pass, Gala Pass, and Zela Pass to the east, it is very likely that the same positions as the concealed artillery group discovered before were deployed. These pass reach the distance of the actual control line. They are all within 2 kilometers, just within the range of howitzers. If they cooperate with the observation post they seized, they may pose a great threat to our army assembled in Naco County.For a long time, the Indian army has only sporadically deployed recoilless direct fire or mortars on the hills.Over time, the Chinese army has also developed some prejudices, thinking that India's anti-reconnaissance concept is relatively weak. Now it seems that they are indeed good at anti-drone reconnaissance, and they hide the howitzers well. This may be because of the years of gunfire between India and Pakistan. experience gained in battle.

It is a test to cross the area without vegetation cover during the day. Here, a person standing on each hill can monitor a large area, and the footprints left by the military boots of the squadron in the mud will also be different from the usual Indian patrols. Or the footprints of ordinary people are not the same, but Wang Tiechuan thought the risk was worth taking. In fact, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, his vanguard had passed through the open area in the valley south of Krutang without any danger. A company of Indian troops is known to be there, but they are rarely out in the afternoon and observation posts are always looking north.

Wang Tiechuan hid in the bushes and watched carefully with a telescope several times, watching his avant-garde go into the forest and hide in the grass; then the agreed three birdsongs came from the opposite side.

"What are you waiting for? We can't waste 4 hours waiting for dark. Night is a good time for us to start reconnaissance." Wang Tiechuan said.

"It's best to confirm again, I'm always not at ease." Lin Huaisheng was still observing to the north, unable to make a decision for a long time.

"This place is only 70 meters wide, and the whole team can pass within 30 seconds." Wang Tiechuan encouraged.For an hour, no one appeared in this valley. Did the secret whistle on the commanding height detect any human signs nearby, but a few goats passed by leisurely in the area about 10 meters in front of him, which seemed to explain the concealment of the team. Quite successfully.

"Okay, I agree. But try to hide the footprints as much as possible."

"I know the veteran, what do you need to say?"

Wang Tiechuan stood up slowly from the edge of the forest, then tidied up his equipment, and ran across the dry riverbed with his men. Lin Huaisheng was forced to follow him across the riverbed. He always felt that such an action in broad daylight was too risky, but, having said that Well, a job like a scout is inherently risky. If everything in the enemy's territory is known, why do you need scouts?
Meanwhile, in New Delhi.

The mood is also a little impatient, as well as Indian Defense Minister Singh.The plan put forward by the squadron leader Dabrini of the 222nd Squadron scratched his heart. The low-altitude simulated attack exercise in the morning was very successful, and no interception action was found by the Chinese air force, which shows that the plan itself is perfect.Unplugging the Chinese radar station in XZ is one of his dreams. For ten years, that abominable radar station has been erected there. The Chinese made no secret of its existence. And part of Assam's airspace has no secrets at all, which makes the advantages established by the country's investment in deploying new fighter jets there will be easily offset by this condescending warning radar. Deployed in remote XJ and Yunnan, probably because they feel confident.Only a coward like Passard would find such a situation acceptable, and he could spend years happily running his bunker complex, but Singer couldn't bear this situation, and he desperately wanted 222 Squadron to start immediately. It is a pity that the MiG 27UPG lacks a complete night strike capability, so the attack can only be delayed until tomorrow morning.

"Minister, General Spanga has secretly left Leh and went to the offensive headquarters. Now only Lieutenant General Biafrata, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, is still there to confuse their intelligence personnel." Lujad Nahan walked over, Reported the new situation to Singer.Singer doesn't seem to be paying much attention to the new report because it's just business as usual.He has been thinking about tomorrow's attack. If it is successful, it can be regarded as a classic example of modern air force use, and it may appear in the attack aircraft pilot textbooks of various countries.This action has also been approved by the Prime Minister, and even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is preparing an emergency statement to be released tomorrow, quickly explaining the reasons and boundaries of India's retaliatory action, in case the Chinese become angry and overreact.According to the premier, the language of this statement is exactly the same as that used by the Chinese Foreign Ministry to distort the invasion the day before.Singer is very clear that what the prime minister wants is to show his determination in a tit-for-tat manner, and he knows that the strategic significance of this battle will be much farther than ordinary revenge.

“Called 222 Squadron and offered my best wishes. Tell them I will be in Hasimara in a few days to honor them in person. It’s so exciting.”

"Okay, I'm going to make a call right now."

"No, no, it's better not to call, or to add too much burden to the boys. Don't let them lose sleep because of the commendation from the Minister of Defense."

"Yes, sir, this is a wise decision."

If all goes well, when Dabrini's fighter jets jump out of the East Sion mountains, the Chinese side will not have time to make any response in the future, because there should be no Chinese Air Force fighter jets nearby.

It's night time.

Two J-4400II fighter jets are preparing to approach and land at a plateau airport at an altitude of 2 meters in the Qamdo area of ​​China.This is one of the highest-altitude airports in the world, and it is very difficult to land at night. Fortunately, the runway of this airport is relatively long.

"Airport, here's turning three corners, requesting to land, over."

"Move three crutches, you can land at any time, pay attention to the crosswind."

"clear."

The slender white fighter slowly lowered its landing gear and began to descend.The flight team leader Zheng Hui carefully identified the front. This is undoubtedly the most deserted airport he has ever seen. At the far end of the runway, there is a gray silhouette parked. It looks like a rare Boeing 757 passenger plane. Zheng Hui thought, This is probably the only commercial flight here this week.

The plane started to slow down, and it was not the first time for him to perform an instrument landing at a high-altitude airport, but it was the first time for him to land with 4 missiles and fuel tanks.However, after landing lightly and sliding for a few hundred meters with the parachute on, Captain Zheng knew that there would be no major problems. After all, the wind season here has passed.

"I try to stop the plane as far as the end of the runway."

"can."

Zheng Hui lowered his head to check the instruments, and at the same time asked the wingman who was behind, who was also preparing to land at this time.

Originally, this was just a backup airport where no Air Force fighter jets were stationed. Because it was located on a plateau, it was more difficult to train and replenish at ordinary times.However, it is relatively close to southern Tibet, only 450 kilometers away in a straight line (KS or Shiquanhe military airport is 1500 kilometers away from southern Tibet). In addition, there are few flights here, which is quite hidden compared to LS airport (there is only A route from Chengdu, there are about two flights a week.)
It's a good and bad takeoff base for fighter jets.

Zheng Hui came here because of an urgent order from his superiors.When he came, the division commander told him that India was very likely to dispatch attack planes within a few days, and that it was necessary to take precautions to attack the radar stations in the LZD area.The model that India may dispatch may be the MiG 27UPG.Considering that he and his wingman pilots are the only pilots in the division who have fought against the Indian elite fighter squadron (Lion Squadron) on the Aksai Chin border, the superior finally decided to send them to drive two J-8IIs with slightly inferior performance. here.

Before coming, Zheng Hui specially discussed his combat experience with a Pakistani colonel who was recuperating at the base. He had seen this old man fly a wounded fighter jet and deal with two Su-30s, so he knew that he was not simple.I didn't expect to find out after chatting that this old man had even shot down a MiG-27.The colonel focused on explaining how he competed with the MiG-23 driven by fierce Soviet pilots on the border of Afghanistan when he was young. He believed that the J-8II hovering at low and medium altitudes was not an advantage, and the only way was to develop long-range firepower.However, he doesn’t like semi-active radar-guided missiles (Zheng Hui’s aircraft is equipped with relatively backward PL11 missiles). He thinks that the hit rate of semi-active missiles in mountainous areas can be 20.00%, which is thankful. One is to aim at low-altitude targets At the same time, there is unavoidable radio clutter interference, and second, experienced pilots know that they can avoid radar tracking by bypassing a mountain, and missiles will fly all over the sky.

The colonel guessed that if India put all their eggs in one basket and launched a raid, they would definitely not send waste. There is no doubt that they would send the best pilots, and they would use long-distance low-altitude raids to avoid radar detection. This is currently the only feasible way.The old man went on to say that it is known that in the Eastern Military Region, the Indian Air Force has two elite MiG-2 units, one of which is the 27nd (Swift) Squadron, which participated in the attack on the Jhelum Dam and performed well; The second is the mysterious 22 (Tiger Shark) Squadron. This squadron has never appeared on the Western Front, so he doesn't know much about it.But since this is a housekeeping force that the Indian Air Force has never mobilized easily, and it is hidden deep in the deep airfield near Bhutan, their attacks must be more threatening than Tespur or Jabwa's Su-222MKI.

Due to the urgency of the mission, Zheng Hui had no time to discuss the details with the colonel, so he hurriedly took off to the new airport to prepare for the battle.He hopes that this airport can bring him or the Chinese Air Force a long-lost victory for many years. Since the enemy wants to play low-altitude penetration, he might as well take advantage of the plateau and intercept it at high altitude.The superiors repeatedly explained the nature of the battle. Shooting down the enemy fighter jets was secondary, and the primary task was to force them to give up their attack.And what is the time window to complete this task, no one knows.
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I mistyped a person’s name yesterday, it should be Lobsang Gyatso, and the text published here is not allowed to be changed.

(End of this chapter)