Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 149 Fire Support
Now that Snow Wolf has the No. 1 wounded, it seems that the task of emergency evacuation is inevitable. Lin Huaisheng told Wang Tiechuan through the radio that he would use emergency contact to notify the headquarters to implement the emergency evacuation plan, and at the same time notify "Xue Xiao" to prepare target guidance.

During the period from Lin Huaisheng's shooting to the exposure of "Snow Wolf", the actual control line was tested twice, and the air forces of both sides were actively mobilizing.The first to fly to the head of the "Snow Wolf" was a Polaris helicopter of the Indian Army, but this general-purpose helicopter was almost unarmed, only a machine gun was installed on the skid outside the hatch on one side, and the machine gunner had no observation equipment. , except for a few corpses on the hillside, he could not see any activity on the top of the mountain. He asked the pilot to fly lower, but this request was flatly rejected by the pilot.The machine gunner asked the ground troops to fire smoke bombs to guide him to the target, but the Zhaxi search company, in the chaos of leaderless leaders, did not respond.So the plane circled a few times with difficulty, saw a plane approaching from the north, turned around and fled.

What came here were two common Chinese unmanned reconnaissance planes in this area, but today these two planes are equipped with anti-tank missiles.These two drones have been flying along the control line in order to respond, but in order to prevent the enemy from judging the position of the snow wolf from their routes, they are deliberately far away, so they arrived slightly later than the Indian helicopters.But soon the UAV controllers in Medog discovered that they could not suppress the Indian army from the valley, because both sides were hiding in the woods and could not be effectively identified.However, their appearance still caused the Indian ground forces to miss the opportunity to attack.Before Luosang Gyatso came personally with heavy weapons, a company of people hid in the forest and did not dare to go up the mountain.

During the period, "Snow Wolf" fired several smoke bombs from the top of the mountain to the valley, hoping to guide the target for the drone, but because of communication and coordination problems with the drone, they did not know who fired the smoke bombs.In the end, the two planes had to turn back because they ran out of fuel.

Then came the Su-30 fighter jets that took off from Tispur. These heavy fighters used radar to find the two drones over the Poldykra River, but at this time the drones had left the line of control. The pilot requested Immediately launched the R77 missile attack, but the ground did not agree, they are still implementing the old order not to fire on targets north of the control line, although the attack and defense around the Chinese radar station last week has broken the old bottom line of the two sides, and This week, Tespur also got rid of the radar surveillance of the Chinese on the snow-capped mountains, but Prime Minister Kahan still tried to use unilateral restraint to ensure that the ground attack on the western front would not be destroyed by the Chinese giant.

In the impression of the generation of Kahan and Singh, the risk of provoking China is not so great. As long as you are not as stubborn and unreasonable as Nehru, you can resolve the problem at the stage of repeated protests by China. Make a little hypocritical peace gesture (such as voluntarily stopping further actions after crossing the control line to attack the radar), China will lower its profile, swallow the fait accompli, and then endure it, while India can easily take the initiative hold in hand.This is also an important strategy used by successive generations of Indian strategists who dared to continue encroaching on the territory of southern Tibet after the great defeat in 1962.China's philosophy confuses them, but they often succeed in making progress, which makes them taste the sweetness. After the 80s, the Strategic Research Office under the Ministry of National Defense has formulated a complete internal theory of advancing two and retreating one. The theory holds that India You can keep squeezing benefits from the giant China, but you must be restrained; this theory is unique because it is aimed at China.

In this round of air confrontation, both sides did not fire due to some technical or policy constraints, and the final solution to the problem can only be the ground forces themselves.

Luosang Gyatso came from the command post one kilometer away with the reinforcement company directly under him, and watched his subordinates stuff Tashi Gonpo into the body bag in a hurry. Since the body was almost broken in two, the process was extremely difficult .At this moment, Tashi's gray eyes are looking at the sky.Lobsang Gyatso walked forward slowly, and everyone stopped.

"He is the first generation of newborns in Mustang, born in the age of starvation." Lobsang Gyatso said calmly, and the people on the side nodded sadly.

"When his father was beaten to death by the Nepalese police, I was beside him. When he handed over his son to me, he said: Take my son to Dharamsala. He is a descendant of four hills and six waters. I don't pray for this. The child will live a long life, but I pray that one day he will return with a sword."

After Lobsang Gyatso finished speaking, he squatted down and zipped up the body bag, then walked straight to the edge of the forest, raised his binoculars and looked up. The hillside in front of him was too steep and lacked the cover of trees. Choosing to block here obviously considered these advantages.The best attack to capture the top of the hill is a vertical drop.

"Has our helicopter arrived yet?"

"Come along the Qiwu River, there are still 15 minutes."

"Very well, before they arrive, first level off all the hills."

Immediately a messenger passed the order to the mortarmen behind.

After waiting for a while, the firing started, and the shells flew to the top of the hill, where they landed accurately, and a huge explosion smoke billowed up.Next to Luosang Gyatso, several soldiers struggled to put a double-linked 12.7mm machine gun to the front, and then began to shoot at the top of the mountain. This is the most effective way to deal with hidden snipers. It will be solved by helicopters. Tashi lacked a few such heavy weapons in his hands, which led to the failure of the attack.Soon the entire forest on the top of the mountain was destroyed by a huge explosion.

At this time, there was no one on the top of the mountain, and the entire "Snow Wolf" guard had escorted the wounded and Lin Huaisheng to the final camp.

Lobsang Gyatso looked through the binoculars for a while, and determined that if there were anyone above, they should have been killed. He knew that there were not many places for the enemy to go, and now was the time to pursue them.

The communicator with the radio on his back walked up and put a communicator into the captain's hand: "Captain, the helicopter is requesting a landing location."

"I am the commander of the Special Forces, and I ask you to descend to Height 3345.7."

"We need a more precise location." The pilot said on the radio. Obviously, the location arranged for takeoff was not there, so he was a little confused about the temporary landing location.

"Flying east, see that smoking mountain? That's it."

"I see the captain. I think it's a bit of a stretch," the pilot said, referring to the ceiling, which he wasn't sure about because the cabin was stuffed with heavy weapons and ammunition.

"This is an order, it must be on that hill."

After a while, the sound of helicopter rotors came from the west, and it seemed that they had finally arrived.This is the support force requested by Tashi. It is an elite mobile force deployed by the Indian-Tibetan Special Forces in Derangzong. They carry some heavy weapons and several SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles. These missiles are designed to defend against the Chinese Army. It was prepared by aviation, and the line of control here is only 15 kilometers. Helicopters are likely to emerge from the ravine that cannot be detected by radar, and pick up the pair of men and horses, so we have to guard against it.Moreover, intelligence shows that within 24 hours, the Chinese have deployed Black Hawk helicopters in Medog. This is one of the few of their helicopters that can reliably perform missions at an altitude of several kilometers.

Captain Lausanne took over the command from Tashi. He ordered the search company and his heavy firepower reinforcement company to climb the mountain together before the helicopter arrived. He hoped to join forces as soon as possible to carry out the final search. As long as the movement is fast enough, the group can be further compressed The area of ​​activity of Chinese scouts.Now he was almost certain that these difficult people were hiding in a narrow strip at an altitude of 4 to 5 kilometers on the west side of the snow mountain. It was almost impossible for them to risk their way through the several blockades to the north.Such a situation of blocking and chasing will definitely wipe out this group of people. If possible, he wants to avenge Tashi himself.

The two Mi-2s slowly drove to the top of the mountain. The pilots tried to hover the plane as steadily as possible, and then a reinforced platoon and their weapons began to descend along the ropes to the top of the mountain that had been bombed to pieces.At this time, the two companies on the hillside hadn't climbed up yet, especially the heavy weapons troops of Losang Gyatso were far behind.

On the snow line of Kangedo Mountain, another team of Snow Wolf, "Snow Owl", is operating a laser irradiator to observe the target on the mountain to the west. From the eyepiece, he can see that the enemy is gathering on the top of the mountain, but he cannot see Enemies climbing the other side of the mountain.

"Fire support has arrived, and we need target guidance." Wang Tiechuan's voice was in the earphone.

"clear."

"Snow Owl" presses the button, then closes his right eye (to prevent laser reflection damage), and from the left side, you can see that the light spot is moving slowly, and it is always aimed at the side of the enemy on the two landing sites on the top of the mountain. To prepare for the terminal guidance of the final strike, it is estimated that there will be at least 2 people waiting for the two helicopters to come down.

The monotonous roar of a turbofan engine was vaguely heard in the distance, but surrounded by mountains, the soldiers on the hills didn't know where the plane would come from or which side it was from; obviously it was a Aircraft flying low.The soldiers on the top of the mountain lowered their bodies subconsciously and prepared to fight. Some of them began to remove the front covers of the surface-to-air missiles to respond, but the preparations for these missiles were not so easy. The antenna can only be powered on when it is installed in place. At this time, the antenna is still in the helicopter. No one knows why it is packed separately.

A thick-bodied plane suddenly emerged from the ravine in the north. I don't know which country the plane is from, but when it turned around, it could clearly see the densely mounted bombs on the wings, which was obviously not good.

The pilot in the front seat of the plane had already seen the loose formation of the enemy on the hillside, but the laser in the display clearly pointed the target in a higher area.

"Kunlun, I am hooking two holes. I have seen the target." The weapon operator in the back seat tried to ask the headquarters while turning on the main switch of the weapon.

The command did not respond. It may be a VHF communication problem caused by the low-altitude flight. The mountains in this area get higher and higher as you go north. The problem is that this plane cannot actually communicate directly with Wang Tiechuan, but the pilot only recognizes one thing, which is the laser that guides the target.

(End of this chapter)