Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 321 The Cost of a Cold Start
The drone lowered again to use its infrared sensors to guide another missile, this time intercepting a second armored vehicle.The disadvantage of this infrared-guided missile is obvious. Its interception distance is limited, and it cannot be launched at a very high altitude like a semi-active laser-guided weapon; The height means that the risk of the aircraft is greatly increased. Fortunately, the Indian Army has no anti-aircraft firepower in this area.

The missile hit the target without any suspense, and the wheeled tank with weak armor could not withstand such a blow at all.The explosion once again caused a burst of chaos in the Indian army convoy, and the fighting will that had just cheered up disappeared instantly.Lin Huaisheng knew that such an attack would inevitably lead to the disintegration of the morale of the troops, and the threat to this army could be largely eliminated.

At this moment, Lao Ding was closely following the running S300 Battalion in the bumping tank, and the distance had been shortened to less than one kilometer. He believed that the enemy should be able to hear him.Lao Ding climbed out of the turret and continuously fired Morse codes with his flashlight in an attempt to communicate with the enemy. He was afraid that he would miss any vehicle in the enemy convoy, so he wanted to disguise himself as his own who came to meet him.

The panicked enemy actually started to slow down, but did not stop completely, obviously still in shock.

Lao Ding is an extremely cautious person. Even in the face of these heavy trucks that have no ability to counterattack, he does not want to launch an attack hastily from a long distance. He ordered several vehicle crews to intercept the front quietly through the inter-vehicle radio, and the rest of the vehicles The group surrounded them in a fan shape.He really treats this group of enemies like a tank company.

Seeing that things were done, he adjusted the radio station to the preset communication channel with Lin Huaisheng. This radio station was the only tool he could use to communicate with Lin Huaisheng 10 kilometers away, and Lin Huaisheng had always forbidden him to use it. Had to take a risk:

"Chief of Staff, we have caught up, and the battle can be over within [-] minutes." He said directly in Chinese.

"Very well, we are waiting for you in reserved area 2."

In the Indian command post [-] kilometers away, Spanga waited for the translator on the side, and translated the contents of the intercepted messages one by one.

"They're talking on our tank radio?"

"According to the theater identification code of the digital radio station, it is a tank in the southern theater. It may be a T90 command tank. We did lose a command tank in Quetta." A staff officer said.

"I really underestimated them," Spanga shook his head, "They still have such a skill, no wonder they can easily break through to our rear." Spanga has never been clear how this army broke through to the rear , Now I finally found a clue.

"So, the worst-case scenario isn't their interlude, they may now have all our encrypted communications?"

"They got the tank, but it doesn't mean they have the code and the frequency hopping pattern. Maybe they just use the tank itself."

"No, no, we must prepare for the worst, notify the Ministry of Defense, and suggest immediate changes and key changes."

"Yes!"

When Ding Keguang led the troops in a fan formation to kill the defenseless enemy air defense forces, he didn't notice that he had exposed some information to the enemy through several inadvertent communications.

The tactical radio used on the T90 command type is equivalent to a battlefield data terminal. As long as it is turned on, it will be detected by the receiver of the command's communication unit and start listening to its communication; if there is no problem with the satellite positioning, Command may even know its exact location.

Of course, even if this tactical radio station is not used, it is only a matter of time before these camouflaged T90S tanks are fully exposed, because Lao Ding just ordered to use machine guns to shoot at the vehicle chassis first, trying not to kill personnel.He leniently let go of all the Indian soldiers who could escape.He doesn't have the hard heart of the Pakistani internal affairs force; after all, for him, this is just a combat mission, not a national hatred.

1.10. Within [-] minutes, an expensive missile battalion was torn into scrap iron by tank guns and machine guns. This is the active equipment that India accepted directly from the Russian army instead of Rosoboronexport at a high price.

Originally, what Singh wanted was a S400 system with a longer range. In that case, he could almost deploy the missiles in Karachi, which would be enough to threaten China's transportation lines.But in the final stage of the secret negotiations, Petrov refused to agree due to pressure from China.

Before the war, most people believed that India would have a certain advantage in diplomacy, because China and Pakistan were not as popular as India in the international arena.But the reality is that after the ungrateful Russians got a coveted price on the natural gas contract, they immediately began to make things difficult for India's arms contract.And these important equipment are scarce in India on the battlefield; relatively speaking, China’s weapons are much less subject to the key parts of other countries. Blackmail.Charmain even found out that China imported a batch of air-to-surface weapons from Russia at a very low price, because Russia was very worried that as China's self-made satellite-guided bombs were put into use in large numbers, those TV-guided bombs that could only be equipped with two-seater aircraft The missiles will soon lose the market.

Lin Huaisheng hid in a corner of the battlefield, anxiously waiting for Lao Ding to arrive at the designated area to join him. He was a little dissatisfied with Lao Ding's procrastination. If Giyam was allowed to do it, it would be much easier and he would not chase him so far. So far away that the secret was revealed.He knows that domestic intelligence agencies have been studying the Indian Army's communication system, but as long as the Indians add new keys, all previous efforts will be wasted.

Another dawn is coming to the hinterland of southern Tibet.Wang Tiechuan and his scouts had already taken advantage of the night to approach the enemy's bunkers on the top of the mountain and lurked for a long time.

It was only 2 hours before dawn, but the communication support exercise planned by the enemy still had not started.If it was dawn, the snow wolf's nighttime reconnaissance advantage would no longer exist, which made Wang Tiechuan in a dilemma. He had to take advantage of the night to get some information.He could intuitively feel the hidden dangers around him, and the Polaris helicopter in the back mountain had not left, which meant that there was still an Indian-Tibetan special force nearby, which was the enemy he feared the most.He looked up at the sky, the starry sky was hidden behind the dark clouds, it seemed that an excellent scouting opportunity was emerging
The roaring Yarlung Zangbo River has never stopped. Even at night, this big river is extremely noisy. The huge sound of water completely covers up the movement of Wang Tiechuan crawling upwards. The water in the river is probably enough to hide the sound of the helicopter's rotor.Of course, the bunker complex above is a big trouble, because it can overlook the river from a high position.

It is raining in the sky, and the long rainy season is coming to an end, but Wang Tiechuan has been updating the latest weather information through satellite communication. He knows that this rain will last for a long time. In fact, he has been waiting for this field rain.

A few beams of light suddenly lit up on the scout's head, followed by a cough.The patrolling enemies were dispatched again, and Wang Tiechuan clearly recorded their actions. These people dispatched every 2 hours, usually walked 500 meters, and then started to work hard. They would come back after 45 minutes, very punctual.

Unlike the previous patrols, these soldiers all wore raincoats that covered their heads to their feet. Obviously, such attire made them very uncomfortable, and the soldiers set off cursing in local dialect.

Seeing that the Indian soldiers with flashlights were walking away, Wang Tiechuan made a gesture to tell several subordinates to stand by. He also took out an Indian Army-style raincoat from his backpack, put it on his head, and took only one A pistol with a silencer was touched by one person.

He slowly came to the place where the enemy patrol came out. There was a narrow ditch with some water accumulated in it, but the Indian soldiers laid planks in it earlier than precaution.

Wang Yanqiu jumped down and walked forward.He had studied the trenches and bunker structures on the mountain countless times in advance, so he knew exactly where each passage led to?He is most worried about people who suddenly come out of the tunnels. These tunnels are about [-] meters deep. When a small Indian soldier walks by, it is difficult to notice. One advantage of choosing rainy days is that he can Put on a raincoat and walk past the enemy.

In the distance, he saw a fixed guard smoking a cigarette in a masonry garrison room.Wang Tiechuan knew that there was a telephone in there. When he was on the opposite mountain more than ten hours ago, when he observed an Indian major general coming to the field of vision, people kept coming in to make calls.

He is a veteran scout, so he didn't deliberately avoid the enemy's eyeliner, but walked straight ahead.He had been observing the enemy's movements throughout the day, and this place was far away from the control line, so the defense was very lax, except of course the troops of Lobsang Gyatso.The smoking Indian soldier waved at Wang Tiechuan, and he waved casually in response.

When he reached the entrance of the bunker, he turned sideways and looked inside. The aisle inside was pitch black, but his night vision device could see a light green scene, and he couldn't see a single person.

He walked a few steps, and heard some rustling voices in front of him, obviously not people talking, but a voice mixed with a large number of telegraph codes and radio calls.For a long time, the intelligence department of the military region has confirmed that the Indian intelligence unit has set up a radio monitoring point here, mainly to monitor the radio communications of the Chinese army and localities in person.It seems that the intelligence is correct, and the antennas on the hills are not without reason.

As Wang Tiechuan continued to move forward, an Indian soldier carrying his trousers suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, almost bumping into the Chinese scout.Wang Tiechuan stood there calmly, his hand holding the pistol was hidden behind the raincoat. The Indian soldier muttered dissatisfiedly, and then got behind a door on one side; A stench came to the face, obviously there was a toilet in the bunker.

Wang Tiechuan continued to walk through the narrow aisle, heading towards the sound.At last he came behind a flashing door with a faint light inside.He looked around, but there was no one inside, it seemed that the only guy on duty had gone to the bathroom.He took off the night vision goggles on his head and walked in directly.

The room was very spacious, but also very damp, and there was even some water seepage on the walls, which showed that life in the bunker was not easy.He walked past a row of listening devices that didn't look very advanced.Judging from the seats, it is enough for 20 people to sit here at the same time.He casually picked up a stack of notebooks and flipped through them. Inside were all the recorded frequencies and the call signs and contents of the frequencies.Obviously not something unimportant, so put it back where it was.He knew that the truly confidential parts were often encrypted and sent on different frequencies at the same time, so it was not easy to intercept, and even if intercepted, it would not be easy to decipher.Of course, these problems are two-way. It is also very difficult for the Chinese army to intercept/decipher the encrypted messages of the Indian army. It seems that it has not been successful so far.This is also one of the reasons why the two sides often send scouts to scout each other's area.

(End of this chapter)