Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 347 Reconnaissance Photography
The lieutenant general did not dare to offend Charmain for the time being. This man has extraordinary abilities and is now in need.Although at the administrative level, the Intelligence Bureau is only an agency that collects information from the outside under the Ministry of the Interior.However, the fact that a few telegrams can prompt the naval aviation to rush to the aid of Rohit is indeed completely beyond Chaguye's expectations. Just imagine, if such an idea was proposed by himself, it would most likely be reprimanded by the Army Staff as whimsical. Or a lack of common sense.

The idea of ​​mobilizing the Navy's MiG-29 from the Bay of Bengal had been submitted to him by Chamain the day before, and Chaguye also thought it was a layman's dream at the time.In other words, this person has no understanding of foreign affairs and the system of military operation.In India, it is difficult for the army and navy to talk about effective cooperation. This is a tradition that has been preserved since the colonial era.But he never expected that when he woke up, this thing would come true.In the military world, executive efficiency means the actual energy of the executor, which is in exaggerated contrast to the bureaucracy that operates slowly according to the administrative system.Chaguye was able to figure out that the intelligence chief in front of him could not only skip the staff of various military services and go directly to the Ministry of National Defense, but also must play a big role in front of the prime minister. The qualifications can be recognized, but it is impossible without the Prime Minister's decision.

"Mr. Director, these fighter jets of the Navy have been staying at our airport?" Chaguye asked tentatively. He tried his best to control his tone, not to be so fawning, but these advanced aircraft have always been his dream.

"Of course not. There is no longer a safe airport in your jurisdiction. China's long-range strike capability must not be underestimated. As far as I know, the Ministry of Defense will deploy it in Calcutta in the last period."

"Their long-range strike capabilities really... give me a headache."

"While you're sleeping, they've been doing a couple of long-range strikes, one with a cruise missile, another maybe like a short-range tactical missile, or a long-range rocket launcher. Ballistic analysis is still going on. But just look at all the tricks they're doing The way they attack, you know how well prepared they are."

"Where's their launch site?"

"Cruise missiles naturally have no way of knowing. As for another weapon, they used ballistic end correction, perhaps to prevent our anti-missile system. In short, the final result also caused us to be unable to judge the launch position. Ironically, we did not No anti-missile system; I bet they must have moved their positions, compared to our perfunctory style, they will never play tricks on the real. Maybe wait for two days, my department can get some information from other sources .” Charmain shook his head.

Chaguye had no choice but to keep nodding his head to express his agreement. Now the entire military area is within the strike range of the Chinese. This is a fact, and the Chinese's strike methods have also become unprecedentedly diversified, which makes people guard against it. Charmain was also right.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, don't be too disappointed. This afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send a note to the Bangladeshi ambassador to force him to open part of his airspace. In this way, the situation of geographical isolation in this region will be changed. Our fighter jets and transport planes Fly directly to Gauhatir or Tezpur without having to turn around and enter from the Siguri railway. And your defense zone will undoubtedly be supported by the air bases of the eastern states. I believe this will give the Chinese a Big problem, I don't think they can come across Bengal and attack us unless they take off the mask of hypocrisy."

Chaguye must admit that Charmain knows a lot about the policy direction of the upper class, which is far better than himself.Of course, this is good news after all.He didn't know how the Foreign Office could possibly do this, and he didn't bother to know.But even if there is no agreement, it is expected that Bangladesh can only acquiesce in India crossing the airspace.It is conceivable that if the battle situation is really at the critical point of life and death, the unprecedented trouble in diplomacy will also become a mere subsection.

"This can change our current isolation." The lieutenant general scratched his head and said, "I just don't know if China will obstruct it."

"It will." Charmain resolutely said, he was very annoyed that the lieutenant general had always been lucky, "War has already broken out on this land, you should keep this fact in mind, the enemy will use all their means to attack us, Military and diplomatic; only by realizing this can we launch a counterattack without hesitation, faster and more fierce than them!"

"If the Ministry of National Defense can share your ideas with you, it won't transfer my personnel and equipment away."

After the lieutenant general finished speaking, he walked away on his own.He was not used to Charmain's condescending tone, but he could only bear it for the time being.

Tispur's headquarters is currently sending and receiving telegrams to various front-line units on an unprecedented scale. The staff headquarters and the communications units directly under the military region have been expanded according to the wartime system.Unlike the Thunder Offensive launched by China in 1962, this time the clashes on the LOC have been ongoing on and off for several months, which is an added bonus to India's slower mobilization regime.During this period of time, most of the training of the reserve troops in the military region has been completed. The communication equipment of each unit has been put in place, and the personnel training has also been carried out smoothly. Even the password update has not been delayed. In the past, it took at least 2 years for such a big move .Lieutenant General Chaguye is very satisfied that everything can go according to his plan.He has been in the army for decades, and he has never seen such an orderly operation.There is no doubt that the command of the army is not the same as it was 50 years ago, although in the eyes of the eccentric intelligence chief, everything is a mess.If the war is really as inevitable as Charmain predicted, at least this 10-man army is still usable, and this is what the lieutenant general really thinks.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, several planes of the Chinese Air Force crossed the line of control and flew over Arunachal Pradesh.On the surface, these planes still did not cross the Brahmaputra River, but everyone knew that these fighter planes were actually testing Tespur's reaction.Chaguye's solution is still to hide.The MiG-29UPU that attacked from Calcutta still stayed at Gau Hatir Airport, but these naval planes were not under his command. He only had a few squadrons of MiG-21 in his hands, and it was undoubtedly death when he took off.

One difference between war and conflict is that the two sides no longer have a tacit understanding to control the escalation of violence. This is exactly the case now. Although the Chinese Air Force does not directly attack Tespur, this tacit understanding obviously does not exist.Judging from their actions of searching the ground air defense system for days, they are undoubtedly preparing for further deep strikes.Another false tacit understanding was broken by the Indian Navy. Before the MiG-29 shot down the Su-30MKK, because both sides were not confident enough in the air battle at night, the air battle in this area had not happened at night, which probably made the Chinese Air Force somewhat careless. In the end, it led to a big loss.But mobilization behind the Himalayas is growing significantly, signs of which can be detected in the scramble of radio call signs.

While the J-10 fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force are boldly approaching Tespur.A J-8II reconnaissance plane is passing the turn of the Brahmaputra River from a high altitude. This is the border between India and Myanmar, and it is also a blind spot for aerial photo reconnaissance in the past.

The J-8II pilot carefully lowered the altitude to avoid clouds. The reconnaissance camera system on this reconnaissance aircraft can only take high-resolution photos of a narrow rectangular area, so the choice of altitude becomes very difficult.

The purpose of this plane flying to this area, in addition to reconnaissance of a section of railway in India, is to verify the riot intelligence of separatists in this area.Judging from the intercepted communications of the Indian Internal Affairs Forces, six hours ago, a guerrilla group of hundreds of people took advantage of the chaos to attack the arsenal, and the headquarters seemed very interested in this sudden news.

The electronic warning equipment on the fighter plane flashed intermittently, mainly the long-range radars in the direction of Tespur and Myanmar, and there was no fatal irradiation radar.According to the navigation information, the pilot slowly approached the Satya area, which is the easternmost military station in India and the last station of the China Unicom East-West Railway Line.He needs to fly smoothly over the train station, maybe get some pictures of the 57th Infantry Division, mobilized from the railroad.This aircraft has limited high-altitude reconnaissance advantages, but it also has inherent disadvantages. For example, the pilot is very difficult to use the vision of the reconnaissance pod to observe the ground in real time; More suitable for the use of two-seater aircraft.

In the distance, the pilot could see a line of thick smoke rising into the sky, which was obviously thicker than the black smoke he passed by the crash site of the Su-30 just now.He adjusted the plane to autolevelling, then ducked over to the right cathode ray tube.With extremely fast movements, he roughly adjusted the wide-angle field of view of the enemy's resolution on the reconnaissance pod. He could see that the fire on the ground was not small, and seemed to have burned to the woods on the edge of the town. He skillfully adjusted the narrow field of view to observe, Saw at least 2 burning military vehicles and a warehouse-style building.It seems that the situation reported in the briefing room in the morning is true. The Indian Army is withdrawing from this area, and the guerrillas hiding in the mountains have become active.

The pilot raised his head slightly and switched the multi-function display on the right, and then the electronic navigation information appeared. The end of the route was a regiment-level headquarters of the 57th Infantry Division, and the burned military vehicle was obviously there.He did not report the situation by radio in order to prevent the Indian electronic reconnaissance force from intercepting the communication, thereby judging the focus of the command's reconnaissance, but the camera equipment is working non-stop, and can provide the command as a basis for decision-making after returning to the voyage.

India's 56th and 57th Infantry Divisions are miscellaneous troops specially deployed in the vast Imphal area when the former Army Chief of Staff took office.In addition to being the reserve team of the headquarters, the other role of these two divisions is to monitor the local separatist forces and put out any emerging armed groups at any time.As the first-line troops were drawn to distant Kashmir, Tespur began to notice the two poorly equipped but fully staffed divisions.When the 56th Division set off to fill the defense zone left by the 21st Mountain Division, the left-wing guerrillas in this area began to move around; a few days ago, the 57th Division also received an order to change defenses, and the disorderly transfer caused huge chaos.Rebels hiding in the mountains appeared one after another, and then began to attack the Indian infantry who fell behind, snatching their weapons.

Xu Jingzhe was very interested in this sudden situation, so he specifically asked to send a reconnaissance plane to investigate.In fact, for many years, Lin Huaisheng has been suggesting that the superiors should send people to this area to communicate with the local armed forces mixed with fish and dragons to see if they can be used.However, due to Lin Huaisheng's soft-spoken and political reasons, these suggestions did not attract the attention of leaders at all levels, including Xu Jingzhe.When Xu Jingzhe recalled these things, he also felt a little regretful.Now that I want to play this card, I feel the lack of intelligence work in the early stage. So far there is no useful intelligence channel, and the intelligence collection unit of the military region is the closest to here. Zhao Changbin's reconnaissance team is also 60 kilometers away.Sending planes became the only way.

The electronic tactical threat equipment suddenly made an abnormal sound, and the pilot raised his head vigilantly.On the display, a radar emitter, apparently from the sky, suddenly appeared. The emitter was in his 3 o'clock direction, and the distance could not be detected, but the radar energy was rapidly increasing.

(End of this chapter)