Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 373 Unfathomable
Throughout the morning, the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been patiently waiting for the Chinese government's statement. Chandra has long predicted that China; It is obvious that he is very concerned about what the Chinese government will say today.However, the phone calls from the Prime Minister's Office asking him to go to the meeting kept calling like a reminder, which disturbed him. He knew that Kahan was headstrong, and he didn't care about what the Chinese would say today, and he didn't take it seriously; and his meeting style Long and protracted, the opening section is always full of meaningless nationalist shouts and pale war agitation, which actually delays things.But he had no choice but to entrust the secretary with the important task of collecting information from China, and asked the translation department to sort out and send the information to the meeting room of the Prime Minister's Office as soon as it received it.After entrusting everything, he set off for the Prime Minister's Office worriedly.

He already knew about the news that Chinese planes suddenly attacked the Sigurd Corridor. He was unable to make a judgment on the political purpose behind the attack, but Kahan obviously would not ask him for advice on this issue, because the Prime Minister recently only cared about Views of Singh and the intelligence chief.

Defense Minister Singh has always been one of the hottest figures around the prime minister.Although the assurance to the prime minister that as long as the Indian army wins a decisive victory in southern Pakistan, China will start to consider a retreat and take the initiative to seek peace, has gone bankrupt; but Chandra is very clear that the prime minister will never pursue Singh Misjudgment, on the contrary, the Prime Minister is likely to lose his cool and attack the Chinese oil route in the Indian Ocean. This is one of his biggest worries.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by him has been working hard not to escalate the war in the direction of expansion, but few people understand these efforts. India is working together to undermine this effort at the moment. It seems that without a big war with China, there is nothing to prove like.

Chandra’s vehicle was speeding past, and it could be seen that college students began to gather in the streets and alleys to prepare for a demonstration. There is no doubt that their first destination was the Chinese Embassy in Nehru Park, and then they It will be transferred to the People's House to demand a tougher treatment of China.This kind of rowdy scene is the favorite of Prime Minister Kahan, who used to say that he was not as good as Nehru or Gandhi in understanding the wishes of the people; this sentence is like his true character , looks very humble, but in fact is arrogant.

Chandra's resentment towards the Chinese government is actually growing day by day.In the past few months, the Chinese government has often made diplomatic compromises after India's provocations, allowing him to see a glimmer of hope, and then speak to Kahan for ease.But at the last moment, China's military counterattack was not soft, and the final result was to discredit him in front of the Prime Minister; just this time, just when he thought the Kashmir border was stabilizing, the Chinese Air Force's The bomb went off in a new area.He has experienced this setback many times, and he is deeply exhausted.These days, he suddenly realized that it might not be the arrogant Kahan or Singh who really wanted to expand the war, but the unfathomable country north of the Himalayas.Behind the lack of rules and regulations of the Chinese people, perhaps they are just trying to delay time and wait for an opportunity. He has also studied the 1962 war, and he also knows that the best war window for the Chinese is this month.This thought made him fall into deep fear.

Chandra started his career as a professional diplomat by traveling to Europe and the United States. He is not an expert on China. Now he can clearly feel the difference between Chinese people and Indians.On the one hand, there is a quiet forbearance, and on the other hand, a very careful plan. These are qualities that the Indian government does not possess.

Kahan often compares himself with Nehru, thinking that he has won a small victory in restraining China, but Chandra knows that at this moment he is making the same mistake as Nehru - completely ignoring China's series of pre-war preparations .Perhaps the Chinese have a skill that is difficult for outsiders to fathom. Every official warning she gives is like pouring ecstasy soup on the opponent, which has an incredible reaction, making the opponent feel that it is just talk. It was the same with North Korea in 1950, and it was the same with India in 1962.

"What's going on up ahead?" Chandra noticed the car was slowing down.

"It's the students, they are burning the Chinese flag." The secretary beside him replied.

The Foreign Minister carefully observed the crowd of protesters holding various banners through the car window. He saw four people carrying a huge protest sign, which read: "War to the end! The Chinese bluff is only for divert domestic conflicts."

On the top of the placard is a picture of the leaders of India and the United States standing side by side, with the Pakistani flag under their feet. Kahan's demeanor is vividly drawn, and he is looking forward, looking very proud.

"The students are still too naive." Chandra said with emotion.

"The students are very serious. Recently, they are busy exposing the truth to the world through the Internet," the secretary said.

"What truth? That we didn't actually invade a sovereign state?"

"Eh...of course not. The students want to tell the West that there is no need to be afraid of China, because China is not as strong as they imagined. At least half of China's behavior is to divert domestic conflicts."

"The one who really has the upper hand doesn't need to explain to the world." Chandra sneered.

On the outskirts of Turbad, 1400 kilometers away, Yu Zhendong and Lin Huaisheng met for the first time in their lives. Although it was Lin Huaisheng's proposal that Yu Zhendong came here to take over a Pakistani artillery unit, Yu Zhendong didn't know it.

The two sides went directly to the topic without exchanging pleasantries. Yu Zhendong asked Lin's troops to immediately control Turbad's airport, but Lin Huaisheng was not interested in fighting the guerrillas. He brought a plan to counterattack Gwadar Port in an attempt to rely on the armored forces , Drive the unsteady enemy into the sea.However, Yu Zhendong was more difficult to get along with than Zhou Yaohua. He immediately opposed this plan. He told Lin Huaisheng that there were tens of thousands of anti-government armed forces around Gwadar, and they had obtained a large number of anti-tank weapons from secret passages on the Afghan border. Armored soldiers entered the city If you run around indiscriminately, you will suffer a loss.In addition, the superior also strictly ordered Lin Huaisheng not to go to the front line, and only let him wait for new appointments and dispatches in the city. Although Yu Zhendong was surprised that this infantry officer was so valued by the superior, the order was so and must be carried out.

Lin Huaisheng could only send troops to fight against the guerrillas near Turbad Airport. Once the airport was restored, Quetta would send a plane to pick him up.Right now, the roads to the north have all been controlled by tribal armed forces that are neither enemies nor friends, and it is obviously impossible to use them.

The armored forces quickly defeated the mob occupying the airport, and Li Ping led the pursuit force to quickly expand the victory.But why did this rebel army want to capture the airport?Lin Huaisheng felt very strange. Generally speaking, they would go straight to the city to plunder and then return to the mountains. Why would they attack the unprofitable airport and try to occupy it for a long time?He couldn't think of a reasonable reason for the time being.Of course, he didn't dare to imagine that all of this was actually directed at him. He was just an unknown little figure in the war, and he hadn't been so dazzling yet that he would be noticed by the intelligence agencies of all parties.When Li Ping counted and seized, he found several individual anti-aircraft missiles abandoned by the rebels; judging from the situation, they seemed to have come to blockade the airport.

After days of raiding, Lin Huaisheng finally had the time to sit down and study the latest battle situation.Gwadar Port has a high-grade highway leading directly to the important town in the northwest of Pakistan. This highway was actually built with China's equity investment, and it will soon fall into the hands of the enemy.After Spanga controls this deep-water port, he can gain great flexibility. It is only a matter of time before Shamsi is captured, and then Zhou Yaohua in Quetta will also face new pressure, and finally retreat to the northern provinces.At this moment, the enemy has not yet consolidated the port, and the two rocket battalions in Yu Zhendong's hands are capable of razing Gwadar Port to the ground, but there are still tens of thousands of refugees there. I don't know how he will counterattack. Zhendong invited him to attend the combat meeting, but the artillery colonel didn't seem to have that intention.

A drone is circling over Shamsi to scout the Indian Army's landing situation. The interference of the US military is sporadic and not as strong as before. However, several Indian destroyers with strong air defense capabilities are still parked in the open sea. Dare to approach, this gave Yu Zhendong a chance to see if there is any need.

The port of Gwadar is under intense operation, and the Indians came prepared and quickly took over the port.Yu Zhendong could see through the clouds that the port cranes were hoisting wheeled combat vehicles ashore. There were many towed artillery and armored vehicles neatly placed in the loading and unloading area, but there were no trucks.The refugees around the port were not dispersed. On the contrary, the Indian Army sent people to guard the streets on all sides to prevent the refugees gathered here from escaping.These refugees rushed here from all over the country, waiting for the ships to flee to the Middle East, but after the random gunshots and explosions at night, the Indian army suddenly appeared in front of them, which was really unexpected.

From the performance of the Indian army controlling the port for 8 hours, everything is still in order.The streets in the city are full of infantry marching in line, already small in scale.They advanced along the main street and appeared to be massing outside the city, seemingly lacking heavy firepower or vehicles.Maybe Qiu Rongcheng's missile counterattack was quite fruitful (due to the problem of intelligence collection, Yu Zhendong still doesn't know what the batch of C802 missiles hit).

The drone continued to hover above the port, hoping to get the best image. Yu Zhendong couldn't believe his luck. The drone had been scouting over the enemy for a long time.Until he saw the image suddenly vibrate violently, he knew that it was some high-power equipment nearby that was switched on, which caused pulse interference to the electronic components of the drone. It was probably an illumination radar, but this small reconnaissance drone Humans and machines do not have the ability to fight.

The drone video resumed for a few seconds, no threat was ever seen, and then the video suddenly disappeared, and like several previous drones approaching the port, they were eventually shot down.

(End of this chapter)