Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 385

"But commander, why did they leave such an important map at the front? Isn't this suspicious?" an officer reminded.

"I judge that one of their senior officials was bumped into by our special forces when he was inspecting the frontier, and he should be a political officer engaged in political agitation." Chaguye said confidently.

"Yes, General, we monitored a set of radio signals yesterday, and found that some of the frequently appearing code names are the code names they often use when dispatching helicopters for special personnel." Someone immediately echoed.

"Obviously, the escaped helicopter was used to pick up important people. You see, he also brought a very luxurious canned fish. You may not know that Chinese people rarely eat fish, so this person has a lot of background. It's a pity that our special forces were too late to catch him." The lieutenant general explained, seeming to be deceiving himself.

"Even so, they may change their plans again because of the loss of the map."

"No." The lieutenant general shook his hand violently, interrupting the staff officer's questioning, "How can it be so easy to change the battle plan?"

Seeing that most people in the headquarters were suspicious, the lieutenant general decided to change the subject.

"Also, the Prime Minister has approved a secret plan that we will force Bangladesh to provide access to the Rangpur area, which has almost succeeded; that is, even if the Chinese send paratroopers to destroy the main road of Sigurd, it will not be a fatal hazard .”

"The Prime Minister is so wise,"

A sycophant behind Chaguye took the lead in applauding, and other skeptical people also applauded without thinking. In the oppressive underground headquarters, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot.

The Indian artillerymen lurking at the front of the Dongma River are not as optimistic as the people in the headquarters. They live in fear every day.

The satellite-guided bombs that the Chinese attacked on the rear railway roared past the position every time, making people's necks chill.What makes this tornado unit even more frightening is that the Chinese drones have been circling overhead recently. When these planes get too close to Tawang, the anti-aircraft guns behind them will sometimes fire, but the Chinese don't care about the loss of the drones. They will be taking a few more shots soon, and the reconnaissance has never stopped.The drones that crashed in the forest and river valleys have been found by patrol forces several times. They are not of the large and complicated type. They seem to be drones used by the artillery for ground observation and weather observation.Although the position is in a highly concealed state, there is still a small road pressed by cars behind the position, and it is possible for careful people to see the flaws.

The battalion headquarters received the latest information that an enemy long-range rocket launcher unit appeared 55 kilometers away, roughly the same size as the tornado unit, and they were all within range.This kind of compelling sense of terror is not something that everyone can experience in their lifetime.The officers naturally knew what was going on when these rockets roared.The officers of the battalion headquarters even envied the Chinese artillery on the opposite side. They were kept in the dark, but they would not be immersed in fear every day.

The Tornado Troops have already marked the target clearly, and make necessary corrections every hour based on the new weather data provided by the weather measuring station in Dawang. Giving the order to attack, Tespur seemed very proud that he still had a card that the enemy didn't know about, but they didn't think about it, this would put the soldiers on the combat posts and the soldiers under the pressure of not being able to breathe all the time. .

This launch site was secretly built in the Pasad era, and the risky front deployment was to cover Cuona, Longzi and Milin; Using the nearby mountains as cover, the design is quite unique, and it was indeed very advantageous in the era when the Chinese Air Force was not dominant.The access to the surface position is behind the mountain, and the opponent's artillery fire cannot extend the attack, while the ammunition depot and the battalion headquarters are hidden deep in the mountain, and the entrance faces southeast. If necessary, the entire army can be hidden in the mountain. Generally speaking, the position is very important for defense. Effective against both artillery and air forces.Of course, in that era, Chinese drones could not fly over the Madong River into the West Carmen area for unscrupulous reconnaissance, but today is different from the past.

The Indian side did not know that this position had been discovered by Chinese scouts who had crossed the river and approached on foot a few months ago, and the plan to attack it had been in planning.Compared with a few months ago, China's advantage now is that the air force's ability to strike the ground is making great progress; and the new disadvantage is that Tawang and West Kamen are far away from India's Rafale deployed in Bihar and West Bengal. The MiG-29 fighter is quite close.Different from the process of launching satellite-guided bombs, the attack on the position is more complicated. Radar measurement and laser irradiation must be carried out, and repeated attacks are likely to be required, which requires tactical aircraft to stay near the target area for a long time.The Rafale fighter jets of the No. 222 Squadron in Sihamara are only 280 kilometers away from here, and after taking off, they can take advantage of the cover of Bhutan's high mountains to not be detected, which is a great threat.

In recent days, the Rafale fighter jets have dispatched several sneak attacks on the Chinese Air Force. The Tiger Shark Squadron wanted to vent their anger at the bombing of the rear railway, but because India could not provide early warning, the Chinese side threw joint attack ammunition. The process is very short and has never been successful.

Right now, for the Chinese side that is about to attack, this nail has reached the point where it must be removed. In addition to the obvious tactical significance, the strategic timing has gradually matured; In the Xikamen area, Xu Jingzhe has already worked hard. Attacking the important strongholds around Tawang at this moment will definitely have the effect of deceiving the enemy with twice the result with half the effort.

Flying along the snowline of the Himalayas, a heavy fighter waited for a chance to meet up with an escort of J-10 fighters before turning and flying towards its target.

This is Zheng Hui's return to the sky over southern Tibet after a few months. It is completely different from when he was flying the J-8II. Now he has enough confidence to compete with the Rafale fighter at least at a long distance.

Having said that, this mission is the most complicated ground attack he has ever experienced.There will be many batches of fighter planes from different units involved, and they will attack targets hiding in complex terrain in turn. The purpose is to bury alive an enemy unit that is regarded as a thorn in the flesh.His task today is to launch a TV-guided bomb for the first round of precision strikes, and then he must stay nearby to guard against possible gusts or MiG-29s that may appear from the southwest. If necessary, he will also dispatch according to the command plane. Participate in the second round of attacks, providing laser exposure to other aircraft.At this moment, he has already got in touch with the early warning aircraft flying in the Himalayas, and saw that the planes of other troops are gathering according to the plan, and they are working hard to deal with an artillery battalion.

The accuracy of the TV-guided missile is better, which is why it is used for the first round of attack, but the disadvantage is that the warhead is not very powerful.The second round of attack is carried out by the Su-30MK flying from Yunnan, which will bomb the enemy's surface positions with laser-guided bombs.In the meantime, drones will evaluate the two attacks, and if necessary, may carry out other forms of bombing and use cruise missiles to attack.The entire attack will be covered by J-10 fighter jets, and J-10 is also responsible for attacking ground radar and air defense positions.

Zheng Hui enters the preset flight and enters in front of the target first, and then conducts radar ground mapping. The terrain in this area is unprecedentedly complex. For the pilot, there is no room for freedom on the route. Missing the opportunity means having to take a risk to fly around again , while Tiger Shark Squadron is 280 kilometers away.He and the weapon director are always on the lookout for the enemy's warning radar, and try to delay the enemy's discovery time. Based on the participation of a large number of command-guided weapons and drones in this attack, they did not dispatch electronic jammers to suppress the enemy's communications. Fighters carrying anti-radiation missiles were dispatched to carry out hard kills on possible ground air defense systems.

The rest of the planes were still 100 kilometers behind. Zheng Hui had already begun to lower the altitude step by step. The radar at the Sam 6 position far away in North Lajinpur kept trying to keep an eye on the Chinese formation that suddenly appeared, and lost the target all at once.The escorting J-10 fighter jets stayed above for vigilance. He had been collecting radar information, but he did not turn to the south to attack the radar. The early warning aircraft kept reminding him to always pay attention to the direction of Bhutan.

After crossing a mountain ridge, the J-16 fighter plane found the target.Zheng Hui pulled up the fighter plane calmly, and at the same time adjusted the radar mode to air search. After the plane leveled off, the pilot in the back seat fired a TV-guided bomb.A drone was approaching at low altitude, preparing to film the effects of the attack and upload it to command in the air in time.

The pilot in the back seat of the fighter jet stared at the distorted and flickering screen from time to time on the monitor. This was the vision of the missile, and it was flying towards the approximate target.As the height of the missile decreased, the mountains on both sides retreated faster and faster. At the end of the valley was the cave with a width of 8 meters and a height of 3.5 meters, but it was not visible yet.

The culvert cannot be found from the air, it is said that the heroic scouts only discovered it when they approached from the ground, so now he also has to control the height of the missile, it is too high and it is easy to miss the target.The image quality returned by the missile has not been ideal. He reminded Zheng Hui to fly higher. Various mountain tunnels and caves have always been the most troublesome targets for the guidance personnel in the loop. Unlike isolated and prominent targets, these caves can be viewed from a distance. Going up, sometimes like a shadow, once you get close, it is often too late to adjust the missile.Therefore, sometimes it is necessary to rely on other reference objects other than the cave to make judgments. The reconnaissance of drones these days shows that there is a path leading directly to the cave behind the mountain, which is more conspicuous in the dense forest.

He finally found the dirt road. Although the Indians insisted on secretly transporting only at night, the wheels still made an inconspicuous trail in the forest, and the end of the trail was the target he was looking for.He carefully controlled the reticle, aiming it at the target.The width of the target is ideal, and the height is slightly lower. What he has to do is to make the missile penetrate into the cave as much as possible. If it can't, at least hit the upper edge of the cave and blow down a piece of rock.And the missile hitting the ground is the least ideal result.

The J-10 pilot above reminded Zheng Hui that there was white smoke on the nearby mountains.Before Zheng Hui had time to check, he quickly pulled up the plane and released infrared interference at the same time.Then he made a rolling motion, and a string of shells exploded on the original course. It was an anti-aircraft gun, and it fired without using radar.These simple systems that sit on the sidelines are sometimes more threatening than missiles, because they can rely on optical systems for command, and there may not be warning before firing.

Zheng Hui's sharp pull-up action quickly threw off the 23mm barrage. The weapon controller in the rear seat restrained the huge overload change, and tried hard to bury his head on the cathode ray tube to control the missile to fly to the target.He watched the black hole grow bigger and bigger, and finally the screen turned into a snowflake.

"The attack is complete."

"Did you hit?"

"do not know."

A slow-moving drone flew over the hill and took pictures of the attack in time. The small missile accurately penetrated into the cave, and then a lot of white smoke came out of the cave, but the cave itself showed no signs of collapsing.As expected, the missile was too weak.

(End of this chapter)