Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 423 Encounter in the Rain
"The Americans changed their words really quickly. It seems that Chief of Staff Lin's actions have also frightened them." The commander said.

"Yes, we intercepted a report from the US embassy in India at noon today, asking the ambassador to form a team to assess the possibility of the collapse of the Indian government in the next few months and the most serious consequences. It seems that they are very serious about Kahan The regime is no longer optimistic."

"Oh? How did you get these?"

"This is... confidential and will not be announced."

Xu Jingzhe bought a pass, but the commander didn't ask.

On the huge map, the J-10 and J-11 formations have formed an outflanking attack on the MiG-29 formations that have penetrated into the vicinity of Jabuwa, while the Indian Su-30 formations in the west are still dawdling and constantly testing and circling. In fact, the Red Flag 16 position has never fired, but a few radars that are switched on alternately keep a close eye on the enemy.The characteristics of the ground-based phased array radar make the enemy overly worried about the range of this system. In fact, in the confrontation with Tispur's S300, Jabwa's air defense circle is at a clear disadvantage.

The command plane in the air saw this trend, and quickly turned a heavy aircraft unit monitoring the frontal enemy to the rear, trying to concentrate its efforts to drive the Indian Navy's python formation out of Jabwa's surroundings.

In the cabin of Lieutenant Colonel La Barras, various screams are ringing out one after another. From the ground to the air, countless pairs of eyes are hiding behind the screen or HUD, staring at him.He knew that at this moment, turning around and fleeing was the best policy, but his radar was locking on a turning Chinese J-11 fighter jet, just 10 kilometers away.Without medium-range bombs, he can only push the throttle to catch up, hoping to knock down an enemy plane within 30 seconds, and then leave.But the enemy plane was aware of it immediately, and resorted to the trick of retreating with force, which made the pursuit hopeless.

The lieutenant colonel could only give up the attack and retreat southward.A little half of his formation had been lost. Fortunately, all the anti-radiation weapons that should be launched had already been fired. However, the enemy radars on the ground were switched on in a staggered manner, which gave him the illusion that this attack was more or less effective.Of course, he also knew that the attack plan was a bit inappropriate. He thought that the enemy had just occupied this place for 24 hours, and he should not be able to gain a firm foothold. Unexpectedly, he realized that the defense below was completely loose on the outside and tight on the inside when he reached the sky above Jabuwa. Dozens of air search radars have been discovered, all of which are mobile, and it is almost impossible to completely eliminate them.He hoped that after going back today, he would re-study the counterattack plan.But before that, he had to keep making sharp turns to get rid of the radar and missiles that were biting him tightly.

His passive dodge still worked, none of the radars could continuously track the MiG-29, but the continuous warning sound finally made him a little paralyzed.After all, without an early warning aircraft, the pilot cannot fully grasp all the information, and when some semi-active radar or infrared guided missiles fly, the alarm will not provide additional reminders.And these R27 missiles coming from afar have no flashing tail flames in the air (the engine has stopped working), so they are not easy to see at night.

The lieutenant colonel kept turning his head left and right, but saw no threat.After he subconsciously made a move to escape, the last radar that was staring at him was also thrown off.Just as he was a little proud, a violent explosion occurred on one side of the wing. He quickly pulled the lever, and then the second missile exploded in front.The plane has lost its ability to move, and the lieutenant colonel can only parachute.The Chinese Air Force has already fired several missiles at this aircraft before, and the first few missiles were dodged by the MiG's unprovoked evasive actions every once in a while, but the last two R2ETs were silent. Quietly approached the target and shot it down.

Lieutenant Colonel La Barras found thunderstorm clouds rolling in from the north in mid-air, and the wind suddenly blew in his ears, and the strong wind was rolling him to the open land east of Dingsugiya, which was on the marching route of the Indian armored forces.

The explosion of the sudden fall of the MiG-29 reminded the Indian tank soldiers to look up, and they saw a parachute floating by under the moonlight.In accordance with Major General Cambiakun's order to keep no prisoners, several tanks that were confused about the situation fired at him with high-level machine guns at the same time. Lieutenant Colonel La Barras' parachute was riddled with holes and fell from a height of 150 meters.

The Xue Xiaoyan tribe near Dingsujia had already retreated to the interior of the town. This town has some 4-story reinforced concrete buildings, mainly concentrated near the railway station, which can be guarded from a high position, so he arranged his troops in up nearby.Originally, I thought that the enemy would be wiped out by the air force's terminal bombs outside the city, but I didn't expect that the MiG-29 formation that appeared suddenly disrupted the original plan, making the air force lose the ability to stop the enemy in the southeast wilderness of Dingsugiya. Opportunity, now Lin Huaisheng can only let the infantry delay the enemy in the town first, and then adjust the deployment.Since Dinsugiya is just 10 kilometers due east of the Jabwa airport, air transport has effectively been cut off.

The Indian tanks drove past the large amount of wreckage left by the 57th Division not long ago. Now everyone knows that staying in the open area is the same end.Sure enough, the Chinese army repeated the old trick again. Meteor-like long-range rockets fell from the sky and landed in the area south of the road. The flames immediately engulfed dozens of square kilometers of forests and swamps there.About 10 minutes ago, it was still the assembly area of ​​the 4th Armored Brigade. It can be seen that the enemy's strikes were ruthless and accurate, but the time was not calculated accurately.

Lin Huaisheng was sitting at the command post, silently waiting for the long-range rocket to fail. This was completely within his expectations. He did not believe that such remote fire support could be effective twice in one day.

Lin Huaisheng's security force had already set up a new headquarters in the north, but he didn't want to leave until the last moment.The counterattack of the Indian MiG-29 formation was finally shattered without any danger.His anti-aircraft firepower seems weak, but these mobile anti-aircraft weapons that do not rely on command vehicles and can operate independently are actually very difficult to deal with.And satellites are also hard to spot.

As he had experienced in Quetta, it was customary for enemy armor to occupy a town as a last stand before attacking.Towns are beneficial for the enemy to avoid the blows from the sky, and it is also conducive to the necessary organization of the mechanized troops after a long-distance march.If there is no accident, the enemy will immediately launch an attack along the straight line from Dingsujiya to Jabuwa.If He Fan moved fast enough, he might hit the enemy from the side.Considering the current size of the enemy, even if it can hit Jabwa's airfield, there will not be much left.He hoped to solve the problem completely after dawn, first, to resume air transportation, and second, to free up his hands to advance to Tespur.The backup airport he just controlled is already operational, which is why he has no fear.

"Chief of Staff, according to the latest weather report, the clouds are forming in the north and the cumulonimbus clouds are moving fast. It's going to rain here." Lao Ding said.

"Sounds bad for our Air Force strike."

"The same goes for the enemy's air force."

"Are the clouds thick?"

"Low-altitude cumulus clouds are also troublesome for drones."

Lin Huaisheng remained silent and sat in front of the monitor.At present, drones can still use thermal imaging equipment to capture the movement of enemy ground units in higher airspace.Once there are clouds blocking the line of sight, it will be a trouble for the commander.The climate of the subcontinent is indeed a bit strange, and the weather reports change from time to time, full of variables.A thought suddenly popped up in his mind, it would be better to withdraw the 4 companies ambushing in Dingsujiya, and then directly use long-range firepower to blow up the city to the ground, and it will be over once and for all.But soon, he gave up this idea, and the country would never agree to such nonsense.The outcome of this war is not only reflected in the military, but also in politics.Over the past 24 hours, it can be seen from the numbness of the people in Assam that there are collaborators here.

"Tell Xue Xiaoyan that it must be dragged near the train station for 30 minutes."

"They lack the night vision to stand up to tanks."

"It will rain soon, and the enemy's advantage will be offset." Lin Huaisheng said confidently, "Let the self-propelled mortars continuously fire flares from outside the city."

The tank forwards of the 4th Armored Brigade had rushed into the city of Dinsugia, and the thunder from the sky also reached the sky over the town at the same time, and then heavy rain fell from the sky.This heavy rain was completely out of Kambiakun's calculations. The 4th Armored Brigade is stationed in Rajasthan all year round, where the annual rainfall is less than 260 mm.When tanks conduct night exercises in open desert areas, except for insufficient detection range caused by poor cooling, thermal imaging cameras never face the problem of excessive humidity.In the torrential rain, the water vapor in the air increased sharply, and the captains found that the observation equipment would soon be unable to distinguish distant objects.

Xue Xiaoyan's headquarters is located in a leaky warehouse next to the railway, and there are still several trains waiting for maintenance in the warehouse.After the Chinese army entered, all the people at the train station fled, leaving behind these things.

Lin Huaisheng's order was to ask Xue Xiaoyan to block the enemy as much as possible and delay the time, but Company Commander Xue hoped to use the terrain to teach the enemy a lesson.His company has just added a large number of PF89 rocket launchers. Although these weapons are light, it seems impossible to penetrate the T90 from the front, and the scope does not have night vision capabilities. However, he has studied the streets and buildings here, Ding Su Gia's roads are dilapidated and narrow, with only a few passages through which tanks can pass, so the enemy's approach is to be expected.He deployed anti-tank teams and laid anti-tank mines in these areas.Just wait for the enemy tank to hit the door by itself.

The reconnaissance reports from the front continued to come in. The enemy tanks, without infantry support, advanced all the way from the main front route, and they were about to arrive.Xue Xiaoyan walked to the south wall of the headquarters, where there was a window facing the direction of the enemy.He squatted behind the gun mirror, trying to spot the enemy, but he couldn't see it.

The dark night and the noisy rain completely concealed the enemy's movement.It wasn't until a thunderbolt flashed in the air that Xue Xiaoyan saw the enemy tanks lined up on the street, only 200 meters away from him.

The first T90 that rumbled in finally broke into the intersection.The commander of the Indian car was a little puzzled, why did the enemy not counterattack after breaking through most of the town? Could it be that the enemy has escaped?Out of caution, he called the entire tank company behind to stop, and then looked around from the periscope, especially paying attention to the windows of the buildings on both sides.It can be seen that the rainwater is flowing rapidly from the optical equipment, the windows of the buildings are dark, and there is not a single person on the street.There was a tall building on the front, he knew it was a garage building next to the train station, he thought, if he was Chinese, he would set up a headquarters there.

The commander put the overhead thermal imager on the eyepiece and turned it horizontally. He could see the outline of the entire building, but he couldn't see any people or weapons on it.But the captain can still feel the invisible pressure, it seems that many pairs of eyes are staring at him in the dark night.

The company commander's impatient voice came from the radio: "The brigade commander has spoken, the vanguard company should not dawdle, keep moving forward, and aim the machine guns at the buildings on both sides."

"clear."

So the captain left the work of driving to the driver, turned the machine gun himself, and aimed the reticle in the scope at the top of the house above his head. Fire without hesitation.Because when crossing the open area, the enemy's firepower directly hit the rear, causing the various units to scramble for the first place, resulting in some confusion. Now the vehicle-mounted infantry of the 4th Armored Brigade is still behind, and it is temporarily impossible to rely on infantry to resolve the battle.

The T90 tank started again, and in the heavy rain, it rolled forward on the broken ground paved with gravel.

Suddenly, several flares fell from the sky, illuminating the entire street like daytime.The leading Indian tanks stopped immediately regardless of Sanqi 21, and fired at the opposite building with artillery.The anti-aircraft machine guns fired at the houses along the street one by one, regardless of whether they saw the target or not.

The light of the flares slowly disappeared, and nothing happened in the end. The hysterical Indian tanks gradually stopped firing. The leader of the tank reported to the company commander hiding behind that he was sure that there were indeed Chinese troops nearby, but he hadn't seen it yet. arrive.The company commander was very dissatisfied with his timidity, and strictly ordered that no excuses be made, and he must move forward immediately.

Chinese infantry hiding around corners have been waiting for the enemy to pass at low speed so that they can attack from the side.At this moment, the heavy rain has reached the point of being like a pillar. For the observation of both sides, they will face great suffering, and the Indian soldiers hiding in the tank seem to be more disadvantaged.

(End of this chapter)