Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 441
The lieutenant general shuddered at the thought of falling into the enemy's hands and inevitably being humiliated in every way, and even making himself appear on TV and embarrassing himself in front of the whole world.He wanted the command to send a helicopter to pick him up immediately, but Tespur was in disarray and no one was in charge.Lausanne holds a squadron of helicopters and has the strongest maneuverability in the entire region. Unfortunately, the communication with it is completely blocked by interference.Now Lieutenant General Quinta could only urge the exhausted army to continue to retreat westward, hoping that Lausanne could delay for a few more hours to get his troops out of trouble.

In the prime minister's office in New Delhi, high-level military and political meetings are still going on endlessly. Although the prime minister has regained consciousness, he is still unable to preside over the meeting. Now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense almost release information from their respective systems in the conference room in turn, and then participate in the meeting. The readers chatted about it, but no one made up their minds.

The newly arrived satellite data from the United States was posted on the wall, and they delivered it in a timely manner. The CIA even took the trouble to mark the key points in case the Indian high-level officials could not understand how terrible the situation was for a while.From the latest photo, it can be seen that the Chinese army crossed the Zayu River through five narrow sections of the river from an area about 12 kilometers wide. It is estimated that the maximum breakthrough depth has been 5 kilometers, and the estimated number of people crossing the river There are at least 1.7 battalions larger than those fighting in the same area 3 years ago.

Lausanne's troops are still resisting one after another and retreating rhythmically, but at least one group of troops has fallen behind and tends to be divided, while other troops at the front basically have no resistance.Satellite photos even captured white flags hanging from the positions.

The dangerous mountainous terrain in this area seriously hinders the enemy's deployment and penetration. For the time being, the Chinese army has not dispatched helicopters, but how will the situation develop in a few hours?No one knows anymore.

"It seems that the enemy can't catch up with the 5th Division. General Kunta has successfully reached the road area and ran out of their range of fire. It can be said that...we still foiled the enemy's plot, so that there will be enough strengthen the defense of Tezpur." Singer hastily explained the latest battle situation, after all, he is a self-respecting general, and he is not used to calling a retreat a victory, but for the time being, he can only rely on vague methods to fight against Chand pull.Chandra seemed to be optimistic about every defeat on the front line. Although he pretended to be as solemn and panic-stricken as everyone else, from his sharp speech, he could still hear some meaning of highlighting his own foresight.

"Do you think we should celebrate that we are finally retreating faster than the enemy is attacking? I remember the 5th Division had thousands of cars, and now they are walking? Where are their cars and donkeys? "

Sure enough, Chandra was the first to ridicule the army.

"I didn't mean what you said. I just said that the enemy's campaign goal was not achieved. We still withdrew completely and retained the strength to counterattack."

"I have seen news from the Americans that the Pakistanis are fighting back, and General Spanga has lost 2 people in the last two days."

"That was only the loss caused by the Baluchistan Free Army's disobedience to the command, not the failure of our army. General Spanga is preparing to use the enemy's blind attack to launch a counterattack on its prominent front, and perhaps solve the problem south of Quetta in one fell swoop. The main force of the China-Pakistan army."

"Why do you always have so many reasons to cover up your failures?"

"I just don't want us all to be overwhelmed by defeatism. In this difficult situation, it is best not to panic and tear each other down. We are still very powerful, and maybe the enemy knows this better than some of us."

"Most of the passages leading to Assam no longer exist. What strength can we rely on to hold these places?"

"I think..." the minister thought hard for a while, "the enemy will eventually stop and propose conditions. The Fifth Fleet of the US Navy has arrived in the Bay of Bengal. They will weigh the risks and swallow the entire eastern region. I am afraid they will not even think about it." OK."

Singer used the Americans to suppress the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it finally had some effect. Chandra stopped temporarily and did not speak.

"Soon we will be able to gather a new force of 10 people around Tespur, and by then, the problem of the enemy's too long front will become more prominent. The staff believes that this is a good time to counterattack."

"Maybe we can consider retreating directly to Sigurd, so that the enemy's front line will be longer."

Chandra said nonchalantly below again.

"This is also the suggestion given to us by the US military. What I want to emphasize here is that our cooperation with the US military has reached a very close level of information sharing, and we can now control every move of the enemy."

Chandra sneered a few times and didn't continue to say anything.

While Singer was exhausting his tongue and explaining his plan from retreat to victory, Lin Huaisheng's vanguard had already crossed the most rugged terrain on the map and successfully detoured behind the enemy's unfinished fortification line along the river.

He Fan walked this way, in addition to wanting to complete a classic outflanking, he also had an attempt to get rid of the wheeled vehicles that were chasing after him. He didn't want to join forces with the troops behind, and then crowded on the road to advance step by step. Can't do his job.

10 tanks carried tired infantry, passed through the hills and mud, and quietly appeared behind the enemy's planned front.

About 2500 Indian soldiers defending here are burning military vehicles to block the road and illuminate the sky red.The width of their defense line is only 5 kilometers, which seems to be caused by insufficient troops. The depth is not large, but there are many military vehicles and towed artillery. Lin Huaisheng airlifted a batch of 122mm rockets, which seem to be able to fight against these old D30 howitzers. Intentionally, his 122mm truck gun has no range advantage against it.

He Fan approached secretly from the south, but did not meet the security forces. Apparently, the enemy believed that the Chinese army relied on roads just like them, and it was impossible to get around from the mountains.They probably thought, after all, this is an airborne motorized unit, and it should not have strong cross-country capabilities.

The sound of fighter planes skidding through the air flow came from the sky.The flight path of the Air Force's fighter jets has extended to the enemy's head. Obviously, the pilot is very confident that there is a problem with Tespur's long-range anti-aircraft firepower.

The enemy's action of burning vehicles at night greatly affected the observation of the night vision pod. Two Su-2s flew around several times, but failed to find a suitable target.They reported to the command plane that they only saw light weapons and scattered howitzer positions, but did not find more valuable targets, and asked their superiors for instructions on whether to drop precision-guided bombs on such low-value targets.

The anti-aircraft firepower hidden in the dark by the Indians suddenly started firing. The anti-aircraft artillery fired rapidly, forcing a low-flying Su-30 to pull up and dodge, and then 2 missiles flew vertically, and one of them hit and lost Energy fighter.The pilot immediately turned off the oil circuit of the left engine that was on fire to stop the fire, and barely flew towards Jabuwa.The plane dropped its bombs in the wilderness west of Jabwa before making an emergency landing at the airport.

This is a Russian-made anti-aircraft weapon that has never appeared in this area. He Fan observed from the thermal imager that it seems to be the armor system of the wheeled chassis.

After he sent back the report, Lin Huaisheng's staff analyzed that it was the remaining air defense force of India's 4th Armored Brigade. This force was left behind a few days ago, but its road mobility still ensured that it was at this critical moment. Pushed to the front.

Lin Huaisheng ordered He Fan not to act rashly, after all, the number of enemies is too large.He decided to let his "long-range strike force" show off.He has half a battalion of 122mm rocket artillery battalion, which has just arrived at a position where it can cover the enemy.

So He Fan began to transmit the enemy's location data and video information through extremely high-frequency satellite communication. He compressed the enemy's target area to prevent the accumulation of firepower. of.

During this period, the enemy's air defense positions began to use roads to maneuver, thinking that they could easily hide in the night. Obviously they did not know that someone was spying on them from the side.

Hiding in the corner of the battlefield and reconnaissance silently is the specialty of this kind of tank with various communication methods (every vehicle in He Fan's company has this complete capability).Different from the limited communication distance of general ground combat units, this kind of tank can choose long-range telegraph or relay VHF voice communication supported by drones. In addition, it can also use communication satellites for ultra-long-range communication across theaters.These means have been unimpeded during the Assam battle. Indian electronic warfare troops hardly played any role in this battle. When it should reflect the suppressing advantages of ebb and flow, there is no decent performance.

The Chinese Type 35 rocket artillery unit, 90 kilometers away from this weak line of defense, stopped casually in the hard mud next to the kilometer.They had just arrived on the battlefield, and unexpectedly got the opportunity to attack.

This is obviously not such a high-tech force. They appear here only after comprehensively considering the effective allocation of transportation capacity and firepower.These rockets use a truck chassis, which has weak protection and off-road capabilities.If it weren't for the existence of He Fan's magical army, the Indian Army's judgment on the "degree of motorization" of this airborne force would be basically correct. The Chinese army really doesn't have anything like C17 Aircraft can deploy heavier weapons here.

After receiving the target location and the satellite positioning information of the launching unit, the command vehicle of the rocket artillery unit immediately calculates the shooting elements and distributes them to each launching vehicle.The launch vehicles rotate the launch racks, adjust the pitch angle, and prepare to fire.The wheeled 122mm howitzers on one side of the road were still rushing forward, and they hadn't entered the range yet.

Lin Huaisheng ordered to open fire without hesitation.

On the wasteland, tongues of flame flew into the distance with ear-piercing screams.The use of this kind of weapon has caused the technical level of warfare to drop a lot. The ammunition they fire does not have any guidance capabilities, but at least satellite positioning and forward communication technology have made the traditional side-to-ground and reference shooting measurement of artillery changed. Gotta hurry up.

After a while, a large amount of ammunition densely covered the enemy's head. In a narrow rectangular area of ​​about 2.5X1.0 kilometers, the sea of ​​flames falling from the sky swallowed most of the surface targets.

Standing on the turret, He Fan could see clearly with the binoculars. Such intensive ear firepower can completely replace the advantage of accuracy. Of course, the premise is that the reconnaissance is accurate, which is his credit.

All the vehicles on the enemy's position did not have armor protection, and they started to burn when they rubbed against the shrapnel, and some were overturned by the air waves. However, the enemy's front line was quite wide, and many troops were still not covered by the firepower.

Most of the armor systems that He Fan had been paying attention to were hit, and those who stayed behind turned around and slipped.His tank unit conducted a difficult night salvo with a thermal imager at a distance of 2.5 kilometers. This wreck.The rest of the auxiliary vehicles let them escape. He Fan estimated that these vehicles would not be far away. Maybe he could see them abandoned on the side of the road while driving after dawn. He saw too many intact vehicles along the way. Abandoned in the wilderness by Indian soldiers who feared being targeted by airstrikes.

A high-altitude drone approached this area tremblingly. This time, no new anti-aircraft firepower was found. The drone looked down and saw the people on the Indian towed artillery array fleeing in a chaotic manner. They had no intention of fighting back. It seems The defenses on the surface still exist, but the enemy's psychological defenses have collapsed after a salvo.

He Fan reminded Lin Huaisheng's staff to restrain the air force and never attack the fuel tank trucks on the side of the road, because those vehicles were what he wanted.He didn't want to wait for his own logistics vehicles on the road, which would lose the speed of attack.He is now only more than 100 kilometers away from Tespur, and it seems that he only needs to refuel once to get there. He does not want to miss such an opportunity to appear in the center of the historical stage impressively because he has to wait for a few liters of fuel.

Lin Huaisheng has no objection to He Fan's ambitions. In fact, he is busy moving the headquarters now. This time, he is not trying to avoid the enemy's attack, but to move forward.

It was finally time to leave Jabwa Airport, where he was now leading some 4500 men to encircle Tezpur from the south of the Brahmaputra River.He knew that the commander-in-chief's offensive in the direction of Tawang was about to start, and it could be expected that the enemy would retreat from several directions at that time, and finally be compressed to the vicinity of Tezpur.Judging from the current performance of the Indian regular army, once they start to retreat, it will be like a disaster. A large number of technical equipment and trucks will be abandoned along the way by the undisciplined troops, which will eventually lead to the loss of the motorized mobility of the troops.If all goes well, one can expect a major annihilation battle around Tespur, completely destroying an Indian military region and about 20 people under its jurisdiction.

(End of this chapter)