Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 445 Lost Defense Ability
Lin Huaisheng's brigade crossed Sib Sagar mightily without encountering any air raid warnings.The Indian Air Force has disappeared from this area, and there are signs that the time to seize this kind of city is almost ripe.The chief of staff has been in the command car to communicate with the headquarters through satellite communication on the next step plan. His superiors suggested that he restrain the speed of the striker, because the battle of Tawang has not yet started, so he cannot occupy Tespur in advance.According to the original idea, the final strike in the direction of Tespur should be launched after the three battlefields (Jabwa, Dawang, and the lower reaches of the Zayu River) have achieved decisive victories, but this plan was obviously rejected by He Fan. The aggressive advance was disrupted, and the command was more concerned about cutting off the retreat of the enemy's second mountain division prematurely, which might cause it to forcibly enter Bhutan and flee back from there. Combat with unforeseen consequences.

Lin Huaisheng didn't take it seriously, he felt that fighter opportunities were always fleeting.Now Tespur's troops are insufficient, and the enemy lacks a unified command. If they stick to the original plan, they must stop and wait. This is tantamount to giving the enemy a chance to breathe.He suppressed the command's request and continued to send a limited number of helicopters to deploy reconnaissance forces along the way to support He Fan's advance.At the same time, contact Xu Jingzhe to seek a solution to the south bank of the bridge.He felt that the old man should have a high-level internal response in the city.In addition, from a strategic point of view, if you can rely on your own division to occupy Tespur in advance, you can greatly avoid the possibility of fighting in the east before the heavy snow blocks the mountains.He knows that the victory or defeat of the war does not depend entirely on the beginning, but on how it ends.Thinking from the perspective of the Indians, the most correct way for them is to hold out until the end of November when the mountains are covered by heavy snow. At that time, the window period for the full occupation of Assam will be closed, and further offensives cannot be supported by relying solely on air transportation.Although he also knew that the battle for Aksai Chin would start soon, and it would inevitably contain India's largest strategic group, but it could not be ruled out that the Indian high-level would break the boat and transfer Spanga's troops from Pakistan. Combat power must not be underestimated.

What is the opportunity?

Xu Jingzhe, who was far behind the headquarters, was also thinking about the same problem. His monitoring department had eavesdropped on a lot of information from Tispur, including the complete deployment of the south bank and the plan to blow up the bridge made by the engineers.

It is known that there are about 30 small-caliber anti-aircraft guards around the entire approach bridge, and there are about 2 infantry battalions and an engineer battalion for defense. There is no armored unit, and it seems to be just a very weak force.However, the wires of the explosives were placed under the approach bridge, and the main detonator that detonated the explosives was somewhere in the elementary school near the approach bridge. The backup plan and the location of the detonator are temporarily unknown.

The enemy is in a state of frightened birds, and any rash action may cause them to blow up the bridge in advance.One way he could think of was to drop precision-guided bombs between the school and the approach bridge. There was a good chance of destroying the wires, but he didn't know what the enemy's backup plan was.And he can't expect Lin Huaisheng's tank troops to penetrate to key positions in time.If the enemy blows up the bridge, the battlefield will be divided.

"If we can sneak a Snow Wolf troop there, there should be a good chance," he thought while looking at the satellite map.Control an area for a short period of time, and you can wait until the tanks arrive.

Someone came over and whispered something in his ear, telling him that the people he sent had arrived in the valley and inspected the Mi-104 gunship discarded by the 35th Squadron. It seemed to be in good condition. It is not difficult.

"Don't disassemble the identification device, can this helicopter be repaired within a day?"

Snow Wolf's main team happened to be nearby, if that plane might be able to take advantage of it.

"I'm afraid it's too late for one day, right? We don't have time to transport large accessories, and the short wing on one side is broken, which may lead to insufficient take-off lift, unless we don't carry weapons."

"It's okay not to carry weapons. If we install friend-or-foe identification equipment on our Mi-17 helicopters, can we get away with it?"

"...If the enemy's identification system is equipped with model matching identification, it should not work, but I don't think they have one. There should be no problems in the past two days. They are messing up."

"Okay, first prepare two Mi-17s to paint the hovering angels, and ask Snow Wolf to leave a team nearby to wait for orders, and don't perform other operations for the time being."

"Yes!"

He Fan slowed down, observing the battlefield from time to time through the drones near and far.Although the frontal enemy became more and more vigilant, the enemy's air defense seemed to have completely disintegrated, which he could clearly feel.

From morning to now, the number of fighter jets of various types appearing overhead has been increasing. Originally, Tespur had a strict prevention and control network matching the far, middle and near. Tespur was only 150 kilometers away, and the enemy's defenses were all but gone.

His command vehicle can access information on other theaters through EHF communication satellites, so he checked the photos of the airport north of Tespur.It can be seen that the airport is densely covered with bomb craters, and there is a disintegrated C17 transport aircraft beside the runway. The Indian engineers have obviously given up repairing it.Around the radiating road near the airport, a large number of bombed trailers and radar wreckage are clearly visible. In the early days, the enemy had been using the roads extending in all directions to mobilize the air defense force, and now it is probably all lost.

"It seems that the resistance will not last too long. The only suspense is who will go first." He is still struggling with this question, "Is there any way to capture the bridge intact?"

At this time, a drone that arrived from the south happened to monitor the Indians using 122mm rockets to mine mines. The minefield was about 3.5 kilometers wide and roughly covered the road. For He Fan, he could naturally bypass it. The landmines that fell on the ground would cause some trouble only at night, and he didn't take them seriously.

"08, this is the headquarters." Lin Huaisheng's clear voice came from the radio, and it seemed that the distance was not far away.

"I'm 08, please tell the headquarters."

"You leave the infantry behind. Xunsun moves to the designated position and waits for the next instruction."

He Fan turned his head and glanced at the monitor. Lin Huaisheng designated an area 15 kilometers southwest of the approach bridge on the south bank of the bridge. He seemed to be asked to cross the bridge to perform some auxiliary tasks.

"What mission?" he asked warily.

"The command is planning to seize the bridge within 48 hours and at the same time establish a bridgehead on the north bank of the bridge, so your department is required to secretly approach the southern approach bridge as the first choice for the assault force."

"Really? Are you sure?"

"I don't know yet." The chief of staff replied coldly.

"Okay, we arrived at the designated position immediately, but the southern approach bridge cannot be captured without infantry cover. There are traffic trenches and civil bunkers everywhere. It is difficult for me to deal with the 40 rocket launchers at close range."

"Don't worry, there will be infantry by then."

Lin Huaisheng stopped talking on the phone, as if he knew something behind his back, but didn't tell him.

"Could it be the vertical projection of troops?" He Fan couldn't help guessing by himself, "Well, it must be like this. Is there any trick that can hide it from me? Cut."

The infantry accompanying the vehicle also received similar orders to leave the tank and drive to the road to monitor the enemy's movement and estimate the size of the minefield.Of course, judging from the enemy's way of cutting off the road, they don't want the area east of Tespur, and there should be no more mobilization.The infantry finally got away from the crazed tankers.For four days, they rode tanks and ran 200 kilometers in the wild day and night. Although they did not encounter fierce battles, this kind of assault itself was an unforgettable nightmare in their lives.

Just as He Fan guessed, Tespur's air defense capabilities were in sharp decline. After the airport that originally maintained a large number of air defense systems was destroyed, most of the systems had run out of ammunition.The Chinese Air Force's anti-radiation strikes have been working hard to increase the locking speed, and now they dare not open fire casually.

After the commander died, the orders issued by the interim headquarters to the air defense forces were completely inconsistent. At one time, they said not to waste ammunition attacking drones, and at the same time, they said that they could counterattack appropriately, and the drones should not be allowed to approach.In the chaos, the Chinese Air Force pressed on every step of the way. Not only did it block the Indian Air Force taking off from Bihar to the north of Tespur, it even began to attack the long-range search radars hidden in the mountains of Meghalaya. It has been providing early warning and location information for Tespur low-altitude missiles for a long time; without them, the surrounding air defense missiles cannot complete the "guerrilla warfare" to quickly capture fighters. The guidance radar beam of surface-to-air missiles is relatively narrow, and there is no search radar. Without support, flexible tactics cannot be adopted.

A formation of 3 J-16s patrolled the east of Tespur for a long time, and the distance from Tespur was no more than 50 kilometers.

Zheng Hui's task was to use the long-term surveillance of the voyage. In fact, it was to provoke the enemy's guidance radar to turn on and counterattack. For this reason, the formation carried a total of 12 anti-radiation missiles, but the enemy was frightened and did not take the initiative to challenge.

On the navigation map, the enemy's air defense circle with a radius of 100 kilometers still exists, but it did not encounter any countermeasures during the actual flight.Not long ago, he needed to do his best to break through the enemy's tight air defense circle with the help of his team's electronic warfare aircraft, but the enemy's defense disappeared in a blink of an eye. Now he and the weapon director are looking forward to the radar warning to find out Something would be nice.

The command plane reminded them that they can set it up and hope to get closer. If the nearby drones find some ground targets, they can immediately hand them over to solve them.The command plane specifically reminded them that today's rule is that they can approach Tespur from a distance, but they should not get too close to the south bank, and they should not drop bombs on the south bank. No one gave a reason.But Zheng Hui heard that he was actually afraid that the enemy would blow up the bridge.

The time was wasted again, and with the fuel consumption, the power of the plane seemed to be abundant, but there was no chance to appear.If they continue to wait for no valuable targets, they will drop expensive laser-guided bombs on the 5th mountain division that is marching hard when they return as planned. This is the situation that Zheng Hui is least happy about. Apart from the mountain cannons carried by horses, the sparse troops had no other valuable targets.

"Kunlun, still haven't found any ground radar east of Guwahati."

"Move the crutches, stay vigilant, there are several LCAs in the southwest, approaching."

"They've really been getting more and more imaginative lately."

On the display, several brilliant fighter jets were approaching from the Rangpur area passing through Bangladesh. This was the lightest fighter plane they dispatched in the last day.

A J-16 in the formation used radar to intercept an enemy plane 90 kilometers away, and at such a long distance, saw the action of the enemy plane throwing the fuel tank.

"I bet they're going back." Zheng Hui judged from the enemy's fuel stock in the plane.

Sure enough, the enemy plane raised its altitude, made a maneuver to get rid of the radar, and turned back.

"I guess they're on the verge of breaking out," said the weapons operator in the back.

"Oh?"

"Today, in the air and on the ground, there are no decent targets to hit."

"That's not necessarily the case," Zheng Hui shook his head. He suddenly remembered the scene of being chased by a gust of wind in the foothills of the Himalayas while driving the J-8II not long ago. "

"Save a bird, and when the Aksai Chin fires, they will be completely finished." The guy in the back seat said proudly, and his argument was close to the truth.

"Be careful, don't talk about military operations on the radio." The VHF communication was not turned off, and someone in the command plane heard the conversation, and immediately intervened to stop it.

"Moving Guai understands."

"Captain, prepare to return, there is a new mission."

"What's the situation? Are you going to attack the cavalry again?" Zheng Hui asked listlessly.

"The ground reconnaissance force just discovered the new assembly area of ​​the Indian-Tibetan special forces, rushed to the designated area immediately, and blew up the helicopter they had just landed."

"clear."

The three fighters quickly turned and headed east.For them, that's a decent goal.

(End of this chapter)