Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 447 Special Operations
Lieutenant General Moro Ghani checked the plan of the Tespur defensive battle and the current enemy's progress position on the plane. He had been keeping a close eye on Tawang's face and didn't care much about the enemy behind this assault.From the map, the CCP army on the south road attacking west along the river from Jabuwa is still 120 kilometers away from the bridge. The mark next to the blue arrow shows that this is the position updated 8 hours ago.Theoretically, the enemy should not be able to reach the south bank of the bridge within 2 days, but it is not once or twice that the enemy's actions have exceeded the expectations of the headquarters. Sometimes their progress speed is faster than the speed at which the staff can update the map.

Then he inspected Tespur's defenses on the south bank of the Bratmaputra River, a mess without any solid defense system and woefully understrength, with only a few troops that could barely be called combat troops: a worker The barracks, a transport battalion that lost all its trucks, and some miscellaneous artillery units were hiding far away. It seemed that the troops on the south bank were just waiting to blow up the bridge and then escape, without a more complete defense plan.On the surface, the river is the best defensive barrier, but the staff's defense plan here is also the most perfunctory.

"Lieutenant Colonel Channing, have you ever thought about what will happen if the enemy rushes from the south?"

"No general, as soon as they approach, we will blow up the approach bridge of the bridge. If their engineers plan to repair the bridge, we can blow up the main bridge from the fourth section of the bridge opening, which is still convenient for us to repair after the war The bridge." An officer with a bandage on his head said that when the previous commander was killed by a giant bomb, Lieutenant Colonel Channing was standing tens of meters away, miraculously unharmed.In fact, when Lieutenant General Chaguye was taken away, he also stood by. It can be said that Lieutenant Colonel Channing witnessed the final fate of every commander.The lieutenant colonel is now responsible for providing the new general with intelligence analysis and liaison at the headquarters.

"I mean what if? They're always good at playing around."

"Before the 5th Division arrived, we didn't have enough troops to strengthen the defense there, so the south bank could only use bombing of the bridge as the main false means."

"Can New Delhi drop some paratroopers?"

"When General Chaguye was here, he kept making requests, but the paratroopers suffered heavy losses in Pakistan, and the superiors were unwilling to send paratroopers again."

"Telegram New Delhi requesting paratrooper support if possible, or I will not accept the appointment."

Moro Ghani said angrily, it seemed that he was really threatening to take his position, or he didn't want to be the commander.

"Good General, I'll draw up a telegram right away."

The telegrams sent by the Indian army were quickly intercepted and deciphered by the Chinese army.Xu Jingzhe found that the new opponent, who was replaced like a lantern, was more careful than his predecessor, and seemed to have found an omission in defense.He knew that he had to move faster, that is to say, start the task ahead of time. Once the troops crossed the bridge and established a bridgehead, the enemy's most important political and military center in the Assam area was lost.In this way, when the army attacking Tawang went south, there was no place for the retreating enemy to settle and turn to defense.He immediately passed his intentions to his superiors, which were approved.Then, in order to be safe, he specially designated Wang Tiechuan to go out in person.

The half-repaired Mi-35 helicopter took a unit of the Snow Wolf, staggeringly took off from the shot down ravine, flew over mountains and rivers, and arrived at Jabuwa Airport, which had long been a stable rear.The plane continued to receive repairs there, and some damaged equipment was removed, but there was a huge crack in the bulletproof windshield that could not be fixed and could only be kept.Two other Mi-2 helicopters with modified livery have also arrived at Jabuwa.The mission has reached a point of no return.

In Wang Tiechuan's view, special operations means betting against opponents with insufficient predictability. On the battlefield, the side that attacks suddenly always takes advantage, and the side that defends is always very comprehensive in its defense.The only problem was that the mission was too urgent to conduct a step-by-step rehearsal, and even the helicopter had just crashed not long ago.

Lin Huaisheng's troops had already stopped to the east of the minefield, and lined up to attract the enemy's attention.And He Fan found a small road from the satellite map with contour lines, which the locals may not know, and successfully detoured to a place less than 5 kilometers away from the bridgehead. In order to prevent the locals from discovering his tank, he tipped off For such a relatively high probability event to occur, He Fan reminded his superiors that the plan must be done as soon as possible, and the superior's reply was that they had to wait until night.

Another thing that made Xu Jingzhe anxious was Lobsang Gyatso's broken arm to survive.Lausanne fled from the rapid outflank of the pursuing troops with the remainder of his troops, numbering less than 1000 men.

Since the Indian-Tibetan special forces never transmit valuable information on the radio, he does not know the next step of Lausanne for the time being. The route of the Lausanne fleet intercepted by the radar disappeared in the western ravine, and the signs indicated that it was returning to Tespur. Yes, but Xu Jingzhe always felt that things would not be that simple.If the hungry wolf in Lausanne is not dealt with, he will feel uncomfortable every day.

He Fan's troops hid in the woods and waited for night to fall. Taking advantage of the last moment, they used the nearby vegetation to add some temporary camouflage to their tanks.From a distance, his tank unit looks like a row of low bushes.He Fan didn't have infantry to provide scouting, so he took a few people and ran to a commanding height one kilometer away with binoculars to observe the bridge from a distance.

From this position, it can be seen that several bulldozers of the Indian engineering corps are expanding the trenches, and other Indian engineering corps are blasting due east, seeming to clear obstacles in the shooting range.From this, he deduced that the enemy's defense was focused on Zhengdong, which was the direction of Lin Huaisheng.

Also, the enemy should have some anti-tank weapon with a straight trajectory or flat flight path, perhaps an anti-tank missile.He also observed that there were a large number of twin-linked small-caliber artillery behind the position. These weapons would also pose a threat to tanks, so he recorded the positions of these weapons one by one.The Indian Army even deployed several anti-aircraft artillery on the bridge, which was covered by rock masses built with sandbags. It seems that the Indians still can't let go of the bridge. They are worried that the Chinese Air Force will come to blow up the bridge?
He Fan used binoculars to observe the part of the approach bridge by himself. He didn't see any signs of explosives installed on the bridge deck. He only saw trucks coming from the west heading towards the north bank of the river one after another. There were some military police at the bridgehead. To maintain traffic order, there are no heavy weapons.

He roughly outlined an attack route in his mind. Taking advantage of the negligence of the enemy's defense, he could directly rush up to the approach bridge of the bridge, and then rush all the way to the opposite bank. If the approach bridge is counted, the bridge is a full three kilometers long. Leave your name in the history of world wars. It seems that the enemy's slack defense really wants to fulfill yourself?
In fact, he also thought that if the intelligence from his superiors was wrong and the enemy planted bombs on the main bridge, then he would probably be blown into the river with his people and his car. He did not believe that the Indians would have such a careful deployment.After returning to the tank, he studied the attack plan through the latest satellite and drone reconnaissance pictures, and he felt at least 8% sure.

As dusk fell to Jabuwa Airport, Wang Tiechuan and his troops were ordered to act immediately. They reboarded the helicopter and prepared to execute the attack plan after nightfall.The reason why the command repeatedly chooses such operations at night is mainly because the enemy infantry has always lacked night vision equipment.And the enemy's actions and organization are more prone to confusion at night.

After the helicopter took off, it formed a loose formation of three aircraft, roughly along the marching route of Lin Huaisheng's troops, directly towards the target, and only after reaching 60 kilometers away did it start to circle north. And found one of the route records, presumably it can confuse the opponent.Along the way, the helicopter heard many calls on the originally set VHF channel, but the pilot ignored them all.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, three helicopters trying to get away with it finally approached the bridge.During this period, the identification friend or foe device did not play any role. The enemy seemed to be acting in this area for convenience, and did not seem to use this device.

The pilot even heard the conversation between the nearby navigation station and the helicopter pilot on the radio. It seems that there are several Indian helicopters nearby.

The navigation display shows that the area 2.5 kilometers east of the bridge has been reached.There was no blocking or shooting.Suddenly, the lights in front of his eyes were randomly cut off, and two Polaris helicopters emerged from the cracks in the front windshield where he could not see clearly. The pilot suddenly turned on the searchlights to startle the opponent, and quickly raised the altitude to avoid it. A few seconds later, he heard the Indian pilot Swearing in the channel.

Light control has already been implemented on both sides of the big river, but the trucks on the bridge are still using their lights, like a gleaming chain, across the wide Brahmaputra River.

The pilot wears night vision goggles and can see the buildings highlighted in the background, as well as the vehicles and people walking on the ground.The command plane told them to slow down and wait. The first air strike was coming soon. The three planes slowed down according to the instructions, hiding 3 kilometers away and waiting to take advantage of the chaos.

One minute later, the enemy positions on both sides of the river raised the air defense alarm at the same time.Immediately, some anti-aircraft guns began to fire aimlessly into the air, a series of shells flew into the sky, and then fell scatteredly, like a tree of fire and silver flowers.Tispur's sky has no anti-aircraft missile protection so far, so it can only rely on these weapons to make up for it.

Wang Tiechuan was sitting on the Mi-17 helicopter with the cabin door open, and half of his body protruded from the cabin door. He could see through the thermal imager that the traffic on the bridge had come to a standstill, and some Indian army trucks began to fight for the road. Instead, it blocked traffic on the bridge.Seeing the enemy's performance, he suddenly had a premonition that today's task might not be as difficult as he imagined.

The fierce roar of fighter jets came from the sky, but the fighter planes were hidden above the clouds and could not be seen at all, but it could be judged from the sound that there were a large number of fighter jets.The artillery fire on the ground fired upwards in vain, trying to use the fire net to intercept the gap, but it couldn't hit it at all. .

Then a large number of bombs screamed and fell near the approach bridge on the south side, instantly blowing up the enemy's weak surface position.

The bombing was quite precise, barely reaching the bridge approach, and only destroying nearby bunkers and command posts.If the Indian side has a clear-headed commander, it can almost be guessed that the enemy's purpose is to seize the bridge.

After the explosion, most of the anti-aircraft guns stopped firing. Some anti-aircraft guns were destroyed by explosion fragments, and others were misfired because the gunners abandoned their posts.

Immediately afterwards, drones ambushed at an altitude of 4000 meters entered this airspace in turn, and launched supplementary attacks on some targets that slipped through the net.The waiting Mi 35 also approached secretly, hovering in the air to monitor the nearby changes.Two Mi-17 helicopters took decisive steps to land, one directly landed on the deck of the bridge, and the other landed between the suspected headquarters building and the approach bridge of the bridge.

A team of the Snow Wolf Troop quickly climbed up the inspection passage below the approach bridge, and searched for the explosives placed by the enemy below according to the possibility guessed in advance.Dozens of flashlights danced up and down under the approach bridge, desperately racing against time.When Wang Tiechuan rushed to the edge of the bridge pier where the explosives were placed, he discovered that the wire connecting the explosives and the detonator had not been installed and connected at all, and the detonator was placed not far away.Apparently, the enemy just made a show, and was not mentally prepared to blow up the bridge at all.

(End of this chapter)